"The Pig"

[knybanjo]

She hadn't been fired up in over a month and it's supposed to get ugly cold here tomorrow continuing until who knows when so I took advantage of a few minutes of free time this afternoon and went out looking for the last of the fall colors in my neighborhood.

[knybanjo]

I just found some more this morning....look at all the pretty leaves!

[knybanjo]

Did a little bit of leaf peepin' this past Fri-Sat.

























She really needs a bath!

[knybanjo]

I made it up to the Iron Horse Saturday night and am glad that I did!

Great bunch of folks and fun to see so many old XS11's in one place....the ride up and back was fun too.

[JeffH]

Thanks guys!

I rode out to the Lake Lure area and across White Oak/Skyuka Mtn )

Yeah, really wild terrain around there. I had an adventure back in there on Bat Cave Road out of Old Fort. It was raining. Very Steep and treacheros over the mountain on that mountain goat path / 1 lane road getting from marion to hendersonville on a rainy day.

Jeff

[knybanjo]

Thanks guys!

I rode out to the Lake Lure area and across White Oak/Skyuka Mtn and down into Tryon for lunch at Sidestreet.

Here's a google map of the 'fun part' http://goo.gl/maps/bvRe3 zoom in to see just how twisty!
(it would have been more fun to skip 9 altogether for more back roads but I needed gas and Mill Spring has non-ethanol)

[slow mo]

fantastic pictures thanks and ride safe ,, slow mo!

[jetmechmarty]

OK. Give it up! What road is that?

[JeffH]

Took 'the pig' out for a little spin this afternoon

Always GREAT to Ride, especially on a sunny day.
BTW: Yes, please do more that an Iron Horse fly-by next weekend. We would like to see you and even ride a bit. SE Rally group ride leaving I-H @ 9am next Saturday. If you can't make that then hope to see you at 1pm in Cashiers at the Carolina Smokehouse. If you see 40 bikes up there in Cashiers NC its a good chance that be us .....

Nice pics, thanks

Jeff

[madmax-im]

Beautiful pics KNY

[knybanjo]

Took 'the pig' out for a little spin this afternoon.

[knybanjo]

Fueled up the old boat and went for a little spin today...




She ran great in spite of being a garage queen.




Actually did a longer overnight to Willville last month after getting her a new battery.




If I can get around to putting a new rear tire on maybe she can make a fly-by at Iron Horse in a couple of weeks?

[knybanjo]

A couple of questions,are those bags the old Samsonite hardbags,and did you chop your shield? If so,how did you do it?

The bags are Krausers...what used to come on old BMW airheads.

I simply cut the shield down by putting masking tape over the area of the cut, marking that then cut by hand with a fine coping saw. I've used a jigsaw on other pieces of plexi too but you have to be careful not to melt it.

apparently you have it in for that left hand foot peg. Hardly hear the right one rub, but the left one must be a 1/2" shorter from that one ride alone!

Haha...yep..the right side hits the 4 into 1 header so it can't be leaned over as far. It's also in dire need of having another scrap "slider' welded to it...




The Left side has been 'rebuilt' numerous times by gluing some thin angle iron to the edge with JBweld putty.



There is a fair bit of wear on the Right though.



It's not really good to start dragging non-folding hard parts and the brake pedal of that old AAA floorboard setup is another problem when leaning hard to the Right....so I tend to not be as aggressive to that side as 'trail braking' just puts the lever right into the pavement!

[DGXSER]

apparently you have it in for that left hand foot peg. Hardly hear the right one rub, but the left one must be a 1/2" shorter from that one ride alone!

[Cuda 69]

Crap.....most importantly...........Welcome to the site. (back)