Recent content by raitchison

Granted I've only ridden in CA but I can't imagine a better state to ride in. 1. HUGE variety of roads to ride on, I've ridden on the coast, coastal mountains, canyons, inland mountains, desert, plains & ranch land ALL ON THE SAME DAY. 2. Year-round riding climate. 3. Bike-friendly laws (lane...

On a related note, anyone knows if a dealer in SoCal that can make me a new key using only the key tag number that came with the bike? When I got the bike (used) it only came with one key and while it works I'm 75% sure it's not an original key. Rather than make a copy of a copy of really like...

So yesterday I completed the 2013 Park 'N Ride Rally, I actually attempted this one 2 years ago but the guy I was riding with had a mechanical breakdown so I was not able to finish it. 2 years ago the locations were most spread around SoCal but this year they spread them out much further...

First, congrats on the SS, I hope to accomplish the same some time this year, What kind of tank bag do you have? I have a small Bags Connection (Engage IIRC) with the Quick-Lock, I can take that bag off or put it on in 2 seconds. Is yours the reverse flip? Cause I have a reverse flip 25" (max...

Sorry if this is rehashed (I suspect it is) but with these brackets & pegs is there much chance that the pegs will scrape if leaned over very far. I don't drag knees or anything but sometimes a turn you think you are taking at 8/10 turns out to be at 10/10 because of something like another...

Yeah I was noticing that on the map, and have a few of those roads before, but obviously I don't know that area well and didn't want to risk going off in the wrong direction. Maybe next time I'll do that.

First ride report in a while, for that matter first good ride in a while. This winter I haven't been getting in much riding, between family obligations, volunteering on the USS Iowa and just plain inconsiderate timing for the relatively few rain days we've received (relatively few compared to...

I ride up there pretty regularly actually since Mullholland is sooo close to my house I can be at the Snake literally in 20 minutes. I usually ride up there earlier in the morning (before 10:00 a.m.) before the Squids show up in force and traffic is light in general. Lower Mullholland (from...

I agree with this sentiment exactly.

LOL at the notion of changing brake fluid once a year, of course I suck just at brake bleeding it invariably leads to a trip to the store for more fluid, clean up of a big puddle of fluid from the garage floor, clean up of fluid from parts before the fluid corrodes them and several hours of...

I got an Engage bag from another member here, I like it well enough but I have a couple of issues, it;s not really all that big and despite it's small capacity it's really wide at the top/front so my starter engages when I turn the bars fully to the right (usually when I'm backing into a parking...

I ride with my +6 +2 Cee Bailieys about 1/2 of the way up, I've ridden over 100MPH several times without issues.

That's a GoPro HD Hero2

Wow that's gorgeous, I did that ride a couple of weeks ago and it wasn't remotely like that.

Looks good, I've been planing on getting a Russel seat but I keep thinking of getting a Cee Bailey or Bill Mayer because both are local to me and I could ride in.