x01660's Sojourns
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- x01660
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Thanks!!
And that's with 50 lbs of stuff and my fat 4th point of contact!!!!
A shout-out to Bill Rea, my mechanic, but more importantly, one of my best friends.
And that's with 50 lbs of stuff and my fat 4th point of contact!!!!
A shout-out to Bill Rea, my mechanic, but more importantly, one of my best friends.
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
I went to wash my riding pants... I think I ride too much...
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
In Arizona for the first time!
But WAY too much traffic; I'm headed back into the desert where I belong...
But WAY too much traffic; I'm headed back into the desert where I belong...
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- desertrefugee
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
You're from SoCal and you say Arizona has too much traffic?? At least we agree on the joys of traversing the desert this time of year. If it weren't for visitors, I'd be out somewhere myself...<sigh>.
Nice shots, as always. (And you either ride too much, or there's something else going on).
Nice shots, as always. (And you either ride too much, or there's something else going on).
- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning to ride in the rain.
- x01660
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Yes. Traffic is insane here. I can also filter in CA. Being in NV has been agony... Traffic that I'm stuck in...desertrefugee wrote:You're from SoCal and you say Arizona has too much traffic?? At least we agree on the joys of traversing the desert this time of year. If it weren't for visitors, I'd be out somewhere myself...<sigh>.
Nice shots, as always. (And you either ride too much, or there's something else going on).
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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So I met up with a guy who has a brand new GL1800 DCT.
We dragged from a standstill. I was shifting at 10k RPM and was flat out. And he stayed ahead the WHOLE time....
My GS got smoked by a Goldwing.... If you think the new 1800 is a slow bike, think again... I hit 116, he was going faster and still had more pull....
I think I'm sold...
We dragged from a standstill. I was shifting at 10k RPM and was flat out. And he stayed ahead the WHOLE time....
My GS got smoked by a Goldwing.... If you think the new 1800 is a slow bike, think again... I hit 116, he was going faster and still had more pull....
I think I'm sold...
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Boo!!
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Now that the holidays are over and I am back to working 57 hours a week, the frequency of my check-ins will be slightly diminished. However, I did manage to get a ride in today!
It's a beautiful day, around 63 F, and slightly cloudy. Really a perfect day to go riding.
It's a beautiful day, around 63 F, and slightly cloudy. Really a perfect day to go riding.
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Lake Casitas in the background. 63F and perfect. I'm 130 miles into a ride today. Good, moderately paced day.
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Its been a complicated week.....
I get teased a lot by my mechanic for always carrying a bunch of tools with me, along with a bunch of spare parts. One of the spare parts I insist on having with me is a spare master link for my chain. Well...
I managed to put it on, right there, and be on my way....
But it turns out the master link was from another chain, and was slightly too small...
So I used my gorilla hands and strength (my mechanic calls it that because I'm CONSTANTLY snapping bolts from overtightening them, so much so that I use a torque wrench for WAY too much stuff) and some vice grips and squeezed it on there, then hobbled to a shop where they let me use a dremel to ever so slightly enlargen the holes to make it fit properly
Then on Friday, the engine in my van seized up. So now its dead....
And I haven't slept in 3 days.....
I get teased a lot by my mechanic for always carrying a bunch of tools with me, along with a bunch of spare parts. One of the spare parts I insist on having with me is a spare master link for my chain. Well...
I managed to put it on, right there, and be on my way....
But it turns out the master link was from another chain, and was slightly too small...
So I used my gorilla hands and strength (my mechanic calls it that because I'm CONSTANTLY snapping bolts from overtightening them, so much so that I use a torque wrench for WAY too much stuff) and some vice grips and squeezed it on there, then hobbled to a shop where they let me use a dremel to ever so slightly enlargen the holes to make it fit properly
Then on Friday, the engine in my van seized up. So now its dead....
And I haven't slept in 3 days.....
-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- x01660
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-x01660
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best motorcycle is the one well ridden"
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- Track T 2411
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Beautiful! I was beginning to wonder where you were off to. Saw my first Wing of the season on the freeway this morning. 27 degrees, and very salty roads, but the snow is melting fast... Enjoy the ride!
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
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Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
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The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
New2U Bike? Read Me.
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
New2U Bike? Read Me.
- desertrefugee
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Re: x01660's Sojourns
Where are all the wildflowers? This year in the Southwest they're spectacular. Happens like this usually about every 10 years. We had a lot of rain...for us.
- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning to ride in the rain.