A Motorcycle Thread About Absolutely Nothing!

[Jiro]

Not sure.

I know that sometimes it's the trauma, and sometimes the painkillers that can cause memory loss. She might be experiencing both. In that case, the trauma might mean she doesn't remember the accident, and the painkillers can cause short term memory problems.

She doesn't have amnesia. She knows who everyone is, who she is, etc. It's probably mostly accident memories and short term memories. I think with the meds she is still kind of in a mental "fog."

ah... good. that's very good.

please everybody - be careful out there! couple days ago, we just lost a fellow biker who have touched many lives in here. He was a NYPD Highway Patrol motorcyclist and he did not look like one if you met him. He looked like some Joe the Plumber with deep passion in motorcycling and was the most nicest, caring man you've ever met. He was killed at Trans Labrador Highway.

VOCM.COM|American Biker Dies in Labrador Accident | Article

he's the one on left

and this is what Eddie's partner said about him -

Eddie and I became friends the day he transferred to the Highway Patrol, he wasn't a typical cop, which i liked ...he loved technology, scooters and tons of off-beat & weird stuff ... he was a proud eccentric ... hell, so am I, that's why we got along so well ... he was always there for someone in need, almost to a fault - much more than I could ever be ... we talked about family, friends, Apple technology, long distance rides, exploring the back roads of New York ... we both loved the Big Apple TOR ... he was always calling me up to check up on me ... and we really enjoyed breaking each others balls - but in a good way ... they say you can tell about a man by the friends he keeps ... that saying applies to him because he was friends with everyone ... I couldn't wait till he got back as I was hoping to plan another trip with him ... I am just shattered by his loss and I feel so sorry for Suzanne and his family ...

When we were working together and riding our Police Harley-Davidsons, sometimes we were stopped in traffic and we spotted another motorcycle, I used to tell Eddie: "look at that that guy .... he gets to ride and enjoy his day ... but always remember one thing my young friend ... we get to do the same thing and get paid for it!"

Eddie would just smile and nod in agreement ...

RIP Eddie.

 

[purplecatty]

Just today, I rode my motorcycle from Shawnee, KS to Junction City, KS. it's about 2 hours ride and my butt was sore and temp outside was 102 degree but I'm cool cuz I was riding between 70 to 80mph (HWY I-70 is 75mph.) I had to take KS HWY 24 to get around I-70 Toll Hwy. Though it's long and out in Rural. I was over to visit my customer to install VP. I enjoyed beauty of the country and riding through small towns. City of Crystal Lake is tiny town and it's about few blocks long then that's it. I stopped by to get some drink cuz heat sucked out moisture from me. Now I am heading back to Shawnee and I probably will have fequent stop cuz of my sore butt from long riding :P

My new Forward control modification that I mentioned from previous post did helps alot and I'm comfortable smile

It was pretty strong head wind and I had to lean back a bit so I won't be like a kite in the wind at 85mph while passing. I wore helmet cuz I don't want bugs, water from car A/C splatter my face. I had enough of bugs splatters on my Rx sunglasses last time. It was kinda hard to clean it out and had to scrape hardened bug splatter with my fingernail. Then clean it with Windex. :P

Catty

 

[airportcop]

Got a new rear tire today on my FJR 1300! Gonna see what a Bridgestone can do sine the Connie didn't fare too well!

 

[metalangel]

Took the Fazer to work today, for the first time in a long while. Trying not to think about selling it...

 

[Lau2046]

This is what happened:

"...a 19 year old girl talking on her cell phone pulled onto the highway in front of us...."

Idiots like this that keep me from ever wanting to take up riding a motorcycle. I wonder if she's back on the road chatting with her friends.....

 

[Jiro]

Got a new rear tire today on my FJR 1300! Gonna see what a Bridgestone can do sine the Connie didn't fare too well!

Connie =

it's a bad news. Both Bridgestone and Metzeler are what I trust.

 

[Jiro]

Took the Fazer to work today, for the first time in a long while. Trying not to think about selling it...

wow.... you actually have a Fazer? My mechanic has Fazer as a loaner bike. I've gotta say that I don't really miss riding it

I don't really like riding a bike with carb and I'm glad to be riding a decent old-school style with all these modern technology inside especially ABS and suspension/shock.

 

[Jiro]

Idiots like this that keep me from ever wanting to take up riding a motorcycle. I wonder if she's back on the road chatting with her friends.....

Well - let's put it this way. it doesn't really matter if you ride motorcycle or not. my mom was driving to grocery and suddenly got rear-ended by a girl who was txting. she had to get months of physical therapy for her back and neck - all paid for by girl's car insurance. my mom's lucky that it wasn't some uninsured driver.

As for you - it is probably best if you do not take up riding if you're constantly fearful of what could happen. that's not a good mindset to have while riding because it can be a matter of life and death. It's all about zen and grace under pressure. I commute to NYC everyday on motorcycle for past few years. I encounter at least 20 "oh shit!" close calls on daily basis because you know how New Yorkers are especially cabbies. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid and inconsiderate these New York drivers are but I'm not going to channel my energy to road rage and fear. It's going to get you killed. You just ride safe and free and you'll just live a little longer

We all will die from car accident, building collapse, zombie on bath salt, 2,000 calories lunch, etc. so the question is... how do you want to die? I'd certainly want to die while riding

 

[Lau2046]

Well - let's put it this way. it doesn't really matter if you ride motorcycle or not. my mom was driving to grocery and suddenly got rear-ended by a girl who was txting. she had to get months of physical therapy for her back and neck - all paid for by girl's car insurance. my mom's lucky that it wasn't some uninsured driver.

As for you - it is probably best if you do not take up riding if you're constantly fearful of what could happen. that's not a good mindset to have while riding because it can be a matter of life and death. It's all about zen and grace under pressure. I commute to NYC everyday on motorcycle for past few years. I encounter at least 20 "oh shit!" close calls on daily basis because you know how New Yorkers are especially cabbies. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid and inconsiderate these New York drivers are but I'm not going to channel my energy to road rage and fear. It's going to get you killed. You just ride safe and free and you'll just live a little longer

We all will die from car accident, building collapse, zombie on bath salt, 2,000 calories lunch, etc. so the question is... how do you want to die? I'd certainly want to die while riding

I don't consider it fearful of dying or worry about the sky falling, just fearful of dying from something stupid. I'd worry about who will take care of my parents and my pets because some loser couldn't be bothered to watch where they were going. You're mother's lucky she was rear ended while in a car that could absorb the impact. On a motorcycle she'd be dead. I've had enough accidents on my bike: hit by a car, slipped on the sand and went down face first, had people belt me as they were driving by - on a bike, just a regular bike. It was enough to instill an absolute white hatred of drivers and people in general. I'd rather not have a massive machine fly in the air and land on me or have a driver run a stop sign and keep going. Besides in my state, we really only have three or four months of "good weather" and the rest of the year winter.....

 

[Lau2046]

BTW, not telling anyone not to ride. Everyone is free to determine how they want to leave this world. I just don't want to exit simply because my bike slipped on a wet leaf after the rain.....

 

[purplecatty]

Connie =

it's a bad news. Both Bridgestone and Metzeler are what I trust.

Metzeler are good tires, IMHO, It's okay to me. Since that Metzelers are hard rubber tires, It tend to slips during wet weather (even after hard rain). I wasn't leaning on curve over 20mph, I go around curves 10 to 15 mph depending how I feel while riding on wet road and also depending on what type of road as well). I haven't dropped my bike but it sends me chills when it slips and I corrected quickly. Tire pressure are correctly set according to Metzeler's recommendation. It seem that Metzeler tires are making me leery over wet weather.

On dry weather, It handles pretty well and I leaned around bends without feeling leery (20 to 30mph depending how curves are). Even though thread wear is very good. I put 9,000 miles on Metzeler and still have more than 3/4 of threads on front and rear.

I was thinking about getting IMS or Avon tires (IMS was original tires for Suzuki VL800 and I liked new threads look). Both tires are Soft rubber and tend to stick better during wet weather but thread life are short. Which are tradeoff.

As for Goodyear, I would look into it as well. I don't like feeling leery every time I leans on curve or corners during wet weather. What about Michelin tires???

It be nice if tires surface were developed that it sticks to road like superglue during wet weather (perhap millions of suction cups or from genetics of Spiderman .. Hee hee j/k ) I wouldn't be leery on wet weather

IF I am concerned about my budget in future for replacing soft tires, I would switch back to Metzeler to save money for long run.

Last thing to eradicate my leery feeling is to get Can Am I doubt I would get it.

Catty

 

[metalangel]

wow.... you actually have a Fazer? My mechanic has Fazer as a loaner bike. I've gotta say that I don't really miss riding it

I don't really like riding a bike with carb and I'm glad to be riding a decent old-school style with all these modern technology inside especially ABS and suspension/shock.

There's a picture of it in the sticky vehicle pics thread, it's not an old one. It's fuel injection not carbed, and yeah, I do like it. It's fast without being snatchy, and it's more upright and comfortable than my old SV650 which was fine for long distances but agonizing to ride in the city.

I had a brand new Bandit 650 as a loaner and I hated it. Very uncomfortable, ridiculously sensitive throttle, very glad to be rid of it.

 

[Reba]

ah... good. that's very good.

please everybody - be careful out there! couple days ago, we just lost a fellow biker who have touched many lives in here. He was a NYPD Highway Patrol motorcyclist and he did not look like one if you met him. He looked like some Joe the Plumber with deep passion in motorcycling and was the most nicest, caring man you've ever met. He was killed at Trans Labrador Highway.

...RIP Eddie.

Tragic loss.

 

[Jiro]

BTW, not telling anyone not to ride. Everyone is free to determine how they want to leave this world. I just don't want to exit simply because my bike slipped on a wet leaf after the rain.....

so why continue to ride your bicycle?

 

[metalangel]

You guys might enjoy this... you may have seen videos like it before, sorry if you have. It's a guy filtering (lane splitting) up one of the main roads north out of London, UK in the evening rush hour. I used to live very near this road (in fact, where the video ends is right next to where I used to work) and he does very well to get as far as he does in three minutes! If you want to look it up on a map, he gets from Swiss Cottage to the O2 Centre.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3D8Wiy1qE]Finchley Road Rush Hour - YouTube[/ame]

I don't filter unless it's absolutely necessary and the lanes are very, very wide. Where I live, that's not in many places unfortunately.

 

[Jiro]

You guys might enjoy this... you may have seen videos like it before, sorry if you have. It's a guy filtering (lane splitting) up one of the main roads north out of London, UK in the evening rush hour. I used to live very near this road (in fact, where the video ends is right next to where I used to work) and he does very well to get as far as he does in three minutes! If you want to look it up on a map, he gets from Swiss Cottage to the O2 Centre.

Finchley Road Rush Hour - YouTube

I don't filter unless it's absolutely necessary and the lanes are very, very wide. Where I live, that's not in many places unfortunately.

I "filter" all the time everyday in NYC but this video is very tame compared to NYC

"Filtering". interesting British term for lane-splitting. Learned something new today. My bike has a bit of advantage over this guy because my mirrors are movable and my bike is tall so my handlebars go past cars' side mirrors with ease except SUV. I don't filter like this guy, going thru very narrow gap and tip-toeing forwarding to make sure his mirrors doesn't hit other car.

 

[TinCanSailor]

I'M BAAAAACK! Been so busy between school and working that I did not even feel like reading books, forums, etc.

I am now a cager again. Last Saturday, I rode to one of two funerals for SC National Guardsmen who were killed by a suicide bomber two weeks ago. The Patriot Guard were asked to provide flag lines and procession escorts to the cemetery.

The temperature was 108 with a heat index around 114. We left near here at 5:30 a.m. and rode about 115 miles to our starting point. Escorted another 21 miles to the cemetery. On the way back home, the heat was so oppressive that we had to stop numerous times to cool off.

About 40 miles from home at about 3 p.m., the bike started making sounds like metal breaking or banging around and I think my clutch plates disintegrated. The engine was fine. But no go. The temperature outside was still about 103. Called insurance co. for a tow truck. That took over an hour. Arrived home about 9 p.m.

I will have it picked up next week to be taken to the repair shop. $$$$$?

 

[Jiro]

I'M BAAAAACK! Been so busy between school and working that I did not even feel like reading books, forums, etc.

I don't blame you!

I am now a cager again. Last Saturday, I rode to one of two funerals for SC National Guardsmen who were killed by a suicide bomber two weeks ago. The Patriot Guard were asked to provide flag lines and procession escorts to the cemetery.

in Iraq?

The temperature was 108 with a heat index around 114. We left near here at 5:30 a.m. and rode about 115 miles to our starting point. Escorted another 21 miles to the cemetery. On the way back home, the heat was so oppressive that we had to stop numerous times to cool off.

I know the feeling.... that's what riding thru tunnels is like around here....

About 40 miles from home at about 3 p.m., the bike started making sounds like metal breaking or banging around and I think my clutch plates disintegrated. The engine was fine. But no go. The temperature outside was still about 103. Called insurance co. for a tow truck. That took over an hour. Arrived home about 9 p.m.

I will have it picked up next week to be taken to the repair shop. $$$$$?

hhhhmmmmmmm......... that's what my bike did. it was a blown shock. very expensive repair. that's why I sold my bike today and picked up a new (used) bike.... which is exactly same as mine but better.

 

[Jiro]

left = my old bike (just sold it an hour ago)
right = my new (used) bike (just bought it on same day in afternoon)

same model, same engine, same everything except my bike was manufactured just a year before.... which means the new bike has redesigned fork. my old bike had blown shock, needed new tires/brakes/front wheel spacers/etc.... which can cost up to around $1,500. I was planning to get a different bike but I need a lot of time and research so I bought same one for now. at least now I've got a great bike for great trade-in value later on.

I took off my upgrades from my old bike and tomorrow - I will start installing all my old upgrades plus new upgrades.

 

[Jiro]

BurnsMoto - Motorcycle, ATV, Boat, RV - USB Weatherproof Power Socket - USB Charger with optional SAE to USB

I thought this was a fantastic upgrade. I bought 2 for me and my friend. last week, I installed it on her Kawasaki Ninja bike. I will install it on my new bike as well tomorrow. Get this - I wired her USB charger port to motorcycle horn since I didn't have a relay with me so that her USB charger would shut off when her bike shuts off.