Forum: Ride reports
06-05-2013, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,345
G'day, eh!
Key, Kedgi!
Thanks for the links! We have family from Shediac going WAAAAAAAY back, so it was nice to see a shout out from up your way while we're all the way down here.
We stopped by the...
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Forum: Ride reports
06-04-2013, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,345
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Forum: Ride reports
05-31-2013, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,345
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Forum: Ride reports
05-23-2013, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,345
From Kuwait to the Keys
Long time listener, first time caller. It's all I can think of as I'm typing the first few lines of this ride report, because for a year, this site literally served as a sanity-check for me. I...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
11-27-2012, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,483
Flexible Stalks
I've noticed LED signals in quite a few pictures of the F8 in different threads here, and it seems that people are running a number of different models on the bike, both OEM and aftermarket. My...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
11-20-2012, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,346
HDB Side Protection and Wind Deflection?
I understand why everyone likes the strength and resilience of the HDB guards, but they don't look as if they offer nearly as much side or top protection from wind as the Barkbuster Storms. Any word...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
11-13-2012, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-27-2012, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 11,200
Views: 5,750,282
Case Closed!
I'm retarded. A quick search of Dutchman Photos revealed her to be Sara Eileen of Redwood City, CA.
She seemed to strike the perfect mix of girls in this thread for me: Pretty, but classy, and...
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Forum: Equipment
10-27-2012, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 0
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Boot identification Help Needed...
From a post on the Old's Cool: Girl On An Old Motorcycle (http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=400341&highlight=Root+Beer&page=581) thread (where I wouldn't DREAM of asking this question; I...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-26-2012, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 11,200
Views: 5,750,282
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-07-2012, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-07-2012, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
"Good grief, haven't even got the bike and...
"Good grief, haven't even got the bike and already trying to change what you "think" is a lousy component?"
I understand whatyou're saying, and as I said, this is more just me finding ways to...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-07-2012, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-07-2012, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
For my own part, I don't plan to be using this...
For my own part, I don't plan to be using this thing like a dirt bike (it's not one; just too big and heavy), but as a true Adventure bike. I want it to be able to go over some very rough stuff...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-07-2012, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
No one's ponied up the information on the new...
No one's ponied up the information on the new forks. I suspect that's because there are simply so few out there yet, and the dissatisfaction hasn't set in with the front suspension that the Zokes...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-05-2012, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
This is why I love this site. Thanks for the...
This is why I love this site. Thanks for the consult, Lukas!
I keep hoping that someone who's already taken delivery of a 2013 F8 will take off their fork caps and provide the measurement, but...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-05-2012, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
So, Lukas, if the caps fit and the feet can be...
So, Lukas, if the caps fit and the feet can be machined, I'd just need the internals and the caps and the rest of the stock forks could be kept in place?
Also, and please pardon my ignorance, what...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-05-2012, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 193
Views: 18,427
F800GS "Drop-In" Fork Replacement?
After literal days (I have a lot of downtime right now) of searching for solutions to the problem posed by the supposedly poor front forks on the F8, I'm well and truly stumped about what to do when...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-02-2012, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 14,484
Fork Off.
So, cutting to the chase: If, just like always, all of the inmates here are so sure that the new BMW fork change is the worst thing EVER, and WP obviously make a 43mm fork already, wouldn't it...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
07-26-2012, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
New Solution
So if you just took the cartridges, I would imagine that the forks aren't adjustable. That hasn't been a problem for you, I take it?
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Forum: Parallel Universe
07-25-2012, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
Total damage.
Do you mind me asking how much it ended up costing in total? AltRider's got a kit on his website (http://www.altrider.com/ohlins-fork-cartridge-kit-for-bmw-f-800-gs/pcid/567-1) for Öhlins cartridge...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
07-25-2012, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
What news?!
Has anyone else done this conversion aside from -W-, Gangplank, and EpicX? Does anyone know if EpicXRider is even still alive?! Will we find the answers to these questions and more in next week's...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
07-04-2012, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 465
Views: 84,779
A rose by any other name...
If BMW start doing that, they might as well just jump on-board with Harley's naming conventions and be done with it. It's bad enough that they already label "Adventure" bikes separately from the...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
05-02-2012, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
Factory Connection
Just out of interest, have you considered the guys at Factory Connection (http://www.factoryconnection.com/index2.htm) for doing the tuning? They're right there in Barrington, New Hampshire, and...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
04-29-2012, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
Machining...
Epicx, do you already have the place picked out where you'll have the machining done on the stock feet when you decide to take the leap? I recall one of the posts on the original thread mentioning...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
02-20-2012, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
Ah, yes.
Thanks for the replies! I'll keep looking into the forums and see what I can pick up. I'd rather not go through eBay if I don't have to.
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Forum: Parallel Universe
02-20-2012, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 524
Views: 59,329
Maybe I missed this...
Whomever noted that it's pretty hard to find forks online wasn't wrong, and pardon me if this information was posted somewhere earlier in the thread and I didn't catch it, but do all RXV forks fit,...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
02-04-2010, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,250
The Cannonballers agree...
While it may be true that some departments scramble their freqs so that the public can't scrutinise them, a number of people who are semi-professional hellraisers had the same idea as you did and...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
02-01-2010, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 109
Views: 10,660
Sub-Zero Hero...
I'm going to go ahead and lump myself in with the latter "RIDERS" column: three times in the last month I've had the thumper out (whenever the ice has cleared off the roads enough to reasonably...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-04-2009, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 68,532
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Forum: Ride reports
09-16-2009, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 68,532
Have Beer; Will Travel...
OK, so this photo, all on its own, should be a motorcycle safety poster. It should bear a caption along the lines of "In the event of a crash, is YOUR MOST PRECIOUS CARGO SAFE?!!". Thank GOD you...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-26-2009, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 68,532
We can leave your friends behind...
I assert that these are Canadian members of the Men Without Hats Fan Club, Labrador Chapter, assembling in your hotel parking lot to re-enact the Safety Dance video. Or not.
Great RR, Jenna! And...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-18-2009, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 68,532
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Forum: Ride reports
08-17-2009, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 68,532
Drunk writing...
Dylan Thomas would be proud, and probably just as loquacious.
Great ride report so far! I've been trying to catch each installment, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the trip.
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
06-27-2009, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 311
Lower Alabama Trip Suggestions...
I'm a Mainer in involuntary exile in L.A. (Lower Alabama), and over the past year, I've become thoroughly overindulged on the quintessential look of the deep south. I'm hoping to take a bike trip...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
04-08-2009, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 1,148
Views: 92,605
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Forum: Thumpers
03-22-2009, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 403
My first stop...
Yeah, I tried Chain Gang. Normally they're really helpful for this sort of issue, but their native search engine appears to be messed up, and searching the site with Google for posts on that...
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Forum: Thumpers
03-22-2009, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 403
F650GS 18K Service
An open question to the cognoscenti:
I'm due to bring my 2001 F650GS into the dealership for its 18k service, but I'm not eager to drop the $500 that it's almost certain to cost if I let them do...
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