Motorcycles

[riverflow]

One vote for a Street Triple R. Or an FZ with upgraded suspension. I will admit sometimes I wish my Street had just a tad more low end torque...

Then I get it to about 10,000 RPM and nearly soil myself no matter what gear I'm in.

There's always the speed triple if you want to run with the big boys

 

[Cool The Kid]



Well what would you prefer, a bike that be smooth in city traffic and a devil on track days, or a bike that jumps off the line like a frog with a firecracker in its arse?

I feel like most of the naked 600-1000s are both. I def dont want a bike that gives anything up on the street for the track.... I would say 95% of my riding is commuting/street riding.

 

[John Doe]

There is this web site called the YouTubes that has instructional videos on most anything.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+change+fork+oil+on+a+motorcycle

 

[otc]

I need to change my fork oil and steering bearings...but I really don't want to attempt it on the street.

Now I've either gotta find a space to work or a shop that is willing to work on an old bike.. Maybe I should look for one of those storage units with a garage-door style entrance...there's got to be one of those in a relatively accessible part of chicago somewhere.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

There is this web site called the YouTubes that has instructional videos on most anything.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+change+fork+oil+on+a+motorcycle

"the YouTubes"

 

[epb]



.there's got to be one of those in a relatively accessible part of chicago somewhere.

Not really. And most of those places prohibit working on vehicles there.

 

[riverflow]

I need to change my fork oil and steering bearings...but I really don't want to attempt it on the street.

Now I've either gotta find a space to work or a shop that is willing to work on an old bike.. Maybe I should look for one of those storage units with a garage-door style entrance...there's got to be one of those in a relatively accessible part of chicago somewhere.

What you can do is just rent a private garage. I have a couple friends that do that here in Louisville.

I should also be able to get some info about shops for you. I'll let you know what I come back with after asking around.

Edit: Adam Doyle at Jinxed Moto is the man to talk to.

 

[Gus]

This iconic bike is up for auction. My friend Paul had a chance to shoot it in LA a few weeks ago.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Captain America's bike?

 

[Gus]

^^Yep. The only surviving bike from the movie Easy Rider. The auction house thinks it will sell for $1.5 Mill. Paul got to photograph it and hang out with the current owner.

 

[John Doe]

That bike is about as ugly as grandpa's toenails.

 

[Gus]

Maybe to you from todays perspective...... but when most of us saw it for the very first time in 1969, it was like magic.

 

[Gus]

Paul talks about the Easy Rider bike on NPR

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/11/354875096/behind-the-motorcycles-in-easy-rider-a-long-obscured-story

 

[TRINI]

Hey dudes - just got back from my PCH trip.

If you ever get the chance, make sure you do it.

Big Sur is spectacular.

 

[EgliComet]

Oh Jesus...Paul D'Orleans.