Forum: Beasts
Today, 10:32 AM
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Puh-leeze!!!
How so, exactly... Sir Mark? :dunno
C'mon... Tell us... :ear
http://www.eborg2.com/Sounds/Sounds-Animals/Crickets.wav
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
Yesterday, 03:15 PM
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That depends...
It's up to GSteve if he wants to talk about his forks... :lol3
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
Yesterday, 01:34 PM
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Fuhgeddaboudit...
Just something Steve and I were discussing. No big deal. Well, except it's a secret... :brow
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
Yesterday, 10:24 AM
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Suspension...
Looking at this pic, GSteve, I can see what you mean about the fork travel...
Great pics!!! :clap
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
05-23-2013, 08:04 PM
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Do you have a flash???
If your bike is stock then you don't have to worry a bit. Just find an ECUnleashed dealer and have him do the Gen 2 flash for you. The only folks who have to send their ECU's in to ECUnleashed in...
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Forum: Beasts
05-23-2013, 06:21 PM
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Forum: Beasts
05-23-2013, 03:34 PM
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FJR's and Super T's...
As a former FJR owner, and recent FJR shopper, I thought I'd chime in...
I had a truly wonderful 2006 FJR1300, and I loved it. I test rode all the other great sport touring mounts of the time and...
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Forum: Beasts
05-23-2013, 01:14 PM
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I dunno'...
Nah...
I think it hit an all-time low with the picture of Pluric's concert-going couple. :puke2
:lol3 :lol3 :lol3 :lol3 :lol3
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
05-23-2013, 10:36 AM
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Fun & Games...
Of course, the great thing here is that we're all just kidding around... joking about bikes on trailers and flatbeds, and generally poking fun about brands and stereotypes.
What would be rather...
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Forum: Beasts
05-23-2013, 09:44 AM
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Picture viewing is in the details...
Of course, even a rather cursory glance at both those pictures would show the following:
- The BMW is quite obviously out in the middle of nowhere (see those trees and the gravel shoulder?), and...
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Forum: Beasts
05-22-2013, 10:28 PM
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Ed and AF-1 = Excellence!!!
Ditto on Ed and AF-1 Racing... Best in the business! :thumb
BTW, Pluric, while I was out town race chasin' ol' Michael at ECUnleashed replied to my e-mail inquiry about the *free* Gen 2 flash...
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Forum: Vendors
05-21-2013, 07:47 AM
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Forum: Beasts
05-18-2013, 08:02 PM
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Mirror Elephantitis???
OK, I just gotta' ask... What's the story on the left mirror on the FJR? :scratch
Is it me, an optical illusion, or is that thing *HUGE*???
Dallara
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Forum: Vendors
05-16-2013, 04:09 PM
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Wow!!!
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Dang! That looks like an ol' board tracker!!! :eek1
I *LIKE* it!!! :clap
Will it be possible to ship 'em to the USA without it being too expensive? Just so happens I know where there's a...
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Forum: Beasts
05-15-2013, 08:40 PM
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Is it real? Or is it Pluric?
OK, Pluric...
These days I have more trouble telling when you're kidding or not.
Are you just joking? Or are you really gonna' end up a few feet deeper when you play sand dart? :dunno
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Forum: Beasts
05-14-2013, 08:56 PM
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ECUnleashed & AF-1...
I was up there at AF-1 when Snakebitten got his flash...
He got a *NEW* Gen 2 flash. His bike was completely stock, ECU-wise, and he had never had the Gen 1 flash.
And you're right, Pluric - Ed...
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Forum: Beasts
05-14-2013, 08:37 PM
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210 Plastic cleaner & Polish
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My favorite, and all I use these days...
http://riversideys.com/images/d/1953/Plastic_Cleaner.JPG
It's also made for aircraft windshields, and it leaves your windscreen or face...
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Forum: Beasts
05-09-2013, 12:55 PM
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Yeah, but...
Well, at least he's not afraid of sand... :lol3
(and it's Ténéré, right?)
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
05-09-2013, 12:13 PM
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Ed and AF-1 = Excellence!!!
I'm with you... Ed and AF-1 are a truly *FIRST CLASS* operation, and all my dealings with him over the years could not have been better!
Of course, some of the folks over on the Super Tenere...
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Forum: Beasts
05-09-2013, 12:07 PM
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You nailed it!!!
Hell, the Pope is a regular Buddy Hackett compared to some of the folks over there! :lol3
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xOCH0c9pYaI" frameborder="0"...
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Forum: Beasts
05-09-2013, 12:01 PM
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Speaking of not laughing...
Geez, Pluric...
You want something some folks take *REALLY* seriously, go check out the ECUnleashed re-flashed threads (and I do emphasize the plurality there of the word "THREADS") over on the...
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Forum: Beasts
05-09-2013, 11:54 AM
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Fewer "Keyboard Kowboys" on ADVrider...
Yep, Snake...
As one ADVrider regular once said (I think it was Pluric), it is a bit less "stuffy" over here! :lol3
More actual riders, it seems... :clap
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
05-07-2013, 04:25 PM
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No way!!!
I thought I was being Pluritastic... :rayof
Dallara
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Forum: Beasts
05-07-2013, 04:06 PM
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Speaking of vibes...
And I just LOVED my weirdly sprung, oddly damped stock forks, along with my undersprung and underdamped stock rear shock until I got the Stoltec treatment to the forks and the Penske rear shock, both...
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Forum: Beasts
05-07-2013, 02:01 PM
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Heat???
I'm always a bit perplexed when folks mention that they think the Super Tenere puts out heat they feel is uncomfortable. I've owned mine since the summer of 2011 and I've always thought it was one of...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-07-2013, 09:31 AM
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Near Corpus Christi, TX...
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Interesting billboard... Right above an Adult Video store... In a refinery area. :lol3
http://timetunnel.smugmug.com/Rides/Woodall-Beeville-Ride-050413/i-txpdjh3/0/X2/IMG_2950-X2.jpg...
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Forum: Vendors
05-05-2013, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 1,072
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That's Exactly What I Want!!!
I corresponded with Corrado113 about a bag for that space some time ago, and he said he'd be happy to make one, but he needed measurements. I was never able to measure that oddly shaped space to...
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Forum: Vendors
05-03-2013, 01:56 PM
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I dunno'...
IIRC, Grok's production numbers are determined entirely by his component parts supply and how much capital he has at any one time to buy the parts.
Dallara
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Forum: Vendors
05-03-2013, 01:27 PM
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I honestly don't believe it...
Does anybody actually *READ* threads anymore these days? :brow
Hate to break this to ya', John... But nobody is going to put your name on one when they're available. It's entirely up to you...
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Forum: Beasts
05-03-2013, 08:40 AM
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Depends on how you look at it...
There are reports that the AltRider plate drags its rearmost corners immediately after the pegs, and as such could lever the wheel up and off the pavement in much the same fashion...
Of course,...
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Forum: Beasts
05-01-2013, 07:25 PM
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No surprise there...
I knew that was coming... :lol3
There I was, moving outta' my old shop and having to haul bikes, and thought an XR1200 on a trailer with a Ducati Desmosedici would make for some cool pictures!...
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Forum: Beasts
05-01-2013, 06:29 PM
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Well, I dunno'...
Actually, I think it has nothing whatsoever to do with any boxes or side cases...
It has to do with the centerstand, and you can readily check this yourself. The centerstand won't touch down while...
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Forum: Beasts
05-01-2013, 05:56 PM
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Better than the Dow-Jones average...
Pluric's right...
If I had just been smart enough to buy stock in trailer companies just before the big HD boom, recent KTM sales increases, and before all the BMW final drive explosions I'd be a...
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Forum: Beasts
04-27-2013, 08:44 PM
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Rim shots...
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But aren't them thar' super terrific Teutonic ultra-unobtanium wonder rims supposed to be vastly super-superior to them terrible Jap ricer rims on our decidedly inferior, cheap, and downright...
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Forum: Equipment
04-25-2013, 08:31 AM
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Geez...
Lot of whining and whinging there for what amounts to a non-issue...
If the fixed length of wire is your big, oh-my-God worry then why not just put male-female bullet-connectors on each of the...
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Forum: Beasts
04-17-2013, 04:55 AM
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Too Cool!!!
Outstanding, Ray!!! :clap
Wow, do you guys look ready. Can't wait until you get down to Texas and I get to see that rig in person. What an amazing adventure you guys will be having... I'm...
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Forum: Beasts
04-16-2013, 09:02 PM
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I don't think they're Molex...
Just for the record...
If he's using any plugs that plug directly into any Yamaha factory connectors then they won't be Molex plugs/connectors, or male or female pin sets.
Most all the Jap...
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Forum: Beasts
04-16-2013, 06:25 PM
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To each his own...
I dunno', Roberto...
I've been riding for more than 43 years, and raced (on- and off-road) for 22 of those, and I have yet to have found a need for a steering damper on a properly set up...
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Forum: Beasts
04-16-2013, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 17,892
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Great Outfit!!!
Absolutely the greatest place to get any Japanese electrical supplies is from Jim Davis at Eastern Beaver - http://www.easternbeaver.com/
He's the best, and once you become a customer you will be...
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Forum: Beasts
04-16-2013, 02:33 PM
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But than again...
Perhaps it merely suggests that he can so aptly "Plumb" the depths of depravity? :evil
Dallara
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