Recent content by FightOrFlight

You could also just swing by Ride West BMW. Their parts department should have them in stock. My local dealer did.

That made me laugh out loud. I'm immediately adopting that attitude, if only to save what little shred of sanity I have left. Love it!

Sorry for DaNav that this is taking a slight turn into cell carrier land, but... 1. I'm in complete agreement that devices like the iPhone are too small (both screen size as viewed when mounted on the bike and the inability to interact with the device while wearing gloves of any substance) and...

Adam: First of all, I'm so sorry about the loss of your mother. I had a similar experience with my father and it remains a difficult memory. I'm sorry we didn't get another ride in - our last was a soggy, high-speed adventure that got truncated due to my bailing out. I would have liked to...

I'm seriously impressed. I wish I had the knowledge, skills, and tools to do that kind of work. It looks like it's made for the bike and will hold a ton of stuff - ideal for long trips. Nice work.

I'm another recent Spencer attempter and don't notice a huge difference from stock. If I had it to do over again, I'd probably just put the money toward a Russel, Sargent, etc.

Love the new bike, Smitty! Congratulations. Whatever you ride, you sure know how to get the most out of it. I hope to see you again soon.

I'm another satisfied TrueCrypt user. It's super easy to use and the software itself can exist on the flash drive you are securing.

You should join Glory Racing and myself in Springfield thursday morning... It's looking to be the best day riding so far, And i plan on taking advantage of that! Talked about here Galaxy Blue: I'd like that. I'm having a bit of trouble getting out of some meetings Thursday. But I'll keep...

And then depression set in... Well, I suppose it's too early to bank on the forecasts. But it does look like the average MPH will be adversely impacted.

Hey - good morning, Fred W! I hope you are doing well. Thanks for the post. It's all making more sense to me now. Residual oil, tipping to get more out...it's an inexact science and I was taking the "4.23 quart" to literally. As to the smoothness comment, I was really going in the opposite...

Now that makes sense to me, Silent. I'm going with that explanation. I'm also operating under the idea that it is better to be a tiny bit under than over on oil level. I think I've heard that here and there over the years, but please correct if that is wrong.

Point taken.

After. Then I rode 100 miles. This morning, it's exactly half way.

Yesterday was maintenance day for me. New tires, oil change, final drive fluid change. This is my third oil change and it happened again yesterday - 4 quarts and I'm perfectly in between the dots on the sight glass. Bin O Facts says 4.23. Not that it's relevant, but Shell Rotella T Synthetic...