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Bike Riders Make Better Driver
- From: Wild_Hogs
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I feel that riding a bike has improved my driving. In my opinion, bike riders, for the most part, make better drivers because of their increased attention to traffic patterns, what I call "idiot anticipation" and concentration on the road and surrounding elements. I WOULD say that no cell phone use while riding a bike is another safety advantage...until recently. A bulletbike rider was texting while cruising at about 45 mph!! My first reaction was "He knows better than that...I couldn't believe it!" I have had more near-miss situations with drivers on cell phones than anything else. This blows my better driver theory out the window. Just an anomoly? I've seen texting or message checking by bikers at intersections but never on the run. I would love to see a cell phone ban while operating motor vehicles but more especially after what I've been through while on my bikes. I was curious about what you have experienced in your different areas? I am in Texas!
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- 3 days ago
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Day 3 & 4: Road Trip - Albury
- From: Dimitra
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Day 3: Road Trip - Albury to Canberra
We woke to a beautiful day, 32c degrees. Headed out from Albury, across the Hume Weir across a huge girder bridge. Absolutely awesome road along the Murray River (pic on right of page) to Jingellic, where we crossed back over the border into NSW.
Then headed from Jingellic up to Tumbarumba, all bitchumen with big sweeping curves which Dim really loved. Except for one spot where we came around a corner and had a 5 foot long Red Belly Black Snake sunning itself in the middle of the road!! Adam went to the right of it (on the wrong side of the road), it lifted it's head to look, and Dim passed it on the left side, right in front of it's raised head. (No pics of the snake, didn't really want a closer look!!)
Got to Tumbarumba and checked out their Information Centre / Museum which had a lot of information on a famous 1930's plane crash called the Southern Cloud. From there another fun ride up through Batlow to Tumut where we had lunch, beautiful food from a run down looking little milkbar.We asked some rangers about different roads through to Yass, one road we'd been told about was very rutted and dirt and wasn't advised even for 4WD vehicles. So they sent us on a back road from Tumut through Brungle, then to Gundagai which was a really good ride! It was on this strip of road, that Adam spotted a massive Goanna on the side of the road... (He must have scared him off cos he was gone by the time I passed by).
Pulled in to Gundagai and took some photos with the Dog on the Tuckerbox (pic right of screen). Got back onto the boring Hume Highway and droned on to Canberra. So boring Dim's average speed crept up to 120km p/hr to avoid falling asleep. (Will that defence work with the cops?)
Booked into a nice Country Club in Canberra who were very good by letting us park the bikes under cover
and even gave us sponges & a bucket to give them a wash the next day.Day 4: Road Trip - Canberra
This is where Adam ran into some trouble, his bike refused to start after the wash.
He'd had a regulator / rectifier replaced just before we left and this had died again. One in a
million chance, faulty part failed. We searched out a local Yamaha Dealer (Canberra Motorcycle Centre, Mitchell). They checked out the bike and confirmed it was the regulator again. They ordered the part in after our local Yamaha guys from home (City West Yamaha) faxed up the paperwork to do a parts claim through Yamaha and we went off to do our sight seeing at the Canberra War Memorial and Parliament House.Cruising around Parliament House we were approached by a security officer on a bicycle, and we were expecting to be told off for going in so close, but he just suggested a good spot for taking pictures. Then we cruised to the War Memorial down Memorial Drive, which is a long stretch of road between the two buildings and
the middle of the road is divided by red gravel and on the sides of the road are monuments the whole way down, which represent each of the wars Australia has been a part of. All the while expecting Adam's bike to die at any minute, because it wasn't charging.
The Australian War Memorial is well worth a visit. A huge place and very interesting. Adam loved it and could have stayed there overnight looking around. Some amazing interactive video, light and sound displays and the most amazing exhibit of the Japanese Mini Sub which was sunk in Sydney Harbour.
Took the bikes back to the country club and did a 'once over' on the bikes before Adam's bike goes in for work & hopefully we can leave town!
Stay tuned for the next episode... will Adam's bike ever be fixed or is he stranded in Canberra while Dim galavants off into the sunset? LOL
Dim & Adam
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- 4 days ago
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Caught in the act
- From: Englissh
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Hello from France.
When I was at Blaye at the Wolves Riders Party, I fancied an ice cream cone, I did ask the guy is it low suger and he replied f *** you, I thought he said yes so here I am caught by Gaille the official soul taker with a cone in the hand.
Keep the grey coming long and slow.
- 4 days ago
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New Tires for my Aprilia CapoN
- From: uwe999
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- 6 days ago
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Lebanese bikedrivers...
- From: hondac3
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- 6 days ago
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No Engine No Go !
- From: Englissh
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Hello from France.
I was just going to bed and I looked at my inbox and my friend knows that I am a MOTOR BIKER decides to pi** me off with silly bike piccies.
If this guy had a motor bolted to that frame maybe that coming trip to the dentist would not be needed!
Keep the Grey coming long and slow
- 1 week ago
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tips and tricks
- From: nickymetromagna
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hi,first of all i want to say im sorry for badmouthing the cruiser site when i kept getting knocked off,and was kidding about who is the it guy running it,ha
i think this site is really nice,and the people on here are so great,and have such beautifull bikes! not like some biker sites iv been on,where you have all these wiseguys thinking they know it all! i always would help anyone i can and i dont care if they have a moped. i wrote a couple of blogs and people actually read them,ha so here goes it again!
i would like to tell all the bikers things i learned lately,probly most know things im gonna say,but maybe this might help someone out there. most people that have brand new bikes dont have to worry about these things,but may in the future. i would tell anyone that plans to do work on their bike to get a shop manual and a torque wrench,almost all the nuts and bolts on your bike have torque values,some are critical and some not as much. a for instance,the rear axel,even if you just adj the chain,if you over tighten it,which i used to do,cause i was afraid my wheel would fall off,so i would sock it home,ha but it will burn your bearnings out quick if its too tight! and other parts that are alloy,you will put more stress on them by overtighting. like the forks and risers,which if they break while your doing 80 or so,could give you a problem,ha a lot of people buy used bikes,they look like new,but if they were laying somewhere for a few years,you schould change all the fluids,i had a bike i sold to my brother,my last bike i had,he used it for a while and then it was in a garage for 15 years. i told him i was thinking of getting another bike to mess around with,i asked him what he did with the bike,he said i still have,and you can have it if you want,but you will naver get it running. i got it running in 2 days,pouring gas into the carb with a funnel and hose,but couldnt use it cause i had to get a fuel pump,i got it on ebay,took 3 days,ha i had problems with the clutch and front brake,i drained the fluid,it looked like mud,and cleaned the resovoirs. the cables were all gummed up too,and the fork oil was mud also. so just because the bike looks good doesnt mean everythings ok you dont want to go on the road and get stuck in the boondocks with a broken cable,or your trottle gets stuck wide open going around a turn,ha its worth it to put a little 3 in 1 oil on all the moving parts every now and then. and if you have a chain,clean it good with diesel fuel,then lube and adj it,i used to use that spray on lube,i didnt like it,my bike calls for 90 weight gear oil,and lube every 300 miles. i was riding with a friend of mine,and he started skidding out of control,i cant belive he didnt fall,when i stopped,i said whats wrong,and he said i dont know,i looked and his chain fell off and wrapped around the sproket,i tryed to put it back on and the links wouldnt even bend,i said your lucky you didnt get killed,he lubbed it after that,ha
another thing i just learned is if you replace plugs in your car or bike,if the heads are alloy,you schould use antiseize grease and boot grease on the wires,the plugs almost get welded in,and the wires break when you have to pull them off next time. i always say,i learn something new everyday! so take a little time and lube all the moving parts and check the air in your tires,and dont just lube your chain,clean and lube it once in a while.
cause you dont want to get stuck in the boonies,or get killed cause you didnt oil a cable. i know this is a long blog,but maybe it will help someone who is new to bikes! oh by the way,i still my torque wrench,i bought from sears 30 years,its a cheapo beam one,they still have them,it works pretty good,so if you dont want to spend a lot of money on one,check them out. so for the people just starting to work on their bikes,buy some good tools,junk ones wont last,i know and 1 more thing,a impact driver,i used to strip all the phillips heads that were really tight,1 wack with the impact driver,and no problem,but switch to allen heads,(chrome of course)wiitch are better,ha and a set of easy outs too,my friend has a yam warrior,he broke his exhaust bolts and has 2 vice grips holding it on,ha when i get some time im gonna fix it for him,ha so do the work on your bike,it makes you feel good when your done,and ride safe!
nick
- Blog post
- 2 weeks ago
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EASY RIDERS
- From: snake06
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SHE WILL BURN YOU
- 2 weeks ago
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EASY RIDERS
- From: snake06
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SHE WILL BURN YOU
- 2 weeks ago
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Scaphoid Bone Broken - see arr
- From: manybikes
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The side of the Scaphoid bone should be smooth.... look at the arrow = not smooth! 6-12 weeks of casting! Ahhhhhhh
- 2 weeks ago
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Ahhhh Cast Off... for just 5
- From: manybikes
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Here it is... the Doctor update. I broke my Scaphoid bone... and according to the Dr. it has super poor blood flow and thus is one of the bodies slowest healing bones. This bone takes 6-12 (12 being the norm) in a CAST!
The Dr. says riding will not prohibit healing, if I can comfortably do it in the cast, I can't hurt the healing....
So... the KY ISO grip comes out... the cast fitter molded my cast around my Kuryakyn ISO grip!
Here it is!
- 2 weeks ago
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New Cast Prep with Kuryakyn IS
- From: manybikes
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Here it is... the Doctor update. I broke my Scaphoid bone... and according to the Dr. it has super poor blood flow and thus is one of the bodies slowest healing bones. This bone takes 6-12 (12 being the norm) in a CAST!
The Dr. says riding will not prohibit healing, if I can comfortably do it in the cast, I can't hurt the healing....
So... the KY ISO grip comes out... the cast fitter molded my cast around my Kuryakyn ISO grip!
Here it is!
- 2 weeks ago
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Old Cast Off
- From: manybikes
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Here it is... the Doctor update. I broke my Scaphoid bone... and according to the Dr. it has super poor blood flow and thus is one of the bodies slowest healing bones. This bone takes 6-12 (12 being the norm) in a CAST!
The Dr. says riding will not prohibit healing, if I can comfortably do it in the cast, I can't hurt the healing....
So... the KY ISO grip comes out... the cast fitter molded my cast around my Kuryakyn ISO grip!
Here it is!
- 2 weeks ago
- Views: 23
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ISO Grip Test Fit
- From: manybikes
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Here it is... the Doctor update. I broke my Scaphoid bone... and according to the Dr. it has super poor blood flow and thus is one of the bodies slowest healing bones. This bone takes 6-12 (12 being the norm) in a CAST!
The Dr. says riding will not prohibit healing, if I can comfortably do it in the cast, I can't hurt the healing....
So... the KY ISO grip comes out... the cast fitter molded my cast around my Kuryakyn ISO grip!
Here it is!
- 2 weeks ago
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Goldwing Colormatched Cast!
- From: manybikes
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Here it is... the Doctor update. I broke my Scaphoid bone... and according to the Dr. it has super poor blood flow and thus is one of the bodies slowest healing bones. This bone takes 6-12 (12 being the norm) in a CAST!
The Dr. says riding will not prohibit healing, if I can comfortably do it in the cast, I can't hurt the healing....
So... the KY ISO grip comes out... the cast fitter molded my cast around my Kuryakyn ISO grip!
Here it is!
- 2 weeks ago
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Batwing is on and 12" windshie
- From: mfitz62
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The twelve inch windshield made a difference. Went for a short ride yesterday and the high was 50 degrees. Lowers work better than the oem windshield and it was bearable w/o the leather chaps, any cooler and the chaps are on. Keeps the wind off my hands so when it does get cold the heavy gloves should be great.
I am enjoying this bike, more than any I have had so I don't want the riding to end. Next add either a crash bar or a new rider seat w/backrest. Posting a profile picture with the Memphis Shades Batwing Fairing on the bike.
- Blog post
- 2 weeks ago
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easy riders
- From: iknowu72
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- 3 weeks ago
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Kyle Crashes... take 2 & 3
- From: manybikes
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Here is another hill climb... tried twice... crashed twice!
- 3 weeks ago
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