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General Discussion / Re: NSR: stuff you've carried home
« on: April 27, 2024, 05:57:33 PM »
Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on April 27, 2024, 05:25:15 PM
When I started this thread - the first one I thought of was old randyo.
I just knew he was coming with something really weird...like a pair of sheep, a half a tractor or a garden plot on the back of his bike!

"...the queen in my pocket"!!

Thanks randy!

Stig


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General Discussion / Re: From the Forum Administrator re. forum...
« on: April 27, 2024, 04:30:57 PM »
Quote from: Neil955i on April 26, 2024, 12:34:54 PM
Aww Hawk, now you've got me worried.  I had fond memories of the restaurant.  Have they gone downhill then?

I stopped at one on a trip once, I told myself, never again, but then one opened up locally, so I went there to see what the fuss was about

Mexican, and Fast Food don't go together, I will starve first

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General Discussion / Re: Forum facts, earliest, most active, etc.
« on: April 27, 2024, 04:25:34 PM »
I came here in 2015 after I bartered my UXV450i from my dealer, never thought I'd ever own a scooter, I'm an adventure bike guy, but around 2019, I kept walking past a 2016 K-Pipe my dealer had on consignment, one day I had some cash burning in my pocket, made a ridiculously low offer, and to my surprise, it was accepted, Kymco # 2

by 2022 all this scooter talk got to me, now I am a full fledged scooter owner 2022 AK 550, Kymco # 3

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: stuff you've carried home
« on: April 27, 2024, 04:04:55 PM »
a package of honey bees in a Stanley Fat Max tool box bungeed to the back of my V-Strom, 75 miles from my bee supplier to home, and a few hobo bees tagged along for the ride (probably assimilated to the queen I had in my pocket)

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General Discussion / Re: 2018 Kymco Spade 150 Mods
« on: April 25, 2024, 10:18:38 PM »
I looked at the pit bike market for modifications for my K-Pipe, I replaced the 125cc after I toasted it, with a 190cc, now it's stoopid fast, hafta stiffen the spaghetti frame, get a steering damper mounted to use all the power, from a measly 8 stock hp to 17, gets scary above 60, still has more to go at 70 but I'm too scared

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: breakfast at the Dog with the ladies
« on: April 21, 2024, 07:58:31 PM »

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General Discussion / Re: new tire fiasco
« on: April 21, 2024, 06:27:25 PM »
I always just bring my bike to the dealer.  If I were to do my own tires, I have several friends that have tire machines, My local dealer even installed a car tire for me on my V-Strom when I went darkside. I did go to a friend once with a set of atv wheels, and used his machine.

Working on my toys is not the way I want to bond with them.



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General Discussion / Re: Solar Eclipse over my Piaggio
« on: April 09, 2024, 01:49:18 AM »
no pics here, 96% totality, I ha a PT appointment, brought my solar filter from mt survey instrument, I was inside at peak, my GF was outside waiting, she watched it thru my filter. Not the big deal for me as others, I've seen total eclipse thru 32x scope in past. Watching on tv is just as exciting, maybe more with higher x scope

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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 08, 2024, 03:52:23 PM »
Quote from: Neil955i on April 08, 2024, 10:12:01 AM
True.  It's a bit of a lottery as to whether or not you get a Friday afternoon or Monday morning model!

I think still, it's the driver going into questionable places, this is my son, he already went thru the mudhole in the other direction, the air intake was on the high side

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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 07, 2024, 09:14:43 PM »
Quote from: klaviator on April 07, 2024, 08:16:59 PM
Roadside assistance comes with my AMA membership.  I have yet to use it.  I have needed assistance a couple of times but I was less than 5 miles from home so I called my wife and she drove my pickup truck to me.  I always have a ramp and tiedowns in my truck.

close to home on my bike, I call my dealer to come rescue me

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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 06, 2024, 10:20:52 PM »
Quote from: stuo on April 06, 2024, 07:39:02 PM
The problem with AAA RV/motorcycle coverage is that the vehicle that comes to your aid is probably not equipped for motorcycles: it's going to be the flat bed rig designed for autos and you have to either push or ride your bike up a 30 degree oily, slippery steel surface only to have it slide back down on its side before the driver can get the bed horizontal because the tow truck driver has no experience with two wheeled vehicles, which was my situation both times I needed a tow.

The second tow went a bit better because I was able to tutor the puzzled driver on what I learned from the first debacle. We pushed it up the sloped bed just far enough to get both wheels off the ground, then he worked the controls to get the bed horizontal while I held the bike upright, then I moved it forward for him to secure it. He confessed that he wasn't supposed to allow me on the truck bed but he agreed there didn't seem to be a better plan.     

yep been there done that, before I had AAA, had to "ride" my SV650 a couple miles in urban traffic to nearest Suzuki dealer when I was touring, now I have a home made wheel chock and a couple ratchet straps and a couple cam lock straps as part of the emergency gear I carry

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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 06, 2024, 10:39:53 AM »
Quote from: Neil955i on April 06, 2024, 08:43:21 AM
OK Randy, no cellphone you claim, so how did you contact them? 😂. Let me hazard a wild guess, GF has one? That’s cheating 🤣

couple times was in my own driveway, once I was at Lowes buying lumber, went back into store and used their phone, another time at a convenience store. I'm not afraid to knock on a door. they won't let me use one, I can act crazy enough to get them to at least call police, from there, they will call for me. I was knocking on doors to use a phone long before the advent of the portable phone, it's a skill that doesn't go away, I can still drive 3 on tree car too. Yes, GF has a flip phone

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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« on: April 05, 2024, 11:39:21 PM »
Quote from: mrmike on April 05, 2024, 10:14:02 PM
I'm 80 years old and don't own a "smart" phone. I have a simple flip phone. I have a leather case attached to my belt, and that's where it sits when I'm riding.


not even a flip phone for me,  just one, attached to a copper wire to a converter box from there, fiber optic, no answering machine, either I am here or I am not, no voice mail, no texting me

I had enough of phones before I retired

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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 05, 2024, 08:25:52 PM »
I have AAA  Premier RV   so it covers motorcycles and my GF's  short bus camper, mostly, I've used it on mt Tacoma (twice last year, and 3 times in'22. so much for Toyotas being reliable

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Side By Side / 450i shifter lockout button
« on: March 28, 2024, 03:54:23 AM »
450i shifter lockout button, how do you lubricate the mechanism?  been getting blisters on my thumb when plowing

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