Chitown slays the Dragon (Killboy spy shot)

Post by **DSKYZD** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:36 am

Chitown,

You made Killboy's front page this week.

http://killboy.blogspot.com

Any story to tell about the pic?

DSKYZD

Post by **sjbmw** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:14 am

Cool!

Check out the R at the bottom, with the flasher.

Do we know him? or her?

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:33 am

The other Roadster pic is the real story.... instead of ATGATT that shot is ATTATT.

Post by **celticus** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:41 am

Where di you leave your side cases Chitown?
Mark

Post by **DSKYZD** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:21 pm

I saw that last shot....lucky guy! A nice bike and a nice pair...

... of side cases.

Post by **BigEasy** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:40 pm

Notice the intercom wire? The only way I would ruin my riding experience with rider/pillion incomm would be if the pillion were such a player

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:05 pm

celticus wrote:Where di you leave your side cases Chitown?
Mark

the new and improved light-weight setup..... 5 days no bags

Post by **celticus** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:20 am

5 days no side cases? How?
Mark

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:45 pm

celticus wrote:5 days no side cases? How?
Mark

I decided I wasn't going use my bags on this trip and reduce my "touring" weight.
Here's what I had with me,

Top Box

Tourque wrench
Air compressor
Saw
Leatherman
Pocket Knife
Sure Fire Flashlight
LED mini lantern
Jet-Boil
6L MSR Dromedary Bag
1L Thermos
Scotch
Spork
mini salt and pepper shaker
Campsuds
JBL On Tour speakers
Travel size toiletries
Gerbings jacket
Winter gloves

Bag on pillion

Big Agnes sleeping bag
Therm-a-Rest Pad
Therm-a-Rest Camp chair
Therm-a-Rest Pillow
Frogg Toggs rain gear
2 Mountain House freeze dried food
sweatpants
water shoes
1 Under Armor underwear
1 pair Soks brand sock's
1 long sleeve shirt
1 t-shirt
wool cap
bike manual
anonymous book
MSR towel

Tank Box
iPhone
Camera
Sour candy
lens cleaner

Fork bag

Mountain Hardware 3 man Tent

Wouldn't want to do this with the bags on.

I am waiting for some of these pics to arrive, report to follow.

Post by **celticus** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:15 am

Chitown , That is a nice shop. My compliments to your skills and to the size of your cohones. You might want to carry some of those temparary valve covers. I have heard that on the forks is not a good place to carry luggage. Something about sprung weight I guess. How did it feel to you?
Mark

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:03 am

celticus wrote: You might want to carry some of those temparary valve covers. I have heard that on the forks is not a good place to carry luggage. Something about sprung weight I guess. How did it feel to you?
Mark

It feels just fine. The less weight in or on top of the top box, the better the handling IMHO. I've done it before, even on my 1150, though the beak made it harder.
Some valve covers, along with a GS engine guard are on my list for this winter...

Post by **sjbmw** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:27 pm

ChiTown wrote:The other Roadster pic is the real story.... instead of ATGATT that shot is ATTATT.

This is so funny, over and over

Post by **celticus** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:25 am

I give up, what is ATGATT?
Mark

mad1150 · Post by **mad1150** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:33 am

All The Gear All The Time

We need a "Sticky" Acronyms thread in off topic!

I'll start it...

Post by **mogu83** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:12 am

celticus wrote:I give up, what is ATGATT?
Mark

Glad you asked Mark -- I didn't have a clue.

Back when I was working for a living (before retirement) I used to like stopping meetings and asking people the meaning of the acronym they just used. It's amazing how many people throw acronyms around and have no idea what they mean.

Again thanks for asking.

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:30 am

mad1150 wrote:All The Gear All The Time

We need a "Sticky" Acronyms thread in off topic!

I'll start it...

here's a list to help you get started..

SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed
DAMHIK: Don't Ask Me How I Know
BTDT: Been There Done That
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary
ATGATT: All The Gear All The Time
IIRC: If I Remember Correctly
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IMO: In My Opinion
STFU: Shut The hoot Up
RTFM: Read The hoot Manual
BTW: By The Way
FYYFF: hoot You, You hoot hoot
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
WTF: What The hoot
FUBAR: hoot Up Beyond All Reccognition
KMA: Kiss My Ass
PUI: Posting Under [the] Influence
TMI: Too Much Information
NTTAWWT: Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
OTOH: On The Other Hand
SFOTLC: Stupid hoot On The Left Coast
TFB: Too hoot Bad
RMS: Read My Sig
AFAIC: As Far As I'm Concerned
PITA: Pain In The Ass
NWS: Not Work Safe
NSFW: Not Safe For Work

Airshaft · Post by **Airshaft** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:19 pm

ChiTown wrote:
celticus wrote:5 days no side cases? How?
Mark
I decided I wasn't going use my bags on this trip and reduce my "touring" weight.
Here's what I had with me,

Top Box

Tourque wrench
Air compressor
Saw
Leatherman
Pocket Knife
Sure Fire Flashlight
LED mini lantern
Jet-Boil
6L MSR Dromedary Bag
1L Thermos
Scotch
Spork
mini salt and pepper shaker
Campsuds
JBL On Tour speakers
Travel size toiletries
Gerbings jacket
Winter gloves

Bag on pillion

Big Agnes sleeping bag
Therm-a-Rest Pad
Therm-a-Rest Camp chair
Therm-a-Rest Pillow
Frogg Toggs rain gear
2 Mountain House freeze dried food
sweatpants
water shoes
1 Under Armor underwear
1 pair Soks brand sock's
1 long sleeve shirt
1 t-shirt
wool cap
bike manual
anonymous book
MSR towel

Tank Box
iPhone
Camera
Sour candy
lens cleaner

Fork bag

Mountain Hardware 3 man Tent

Wouldn't want to do this with the bags on.

I am waiting for some of these pics to arrive, report to follow.

Nice riding.....Miss the Gap.

Question.....When getting to the edge like that what runs out first the tires or the cylinder head clearence?
I'm assuming your suspension is stock.

Oh ,and I used to feel same about riding like that with hard bags till 2 yrs ago when I was chasing some sport bikes at the Gap with my Vstrom and while tooo hot in a right hander I bottomed out on the exhaust pipe heat shield resulting in my rear wheel comming off the ground. Normaly this means by-by, but muraculisly somehaw it hooked up again and to my desbelif and pantfull I carried on to pass that sportbike. The explenation to my luck came to light next day when I was taking the bags off nottacing a large gauge in the bottom corner of the right Bag.
I do not complain about riding with the bags anymore.

I get my R12 in the spring so have not had the oportunity to flog one in that fashion yet but I'm waried about cylinders touching before the tires are all the way to the edge. I will be adding Ohlins or Weilbers and hopefully this will allow to run out of tires way before cylinder clerance.

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:56 pm

My suspension is stock, though after 25,000 miles I can feel the need to replace the shocks soon.
When leaning into a turn the first thing to rub is your boots, I have to ride with the balls of my feet on the pegs when getting down. Then the foot pegs, the brake lever and the valve cover's.
To answer your question, yes the valve does grind before you run out of tire. For me at least when riding on Pirelli Scorpion Syncs.
I do believe the bags would scrape at this angle, but I have no proof yet.
Hopefully some new shocks will help.

Post by **celticus** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:29 am

ChiTown , Where did you stay while you were in the E.Tn W. NC area?

Mark

Lost Rider · Post by **Lost Rider** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:54 am

I camped one night at state park around Hamlin in WV, then one night at High Country Motorcycle Camp in Ferguson, NC then one night in KY at a jellystone campground around Jamestown

High Country was the best of course. Don was great to hang out with, and gave me a great route to make my way towards the Gap. I'll be back to see him and camp at his nice place soon.

http://highcountrymotorcyclecamp.com/