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Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 12:28 am
by RZed
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 1:27 am
by kpke
Looks like a great time
That triple sure is sweet. I like the T500 also.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:35 am
by RZed
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:29 am
by hondaror
Nice shots!
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:54 am
by RZed
Finally got some decent weather for the weekend and made it out for a nice ride today after replacing all the electrics on the bike over the winter. Sunny, dry, and about 55 degrees. The bike ran strong all day with no issues!!
Stopped for a few pics along the way...
Mt Hood in the background.
Charlie
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:58 am
by hondaror
The bike looks great!
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:38 pm
by MK
RZed wrote:
Mt Hood in the background.
Ah, that's the "in da hood" all those rappers are talking about all the time
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:12 am
by RZed
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:56 am
by hondaror
Now doesn't that look like fun!?!
Resist the temptation to wheelie that puppy. I'm at school right now for motorcycle mechanics. The bench next to me, pulled apart a new Yamaha 1000, is it the X10? It had less then 4,000 kms, maybe 2800 miles. The crankshaft on cylinders 1 & 4, were pooched. New crank is on order. The instructor guessed from wheeling.
The bike was donated by Yamaha Canada, had been tested by Cycle Canada Magazine. Our instructor dug out the test and one test rider reported it as a wheelie machine. Sure as $h!t the crank bearings packed up and took out the crank in under 4,000 kms. Oil sump starvation. Just saying.
The 2 stroke is a safe wheelie machine, but I wouldn't want to cook my 4 stoke engine that way. People have no idea.
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:02 pm
by T.RexRacing
That why I prefer dry sump 4 strokes.
Rory I hope they pay better up there than down here.
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:20 pm
by kpke
Oh man that looks like fun Charlie. Very cool motorcycle.
On another note, are you going to the one show this weekend?
framemaker will be there but I just can't commit to that long of a drive for a motorcycle show.
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:15 pm
by hondaror
T.RexRacing wrote:That why I prefer dry sump 4 strokes.
Rory I hope they pay better up there than down here.
Hi T, possibly, not likely though. Our minimum wage is going up to $15/hr, but you have to understand what you can buy for that. You need $25/hr just to survive in Calgary, and I'm not even close to that.
We get US product, but have to pay much more for it. The worst part, we don't have 1/4 the selection you folks have down there. Everyone in the industry up here, is very passionate about what we are doing. You have to be to put up with the lack of. There are some perks if you ride, but, not much.
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:55 pm
by RZed
kpke wrote:Oh man that looks like fun Charlie. Very cool motorcycle.
On another note, are you going to the one show this weekend?
framemaker will be there but I just can't commit to that long of a drive for a motorcycle show.
Thanks Ken,
I'm not sure if I'll make it the One Show or not. Work has been crazy and I may have to put some time in on Saturday. If I do go, I'll snap some pics!!
hondaror wrote:Now doesn't that look like fun!?!
Resist the temptation to wheelie that puppy. I'm at school right now for motorcycle mechanics. The bench next to me, pulled apart a new Yamaha 1000, is it the X10? It had less then 4,000 kms, maybe 2800 miles. The crankshaft on cylinders 1 & 4, were pooched. New crank is on order. The instructor guessed from wheeling.
The bike was donated by Yamaha Canada, had been tested by Cycle Canada Magazine. Our instructor dug out the test and one test rider reported it as a wheelie machine. Sure as $h!t the crank bearings packed up and took out the crank in under 4,000 kms. Oil sump starvation. Just saying.
The 2 stroke is a safe wheelie machine, but I wouldn't want to cook my 4 stoke engine that way. People have no idea.
I hear ya Rory! My wheelies have just been low flying power ones!!
I'm not the stand up wheelie kind of guy.....only in the dirt on my 2 stroke!
Charlie
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:16 am
by hondaror
Congrats on the purchase Charlie, it looks great.
Re: My Sunday rides with the GoPro and pictures
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:17 pm
by two-stroke-brit
i dont understand how pulling wheelies would stress the crank to extinction.
i understand the clutch would take a hammering and the gear of choice .
surely they would give up before the crank.
great bike by the way
thanks mark