Forum: Central – From Da Nort Woods to the Plane States
02-22-2013, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 8,176
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Not Detroit.
But near enough to go for a ride.
Rode to AK a few years ago.
Hit a caribou.
Busted myself and the bike.
Fixed the bike.
Limped around on the bike for a while.
Got bushwhacked.
(Never...
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-29-2011, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,293
My flickr page
I did this a while ago, start here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/4466694376/in/photostream/
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Forum: GS Boxers
01-09-2011, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 1,909
Views: 565,402
Now I have two GS'
Stretching the definition of "offroad GS "
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-29-2010, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 856
Views: 297,455
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-29-2010, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 154
Views: 16,773
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Forum: Tejas and the Gulf States
11-29-2010, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,386
4 sounds like
a good start...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/5220085452/
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Forum: The Garage
07-27-2010, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,755
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Forum: The Garage
07-26-2010, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,755
beam spread
Yes,120 degrees is wide, but what would a bare halogen bulb's beam spread angle be?
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Forum: The Garage
07-26-2010, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,755
5,000 lumen LED lights, anyone?
Less than 70 bucks for the bare led array.
I'm no electronics expert.
But I think it runs on 25.4v current, drawing 2.1 amps. Sure seems like the electrical draw of your typical 55w halogen bulb....
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Forum: Equipment
07-20-2010, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,303
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-07-2010, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 462
Sorry Guys,
I should've mentioned I'm home with the bike. Good old boy network to the rescue, I had a truck and trailer there in less than two hours!
twisted the yoke:...
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-06-2010, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 462
Broke my 1100gs rear U-joint
400 miles from home. 60K on the bike.
As I repair this , is there any collective wisdom of things to look for so this happens later, rather than sooner, next time?
I noticed the tapered roller...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-30-2010, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,008
found another
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/3413597511/sizes/o/
edit:
2 more.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/3722158259/sizes/o/
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Forum: The Garage
03-27-2010, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,625
I was building swimming pools
in my young days.
On the way home after a long day of breaking concrete.
We were driving a 6 cylinder stepvan.
It developed a loose exhaust on the way.
At a stop light, we sidled up to a flat bed...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-27-2010, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,546
I think they're
plenty strong enough.
If you remove the pedal itself from the axle it rotates around, you'll find a solid steel shaft of about 9/16th in diameter.
I jumped on them in the shop with the bike on the...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-27-2010, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,008
One of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/4347984582/sizes/o/
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-27-2010, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,546
World's cheapest "aftermarket" footpegs
I have a 95 BMW r1100gs.
I rode it up the dalton after hitting a caribou in denali natl park. I broke some bones, it sucked, but I didn't want to just fold up and go home.
I spent a lot of time...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-26-2010, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,802
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-26-2010, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,223
I bought a tiny
garage door remote at home depot.
So small , it rides on my keyring.
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-24-2010, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,016
Call me a cheapskate
but you go with what you know, right?
Stock bmw bag on the exhaust side was trying to warp from heat. Blinker did warp.
I extended the exhaust on my gs1100 with a chunk of pipe sawn from my scrap...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-24-2010, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 4
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I rode
these roads last summer.
Stock shocks on my gs1100 with 45K on the bike.
There are no big jumps or huge holes.
Think of it as a really long, fairly rough gravel road.
Semi trucks drive the roads...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-09-2010, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 3,650
I recently replaced
the F & R shocks on my r1100gs, and I noticed a wandering on the highway that wasn't there before.
Check the ratio between the front and rear preload.
I've played with it, and with preload at both...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-09-2010, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 953
Views: 260,354
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Forum: Equipment
12-26-2009, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 508
Ebay?
The moderators will probably beat you up a little for posting things here without a price, but I'd search ebay completed listings, and search here in the flea market for similar items.
Put a price...
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Forum: Airheads
12-25-2009, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 16,736
master cylinder
Saw a cable actuated , remotely mounted master cylinder on a bike once. Handlebar hydraulic cylinders are ugly.
Just a thought.
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
06-02-2009, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 5,987
Views: 1,986,765
On the Dalton hwy in Alaska
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/3589574354/
The day it opened this year ...
Really , why does it tell me " upload failed" every single time, no matter how tiny I resize the...
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Forum: Alaska
05-30-2009, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 619
Views: 69,202
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Forum: GS Boxers
05-26-2009, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 953
Views: 260,354
mine
with some custom aerodynamic treatment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/3560575848/in/set-72157618680151532/
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Forum: GS Boxers
05-26-2009, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 856
Views: 297,455
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Forum: GS Boxers
05-26-2009, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,427
My GS collects
more snow than any bike I've had before....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/3560575848/
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Forum: Alaska
05-17-2009, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 681
i was
on the park road, just inside denali. had to be the last boo there...
wasn't going fast enough to actually dump it,
really.
too stubborn to give up and let go, i guess.
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Forum: Alaska
05-17-2009, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 681
caribou
in the left lane. opposing car traffic.
of course the car comes into my lane, never mind me blasting them with
550 watts of lights...
i took the left lane, bou and all.
dodged 1, 2, 3, aaaaand...
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Forum: Alaska
05-10-2009, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 782
Irode about 80 miles of it tonight
(160 rt) after work. started in cantwell. Have new tkc's, np and fun . : ) I'd do the whole thing, but 7/12's @ work means no time, I made time...
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Forum: Alaska
04-30-2009, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 619
Views: 69,202
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Forum: Central – From Da Nort Woods to the Plane States
04-30-2009, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 591
I made it here late last week.
And still don't have my laptop shipment.
If you want a ride report, you'll get once I get that mail....
I posted some iphone images on my flickr page here:...
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Forum: Alaska
04-30-2009, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 661
Not my lid, but
I'm working in denali for the season. Rode my gs1100 up, so I need a set of tires. Where do you buy tires?
Thanks, Keith
Oh, could you send a reply to kthschsslr@gmail ? I can get email on my...
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Forum: Central – From Da Nort Woods to the Plane States
04-13-2009, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 279
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Forum: Central – From Da Nort Woods to the Plane States
04-13-2009, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 8,176
Views: 597,128
hi
noob to this group.
Uploading a picture well under the size limit has failed repeatedly...
so go here if you want a picture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49367769@N00/3413597511/
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Forum: Central – From Da Nort Woods to the Plane States
04-13-2009, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 903
I'm riding
to AK for the summer starting this morning.
I kept putting fuel stabilizer in the tank, thinking it would eventually get too cold to ride... stopped doing that around Feb. I guess.
Heated gear...
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Forum: Central – From Da Nort Woods to the Plane States
04-13-2009, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 591
Thanks
Redneck:
Thanks for the offer, but I'm headed around south first to visit a friend in Minneapolis, Very nice of you!
Run n gun :
Yes, I'm going to do maintenance on the hotels there. Pay is...
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