Moparlvr4406

The first was a Sears&Robuck 3.5hp Tecumpseh powered mini bike First real one was an old Honda 180 Twinstar

46K for a bike is just nuts:ignore:

May she rest in peace Conditions change on the section of road in a heartbeat I've done the Dragon several times now and have realized that no one can ever "know" US129.

I gave mine to my VR as a gift...close enough....it got me home !!

Pledge yellows in the sun.

RainX..regular or the anti-fog

Background..... I had the 93 VR "professionally" serviced 4 days before my trip of the parkway was to begin.....bad move. I told the young man at the independent shop I was heading out for 3-5K miles and please check it over and inform me if it needed ANYTHING before the trip and I would have them take care of it....don't need problems on the road. To begin with the tech dropped my bike in the parking lot. after riding it into the service area for him I waited about 4 hours for the oil change and "checkover" and for them to try to find a replacement for my hiway board that broke when it hit the ground. 2 days later they had my new board and I installed it. The trip begins.... Rolled out Monday down I65 out of Indy and all was great until the bridge going into Louisville. I noticed a huge RV towing a crewcab pickup slowing in front of me ...slowing significantly... so I back off the throttle and cover the brakes. All of the sudden the RV jams the brakes(no lites hooked up on the towed truck) and the fun begins......squalling, sliding and bouncing on the lovely bridge surface I stopped just short of the back of the towed vehicle only to see the driver of the RV jump out, run to the guardrail ......AND SNAP A PICTURE OF THE RIVER !!! The RV pulled away and after a short cursing session I roll away and hear a noise in the front of the bike....RF brake is now grinding metal to metal. 1st rest stop on I64 i pull off to see what happened and both RF pads are completely worn out and the lining is gone on the inside. just a note...all cycle dealers in the south are closed on Mondays. I ease my way closed dealer to closed dealer all the way to Lexington KY and finally can't stand it anymore...the noise or thought of going into mountain terrain with minimal front brake ...so I stop in a rest area and swap pads from the left to the right caliper to get descent front brakes....and cautiously go on into Gatlinburg trying not to use the rear brake any more than necessary. next note...cycle dealers in TN and NC are closed on Tuesday. Wednesday morning I get on the phone and find a set of pads about 80 miles away. so here we go...I ride in and buy pads for both sides and put them on in the parking lot. and replace my missing "gremlin bell" By this time the remenants of the hurricane moving in from the south east has caught up with me..so I head north rather than try the parkway in torrential rains and 40mph+ winds. Rode in a nice hole of blue sky to Cave City KY and as the black clouds closed in I stopped for the night. Thursday AM I left out to come on home and rode in rain to Madison IN where it turned to hail...really noisey and kinda stings the exposed skin. But got home that evening safe and sound. This was an important trip for me not for the ride but for the learning experience. The Blueridge Parkway will still be there next year.... All in all it was still a great trip...I am alive to try again Lessons learned.... Never take a professionals word that your machine is OK If they drop it....don't let them work on it !!! Don't try to time your vacation by the weather channel And...... Make damn sure your Gremlin bell is there !!!

Rolling out tomorrow morning for my first full trip down the parkway Been on it in sections but planning to leave Indy in the morning for a night in Gatlinburg and then off to the northeast. I plan to subscribe here as a paid member on my return and will post some pics of the trip if anyone has interest in seeing them Safe Travels to All Jim

corrosion is usually caused by improperly tightend terminals a slightly loose connection with amperage going through it will corrode quickly and ANYTHING you can use to seal out oxygen from the connection will stop corrosion in it's tracks...corrosion=oxidation. I use stainless steel hardware on my batteries on all my vehicles

Actually in the midwest there is a difference Ethanol content will run higher in the winter than summer to remove winter condensation and ...too much ethanol in the summer can cause vapor lock and a condition called "hotsoak"...hotsoak occurs on short hot shutoff periods when the alcohol boils in the fuel lines and basically pushes the gasoline out of it's way and causes long crank times and possibly a vaporlock no-start. BTW...my 93 1300 gets 43-45 on good quality regular grade fuel

I was brainstorming last summer (scary as that may be) and my buddy who owns a metal fab shop and I built these hiway peg/pad extenders I am 6'6" and these do the job well on my 1st gen and sit plenty high enough not to interfere in turns Not bad for hillbilly home made

I just ride mine dry

And if you smile big your teeth will be whiter than ever !!

I resealed ALL of the attaching hardware above center with marine grade RTV and found 2 small cracks in the box itself in the center just above the seal frame...a dab there and all was good. the trunk had been overloaded a time or two and it stress cracked

135 goes almost all the way south to the river