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« Reply #3825 on: June 21, 2015, 04:13:33 PM » |
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Good fun today even though the traffic out to Waipahu was flippin horrendous. Got to ride the Speed Triple again and came away with an even better impression of it. I have to work on my right turns. Got a little strip there on the right side that's not on the left.  |
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No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori. Good people drink good beer. Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.
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« Reply #3826 on: June 21, 2015, 04:49:47 PM » |
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Good fun today even though the traffic out to Waipahu was flippin horrendous. Got to ride the Speed Triple again and came away with an even better impression of it. I have to work on my right turns. Got a little strip there on the right side that's not on the left. Like MD stated, not the best day due to traffic but fun just the same. Longer stint on the S1KR was a blast, it is truly a Rocket!. Oh and a big thanks to MD for help adjusting the Speedy's suspenders, much better now...  |
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« Reply #3827 on: June 21, 2015, 06:59:06 PM » |
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No problemo. Hey Seth, how's that 899 suspension? Did you ever get it set?
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No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori. Good people drink good beer. Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.
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« Reply #3828 on: June 21, 2015, 08:22:23 PM » |
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Eh, so so. Still working on it. Definitely a art to it! I have been trying to go off of some Dave Moss videos. Once I get some new rubber I think I am going to go do a test and tune on Norfolk. Man that chunk of road is fun!
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« Reply #3829 on: June 21, 2015, 10:51:29 PM » |
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No problemo. You're welcome to help fine tune it in the weeks to come...  |
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« Reply #3830 on: June 22, 2015, 08:39:39 AM » |
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Eh, so so. Still working on it. Definitely a art to it! I have been trying to go off of some Dave Moss videos. Once I get some new rubber I think I am going to go do a test and tune on Norfolk. Man that chunk of road is fun!
Take it a bit easy through Norfolk OK? Getting the proper preload is one thing and not so much art. The damping settings is much more personal. |
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« Reply #3831 on: June 22, 2015, 12:10:15 PM » |
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I'm not even riding at 100% lol. Not on a track and not fully suited up. Lol. Why do you mention that anyway? I have 30mm sag up front but having trouble with the rear. I think I need a softer spring rate for the rear....
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« Reply #3832 on: June 22, 2015, 02:30:21 PM » |
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Maybe you do need a softer rear but that issue was supposed to be better with the 899 than the 848. We can check that. I mention Norfolk because my neighbors are continually "ragging" on me because my brother bikers keep racing through there. People are afraid to leave their own driveways on the weekends. So, I just have to put it out there however I can't get bummed about it. Nor do I have a bad attitude about it. I can tell you stories........... |
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« Reply #3833 on: June 22, 2015, 03:48:28 PM » |
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Oh you live over there. Hahaha! That makes plenty of sense lol! Sucks we don't have a track or more roads to ride. Those are a couple of my reasons for wanting to move. Simply put, not enough room for anything.  Yeah I think my skinny butt is possibly too light for that spring rate. |
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« Reply #3834 on: June 22, 2015, 09:32:39 PM » |
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I remember seeing folks sweep gravel out onto 13 turns a couple of times when they would hear bikes coming. Heard of marbles once or twice as well.
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And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.
Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw that—it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.
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« Reply #3835 on: June 22, 2015, 10:09:24 PM » |
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I remember seeing folks sweep gravel out onto 13 turns a couple of times when they would hear bikes coming. Heard of marbles once or twice as well.
They still do that stuff on 13 turns. |
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« Reply #3836 on: June 23, 2015, 09:19:41 PM » |
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They do that stuff on all of the riding roads on this island.
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« Reply #3837 on: June 23, 2015, 09:59:45 PM » |
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They do that stuff on all of the riding roads on this island.
Not really. Some places it just occurs naturally like on Tantalus. Nature and shitty road repair just naturally conspire together against motorcycles & bicycles.  |
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« Reply #3838 on: June 24, 2015, 11:05:09 AM » |
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Well considering I have personally witnessed it with my own two eyes....lol
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« Reply #3839 on: June 28, 2015, 05:02:05 PM » |
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Short and a skosh wet today, Tantalus was pretty good though...on the way home on the leeward side of the H3 tunnel, squid riding side saddle in the rain at 70+...
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