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320 miles today with a couple buddies. Left the house early at 67 degrees. Stayed comfortable until mid afternoon. By far the best July ride I’ve had in many years.

I rode it to work...

I rode it to work...

Going to load it up for a week in North Carolina!!!!!!!!!!!!

Riding my coworkers 2006 this week. Last night after work I flushed the cooling system and refilled with fresh coolant for him. Hoping to flush the hydraulic fluid this weekend. Rode it to work again today. Giving my 2007 a short break.

Ordered a new sr357. With so much finish wear and tear and mileage, I thought it was time. The old one will probably go another 2 bikes, but the new one will be here Saturday and I’ll pass the old one on at a low price.

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:40 am Ordered a new sr357. With so much wear and tear and mileage, I thought it was time. The old one will probably go another 2 bikes, but the new one will be here Saturday and I’ll pass the old one on at a low price.

...never heard of one wearing out

Waiting on daylight so I can load up and ride to NC!!!!!!!!!

I put DB Killers in the Two Bros, and did an oil and filter change. The previous owner's mechanic had the filter tightened to 2000 ft lbs! Son of a bitch! Got Senas mounted in the new helmets. Got Louanne's and my gear laid out for our first ride together in about a year, it seems. Waiting on the sunrise and riders to show. Hope I ride well.

danh600 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:10 am Waiting on daylight so I can load up and ride to NC!!!!!!!!!

Hey, stop by and ride with the SC upstate riff-raff

Why start now.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:20 am Hope I ride well.

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:18 am Why start now.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:20 am Hope I ride well.

Always the philosopher.

Rode it 170 miles today. Felt good 2-up.

Was tired of the front end wobble I was getting over 75ish from a crappy balancing job by my local guy who mostly does Harley tires. He is cheap, but as usual, you get what you pay for.

So I got into my stash of Balancing Beads and dropped 1.5 Oz in there. The tire is still in good shape, I want to see if this clears it up or not. If it does, great, if it doesn’t, then I will know I need to buy a balanced. Will report back with results later.

Flushed and changed brake fluid on the '06 I'm bike sitting for a coworker. He'd never done it in his 4 or 5 years he's owned it so it was overdue. Clutch master cylinder had a lot of crud in it. Cleaned it out thoroughly before refilling. Took a nice test ride after I was done.

Checked and re-shimmed valves on my buddies Versys 1000. He bought a Hot Cams shim kit, which came with 3 shins for a variety of sizes. 19k miles and he needed only two sizes to re-shim 8 valves. We were two shims short, so I sanded down two of the OEM shims.

I’ll never complain about syncing TB’s on the FJR. Holy cow - was that difficult on the Versys.

Got out for an early morning ride. The heat is returning so earlier is better. Explored a new road that I need to work into my little loop. Finally tried the little coffee shop in the town south of us. Good service, good breakfast and good coffee, it's a winner. Got home and I'll be damned, my vehicles are synchronizing. Looks like the FJR, the GSXS and the truck all need new tires. Sigh.

Had to perform a wee bit of surgery to repair an ailing front brake light switch.

After finishing that little distraction took the FJR out for a romp on my favorite foothill twisty roads!

~G


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Went on a short 100 mile ride up through Caledonia State Park with a few friends. Great weather.

I bought my bike a new 25 gallon air compressor.