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General Banter / Re: Rain Riding Gear Recommendations?
« on: March 26, 2012, 12:23:11 PM »
Budget considerations noted,  but I also have an Aerostich 2-piece. The Roadcrafter pants can get pretty warm, but are great in cooler weather. I bought a pair of the Darien light pants last summer for warm weather use primarily as rain pants. The 'stichs are great when you can afford them. It's worth a trip to the store in Duluth too, to try it on for proper sizing (plus the discount they offer at the store).

I use some Klim water proof gloves in cooler weather, but I haven't found a really good warm weather rain glove yet. I'm pretty picky about how my gloves fit, I hate a really bulky feel around the fingers. I might just try some Aerostich rain covers for my regular gloves...

I use Sidi water proof boots. They work. If you hunt around, sometimes you can find nice boots marked at clearance prices, but you need to go the dealers that stock the boots and look for them.     

I also like tank bags because they can be used as map holders, and they are also in my field of vision so I tell if they aren't secured properly. With a tail bag I'd always be reaching back to feel if the bag is in place. 

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General Banter / Re: I like it when this happens
« on: March 26, 2012, 09:35:01 AM »
Nice work. I would've gotten to about to this point in the teardown and said feck it, they look good from here...


Quote from: carlson_mn on March 25, 2012, 08:46:37 PM



 Nice Sunday project done.

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General Banter / Re: Suzuki 0% Financing
« on: March 23, 2012, 07:07:45 AM »
Thanks!
I'm really impressed with it so far. Suzuki categorize it as a dualsport, but that's a stretch. The handling is the nicest surprise, it's very nimble. 

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General Banter / Re: Suzuki 0% Financing
« on: March 22, 2012, 03:17:59 PM »
Yeah, that deal sucked me in! I picked this up 12 days ago:

 

I probably wouldn't have done it without the 0% for five years....

No rebates on this model though  :'(

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Introductions / Re: Hello from Cottage Grove...
« on: February 07, 2012, 12:03:03 PM »
Quote from: RCKT GRL on February 07, 2012, 08:31:16 AM
Quote from: 2whl-hoop on February 07, 2012, 07:47:08 AM

DCTC is a good suggestion, I've heard of it but never been there myself. How do you find out when trackdays are scheduled there?             


Check out http://www.zaluskyridingschool.com/ars_schedule.htm


Thanks, I'll definitely be looking into that!

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Introductions / Re: Hello from Cottage Grove...
« on: February 07, 2012, 07:47:08 AM »
Thanks for the welcomes!

It was a happy coincidence that I ran across Matt here because there apparently was an issue with the lien release and the title never transferred on the FJR. I think I was able to take care of it without contacting Matt, but it was nice to be able to let him know what was going on.

As for the 250, I redid the seat with a Seat Concepts cover and foam and it made a huge difference in comfort. For me, there's only two real issues that keep it from being more capable of distance, 1) no wind protection, and you sit bolt-upright on the bike so all the wind catches your chest. That could probably be fixed with a small screen, but 2) the bike lacks the power for cruising at higher speeds ~75+, it does top out around 85 or so, depending on conditions, but in a headwind it can struggle to go 65. On a really windy day last fall I tried to pass a car on a twisty road in WI, and when I pulled out of its draft I couldn't make the pass  :( Kind of embarrassing...I've opened up the airbox and added a pipe and FI programmer, the only thing left would be to add a bigbore kit, and I don't think I want to do that.

If I do get another road bike, the Bandit 12 is on the short list, that's the bike that I was looking up on google when I saw one of Matt's posts.

DCTC is a good suggestion, I've heard of it but never been there myself. How do you find out when trackdays are scheduled there?             

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Introductions / Hello from Cottage Grove...
« on: February 06, 2012, 10:12:04 AM »
I ran across this forum a few days ago when I was googling stuff and ran across a post in here that I realized was made by the guy who bought my FJR last summer.

I've been riding motorcycles since 1988 when I bought a cm400t from a friend and then, shortly afterward, replaced it with a Yamaha Radian. Since then I've owned a couple of RZs, a CBR 600, SV650, ZX6R, ZX10R, and a Triumph Speed Triple. I bought the FJR new in '08 and rode it solo on a loop out to the west coast that summer, the following year I took another solo trip through Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and Colorado (not to mention S.Dakota and Nebraska).

Currently I'm on a WR250R for which I've gotten a set of motard wheels. I mostly commute with it, but in 2010 I trailered it, along with a couple of friends bikes, to Moab, where we rode the White Rim and several other trails in the area. I'm not sure if the 250 is going to cut it as my only ride, I couldn't quite get the handling set up right with the 17" inch wheels (wrong tire size, I think). I've done some 300+ mile days on it, though, and I may try to tag along on a ride or two with the group here. 






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