Forum: Day Trippin'
06-04-2013, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 395
Still green over there
Hey Q, looks like your side of the state is still green. This side is losing it's green and turning brown. Great pictures. Need to get over there to ride some of your side of the state. :clap
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Forum: GS Boxers
06-01-2013, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 548
Tube sizes
I carry a 500/530-17 for the rear and a 110/100/90-19 for the front. I have had to use a tube in the rear tire when a hole was too big to hold a mushroom plug. Save's me from having to discard the...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-29-2013, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 817
See you on the raod?
I too am leaving for Alaska on July 3rd, solo, but from Boise, ID. Will be crossing the border at Roosville in Montana. Sounds like we will be traveling to Alaska on different sides of British...
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
10-12-2012, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 7,223
Views: 590,270
Trinity Ridge
Jason, I attempted to get to Trinity Ridge Lookout last Sunday but Fall Creek Rd. was gated off about 3-4 miles south of the road to the lookout. I believe the road was to open on Wednesday the...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-17-2012, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 515
Views: 87,725
Catching up
Sam, from your pictures of Yuma, you appear to be in my dad's neighborhood!!!
I'll talk to you when you get back. We are suppose to get hit tomorrow (wednesday) with all the weather we have missed...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-16-2011, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,619
Hagon Shocks
My stock units on my 01 1150GS were worn out after 42,000 miles. I did not want to spend $1500-2000 on new ones. I was visiting with Kurt from Black Dog Cycle Works at the Klim adventure rally in...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-13-2011, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,181
Dave (Petdoc), thanks for those threads - just...
Dave (Petdoc), thanks for those threads - just reading them brings on cold sweats of the work ahead of me. I have done all the work so far on this GS and have a great space to work in and tools to...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-12-2011, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,181
Thanks all for your responses
Grant, thanks for the link to your project. I will have to get the bike on the lift soon and start taking things apart.
Petdoc, I did not replace the input seal last September. It was difficult...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-11-2011, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,181
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-11-2011, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,181
Another slave cylinder gone bad
I need some help with this. I had to replace my clutch slave cylinder on my 01 1150GS last September (2010). Mileage was 39,000 miles. Last Friday my clutch was working strangely and I noticed fluid...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-25-2011, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 515
Views: 87,725
Just vertically challenged
And I thought black was supposed to make us thinner!!!
Sam, all you need to do is add 4-5 inches (in height) and you would be thinner.
Safe travels
Doug
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Forum: Ride reports
09-21-2011, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 515
Views: 87,725
Retirement seems to suit you, Sam
Sam, have a safe journey. I am envious of the time you have now to be able to do this. Hopefully for me in a couple of years I can spend more time riding than working. Just have to figure out how to...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
07-15-2011, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,328
Sam, has boredom set in yet?
Sam, with all that "free" time you now have (since you are retired), I hope you are not getting too bored riding all that wonderful country. Hope to ride with you again this year. :rofl
Doug
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Forum: Vendors
07-15-2011, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 6,747
Fisher saddle
I had Dave redo my DRZ seat earlier this spring and have finally been able to spend some time on it. He did a great job! It is very comfortable ( can spend hours sitting now), the quality is...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
06-21-2011, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,263
Sam, it was a great four days of riding!
Sam, thanks for a setting up a great ride over to the Klim rally. It was a pleasure getting to know you, Bill, Thane, and Chris a little better. Even though Friday was a long day, in my mind it was...
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Forum: GS Boxers
06-04-2011, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 397
Views: 53,280
on order since February
I put my order in with Black Dog in February. They have informed me they will be getting them in at the end of June and I should see mine the first week in July. :clap:clap
I have never waited...
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Forum: Ride reports
06-04-2011, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 9,773
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Forum: Ride reports
06-04-2011, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 10,841
I agree with Signal - Capitol Reef is a great...
I agree with Signal - Capitol Reef is a great park to explore. About ten years ago we (my family) spent a couple of days exploring the park on foot through some of the washes. Climbed through some...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
03-14-2011, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 846
Views: 140,308
Between Idaho and Utah?
I have been in Idaho now for about 22 years. Lived in Salt Lake for 2 1/2 years in 1980-1982. Rode my motorcycle with a friend one weekend to Bryce and fell in love with the place. I have been back...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-25-2011, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 9,529
never tired of Idaho rides
Hey guys, I towed my 26' fifth wheel over the Manning Bridge about 4 years ago on a fall elk hunt up on the French Creek road area. I parked along the Salmon River and took my ATV up in the mountains...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-14-2011, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 13,231
I put a set on my 1150 GS last July and have...
I put a set on my 1150 GS last July and have close to 4,000 miles on them now. Great tire! I run the front at 38psi and the rear at 40 psi on the tarmac. I run them at about 32 psi on the dirt and...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-12-2011, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 325
Views: 57,112
Kidnapping in Kentucky!!
Rudi, I was concerned there for awhile about your kidnapping in Kentucky. Glad to see that you got away safely:rofl
I can remember taking motorcycle trips with my Dad in the 80's when he was in his...
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Forum: Americas
02-11-2011, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 798
I rode the Magruder from west to east in...
I rode the Magruder from west to east in September of 2010. It was a fairly easy ride except for one section of rocky terrain. I rode it on my 1150GS with Shinko 705's. The weather was perfect and...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-30-2011, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 398
Views: 90,998
Been waiting all fall for this one
Hi Q, I met you at the BMW rally in Redmond this summer while you were working the Klim booth. When you told me you had been to Alaska I knew the RR would be worth waiting for. :clap
Again, welcome...
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Forum: GS Boxers
01-25-2011, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,909
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Forum: Ride reports
01-25-2011, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 817
Views: 376,351
Well now you've made me do it. I have my...
Well now you've made me do it. I have my Colorado, Utah and Wyoming Benchmark map books all over my desk trying to follow your routes. Am I thankful I live in the west. Sometimes I take for granted...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-23-2011, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 817
Views: 376,351
This is a great RR. The first RR I read when I...
This is a great RR. The first RR I read when I found the ADV website was from Dockingpilot about 3 years ago when he rode from northern Idaho to southern Idaho on many of the areas I have hunted in...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-23-2011, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 817
Views: 376,351
Ditto about the Benchmark maps
I agree with Tony about the Benchmark map books. They are much more detailed than the DeLorme books. I use them locate roads, landmarks, etc and then I can create routes in my gps software. They are...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-17-2010, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 7,907
Who says your "old"
Hey 52 is still young. I'm 57 and just starting to ride a lot again, mostly alone and on more gravel and dirt with my 1150gs. Your bike is really not that heavy compared to "miss piggy" when loaded...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-15-2010, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,612
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-21-2010, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 503
Views: 92,889
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-27-2010, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 182
Views: 30,215
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-27-2010, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 182
Views: 30,215
After reading all the posts I bet the steering...
After reading all the posts I bet the steering damper would have saved me from having to drop my 1150 gs on a very sandy section of dirt/gravel/sandy road. About two weeks ago I was out on a solo...
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