odds and ends

[Merzidotes]

So I was thinking to myself.....I've seen a few threads for pics with your bike and churches, bridges, and other works of nature......and I have a few I'd be able to post here soon....when I am not working.....but then I thought to myself.....what about the odds and ends of pictures that you keep around that are sharable??? I have a few that are motorcycle related, kinda cute, and something a fellow female rider might appreciate. So what do you think???

Do you have anything worth posting???

[Merzidotes]

Here's one....

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb92/merziedotes/NCtrip080707038.jpg

[ridingAK]

One of my all time favorite pictures of our bikes. http://AlaskaDualsport.smugmug.com/photos/151979844_2JsvE-M.jpg

[Luna Tique]

Great shot rAK :wootrock: That tree line road is so very cool

[ridingAK]

Thanks. It is a private driveway in Louisiana, between Natchez, MS and Baton Rouge, LA.

[Luv2Ride]

This is how my husband and I take our bikes to far away places....

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/YnotTurbo/a016.jpg

[SheRidesABeemer]

Here is my rental bike with snow on it...in Arizona 02/2004

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2117012576_33d5c2290c.jpg

[hijinxxx]

SWEET Toy hauler...i love that you can close off the bed etc. with a door..probably don't oil/gas smell?



This is how my husband and I take our bikes to far away places....

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/YnotTurbo/a016.jpg

[ridingAK]

Here is my rental bike with snow on it...in Arizona 02/2004

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2117012576_33d5c2290c.jpg

What is it with Arizona and snow? Our bikes after a cold ride into Flagstaff.

http://AlaskaDualsport.smugmug.com/photos/146678897_5qkhg-M.jpg
04/2007

[Astir]

Brrrr! I was amazed at Flagstaffs altitude. 7000 ft! Why didn't I know this until a couple months ago? :confused2:

[Luna Tique]

What is it with Arizona and snow? Our bikes after a cold ride into Flagstaff.

http://AlaskaDualsport.smugmug.com/photos/146678897_5qkhg-M.jpg
04/2007
Your bike looks like a snowcone rAK. :lol:

[ridingAK]

yeah, and I felt like a snowcone. :D:

[Merzidotes]

I love this picture. It is actually my BF on his KLR.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q189/MeefZah/071807AppalachianTrip062.jpg

[Astir]

Wow! Great Pic! :thumbsup:

[ridingAK]

Very nice!

[Luna Tique]

Great shot :thumbup: Way to go MeefZhette

[Merzidotes]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb92/merziedotes/MR043008006.jpg

not really sure what this once was

[Astir]

Where did you take this? It is really fascinating.

[ridingAK]

I agree. It is an amazing structure.

[Squeaky]

Well, there's the armadillo working on a KLR:

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/133852482_FsAJn-M.jpg

[Squeaky]

I've always liked this close-up:

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/230412632_zXTGd-M.jpg

[Squeaky]

"Reading" spark plugs via the internet (cuz I don't know what I'm looking at but within 20 minutes of posting it I had my answer):

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/199088015_RndqM-M.jpg

[Squeaky]

When a hurricane is headed your way, you've got to have your priorities straight. Move the furniture, the bikes get the living room! :thumbsup:

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/126832706_rG4TH-M.jpg

[ridingAK]

Love the bikes inside. I agree that you have your priorities in the right place!

[Luna Tique]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb92/merziedotes/MR043008006.jpg

not really sure what this once was

I think it was once used as a dormatory for woman that kept secrets from their friends :D:

[Luna Tique]

When a hurricane is headed your way, you've got to have your priorities straight. Move the furniture, the bikes get the living room! :thumbsup:

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/126832706_rG4TH-M.jpg
I agree you do have your priorities in order Nice line up :thumbsup:

[Merzidotes]

I think it was once used as a dormatory for woman that kept secrets from their friends :D:


LMAO!!! That is so funny!!! You just won't let it go huh? :roflmao:

[Lucky_Devil]

"Reading" spark plugs via the internet (cuz I don't know what I'm looking at but within 20 minutes of posting it I had my answer):

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/199088015_RndqM-M.jpg

Care to share what you learned? I wanna know how to read plugs too :popcorn1:

[ridingAK]

I think it was once used as a dormatory for woman that kept secrets from their friends :D:

:rofl:
:dodge:

[Squeaky]

Care to share what you learned? I wanna know how to read plugs too :popcorn1:

He said that it was still jetted a little too rich (this is on an SV650S with an aftermarket pipe) but that it was better than it had been in the past. My worry was the all-over brown crud, but then I was shown what anti-seize looks like when it's applied and yup, that's it.

My plugs (done the same day) apparently didn't have any anti-seize applied when they were installed. The one on the right is "darn near perfect" and the left is ever so slightly running lean based on the bronze color that continues on down the threads.

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/199088038-M.jpg


And here's a great link to a page with all the info you'd need to read spark plugs: http://www.dansmc.com/spark_plugs/spark_plugs_catalog.html

[SheRidesABeemer]

This is a scored rotor. This is what happens when you bring your bike in for regular service and they fail to check your brake pads. The shop sprang for the new rotor. ($300+)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/1814312658_40e679c9ac.jpg

[ridingAK]

Thanks for the link! I just added a new topic on our Riding Tips, Techniques, and Information (http://www.twowheelfemales.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1101) sticky! If anyone else has this kind of helpful information let us know and we'll add it in also.

[Astir]

This is a scored rotor. This is what happens when you bring your bike in for regular service and they fail to check your brake pads.

:cry1:

Glad the dealer did you good though! :thumbup:

[Luna Tique]

He said that it was still jetted a little too rich (this is on an SV650S with an aftermarket pipe) but that it was better than it had been in the past. My worry was the all-over brown crud, but then I was shown what anti-seize looks like when it's applied and yup, that's it.

My plugs (done the same day) apparently didn't have any anti-seize applied when they were installed. The one on the right is "darn near perfect" and the left is ever so slightly running lean based on the bronze color that continues on down the threads.

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/199088038-M.jpg


And here's a great link to a page with all the info you'd need to read spark plugs: http://www.dansmc.com/spark_plugs/spark_plugs_catalog.html

This might be a good thread to add to our wrenching pages

[Merzidotes]

This might be a good thread to add to our wrenching pages



Ya...you all are WAY over my head!:rofl:

[sweptwingnut]

This is a scored rotor. This is what happens when you bring your bike in for regular service and they fail to check your brake pads. The shop sprang for the new rotor. ($300+)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/1814312658_40e679c9ac.jpg

YIKESS! I have had more trouble with dealership maintenance than anything else. Glad to see you held their feet to the fire. :thumbup:

[SheRidesABeemer]

YIKESS! I have had more trouble with dealership maintenance than anything else. Glad to see you held their feet to the fire. :thumbup:

Maybe it's a Yankee thing but I didn't say a word...directly.

I was in upstate New York, about 10 hours from home, on a Sunday AM when I heard squealing from the rear wheel. We stopped to check it out, and found the rotor as pictured. I have integrated brakes, that means when I use squeeze the front, I always get rear, there is no way for me to NOT use the rear brake. I nursed the bike home, mostly engine braking ALL the way home. I had no rear brake!

I pulled out the receipt for the full service tune up...300 miles ago. No way a pad would have passed inspection 300 miles ago and then fail. I explained this perception when I called the dealer. It took a few days for the rotor to come in, and I dropped the bike off the night before (so I never talked to anyone at the shop). I picked it up the next day, and the cashier tells me the price...which was the price of the tire I had them put on while it was in the shop. They comped me not only the rotor but the brake job as well - which I thought was above and beyond because I should have paid for a brake job at the full service. So you won't hear me complain...because as you've mentioned they treated me right. But I will hesitate next time I use them...I have the luxury of 2 dealers in my area.

[sweptwingnut]

:thumbsup:

My only good experience was at Engels motors in Kansas City where Dakar is located. They helped me a lot when we were passing through that area. You are right to hesitate, but I must admit that there are still some good ones out there.

Glad they made it right for ya.

[Luna Tique]

Happy to hear you made it home safely & the shop that did ( or in this case DIDN'T do ) the orginal tune up treated you right :thumbup: (

They should have caught it in the tune up, When somthing like this happens it takes away any confidence you have in the other work they may or may not have done right:shrug:

[Lucky_Devil]

But I will hesitate next time I use them...I have the luxury of 2 dealers in my area.

I'm surprised to hear there would even be a next time....

I keep having to learn to do more and more on my bike myself because almost every local mechanic and dealership has messed up something on my bike, so I never go back :gaah:

Perhaps I should be more forgiving....

[SheRidesABeemer]

I'm surprised to hear there would even be a next time....

I keep having to learn to do more and more on my bike myself because almost every local mechanic and dealership has messed up something on my bike, so I never go back :gaah:

Perhaps I should be more forgiving....

It's easier to forgive when they are 3 miles away. ;):
They get my business on the newer bike, the 20 year old K75 goes to a private mechanic - he doesn't want to deal with all the tupper wear removal on the new one.

[ridingAK]

:lol: convenience is a powerful motivator.