Recent content by MotorToad

The only place to eat in Fort Bragg is North Coast Brewing. You'll thank me later. :)

Did the Olds have a white roof or is that just glared out? Also, what tires are those on the bench? wtf

Oh, yeah, an actual complaint about the speedometer! This is the first bike I've had where the speedo gets precedence over the tach, so I keep looking down and then trying to figure out how fast "5" is. And the new Most Likely Way I'm Going To Genuinely Hurt Myself is pushing the FJR around...

Oh, yeah, an actual complaint about the speedometer! This is the first bike I've had where the speedo gets precedence over the tach, so I keep looking down and then trying to figure out how fast "5" is. And the new Most Likely Way I'm Going To Genuinely Hurt Myself is pushing the FJR around...

Oh, yeah, an actual complaint about the speedometer! This is the first bike I've had where the speedo gets precedence over the tach, so I keep looking down and then trying to figure out how fast "5" is. And the new Most Likely Way I'm Going To Genuinely Hurt Myself is pushing the FJR around...

I was wondering about the speedometer accuracy. Hovering around 80 indicated on the freeway and the cages are going about the same speed. Closer to 90 indicated is about what I'm used to in cages-per-minute, 78 on the VFR by GPS.

At least you won't see "Darksider" in my signature line. :-D And for the joke close of my original post, I forgot to complain about it only having five speeds! Irony because what set the ball rolling with the friend who got this all going was a discussion about gearing, gearboxes, torque, and I...

Oh, it's no real trouble for me. I was just trying to hover near the drain hole of a recurring thread shitstorm. :-D On the topic, though, I keep thinking I should try putting my friend's GS500 on its centerstand while I'm still sitting on it. I'm pretty sure I could.

So I got just a little bit lucky. A friend of a friend just got a '14 FJR and his '04 has been sitting for months. He'd been too busy to bother listing it on craigslist and made a joke about "free to good home" at work to a mate who said "weird... I know a really good home..." And now, I own an...

I'm happy to hear that *something* helped you out psychologically. It took all of an internet to do it!

I'm surprised they don't have that 36 mm socket in the stock tool kit!

Oil level tells you there could be a problem before it happens, oil pressure tells you you need an engine. I don't see the purpose of oil pressure at all. Assmusing you keep an eye on the level, you'd have to ride with your thumb on the kill switch and your eyes on the light to even hope of...

lol trucks are dumb. =]

I'll be at the show briefly Saturday if at all. Drop by Moto Shop's booth and ask for the most handsome VFR rider. BTW, Moto Shop has a free breakfast Sunday morning around 9 and a ride to the show after.

i.e. with a bunch of old men standing around them talking about riding. :-D I worked with forumite (if I remember his name right) Dave (blue bike) at turn 2 all weekend for WSB and had a great time. Most of the races I work you'll move to a different corner each day so you don't get stuck with a...