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Rough Day
- From: jakejessica
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Had a pretty rough day..... a great friend of mine that i went to church with and always had a happy face was Killed on his 6 Month old Royal Star yesterday. He was recently back into the two wheel scene and was loving, he road everyday. A person ran a red light and he never saw it coming. I am not going to get down completely because i know he is with Jesus tonight and i will take a ride for him tomorrow..... Lot of Love for him and his family...... Just thank God everyday for the joys we have here on earth and the freedoms we have and feel when we are on two wheels.
Jake
- Blog post
- 3 days ago
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brurr im cold.jpg
- From: nickymetromagna
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i went to my friends house one day and his and his girlfriends bikes were in front of the house and looked like this,i felt sorry for the bikes,his mother who is a friend of mine said to me,i really thought you would say something to him about it,cause of the way i am with my bikes!
- 3 days ago
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Memories
- From: CromagnaMan
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My older brother Jim's best friend when he was a Junior in High School was a guy named Thomas M. Thomas owned the Honda Super 90, and my brother and him would pop all over Las Vegas, (where we lived at the time), to do different errands and just run around town and be teenagers. Many times my brother would head off by himself on the small Honda, and I was TRULY envious! I was a year behind him … a sophomore in high school … and the year was 1968. At that time in Nevada, a minor could own and operate a motorcycle at 14 years of age providing the cycle was less than 100 CC. Once the kid reached 16 years of age, he could purchase any bike regardless of the size of the engine. Because the regular Honda 90 had a square tank rather than the more streamlined tank of the “Super 90”, I thought it made the bike look bigger ... and I wanted one with all of my heart. My dad was dead-set against any of us owning a motorcycle for he had almost been killed on an Indian just prior to WWII. (He was in a gang at the time before he was drafted and, (more or less), he was kind of wild and crazy at the time.) He was absolutely ADAMENT that no child of his would follow in his wild ways ... and to him the way to protect us was to refuse to ever let us own motorcycles. The only argument I ever had in my life where I caused my father to cry was over that desired Honda 90 when I was in my early teens. The day I purchased my first motorcycle, I was a grown man with children of my own, and owned my own photography lab and one hour photo. My Pop was retired at that time, and “worked” at my little place of business helping customers and flirting with my female employees. I pulled up on my “new” motorcycle and proudly showed it off to my employees and my dad … but he just looked at it, quietly took his car keys from his pocket, got in his vehicle and drove away. I understood his fear and disapproval … but it still hurt. My Dad passed away about thirty years ago … my Son Christopher was killed in an auto accident in 1995 six weeks before his 19th birthday … my Mom died almost ten years ago … and my brother Jim passed away almost three years ago. I miss all of them with all my heart, and loosing most of my personal family has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. Over the years being a “biker” has evolved from just being a “cool” thing for me to be to being a very important part of my life. I would have never believed that this “sport” could, (and did), become all consuming at times. Like Cruiser Customizing founder Uwe, for several years I didn’t even own a car at all. If it was raining, I wore a rain suit. It was freezing, I layered my clothing. (I never felt the “need” to purchase the electrically heated garments.) If it was storming with wind and lightning, I just “hunkered down” and kept on going. I even drove through a hurricane once … a wild and crazy ride to be sure! As I’ve grown older, I’ve hopefully matured a little, and now at least own a sweet 2005 Trail Blazer that I bought brand new out-of-the-box with all the buzzers and bells. I enjoy my car, and find myself driving it more and more as my health continues to deteriorate … but my first and greatest love and choice for transportation will always be motorcycles. As I was riding through yesterday’s beautiful weather, I found myself feeling sorry for the “cage trapped” people riding along around me … for they don’t even have a clue of the constant rush of “freedom” and joy I feel every time I ride. There is so much sadness in this old world. Loved ones die and are gone forever. In a very real way, “escaping” on one of my motorbikes or the other is the one “bestest” way to keep me sane sometimes. I have a sticker on one of my brain-buckets … (stickers’ are one or two line truths that we sometimes plaster on our helmets) … and one of my favorite stickers states simply, “You will never see a motorcycle parked outside a psychiatrists’ office”. That is so true! We are coming up on the Thanksgiving holiday. Perhaps it would be a good thing to add this thing we are grateful for ... this simple little thing … to the list that we are thankful for. “Dear God, thank you so much for this sport that enables me to keep a modicum of my sanity … and to in small little way to help me deal with my life.”
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- 5 days ago
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Fall Ride
- From: networkchiro
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Today I picked up my friend and rode her around Atlanta, to Arabia Mouintain. She had lost her sight a while back and couldn't ride anymore on her own. She is always game for a ride, loves the wind in her face and just takes in the colors, smells and thrill of accelerating.
It was a warm and sunny fall day, a few bright leaves still clinging to the trees, the contours of the hills and valleys beginning to appear. The smells of leaves and fireplaces stoked up, and even some sweet scent of flowers, heightened our riding experience.
It is such a joy to share something that is so loved, so appreciated. And to be around someone who is so happy to be alive and experience what she can. I hope I can be as graceful if the time ever comes for me.
- Blog post
- 1 week ago
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ThunderRun to Port Dover – Nov
- From: kimmer127
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6:00 AM – The alarm has not gone off so I shut it off so Maureen can sleep in. Cold! It is 23 F and white frost covers everything. Find the woollies and start layering on clothes. I have to make a 20 mile run to join my fellow HOG members at a Tim Horton’s near Fonthill. Timmies as we call it is a chain of coffee shops like Starbucks but, they sell real artery clogging donuts, there is no one there called a barista; just Helen on the cash and Fred In-Training.
7:20 - I am in the garage putting on my leather neck cover, helmet, and insulated riding gloves. Boomer (my ’06 Road Glide) starts with the first push of the starter. The Rinehart exhaust is singing in the cold air. The cold is burning my cheeks as I clear the village and turn up the wick heading towards the rendezvous. It is 28F.
7:45 – I pull into Timmies about 45 minutes early. Make a note to self: put on the thin inner gloves then the insulated gauntlets or my fingers will be numb at 30 miles. Ordered a bagel/egg/sausage breakfast and a calorie-soaked donut and a large coffee.
8:20 The others begin arriving until all 6 are present and accounted for. As they get a quick coffee, dozens of bikes are rolling past. A continuous roar. It has warmed up to the freezing point.
8:30 – Time to go. I take some shots of Dave’s Bobber he built last winter. Everyone is layered with lots of clothes and don face cover too. We roll out onto the local highway in a tight formation and Nancy in the lead turns up the wick and we are off. Just less than 100 miles away is Port Dover. Someone said the news forecast 12,000 bikes would arrive today for this one day event. The population of this fishing village is 5564. If the estimate is right, the population for the day will be about 3 times more than the number of permanent residents.
9:30 – Bikers are feeding into the route from all directions. Single riders, duos, and groups of 10, 20 or 30. We are toasty warm and making great time. We blow through Dunnville and avoid the main drag knowing the Timmies there will be overloaded with bikers seeking a caffeine hand warmer. Nancy keeps a fast pace and we are riding in a disciplined formation responding to hand signals.
10:05 am – We roll off Highway 6 into the village. The village centre already has a lot of bikes but the side streets are clear. We get prime spots to park behind a restaurant on the main street. A group picture and we are off to the Timmies up the street to warm up and get a coffee charge. It is now a balmy 46 degrees. The air is filled with roar of bikes pouring into the village from both main roads. Every imaginable make and custom jobs too. Cruisers, choppers, trikes, bobbers, crotch rockets and dirt bikes. There are even bikers here from the USA
11:30 – I am waiting for my friend David who has come about the same distance from the opposite direction on his Honda Valkyrie. The parking lot that was half full is over full and bikes now line both side of two main streets for as far as the eye can see. The roar is continuous. Wait; is that a guy in a Santa’s hat and a red thong riding that CB500? David arrives and we go as a group looking for T Shirts and other memorabilia. I bump into Brad who sold me my Sportster last summer. He rode his Ultra down from near Toronto. Soon it is lunch and some of our group line up for the restaurant. It could be an hour’s wait. Dave, Brad and I go in search of street meat.
1:30 – The cops have shut down the roads into town to all vehicles except bikes. . There are continuous lines of bikes 2 abreast streaming into town from both directions. The vendors are out of stuff. They figured November?? Who will come? I head back to see if I can get Boomer out of where I parked. Yep, there is a narrow lane between the metal and chrome. Some of the group left early but now the others return and we begin to suit up.
2:00 – We are on the road out of town. The cops are waving us through and we roll up the hill towards highway 6. We go over the rise and ahead of us a line of bikes 2 abreast stretches as far as we can see and, there are still hundreds more heading into town. Nancy ramps up the speed but hauls it again down as we approach villages along the way. Bikes are along the roadside getting their tickets for missing the reduced speed limits.
3:00 - We roll into Dunnville on highway 3 for a Timmies break and to don our cold gear again. I envy Nancy and Lee with their heated vests and gloves. After a quick pit stop we are off and as we continue on towards Niagara Falls our group is reduced as riders peel off to head for home. Lee and I bail to pick up the road into St Catharines. I am a bachelor for the day. Maureen is away with the grandchildren. I am wiped so I head to Puddy’s bar for a plate of wings and a cold ginger ale before heading home to download pictures from the day and write my blog. I take a shot of the long sleeved T I bought I got the T short to prove I was there.
11:30 – The blog is done and so am I. It seems we hit or exceeded the estimate on attendees the 13th. We all plan to be there next August for the 13th.
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- 1 week ago
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Friends list
- From: tonyl
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I just went and checked out my "friends" list and a thought occured to me. How can we call people friends when we don't communicate? Isn't that like being married??
I have a "Loonatic" friend, doesn't everyone? I have a friend that I can't pronounce "kpwww", I need VOWELS woman!! Some of my friends post blogs, jokes and comments that I get on board with but again, that isn't really communicating. I send little notes to some, mostly warning them I have used their names in postings, in fun of course, snicker, snicker(fortunately they have a sense of humour). There are even some I log on to see what they have been up to, read their profiles and whatever they have written, cool people I think. I miss Tracers blogs from when Kyle was away, she's better looking. We have women riders who have posted their pictures(daring souls) and my comment was "wow". They didn't seem offended or harassed, some even said thank you(if they ever knew what I was really thinking, ouch).
Some of those friends who so openly welcomed me to CC have not signed on in over four months, now that's a shame. Wonder if I scared them away? I do check, could be stalking, snooping or maybe just curious. In some cases, stalking fits.
If you have "friends" you really have an interest in, let them know especially so they know that they are not just an add on to a ever growing collection like trophys.
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- 1 week 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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SmigCast3.jpg
- From: nickymetromagna
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pic of my friend that still didnt change his dry rotted tires,i keep telling him he better,my brother made this pic for a joke,ha
- 1 week ago
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These Days are Bountiful and B
- From: kimmer127
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Saturday in Niagara was one of those gifts the Universe sends us from time to time. It was 65F and sunny. It was windy as heck with gusts that moved the Road Glide sideways. Always a pant-filling experience doing a buck and a quarter (125 kph or 78 mph) on the back road regional highways. I usually have less twist on the throttle but the day felt soooo good. The sun on my back, a clean scooter, and some good tunes on the iPod. Exuberance I think is the best word to describe how I felt.
I was fully into the moment. That delicious space where the ride is great, the weather is great and you feel likely shouting it is so much fun.
I was dog-tired after a long (180 mile) ride yesterday in butt-freezing cold. Now I know why they sell lined full leather pants here instead of the unlined chaps I wore for that run. No long runs today. I just did a large loop around the Niagara Peninsula diggin’ all the other folks out riding on this late fall bonus day.
I started out with a troubled mind thinking of the news I had just got that a very respected friend had brain cancer, and my godmother had quickly plunged into dementia, plus the horror of Fort Hood and the loss of so many young lives for no purpose. A heavy load indeed.
I like Jackson Browne a lot. His song writing is so evocative and the musicians that work with him bring a lot of talent to the sound. As the miles peeled away beneath me, Lives in the Balance played and then, Fountain of Sorrow and as the tunes played and all the good folks out there gave me the wave and the sun cleansed my spirit, the black clouds passed and I said to myself I'm Alive. And that is good.
- Blog post
- 2 weeks ago
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Continental Tire Review - Part
- From: greyfalcon2112
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The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and... Wait... Wrong story... Rewind.
The time has come, finally, when my VT1100C Shadow Spirit's odometer turned 20K and my Conti-Milestones now officially have a full 5000 miles on them. Here are the results of what I have discovered about them...
Wow. Is as good a description as I can think of. If you go back and search for my original post, I said this already, but it still fits. I have done a careful examination of the tread, both front and rear, and although the rear tire does exhibit more wear than the front, (go figure) I am confident that there is still approximately 60% of usable tread remaining on the rear and I can't really see any visible tread wear on the front. In all, I'm impressed. Really impressed. I don't remember if I had mentioned how I ended up with them, but my OEM Dunlops were worn WAY past where I should have let them get to, (really dumb, wouldn't recommend it), and I was in the market for new shoes for baby. Following the advice of a friend who is a long time rider and the advertisement stating for 'heavy cruisers' pretty much sold me. I plunked down about $125.00 for the rear and $95.00 for the front, threw forty bucks into getting them professionally mounted and balanced, away I went and here I am.
For the ride and handling, I am still very pleased with them. the turn in is still very neutral and the ride is still very smooth. The thing that suprised me is that they actually got more quiet as they broke, or rode in. I attribute a lot of my luck with them from becoming anal-retentive about tire pressures. I wish I had some actual tread depth numbers for you, but go figure, my depth gauge flew the coop. (I'll stop at a local tire shop and get a reading for you and stick up another post really soon.)
I also promised some photos of the tires to go along with the blog post/review but since there's only enough room for a thumbnail on here, they really wouldn't do the Conti-Milestones much justice, so I'm gonna stick some tire photos in my profile for you guys, (and ladies) to take a peek at.
In conclusion... Am I happy with the Continental Milestones? - Yeppers!
Will I buy another set when it's time? - HELL YEAH!
P.S. Accoring to the rules I think you now have to include... "No I do not work for nor am I getting paid for this blog posting for Continental Tires." Regulations... Sheesh.
- Blog post
- 2 weeks ago
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The BIG PYTHON from Geoff!
- From: Cehszar
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My dear friend GB and his 16 years old pet.
pic taken yesterday, while we were on Skype.
- 2 weeks ago
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October Membershp Levels at Cr
- From: manybikes
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Attention Community Members! Kyle Bradshaw (manybikes) of Cruiser Customizing here!
Congratulations to the following members who have reached New Crusier Customizing Membership Levels in the month of October!
For those of you unfamiliar, click here to read about Membership Level Points10000 points World Traveler Membership Level! As of October 31st, 2009 there have been 20 members who have reached the level of World Traveler Membership! These 20 World Traveler Contributors are the leaders of our community and I want to thank you all for making this community, The Cruiser Customizing Community the greatest on-line motorcyle community in the world! Our 20 World Traveler Contributors are as follows:
snake06, als1953, RMFIII, kenney102564, manybikes, daycaremama, surfwer, copperguy, mcornelsen, moreland4, Cehszar, madcow, brentward, geoffbaker, Bikinjb, PioneerGirl, TIMTHEGAS, vstargrl, Luuna800, Robin001
5000 points Country Rider = Cruiser Customizing Sweatshirt! As of October 31st, 2009 there have been 44 members who have reached the level of State Rider Membership! All 44 members will need to fill out the Free Gifts form to receive your sweatshirt. (limit 1 per member - while suplies last)
The Top 3 Country Rider Contributors are as follows:
Philcole with 9770 Points
simmbad with 9138 Points
australian6 with 9032 Points
2000 point State Rider memberhship level and are entitled to the NEW Cruiser Customizing Pint Glass! As of October 31st, 2009 there have been 76 members who have reached the level of State Rider Membership! All 76 members will need to fill out the Free Gifts form to receive their Cruiser Customizing Pint Glass. (limit 1 per member - while suplies last)
The Top 3 State Rider Contributors are as follows:
roadie07, semperfi1037, darkrenegade
1000 point City Rider memberhship level and are entitled to a Crusier Customizing T-shirt! As of October 31st, 2009 there have been 145 members who have reached the level of State Rider Membership! All 145 members will need to fill out the Free Gifts form to receive their Cruiser Customizing T-shirt. (limit 1 per member - while suplies last)
The Top 3 City Rider Contributors are as follows:
dtinz, sliverdeer0454, ronsigns
500 point Neighborhood Rider memberhship level and are entitled to a Crusier Customizing Key Chain! As of October 31st, 2009 there have been 813 members who have reached the level of Neighborhood Rider Membership! All 813 Neighborhood Rider member Cruiser Customizing Key Chains will be sent when you reach the City Rider Membership Level and fill out the on-line form for the Free Gifts as your Key Chain will be mailed wrapped in a Cruiser Customizing T-shirt.I want to take a moment to personally thank you for all of your great controbutions here in the Cruiser Customizing Community! I know that I have personally benefited from the information which has been shared...
Thank you all for your participation!
Thanks again for your participation in making the Cruiser Customizing Community the worlds largest On-line biker community!
Ride safe!
Kyle Bradhaw aka: manybikes
Community Director - Blog post
- 2 weeks 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
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- 2 weeks ago
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