Sick of heat, sick of buffeting behind fairing

[DucatiSSsp]

Falcon,

Throw some knobbies on the feej and take it to Hollister SVRA! Haven't been for 3 years and would like some pics

of the experience! :yahoo:

A trip up Twin Hills at Hollister with pictures(I'm seeing a lengthened swingarm on the Feej) would be a story that would be handed down for generations!

Stop afterwards at the Super Taquria in town for eats and my vision would be complete! :dribble:

Hope you're enjoying the area....use to take multiple trips a year to Hollister(dirtriding) and Monterey(roadracing) and must say that there is no end to riding areas it seems.

Soaked in Seattle,

Bryce

 

[wildman]

Falcon,

I apologize if this was already covered here (I skipped July August and September) but did this solve your heat and buffeting problem?

In case anyone else wants to try this, I saw a post several weeks ago on how to get everything removed from the front of the bike in about 300 ms. Just hit a forest rat, bang plastic is all gone.

 

[RatoneMuerto]

Now you have the perfect track bike! No taping needed or debri pile when crashing!

 

[falcon]

#1: Bring the plastic parts with you. San Jose (and the Bay area, NorCal in general) have real Winters. You will find FOG in the Winter and Spring that doesn't burn off until late morning or early afternoon. If you decide to join us on rides in the Sierras, weather can be changeable and there is still snow in the mountains (See "CA Ride Planninng", 2 of the passes near Yosemite are still snowed in).
#2: Your forward facing front turn signals must be amber. I think I read that you've replaced what is in the pictures but CA vehicle code prohibits any forward facing lights to be red in color. Yuh jist kaint be a-lookin' lahk wunna them copsickles!

#3: While the bay area can get warm in the summer, it isn't likely to get to 100+ (or that often). We in the Central Valley get that priviledge. James Burleigh, Highlander or other Bay Area owners could give you a better idea of the average weather nearer the coast.

Welp, thanks for the great advice Mike....I did carefully pack and keep everything to put the bike back to stock.

Yesterday I tried to run up and over Mt Hamilton and it was in the upper 30s at the peak, but I never made it that far, got about 20 miles up Mines Rd on the back side of the mountains and had to turn around. I was quite cold even with extra layers of riding gear.

And, so today, I began the process of returning the bike to stock. I am sure that is much to the delight of the many many people who thought this was a horrbile idea. I really love the bike without the fairing, but I want to do longer trips than just bombing around the local mountains on clear days. Yosemite is on my list for sure. I also might move farther north next year and so I'd be commuting to work preferably on the bike.

I swapped the stock headlight assembly back in, hooked up the wiring harness and battery and verified I haven't fried anything. Bike starts up and is fine electrically so now I just have to put the tupperware back on. It should go fine, but I do about 75+ individual fasteners to try to remember how everything goes back together. Its pretty obvious which bolts are for fairing and which are internal mechanical attachments based on the nylon washer protecting the paint/plastic.

I will keep the aftermarket headlight/turnsignal/instrument cluster assembly I scratch built as a souvenir of this crazy crazy project. Who knows when I'll be moving to warmer climates again.

 

[falcon]

Here is the last pic I took of the bike before tearing it down to put it back to stock

https://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1561/img7861azd1.jpg

 

[falcon]

Don't you just love happy endings?

Here is my souvenir from the project:

Moral of the story: if your bike isn't suited to your local riding conditions...MOVE!

 

[madmike2]

Welp, thanks for the great advice Mike....I did carefully pack and keep everything to put the bike back to stock.
Yesterday I tried to run up and over Mt Hamilton and it was in the upper 30s at the peak, but I never made it that far, got about 20 miles up Mines Rd on the back side of the mountains and had to turn around. I was quite cold even with extra layers of riding gear.

And, so today, I began the process of returning the bike to stock. I am sure that is much to the delight of the many many people who thought this was a horrbile idea. I really love the bike without the fairing, but I want to do longer trips than just bombing around the local mountains on clear days. Yosemite is on my list for sure. I also might move farther north next year and so I'd be commuting to work preferably on the bike.

I hope I wasn't one of the naysayers. While it wasn't my "cup-o'-tea" it was a great idea, if not as finished as it could have looked.

I'm glad you brought all of your "pieces". Now you have gained back some of the weather protection you'll need in the bay area.

Keep an eye on the "Ride Planning" page. We'll be doing more and more get-togethers and group rides. In fact, IIRC, James Burleigh is out riding North of Napa today.

Edit: Hmmmm, you're in Sunnyvale...close to some fabulous scenery: Big Basin Redwoods (Hwy 9 East to Hwy 236), Hwy 35/Skyline Blvd to: La Honda Rd. , Tunitas Creek Rd., Pescadero Rd. Too many to list, but you'll learn them all.