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Goodbye Sydney?

Up early, beat the crowds, beat the heat, beat the cops, and be home for lunch after 5 hours of one of the best roads in Sydney. Sounds like a plan. I was invited to join a couple of mates very early Sunday for a Breakfast at Grey Gums... and maybe a bit further after breakfast. So 6am finds us meeting up a a nearby petrol station about to head up the Putty. It would seem that my last dash up this road wasn't to be the last. This one might be but who cares. So we made Grey Gums in easy time. T

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Another Service And A Couple Of New Bits

Service time again. This time I had some extra work to do on the bike. I have recently been considering suspension upgrades and work to my VFR. Discussions here and lots of helpful advice, including dropping in on a couple of specialists around the city. One of things I was scared of was changing the bike and ending up NOT liking the ride. While my Daytona is a wonderful ride, occasionally the stiffer suspension is a bit uncomfortable on some of the patches I know my VFR with its softer ride is

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Daytona To Canberra.

I'm in the middle of a job relocation from Sydney to Canberra. The moving truck headed down yesterday, so it was time for me to get down there as well. I had planned to fill the top box on the VFR and head down, but I realised two things – I didn’t need to take much as I was only going overnight, and the weather was forecast sunny. So it was time for the Daytona to head interstate for its first away trip. I packed a couple of things (mostly chargers for my iPhone and my Bluetooth comms system)

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Tahoe To Death Valley, Same Day Photo Op, Any One Interested...?

Saw an article while Southwest Air a couple days ago, they were looking for same day photos, of exact opposite locations..example was snow skiing at somewhere and waterskiing all on the same 24 hour period... I was thinking a photo op at South Lake Tahoe, then ride to Bad Water Basin , Death Valley National Park. Anyone interested, looking at December/January time frame....shoot me an email....dadofseven@ cox.net

dadofseven

dadofseven

Spring Is Here

Oh dear, it's September and I haven't posted for months. Yes I have been riding, I am back to commuting everyday due to some child care changes :) And we've had this crazy warmish, sunny August (and really Winter was pretty tame even for here). The VFR gets ridden most days, but I make sure the Daytona gets out once a week. That new bike has been kind of a pain as it's had several factory recalls - great they're proactive about fixing things, annoying as its been in the shop several times. Wh

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

A Tale Of Two 4Th Gens

It was the best of time, it was the worst of times.... It was the best of times because we were still in the afterglow of the 10th Annual TexasMac Memorial Ride. http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/uploads/monthly_05_2013/post-554-0-52210800-1369526411.jpg It was the worst of time because MiniCarver's past year of work on his 5th gen to fit a 7th gen tail as well fully upgrade the suspension, lights, and electrical had been destroyed at TexasMac. He had managed to drop it on both sides but i

CornerCarver

CornerCarver

Something New Arrives.

Well the big reveal has finally taken place at work (on a week when it seems most of the other riders are away, lol) so I'll reveal it here too. I have a new bike, after suggestions from the Mrs that my VFR was too old. As silly a statement as that is, I wasn't one to argue. One condition is that I put the VFR up for sale, which I dutifully have, but have had no interest, no surprise there. I had been considering the GSXR750 for several years and it was top of the list, having ridden it and th

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

O Canada

Down under is currently hosting Pat, otherwise known on this forum as dunn2007. He's been here a week and already clocked up 2000km on the 2000 VFR that he procured for his time here. Go Pat! I spent the week trying to pick a day to take off and go for a ride with him, but work commitments made it impossible. I suggested we catch up on Saturday for a short ride up the Putty to the Grey Gums. While the weather initially was forecast as showers, I was convinced it would be clear by Saturday. I i

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Riding To Rylstone

My wife has made a couple of new friends over the last couple of months through her gym. Turns out that one of the girls husbands also rides (he has an 03 CBR1100XX). Last week he invited me on a ride this Saturday. The plan was to ride up the Putty to Singleton, then the rough idea was to head west, before coming back over the Blue Mountains to Sydney. Wife had no objections but I did have a couple of concerns. First up is that the proposed route looked pretty long, like more than 8-10 hours

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Don't Pay The Ferryman

Christmas and New Years are gone and my holidays are almost finished. The wife starts back tomorrow, so today, my last chance, I got away for a ride. I decided to head north up Wiseman's Ferry. I wasn't sure if I would come back on the Old Pacific Highway or the Putty Rd, or even just back on Wiseman's, but I headed out about 0730 with the day free before me. I could have called up a few guys to join me, but decided that I really wanted the flexibility of a solo ride and some time to myself. It

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

70 Degrees In December And Deals Gap Is Empty!

Sunday around 4:30 the phone rang and it was my friend Greg calling to see if I was up for a ride on Monday as the weather was going to be great and he had several vacation days left to use this year. Knowing that I start my new job with Sherwin Williams on Thursday, Greg knew I was probably able to enjoy the day on the bike. When asked my very first response was "Deals Gap?" "I've never been..." Greg replied. He was looking for a day ride but not for what was about to transpire. We agreed

billyjackjimbob

billyjackjimbob

And Back On The Road Again

The bike was in the shop yesterday getting its new pieces, water pump and they refreshed the fork oil and replaced the seals. Honestly I can't really feel the difference, but I've only ridden up the freeway a couple of times. Not much opportunity to test it out there. Back on the bike ... and that's the best bit.

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Off The Road

Took the bike in for a service today and rolled out with bad news. The water pump and the fork seals need replacing and they didn't have the part to complete that today. So I've ridden home, with one eye on the temperature, to put the VFR in the garage and walked away for a while. So for a couple of weeks I'm going to be driving to work. The part is in stock locally, but the shop is having some staff issues as well as I have a busy calendar making it hard to drop off. I'm thinking about what I

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Hey You're Going The Wrong Way!

It seems the only time I get to do a proper ride these days is when work sends me to Canberra. That project is closing up soon, so that will go away as well. I'll have to sort something else out that makes me go to Canberra for work. I rode down the freeway, leaving home at about 0230 (0800 Meeting). It was a bit warmer than last time (when I was stupid!) and leaving home was about 7C, Canberra was 0C by the time I got there, but mostly it was around 4C, quite manageable. I only made a single f

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Winter is over

The weather has been really mild this winter, but the Mrs has been putting in a lot of shifts over the weekends, so no opportunity to ride. However today was different and she took the kids to the gym, whilst I went off for a ride. I wasn't actually sure where I wanted to go. I didn't feel like an all day one, so the Putty/Wiseman's was out. I was torn between riding somewhere new, or picking somewhere close and staking out a photo spot to catch whoever might come past. I decided to head to som

Frogfoot

Frogfoot

Dyno Sheets

Dyno Sheets Continued....I can't seem to upload the .PDF sheets....if someone can crack that code I will load them. I keep getting s server error. Stock HP is 143.31, w/ slip on is 153.18. Stock torque is 79.16, w/slip on is 86.2. Electronic trickery in 1st and 2nd is painfully obvious at 4-5.5 K. Can't do anything about it unless I go the Bzaaz route. Slip on is a bit loud for my tastes, but on the Freeway i can't hear it anyway. Jump on the throttle above 6k and the front wheel comes up

dadofseven

dadofseven

Half day ride down south

https://contour.com/stories/bishops-castle-run-to-wetmore   I have not been to the Greenhorn highway all summer, the road to Bishops castle - its always fun railing the turns on that fast sweeper road, then the tighter stuff down to Wetmore. I met up with reddog in Woodland Park and we checked out the sky and thought well maybe we can go around Pikes Peak to a turn off at Twin Rocks and avoid the angry looking clouds sitting over Pikes Peak. We got lucky and missed most of the rain.

HispanicSlammer

HispanicSlammer

Dynojet

Got a call yesterday, Dynojet Reseach wants to use my bike to set thier maps for the new 2012 Manual VFR, for free. I will add a slip on, and get the Power Commander thrown in. Photos and Dyno sheet to follow.

dadofseven

dadofseven

My First Motocamping Trip

Day #1 Im up at 5:45 to register for classes, get ready, and I’m out the door at 8am. The first 30 minutes go by uneventful as I drive through towns familiar to me on my way to the coast, but then something unexpected happened. As I am cruising along on the freeway, some unknown monster of the sky decided to release the most horrifying, gigantic crap of all time, and it hit my square in the visor, spattering everywhere. It gets on my jacket, on my tank bag, and in my chin vent, but this thi

tc339

tc339

Sum Sum Primer - 500 Miles To The Black Canyon And Back

Every year for the last 9 years Reddog and I have done a run across the state of Colorado for an all day 500 plus mile ride. Usually its a ride to the Black Canyon and Back and its always right around fathers day - he gets a kitchen pass every year to go. This year was no exception, I invited a few other riders but life got in the way and it was just Bill and I again this time. We had to make a decision since half of the state of Colorado is currently engulfed in smoke from wildfires we had to f

HispanicSlammer

HispanicSlammer

The Highest Paved Road in the USA

Its been a long while since I rode with bill (Reddog) here in Colorado, usually its an email with two words lets ride and then we are off on some 3 day adventure across New Mexico and Arizona. Ok maybe not that casual but it did happen like that once! We have been riding together for going on 12 years now and wow I can believe all those small kids of his have already graduated high school and moved away? WTF happened to the time? Things move fast if your not paying attention, but one thing has b

HispanicSlammer

HispanicSlammer

NC 215 and the Ride Home From TMAC

Carri and I had a really good time at the 9th TMAC event this past weekend. Sunday morning we were up and on the road by 8am so I didn't get to say many good bye's. We left early so we could ride nothing but back roads home to central KY and make it in time my step daughter's softball game. The route took us across NC 215, one of my favorite roads of all time. Hope you enjoy the video. <iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VEssuC4boko" frameborder="0" allow

billyjackjimbob

billyjackjimbob

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