hubcapsc
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« on: June 10, 2019, 03:59:24 PM » |
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Saturday Mitch and I went to Monument Valley...  Then we rode, mostly on US-64, to Taos on Sunday. I think there's some very good parts of 64 out here, we were in the middle of nowhere for 100 miles of it and went over a snowy pass... Monday I changed my front brake pads... I was suspicious of them and found an EBC set in Durango. Sunday I heard the fronts squeek at some stops. I guess a lot of brakes wear this way, but each of my calipers had one usable pad and one with just a hair's thickness of pad material left. I know what people mean now when they say EBC pads are noisy, but they work real well. All these guys and more helped with the installation and then we rode off to peer into the Rio Grande Gorge and to eat a good lunch... easy day...   -Mike
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« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2019, 04:26:21 PM » |
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Thanks for sharing the trip Mike. I really wish I could have made this one.
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2019, 05:00:03 PM » |
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Looks like a fun day, beats the crap out of working that is for sure and for certain.
Oss
Tried EBC. noisy is true, I stick with honda pads and rotors Check the wear on those rotors after a few thousand miles if you can
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When you come to the fork in the road, take it Yogi Berra (Don't send it to me C.O.D.)
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2019, 05:01:52 PM » |
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Im glad to see some reports. Looking forward to seeing other peoples experiences. I sure wish I could have gone 
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2019, 05:06:32 AM » |
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Great photos! I recognize Roger, you and Smokin' Joe in the middle. Who are the dudes on the end?
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« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2019, 05:32:16 AM » |
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Great photos! I recognize Roger, you and Smokin' Joe in the middle. Who are the dudes on the end?
I could tell you who the rotund male to the left is but tben......................... 
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« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2019, 04:30:31 PM » |
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Damn wish I was there.
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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2019, 04:37:30 PM » |
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Damn wish I was there.
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« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2019, 04:42:26 PM » |
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Damn wish I was there.
+1 PLUS a heckuva LOT More!  RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2019, 05:42:37 PM » |
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Mike,
We rode in via Route 64 also... Nice and scenic, cool in spots, cold in others! I did manage a nap along the way at one of the pull-offs. Looks like you are keeping some mighty interesting company... I'd sure travel with that bunch, too! Every one a 'keeper'!!! Nice pic of Monument Valley! Curious place, no?
My experience with EBC pads is they work and they are cheaper than OEM. They are also noisy and they do grind down rotors more quickly... We do what we have to do in a given situation, though... I'd use them again if Honda pads weren't available...
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« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2019, 07:25:43 AM » |
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Is that you Britman???? I have not met you yet, but have read lots of your comments.
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« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2019, 10:44:08 AM » |
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Any more pictures of ground zero, the hotel, rides, bikes, people? Anyone?
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« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2019, 11:49:23 AM » |
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Any more pictures of ground zero, the hotel, rides, bikes, people? Anyone?
Patience grasshopper... Uncategorized, unsorted and unedited but if you wanna see the raw pics the Spawn and myself have taken so far: (I'll try to put together a proper ride report with pics in context once we're home. Having too much fun to do that now.) http://www.serk.net/2019-pics/Galleries Images_70 and higher are (So far) my Inzane 2019 pics... A few hundred in there already.
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« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2019, 12:06:46 PM » |
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Every pic you took this year including vacation on that link Serk
I suppose Daniel was eating one of those zero calorie ice cream cones
We all know that nothing at Inzane has calories
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If you don't know where your going any road will take you there George Harrison
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« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2019, 12:12:43 PM » |
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Every pic you took this year including vacation on that link Serk
Yup, I've always been pretty open like that... In fact if you're REALLLLLLY bored, every pic I've taken going back to the late 90's is at the parent link, broken down mostly by year: http://www.serk.net/pics/
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« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2019, 12:17:46 PM » |
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Thanks Brian. Pretty eclectic photography, but I enjoyed it.  LMAO on this one.  Man, what's in those cookies?
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« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2019, 02:05:33 PM » |
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Is that you Britman???? I have not met you yet, but have read lots of your comments.
Yep
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« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2019, 11:25:06 PM » |
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Probably same cookies, BBQ variety........... 
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« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2019, 04:38:38 PM » |
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Man, what's in those cookies? LOL! What was in those cookies was a 16 year old who'd just ridden 750 miles on a Valk and was just totally outta gas...  Sorry to hijack Mike's thread, but Kali and I are down safe for the night in a cheap hotel in Memphis, Texas. Just under 300 to go 'till home tomorrow...
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #20 on: June 14, 2019, 06:37:02 PM » |
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Smokin' Joe, Rodney and I are safe at Guthri OK...
-Mike
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« Reply #21 on: June 14, 2019, 08:17:35 PM » |
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Home safe
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2019, 06:09:15 PM » |
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Hubcap is home safe. Came in from Hazin, AR today.
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« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2019, 06:10:37 PM » |
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Hubcap is home safe. Came in from Hazin, AR today.

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« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2019, 06:25:04 PM » |
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Still on the road, in Wytheville VA for the night. We helped a damsel in distress, took a little time.
We're going to make a big push tomorrow, 12-14 hrs to home. We've been on the road long enough. Will be over 8000 miles by the time it's over.
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« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2019, 06:54:21 PM » |
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Still on the road, in Wytheville VA for the night. We helped a damsel in distress, took a little time.
We're going to make a big push tomorrow, 12-14 hrs to home. We've been on the road long enough. Will be over 8000 miles by the time it's over.
pretty impressive Bob  be safe this last day. 
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