Motorcycles

[Hogrider]

My brother and I rode out motorcycles from the Washington DC area to Hyder, Alaska and back a couple of years ago. This is me standing under the Hyder sign. That was a Kawasaki 2000. Nice bike but I traded it in for a Road King.

[BastaDi]

On 2/4/2019 at 7:16 PM, Hogrider said:

My brother and I rode out motorcycles from the Washington DC area to Hyder, Alaska and back a couple of years ago. This is me standing under the Hyder sign. That was a Kawasaki 2000. Nice bike but I traded it in for a Road King.

Cool motorcycles, I guess this road was hard but interesting

[Hands On]

I recently treated myself to a new Arai brain bucket.

Turns out a 7 Doors sticker matched the pin striping perfectly!

[pidjones]

Nice looking lid! Is it modular? If so, Arai has done a great job of smoothing the joint! Nice CB, too. I'm still trying to find a way to further quiet the Emgo shorties on my GL1000. It eats fiberglass wrap in 20 miles. May try SS pads next.

 

 

[Hands On]

Thanks @pidjones. it's not a modular... just a good ol' full face.

Sadly, i just enjoy riding and haven't had the time or space to do much work on my own bike. This is the first place where i've had my own garage, since i started riding in 2012.

I did just come across in San Jose called Moto Guild, where you can rent a shared space to work on bikes. Pretty intriguing, but the time aspect is still an issue.

[AtomicMagpye]

New Bike - picked it up on Saturday....  always wanted one when they first came out - had a zzr600 - and now this one....

[Dan]

5 minutes ago, AtomicMagpye said:

New Bike - picked it up on Saturday....  always wanted one when they first came out - had a zzr600 - and now this one....

 

very nice,I've had a few Kawasakis and loved them

Edited June 9, 2019 by Dan

[Dan]

On 3/20/2019 at 4:10 PM, Hands On said:

I recently treated myself to a new Arai brain bucket.

Turns out a 7 Doors sticker matched the pin striping perfectly!

 

 

I love  that motorcycle

[Dan]

3 hours ago, AtomicMagpye said:

New Bike - picked it up on Saturday....  always wanted one when they first came out - had a zzr600 - and now this one....

 

so here is me and my son  and willie G and the bud girls and a few of my bikes back in my hell raising days LOL many years ago,BTW I bought that KZ550 new in 81,I also had a 83 GPZ 750 and a 70 kawa twin

Edited June 9, 2019 by Dan

[AtomicMagpye]

9 hours ago, Dan said:

so here is me and my son  and willie G and the bud girls and a few of my bikes back in my hell raising days LOL many years ago,BTW I bought that KZ550 new in 81,I also had a 83 GPZ 750 and a 70 kawa twin

Marvellous! - my first real experience of a motorcycle was riding pillion on my cousin's GPZ750 turbo..... after that I really wanted a bike 🙂

[pidjones]

Nice bikes. Whenever any of you decide to ride "the Tail of the Dragon", give me a shout. I live about 45 minutes from it, and about 15 minutes from "the Devil's Triangle" (which I hope to ride later this week when things dry out).

[pidjones]

Monday, I took a 600+ mile round trip and picked up my next "project". A 1979 GoldWing that I plan to restore to showroom stock. It will probably take the next two winters, which is Ok because it will keep me occupied. I'll post up some photos once I can pull it outside.

[pidjones]

There is a vintage motorcycle club that meets in Knoxville at the Time Warp Tea Room. For 2020 (before the virus thing) we have a challenge to put 20 old bikes back on the road. I found a '78 GoldWing that had been off the road for at least 9 years and finally stashed in a fence row. Drug it home, stripped it down and proceeded to rescue it. It is finally ready for serious road testing.

I named it "Johnny 5" because it is the 5th GL1000 I've owned.

[pidjones]

Sold Johnny 5 yesterday to a good friend and started on a '76 RD400 that I picked up a couple weeks ago.

[SStu]

why, she's almost a bobber!

[pidjones]

why, she's almost a bobber!

Yes, but that will change. Plan is to return her to very close to stock and ride her. Discovered last night that a PO had put .25 mm oversize pistons in without rebore or even honing. Keeps me busy. Friend I sold Johnny 5 to says that I didn't know it, but I was building it for him all along.

[pidjones]

For those interested in vintage motorcycles (or vintage bikers), a friend is putting on "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering". A vintage (35 years or older) motorcycle show and swap meer at the Sevier County Fairgrounds in Sevierville, TN. April 9 & 10 2021!

[pidjones]

My friend is putting on his 3rd annual Possum Gatherjng in Sevierville at their fairgrounds May 12 & 13. Expect some beautiful machines. If you are into vintage bikes or vintage bikers, they will be there, along with display of old stationary engines.

[pidjones]

My latest rescue (actually, took almost a year and a half.) 1972 Triumph Trident T150V.

[pidjones]

We had almost 100 in the judging, and over 100 motorcycles there at the Possum Gathering.

[pidjones]

Shazbott! Was taking the RD400c for a sedate 25 mile ride on 8-28. Almost home. Nissan pulls from a drive hidden by tall weeds about 15 feet in front of me (I was gong about 25mph). Brake, horn, push hard left - he kept coming at I went over the hood into a ditch lined with tall weeds. Beautiful little bike is a goner. I have a lot of soreness and a separated AC joint for the left shoulder. Looking at at least two months of PT rehab. ATGATT pretty much saved me otherwise. Gonna have a couple painful weeks ahead.

BTW, our church (with a different name) is having another bike show in a couple  weeks. Check it out if you are in the area!