Rally in Northwest????

[bobber]

where and when ?

come on north side. sort some dates and places out.
atleast the shandy drinkin south side can sort a rally out

[flyingdakota]

Hey Guys,
Anyone, got any rides planned out yet? I been mega busy working and haven't had a chance to stop in a read the replies lately. I bought oil and a filter today and was going to change oil and clean the airfilters this weekend, to get her ready. My right hand is getting a twisting twitch in it, got to get some of the stress out too!
Let me know,
Cheers!
Tim
cessnafixer@yahoo.com

[Geezer]

I'm working so much right now I can hardly find time to ride. That's one reason I tried to plan something for September when I have less going on...

Tony

[flyingdakota]

there has to be a day at least a few of us XS11 drivers can get together for at LEAST a 2-3 hour ride.........

[radical123]

Do it

Pick a day, If no one shows then ride alone. If i can make it i'll be on time.6 day work weeks got me needing a ride. sunday or monday morning are best for me,but pick the best time for you.
Lets do 2 or 3 of them, And a rally like Geezer said.
Dakota post your best time to ride.

[Ken Talbot]

Looks like nothing much happening in PNW this summer. Anybody interested in coming across the border to Revelstoke instead? Having hosted here a couple of times in the past, I could put together a couple or three interesting local rides pretty quick, with a tech day thrown in for good measure. Best part - being retired, my schedule is pretty flexible!

[3Phase]

Ken I was planning to take a trip in August up to Oregon, Washington, The Great White North, Utah and Colorado -- organized rally or no organized rally!

Just yesterday I managed to scrape the money together to do the full trip instead of just the Utah/Colorado loop but 'stuff' keeps happening. I'm looking at getting another full set of tires six months ahead of schedule so I may wind up sitting at home for another month with a great-running bike that finally gets good gas mileage but has tires that I don't trust any further than short hops the corner store if I completely lose my mind and try to ride it.

I love my bike, I love my bike, I love my bike, I lo....

[Geezer]

Let us know when you're passing through and at least we can have a meet up somewhere...

Geezer

[3Phase]

Let us know when you're passing through and at least we can have a meet up somewhere...

Will do, Tony, and the rest of the PNW group!. If I can find a set of tires it'll be the beginning or middle of August.

It depends on how much it costs for tires.

[Geezer]

I bought 3 new Avon rear tires some years back thinking I'd use them up over a couple years. I still have 2 of them and now they're too old to use. It really sucks having to toss what looks like perfectly good new tires...

Geezer

[3Phase]

I bought 3 new Avon rear tires some years back thinking I'd use them up over a couple years. I still have 2 of them and now they're too old to use. It really sucks having to toss what looks like perfectly good new tires...

Geezer

Ouch, that hurts. This is the second brand new tire in a year that's picked up a screw/nail, apparently from my driveway. I'll see what happens next -- twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action!

[Geezer]

Ouch, that hurts. This is the second brand new tire in a year that's picked up a screw/nail, apparently from my driveway. I'll see what happens next -- twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action!

I guess you could put a tube in it. A bit old school but it should work...

Geezer

[psycoreefer]

Just pull it off and patch it, I did on my last rear, same as you I picked up a screw shortly after getting a new tire. Rode the Heck out of that tire and it was fine, all this stuff about never patch a MC tire is BS IMHO!

[3Phase]

I guess you could put a tube in it. A bit old school but it should work...

I''m putting a new tire on Columbo. I'm going to patch the new-old-tire and put it on my '79 parts bike with a tube. It has a tube-type rim so it should be fine, especially since the parts bike doesn't actually run at the moment.

I do need to find a set of rim locks for it. Someone did a messy job sealing the rim lock holes with epoxy and I'm not comfortable with putting tubeless tires on a tube-type rim or running a tube without the locks..

Just pull it off and patch it, I did on my last rear, same as you I picked up a screw shortly after getting a new tire. Rode the Heck out of that tire and it was fine, all this stuff about never patch a MC tire is BS IMHO!

Brian, I'm really glad you've had good luck with patched tires. I had to learn my lesson the hard way: it's not always about me.

I tried to squeeze a set of rear tires that I really shouldn't have been using on my Corvair and one tire blew out as I came up to an intersection. The jolt and the rubber chunks rocked the engine on its mounts, knocked off the clutch cable and jammed the throttle linkage, shooting me out into the intersection like a watermelon seed from between two fingers.

My car t-boned a van carrying contract farm workers home from picking crops. I didn't have insurance back then (it's betting against yourself, right?) so, naturally, the contractor's insurance company sued my eye teeth right out of my head with a long list of transgressions that would have made Captain Stern in the movie, "Heavy Metal" look like a rank amateur.

It took me over five years to pay off the judgment in 1970s money and I could have a bought a new car every year with five new tires on it for what I wound up having to pay. I'll play with cards, dice, women and tequila but not tires, insurance, or other people that have absolutely nothing to do with me and my personal decisions.

[Geezer]

I do need to find a set of rim locks for it. Someone did a messy job sealing the rim lock holes with epoxy and I'm not comfortable with putting tubeless tires on a tube-type rim or running a tube without the locks..

Rim locks are not required. Back in the early 1970s some moron ran his rear tire low on pressure on a KZ900 and when the tire spun and ripped out the valve core, he crashed and was majorly F'ed up. Then he sued Kawasaki for a fortune. After that several big bikes started coming with rim locks until tubeless tires were introduced.

If you run proper pressure, the tire won't slip on the rim... I started tossing rim locks on my KZ650 30 years ago and have done so on every street bike I've had since that came with them...

Geezer