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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1100 on: April 17, 2015, 01:42:49 PM »
Probably like that picture...I would imagine.
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1101 on: April 17, 2015, 03:00:25 PM »
To kill the engine press the button on the handle bars with left thumb.  Rinnnnnggg ding ding ding, da dinnnnnnnngggg...
We used to mount those on our street bikes,  left side...for shifting. BMW went a step further and calls it Shift Assist.

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1102 on: April 17, 2015, 03:19:56 PM »
We used to mount those on our street bikes,  left side...for shifting. BMW went a step further and calls it Shift Assist.
Makes sense.  Shift  Assist or quick shifters are cool, but I don't normally feel the need to get into the next gear that fast.  Learned the feathered clutch technique decades ago, and it suffices when needed.  I do love slipper clutches for down shifting, that's for sure.  tp   
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1103 on: April 17, 2015, 06:05:15 PM »
Friday night humor.  Raining now, and all weekend.   Hope many (all?) on here get to ride and enjoy the weeknd.  tp

If stuck indoors too, take a listen to this.  Almost as cool as riding, and sometimes even more so. The actual innovator of so much that came later. His left hand was severely burned in a fire, so he performs with only three fingers of his left hand.  Makes what he did even more impressive.  OK, it's not directly tied to the C14, but anyone who has the sophistication to ride one, has the same to appreciate Django (and Stephane on the violin).  tomp

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1104 on: April 18, 2015, 02:04:28 PM »
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What did you do to your Concours today?

I washed it!  But during that, VirginiaJim stopped by for a visit on his way back home.  Pretty day.  He left, I finished washing then drying bike.  Then quickly treated my CycleShell cover with UV protectant (10 min?) .  Went to start the bike to move it back and it was yellow again  >:(   At least it has no insect guts all over it.  Time for a nap!
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1105 on: April 18, 2015, 03:58:04 PM »
I certainly encouraged Max to keep washing.  The best exercise I ever had.  It really was pointless, though.  He would wash one side and go the other and the side he washed first was full of pollen again.  That's what happens when you wash a bike, it gets dirty again and you have to do it all over again.  Hold on, I have to get a beer.  Be right back.  You know, I really need a steak as well.

Ok, I'm back.  Rode down to Norfolk to do a job this morning and then rode back (after seeing Max, of course)...couple of hundred miles or so.  Traffic was backed up 6 miles to HRBT so I turned around went the long way to the other tunnel (MM).  Traffic was a bi*** so I got off on 17 and went north from there.

Had a city light go out.  Saw what Max had and I think I'm going to do the same once he tells me what he got for his bike.  The cushy drive came in today so I'll probably be putting that in next weekend along with RandRing the rear of the bike.  It will be interesting to see if there is any wear on it.  I'll keep you posted.
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1106 on: April 18, 2015, 04:50:54 PM »
I certainly encouraged Max to keep washing.  The best exercise I ever had.  It really was pointless, though.  He would wash one side and go the other and the side he washed first was full of pollen again.  That's what happens when you wash a bike, it gets dirty again and you have to do it all over again.  Hold on, I have to get a beer.  Be right back.  You know, I really need a steak as well.

Ok, I'm back.  Rode down to Norfolk to do a job this morning and then rode back (after seeing Max, of course)...couple of hundred miles or so.  Traffic was backed up 6 miles to HRBT so I turned around went the long way to the other tunnel (MM).  Traffic was a bi*** so I got off on 17 and went north from there.

Had a city light go out.  Saw what Max had and I think I'm going to do the same once he tells me what he got for his bike.  The cushy drive came in today so I'll probably be putting that in next weekend along with RandRing the rear of the bike.  It will be interesting to see if there is any wear on it.  I'll keep you posted.

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1107 on: April 18, 2015, 05:03:43 PM »
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+1.  Even google didn't have any idea what Jim meant.  I'm sure he will enlighten us soon...  tp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1108 on: April 18, 2015, 05:14:29 PM »
+1.  Even google didn't have any idea what Jim meant.  I'm sure he will enlighten us soon...  tp
The best I got from google was a German butterfly.

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1109 on: April 18, 2015, 05:29:46 PM »
Sounds good to me.  I like butterflies.
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1110 on: April 18, 2015, 05:32:27 PM »
Sounds good to me.  I like butterflies.
What, gonna leave us in suspense?  Google did mention something in Hindi, but didn't think Jim spoke Hindi.  Could be wrong....
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1111 on: April 18, 2015, 05:55:07 PM »
What did I do today? Went on a ride with my dad, got rained on about 30 minutes on the way back, but that's eastern NC for you. But then I got to test out my Canyon Cages!  ::) Haha, left the bike in my driveway which is packed gravel, normally good to go. Apparently it rained a lot more than I thought and when I went outside I found a Concours on it's side! Cages worked great, nothing else touched the ground, and I was easily able to raise it back up grabbing the cage and the handlebars.  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1112 on: April 18, 2015, 05:57:01 PM »
Where's the pics?

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1113 on: April 18, 2015, 06:01:43 PM »
What, gonna leave us in suspense?  Google did mention something in Hindi, but didn't think Jim spoke Hindi.  Could be wrong....
Might be something he picked up on the Silk Road on the way to Outremer.

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1114 on: April 18, 2015, 06:15:58 PM »
I do have a pic but first more beer and a steak...trying Blue Moon.   Tastes pretty good with the orange slice in it.
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1115 on: April 18, 2015, 06:31:27 PM »
I do have a pic but first more beer and a steak...trying Blue Moon.   Tastes pretty good with the orange slice in it.
Not that there's anything wrong with that....

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1116 on: April 18, 2015, 07:11:50 PM »
Not that there's anything wrong with that....
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1117 on: April 18, 2015, 07:28:50 PM »
Actually on 4-8-15 at Bastrop state park, TX, camping for MotoGP.   :)

Noticed the night before in LA a headlight was out.
Had an aftermarket HID kit.
No names because it was an ok kit with great customer service!
Get used to two headlights and having only one sucks! 
Especially if the light ain't going where it should.

Anywho, in about 45 minutes, tore the bike down and pulled the HID system and plugged the sockets with Sylvania H4 Ultra Super-Duper-Blah-Blah-Blah    ;)

Love it!
Sorry, the dumpster containg the HID got cleared the next morning.  :D

No pictures, it didn't happen?   :P
It did.
Too irritated, and darkness coming, to horse around!   8)



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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1118 on: April 18, 2015, 07:44:56 PM »
Actually on 4-8-15 at Bastrop state park, TX, camping for MotoGP.   :)

Noticed the night before in LA a headlight was out.
Had an aftermarket HID kit.
No names because it was an ok kit with great customer service!
Get used to two headlights and having only one sucks! 
Especially if the light ain't going where it should.

Anywho, in about 45 minutes, tore the bike down and pulled the HID system and plugged the sockets with Sylvania H4 Ultra Super-Duper-Blah-Blah-Blah    ;)

Love it!
Sorry, the dumpster containg the HID got cleared the next morning.  :D

No pictures, it didn't happen?   :P
It did.
Too irritated, and darkness coming, to horse around!   8)
No sweat.  You got to watch MotoGP, and that's what really counts.  I remember going to TransAm and Inter Am MX races in the early 70s.  Nothing else mattered, than watching and shooting pictures of the world's best, DeCoster, Gabores, Ake, Hikki, etc, and Americans Tripes, Hannah, etc.  Had to be there to understand the thrill.  Burned out lights was just a side note, right..... tp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #1119 on: April 18, 2015, 08:23:41 PM »
Rode down to Norfolk to do a job this morning and then rode back (after seeing Max, of course)...couple of hundred miles or so.  Traffic was backed up 6 miles to HRBT so I turned around went the long way to the other tunnel (MM).  Traffic was a bi*** so I got off on 17 and went north from there.

The HRBT is almost always a nightmare :(  I hate it, it makes traveling such a PITA.

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Had a city light go out.  Saw what Max had and I think I'm going to do the same once he tells me what he got for his bike. 

Do not get these:  http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=810.msg22916#msg22916
Do look at these: http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=18301.msg225379#msg225379

Looks like they have a newer version now too:  http://www.vleds.com/shop-bulb-numbers/194-168-158-led/6-hv.html  which are $5 more and they claim are even brighter than the ones I used.
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