Motorcycles
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Probably selling her soon. Been fun but between work and life - haven’t had any time to tinker or ride. Last 4x I went out I had 4 very close calls with the city folk.
Told my girl we may be hanging up the helmets until we move to a more rural spot. We spot-hop but not big into cruising so I may take the time to start building one during the in between stage.
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@iammortalcombat About a year and a half ago,when I sold my bike I was having the exact same feelings. I even live out in the suburbs,and it's just gotten significantly more congested out on the roads,and people have so much more stuff going on in their cars than they ever used to. I miss it most this time of year.
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@Jett129 yea. It’s pretty terrible with people just being so oblivious. Phones and media consoles In cars made it bad. The effects of “Covid mentality” (stupidity and self centered thinking due to Covid isolation) has seemed to have snowballed here.
I know for sure I’ll miss it, but if my future plans pan out - I’ll have one for the roads and one for the dirt so I can sacrifice.
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Love the simplicity of the T100
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@iammortalcombat I rode a fat bob a few years ago - loved that bike!
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Back out in the Zed Jaffa today
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@Jett129 That is an event i'd like to attend, too.
A post on the Hen's Teeth Instagram was about this event:
https://wheels-and-waves.com/en/italy/
More racing on the beach! -
Finally back on the bike after 5 days of wind and rain from Ophelia
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Not exactly a motorcycle but hopefully close enough??
IHGB-01 brown, 5 years, very lightly used, mostly for around town errands. Very comfy gloves.
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See here @Matt
https://ironheart.shop-pro.jp/?pid=139506777
We’ll get access to all these goodies once we hold an IH party in Japan!!
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@Nik said in Motorcycles:
I want those gloves for winter commuting by bicycle
@nik they’d work nicely on a bike. Super soft, pliable. They have an inner liner (mesh) but they won’t be warm winter gloves.
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Getting ready for a trip to Cusco/Machu Pichu later this month.
Just checked brakes…all OK
Dropping her off for a good wash while I wait around.
That ugly yellow stain on the paralever arm was caused by gas from the leaky tank (it washed off some glue from an electrical tape wrap) and I still can’t get rid of it. At least the leak is long gone.
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Did a 300ish mile ride yesterday up to Globe, AZ. Good ride! Changed outta the UHF cause it was too hot. The pic is from the bathroom at the Drift Inn Saloon. Check it out if you’re ever there, tasty food and cold beer -
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Not sure whether motorcyclist imprints are a good or bad thing on nice footwear, be that as it may, this is how it shows up after an average of 4 years worth of use. Very light use at that…I’d estimate an average of 100 ‘motorcycle-use days’ for each shoe/boot. Keep in mind this is very light and casual ‘motorcycle duty’. Generally around town tooling around: running errands, meeting people for coffee, a barbecue at a friend’s place; stuff like that.
During real bike trips I use other more dedicated footwear.Brown waxed flesh
Wheat roughout
Black roughout
Mushroom chamois
Natural crust horsehide
Clearly the roughout leathers have suffered the most imprinting, and the wheat and the mushroom ones are the heaviest hit.
The black roughout shows up strongly ‘tarnished’ on these pics, however IRL it is hardly noticeable.
Interesting find, for me, to see how little staining my natural leather on the crust horsehide shows. I’m assuming it is down to it being a smooth leather because as a natural (and quite light colored) I’d have expected stronger stains.
The brown waxed flesh emerges remarkably unscathed. Guess that is what they mean when they market it as a hard core work leather.The journey is the objective.
