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Confesssions of a Mad Inventor

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More Maintenance Work...trip Time!

In preparation for the Dallas to Dillon run, I needed to do some maintenance work big time. 28,900 miles on the clock, I bought the bike with 14,000 miles...so more than half are mine now. Only averaging 7K miles per year, but this trip should blow that away....3500 miles estimated total. In April I put a new back tire on (Bridgestone BT021). Less than 2K miles, I hated to remove it, but I did anyway. I installed new tires front and rear, replacing the Pirelli Diablo front. The front wasn'
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More Sound System Upgrades....mounting And Bringing Some Bling

After building my mini^3 amp, which I LOVE, I found I now needed a way to mount it. As I looked at my homebuild GPS/Camera mount, I discovered it would fit nicely in the space left between the mount and the support bar. I used some parts from my mad inventor kit (read pile of spare and odd parts) to make a dial I can twist to apply or release tension...a quick turn and the amp slides out to tuck away safely in my pocket or luggage. This also leaves the amp close to my Powerlet port or Tank Ba
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Upgraded The Tunes

A bit over a year ago, I decided that with ear plugs my in helmet speaks just weren't up to snuff...especially when i needed them most....that being in long boring rides at Freeway speeds (note that I didn't say ON FREEWAYS)....Anywho, I digress. I started investigating my options. Naturally I could upgrade from my Elcheapo MP3 Player/FM Tuner....but then that would defeat the purpose of having an MPS player I don't particularily mind being dropped, dragged, stolen, stepped on, run over or oth
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Honey-do's And Don'ts

I had great aspirations for this weekend. Lots of time in the garage, time to catch up on all the mods and fixes and such that have been stacking up. The list I had compiled mid week was this: Mow the jungle...errr...lawn Finish catching up on VFRness and Speed Bleeder orders, since the Speed Bleeder bags had finally arrived Remove forks and replace oil and seals and bushings....27K miles on the oil, and the left side is leaking pretty bad. Install my Bike Bolts colored hardware,
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Maintenance Updates

I have decided to not Maintenance updates to my "blog" since I haven't done any 2-up riding since the latest child was a fairly big bump. 26,500 miles (Approx) Replace Chain and Sprockets with DID ZVM2 chain and steel sprockets (stock ratio) Apparantly the original chain on the bike, owned since just under 14K miles. Chain showed significant streching, but no link issues. The link I cut to get the chain off showed surface rust on the inner roller, but the z-rings were intact. Maintenance o
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Nashville Or Bust...day 2...rocking The Ozarks

See Hispanic Slammers blog as he described it as well or better than I ever could, and he has some cool video….here are a few pictures that he wouldn’t have had: HS notices something is wedged into his exhaust….what the heck is that?? Using precise tools, as VFR owners always do: Ahhh, it was a Denver requirement….that looks (and sounds) better! Breakfast anyone? Mmmmm, waffles: Lunch Time….one thing I learned from Dutch and HS is to stop often and eat a lot….Food was pretty good h
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Nashville Or Bust...day One....the Ride To Russellville

Nashville or Bust! TMac seemed like such a good idea! Memorial ride on a nice weekend, situated close enough to my Birthday to allow some guilt-tripping on the wife to gain a kitchen pass. It almost worked as well. When I let her know the dates, she informed me that I was missing one key event….my youngest daughters 3rd birthday. Piss. As I prepared to let the opportunity pass me by, I looked with envy on the plans being made by other riders
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Yet Another Wasted Weekend...from The Pillions Point Of View

This week it was my turn to disappoint. The Lady in Red had new shoes, and Meg and I should have been enjoying the time spent in close proximity listening to the rumble of the V4, the occasional engaging of the Vtec, and some peaceful eating. No such luck I am afraid...this week was about more time spent in the garage. It wasn't my bike under the knife this time, it was amcnally336's bike. His 1999 was in as a developement subject for the early 5th gen harness. We started at about 1:00, but
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A Weekend Missed, Pillion Getting Rusty

After 2 weeks in a row of surprised riding, we had to take a weekend off. Unfortunantly, I am to blame. My poor VFR wore out her shoes, to the point I wasn't comfortable having my wife ride. This isn't even all....this weekend we will be driving the Family to Tulsa for the Tulsa-BYU game (go Cougars!)...so we will miss 2 weekends. Meg is not impressed that it costs $350 for 2 new tires out the door...I guess selling her on the motorcycle as a money saver isn't working so well. At this poin
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Episode 2, Quelling The Inner Squid

For those who read my last entry, this is a continuation of my revival of Motorcycle riding with a Pillion. After a long absence, initiated by a gymnastic get off and a lot of pain, my Wife has again begun to ride with me. Episode 2 was a bit of a set-back, but not too bad. The day started out by meeting at the sitters, and heading out from there. The plan....Dinner and a Movie (but in the reverse order). We planned to hit the discount Cinema about 20 miles away, and grab something in the v
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Episode 1, A New Hope

Ok, a little history. 11 years ago I met my wife-to-be. It was a nonchalant meeting, she happened to be at my apartment with my roommate's GF and another girl. I was just dropping in to change clothes to go to a party. The party didn't have much appeal, and they were watching "Tommy-Boy", which I hadn't seen, so I hung out. After the movie, my roommate was taking his GF out on his Honda Shadow for a ride. My other roommate mentioned that I also had a motorcycle (1981 Yamaha Virago 750), and su
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