A Big Shot of Color...Before We're Screwed.

I unfortunately have a broken shock which is the subject of some 'Broken Clovis" thread. Anyway, our weather here, and the colors are just spectacular in SW Pennsylvania. I decided to put my broken Clevis connector back on the shock and risk a 150 mile color trip today with the Nikon...so colors are well represented.

So this is the culprit that was installed for one last Fall ride, and it held up just fine. Very thankful for that.



It's not necessary to travel. These two pictures are from the driveway and back deck:





One feature of my photography is that most of it is done from the seat of the bike. Here is a pond near Sewickly TWP



And a little further down the road is Bell's Mills road which features a covered bridge...the only one in Westmoreland County where I live.







Just past the bridge on Turkeytown Road is a beautiful old farm, where the geese, ducks and cows are enjoying a late-season swim.







Turkeytown Road is great for color.



A little further south approaching Layton, we go through a tunnel for a defunct rail crossing and go over the Layton one-lane bridge over the Youghiogheny River.







Banning Road is a nice curvy route to take.



No Fall color, but the James Cochran house in Dawson, PA was built around 1890 by a coal and coke baron. It is by far the most impressive structure in Dawson, along the Youghiogheny River. Currently a B&B.



Moving back towards home, I diverted to the town of Export PA. Like I said, color is just as good at home as anywhere.







That's all folks. Now I gotta gas up the leaf blower and get ready for the consequences of all this color.

Thanks for taking us along Tom. Great Pics!

Niehart said:

Thanks for taking us along Tom. Great Pics!

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Good stuff, Tom. I hope I get a chance to checkout some color in SEO, before it's gone.

Great pictures! :yes:

El Toro Joe said:

Good stuff, Tom. I hope I get a chance to checkout some color in SEO, before it's gone.

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You have one-week, and it's gone.

TomInPA said:

El Toro Joe said:

Good stuff, Tom. I hope I get a chance to checkout some color in SEO, before it's gone.

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You have one-week, and it's gone.

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Right before the snow enema.

Nice ride and pics Tom...now get that clevis replaced!

--G

Great pics Tom. Thanks for taking the chance. I had a broken clevis too. Penske shipped me a new one for free. The Penske Rep said it was due to over torquing the nut. I didn't to the work and the shop that did the work won't ever touch my bike again.

Why so many windows in the barn?

I can only imagine that it lets the cow farts out. That and it would be dark as a cave without them.

Fontanaman said:

Great pics Tom. Thanks for taking the chance. I had a broken clevis too. Penske shipped me a new one for free. The Penske Rep said it was due to over torquing the nut. I didn't to the work and the shop that did the work won't ever touch my bike again.

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I'm getting the new part under warranty. I think it is in the design and Penske would rather warranty than recall. Every other shock clevis has a radius on the top of the clevis leading to the stress point, while the Penske is dead flat with the final radius of the thread cut into the top. The design of the relay arm and spacer/ metal race prevent the clevis from being over-tightened. The FSM spec is 29 ft-lbs. I doubt it's anything to do with tightening.

escapefjrtist said:

Nice ride and pics Tom...now get that clevis replaced!
--G

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It's in the mail! I just wanted to ride before the weather turned and we lost the color.

Niehart said:

Thanks for taking us along Tom. Great Pics!

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Always a pleasure riding and eating pie with yinz.

Tom, thanks for posting these. We just passed through the area (first week of October) and saw much of that from our 6 wheel steed. Colors were best in VT, NH & MA, but a tad bit green in PA, VA & TN. We heard from every local we spoke with that this year was unusually late, but we've enjoyed awesome weather and scenery. I've missed my FJR so many times on the trip, I'd rather not think about it.........

Beautiful pics there OP. I grew up in southern Ontario (not too far north of you), and really miss the fall colours every autumn since I moved to western Canada 30 years past.

Nice pics, Tom. Fall hit the foothills hard here a couple days ago. Rain, but not colors like you got.

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Tom, thanks for posting these. We just passed through the area (first week of October) and saw much of that from our 6 wheel steed. Colors were best in VT, NH & MA, but a tad bit green in PA, VA & TN. We heard from every local we spoke with that this year was unusually late, but we've enjoyed awesome weather and scenery. I've missed my FJR so many times on the trip, I'd rather not think about it.........

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So that's where you two are! Just buy an FJR again, ferchrissakes!!! Maybe you can still get that Muzzy system if you don't dawdle!

Very nice photos TominPA!Thanks!

Beautiful area, thanks Tom. :good:

wow!

Thank for the photos!

Glad you made the 150 miles without incident!