Recent content by rhody

sportrides, If you like the stock BMW sound, check it out with a Taylor exhaust, 15 lbs lighter than stock, 109 db full grunt. The recording, buzzy doesn't do it justice. Suffice to say it was way more hair raising than the Kawi. Rhody...

XJRGUY, It only gets better than f'ing amazing... the more miles (unleashed) you put on it. I feel like I have been spoiled for life. Don't know that I will ever find another bike that has it all, not unless Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, and Ducati, decide to really up their game to...

Yamafitter, Sounds tempting, I am 56, and have been wanting to do this for years and years. I will check with them on deposit and dates for payment after work tomorrow. I was hoping to ship my bike over there for the tour as well, but that would mean outfitting it with all travel bags (twisted...

Listen to what respected tuner and racer has to say about the suspension on the 2011 BMW S1000RR (fast forward to around 1:30 or so) has has some suggestions that I alluded to earlier. See what you think, then decide for yourselves. Rhody... P.S. Above the video there is a pull-down to all...

After my little trip last night, I can say this, I was more uncomfortable stuck in traffic for twenty minutes in the heat than actually riding. The double HB windscreen, and heli bars help, as do the bar end mirrors, nice quiet air for the most part. The traffic was moving at a really fast...

yamafitter, I am all over "Closer to the Edge", already seen most of the trailers and e-mailed Duke Video about it. They say US release will be sometime this fall. In the meantime, the US release of the Blu Ray IOMTT 2011 is scheduled for release 08 August 2011, in case anyone else is waiting...

Just thought I would share these two links, teasers from the 2011 IOMTT. I think they are awesome: Isle of Mann Review I really liked the first one, the music, the photography, everything... it was perfect.. those film crews are definitely upping their game IMO. racing from 1:45 on... Rhody...

Ari, Yes in the early days late 2009 early 2010, there were some reliability issues, camshaft bearing failures, etc... those have all been addressed as far as I know. I bought a 2011 model and no problems so far, my bike has full ohlins and compared to stock, even with comp/rebound turned way...

What follows are my thoughts on my first track day at Loudon, NH, June 21st, 2011 attending Tony's Track Day. First, the track is so much smaller than it appears on video, my Contour HD video gives a realistic view of what I believe you actually see. Second, I was pretty intimidated after the...

Is this off hand advice, or have you used it and how ? On the BMW forum, (this applies to GoPro HD camera only) someone suggested an auxilary ball micophone with a larger plastic (split) ball on top of that and cat hair inside of it to buffer the high frequency rattle and finally mounting the...

Took a trial video of my camera on 2011 S1000RR with Taylor exhaust, camera mounted on steering head, and the sound quality sounds like a bunch of bees, it does not do the exhaust justice at all. Is there anything I can do to the camera, quick and dirty to clean up the sound (suppress the buzz)...

Techjunkie, After you do it two or three times, a little bit each time, you will notice that it shifts like butter, like others have alluded to, finese with 1 - 2, and 2 - 1 shifts and rpms helps a ton too, find out what she likes and then give her more of it, listen to her... You will know...

beemer, herfjr, Thanks for the thumbs up, I put a lot of time, creative thought and energy into it, tried to tie everything and make it work together, understated, subtle, but she draws you in. She is going to be "uncorked", allowing acceleration to the 14.5K limit this week. I don't want to...

Techjunkie, On advice I received here on the forum, I have been using a small amount of STP with oil changes for years, with that, for me, shifting, even between 1st and 2nd is smooth as butter. Not saying that caused it, but it could be, have over 20K miles on 05 with ABS, FYI. Rhody...

An update, a few extra bits added since first list... completed pictures... see slide show link at the bottom of the post for close up shots... I added a stock bike (left/right views) to show the transformation. Sorry I couldn't find uniform right and left views with correct scaling and...