Madmudder
Tim
Valvole Valvole, nice write up Hudson & that trailer setup is simply awesome.
Hudson learns some lessons
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sportsguy
searchgeek - author
Yeah, that trailer IS pretty nice right about now...LOL We've put a bunch of work into it. Thoughtful touches like rubberizing the underbody, metal plates under the floor to fasten the eTracks down, hooks for gear on the walls, some hooks that accept 2x4s on the wall hangers so you can set up a bench across the trailer, wheel locks, "high security" door locks, the Condor chocks and such.
May coat the floor with rubberized paint if I'm keeping the trailer once we reach Cali. Easier to clean and maintain than the raw wood over time.
It's a tandem axle model, so comes with a nice 7500 pound gvwr, call it maybe a useful 5000 pounds for the trailer as it sits now. More than enough for two bikes and gear, or a quad, or a SxS, or...hmmm...what else could we haul?
Tow rig is a 2014 RAM 1500 EcoDiesel 4wd, blah, blah, blah... Plenty of grunt for this setup, and with the integrated trailer brakes, easily capable of hauling this, uh...hauler.
And lest we get too far away from the original topic, inside the trailer in that picture is the "old" MVA F4...
Madmudder
Tim
I could only give it a like but deserves much more. Nice, very nice!
sportsguy
searchgeek - author
Joint effort for sure. trailer may be mine by title, but Hudson's spirit and vision has played a big role in getting this thing outfitted to this point. And it's the honest to God truth to say he's used it more than I have so far...LOL
That'll change in 2 weeks when I load the KTM and Yamaha for the run to Socal, though.
Madmudder
Tim
Enjoy the ride.
Hudson
Well-known member
If it were truly my trailer Duane, I'd replace the steel rims with 20 inch spinners. Seacrest, out! (drops mic)
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Madmudder
Tim
Don't forget the ground effects Neon lights that will pimp that ride & definitely create a sought after trailer regardless of content
sportsguy
searchgeek - author
Chiefblueman
Well-known member
The trailer is awesome but that Brutale is pure art
Kinda like moto - Cialis. If it keeps you "up" for more than 4 hours, well.......High Five!!!!!
Hudson
Well-known member
Farkling is already underway. Replaced the stock slippery foot pegs with Rizomas, Design Corse provided shift and brake toe pegs to replace the tiny OEM ones, shorty levers, frame sliders, bar ends, wheels sliders, and a carbon hugger. I leaned my lesson on the F4, you can never have enough sliders.
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Hudson
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Auburn
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Hudson
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The dyno'd bike is a custom built model - it uses the Brutale frame and parts and an R312 motor (like the one on my sport bike) lifted from the F4. That's one reason it sounds quite different from the Brutale above (which has aftermarket arrow pipes with the cat removed). Sweet sweet sounds.
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Hudson
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Got home from DC late Friday and I was jonesing to ride the Brutale. Rain sprinkles early Sat had me in the Shop getting the FJR ready for its return to the land of the living. I took the FJR out for a quick 20 mile warm up ride - like an old worn glove that just fits. Been since last May when I rode her last, and within a few miles she felt like an old friend. Nice.
Got home and the Brutale is looking at me, tongue out wagging. OK - I've only got 43 miles on her, and break in is 700 miles with a limit of 8k RPM - still enough to have fun. Meant to just do the same circuit as the FJR but 50 miles later I'm still having fun. Gawd, this Brutale is simply amazing. Falls into corners telepathically, suspension is stock but feels completely solid - not spongy at all, and brakes are tremendous. The Brutale is brilliant - all the emotion and beautiful sounds of the F4 but in a package I can actually ride. I'd be screaming in neck pain on the F4, but the with the Brutale, I can just keep going.
I came up quick on an open-top VW Beetle convertible - he looks in his mirror trying to see what that Ferrari sounding bike is, and after I stick close to him when he tries to get jiggy wit it in the corners, he finally slows and waves me by, and when I pass him in full MV shriek, his passenger give me a thumbs up. I'm in love with the sound of this engine and the feel of the bike.
I HAVE to get a radar detector mount soon, though.
Got home and the Brutale is looking at me, tongue out wagging. OK - I've only got 43 miles on her, and break in is 700 miles with a limit of 8k RPM - still enough to have fun. Meant to just do the same circuit as the FJR but 50 miles later I'm still having fun. Gawd, this Brutale is simply amazing. Falls into corners telepathically, suspension is stock but feels completely solid - not spongy at all, and brakes are tremendous. The Brutale is brilliant - all the emotion and beautiful sounds of the F4 but in a package I can actually ride. I'd be screaming in neck pain on the F4, but the with the Brutale, I can just keep going.
I came up quick on an open-top VW Beetle convertible - he looks in his mirror trying to see what that Ferrari sounding bike is, and after I stick close to him when he tries to get jiggy wit it in the corners, he finally slows and waves me by, and when I pass him in full MV shriek, his passenger give me a thumbs up. I'm in love with the sound of this engine and the feel of the bike.
I HAVE to get a radar detector mount soon, though.
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Niehart
Pie Smuggler
This thing is just to tasty. Sounds great, looks great, sweet in the corners and just wails in the straights. And that all under 8000 RPM's cus it's still new. After riding it 30+ miles on all kinds of road today, I still have wood. And the dang thing is comfortable ... wtf .... The only problem with the bike is it's in the wrong garage.
Hudson
Well-known member
That was some fun today, pops. Gotta figure out why your FJR just feels more planted than mine, seeing as though we have the same setup.
escapefjrtist
Searching for Dry Roads
That MV is a pretty machine and makes exotic sounds to match! Glad you two had a fun ride!!
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dcarver
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Pops has all the fun with his bastid son!
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Listening to the videos Hudsons posted.. Jebus.
The sound is (hate to say it) very similar to the kz1300 with 6 into 1.. but the r's on RR just keep going and going and GOING!..
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Listening to the videos Hudsons posted.. Jebus.
The sound is (hate to say it) very similar to the kz1300 with 6 into 1.. but the r's on RR just keep going and going and GOING!..
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