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.
Well, it all finally came together with a visit to JamesK’s garage of wrenching pleasures. (more…)
Spent a good few hours with the bog(body-filler), stripper, sandpaper and tape this weekend. Now to wait for the yellow sand to blow away and they’ll get a lick of paint.
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Stumbled on this great observation of why to change your oil and filter asap on run in. Check out the pics
# Qouted from the FZ1OA forum.
PC3/BMCfilter/Subthottle plates supplied by Ivan’s performance
What is the best mod you’ve done to your bike?
Some would say tires, others suspension and the odd lunatic would praise the 50horse shot of NOS he just strapped on the rear seat of his tire melting, soon to detonate road monster! (more…)
So, what’s the consensus on Navi?
Shunning the tech, thinking it was all a bit too complicated and distracting (which it is), it’s made itself useful in ways I’d never taken seriously. I mean I knew it had these functions and they were useful when in the car but, being the intellectual Honda cub that I am, never realized how well it would complement my wanderings. Mapple has been my spotty but mostly brilliant guiding light till now and the Garmin is filling in the voids. Here’s how:
It’s great for finding fuel when your running on fumes. Unless the Gas stand has been pushed down in the past 2 years, as the Garmin streetpilot riding my bars lead me to on Sunday. Excellent for getting back on track when you’ve been turned inside out on unknown sections of road after trekking into the suburban wilds in search of fuel, clocking top speeds. Doesn’t work in tunnels though, unfortunately.. . finding food you want to eat marking points of interest that would usually be forgotten until you rode past them again.
But best of all, it has been finding the hidden link roads that take you from one great road to another without having to go the long way around and pay the piper. Yep, I’m addicted to finding the road less travelled more than ever.
Garmin Streetpilot 2610, Mapsource version 7
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