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VF500F2 Aka MBD Incubation Period At Least 52 Years


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Adding the comfort of music and service of warning for (semi)permanent speed traps...

 

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HONDA

 

Devilishly good!

 

 

Van Halen - running with the devil

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Going for the tun!! 

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The weather is -still- holding, 24C...

 

But in preparation for "dreich 2.0", put a coating of ACF-50 on her metal parts (sans the rotors of course).

 

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VF NL BBQ ride:  some animals DID loose their lives for it....

 

We rode to the beach

 

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Gathered at the race track

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Where cars had taken over the place.  Justice was served for the affront....

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Line (some) up

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Oh yeah, the animals!!!

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It got kinda late

 

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But an early rise

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for my 66,666.6 ride

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Done the math, it should be possible to do 3 legs of my commute. Mainly motorway (110-150kmh).

 

Well........

 

 

I made it, albeit with the petrol station in sight, the engine DID stop so I coasted the last 100 metres :tongue:

 

261km

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Could have "dripped in" perhaps another 0.25 litre; tank holds 16.5 in theory

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Maybe my book is wrong then. I did coast into the petrol station afterall; even the fumes had gone :tongue:

 

 

Got into work this morning, only to find "this" on "my" parking spot....

 

Man that is fugly!!! Even w/o a topbox 

 

 

 

 

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What's a litre between friends. This is from my PDF US manual which will be for the half faired variant so could be different to the F2. My Euro (green cover) F/F2 manual claims it is 15 litres! So even Honda don't know.

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Adding a few (easy to remove) decals to complete my Mamola replica....

 

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And that while I ride an "one-litre Ducati eater" as well...  :tongue:

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20 hours ago, jeremyr62 said:

Holland? And there was me thinking it was the Netherlands.

 

That depends...it could have been both!

 

Ciao,

 

JZH

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Life is a wee bit nippy at 3C @160KmH....

 

 

So my 25+ year old gear mountaineering gear (the elastic "pull"cord crumbled) came in "handy" :beer:

 

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As long as there is no road salt, she will pull her (and my) weight..... :goofy:

 

The limitations are my (older) winter gloves and my inability to locate my 12V Powerlet inner gloves.  "I put them in a VERY special place................   somewhere....).

 

The Oxford grips get uncomfortably hot at 80% power on my palms.  It is them finger tips that after 45 minutes of motorway blasting are paying the price for my core temps dropping. 

And I flat out refuse to ride a K1600LT!!! :tongue:

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4 hours ago, jeremyr62 said:

You need an electric waistcoat. Best bit of biking gear I ever bought. Keeps your core warm so your hands don't suffer anywhere near as much.

I agree. Heated vest helps fingertips. Great bit of biking gear but I keep forgetting to unplug before walking away...

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14 hours ago, Stray said:

I agree. Heated vest helps fingertips. Great bit of biking gear but I keep forgetting to unplug before walking away...

 

It may help, but don't think it will keep your digits warm if they're dangling in the breeze at 160km/h.  I have heated grips on my ST1300, but they're not what I rely upon when it's really cold (one reason being that I normally ride with at least some of my fingers covering the brake lever).  Heated GoreTex gloves are my luxury items of choice.  Mine are made by Tucano Urbano (Hot Road), but similar battery/wired goves are available from Gerbing and Alpinestars, among others.  

 

Ciao,

 

JZH

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