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Post by skyrider on Oct 14, 2014 10:17:57 GMT -5
Welcome! You will find there is good advice available here.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 14, 2014 10:05:38 GMT -5
Oops, they changed it to Sunday.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 13, 2014 14:25:22 GMT -5
For anyone in the southern AZ area the Sky Island Riders are having a good ride this coming Saturday (Oct. 18) Leaving from Tucson going to Globe and Superior. Makes a nice circle ride. www.facebook.com/events/1560637734159050/I plan to go and maybe my son and a couple of friends of large MCs. |
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Post by skyrider on Oct 13, 2014 13:47:51 GMT -5
On my Reflex the rear was getting thin at 30,000 and the front will last much, much longer.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 11, 2014 11:31:43 GMT -5
The time that stands out in my memory is when I was riding my Honda GL500 Interstate from Tucson to NW Arkansas to visit my parents. That bike easily did 50+ MPG so Tucson to Deming NM was easy. Except there was about 20-25 mile head wind. It ran out miles before Deming but I was within sight of a station. Had just started pushing when a car stopped and the driver pulled a gas can from his trunk and gave me a gallon or so and would not take anything for it. Then the battery was so weak it would not start so we turned it around so the wind was behind and push started it. Found a new battery at Checker in Alamogordo NM.
Ahh those were the days.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 9, 2014 23:35:57 GMT -5
Way back in ancient history I was driving an old GMC company truck when the vehicle in front of me lost a wheel that hit a car coming the opposite direction sending it at least 100 feet in the air and then landed on the front fender and windshield post (missed the window) and drove the front corner of the truck down one and a half inches. That was when they made heavy truck bodies.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 9, 2014 14:15:49 GMT -5
That is scary.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 8, 2014 13:17:27 GMT -5
That is beautiful country. We spent considerable time in the area this past summer. I loved my 150 Znen but needed to move to 250 to be able to run faster highways.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 6, 2014 12:50:54 GMT -5
Leo, I guess you and are just rednecks.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 5, 2014 22:36:05 GMT -5
I'm really happy with my Honda Reflex. Found a '07 Silverwing with 14,000 last spring for $2k.
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Post by skyrider on Oct 5, 2014 13:37:58 GMT -5
Leo, from the day I installed that tire I pushed it hard on corners (we were in greater Pittsburg area where there are a lot of really crooked roads and then in eastern Ohio, same kind of roads. ) Perfect road holding all of the way. I even purposely hit some narrow spots where rain washed sand onto the road in corners. Front wheel slipped but rear did not.
In my opinion those who speak out against it have never tried it.
It is hard for me to believe that none of the B & M tire stores could even order that size and I talked to a lot of them as we traveled across the US. Big O, Discount, etc.
The mechanical disk brake is a parking brake that make a very effective brake in case of hydraulic failure. The rear brake handle operates the rear single piston brake and one of the three front pistons together, the front lever operates the other two front pistons
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Post by skyrider on Oct 5, 2014 13:20:28 GMT -5
If I knew for sure that the Elio will not turn out to be another Jim Bebe's
Bede 5 event I think I would sell my Smart and order one. I'd still have
the motor home, my Reflex, and an older Plymouth Voyager work wagon
so I could wait a reasonable time for it.
(My wife is in a Hospice care facility with only a few days to go so my lifestyle
is about to change dramaticly very soon,)
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Post by skyrider on Oct 4, 2014 22:39:06 GMT -5
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Post by skyrider on Oct 2, 2014 16:12:30 GMT -5
Now with about 3000 miles on that Yokohama 145R12 tire I can say that I am totally satisfied with it. A different variator that shifted out slower would be in order since the tire is so much larger in diameter.
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Post by skyrider on Aug 31, 2014 19:04:13 GMT -5
We spent some time in that area recently and you are correct, it is a great place to scoot !! I loved it.
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