Recent content by afterburn

:) No offense, but just about any new pad will beat a worn pad. Worn pads versus new pads is not unlike old tires versus new tires. The fresh ones are better. If you want real stopping power, try a set of DP Sport next time. Those pads really transform the braking on the FJR. They're like...

I strongly disagree. Brakelines, especially of a new bike like the FJR rarely need replacing. They do not swell, despite tons of peoples claims. So called rubber lines have the steel inside, instead of the outside. The only difference sometimes is the internal diameter of the tubing, which is...

Yeah, anything else could be umm.. interesting, when the road does a 180 on you. :D

It took 21 minutes to get to the top. These 10 mins are above the tree line already. :) The original plan was to go over the other side and do a loop, but due to problems with one of the bikes we lost too much time to make that in daylight. You can already see the sun being very low, and you...

Actually, I didn't miss a shift, I expected a wider turn and got a hairpin.. :ermm: :blush:

It's fun to own the 'underdog', and then whip their butts. It's like sportbike riders laughing at my S, cause it is too heavy and too low on power to be a REAL sportbike. Untill they eat your dust and they find out it is pretty darn fast in the real world.

No attempts at fancy editing, no music, just 10 minutes of climbing Col de la Bonnete on my FJR in southern France we did last year on Eur06. https://www.sport-touring.eu/movies/FJR-Bonnete%20(small).wmv Enjoy!

Vancosport, are you shipping from inside EU? (VAT bullshit for me..aka, is the price the price to my EU door?)

Well, for me it has been simple. Back in the day when I had my old trusty CBR1000F I used to run dyno. This bike had a lot of miles on the odo, so the tolerances had probably been stretched a bit. After a oil change with dyno oil, it would take about a 1000 miles for the engine to start making...

6'2", 185 lbs, no fat ass or beer gut. I turn in as late as possible and as quick as possible. And I practise 'slow in, fast out'. All of which reduce lean angle if properly executed.

Or kick me out the group for not riding 'The Pace'! :blink: ;)

QS: It is a great concept, and I just wish people would treat it as such. See, this I don't agree with. I am smooth to the extreme. It is the only way to be fast on bikes with limited clearance and crappy suspension. ;) Seriously, I am very smooth. And I never race the straights, instead I use...

I don't like that 'The Pace' article that keeps popping up on all forums from time to time. Although it is generally right and good reading, people seem to take it as the bible and generate BS like "if you have to brake, you don't ride the pace or you are doing it wrong" They seem to confuse a...

I must be one of the few that don't like hanging off (as in moving my butt to the side). I can ride faster than most by keeping my butt where it is and without dragging stuff. I find it completely unessessary and squidly to do it on public roads. What I will do is bend my elbows and move my...

If/when you create your own routes using Mapsource, keep in mind _NOT_ to put route points on intersections. Ever. Period. ;) Put them on roads, before or after intersections and use as few as possible by starting with start and end points and work your way from there. This is THE major...