Brother forgot this.

Going to take it back.

I'm reminded of Drago. "If he dies. He dies."

Sweet ride, I always wanted a K, but I settled for an ST. Definitely the most fun I've had on two wheels.

I honestly don't know the difference.

This thing is waaaay heavier than anything I've ever ridden. But it's pretty bad ass in motion.

yawn

Prayers sent.

Hold that position...

That thing got reverse?

More than Gruff will do.

LMAO.

It should. But it doesn't.

Will it do a wheelie?

Bravo!

I'd have to be pretty destroyed.

Will let you know.

Don't encourage him.

I want video. You ain't got a hair on your ass. Unless it's prohibido under the HOA rules. Then I understand.

Hey mothahfugker!

Try and remember that YOU left ME.

Not the other way around.

Oh...

You see?

More resentment.

Correction, I left first, you left further.

I really want to see you do a badass wheelie on that thing.

On purpose?

I hope you get cancer of throat and die.

Of cancer.

Of the throat.

Pay no mind to him Sam.

He is hateful.

Well, that wasn't very nice.

This can’t be true. Barely room for the road beers.

Does this road trip have a loop through Montana? If you make it half way here, you're a survivor, all the way here and there could be free beer involved. Will be watching for pics/ progress reports. Pears sent. You might need them for the first half trip.
P.S. Snowed here last week. You got chains for that thing?

Can't imagine how he "forgot" that . . . .

BUT

That is your story

I will remind you of the time you brought your KTM to my house. Convinced me to ride it, than ran in the house and told my kids to hurry up and watch their dad crash and burn in the stubble field.

Wonder of wonders I didn't.

Might have been a little John Barleycorn involved.

1) ABILITY TO PULL 80 ALL DAY LONG ON THE INTERSTATE.

2) ROOM FOR A PASSENGER.

3) THREE CYLINDERS OR LESS.

4) SERIOUS CORNERINGING CLEARANCE.

5) PICK-UPPABLE BY ONE PERSON AFTER TIP-OVER.

6) REBUILDABLE IN A PARKING LOT.

7) A FOREVER MOTORCYCLE.


POS....by my reckoning it does not meet perimeters 3,4,5, and 6. Try again.

Is that a Burgmam?

LOL

Lol. Might be.

Looks like the Joan Rivers of bikes.

Not at all, it’s a Beemer, it only misses #3 and #6.

A 700lb in-line six, remarkable. Biggest problem at first is gonna be parking lot tip overs. That and the fact that that row of six quiet little 270cc hamsters are prob’ly gonna be dull as a post unless wound out.

Does it start or will you have to put it on a trailer.

A buddy had a K bike when I road an old CB 750.

That K bike was pretty bad azz. K1200 I think. Easily twice the power of my little Honda and the fuggin thing was just smooth. Felt like cheating whenever I rode it.

He bought it. Now he’s trying to see how gay the fire thinks it is. Where’s the rhinestone scabbard for your 270? Haha

That's because if you were gasping for your last breath I thought they might want to say good-bye.

Excuse me for being a friend.

You basically just said "Beetlejuice" three times.

Thanks.

Yep.

There he is.

It feels like a spaceship.

Oh yeah. She starts.

I honestly don't want it. But he told me I could have it for $10K.

It's a 2015.

My name was invoked. Anyways if you’re going where it’s cold, crank up the heated handgrips. You can ride in boxer shorts in freezing weather while holding on to heated handgrips and not get cold. Try it.

You can’t help yourself can you?

Yes. Anyhoo it turns out the pearl-white ‘82 Honda CBX 1,000, an air-cooled in-line six and one of the prettiest bikes ever made weighed less than 600, so 700 ain’t all that great. Till you get used to it the biggest problem you’re likely to have is dropping that thing at a stoplight or in a parking lot.

A 1982 CBX weighed 600lbs and that's not good.

Awesome info, man.

Very useful.

I launch.

Update to follow.

If I live.

I haven't looked recently, but when I was riding, only the big Honda Gold Wing had (and required) a reverse gear.

OTOH, my BMW R100RT had heated air available to heat my hands.

Norm

Try not to drop it, that would mean I was right.

Heated air? That’s a new one on me, could you put it on the centerstand, Fire it up, and use it as a hair dryer?

Envy.^^^^

Don't come up to this area on the way back - just north of here yesterday, the area got 5" of freakin' snow... It's currently 35F here - and raining...

Holla at slumlord when you get near mid TN .

Enjoy the ride, bro.


My '81 Honda 900F Super Sport did not leave a lot to be desired, as far as sport road bikes are concerned.

Used to like the KZ1000s quite a lot, too. The Z1Rs like my brother had were nice, but just a little too fast for this white boy.

One thing I learned at a fairly young age, there are some bikes and cars you just do not let your ego put you on or in.

I rented a Harley once or so I thought. Showed up and all they had were BMWs available. I was impressed.

No texting and driving.

That thing has 4wd man. He'll be fine.

Enjoy the trip. Where you takin it ?

Nobody will meet me. I have asked.

Northern Illinois.

I had to schit.

This bike practically a car.

Redneck,

I don’t discuss weather. It’s a jinx.

Should be a great trip ! Enjoy. Keep it upright and between the ditches, and say hello to all those bitches.

I should be able to get my iron butt cert on the second leg of this trip. Will stop early today.

I’ll try.

Riding sober sure is boring.

Indeed it is, I’ve rode a few fat girls without alcohol I believe the ride would have been far less enjoyable.

May have to stop and fill the tank....

Find a good "local" or the regular Silver Bullets?

I don’t even know which town I’m in.

Keystone never disappoints.

It does if you want to be drunk.

^^^

Truth

If you can put a cooler on that thing that will hold 3 or 4 quart bottles of beer then all you have to do is run a tube to the bottle long enough to reach you mouth. Got to think these things out.

If they think you’re drunk and you have a tube that runs to your cake hole there is no expectation of privacy. On a bike.

Here is what you need, Clark:



Or this, while you're in cow country:

Huh. I wonder why. 🤣🤣

Naah, not my cup of tea either. But $10,000 is likely a good price for a bike that will run forever. No idea what sort of riding gear you’re in, but when it gets colder up north cheap rain gear jacket and pants will serve as a windbreaker in a pinch.

The bike will go where you are looking, if ya gotta take evasive action, don’t look at the problem whatever it is, look at wherever you want to go to escape the problem.

Nother thing, cheap foam earplugs significantly reduce rider fatigue on a long ride.

Anyone remember the beer balls from the late 70s, early 80s? Wonder if they were still available if one would fit in the top tour pak on a motorcycle.

When are you gonna be in Nashville, Flave?

Did you say you were going for the iron butt on this trip?

Cool, good luck man.

Oh I missed that. Cool! Go for it man.

Flave will you be passing thru Nevada?

Flying the interstate? Florida is a looooong mutha. Reminds me of driving across Nebraska, just with more trailer parks. Lol.


At least there is Waffle House.

Vodka in the WS Washer tank. Route hose to mouth. Inconspicuous and it works.... at least it works in a pickup.

No. From his new home in Fl to his hometown of Chicago.

From one Yankee sheit-hole to another.

A.). I’m not from Chicago.

B.). It all beats the south. And certainly beats Texas.

Everybody from Illinois is from Chicago.

Curdog,

That made me laugh.

Reminds of Andrew Dice Clay.

“When I say farmer, I mean anyone that lives between New York and Los Angeles. They’re FARMER’s.”

You rebellious losers really ought to get over that.... . The chithole part is right tho.

That "bike" is a Winnebago. Are you towing a Jeep so that you have something to ride around in once you get set up at the K.O.A.?

RS

Counting on you curdog... Flave you can come visit me.

LOL!!!

My war wounds have almost healed, I'm working on moving on.

Ah, riding through the south in spring, I hope you enjoy bug impacts



mike r

i hear the lovebugs are out in force down along the coastal area.

every car needs a bra to help protect it.

don't know about cycles.

How da fuq would you know?

Uhhh, because I’ve lived in the south?

The “coastal area?”

Been mild so far.

After a few hundred miles I’m inclined to agree.

I’m at the most ghetto of the ghetto motels. $36.99 a night.

did you pull it into the room, i would.

Not this sled you wouldn’t.

Ready for a thousand tomorrow!

Yep. Yep. Owner of the motel already signed my start witness form. Brother will be the ending.

there is a road that basically cuts east/west across the central part of nevada. Few years i played chase em with a bmw on my wing all the way across there, mostly at three digit speeds. Just awesome. Didn't see a cop the whole way. I have a friend that was road testing a high end bmw for bmw a few years ago, he did about 1500miles in a 24hour period. He was a member of the "iron butt" association if i remember that right. I have done 1000 miles straight once or twice.

Ron.

That’s cool. Only the elite achieve that.

I have an 03' K1200LT, it has reverse.

That's a nice bike Flave, safe travels...

Steelhead, renegade, slummy and myself are waiting to welcome you! No love?

1,000 miles is impressive, I would always try to roll out at 4am, right when my biorhythms we’re kicking in, generally I would get done after 11pm. 18 - 20 hours more or less. Pull over and nap when you need it.

I-24 exit 11 clarksville
Take a left off exit
Go about 1/3rd mile
Take 1st right
Go past ATV dealership about 200 yards

Midsouth Shooters Supply!!!!!
Go in customer service/in person pick up door.
Ask for Steve at counter
Dont get sucked into conversation with his 325 pd coworker Bubba
( Dude is like forgetful Jones from sesame street he WILL fugg your order up at least 3 times garunfuggingteed)

Steve will help ya out with choosing from their .177 and .22 caliber
pellet selection and what might work better for lizards for ya!!!!

The important question is

what are you carrying?

Oops. 8:15 PM eastern.

You’re loaded. Answer tomorrow.

Iron Butt? Does that mean you'll be wearing assless chaps?

Paddler just spilled on his computer.

I've yet to do a certified iron butt ride. I've done 1,500 straight through multiple times from Ohio to a relative in colorado. And many 1,000 mile days.

Mostly on a k1200. That k16 will do the job.

Safe travels!

-Jake

i had a wing because i liked that two wheel version of a f16. when you lite up that 1800 cc fuel injected machine, is is like hitting the afterburner.
but, the other reason was i liked to ride with my wife and a wing is a great husband wife touring machine. It absolutely stinks at slow speeds.
If i would have been my self, it would have been a top of the line bmw'er. As i remember you can adjust shocks and the windshield on the fly.
and they are very manuverable. I road back on my wing from portland one time along the river east and then down. I adjusted the shocks, had electronic push button cruise control, extenders for my legs/feet, back rest, extra large windshield, am/fm radio and cb and i could set the cruise at 80 or 90mph, and it was effortless. My grandson had a crotch rocket riding with me. Uncomfortable seat position, high rpm piece of caca engine, 40years younger but he was hurting at the end of the day. I just laughed. The only thing i should have done was convert one of the saddle compartments with steyrofoam to hold ice, beer, or wine with a long plastic tube. Thats what made my wife a believer. A trip down to a winery near mexico, four or five iced bottles of wine, and she was sipping wine in that armrest seat all the way back north.
when we had electronic radar on the freeways all over phx, my bmw buddy would take a helmt with a dark face cover, hide the plate, and at about 2am in the morning make a run on the freeway at about 130mph, hitting every radar pit/camera site on the freeway. They never did catch him.

,
I would set the odometer (back when they were mechanical) on 000 before I set out. Somewhere late that night that night the final 999 on the odometer rolled over to 000 again it was time to quit for the day.

But 1500 miles In a single ride? I couldn’t even begin to touch that.

There’s always a bigger fish.

I've never done any marathon rides. But one weekend some friends and I took off around 11AM to go to Gatlinburg,..ride the dragon, ect. I got back at 8:30PM the next evening and had put 800 miles on. That was at age 44 on a Triumph Bonneville.

That's about as much riding as I want to put on in a weekend.

Be safe dude.

At 16 years old I did it on a 600 Honda Shadow. In 29 hours. I can't imagine doing such a thing now. But I didn't know any better at the time.

Lots of gold Bond powder.

-Jake

-Jake

Fueled bike before crashing.

Room was $36.99 and the area reflects the rate.

Back on da road.

oh, carry piece is a Shield in .40 S&W on the bike.

LCP in my sleepwear/flip flops.

A good motorcycle loaded up for travel is one of the finer things in life

I always found high mileage on a motorcycle easier’n the same miles in a day in a car simply because the boredom threshold is so much higher on a bike. Drowsiness ain’t nearly as likely to hit either.

But past sixteen hours straight or so I would sometimes begin to hear the wind and engine noise cut out, just for a moment, at irregular intervals.

That was fatigue causing me to lose consciousness , just for a microsecond, I think the subsequent movement of the bars with my hands attached snapping me back awake. Pull over to rest for a bit and I’d be strung out and rattled from too many hours on the road.

Wonderful bike .

Wife and I crossed paths with a pair of German BMW engineers a few years back hauling a huge trailer full of pre production/introduction bikes. Spent two very interesting days with them riding the K1200LT which they graciously let me enjoy. They were riding a pair of blacked out super secret cop bikes destined for the European market.VERY COOL bikes

Be safe buddy!

This bike runs and drives very nice. The cruise control doesn't work (hasn't since I bought it) though and I get a pinched nerve in my neck when I ride anymore. I have the bike for sale right now, thinking of going back to a Goldwing.

How the hell do you sleep with the LCP in your jammies?

Shiny side up!

Safe travels! That's a long ride. Rode from DFW to Colo. Springs. Took a stumble while there and rode home with a broken foot (in a cast). Memorable journey.

Hmmm...no word for 12 hours. Hope he is safe. My fear is he's been raped by a gang of lesbian moped riders. Heaven forbid.

Or raped by a traveling band of midget wrestlers....

Picked up a nail somewhere along the way.

Bought a tire. But they wouldn’t install it.

Other dealership would but they were 40 minutes out. Stopped at a private shop with fingers crossed and they said they’d install “no problem.”

Then they told me they’d plug tires on bikes and to return the other. I said there’s no way they’d take it back.

But they did.

Anyway, this day is fugked. Time for skis.

There’s worse places to be stuck.

Coulda sucked worse with tube tires, depending..

This trip can still be salvaged. Merely reverse your course back to last night’s Empty Arms Motel, put in a 1,000 tomorrow.

I just knew it couldn’t be done...

Do you have a certificate?

I’m just glad “mother” told me it was leaking. Lmao.

How goes your trip, Travis? I haven't read this thread, but I hope you are enjoying yourself?

Oh yeah. Having a good time.

I wanted to put major miles down today. But what can you do?

Go to a strip club

Clumsy fugk.

Only chumps go to strip clubs after 4p.

Now that you've become a biker, you're not supposed to be snotty any more.

I didn't even know they gave out 1,000 mile certificates, seems sort of trivial in an Iron Butt context.

Nothing says you can't get it done tomorrow, just take the long way to your brother's house.

I ain't every day ya have an excuse to put in 1,000 miles.

So, no?

Noon specials!!

P u z z y

Don’t know how many miles lay in front of you but I hope the worst of your troubles are behind you.

What about Floridians?

Well you don’t, got one yet. Get it tomorrow if you can. How many times you gonna have an opportunity AND that bike, which has 1,000 miles written all over it, available to do it on?

As for me I got all I needed.... a patch of sidewalk to call my own at the big overnight rest area on the interstate about 30-40 miles east of the intersection with the superslab heading south to Nashville.

Not sure I’d want a certificate, that distance ain’t that extraordinary.

How did you seal the leak when you first got it?

Did you take the dug out canoe to get there?

I'm confused...

Poor birdwatcher.

Too [bleep] funny.

We’d have to ask Dice.

Thanks.

I got about 500 and I’m done.

Lord willing.

So no Iron Butt? If you made 500 they should at least give you Copper Butt or maybe even Tin Butt. It's the effort that counts.

When you get to DeKalb, you can Ride the Rail at Molly's. No certificate, but you get a cool t-shirt.

No you’re not, you’re attempting spite, a few minutes you’ll never get bac but which says written forever.

I did it on a Virago, a Ninja,,and a KLR, just once on the KLR. On the bicycle five years back I went up through Ohio to Lake Erie instead.

When you try it on a bicycle avoid Pennsylvania if you can, too many mountains, takes forever. You can be geared low enough to climb anything without too much effort, at about 4mph, but somehow you don’t make up all that lost time on the downhills.

I’m assuming the flat was on the back. That was just bad luck, flats ain’t that common. How did you get from where the tire went flat to the dealership? Fix-a-Flat?

Do a wheelie yet?

5 hours easy....

You sound embittered.

Ya, that was mean of me to say that to you earlier. I apologise.

Never no need for that, post what ya want.

'fire wouldn'ta lasted 15 minutes, if there was only one post on it.

I try to post like it’s a conversation face to face.And I’m losing teeth fast enough as it is.

I’m saving that for when I cross into Illinois.

More like retarded.

Back on the road.

Bristoe promised to flip the bird when I roll through Kentucky.

I’ll keep an eye out.

So fate intervened and you didn’t make 1,000.

Don’t worry, 1,000 miles in a day can be hard.

As someone told me once, many years ago......

”Nothing hard is ever easy.”

Like you would know.

You don’t have the certificate and you’re a fugking school teacher.

Just shy of 700 for me on east coast highways. Tried to do Kennebunkport , Ma. to Lake Okeechobee, Fla. in 24 hrs. Bad idea.

Mucho sore azz.

Some take it in the ass better than others.

Bummer about the flat.

-Jake

Following, like.

Damn you two should've met up. Could've been epic.

You aren’t riding a damn bike.

i have another wing sittingby the side of the house, it's called a "a nakkid wing". Meaning it's a 1200cc version, without all the fiberglass. It's a lot lighter and i never had trouble staying with the 1800's. Tires are a funny thing. Typically i want them replaced regularly, when you are running north of 100mph on two wheels things like that come to mine. Having said that, i put a new tire on that nakkid wing a few years ago, then immediately got a nail in it. Honda dealer wouldn't fix it. So I plugged it, five years later it is still holding air.
my 1800 needs new tires just from age and milage. When they get worn, all kinds of issues with steering.
As to the sore azz syndrom, i had a gell filled seat i put over the regular seat. I also used those hi tech stretch shorts under my riding gear, and when riding would put my position with my foot pegs. Also sometimes standing up while riding for a while. It's the poor blood circulation that gets you.
My bmw riding friend once made it from the pacific in california to the atlantic in florida in just a couple of days. He is a riding fool. But he at one time had a bmw dealership, and also did test work for bmw on their bikes.
there are only a few long distance capable touring bikes built in the world, bmw are one of them.
I use to like to dik with harley drivers, i would ride with a pack of them for a while, never any issues. After a while i would hit the afterburners on the wing, and they would disappear.
I envy that ride from florida to illinois, that is a first class memory being built.
as to flats i always kept a tire patch kit and a couple of cans of fix a flat. Taking the rear off a wing is no small deal in the middle of nowhere.
I have first class riding gear, gloves, helmets, coat, pants, etc. including a heated vest plugging into the bikes battery. I also had a full rain suit which i only used once. With the fairings and big wind shield, and at speed i could ride through rain without it bothering me.
few years ago i was at a stop sign in sun city(part of the greater phoenix valley) and an old guy on an older wing pulled up, hot chick on the back.
it was maybe midafternoon. he had left the pacific in california that morning. He said at 100k on the bike he finally took it in for a tuneup.
Riding a long ways on one of those gran touring machines is an experience most people don't ever get.

Lmao !

The most comfortable bike I’ve done a 1,000 on was prob’ly that KLR, which show up in the Iron Butt Rally occasionally, or did 25 years back. Ain’t looked recently.

The fairing was actually pretty decent and , more to the point, it was an upright seating posture with your feet below you.

The archetypal Harleyesque feet-first riding position throws your weight on your butt. The thought actually makes me cringe now that I’m well up into the age of lower back pain.

If a Burgman can be called a motorcycle I can cal a K1600 a bike.

I road my Triumph Bonneville America (just like Shrapnel's) from Kirkland, Washington to Billings, Montana 855 miles in a day and half. Couldn't get out of bed for two days.

that's always a possibility with Flave. He could be spinning a yarn to knock one of the Renegade/Slummy posts off the top page.

so far all we got is a picture of a bike in a driveway, that could have been lifted off Craigslist.

He's proven himself pretty flexible with the calendar and the April 1 thing lately.

Throw in a motorcycle to bring Birdy into it. You might be on to something.

Sheesh, you can't even be sarcastic and give people schidt on here anymore...

Sorry, manopause I guess.

You never did 1k miles on a KLR.

It got a little chilly in southern Illinois. About 90 minutes of rain was enough for me.

Time to get drunk. Er.

At the start of my KLR period, on long trips I actually used to carry a C clamp (to break the bead), a pair of them 10” tire irons, and a tube. Filled up half a saddlebag just with that.

Then one day I actually had a flat, and there I was with my tools, c-clamp, tire irons and tube, standing by the side of the road looking at a 450lb motorcycle with no centerstand......

Fortunately FIx-a-Flat DOES work on tubes, despite the dire So-now-you-can’t-sue-us warnings on the can.

Another flat was outside of Texarkana on my way to NY. Right before I left I had a new rear tire put on. Turns out the crackhead mechanic at the dealership (good help is prob’ly hard to find) had pinched the tube, causing it to split.

I ended up paddling all afternoon along the access road in the direction of the dearest motorcycle shop, who weren’t going to be open until Tuesday anyway (this was Saturday).

(Fortunately the KLR is water-cooled so you CAN walk it along the side of the road for hours).

Some hours later, God sent a professional motocross rider pulling a box trailer with two bikes and his tools. He sees me, actually has to get off at the next exit and come back around.

Fifteen minutes later I was on my way, heavy duty tube installed, the guy wouldn’t accept any payment.

With tubeless tires all it would have taken is a tire plug kit, a couple of CO2 cylinders, and ten minutes

So, I’d be OK traveling along on a Honda Transalp fer example, so long as I had a professional motocross racer and his trailer following me.

Is that your really, really long way of saying you think he is a dink for not having a plug kit and co2 tire inflator in his pocket?

I absolutely did, 1993. When I was on my way to do it again on that same bike in 2010 (go for it Captain Search Engine) I had a tube split up by Texarkana.

The KLR is such an outstanding design I’m sure very many others have done as much.

I recall when I woke up the following morning on that familiar stretch of sidewalk in that rest area east of the Nashville turnoff, I was adjusting the chain and a skinny old Vietnamese guy fresh off the boat comes over, squats on his heels watching me do it. In his broken English he said he had been a motorcycle mechanic back in the old country.

The second day all I had left was 800 miles, but stopped along the way at points of interest, late that night in pouring rain south of Scranton/WilkesBarre, I came up on a Jeep with “AXL ROS” on the plates.

I pulled up along side and it sure looked like him, bandanna, long hair and all. He didn’t seem to notice me. At the time I figured whoever she was she musta been pretty hot to have him out driving in the rain at that time of night.

No, it’s my really really long way of saying stay away from motorcycles with tube tires.

If I wanted to be mean I woulda asked him how many times he dropped the bike.

This road trip will help your CV when you apply for CHP’s....Oops, Florida Hwy Patrol, I meant....That’s, If you wanted to be a cop-which, of course you don’t... Biker gang member then. Waiting for you to earn your colors. 😎

Had a flat many years ago and every idea we could come up with to break the bead failed miserably even with the wheel/tire in my big bench vice. Finally succeeded by heating the rim with a torch. Looked like the mfg. had used a glue/sealant all the way around the 40 spoke rim.

Why ?

I'm actually more interested in finding out why the brother left the bike with flave. Something tells me the backstory is more interesting.

Nice bike. After owning three Wings thought the big Beemers would be a nice change and much faster to boot.
1,000 miles in one day on a bike is tough. I managed back to back 750 mile days on my 2005 Wing on my way back to Alaska once and it dam near killed me

Nothing too crazy. He got drunk and rode it down in January. When we were sick of each other he decided to fly back.

Local dirt stored it for him. I agreed to bring it back.

That’s impressive SW.

Did you ever buy the Beemer?

No, now I am back into smaller lighter and faster bikes. Wife has no desire to get on the back anymore.

Bud Light does crazy things to the brain huh...

Did I miss Gruff's birthday?

I'm sure his answer would be colorful.

Yes.

And we’ve been waiting on the apology.

Yeah I hear ya.

This thing does its intended job perfectly but I don’t know that I feel like I’m on a bike.

Still glad to do it though. Not every day you can ride one for this many miles.

Good question.

You would have liked it. '76 FXE painted orange/black like a 750 flat tracker. Alll polished, 98 inches, ported polished heads w.thin stem sodium filled valves, Hairy Sifton cam, back bored S&S B, dual plugged. Built by Mike Magaro aka "Shovelhead Mike" from Magaros racing engines.

Mid 10s 1/4 mile.

Clark,

How are the 'burbs treating you?

Have you found any good Polock food yet?

I don't think Deflave's gone no damn where. He lies like a fuggin' rug.

He's been settin' home eatin cheetos with one hand and scratchin' his ass with the other the whole damn time.

More like his nutz

Interesting bike. I've never ridden a K bike but have ridden a 1200 RT, which seemed like a great machine. I thought the on-the-fly adjustable screen was cool. I once did 700 or so with several hours in 110-degree heat on a SV650. That cured me of long, single-day rides and just about cured me of motorcycles. My primary bike these days is a 1200 GS. It is perfectly comfortable for 300 or 400 or 500 miles, then it seems more fun to stop and do something else.

Wrong.

Yeah I don’t really see the appeal. Lmao.

But he needed back and we got it done. Helluva machine but I don’t know that I’d ever buy an 800lb bike.

Bristoe and Birdkuhnt are flat AMAZED whenever they discover somebody has the equilibrium to stay upright.

TFF.

I think Birdwatchers has got some actual motorbike experience. Years ago on this forum he mentioned coming over the hill on some bike at Duluth Mn and seeing Superior and how he could almost see the curvature of the earth. He thought it was one of the great sights anybody could ever see. It's true, one of the great sights and I believe him.

I don't know why it stuck with me, but it did.

Birdwatcher types a lot of things.

😂

Person: I’m riding a motorcycle from here to there.

Birdwatcher: I have ridden further. You will dump it and I’ve been to Africa.

Person: Uhhhh, what?

The Madman and I made ribs last night on his BGE.

And I got pizza coming out of my ears.

Oh and he bought two kegs of Jai Alai. Which was a super great decision...

I made that trip twice.
Both in one day.
Left Bolingbrook Illinois around 6 PM and got to Crystal River, Florida around 3 PM the next day.
Only used 4 tanks of gas, two packs of cigs, and two quarts of coffee.
I55 to 294 to 57 to I 75
Only bad part was that damn mountain pass in Tenn.

Of course,,,,,,,,,,,,, I was in a 97 Sedan De Ville with the northstar engine!

Great memory, and damn we’ve been on here a long time.

To the best of my knowledge that trip was in 2003, but we did it in a car, (and Deflave AKA Captain Search Engine, search on “2017 miles in search of a Connecticut Warbler”).

You can indeed see the shape of Lake Superior, just like on a map, from the rest area overlooking Duluth. That was a great trip;up the northwest shore of Superior, west through Ely, up along the Rainy River through International Falls, Warroad and Lake of the Woods, south through the Red Lakes, west again through North Dakota, up the Yellowstone to Crow Agency, and then across via Devil’s Tower and the Black Hills before heading back south.

Never threw a leg over a motorcycle until age 27, but then never got off one until age 35 when I met my Ex. First car in my name didn’t happen ‘till age 40. Did about 250,000 miles on two wheels, most before I met my Ex.

Indeed, many things

All true.

Unless they’re not.

I'm thinking he was glad you came up.. or he missed his bike.

Kidding aside, sounds like he was glad to see you.

I would have totally blown my diet with the pizza there.

You gotta get some good Polock food while you're up there, though.

Pollock food?

That’s like saying Irish cuisine.

Four words to remember
HOME RUN INN PIZZA!

Hitting up Salerno’s in 10.

Delave,

When you were younger, did you go up to Antioch and cross into Wisconsin where the drinking age was younger than Illinois?

Most likely they tried to make a tubed tire tubeless. Not that uncommon. This way if a small nail or screw was picked up there would be only a very small air leak,

Then again if you like German food, ya gotta hit the Berghoff in Chicago

Don't know how long you're staying but Lake Michigan has some great salmon fishing and Waukegan Harbor has many fine Charter boats.

A trip to the Museun of Science and Industry would be cool too since they moved the U 505 inside

On a 40 spoke wheel ?

Right

You sure do call me a liar a lot.

Co

Correct. My V Strom has spoked wheels front and back and they carry tubeless ties.

Right

NO inner tube ???

Please post a pic if you can.

Thanks.

This is the bike:


If you wish, go to Suzukis web site and read the specs for the V Strom 1000 XT, it comes standard with spoked wheels and tubeless tires.

Considering all the holes in the rims for the spokes I'm very curious how that's possible with NO tubes ??

Not flaming here at all, sir just curious.

Nice bike

Check out the tubeless spoked wheels on the photo Snowwolfe provided. Heck even high end bicycles now have spoked wheels that take tubeless tires.

The puzzle to me is why bother with spokes at all on an Adventure Bike.

Interesting.

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/news/tubeless-spoke-wheels-answers

Spokes are outside the air chamber but that didn't exist on my 1976 bike so the ???? remains.

Most motorcycle riders who convert spoked wheels to tubeless tires do it with tape and sealant. Its actually pretty common by riders on the Adventure forums.

Denny, had an old biker in the Keys re-spoke mine like that in twisted stainless.

Twisted SS looks great.

Beginning to understand now but that concept didn't exist in mid 70s

Many thanks for posting.

Never to late to learn something new.

Mike, bear in mind this was a bone stock wheel on a '76 FXE

The reasoning is spoked wheels are usually made of some sort of malleable steel and that makes them easier to repair in an emergency situation. If a cast wheel breaks off road you are toast.

This thread went to complete shixt.

Makes sense, tks.

I’m wondering if I’m right about the Honda Transalp having tube tires, seems highly unlikely in Honda’s flagship Adventure Bike.

I would think somebody that has logged 9 bajillion miles would know the advantages of a tube vs tubeless.

But you are pretty fugking stupid so who knows.

That tends to happen when one guy only wants to talk about one guy.

Dude, I've been telling you to avoid tube tires like the plague, I checked again and the TransAlp does indeed appear to have tube tires, which is a real puzzle, especially considering that the V-Strom apparently does not. And some editions of the V-Strom from photos and sale advertisements do or did come with cast wheels.

In the real world, prob'ly 90% of these "Adventure Bikes" ain't ever gonna see really gnarly off road, and its a bit of a stretch to imagine a 1,000cc anything as a "dirt bike" (I know, my good friend road an oilhead Beemer GS (1100cc ?) at the same two Nationals I rode my R100GS (1,000cc). What they are is excellent dirt road bikes, and in the Silverton/Ouray area at the '95 Nationals did get us up into a mountain pass. The very top of the pass woulda been challenging even for a Jeep though and it was just a stunt for us to negotiate that same stretch, on unloaded bikes.

The only question here was spoked vs cast wheels. I find spoked wheels to be a PITA, if only because they take longer to clean, I would guess 99.99% of Adventure Bike riders would never break a cast wheel.

I think it’s funny that you see yourself as an authority on anything.

Day one was pretty uneventful.

I live right against the Miami-Dade and Broward county line so I wanted to beat that infamous Miami and Ft. Lauderdale traffic. No issues at all this day. Made it to just south of Macon, Georgia.

Bike was very easy to get used to. Very forgiving. You can pretty much leave it in 6th gear on the interstate unless you need to drop below 60mph. Throttle back and it shoots to 90+ in no time.

Scored this room for $36.99. Very dark neighborhood. Lots of early morning arguments but I still slept like a baby.



This day started around 5:30a and ended sometime around 2 or 4p. I started this day pretty hungover so made time for a long....lunch.

Any selfies with the bandanna and goggles?

That place looks like a haven for Lot Lizards.
Cheap, Lot Lizards.
Win/Win.

$37 bucks ain’t bad as long as you don’t get bedbugs for free. Travel safe.

Day two started off very well. Up early and made it through Atlanta without hitting traffic. Obviously Atlanta is a well known fugking schit hole so I was happy to get past there quick.

After going through some passes up toward Nashville the BMW started doing its "danger Will Robinson" routine. There's not a single aspect of that bike that doesn't have a sensor and it told me pressure in the rear tire was down to about 35psi. I disregarded at first thinking maybe the elevation change was fugking with the Euro-trash built instruments. But as things kept dropping I decided to take it serious. Stopped and verified with a gauge and it mirrored what the sensors were reporting. Thought perhaps it was an uber slow leak so gave it shot and got back on the road.



No dice. "Mother" came back with the same schitty news so I stopped and got a can of fix o' flat.



Not the kind I prefer but beggars can't be choosers. Deflated it down a bit and gave it hell. Pressure came back to 41 and tire took the foam. Time to gamble.

Back on the road and you know what happens next.

I stop at a truck stop and get a access to a legit air compressor. Park next to it and start making phone calls. At this point I'm only about 15 miles (I think) south of Nashville. Get a hold of a Honda dealer and share my sob story. She checks to see if they have my tire. They don't.

I ask her if there are any shops that may have one and she recommends a place called "Sloans" which I had already overshot. She tells me they'll have it but won't put it on. But if I could get the bike to her by 4p (they closed at 5p) she'd have a tech put it on for me.

I call Sloans. YAHTZEE!

I pump up the tire to around 60psi but I know I'm on borrowed time. Guy from the truck stop comes out and starts asking what I'm doing. I explain. He doesn't like my explanation. I tell him to go fugk himself and that southern hospitality is a myth.

Haul ass down to Sloans. Tire is on sale. Give the lady $200, throw it on the back of the BMW and jump back on so I can haul ass to the Honda shop. I'm 99% sure my charm is great enough to convince their service department to put the tire on for me. I was wrong. They did not give a fugk and would not touch that BMW.

Just as I'm about to drive off, I see another private shop titled "Cycles & Stuff." The "cycles" means they work on cycles, the "stuff" means they give tattoos. I put the stand down and walk over. Explain my sob story. Lady says "No problem, bring it over."



These people could not be more helpful. Not only did they put me in the front of the to-do line (that's what she said) they came back and told me they could plug the leak. I laughed and said I didn't think anyone would plug a bike tire these days. She simply replied "We do."

I give the green light. Walk back over to Sloans, explain the situation and they didn't even blink an eye. Gave me my $200 back.

Back on the road but I know at this point I'm looking at rush hour in Nashville. No thanks. I am well within striking distance of Nashville. Time to stop and get hungover again.

This trip already happened. I'm not relaying in real time.

Winning!

There may be a youtube video soon....

Great thread, one of your best.

I'm assuming you got there in one piece.

Gotcha. Your last couple of posts indicated I might be behind. Looking forward to the rest.

Day three...

Up early and through Nashville in no time. Clear it 6:30-7a and I'm thrilled. Very little traffic. Up and through some hills. What the countryside lacks in elevation it makes up for with all the gorgeous hardwoods (that's what she said.)

I start thinking my view of the south is not accurate until I stop for gas and see this.



Yep. This affirms they're just a bunch of diabetic fat fugks.

I push to the Illinois line and then bad things happen. Rain. Lots and lots of rain and the temps drop to mid/low 40's. I push on thinking I'll clear it on the other side but speeds keep dropping and my vagina starts throbbing. I stop and check weather on the phone.

All of Illinois is green. With some red and yellow in the middle. 'Fugk this' I say. Walk back outside to the bike and ask the guy at a neighboring pump if Effingham is a big town. He says he doesn't know but he just drove by there and said it seemed like it had everything. I asked if there'd be plenty of rooms and he replied "Oh yeah. No doubt." I told him "Good, because I'm done riding in this schit!" He looked at the bike and replied "Yeah, you need to park that fugking thing." We both laughed and off I went.

Got a room at the Best Western. Dried all my schit out and drank some skis. Then dinner (twice) then slept. Still pouring when I go to bed.

Up and at it for the last day.





Radar shows rain in patches but nothing you can't blast through. Dig through my brother's bag that he keeps with the bike and find his rain/insulated pants. Only problem is that he bought them during a fitness/sobriety craze so they don't fit my fat ass. Ah, fugk it. I just leave them open.

I know there are no big towns between myself and my brother's shop. Only bad side to this morning ride was Sammy Hagar was a Mother's Day guest host on Ozzy's Boneyard so I had to continuously switch the XM radio. Sammy Hagar is a boring dumb fugk.

Anyway, clutch out, hammer down. 240 short miles later...

I greet him with a "Here's your POS bike you cock sucker" or something to that effect.




Morning beers, they was a flowin'....

I missed info earlier.....how are you getting back down south? Flying home I assume? Looks like a memorable run and a good chance to take a few days to clear out the cobwebs from winter, although Florida winters probably don’t suck. 👍

A BMW and a VW go together like penis and pump for old fugkers like you.

Congratulations.

Slave

P.S. do they have certificates for 1000mi. to Graceland in the Beetle on the way back?

You even use homophobic slang against your own brother after he let you ride his bike across country.

Signed,
Fireball 2 years from now when she’s butthurt.

I didn't have a flight until Tuesday so I was able to spend a couple days with my (alleged) brother.

Let me tell you something about my brother... he's insane. If you need clarification. Google search the word "insane."

He owns at least 8 vehicles and you never know when they're sold or loaned out or whatever. I know he has a Porsche. It's the Boxster that has the 911 motor. I forget the designation. So I ask if I can just borrow that for a couple days.

Nope. It was "on the lift."



So I ask him WTF I'm supposed to drive while I'm there and he says "Oh, dude. Take The Hitler. It's the "People's car."

I tell him I'm not driving that gay ass fugking thing and he explains they made them with a turbo and a six-speed manual and that I didn't know what I was talking about.



So, ummm.... I'm not going to admit to driving that thing. But I have heard that it can do 125mph with very little effort and is crazy tight in the corners...




He let me use this 750 Honda as well. Fun bike. Pretty quick.

Fugk him.

He looks like an American Pickers candidate....

He's got schit.

Safe travels man, enjoy the weather and say hi to Bristoe... Will say looks like one heck of a trip is about to happen..

Well chit uh looks like this trip is over with.. This is what happens when you don't read the whole post and just hit reply, to a random post..

Yeah, GFY.

well so much for all of us being brothers and chit....

You frose brain dumm chit alaskan.

Jud

you forgot wannabe tough guy Alaskan

GFY!

Um, thanks?

Damn hanging loose with the GFY tonight aren't you..

No offense buddy, but not as good as a Birdwatcher travelogue.

Jus sayin.

At least Birdwatcher made his own boat and went fishing, in a 3rd world chithole country

GFY

Jai Alai - Solid choice - Bring that with you? Wait, belay that. Stupid question. I'm sure the wicked bad evaporation along the highway would have emptied it.

If you want to believe that guy's bullschit go right ahead.

That was in Illinois.

My brother buy's gallons of it. Quite literally.

Yeah.

Had to stay in Effingham on a cross country trip. I think they call it that because people wonder how they Effing ended up there. IIRC, I got bored and hit the Corvette museum. You didn't miss anything.

Yanno what they say. Pics or it didn’t happen.

He had lots o’pics.

If you want to believe that guy's bullschit go right ahead.

Yeah. Pretty horrid.

Most of the south is though.

So history becomes legend, and a new folk hero is born........

Yeah I'm sure that's it.

Did he laugh at your open pants?

I'm used to that.

Effingham is aptly named, there's a nice panfish lake there but the rest of the town is about exciting as Carol Stream, [no stream there] and where are the Elk in Elk Grove Village?

I was happy to put it in my mirrors.

About the neatest thing re: Effingham is that it is near Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL (now closed).

So, no more neat.