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Author Topic: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!  (Read 10673 times)

Offline Justin B.

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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #30 on: December 08, 2006, 06:32:45 AM »
Yeah, cage for me this morning, 22 degrees...  :o  I rode yesterday at 32.4 - was kind "cool" by the time I got to work.  :P
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #31 on: December 08, 2006, 09:39:13 PM »
Wind is howling and last night the blizzards were on full tilt. Managed to get the Brrrm Closet door open which is no mean feat as it is a close fit and all snow must be shoveled away to real ground level. Puff, Puff. Anyway, I think I will be in there quite a bit just to sit on my stool and look at the bikes. When it warms a bit I want to do a bit more "fluid film" protection on all parts of the two "lovelies" I see I need front brake pads for Cary already...I didn't do it..it was the PO!!!!

I have plans forming for LRB, John. There will be a 40th anniversary this summer for our Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group (CVMG)...you know..the one that I am now a Pres. of our section here in Grey-Bruce Counties. Hee, Hee. Well, they are organizing a cross country relay for bikes 20 years or older. It will be done in stages carrying the banner. Some people may want to do the whole cross country ride but I am thinking that LRB may want to take part. It all starts in July and the MOA rally is in Wisconsin July 12th so with any luck I can join the relay and ride up and over to Sault Ste. marie and cross over into the States and down into Wisconsin for the rally. LRB would be so happy to be at another MOA. and he wants to see his PO,"Mum", who now rides an F650GS!!

I envy John SC so much!! :'(

Plans for Cary the F650GS include meeting my brother from Cape Breton and friends somewhere in Penn. or West Virginia and going south again on the Blue Ridge to Deals Gap and beyond. One friend wants to go to New orleans. She's from NY. and sounds like an ideal riding bud! Gee, could I ever ride that far??

So this year I rode 11,695 miles or 18, 913 km. Every year it gets better. David my other good riding buddy did over 25,000 km.  22,000 km all on one set of Metzler Z6 tires!!!!  He certainly doesn't accelerate like me, obviously!  Of course we are nothing like Voni Graves or some others in the BMW MOA with 50,000 miles etc. :o

Sometimes I dream about that single trailer or any trailer and just loading up one bike..which one...and driving south. This dream will really come on strong about January 31st!! I will be so much a winter shut-in by then that I will be going starkers.!
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #32 on: December 10, 2006, 01:11:26 PM »
Out riding this AM to Church and back on the CBR600 Hurricaine - 34'F or 1'C but no blizzards please.  Sue - I don't know what I'm going to do this coming year.  I put ~15000 on the R65 this last year including the little jaunt from Jaxsonville to SanDiego to Montana (where I did ride in blowing snow!)and back.  I'm looking for excuses to go riding.  Just have't figured it out yet what it is I want to do.  Thinks.... :-?
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #33 on: December 10, 2006, 02:29:01 PM »
A co-worker did a four corners tour late spring this year. Alot more riding than I would care to do, 12,000 miles in 4 weeks on his '06 Gold Wing. I think he is planning a 48 state tour next year.
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #34 on: December 10, 2006, 07:14:51 PM »
I just go to and from work, blah blah blah.  But I like the ride, though in the dark and rain it's much less inspiring.  Especially this time of year, when the dark is BOTH WAYS!  And it is a hundred miles every time I ride.   :)

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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #35 on: December 10, 2006, 11:07:55 PM »
So Ed, you must have chalked up some big miles too???
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #36 on: December 11, 2006, 09:48:31 AM »
Hmmmmm...four corners tour.... ::)

I'll consider it when the IBA certifies my September 2006 50cc [50 hours Atlantic coast to Pacific coast] - or turns me down.

Did the valves Sunday.  The LH exhaust closed up .002 to .003" over 8000 miles.  All the others were unchanged.  Also the timing was a bit off.  Bike runs so much better on just those two tweeks.
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #37 on: December 12, 2006, 09:22:56 AM »
I wonder how many others have found that it is the LEFT side exhaust valve that is the one that closes up the fastest. Seems to me that I have heard this before and it was the case on my LRB too :-?
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #38 on: December 12, 2006, 01:29:51 PM »
It was the left side for me, also.

But my heads were from two separate engines (the left from the original '79 engine, the right from the replacement '80 engine).  I still cannot figure out how I did that...

For those that have not heard before, my original engine took it's last breath when the left side connecting rod broke in half (in a twisting manner) while running down the highway at about 85 mph indicated (i.e. not very fast at all...).

The repairs took place before I discovered the internet community back in 1997, hence, no photos.  I even threw away the trashed parts without taking photos.  I should have at least saved the piston w/half a rod attached.  Oh well.
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #39 on: December 12, 2006, 03:23:11 PM »
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So Ed, you must have chalked up some big miles too???

I haven't added it up yet.  I still have 3 weeks to ride.

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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #40 on: December 12, 2006, 03:25:55 PM »
I hope this post doesn't get lost this far down the thread, but I have a question about Melena's (and anybody elses) Kilamanjaro jacket.  My cold weather (but not waterproof) jacket is a black leather First Gear Lebaron or Baron, or something like that.  It has, built into the liner, an thing that you pull out and wrap around your neck.  It works really well to keep your neck warm and seems to muffle wind from going up under your helmet neck.

Does the Kilo... can't spell it... jacket have that?  If not, it should.

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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #41 on: December 12, 2006, 05:32:20 PM »
Some of them do, some don't.  My wife's First Gear "Sterling" leather does but my First Gear "Chief III" leather does not.  Go figure...
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #42 on: December 12, 2006, 11:41:50 PM »
Ed,

No, the Kilamanjaro doesn't have anything like that.  It has a high collar that wraps around the neck and has a velcro closure.  But it's too tight and sometimes I can't even get the velcro to match up.  I don't usually close it up because it is not very comfortable and tends to choke me.  But then I have this part that flaps in the wind if I don't get it tucked into the jacket very well.   Maybe I just haven't figured out how to wear the jacke yet.   ::)
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #43 on: December 15, 2006, 01:31:28 AM »
Ed,

My Marsee winter jacket does but it is kind of rough on the neck.  The heated collar of my Gerbing liner smooths this out for me.
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Re: It is c-c-c-c-c-cold here!
« Reply #44 on: December 15, 2006, 03:54:17 PM »
The forecast for the next 3 days here is highs of 63, 68 & 72, with plenty of sunshine  :)

Now, if I only didn't still have to Christmas shop... :-/
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