Going to the Dark Side

[Bustanut joker]

I NEVER, EVER question SkooterG, but I am confused by this fantastic picture. The right hand side mirror looks suspiciously like a GEN 2 mirror. It is not the rounded mirror of a Gen 1. Please, someone set me straight on this. In fact the color looks kinda dark...

This would be your second mistake here.. Scooter is a clueless mommas boi..

Don't mistake his administrative duty's for true knowledge

 

[Redfish Hunter]

This would be your second mistake here.. Scooter is a clueless mommas boi..

Don't mistake his administrative duty's for true knowledge

Only my second? Thanks Bust!

BTW, Skooter, thank you. I had read somewhere else on the forum that a prominent Gen 1 rider had gone Gen 2. I was afraid, oh so afraid. I had not seen a Gen1 with Gen 2 mirrors before. It looks good. 2 excellent photos BTW.

 

[wfooshee]

Do we know that's really him on that bike? I mean, he claims it is, but we can't see his ears! So how do we know???

 

[SkooterG]

Do we know that's really him on that bike? I mean, he claims it is, but we can't see his ears! So how do we know???

You and Fairlaner are ON MY LIST!!! :assassin:

 

[carlson_mn]

While that's a great looking lean and corner look... my real question is who was the great photographer???

 

[RadioHowie]

While that's a great looking lean and corner look... my real question is who was the great photographer???

The answer.....the same guy who leaned the bike over on a 2x4 prop just before the G-man climbed up on a non-moving display.

(although the brake light being on IS a good effect!)

 

[SkooterG]

While that's a great looking lean and corner look... my real question is who was the great photographer???

The photographer was GSJane. Truth be told, she is sub-novice at photography. I am always the photographer. And my Canon Rebel XSi with kit lens is sub-optimal also. I made a bunch of passes knowing that most of the photos would not turn out, and they didn't. But I got a few that were pretty decent. GSJane actually did pretty damned good considering she was using my camera for the first time and trying to process all the instructions I was giving her. :clapping:

You can see GSJane's GS in this photo.

While that's a great looking lean and corner look... my real question is who was the great photographer???

The answer.....the same guy who leaned the bike over on a 2x4 prop just before the G-man climbed up on a non-moving display.

(although the brake light being on IS a good effect!)

Good catch!

Shortly after starting this trip, my rear brake lever started sticking. Which reminds me.......... It's freaking HOT out in the garage, but time to do some maintenance.

 

[doug5551]

So has Ignacio or Warchild seen these photos yet??? :clapping:

 

[beemerdons]

So has Ignacio or Warchild seen these photos yet??? :clapping:

Are you kidding me Doug? GreggieM sent out an email of that picture with 81 people on the CC line! Both POTUS and the Pope now have that photograph, he even sent one to Clement Salvadori of Rider Magazine and Oprah Winfrey of "O" for Christ's sake!

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Are you kidding me Doug? GreggieM sent out an email of that picture with 81 people on the CC line! Both POTUS and the Pope now have that photograph, he even sent one to Clement Salvadori of Rider Magazine and Oprah Winfrey of "O" for Christ's sake!

In all fairness those are awesome photos. If it were me I would have sent them to everyone I know and I'd have a T-shirt made for myself with the first one printed on the front.

Although I think he is pretty sneaky about dropping one little hint at a time.

Oh I was in Colorado...

Riding like this...

With my girlfriend...

 

[RaYzerman19]

Moosehead, I am only going to guess that if you had the Exalto instead of the Potenza, your experience might be improved. Vectervp1, once you get a few more miles to soften up the Exalto's side walls, your experience is going to improve as well.

I'm still having fun with the Exalto, twisties and all........ but mine is well broken in, about 20k on it now. 31-32 psi.

 

[SkooterG]

Moosehead, I am only going to guess that if you had the Exalto instead of the Potenza, your experience might be improved. Vectervp1, once you get a few more miles to soften up the Exalto's side walls, your experience is going to improve as well.

I'm still having fun with the Exalto, twisties and all........ but mine is well broken in, about 20k on it now. 31-32 psi.

As far as I am concerned, there is no 'break-in', or 'softening' of the sidewall. There is an 'adjustment' period of a couple hundred miles where the rider adapts to the new feel and necessary steering inputs of the car tire.

 

[wheatonFJR]

I'm sorry to say that yes, I am a Darksider now. It took me this long to post it because I had the strangest thing happen to me after getting the tire on the bike. I suddenly couldn't figure out how to use a computer, I wanted to teach my bike how to fly, and felt like I had dropped 100 IQ points. I briefly knew what it was like to be Skooter...

I decided screw it, if you're going to do something stupid, don't half ass it, go full retard and bought an Exalto tire. When it arrived, it had cooled down to about 100 here in the valley so I figured I might as well use this nice cool evening and mount the tire myself instead of paying someone to do it. I setup my HF tire changer in the back yard and proceeded to mount it. It did take more work than a moto tire, but with the assistance of my wife I managed to wrestle the tire on the rim. It did take a Mojo lever, a few blocks of wood, and 3 spoons to get the tire mounted, but I got it on.

When I took it out for a quick spin after install it, the bike felt off. It was almost like I had a flat rear tire. The bike just seemed to handle a little sluggish, and just off. When I road into work today, I still noticed some of the oddness of the abomination I was riding, but it didn't feel as bad as it did the other day. I will say that I initially did try the original CT abomination OCFJR had way back in the day and this did not feel nearly as bad as that did. I truly did not like the way that tire felt on the bike and at that time said "Not for me, thanks." For whatever reason, after Skooter told me he had dabbled in the dark deed and liked it, I was intrigued. I don't know if this will be a long term thing for me or not, but I still have a fairly new set of PR2's mounted on my other rims to fall back on if I just don't like swinging this way.

Fook. Another man down.

 

[SkooterG]

Fook. Another man down.

Your number is coming up Wheatie............

 

[petey]

I would suggest to stay away from the yellow center line when leaned over like that..... :glare:

 

[juniorfjr]

I would suggest to stay away from the yellow center line when leaned over like that..... :glare:

OMG. Just had a Toecutter flashback. Miss Bob's insight, and concern for us idiots.

 

[beemerdons]

I would suggest to stay away from the yellow center line when leaned over like that..... :glare:

Oh for petey's sake, Petey! I only got him to hang up the bathroom towel and makes his own bed a couple of years ago, you are totally dreaming if you now want me to also train him to stay off of the damn center line!

 

[RadioHowie]

150 pages....2,997 posts.

THIS THREAD IS EPIC!!!

Who's gonna be #3000???

 

[beemerdons]

150 pages....2,997 posts.

THIS THREAD IS EPIC!!!

Who's gonna be #3000???

As Our RadioHowie's Pussy Always Says:

 

[wfooshee]

I made a bunch of passes . . .

The things we put ourselves through for science!