what did u do to your bike today?

[hdmatt29]

ok i will start lets keep this thread alive



i flipped my mirrors upside down and relocated my turn signals... have a about 4 bucks in the project will post pics later on

[Zarticus]

I figured out how I'm packing & mounting the bags on my bike for the trip to N.C. this weekend. Checked all the fluids, Adjusted the highway pegs, Put on a barbed wire liscense plate holder. Of course I always feel like I'm forgeting to do something when getting ready for a trip

[hdmatt29]

yes dont we all have a safe trip and have fun too

[dt]

I didn’t actually do anything, but I did surf around the net looking for a rack for the back of my dual sport. Found some expensive ones, like $189 before shipping…seems steep for a simple little tail rack. Not a lot of farkles for this particular model (KL250). That’s probably a good thing.

[hdmatt29]

very good i do have a tourch and welder and can make custom parts if u need

[danh600]

I rolled mine out of the way so I could get to my weights. 

My bike doesn't get much love during the week. Mostly a weekend thing.

[hdmatt29]

that stinks i ride mine to work too better gas mpg then my truck

[danh600]

My office is only a couple of miles from my house. So no real savings and it's such a short trip it's not really worth getting the bike out and the gear on.

[danh600]

Plus if I rode my bike towards work I might just keep going. 

[v65infla]

that stinks i ride mine to work too better gas mpg then my truck

I walk to my office every single morning and have for the last 6 years.  Rain or shine, never missed a day yet.   

[dt]

very good i do have a tourch and welder and can make custom parts if u need

Hey, thanks for that offer. Probably something will come up with the rack, but there is one thing that I’d like to have and haven’t been able to find anywhere. It’s a bash plate/engine guard for a 74 Aermacchi Baja that I’ve been working on. Click. I don’t think it’s going to turn up used or NOS. I’m swamped getting ready for the NC trip right now (and there will surely be a shit storm at work when I get back) but perhaps we can pick up the discussion in a couple weeks. It would be coooool.

[hdmatt29]

sounds good let me know and i am sure we can get it together for u.   


ya i live 4 miles each way to work and its nice ride there   plus it only takes a few seconds to but my brain bucket on

[dt]

A couple weeks ago I got a bar mounted clock out of an eBay auction for my motorcycle and installed it last night. I don’t normally care about the time, but I’ve got some clock management responsibilities coming up that I thought it would be useful for. But then, why pray tell did I put a clock on there…when, in fact, there’s a clock function in the left digital display? Well, the answer is the function switch is on the back and I can’t get my hand back there with both the windscreen installed and gloves on.



Seemed like a simple enough gadget with set screw to secure it to the bar. Nope…wouldn’t set securely. So I drilled a hole below the bezel where the clock itself sits and zip tied that sucker.



Oh hey, check out that steering head bolt in the first photo. Classy isn't it?

[mrbones]

I've seen clocks that go on that steering head bolt. I've been wanting to get one for a long time.

[magnaone]

this is nice  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160577236741&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[magnaone]

that stinks i ride mine to work too better gas mpg then my truck

I walk to my office every single morning and have for the last 6 years.  Rain or shine, never missed a day yet.           ya your office  is in your house ha ha

[hdmatt29]

ok did some work took my crash bar off, flipped the mirros, relocated turn signals, and got me an old school sissy bar


i am so happy way my bike sits right now hope you all like it too






the last pic shows where i am gonna weld brakets to bolt where horn should be and it gonna atach my brass knuckles because thats how i roll pure bad ass style

[mrbones]

Lookin' good. Are you going to put the horn on the left between the cylinders?

[hdmatt29]

no horn is staying in front on the frame


i am in the middle of welding brass knuckles up and a braket to fit between the motor

[magnaone]

cleaned the LOVE BUGS off for the last time i hope

[danh600]

cleaned the LOVE BUGS off for the last time i hope

Let's hope. Tired of washing my bike and all my gear after every single ride. I haven't noticed many this week.

We never got that many this far south. We didn't hit them until we got north to Okeechobee. They also seemed to be much worse on the west side of the lake.

[magnaone]

we really got them bad this year they started going away sunday now wait till september

[v65infla]

Since my ST is a week old yesterday there is no sense in wasting time.  

Friday night I wired in Red LED engine lights.





And yesterday I put these seat beads on and wired in a Cobra radar detector.  I have a feeling I am going to need it with this bike.   (I'll get a pic today)



Love the seat beads!!!

Late last night, I did the 600 mile break in service with 599 miles on the ODO.

[magnaone]

nice lights  ya should get the ones that go in the rims

[hdmatt29]

bikes looks better in person  good meeting u today   now its time to ride