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Let's see those bikes

Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by Smokinpiney, Oct 4, 2013.

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  1. Midwinter

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    Two months after my elbow surgery I finally took the fat, slow pig out for a ride. It felt great to putter around again. I ran some errands and ran the boy to work. It’s been too long.
     
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    Rode the other bike to work 2 of 3 days this week. 80 degrees the past two here in south central Pa.
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    Gonna get this tomorrow.:makeitrain"2005 with 12500 miles. This will be my 6th Goldwing.:yes:
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    6th? Those things last forever, you must be hard on them.
     
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    No ABS:mad:no buy.
     
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    Sorry to hear that. It is very difficult coming down from a "I'm going to buy a new bike" high. Hopefully you find a Goldwing soon.
     
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    After having no ABS bikes forever, and reading and seeing how cornering ABS works and why it's so much better than normal ABS, is never get a traditional non cornering ABS system. I'd rather just have regular brakes, or cornering ABS. The Miracle That Is Cornering ABS, Explained
     
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    With our 2 big snowstorms this past week, there's a ton of grime and salt on the roads. Temps are finally going to be getting better, but now we need rain again. That might happen Wednesday.
     
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    Thanks OhioStihl ! I may wait until next winter, I think there will be more people selling older Goldwings now that Honda has released their new and improved fork system. Anyway I still have my FJR and I just got back from a 120 mile ride on one of my favorite roads that's full of some great twistys..........RIDE SAFE!
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    Anybody have any experience with the KTM duke's? Looking at buying a brand new leftover 2015 690 for my dad. I ride a Yamaha FZ-09 and may buy him one of those instead, but the Duke seems like a sweet bike and is priced nicely at $5,500. Mostly concerned with vibration from the big single cylinder.
     
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    As much as I like ktm's, that fz09 is a great bike. If it were a twin cylinder ktm, I would still go ktm. But that fz09, I don't need to tell you how good they are. The fz07 is a great bike too, probably more in the class of that ktm, with the fz07 still outgunning that ktm despite similar displacement.
     
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    Before you pull the trigger:

    I know, that’s a 390. But I would certainly search around for info on the 690 and see if it has similar reputations.
     
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    90 miles. Dam short run:whistle:
    20180424_115855.jpg Camp Comfort low head dam leftovers. Shell Rock river. Butler County Ia.

    20180424_124107.jpg Dam at Greene Ia. Ditto on river.

    20180424_141550.jpg Dam at Marble Rock Ia. Same river.

    20180424_152735.jpg Dam at Clarksville Ia. Same river....

    20180424_155715.jpg Dam at Shell Rock Ia. on the Shell Rock River!

    IMG951785.jpg And hopefully the last of this :handshake:
    Water is 2-3 foot high in all pics compared to normal levels. Bring on summer!!!
     
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    Yesterday I beat the rain getting the bike home from winter storage

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    We got a very little amout of rain yesterday. I'm sure the salt is still thick in piles on the roads on corners and turn outs. Grrr
     
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    Wild street race.
     
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    Pucker factor.....:eek:
     
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    Finally got to ride into work today. It was 45* on my ride in and 88* on my ride back home (at least where I started from). 83* by the time I got home. Unfortunately, thunderstorms, some severe, forecast for tomorrow so no more riding for a couple of days.
     
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    As if by magic mine started today, it wouldn't a couple weeks ago! I was to pooped from moving wood to take a ride....
     
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