Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / August 2007

Since I live in a rain forest (Canada west coast) I've wanted
a motorcycle with some overhead shelter, especially for winter.
I've had a (long term, with not much progress) objective
to modify a bike that already has a fairing such as the GL500,

Took a look at one yesterday.
Man, I gotta have this bike.
It seems tighter, smaller, than an FJR and that huge exhaust can lets
NO noise escape it.

Hey guys, I changed my nickname to d@$h, it used to be just "Andrew"
Here are my previous topics to jog your memory of me:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread/64777b436f1b
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The day before yesterday, i went on a short tour, about
100km and everything was as it's supposed to be.
Yesterday, i drove out, i noticed that even though the
bike accelerated, i didn't get this "woah!" increase in

Since there was a break in the crap weather, Thursday & Friday were
taken as riding days. The boss goes skiing, I go riding....seems fair to
me!?
I was off on the Aprilia by 9am after getting the kids to school. I was

For anyone who's interested, I've just finished putting the trip report
up at http://www.stromtrooper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14782.

Deer.
Rain.
Had both this weekend on my ride.  Thought about how bad life could get if I
had to lock up the bald crap tire that came with my most recent free

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1516598730
What a f.cking idiot :-)

1991 Kawasaki ZX600; son's bike. Has weighted grips - the kind that
screw ito the handlebars to  help dampen vibration.
I rode his bike for most of a poker run (while he rode my - someday
soon to be his - VTX) and the longer return trip home.

Excuse me!!
Would you stop for a moment?!
O...man...Haven't you thought-one day- about yourself ?
Who has made it?

Last night after viewing http://zeromotorcycles.com/
a site about electric motorcycles, I had a dream.
I was riding my Harley Ultra Classic up the main street
in town when suddenly I entered a blurry time portal.

Made a trek Friday over Hwy 88 to Tahoe then into Truckee for an
overnight stay with my aunt and uncle.
I was making my return run from Truckee toward home (Sonoma, in Calif)
over what is some of what is some of nature's best beauty, the

My uncle, Dick Anderson, worked at the Harley shop in Sacramento before
WWII.
He is still alive in Santa Cruz and was one of the better motorcycle and
after the war, sport car mechanics around. He had winning sports cars at the

I'm not entirely sure what it's called in english but i
understand that one's supposed to break without the
actuall brakes being hit. It's due to the fact that
energy gets consumed to make the engine spin, i got

Longer rides can be uncomfortable due to the goggles I wear; the stems
are too thick and apply pressure to the sides of my head above the
ear. Unfortunately, the stems are normal size for mc sunglasses.
It's fine for short jaunts - keeps everything in place, but long rides