RDawson

Made it home about 5:00 today.

IMG_7024.MOV Little weather on the Blue Ridge

Our view of the mountains on the Blue Ridge this morning. Visibility was about 40’ in front of the bike. Rained out in Tennessee, maybe make it home tomorrow

He was so impressed with the 4 carBEARaters he could BEARLY contain his excitement.

Our first bear experience on the bike.

Those seemed to be the most sought after body parts when I scrapped a bike a few months ago. I am still sitting on the saddle bags, trunk, and fairing.

Any good front lower fairings?

Carl’s retired. He has time to look for the little things. 🤣🤣🤣

sorry to hear that. Safe travels.

I wouldn’t suggest Trina.

Double check “back up” 10 amp fuse in left side box and “audio” 10 amp fuse in the front lower box both have power on both sides of the fuse.

Read this thread before you jump in deep. There are other threads here on the same subject. Most of your list isn’t terrible to fix. Unfortunately the 2nd gear issue along with the frame makes the 83-85s a little less desirable. Hopefully the 1st gen guys will be along shortly. @skydoc_17 @Marcarl @saddlebum plastic parts are getting really hard to find in decent shape.

Inches??? I thought you Eh teamers measured in M&Ms. 🤣🤣🤣

There are limits on trial members posting pictures due to the site being overrun with spammers/scammers in the past. Admins spend a lot of time doing a great job keeping them out and the site cleaned up. As far as buying you need to comment on the post or message the person selling something. Use the @ symbol and username to tag them. Example: @LeesBike

Did you remove the final drive, Get the driveshaft u-joint lined up when putting it back? Wheel seated back in final drive?

87 is recommended by Yamaha. High octane fuel burns slower and builds carbon. I run alcohol free locally when the bike may set more, I can only get it in 90. On trips I stick to 87.

On MC tires I always got one front to two rears. Weight and the acceleration wears the rears faster. Now that I’m darkside I get two or three fronts to one rear.

Be mindful of sloshing water in a cooler. I threw 3 gallons of gas in a 5 gallon can on mine and you could really feel it in the curves.

You’re right, this shouldn’t be happening no matter which side you’re on. I have more views that I won’t post here as this isn’t the place for it.

16” front-15” rear.

Contact @skydoc_17. He has a “loaner kit” deal that makes the job easier.

Yesterday was a great riding day.I met up with KyRider and some of his buddies to head up into Illinois to eat. Put in around 200 miles total.

Thanks. Guess my old timers is kicking in.

Ron and Tina texted they also got home and stayed dry all the way.

Took the bikes for a boat ride.