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Started by jc.cyberdemon, November 03, 2010, 10:11:37 AM

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leungevity

#15
November 13, 2010, 05:31:10 AM
i'm definitely getting out there... i'm just waiting for it to get a little warmer than the 40 that it is right now.

CMDRDAVE

#16
November 13, 2010, 06:15:12 AM
Heading out today  [thumbsup]
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ducpainter

#17
November 13, 2010, 03:07:30 PM
The Architect and I went to the top of the Kanc today.

Wish we didn't get started so late.

It was nice.

Road was kind of wet from the snow melt, but it was fairly warm until the sun went below the mountain peaks.

it isn't often I get to ride on Nov 13.  [thumbsup]
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TwoWheels

#18
November 13, 2010, 03:41:15 PM
I got out today as well.  It felt great.  It did cool off very quickly when the sun got low.

ducatiboy

#19
November 13, 2010, 05:44:42 PM
From today.

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The Architect

#20
November 14, 2010, 04:32:37 AM
^^^ that looks cold.   :)


Time to winterize the bike.

Maybe on more quick ride today? 

leungevity

#21
November 14, 2010, 03:31:59 PM
bike ride FAIL! 

i pulled the bike out yesterday to go to breakfast and enjoy the weather and ride, and my battery was too dead to start :(

oh well... i'll have to borrow a car battery booster pack and jumpstart it.

does anybody know if that will overoad the battery?  if it's ok, i'll do it or just let it charge slower on a trickle charger.  once it's trickle charged, can i just disconnect the battery for the winter?

ducpainter

#22
November 14, 2010, 05:04:01 PM
Quote from: leungevity on November 14, 2010, 03:31:59 PM
bike ride FAIL! 

i pulled the bike out yesterday to go to breakfast and enjoy the weather and ride, and my battery was too dead to start :(

oh well... i'll have to borrow a car battery booster pack and jumpstart it.

does anybody know if that will overoad the battery?  if it's ok, i'll do it or just let it charge slower on a trickle charger.  once it's trickle charged, can i just disconnect the battery for the winter?
A car booster pack will work. Just remember to connect red first and then black. You'll need to ride it for a while to charge it.

The battery should stay on a tender for the winter, but if you just trickle charge...

remove it from the bike and charge it at least once a month during the winter.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


leungevity

#23
November 23, 2010, 06:03:11 AM
yay, bike started for morning commute this morning!   this might be my final ride for the season...

what should i do to winterize the bike?  fill gas tank, fuel stabilizer, detach battery... anything else?

ducpainter

#24
November 23, 2010, 06:54:59 AM
I also 'fog' the motor and change oil and filter. Even though my bike is stored inside I've had problems with corrosion on valves.

Fogging oil should be available at the box stores or any marina. Just run the motor and spray into the intake until the exhaust starts to smoke and shut it off.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


The Architect

#25
November 23, 2010, 12:01:06 PM
Quote from: humorless dp on November 23, 2010, 06:54:59 AM
I also 'fog' the motor and change oil and filter. Even though my bike is stored inside I've had problems with corrosion on valves.

Fogging oil should be available at the box stores or any marina. Just run the motor and spray into the intake until the exhaust starts to smoke and shut it off.

Don't run the fog through the filter.  Either take the filter off or spray it into a vacuum line off the throttle bodies. 

ducpainter

#26
November 25, 2010, 08:18:22 AM
Quote from: The Architect on November 23, 2010, 12:01:06 PM
Don't run the fog through the filter.  Either take the filter off or spray it into a vacuum line off the throttle bodies. 
I knew that. ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


The Architect

#27
November 25, 2010, 08:38:17 AM
Quote from: humorless dp on November 25, 2010, 08:18:22 AM
I knew that. ;D

I know you knew that, he may have not known it.   ;D

mstevens

#28
November 25, 2010, 11:30:27 PM
Well, I just received my "terminate" signal for the season's riding: they were salting the roads in the Monadnock region as I was driving my parents back from Logan at 0200. My car had a layer of ice about 1/4" all-round.

Ice melts , but salt sticks and makes the roads squirrely. Maybe it's just that it makes me squirrely.

In any event, I'm out until spring unless it rains heavily enough to get the salt off the roads and is warm enough that they don't re-apply it.
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The Architect

#29
November 26, 2010, 07:04:39 AM
Good call!

The salt also does a number on the bike.  It gets everywhere.  The chain will rust before your eyes. 

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