** KNEE DRAGGERS UNITE ** PART X - Carbon Wings and the Motul Man

[DLM012]

Just got my bike back on the road and looking at temps of 32 tomorrow morning, then rain the rest of the week. About that time to put her away for the winter.

saving the front rotor/pad change, air filter and plugs when spring arrives. Need valves adjusted and a tune up as well. Still want to get some other parts mod wise.

Still have temps in mid fifties to low sixties. Next week is looking thick, solid, and tight for riding.

takes years of constant practice and the right genetics along with total lack of sense and disregard for anything. speaking from experience. SRS on the claims to shame below:

-at worst intake level, age 28 or so, 6:30 pm opened tx 5th (1.75L) whiskey, gone by 9, all me. friends took me downtown. drank several 190 octanes at fat tuesday (everclear), then to polyesthers, drank mutliple jager bombs, redbull vodkas, whiskey sevens. 4 am, buddy and i cruising home, took a 2L purple passion from some girl's hotel and we slammed it on the way home.

-5 spring breaks, drank constantly for every waking hour of all of the week long vacations

-at 29, 10 day bender for work in multiple states, ended up in ER with heart infection

-at 32, 5th of whiskey from aport to lunch in chicago for wedding. axe cam ran out of tape until about midnight standing by cold river soaking wet. broke into 'church' to keep from freezing to death. was plastic surgeon's office, arrested, back at copshop apologized for not knowing my way around CO, had to be reminded i was in IL. yep, didn't know what state i was in, still remember the conversation though. faced 1-3 yrs in state pen, 2 yrs probation and $10K in restitution.

-at 34, two open heart surgeries. had been averaging 2-3 hrs sleep/night. worked, worked at bike shop, partied every night for about 2 yrs and about gave up the ghost

inbr strong life choices. walking example of what not to do in life, hence the book and public speaking to people to avoid my mistakes.

Surprised you haven't suffered kidney failure by now srs. Glad to hear you're paying it forward and helping others out

[texasaxe]

Surprised you haven't suffered kidney failure by now srs. Glad to hear you're paying it forward and helping others out

surprisingly when i got labwork before heart surgery, cardiologist said my liver and kidney numbers looked great. i stopped her, said, "get the fug outta here, can you repeat that?"

just trying to take lemons and make jet fuel out of them (in the old days jet fuel was vodka or everclear and lemonade, not sure if people even do that nowadays.

[darkninja67]

hey texasaxe, you are clean and sober right??

[witblitz550]

DLM drink water in between. That is how I get through a bottle of moonshine and feel good the next day. Just do not start pissing, because then you just in and out of the bathroom all the time. Creme Soda (Green doctor) also helps. And cheap brandy makes you chit alot the next day.

Occy, do not listen to the ******* (meant Dan_staat) above me, do not go ATM. They age like chit. Yamaha YZ450 (fuel injection). They make good enduro bikes and can keep up with 690s in a drag race.

Two stroke
Honda CR500
Yamaha YZ250 2T
Gas Gas 300
Beta 300

Multistroke
KD motul man

[texasaxe]

hey texasaxe, you are clean and sober right??

i finally figured out how to moderate after heart surgery. didn't touch it for a year after surgery, not even caffeine, still haven't picked up a salt shaker since then.

i'll have an occassional drink or two, and about once a year i might get together with bad influences and tie one on a little bit, but even last time i did that, was still up and on the chopper out of the hotel by 6:30 am the next day.

still to date never touched a drug in my life though. was only ever booze, knew from that to never try anything else.

[LargeWill]

Tfw when so drunk you don't know what state you're in. I feel you axe, I feel you.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend, just spent about 3 hours at a car dealership to walk out. Hate dealing with those scumbags

Ran over a grapefruit sized nut today on my ride with Pyrosive. Had horrible headshake and thought I was gonna lose it. Luckily the bike took care of herself and stayed up. Was pretty scary though, definitely puckered up a bit

[Dan_Staat]

DLM drink water in between. That is how I get through a bottle of moonshine and feel good the next day. Just do not start pissing, because then you just in and out of the bathroom all the time. Creme Soda (Green doctor) also helps. And cheap brandy makes you chit alot the next day.

Occy, do not listen to the ******* (meant Dan_staat) above me, do not go ATM. They age like chit. Yamaha YZ450 (fuel injection). They make good enduro bikes and can keep up with 690s in a drag race.

Two stroke
Honda CR500
Yamaha YZ250 2T
Gas Gas 300
Beta 300

Multistroke
KD motul man

You cant even put a YZ450 in the same class as a KTM 690. The power is similar, but a YZ isnt an enduro bike by any standard. Have fun with the rebuilds. A YZ is a full blooded race bike, hed be better off with a WR, which he said he didnt like.

Ive had plenty of bikes across the range, and none did as well as my KTMs and my GasGas.

[Dan_Staat]

Realized ive never taken many pics of my rides, but the trees are getting pretty. So I pulled over and tried out my phone camera..

[pyrosive]

Tfw when so drunk you don't know what state you're in. I feel you axe, I feel you.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend, just spent about 3 hours at a car dealership to walk out. Hate dealing with those scumbags

Ran over a grapefruit sized nut today on my ride with Pyrosive. Had horrible headshake and thought I was gonna lose it. Luckily the bike took care of herself and stayed up. Was pretty scary though, definitely puckered up a bit

Other than that, it was a good ride today alberit a bit cold (45 fuark).

My dad and I switched on the way back. I rode his 2003 Harley Road King. Holy **** it was so different. Couple things I noticed (many of them are obvious):

Brakes are much weaker. Definitely had to increase my stopping distance. They still grab, just not as hard plus the bike is a bit heavier

The zx6r will run 85 in first gear (confirmed today, hit the rev limited in 1st). I hit the rev limiter around 35-40 on the road king

The low center of gravity actually made it very easy to take through corners. You don't have to lean as much to get it to turn.

THE MIRRORS...you can actually see out of them without having to move your body/head

Torque for days, everyone knows that.

Incredibly comfortable. Makes sense, it is a touring bike. Definitely not built for speed. That said, it is still probably faster than most cars on the road now from an acceleration standpoint.


Overall, it is just a much more forgiving machine. Very comfy, brakes aren't going to send you over the handlebars if you mess up, etc. These are all obvious things that I knew beforehand, but were interesting to experience first hand.

Not gonna lie, I kinda want a bike like that. Victory vegas 8 ball?

[Dr. Horse]

I'm honestly giving the whole hearing protection thing a honest chance but, I can't seem to get my helmet on either with foam or the moldable ones. I get a good seal but no matter how careful I am the seal always breaks and once my helmet's on I can't adjust them properly again. Srs rustling me jimmies guys I can't take it. I wanna ride with em but it's a PIA to get em on perfectly under the helmet.

You're not getting the foamies in deep enough. Not near enough. There shouldn't be any interference between helmet and foam plugs. Roll them up tight and slide em in deep. If still not working try a different brand. Don't give up on it; hearing loss is real and it sucks. It's very common among bikers, and totally preventable. Source: I'm an ear doctor.

[liquorisquicker]

Went out for a beautiful sunday ride. Fingers are still numb, so this isn't easy to type. Was about 10 out (50F), but sunny.

I'd promised myself no wheelies since I got my duc, and was mostly successful in that regard for the first few months of ownership. Given that today was one of my last days, I let myself go a little. What a blaaaaast. I had never before used the clutch to control height after the initial release, so i got to work on that a bit. most of the time i ended up pulling in too much, but i made some awesome progression in little time.

I pretty much always start around 4000RPM in first and just ride to redline, but it used to be closer to full-throttle acceleration with the wheel barely off the ground. Today I was poppin beautiful wheelies, still just in first gear, but much closer to the constant speed balance point.



Whatchu guys know about 1-piece vs. 2-piece suits? My 696 is not exactly track-worthy, but I figure I can afford to get leathers next season and take the monster out once or twice anyway just for chits and giggles. When I can afford it, maybe i'll pick up a track bike to add to the stable, or just replace my monster with something that can do street and track well. I guess the one pieces are better for when you actually go down, but if I get the jacket and pants separately, then I can wear the leather jacket on the street when it's not too hot, and that will protect me better than my textile jacket.

[WeDoPullups]

I'm regretting not buying a new tire now....Weather has been unexpectedly perfect up here...60's and 70's with no rain at all.


Fuk man....

[LargeWill]

Hope everyone has their halloween costumes ready. Huge bar crawl in DC this weekend, gonna be rocking this.

[NZDarren]

Can't hold out any longer, going to have to break down and order new tires.

Was about to order Pilot Road 4, but saw a lot of good reviews for the older and cheaper Dunlop Roadsmart 2.

Anyone ever try the roadsmart 2?
Will probably just go with the pilot road 4, just looking to save a few bucks. I really just commute now, no track and no time for canyons.

[occy27]

Can't hold out any longer, going to have to break down and order new tires.

Was about to order Pilot Road 4, but saw a lot of good reviews for the older and cheaper Dunlop Roadsmart 2.

Anyone ever try the roadsmart 2?
Will probably just go with the pilot road 4, just looking to save a few bucks. I really just commute now, no track and no time for canyons.

Angel GTs seem good for commuting

[NZDarren]

Angel GTs seem good for commuting

Yeah thanks, been checking them out, might go with a set.

[liquorisquicker]

Yeah thanks, been checking them out, might go with a set.

darren, i'm your man. i have angel GTs now, and had the pilots beforehand.

angel GTs have been pretty great to me. 8000-9000km and they're starting to reach the end of their lives, which is totally reasonable. i do commute on my bike, but i hit the corners pretty hard too. grip is totally sufficient for street use. can't speak to how long the michelins last because that bike got totaled and the tires went with it.

the biggest difference i've noticed is the time it takes to warm up. i remember 4 or 5 instances last summer on my michelins where i almost busted my ass making turns at 20km/h on cold tires. this summer (on the pirellis) has been much colder overall. maybe i've just smartened up a little, but i've got to think it's the tires at least a little bit.

[OlyBrah]

Apparently us Australian's are great at reviewing things too.

[iDontDoWheelies]

I went through 2 fronts and 3 rears on roadsmart 2s. Great tires. I cant remember for sure but i think i got 7k miles out of fronts and about 4k on rears. On a 600

Never used pilot roads

[occy27]

If anyone has any interest in a new Panigale fender elim + indicators or a Hypermotard Screen + mounting bracket, let me know and I'll give you a good deal.

[OlyBrah]

Post it on ASB. Plenty of Duke owners there

[occy27]

Post it on ASB. Plenty of Duke owners there

I did, cheers mate.

[Great_Story_Bro]

40° this morning, ffuuuaarrrrkkkkk. No motorbike for me. stevecarrellnogodno.gif

[NZDarren]

40° this morning, ffuuuaarrrrkkkkk. No motorbike for me. stevecarrellnogodno.gif

38 outside right now for me, I'm about to get off work and head home on the bike.

Why you no ride?

[darkninja67]

Went to ride in today. Started the bike. Let her run.
Noticed plate light out. Shut her down and would not fire up again. Same sounds from ignition again.
The plate light is aftermarket. I had to cut the wires. Thinking something is shorting or grounding out? Possible? What are symptoms of bad rectifier? Think some models of the 6R had issues there.

Morning people.

[BEARDofNORRIS]

Went to ride in today. Started the bike. Let her run.
Noticed plate light out. Shut her down and would not fire up again. Same sounds from ignition again.
The plate light is aftermarket. I had to cut the wires. Thinking something is shorting or grounding out? Possible? What are symptoms of bad rectifier? Think some models of the 6R had issues there.

Morning people.

Not worth the hassle. Just buy a new bike.

Edit: Oh, wait - I've got a better response....

Rectifier? Damn near killed her!

But seriously - is the battery dead? Any fuses blown?

[Dan_Staat]

Went to ride in today. Started the bike. Let her run.
Noticed plate light out. Shut her down and would not fire up again. Same sounds from ignition again.
The plate light is aftermarket. I had to cut the wires. Thinking something is shorting or grounding out? Possible? What are symptoms of bad rectifier? Think some models of the 6R had issues there.

Morning people.

You could check the resistance (ohms) of the wires to see if you're grounded, but I doubt it'll be a ground problem. If anything I'd be looking for power AT the light. If it doesn't read voltage there, your problem traces back.

Not sure how a rectifier works so I can't speak on that.

[darkninja67]

Battery is brand new and charged. Going to run a multimeter on it when static and running.
Axe, what values am I shooting for in each case?

I might just bring it to dealer. I do have a warranty on it

[occy27]

Battery is brand new and charged. Going to run a multimeter on it when static and running.
Axe, what values am I shooting for in each case?

I might just bring it to dealer. I do have a warranty on it

less than infinity is a good start

[darkninja67]

less than infinity is a good start

did your bike have rectifier issues? I know they go from heat and vibration. My bike definitely gets heat soak.