Recent content by coastalcop

Well the misses decided to opt out on the long distance touring (what i bought the bike for) so its on the sale side to fund the next big thing (GS probably, want to get back into adventure touring if im gonna do it alone) . On that note I rode a friends GS yesterday (was outfitting on of his...

There isnt room to get the full tire, listed speed ont he second video was wrong as I uploaded the wrong one, 2nd is intown speeds. Tried several mounting points, to get the right angle I either have to build a gantry to mount the camera off the back end or I have to mount it to the header...

OK I think that I have some video uploaded to youtube. look under fjr darkside or under coastalcop there should be four when I am done uploading two looking at the tire, and two from the rider perspective. Let me know if it works for you! BTW psi is right at 30 cold

Awesome!!

My sincere thanks to doug for posting those pics for me. Had a bit of a surprise today, seems I was too stupid to get the hint when the bike shut off switching into 1st gear. I restarted and I was on my way until a nice left hander when the fj decided to shut off then on then off then on...

got some video of the ttire, not great but ok, was going to post to utube , still figuring it out, was cutting a 30 min piece into threee 10 min and the software I was using turned a 300M avi file into a 12G avi file lol, another case of equipment smarter than operator. really hammered the...

So far I am not seeing an appreciable difference in the mpg between the two, this could be a function of riding fairly hard where the mpg suffers anyway but I am around 40-43 either way

150 mile report (OCFJR let me know if you want me to start a new thread to report instead of hijacking yours). Took a ride yesterday and here are my observations so far. Youre right more steering input required, but not significantly so. Bike holds a line very well, and I tested several long...

I designed a system for my klr using pelican 1550 cases. Different approach than caribou there were no modifications to ruin waterproof or lay flat ability of the case. Not terribly aerodynamic for our bikes though, worked great on the klr. I guess if the boxy but good concept gets you its...

OK so now I guess I am #5 on the darkside, tire is mounted and first riding impression is that it it IS different, some squirm but that was mainly because of commercialism getting in the way of a good plan. I bought the tire used to minimize break in and scrubbing the new off of the tire, and...

Going to mount the tire after work today, cant wait!

tire came in today looks good, uniform in size no flat spots and will probably mount it tomorrow, unless it demands dinner and a movie first :blink: would show a pic but no dice on the upload.

WOW, and really WOW, cant wait for the finish

Yes but im less likely to die in a fiery ball of liquid aluminum death while trying to scrub the new off of the rear tire ;) I mean I am sure to diiiiieeee for puttin a ct on my moto, thankfully with the economy the way it is right now Im worth more dead than alive........ come to think of...

Ok so I pulled the trigger on a test tire. Found a 205/50 zr17 all weather performance tire on fleabay with 80% tread left at 8/32 symetrical design and the shipped to my door price was $48.00. Figured the 20% wear would let me get the feel right away without having to scrub in a new tire. As...