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05-24-2009, 03:42 PM
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Chief Moderator for my kids Julia & Kristen
Member #260
Posts: 8,394
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Parker, CO
Sportsbike: '97 TL1000S for 8 years, Now an '06 FZ-1
Riding Experience: Into the old guy zone...
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 6 Days and 3:41:32 Hours
Duken4evr
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Got the FZ1 dirty today
Rode up the hill and into this. Rain and even some small hail arrived right after the 2nd pic, which is from the top of Trail Ridge Road at just under 12,000 feet in the alpine tundra. Mother nature was quite unsettled today. Clouds rolled over the mountains and chased me down the hill. It is storming at my house now.
The new Joe Rocket pants I just got are quite water resistant though, evidently. Heated grips and my neck wrap thingie on, I was comfortable the whole way. The new Pilot Road IIs are good in the wet too - tested 'em out on curvy Rt. 7 today 
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I would feel awkward riding a Harley. The honky-tonk parking lot butt sniffing checking out each other's chrome encrusted doodads and then riding home half in the bag social scene they engender is not what my idea of riding motorcycles is about.
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05-24-2009, 06:07 PM
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Just call me Ragnar Danneskjöld
Member #2079
Posts: 24,465
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Cambridge MA
Sportsbike: 97 TL1000S, 01 CR250R, 96 DR350SE
Riding Experience: 14 years
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 21:11:35 Hours
BikePilot
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 looks like a fun ride
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Josh 
TL Zone Forum Staff - Resident RAIN RIDER
Questions about The Forums? Click Here
1997 TL1000S/V
- TLR Akro Evo Ti Exhaust - PCII - 5.5" rear rim & 180/55 - Avon AV45/46ST tires - No Steering damper- Uni Filter -Relocated Temp sensor & 98+ t-stat housing/wp cover - TLRCrazy1 Fan Switch Mod - Dual Star heated Grips - HeliBars - 60k miles.
9k mile summer ride report [summer '08]
Ride report: Oshkosh, Rockies, UT, NV, CA, Bajal [summer '09]
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05-24-2009, 08:52 PM
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Pygmy looking for a new name
Member #2230
Posts: 17,058
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: DFW
Sportsbike: 2003 Yamaha FZ1, 1998 KTM 250 EXC, Suzuki Bandit 400
Riding Experience: 9
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 3:07:43 Hours
gixxerjasen
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LOL, I've been wearing the mesh jacket here lately!
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www.leanangle.com
Current Bikes: 2003 Yamaha FZ1 | 1998 KTM 250 EXC | Suzuki Bandit 400-Sold and bought back again
Past Bikes: 1997 Katana 600-wrecked | 2000 CBR600F4-Stolen | 2001 GSX-R600-Stolen | 1989 Honda CB1-Sold | 2001 Suzuki TL1000R-Traded | 2004 Suzuki GSX-R600-Sold | 2007 DR-Z400SM-Traded
A Kourier has to establish space on the pavement. Predictable law-abiding behaviour lulls drivers. They mentally assign you to a little box in the lane, assume you will stay there, can't handle it when you leave that little box.
Y.T. is not fond of boxes. Y.T. establishes her space on the pavement by zagging mightily from lane to lane, establishing a precedent of scary randomness. Keeps people on their toes, makes them react to her, instead of the other way round.
- Neal Stephenson
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05-25-2009, 10:28 AM
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Chief Moderator for my kids Julia & Kristen
Member #260
Posts: 8,394
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Parker, CO
Sportsbike: '97 TL1000S for 8 years, Now an '06 FZ-1
Riding Experience: Into the old guy zone...
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 6 Days and 3:41:32 Hours
Duken4evr
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Well I washed it. Damn new Panasonic camera, catches all the detail. The thing still looks dirty  It is the cool factor and the curse of the naked - no plastic to hide engine.
The Akra headers got a steel wool and soap scrub to knock off the dirt and tar. They are golding up nicely 
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I would feel awkward riding a Harley. The honky-tonk parking lot butt sniffing checking out each other's chrome encrusted doodads and then riding home half in the bag social scene they engender is not what my idea of riding motorcycles is about.
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05-25-2009, 10:37 AM
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Silver Subscriber
Member #144
Posts: 6,229
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mayo country ( Belgium )
Sportsbike: '09 KTM 990 SM-T
Riding Experience: 10 years
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 0 Days and 4:52:26 Hours
wreckah
is quite fit, but he'll die
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cool pics duken  you live in one of the most beautiful parts of the world 
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05-25-2009, 01:37 PM
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Just call me Ragnar Danneskjöld
Member #2079
Posts: 24,465
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Cambridge MA
Sportsbike: 97 TL1000S, 01 CR250R, 96 DR350SE
Riding Experience: 14 years
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 21:11:35 Hours
BikePilot
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Looks great
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Josh
TL Zone Forum Staff - Resident RAIN RIDER
Questions about The Forums? Click Here
1997 TL1000S/V
- TLR Akro Evo Ti Exhaust - PCII - 5.5" rear rim & 180/55 - Avon AV45/46ST tires - No Steering damper- Uni Filter -Relocated Temp sensor & 98+ t-stat housing/wp cover - TLRCrazy1 Fan Switch Mod - Dual Star heated Grips - HeliBars - 60k miles.
9k mile summer ride report [summer '08]
Ride report: Oshkosh, Rockies, UT, NV, CA, Bajal [summer '09]
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05-25-2009, 02:53 PM
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Silver Subscriber
Member #1366
Posts: 4,625
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Switzerland
Sportsbike: TL1000S
Riding Experience: Since 1999
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Weeks, 6 Days and 5:39:35 Hours
rufer
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Looks great. And that engine looks very clean 
Greetings
Rufer
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2x TL1000SW, candy jade lime yellow. TL1000cup.de champion 2007, 2008 & 2009
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05-25-2009, 03:13 PM
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Chief Moderator for my kids Julia & Kristen
Member #260
Posts: 8,394
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Parker, CO
Sportsbike: '97 TL1000S for 8 years, Now an '06 FZ-1
Riding Experience: Into the old guy zone...
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 6 Days and 3:41:32 Hours
Duken4evr
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Looks great. And that engine looks very clean
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I am somewhat OCD when it comes to order and cleanliness. That rad hose and the area where the oil line plumbs in are dirty I tell you.
Judging by Doug's pics of his Husky Motard, I my disorder is minor compared to his 
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I would feel awkward riding a Harley. The honky-tonk parking lot butt sniffing checking out each other's chrome encrusted doodads and then riding home half in the bag social scene they engender is not what my idea of riding motorcycles is about.
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05-26-2009, 06:59 AM
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Pygmy looking for a new name
Member #2230
Posts: 17,058
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: DFW
Sportsbike: 2003 Yamaha FZ1, 1998 KTM 250 EXC, Suzuki Bandit 400
Riding Experience: 9
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 3:07:43 Hours
gixxerjasen
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I should post some pics of my dirty FZ1. I rode in to work this morning right after a rainstorm so it's even dirtier now.
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www.leanangle.com
Current Bikes: 2003 Yamaha FZ1 | 1998 KTM 250 EXC | Suzuki Bandit 400-Sold and bought back again
Past Bikes: 1997 Katana 600-wrecked | 2000 CBR600F4-Stolen | 2001 GSX-R600-Stolen | 1989 Honda CB1-Sold | 2001 Suzuki TL1000R-Traded | 2004 Suzuki GSX-R600-Sold | 2007 DR-Z400SM-Traded
A Kourier has to establish space on the pavement. Predictable law-abiding behaviour lulls drivers. They mentally assign you to a little box in the lane, assume you will stay there, can't handle it when you leave that little box.
Y.T. is not fond of boxes. Y.T. establishes her space on the pavement by zagging mightily from lane to lane, establishing a precedent of scary randomness. Keeps people on their toes, makes them react to her, instead of the other way round.
- Neal Stephenson
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05-27-2009, 07:24 AM
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Evil Twin
Member #7890
Posts: 441
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
Sportsbike: TLR-less, 2000 R1
Riding Experience: Since 2000
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 1 Day and 10:07:29 Hours
Bikebikerboy
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That's some awesome pics and scenery. I just also installed heated grips on my bike and they are a godsend. Wished I had done it many winters ago.
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