Sweeper

The forklift could easily lift this assembly like a pallet. If you put casters under it, you could push it around the garage easily. The 2" hitch would give you an easy way to attach it to your wall assembly.

What about a cheap hitch hauler that you could strap the bike to and then lift and mount to the Unistrut?

We meet in Franklin every May. Come join us and you will find even more roads that the locals share with us. There is also a Fall Ride in mid September that moves to different locations just to keep it interesting. We usually end up with a couple of groups so everybody can find a ride.

This just got published today. Expect this past spring to show up in about a year. 🙂 I don't think Thinwater is a member so I figured I'd share it.

For any of you who still remember the Green Jersey, Curt won it this year. He showed up with his Tiger660 having just installed new cartridges and a shock. One fork leg had a leak at the bottom so the bike wasn't rideable. I loaned him my Scrambler400x for the weekend. When we stopped at lunch on day one, the kickstand folded back up and the bike fell against Curt. That was the only incident for the weekend.

I grabbed some pics from FB group....

I've gotten bad about taking pics. May be a few on the FB group page. We had about twenty this year. The weather forecast chased a few off I'm sure but it ended up being a nice four days.

I'm pretty sure Leon's picture is in the dictionary under HardMF.

There were five VFR's at the SpringRide a couple of weeks ago. All of them had bar conversions. I had Helibars and will say the bar conversion is the better option.

Shouldn't be worse than an RC51, right?

Most of the used Tiger660's you see are for sale because someone is moving to a bigger bike for touring. It's a comfortable sport bike but not a great touring bike.

The ergos on the Tiger660 or 800 are way more old man friendly than the Ape. Less cool for sure but more all day comfort. There are a lot of Tiger660 leftovers for closer to $7k floating around. If you were closer, I'd put you on mine for a test ride.

Tigger660? Maybe the new 800 but I haven't ridden one? You couldn't get my 660 out of my cold dead hands! All day comfort and will eat up corners. Leftovers are going for not much more than you got for the RC. There are about six of us here on the east side who are riding them now.

Just to document that the event goes on... We had 18 or so bikes this year with a bad weather forecast leading into the weekend. Ended up with three great days of riding. The Green Jersey was awarded Curt for dropping his mount at Tapoco Lodge when the kickstand folded without a sound. The only bike related incident for the weekend. Somebody had to have it, right? Would love to see some of you new guys show up.

I know of one that is getting started soon. I'm sure it will show up on here at some point. Can't wait to see it!

There is a lot of great riding between north Georgia and Franklin, NC. The BRP is not a great ride unless you enjoy keeping it under 50mph and dealing with sight seeing traffic. It's also federal so a ticket is expensive. If you do the Dragon, do it mid week and as early as you can get there to avoid the parades. If you are there just before dusk, be aware that its the locals favorite time to run hard. Watch your mirrors. Around Franklin you should look for Ellijay Road, NC281, NC215, Charlie's Creek. From Franklin to the Dragon, you take Hwy28 which is awesome riding. You can loop over to Wayah Road back to Franklin for a change of scenery. You can easily ride out of Franklin and back for four days without covering much of the same roads. And WAR EAGLE! from the an '82 grad.

The front cowl is really expensive. You might try plastic weld on the inside and then repaint and decal. I searched for a cowl several years ago and found exactly one and it was $600. It's been a couple of years but Mason City Honda in Mason City, Iowa used to offer discount parts prices to VFRD members. I never found parts cheaper or faster. They are one day from the distribution center and always good about same day turn around at their place. Keith is the parts guy and is family of the owners.

That is one properly cared for VFR! I hope someone gets it who will understand what a riders bike it is.

Somehow I just noticed that your bike is yellow. I've ridden with two yellow sixth gens so probably the PO of your bike, unless you painted it. One was from KY and one from GA. Good luck with the brakes!

If you haven't changed the fluid, that is most likely the cause. It only takes a tiny amount of sludge buildup to cause the pistons to not retract properly. Ran into this with my 07 even after a fluid change two years prior.

The 660 is a different animal than the other Triumph adventure bikes. It has adventure ergos but is otherwise a sport bike. The 660 is only like 440 lbs and feels lighter. If you like the Ducati motor, the TIgger may not appeal to you. I had a ScramblerX last year for a few months. It was a fun bike but I didn't love the nature of the motor compared to my Tigger. The gearing and the weight on the 660 make it not so great for long open road type touring but it shines in tight back road touring.

I knew it was time when I realized that every time I got on my VFR I would think... How can something this cramped be this heavy?

I saw this week that the NT1100 is coming to the US this year. Not a huge fan of it visually but it might be ok as a sport tourer.