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« Reply #160 on: May 14, 2009, 05:52:56 AM » |
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It'a another great morning here. Time to leave the my little piece of country life and head to the far west side of H-town. My commute is only 80+ miles not 144 (I could make it that way....hmmmm). Y'all be safe out there.  |
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Blackduck KS
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« Reply #161 on: May 14, 2009, 07:09:30 AM » |
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I rode today but didn`t look good out pretty stormy looking clouds today Oh well whats a little rain bring it on but please don`t  |
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houstone
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« Reply #162 on: May 14, 2009, 06:13:03 PM » |
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Took the darkside to work today. And a long lunch, and even longer way home! Almost 70 miles for a 12 mile round trip!
Great to be back in the wind!
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« Reply #163 on: May 14, 2009, 08:18:46 PM » |
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I ride most every day to work its not a long ride and I try to avoid traffic as much as possible so I can enjoy the wind the sound of the exhaust and thank God that I can enjoy the simple pleasure of a drive to work. You see it wasn't always like this, I was in a place at one time in my life that I got the chance to watch people go to work to earn the money to someday enjoy life, but usually the stress was enough to kill them before they ever got the chance to enjoy life, the vacation the kids or just a beautiful day that they get to go enjoy the ride to work. So I made a promise to myself to enjoy the ride no matter what it brought or what I drove or how long it took ,yes even the sometimes annoyance of a lousy driver. Living in S Fla I watch as people go from their house with a/c to cars with windows up in a/c to their job most in a/c and never see the beauty in what they pass. My ride is not through pretty scenery but more through semi industrial and stores next to rail road tracks and looking at the back of houses. Not bad just not scenery as most would count it, but there isn't a day goes by that I don't see just the beauty in what is around. Some times I will come upon car transporters loading cars on their 18 wheelers with the hood open on their trucks and I watch them do their job and take a look at the truck engine. Some days I wait for the train or ride alongside it or just as I pass by the back of a store I watch a cat laying down on the driveway just sunning itself. Oh so much more as I pull up to the front of my shop and the stray cats that I feed hearing the sound of the Valk run to welcome me as if to say hello I am happy your here now lets eat. I am so thankful that I can ride to work one of lifes pleasures.
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #164 on: May 14, 2009, 09:25:49 PM » |
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I've been riding to work every day for the past 4 months. Getting kinda toasty lately though its been around 107 the last couple of days. You know you live in Arizona when the forecast is showing a high of 99 in a couple of days and your thinking at last, a cool down.
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« Reply #165 on: May 14, 2009, 11:51:07 PM » |
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Rode to work everyday since I came back from Texas. Hmmm that should be three days.  |
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« Reply #166 on: May 15, 2009, 03:09:39 AM » |
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No rain so I rode in, Damp and some fog, but still very nice. Spring time in New York, great time of year!
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Blackduck KS
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« Reply #167 on: May 15, 2009, 04:18:56 AM » |
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I rode today
Ihave some real menecing clouds again ,
didn`t get rained on yestertady cross your fingers for today.
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cutter
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« Reply #168 on: May 15, 2009, 05:49:55 AM » |
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Another fine ride to work. Sun coming up, road rage alive and well on the beltway..... Hey people - it's friday, light'n up will ya. Front row seating for that crap sucks!  time to twist the wick and move on down the road..... Ahhhh that's better!  Now for a short day cause the our bussiness unit is throwing us a mud bug feast for lunch... mmmmmmmmm nice way to finish the week.  |
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houstone
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« Reply #170 on: May 16, 2009, 10:18:07 AM » |
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IRTWT! What a great acronym! Day 2 for darkside yesterday, feeling more comfortable by the mile. Today my son 195 lbs) went with and the fender nut rubbed a bit. So, either he doesn't get to go, or I grind it down some. Summer's here! Stay safe!
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« Reply #171 on: May 19, 2009, 07:29:35 PM » |
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Beautiful ride in! Sunshine, 70 degrees at 16:00. Now if it is over 50 degrees for the ride home at 0545 I'll be real happy!
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« Reply #172 on: May 19, 2009, 07:34:39 PM » |
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Dang, I rode to work yesterday and today and forgot to post all about it.
I guess I'll have to try to remember to post tomorrow if by chance I ride then HAHA!
Raymond
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GreenLantern57
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« Reply #173 on: May 19, 2009, 08:30:54 PM » |
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Rode back from lunch yesterday. Rode today. will ride tomorrow. Love mid-80's spring days! Evening are nearly perfect. Will go to Hooter's tomorrow(20th) for lunch, special contumes for thier TEXAS anniversary celebration. Specials on the 20th of each month!
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« Reply #174 on: May 19, 2009, 08:31:51 PM » |
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Eighty-one degrees for the ride home. I took the six county route.
It was a good day to ride.
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Scott in Ok
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« Reply #175 on: May 19, 2009, 09:00:35 PM » |
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Today was a good day, as I rode to work. Leaving in a minute or two for the twilight ride home.
-Scott
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« Reply #177 on: May 20, 2009, 06:01:37 AM » |
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The temp on the wall said 41 so it was a nice ride in. I was running a bit late so I was letting the old girl loose, except where I got stopped by Penn DOT, on the back road, the fire trucks on the highway, and the traffic backed up at the LFH (light from hell) in town.
Supposed to be in the 70's this afternoon.
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« Reply #178 on: May 20, 2009, 06:14:13 AM » |
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Yeah, I rode today, yesterday, and the day before...... It's a tough job but somebody has to do it!  The weather has just been AWSOME to work in... I mean ride in! Upper 50s in the AM and mid 70s to lower 80s in the PM with low humidity. Almost unheard of down here this time of year. Sitting here looking outside  I think I need to sneak out for a putt. Hold those calls!  |
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« Reply #179 on: May 20, 2009, 06:55:44 AM » |
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The day started in the 60's so I wore the denim jacket instead of my regular Tour Master. |
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Scott in Ok
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« Reply #181 on: May 20, 2009, 03:19:53 PM » |
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Two days in a row. Temp was 79° at 3pm when I arrived at work. All those on the ride home, be safe. -Scott |
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houstone
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« Reply #182 on: May 20, 2009, 03:29:41 PM » |
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Awesome day for a putt! Had the Allman Bros. Blue Sky going, what a feel!
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« Reply #183 on: May 20, 2009, 09:52:52 PM » |
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What a great ride in! 80 degrees, light traffic a very enjoyable 57 miles. A littled PO'd Gas jumped 8 cents in one day 2.53 a gallons. Big oil sucks!
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« Reply #184 on: May 21, 2009, 04:25:30 AM » |
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It was a very nice morning here in south central Kansas for a motorcycle ride. 58 degrees was perfect for the mesh jacket and chaps. The only bad thing was I had to stop here at wrok.
Oh well the long weekend is almost upon us and then let the good times "roll".
Morning all,
Raymond
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cutter
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« Reply #185 on: May 21, 2009, 05:59:21 AM » |
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OK, I made it in but it sure was hard to turn into the garage to park. Hmmmm, on the up side I get to leave at noon and don't have to be back to this place till tuesday! I will be at the station pulling a few shifts so y'all be careful out there this weekend. With the holiday and proms this weekend it could be busy.
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« Reply #186 on: May 21, 2009, 06:25:52 AM » |
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Well, the day started out bad... I forgot to set the coffee makerup last night... but Dunkin Donuts was on the way into work, so no evil premonitions ....
Traffic wasrelatively light (for 7 am on I-85 & 285 to i-75 in Atlanta), so speed limits were ignored. bike felt a little odd on left turns and lane changes to the left.
40 miles after leaving beautiful Dacula, iarrive at work in Marietta. As I pull into the parking deck, bike is feeling REAL odd now. Looks like the left side of the handlebars is moving back and forth. the slower I go, the more pronouned it is.
Park the bike, get off and check it out. Turns out that the bolt protduding rom the base of the left rise is missing. Now the entire handlebaris pivoting around the right riser.
I guess lunch is going to be a trip to Home Depot to get some adustable strap clamps and hope everything holds together on the way home.
I do not think I will be riding this lovely long weekend.
(I think Daniel jinxed me... I was reading his posts on risers yesterday.......either that or it was the quick stop at Lawrenceville Honda last night ..... )
If it were not for bad luck, i would have no luck at all....
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« Reply #188 on: May 21, 2009, 07:07:37 AM » |
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Park the bike, get off and check it out. Turns out that the bolt protduding rom the base of the left rise is missing. Now the entire handlebaris pivoting around the right riser.
I guess lunch is going to be a trip to Home Depot to get some adustable strap clamps and hope everything holds together on the way home.
Be very careful with your planned fix. Why don't you just get another bolt and put that it? Even not fully tightened it would seem better than the strap to me. The hole in the triple tree is stock at 12mm or 1/2" if you drilled it out for after market risers. Therefore, you need either a 12 mm bolt or a 1/2 bolt. I'm just working this out so I may be wrong. Raymond |
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« Reply #189 on: May 21, 2009, 09:55:43 AM » |
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:roll:wonder full sunshine unusualy cool here in hostoni work eves so it was last eve i took the s.t. out of the garage but noticed the speedo cable draging on the concrete! darn! shoud i fix it or take the valk? you know what i did! even though the valk was vendelised in the gallerria garage beore. Willow there is no more question on how you get such great mieage! what is it? you have to prove at any cost that the valk gets great mileage? or are you in posession of the cure?
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« Reply #190 on: May 21, 2009, 12:10:56 PM » |
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Great morning to ride and looks to be a better afternoon. Too bad it's the typical "why are you trying to kill me" DFW traffic. Jim |
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« Reply #191 on: May 21, 2009, 02:19:40 PM » |
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Thanks for the tip Raymond.
The strap fix was just a temporary measure so I could ride the 40 miles back home. (3 straps did the trick).
And yep, a 12mm bolt (with lock washer & lock tite) resolved the issue (hopefully) for good.
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« Reply #192 on: May 21, 2009, 02:55:37 PM » |
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Rode this morning. Was mid 50's out. Vest and sweatshirt. Valk sitting right out the window.
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houstone
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« Reply #193 on: May 22, 2009, 06:41:04 AM » |
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Yesterday and today, couldn't have been nicer! That turn into the parking lot is getting tougher every day! Be safe, all! Remember those who gave us this chance to enjoy life!
Jeff
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« Reply #194 on: May 22, 2009, 07:02:34 AM » |
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Morning all, the ride in today was very tough, it was so nice I hated to come to work.
TGIF-IRTW
Raymond
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« Reply #195 on: May 22, 2009, 12:29:48 PM » |
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Again today - 3 days this week. Great morning, very light traffic. The bike sounded kinda sulky pulling into the parking garage - I think it would rather go all day and so would I!
Jim
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« Reply #196 on: May 22, 2009, 02:06:52 PM » |
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We rode in to work today. 28 miles each way into downtown Dallas from Ellis County. The traffic was relatively light. The weather was good. The wind light. We enjoyed it.  We trudge on. |
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« Reply #197 on: May 22, 2009, 05:31:38 PM » |
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We rode in to work today. 28 miles each way into downtown Dallas from Ellis County. The traffic was relatively light. The weather was good. The wind light. We enjoyed it. We trudge on. Nice looking Valk there Wetrudgeon, what brand of seat is that? Raymond |
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« Reply #198 on: May 22, 2009, 06:21:12 PM » |
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rode in town again this morning.no it was not the valk but the st. good thing too because as i m trying to get away from these cages merging from 8 to 59 igot behind an open truck carrying sand!the guy was doing 70, sand was flying everywhere. rode along side him and gave him a dirty look the driver didn t move his head. he knew. figure he probably was some joe doing what his boss told him to.got of work early, it s always a joy to ride home. maybe all of us houston riders should get together some time? its fryday night ,not working so i think i ll take chantal on the valk and go riding around. later.
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« Reply #199 on: May 26, 2009, 10:13:23 AM » |
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HEY WHERE IS EVERYONE?
I'm here, it was a good morning to ride. This afternoon may be wet but it's that time of year around here.
Raymond
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