Motorcycle Riders?

[melensdad]

... Nice riding weather today upper 50s. After getting home detailed her and put some seafoam in the fuel, plugged in the battery tender and covered her up. The forecast doesn't look too good.

Nice bike!

Same here with the riding weather. Wife and I took out our bikes and did some riding early this afternoon. Didn't get them washed but they are now plugged into their respective battery tenders. I still have some work to do on her motorcycle, I lowered it, but apparently too far. Now I need to raise it a bit

 

[chezuki]

Just got home from a ride. It’s 47 and misting rain. I was completely comfortable and stayed dry in jeans and a a hoodie. Really love this bike.

 

[frenchiectfd2203]

Some friends and I are heading to deals gap this weekend.. brrr

 

[bwframe]

I'm shopping tires. I'm pretty hard on the rear tire and again my rear is beginning to square off.

I've always gone with the inexpensive Shinko's and am happy with their performance (other than the possibly unavoidable squareing.) It looks like Pirelli Angels are being marked down to only 20ish bucks more than the Shinko's. I'm thinking about giving the Pirelli's a try. Anyone experienced with these?

 

[Nazgul]

Laid up after foot surgery. Visited my bike in the garage yesterday, we both cried...

At least 5 more weeks.

Don

 

[melensdad]

I'm shopping tires. I'm pretty hard on the rear tire and again my rear is beginning to square off.

I've always gone with the inexpensive Shinko's and am happy with their performance (other than the possibly unavoidable squareing.) It looks like Pirelli Angels are being marked down to only 20ish bucks more than the Shinko's. I'm thinking about giving the Pirelli's a try. Anyone experienced with these?

Just replaced a set of Bridgestone with a set of Michelin Road 5 tires.

I seriously looked at the Pirelli Angel but saw a few (not many) reviews were it was unstable at some speeds. The Road 5 user reviews indicated it sticks like glue on wet and dry roads but slips a bit on gravel.

I can choose to avoid gravel most of the time but I can't always escape rain so I opted for the wet traction advantage of the Road 5 tires. Not much experience in wet weather (probably less than 20 miles total in the rain with them) but I do like how they feel on dry pavement, don't seem to get stuck on tar snakes either.

 

[chezuki]

Out and about today. It was 37° when I left the house this morning.

 

[Indyhd]

Bet you were glad for the wind protection on the Wing.

 

[chezuki]

Bet you were glad for the wind protection on the Wing.

Absolutely. Need to get the nice pretty dash mount heat controller for my heated gear. I was fine today, but much colder than this morning and I’ll be looking to plug my gloves in.

 

[Indyhd]

I couldn´t believe how much better the wind and rain protection was on the Wing until I traded it in on another Ultra Classic. The Wing was aay better.

 

[chezuki]

I couldn´t believe how much better the wind and rain protection was on the Wing until I traded it in on another Ultra Classic. The Wing was aay better.

I’ve never ridden a Harley bagger. My plan was to get an ultra one day, but honestly as much as I love my gl1500, it’s very likely my next bike will be an 1800. I’ll miss the sound a bit, but this thing has extended my riding season to at least 9 months, maybe more.

 

[bwframe]

[video=youtube;lI7o_GxGtgI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7o_GxGtgI[/video]

 

[bwframe]

Interesting tale from a YouTuber I follow...

[video=youtube;rXMzwcqtK2c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXMzwcqtK2c[/video]

 

[bwframe]

[video=youtube;kivC4A3zPeA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivC4A3zPeA[/video]

 

[Indyhd]

Had the new bike out for a little ride today. A bit cold but headed back to the house when it started sleeting.

 

[chezuki]

[video=youtube;kivC4A3zPeA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivC4A3zPeA[/video]

Motorman with more sound advice!

 

[Nazgul]

Just got back from a 2 hr ride on this nice day!!

Big win for me, first time I have been able to put a regular boot on my foot after surgery. It was 2 months.

Don

 

[Indyhd]

Congrats on both the ride and getting the boot !!

 

[chezuki]

Got out for a bit today.

 

[frenchiectfd2203]

A couple of proof grabs from our trip to the Smokies last week....

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I got some Dragons Tail photos when I was there first of November. I bought a 2020 Ultra Limited and took her to the tail the next day. She handles like a dream. Who’s going to the expo in February?