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Introductions / Re: Hello from Champlin
« on: January 23, 2016, 11:21:21 AM »
Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to seeing and meeting you on a ride this year.

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For Sale/Wanted to Buy / Re: 2015 Artic Cat Kitty Cat 120 Snowmobile
« on: December 19, 2015, 02:19:31 PM »
Here kitty kitty. Here kitty. Meow!

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Bike Help / Re: Getting a tough fork Seal out
« on: December 19, 2015, 02:17:23 PM »
The only way the picture makes any sense to me is if you have not removed the allen bolt in the bottom of the fork leg that holds the damping rod. Once the bolt is remove the fork tube should slide easily out of the lower fork leg. The fork tubes can not be disassembled without removing this bolt. If this bolt didn't exist the forks would have no damping and come apart whenever the front wheel was lifted off the ground. To remove the seals, the fork tubes need to be removed from the lower fork legs. A screwdriver is all that is necessary to remove the seals. The PVC pipe as shown could be used to drive the fork seals into the lower legs, but not to remove the seals.

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General Banter / Re: Looking towards next year .....
« on: December 01, 2015, 08:58:21 PM »
Thanks for the help Greg. 2015 Ride calendar never came to pass.  The usual suspects had surgery, got injured, got romantically involved, went adventure touring, toured the world..... Tony and I left the calendar un-published since we usual schedule our rides to fill in letting everyone else get first pick on dates. It would be nice if more people stepped up to organize rides. I'll generate GPS files for any route if generating GPS files is an issue and Tony and/or I either show up to support every ride or arrange for someone else to support any official MN-MSTA rides

There is no plan to move routes over. Anyone who was part of the YahooGroup and wants to move routes over can move whatever routes they want to move over. To move routes, they must be individually downloaded from the YahooGroup and uploaded to this site. There is no automated process. Frankly since virtually none of those routes had associated GPS files, I find it easier to just create new routes.

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Introductions / Re: Matt checking in from TA
« on: November 16, 2015, 08:37:03 AM »
Welcome to the forum Matt.

This forum is in no way a replacement to TA. This forum was originally started in 2000, predating MNSBR, ZG and TA. It is the forum of the Minnesota chapter of the Motorcycle Sport Touring Association (MSTA). The MSTA is an  AMA chartered club which was founded in 1982. There is a closed counterpart "MN-MSTA" Facebook group, for members who prefer Facebook.

While you may find many members of this forum who are also on other Minnesota motorcycling forums, you will also find that this forum is intentionally not widely promoted. By design it is selectively promoted to try keep the forum focused on riding and the riders club members enjoy riding with.

Once again, welcome to the forum. Looking forward to riding with you in the future.

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General Banter / Re: MotoGP Sepang The Clash
« on: October 30, 2015, 08:50:31 PM »
But it does tell you to take it to the court of sport to appeal. Which is what Rossi is doing.
Interesting read the rule book. The word sportsmanship is not in the rule book. I didn't see it even once.
So you could say what Marq was doing was ok. Also the same for Rossi as well. No it comes down to the crash itself. Did Rossi really cause this. Or did Marq do this himself by turning in to sharp.
The FIM president is asking everyone to be good sportsman. Yet they don't know what it is.
I believe this is what Pedrose was saying about the rule book. To many gray areas.


It doesn't tell you to take it to the court to appeal. The process is if you disagree with the FIM, you can take it to CAS. IF you disagree with CAS you can take it to the Swiss courts. Here is good summation of the situation.

https://motomatters.com/news/2015/10/30/valentino_rossi_appeals_sepang_penalty_t.html

At the root of all of this was what the FIM did right or not?

Here's their explanation.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/224594/1/motogp-race-director-explains-rossi-punishment.html

Rossi admits to deliberately running wide, not to gain position, but to show Marquez that he was pissed and that Marquez should stop dicing with him. This precipitated Marquez's crash. This was considered by race direction to be dangerous riding not associated with racing for position, but associated with retribution. This is against the rules.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/224594/1/motogp-race-director-explains-rossi-punishment.html

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General Banter / Re: MotoGP Sepang The Clash
« on: October 30, 2015, 12:04:29 PM »
And the drama keeps on going.
Rossi has taken his case to the European Courts of Sports.
Rossi starting position has been suspended until Nov. 6th.


Interesting.

So there are two possible outcomes he can get. Reduced penalty or no penalty.

Here's what he says he was doing: "I just want to make him lose time and go out of the line and slow down because also this time, a lot worse than in Australia, he make his dirty game no? When I go wide, wide, wide, I slow down, we almost stop and I look at him to say, “F@%K, what the f@%k are you doing?”

To win he needs to prove race direction was not properly enforcing the rules or that in the absence of a rule against what he alleges Marquez was doing that it is okay for riders to take it upon themselves to rectify the situation without being subject to penalty. Although he might argue that other riders were penalized less for similar infractions, I believe if anything the opposite has been true in the past.

I think his own words damn him. Based on his assertions that Marquez has been dirty riding for several races and race direction has been doing nothing. Either race direction has not been enforcing the rules over several races or he was getting back at Marquez for several races of within the rules riding that he thought was dirty. The net is he knows the rules better or how to enforce the rules better than race direction, or that he should be allowed to be the arbiter of what is dirty racing.

I think Vale's ego is getting the better of himself. All I see is him proving that his ego is his weakness.

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General Banter / Re: MotoGP Sepang The Clash
« on: October 27, 2015, 06:14:41 PM »
Probably the most balanced analysis of Sepang I've read. It is a very long article and avoids simple conclusions.

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2015/10/27/2015_sepang_motogp_round_up_heroes_who_h.html

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Introductions / Re: Seanabusa
« on: October 22, 2015, 08:27:01 PM »
Pleasure meeting you last weekend. Looking forward to seeing you on a ride.

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Routes / Let's Start in Pepin II
« on: September 05, 2015, 02:34:27 AM »
Starts in Pepin at the Homemade Cafe

Ends in Nelson at the Creamery

~250 miles.

Goes to Arcadia. A higher number of named roads used as opposed to Alphabet of numbered roads.

PDF File

GPX File

GDB File

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Routes / Let's Start in Pepin
« on: August 27, 2015, 09:38:01 AM »
~230 mi.

Start in Pepin at Homemade Cafe, 809 3rd St, Pepin, WI 54759 Lunch at La Tapatia in Arcadia. Runs to Durand and then to Arcadia and Blair before ending in Nelson for ice cream.

PDF Route Sheet

GPX Route File

GDB Route File

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Introductions / Re: New from the northside
« on: August 24, 2015, 06:15:58 PM »
Pleasure meeting you yesterday. I was on the bike with the bald rear tire. Welcome to the forum. If you prefer Facebook, there is "MN-MSTA" closed group there.

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Introductions / Re: New - Old Member
« on: July 07, 2015, 09:53:58 PM »
Welcome back to Minnesota Gerry, Hope to catch up with you sometime.

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Introductions / Re: Hi from Kent
« on: June 26, 2015, 09:22:23 PM »
Howdy Kent, good to hear from you. Give my best to your lovely wife and get those RC51s back on the road.

PM me if you want to set up a time to get together and catch up.

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