A Motorcycle Thread About Absolutely Nothing!

[The Highlander]

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[Jiro]

Originally Posted by The Highlander

Million Dollar Rooms 106 Subterranean Garage - YouTube

all for more reason why I support Luxury Tax

[Jiro]

Yay! My bike reached its 20,000 milestone. Rode this modafocka for 15,000 miles in 4 years (FYI- I'm a 3rd owner of this bike). Wonder how much longer can it go.

[Reba]

Guy on a bicycle tried to outrun us on the merge lane (45 mph zone). He looked right at us (I saw his eyes) but started to cut in front of us. Ended up slightly "tapping" us, hitting my left boot with his bicycle. Gave me a scare! TCS kept us steady and upright, and somehow the other guy also stayed upright. Idiot.

[TinCanSailor]

Originally Posted by Reba

Guy on a bicycle tried to outrun us on the merge lane (45 mph zone). He looked right at us (I saw his eyes) but started to cut in front of us. Ended up slightly "tapping" us, hitting my left boot with his bicycle. Gave me a scare! TCS kept us steady and upright, and somehow the other guy also stayed upright. Idiot.

Dittos on "Idiot"!

[TinCanSailor]

Another funeral

On Monday 9 April at the age of 44 Scott Arrington passed away due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle vs 18-wheeler. He was an eight year veteran of the Navy. He was on his way to work as a DOD civilian. The driver of the semi was charged with reckless driving and arrested.

Scott was a member of the Warhorse Brotherhood MC and American Legion.

The Patriot Guard was requested to stand a flag line at the funeral home in Goose Creek. There was an enormous turnout. Hundreds of bikes from all over including his fellow Warhorse brothers, Buffalo Soldier Riders, Combat Veterans of SC, American Legion Riders, Forgotten Sons, Nomads, Riders helping Riders, Rolling Thunder, U.S. Military Vets and others

There was a 4 man rifle squad and bugler for taps. The Warhorse MC left the funeral home and got on their bikes and at the direction of their president, revved their engines for about 5 seconds, stopped, revved again, stopped and revved again for their own 3 round salute. It was LOUD!

Reba and the rest of the PGR stood for almost 3 hours lining the parking lot driveway and door entrances.

The casket was on a specially adapted WW II Jeep trailer pulled by a WW II Jeep with men dressed in period uniforms. It was a wonderful way to be remembered.

[Reba]

Scott Arrington, for whom we had the Flag line:

A 47-year-old truck driver from Georgia involved in a crash that killed a motorcyclist Monday morning in North Charleston has been arrested.

Scott Arrington, 44, of Goose Creek died after he was taken to a hospital, Charleston County Deputy Coroner Kimberly Rhoton said. He was wearing a helmet.

Louis Hunter Jr. of Sylvania, Ga., the driver of the tractor-trailer, was arrested on a charge of reckless homicide. He is expected to go before a judge Tuesday morning.

The crash was reported about 7:30 a.m. on Remount Road near Virginia Avenue, the Naval Weapons Station and a shipping facility heavily traveled by trucks.

According to a statement from the North Charleston Police Department, the truck pulled out of 1901 Remount Road and into the path of the motorcycle.

Arrington was in critical condition when he was taken to the hospital.

Investigators were still on scene hours after the crash and had closed two lanes of the four-lane road.

Under state law, the homicide charge Hunter faces entails the “driving of a vehicle in reckless disregard of the safety of others.”

The police released no further details about the accusation.

Motorcyclist killed, driver arrested after wreck in North Charleston | The Post and Courier | Charleston SC, News, Sports, Entertainment

[Jiro]

very tragic.... I can never understand why lot of commercial drivers are very menacing in nature.

[TinCanSailor]

Funerals: Thursday 26 April the PGR had another funeral. Sgt. Debra Adams, USMC. She was a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. However, she died at home at the age of 28. Cause not released. Fifteen of us rode from various areas to meet and ride together to Beaufort. About 25 more bikers arrived. We stood at the funeral home during the service and then remounted to escort the body to Beaufort National Cemetery. Full military honors were rendered.

After that we ate lunch and rode to Goose Creek for another. Guy Jernigan, USAF Ret. passed away suddenly at the age of 57. He rode a Triumph so his wife asked for the PGR.

Approximately 170 miles of riding and standing flag lines of 5 1/2 hours!

This afternoon, I received an email about one of our riders down and in the hospital. She drove her car Thursday to Beaufort to provide the flags and water for us. Yesterday morning she was on her bike riding to a mission about 80 miles from here. I don't know any details of the accident yet. But she is in ICU with a concussion, some broken ribs, a punctured liver and road rash. Some visitors were allowed and she was awake. We are praying for a speedy recovery. For many years she has been our support service and official photographer to our PGR chapter.

You just never know when or how......

[TinCanSailor]

Originally Posted by TinCanSailor

This afternoon, I received an email about one of our riders down and in the hospital. She drove her car Thursday to Beaufort to provide the flags and water for us. Yesterday morning she was on her bike riding to a mission about 80 miles from here. I don't know any details of the accident yet. But she is in ICU with a concussion, some broken ribs, a punctured liver and road rash. Some visitors were allowed and she was awake. We are praying for a speedy recovery. For many years she has been our support service and official photographer to our PGR chapter. You just never know when or how......

After four days, good news was received this evening. She went home from the hospital. Still in much pain and the medicine is keeping her out of it. No surgery!

[Jiro]

Originally Posted by TinCanSailor

After four days, good news was received this evening. She went home from the hospital. Still in much pain and the medicine is keeping her out of it. No surgery!

good to hear! I hope she has medical insurance to take care of the cost

[Jiro]

3 things -

1. I just signed up for Total Control ARC (Advanced Riding Clinic) Level 1

Cornering technique and traction management are the primary focus of the Total Control ARC. Individual skills include corner entry, line selection, body position and corner exiting. Part of the reason for the program’s success is the dynamic classroom training, which includes both theory and application of the Total Control ARC techniques. The range portion of the training is done in a large parking lot or skid pad where each of the skills are individually broken down and practiced. Working on only one skill at a time is the fastest way to make consistent riding improvements.

2. I got my restored seat couple weeks ago. I sent my seat to this place called "Seat Concepts" in California due to hundreds of positive reviews. Couple weeks now and I can say I am extremely satisfied with it especially my arse

Seat Concepts specializes in only offroad/dual-sport seats because those kind of bikes are notorious for cardboard-like feel seats. The best part is that it's very very cheap compared to "premium" seat like Sargent and Corbin where it could be as expensive as $500. You can either send in your seat or do it yourself by ordering a kit from them.

3. Bought a new clutch cable again because I installed it improperly

[TinCanSailor]

Originally Posted by Jiro

good to hear! I hope she has medical insurance to take care of the cost

I'm not sure what she has, but she works for the state school system.

[purplecatty]

Today,

I just had minor accident on my motorcycle. I was riding toward to Rounda. i was slowing down to 10mph behind SUV. The SUV suddenly stopped and I locked my brakes and my bike dropped. I jumped out quickly and looked at dropped bike. The right mirror was broken off from bracket. The driver behind me got out and asked me if Im ok. I told her Im just fine. I uprighted the motorcycle then kickstand it. The driver told me there is spring next to my bike. I picked it up and it was rear brake main spring. Its nothing serious because when bike dropped, it bent the rear brake pedal thus bent adjustment screw bracket along with it cause spring become loose and fell out. The lady from SUV apologized me that she didn't see car coming on Rounda and had to stop hard. She saw me drop my motorcycle. I told her Im fine and my motorcycle is fine despite boken off mirror and bent brake pedal. I told her its not her fault. She left and I owned it up because I was following her bit too closely. Luckily I have tool in saddlebag. I use screwdriver to bend back adjustment bracket then put spring back on. Then bend the brake pedal back to position with my bare hand. I stashed broken off mirror in saddlebag. Mirror itself is fine, just the bracket broken off from front brake bracket. Easily replaceable and not expensive tho. My motorcycle sustained few scratches but mechanically function perfectly fine.

Thats my very first drop in 2 years period. Lesson learned, don't ride closely. Lol.

Here's pix. It's called Mirror Holder bracket. I checked Ebay and cost $26 for one. Reasonable.


Catty

[Jiro]

Originally Posted by purplecatty

Today,

I just had minor accident on my motorcycle. I was riding toward to Rounda. i was slowing down to 10mph behind SUV. The SUV suddenly stopped and I locked my brakes and my bike dropped. I jumped out quickly and looked at dropped bike. The right mirror was broken off from bracket. The driver behind me got out and asked me if Im ok. I told her Im just fine. I uprighted the motorcycle then kickstand it. The driver told me there is spring next to my bike. I picked it up and it was rear brake main spring. Its nothing serious because when bike dropped, it bent the rear brake pedal thus bent adjustment screw bracket along with it cause spring become loose and fell out. The lady from SUV apologized me that she didn't see car coming on Rounda and had to stop hard. She saw me drop my motorcycle. I told her Im fine and my motorcycle is fine despite boken off mirror and bent brake pedal. I told her its not her fault. She left and I owned it up because I was following her bit too closely. Luckily I have tool in saddlebag. I use screwdriver to bend back adjustment bracket then put spring back on. Then bend the brake pedal back to position with my bare hand. I stashed broken off mirror in saddlebag. Mirror itself is fine, just the bracket broken off from front brake bracket. Easily replaceable and not expensive tho. My motorcycle sustained few scratches but mechanically function perfectly fine.

Thats my very first drop in 2 years period. Lesson learned, don't ride closely. Lol.

Here's pix. It's called Mirror Holder bracket. I checked Ebay and cost $26 for one. Reasonable.


Catty

sorry to hear...

but yea - the most common damages when dropping a bike are:

1. mirrors
2. blinkers
3. brake pedal
4. clutch/brake levers

mirrors snap off like a toothpick. that's why I upgraded my mirrors with foldable version which is designed for offroad. very sweet and cheap - Moto-Science : The Ducati Mirrors Specialist.



This is what I read few days ago about brake/shift pedal. some bikes have very strong metal for brake/shift pedals. so strong that it can literally bend or damage your selector shaft or chassis or whatever it's connected to. they recommend that you buy pedal with folding tip or softer metal so that it'll snap off or simply bend when dropped cuz it's much cheaper to replace it than to replace a more expensive part. plus it's very easy to replace it.

my shift pedal has a folding tip but I'm concerned about my brake pedal because the way my bike is designed, the rear brake part is welded to chassis so I gotta be careful with it there is an upgrade part for that but I don't think I really need it.

I've dropped on my left side a few times and broke my blinker but I've never dropped bike on right side so I've been lucky so far......

I'm just glad that my bike has ABS so I'm not very concerned about being in similar situation as yours unless I had the worst luck and happened to stop on slippery oily patch

[Reba]

Catty, I'm glad that you're OK.

[Jiro]

installed a new clutch cable. PROPERLY this time... wwwoooowww a huge improvement!

no more fighting with my bike on engaging/disengaging gear

[purplecatty]

Originally Posted by Jiro

sorry to hear...

but yea - the most common damages when dropping a bike are:

1. mirrors
2. blinkers
3. brake pedal
4. clutch/brake levers

mirrors snap off like a toothpick. that's why I upgraded my mirrors with foldable version which is designed for offroad. very sweet and cheap - Moto-Science : The Ducati Mirrors Specialist.



This is what I read few days ago about brake/shift pedal. some bikes have very strong metal for brake/shift pedals. so strong that it can literally bend or damage your selector shaft or chassis or whatever it's connected to. they recommend that you buy pedal with folding tip or softer metal so that it'll snap off or simply bend when dropped cuz it's much cheaper to replace it than to replace a more expensive part. plus it's very easy to replace it.

my shift pedal has a folding tip but I'm concerned about my brake pedal because the way my bike is designed, the rear brake part is welded to chassis so I gotta be careful with it there is an upgrade part for that but I don't think I really need it.

I've dropped on my left side a few times and broke my blinker but I've never dropped bike on right side so I've been lucky so far......

I'm just glad that my bike has ABS so I'm not very concerned about being in similar situation as yours unless I had the worst luck and happened to stop on slippery oily patch

Yea, some parts of motorcycle are fragile. As you see mirror holder bracket on my bike, I am lucky enough that hydralic brake part remain intact that I am still able to continue riding. Some metals are bendable but take muscle to bend it back to shape. My bike apparenty had dropped by former owner because the shifter pedal was bent. After I bought it, I use my strength to bend it back to its original position. The shifter and brake pedal are attached to pegs bracket and it is easily replaceable.

Ive dropped moped many times, broke brake lever, cable, bent pedal and bent license plate.

Catty

[purplecatty]

Originally Posted by Reba

Catty, I'm glad that you're OK.

Yep, Im perfectly fine and it was 10 mph crash and burn.

Catty

[Jiro]

Originally Posted by purplecatty

Yea, some parts of motorcycle are fragile. As you see mirror holder bracket on my bike, I am lucky enough that hydralic brake part remain intact that I am still able to continue riding. Some metals are bendable but take muscle to bend it back to shape. My bike apparenty had dropped by former owner because the shifter pedal was bent. After I bought it, I use my strength to bend it back to its original position. The shifter and brake pedal are attached to pegs bracket and it is easily replaceable.

Ive dropped moped many times, broke brake lever, cable, bent pedal and bent license plate.

Catty

Catty - are you gonna install crash bars?

[purplecatty]

Originally Posted by Jiro

Catty - are you gonna install crash bars?

I already have crash bar. I removed it because I was planning to move Foward Controls 3 1/2 inches foward. So that I can stretch my legs. Secondly, Crashbar is one pieces and it may not fit in after FC extension been installed because the top part of bar is against radiator. If I push bottom to 3 1/2 inches, it'll leverage and crush the radiator. I may have to either bend the top bracket or find short extension for it. My concern is that it might touch or interfere forks and front wheel. I saw in Ebay that they DO sell 1/2 crash bar for both sides which would help big time rather than one pieces.. Luckily, accident that I had didn't touch my engine, air filter chrome cover and neither my gas tank too. The Saddlebag did help cushion the landing as well.

I have been busy since I planned to extend Foward Control but ending up had other things to do. I bought metal flat bar from hardware and is ready to be cut and shaped into extension bar. I will have to ask my friend if he can loan me a drill press that I can use or I buy my own from Harbor Freight Tools (locally in my area, lucky for me). Drill press at Tools store cost between $69 to $112 for small Drill Press (cheapest is 5 speeds, more expensive is 12 speeds). I don't need big tho. The holes must be exact, I don't want to use my hand drill to do it. I have 1950's big heavy duty metal clad hand drill with 1/2" Chuck that I got from my grandpa but it's too strong for me to hold, It actually twisted my wrist when I held with both hands regardless my strength and muscle I put into It does have hole on top to screw in pipe to give leverage. That's why I want Drill Press. Also be able to drill hole on 1" dia.x 1/2" billet as a spacer for middle of extension bar with long bolts for peg bracket to fit in correctly.. I bought big vise with 5" jaw opening and is very strong enough for me to bend metal bar. My only concern is that my workbench might tilt while I bend. I have Mapp gas torch which is hot enough to make metal soft and bendable so that's my advantage. I was a straight A's Metal Class student back in my Middle and High school (metal class for 2 years). So that's why I'm expert on making things out of metal. My friend and I already made rear brake extension rod (3 1/2 inch longer than original rod) and is ready to install once I install Foward Control extension.

There is John's Kit for Volusia.. Custom Lowering bones and forward controls for Volusias and New Boulevard C50 If you scroll halfway down, You'll see what it looks like. It's almost the same but I customize my own.

Catty

[TinCanSailor]

This story could or had been in an old movie. Idiot driver vs bikers:

Police say teen attacked by motorcyclists after knocking down 2 bikers on California freeway - The Washington Post

[purplecatty]

Originally Posted by TinCanSailor

This story could or had been in an old movie. Idiot driver vs bikers:

Police say teen attacked by motorcyclists after knocking down 2 bikers on California freeway - The Washington Post

Ouch! Betcha Teenagers are lucky to be alive because of couple of Hell Angle bikers who were knocked down. Kids would have been badly beaten up and perhap torn apart.

Catty

[Jiro]

[Jiro]

Originally Posted by TinCanSailor

This story could or had been in an old movie. Idiot driver vs bikers:

Police say teen attacked by motorcyclists after knocking down 2 bikers on California freeway - The Washington Post

yike....

Montiel says when officers arrived there were about 20 motorcyclists at the scene, including at least two members of the Hells Angels.

[green427]

[Jiro]

last Saturday - I had a great great great time at Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic - Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic. now I can corner proficiently. perhaps now's a time to do Deal's Gap?

it was a very long class. I left at 6am since it was about 2 hours away and the class started at 8am till 7ish. pix will be posted soon here after my instructors post them up.

[Reba]

Originally Posted by Jiro

last Saturday - I had a great great great time at Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic - Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic. now I can corner proficiently. perhaps now's a time to do Deal's Gap?

it was a very long class. I left at 6am since it was about 2 hours away and the class started at 8am till 7ish. pix will be posted soon here after my instructors post them up.

Congratulations!

[green427]

Congrats, Jiro. You can give me some pointers if we meet up one day.

[Jiro]

I'm elated that my friend took a pix of me doing a practice run but I'm still waiting for my instructors to post up pix cuz it's a much better quality