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« Reply #195 on: January 23, 2016, 11:29:51 AM »

Kickstart lever, same format as the BMW's.

As demonstrated by the lovely Naomi Watts:

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« Reply #196 on: February 08, 2016, 02:48:47 PM »

I had a day off work so I decided to take a spin up to GMR.  I’d heard the road up to Crystal Lake was damaged and closed so I wanted to see what was going on.  GMR is so close, it’s a quick getaway with minimal freeway time and I’m not so far out in the hinterland if something goes bad.  After my electrical problem on ACH a while back I’m a little hesitant to head out that far again, especially alone.

It was a bright, sunny, windy day.  Blustery, as Pooh would call it, and unseasonably warm.  It was in the 80’s yesterday for the Superbowl, and I slept with the window open after too much post-game sushi celebrating (and beer of course)...

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« Reply #197 on: February 08, 2016, 02:52:05 PM »

what helmet is that?
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« Reply #198 on: February 08, 2016, 05:12:46 PM »

 You oughta be arrested for having that riding available to you!!
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« Reply #199 on: February 08, 2016, 05:20:41 PM »

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« Reply #200 on: February 08, 2016, 05:21:09 PM »

this made me laugh
what helmet is that?

because
Btw what helmet is that?
Yeah, what helmet is that? looks like a cross between a dirt and street helmet...

It's an Icon Variant.  I just got the mirror shield a few weeks ago.  Not really fan.  do not recommend.  would not buy again.
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« Reply #201 on: February 08, 2016, 05:30:06 PM »

You oughta be arrested for having that riding available to you!!


guilty as charged, your honor.  there's a bunch more if you click through the link.  no ads, no spam, no evilness.  i'm too dumb to build a site that does that.
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« Reply #202 on: February 08, 2016, 05:32:49 PM »

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The mirror shield, or the helmet?
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« Reply #203 on: February 08, 2016, 05:45:12 PM »

The mirror shield, or the helmet?

the mirror shield.  it's slightly reflective on the inside as well, so I can see my eyes, glasses, nose, etc.  distracting.  Took me a few days to learn to ignore it, but it's still there, and sometimes I catch myself focusing on the reflection of my pupil and iris.
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« Reply #204 on: February 09, 2016, 03:07:48 AM »

does it vent pretty well?  I'm assuming they have dark shields too
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« Reply #205 on: February 09, 2016, 05:52:28 AM »

does it vent pretty well?  I'm assuming they have dark shields too

it vents as well as other helmets I've owned.  It is on the quieter side, and I noticed it was even quieter when I took off my small chatterbox and helmet camera.  I did have to remove my bike's fly screen when I got this helmet because the wind hit right in the neck area and made it really noisy.

they do have dark shields, which is what I replaced.  The dark one had swirl marks on the inside after a trip to mexico and a stupid attempt to wipe it clean.  There are pics of the dark screen earlier in this thread.  I'd never used a mirrored so I wanted to see how it was.  Like I tell my kids, you have to try new things to find out if you like them.
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« Reply #206 on: May 27, 2016, 01:08:51 PM »

I haven't been on my bike 'for fun' in months, since beginning of Feb.  Work has been kicking my ass and family life has been busy.  But I had a long weekend so I squeaked in a short ride.

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« Reply #207 on: September 12, 2016, 04:16:19 PM »

so this happened today

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« Reply #208 on: February 26, 2017, 07:19:07 AM »

I'd had a rough patch of luck with the bike in the last 12 months. Lots more down time than up time.  It resulted back in September of a total failure of the dash.

Thank you Nick aka Speeddog for getting me running again with some creative solutions, and for catching me up on all that deferred maintenance: forks, fork seals, valve service et al, brake rotors, a rear tire with not one but two nails.

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Nick was buttoning up the headlight area



He used this awesome woven sleeve to bundle up the wire harness after I chopped it all apart looking for a short.



800SS clocks inside my monster shells, since my dash let out it's magic smoke



I needed new rotors, along with a bunch of other stuff



And back at home where it belongs


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« Reply #209 on: April 01, 2017, 03:14:20 PM »

after far too long of a break, i'm back to riding for fun.

http://twoslow.com/2017/04/azusa-april-1/

My buddy Robert had never been to Azusa Canyon, and I hadn’t been on a pleasure ride in.. months.. since before my bike broke.  What?  Since May of last year?  Holy Crap.  The weather has cleared up and been beautiful the last couple weekends, but I’ve been busy.  I cancelled some things so I could have a weekend for myself, wife had the little one at a dance workshop.   Called my buddy, and we rolled out nice and early.  We hit the Southern California Motorcycles Open House after and called it a day.





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