Began slowly but has picked up pace thanks to JamesK and his cave of wrenching wonders!
1st the exhaust was slipped out and with some creative jacking and wedging, she was on blocks. Then the junk came off
Author: tougeexpress
FZ1 Race Legend Retired
The -06 Over Racing FZ1 that won its class at the 06 Suzuka 8 hour is being retired and the parts have come up in local auction.
Ridden by Makoto Suzuki and Hiroshi Toyoda, and running in the XF1 Formula Extreme class against R1s, Fireblades, etc.
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Nightride-Heating-Deer-Views
Last minute, got fired up after an odd day at work and decided on a night run. Ended up hitting the road alone at 9:30pm.
Being chilly out with winter creeping in and sub 10°C showing for the hills, decided to don some heat. Yep, time to drag the Powerlet heated liner and gloves out of summer hibernation. Dig how easy this gear is. No maintenance and always ready.
Iwate – 2011
Kanto to Shimokita-hanto return
The northernmost point of Honshu is the home of the famous blue fin fisherman and some great riding on empty roads with views for miles.
The getting there and back is the bigger challenge and a great ride. Let’s roll!
(more…)500km of Kanto’s finest
Had planned a 800km day of smooth twisties but things kinda went sideways and we called it quits at @500km, well 2 of us did 🙂
Ready for the road trip? .. . . let’s roll.
1st Coast 2 Coast Twistybutt – Goldenweek 2011 – The C2C Touge Grenade
What are we talking about here?
C2C = coast to coast = Pacific Ocean to Japan Sea
Touge = A pass between two adjacent territories traversing some sort of natural geographical barrier = 峠
Grenade = a small package with a big punch!
So, a relatively short ride (compared to an ironbutt) from the Pacific Ocean to Japan Sea via as many twisty bits as can be strung together. All in a day!
SS Radio-active Run II
Another great early Sunday Squirt! JamesK joined the run this week. @400km with just a few spits of rain. The roads were nowhere as quiet as last week but they were still relatively quiet. (more…)
Sunday Squirt goes Radio-active
WHO said it was ok to roll, checked the Geiger stations and forecast wind direction/weather and all was favorable. So fired up the FuzZ and went searching for X-Men powers.
No-one on the roads and great weather 5-12degC.
Black is Back! The Build
Well, it all finally came together with a visit to JamesK’s garage of wrenching pleasures. (more…)
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