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    Quote Originally Posted by glamy View Post
    ......E-HOO-LAY LA CHINGADA !
    Glamys right..........you'll like it. For everyone here regionally its our playground........... along with others.

    I've got family coming out from Ohio for a trip to Vegas that week. I'm going to try to ride out there Monday to meet some members. I'm in the El Cajon area so a ride down there on the dr650 is 2 hours away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by knappyfeet View Post
    Glamys right..........you'll like it. For everyone here regionally its our playground........... along with others.

    I've got family coming out from Ohio for a trip to Vegas that week. I'm going to try to ride out there Monday to meet some members. I'm in the El Cajon area so a ride down there on the dr650 is 2 hours away.
    Cool, hope to meet you.

    Glamy, que pinche avion guey?
    It sucks to get old

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    I can't believe it took me this long to drag this thing out of the shop and take it for a ride. Had an appointment downtown that has indoor parking with turn radiuses that were designed for VW's. Last time I took my truck I was having to back up at every ramp and was still rubbing curbs, so with the sun shining down and minimal afternoon traffic I decided to take it for it's maiden voyage.

    After just an 8 mile round trip my back hurts, my arms are numb, my left knee seems to have developed a new pain, my neck is sore and my ears are ringing. Yep, it's everything I expected it to be!

    I'm not big on break-in's, but I thought 7,000rpm should be the limit for a while, so just a few raps from 4 to 6 along the way was the max. It was awesome! She breaks the tire loose at 5,000 and wags her butt between the white strips as she barks and growls. There's a 1/4 mile long tunnel under a mountain on my route that may have suffered structural damage

    Unfortunately as I was putting up to my house she started sputtering and I smelt fuel. Looks like one of the float needles has a piece of crud in it. Hopefully I can drop the bowl without removing the cables and screwing up the sync.

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    Found it. Almost gave up, bowl was spotless, needle was clean. It was a big flake of red paint that I assume came off one of the fuel outlets when I pushed the hoses on. It floated back up the up the fuel line. The only reason I found it was because I decided to run the pump and flush the line. I added an external filter for good measure. She'll get another run tomorrow if the weather holds.

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    Sympathy pains perhaps, but my wrist hurts from merely viewing the pics. I will forego the screen shot...
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Camexican View Post
    After just an 8 mile round trip my back hurts, my arms are numb, my left knee seems to have developed a new pain, my neck is sore and my ears are ringing.
    Yep..........time for a Goldwing............or a bagger!!

    I surrendered to the touring machine long ago and never looked back

    Very nice Ducati.

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    Quote Originally Posted by knappyfeet View Post
    Yep..........time for a Goldwing............or a bagger!!

    I surrendered to the touring machine long ago and never looked back

    Very nice Ducati.
    Thanks.

    Swore I'd never go that route. Mentioned a small Harley for my 60th birthday gift to a buddy a few weeks ago. He just laughed at me. Not sure what's next. I've never been big on long bike trips, I prefer to trailer to a nice place and ride hard over long highway rides, but I am getting older.

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Camexican View Post
    I can't believe it took me this long to drag this thing out of the shop and take it for a ride. Had an appointment downtown that has indoor parking with turn radiuses that were designed for VW's. Last time I took my truck I was having to back up at every ramp and was still rubbing curbs, so with the sun shining down and minimal afternoon traffic I decided to take it for it's maiden voyage.
    As I vaguely recall the only Ducatis I spent any time with (888 SPO, early 916), they don't turn much tighter than a crew cab duallie.
    Although you can use more of the "lane" to line it up.

    A great excuse for a ride though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jb2wheels View Post
    As I vaguely recall the only Ducatis I spent any time with (888 SPO, early 916), they don't turn much tighter than a crew cab duallie.
    Although you can use more of the "lane" to line it up.

    A great excuse for a ride though!
    Your memory serves you well. I had to take the outside lane up the ramps in the parkade LOL! Steering radius on these things is ridiculous, you either risk smacking the tank with the bars, or cracking the fairing with your knuckles. Once those risks are eliminated by adjusting the stops to the nearest .001" you're left with, as you say the radius of a school bus, but as you well know, once you get out of second gear and into the twisties all is forgotten.

    I'm off to adjust the shifter height down a 1/2" and then to test my fuel filter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Camexican View Post
    Thanks.

    Swore I'd never go that route. Mentioned a small Harley for my 60th birthday gift to a buddy a few weeks ago. He just laughed at me. Not sure what's next. I've never been big on long bike trips, I prefer to trailer to a nice place and ride hard over long highway rides, but I am getting older.
    I'm sick of riding hard.............

    ...........I spent my whole life riding hard as hell and kicking everyone's ass I could see. When i was young every road here locally was "owned" by me and my click. We were hard as Darth Vader and we knew it. We were doin stoppies down Sunset or Hollywood when the sportbikes where 580lb first gen GSXRs & ZX7s. We were splitting lanes like we had a death wish. We were doing 90mph wheelies down the freeway long before the new sport bikes made it ultra easy. It was fun at the time but I willingly handed over the reigns to the new generation of thugs and hooligans and guess what?..........it's just as fun.

    No more aches and pains. A 300 mile day is like a 40 mile ride on my old GSXR1100. When I haul the trailer we get honking horns and thumbs up.........little girls wave from the minivan........I had a dude in a Viper yell "you rock!!" on the 15 from Vegas (maybe he was mocking me but I'll take it the other way)........point is you should try it. I had 2 wings......an 1800 and a 1200 and I just sold the 1800 cause my wife wants a bagger so we can pretend to be a 1% Boozfighter so I'll get one.

    Every now and then I get a young punk who comes up beside me and does a stoppie or a wheelie to "dick" with me or let me know he's the sh!t. If this was 25 years ago I would have pulled him off his bike and beat his ass right there..........but now I just give him the thumbs up and turn up my Bluetooth and enjoy the ride. It's a new world........he will be in my shoes one day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by knappyfeet View Post
    I'm sick of riding hard.............

    ...........I spent my whole life riding hard as hell and kicking everyone's ass I could see. When i was young every road here locally was "owned" by me and my click. We were hard as Darth Vader and we knew it. We were doin stoppies down Sunset or Hollywood when the sportbikes where 580lb first gen GSXRs & ZX7s. We were splitting lanes like we had a death wish. We were doing 90mph wheelies down the freeway long before the new sport bikes made it ultra easy. It was fun at the time but I willingly handed over the reigns to the new generation of thugs and hooligans and guess what?..........it's just as fun.

    No more aches and pains. A 300 mile day is like a 40 mile ride on my old GSXR1100. When I haul the trailer we get honking horns and thumbs up.........little girls wave from the minivan........I had a dude in a Viper yell "you rock!!" on the 15 from Vegas (maybe he was mocking me but I'll take it the other way)........point is you should try it. I had 2 wings......an 1800 and a 1200 and I just sold the 1800 cause my wife wants a bagger so we can pretend to be a 1% Boozfighter so I'll get one.

    Every now and then I get a young punk who comes up beside me and does a stoppie or a wheelie to "dick" with me or let me know he's the sh!t. If this was 25 years ago I would have pulled him off his bike and beat his ass right there..........but now I just give him the thumbs up and turn up my Bluetooth and enjoy the ride. It's a new world........he will be in my shoes one day.
    Appreciate the insight. Guys that can do stoppies intentionally are my hero's. I've done them, but it's never the plan and it usually involves having my life flash before my eyes at the same time. The 100+ wheelies, lane splitting and other assorted acts of valor I can relate to. Fact is some time around 45 I found myself slowing down a lot, but not to the point that if all my spidey senses tell me it's ok to pin the tube I won't do it.

    A few years back when I had my GSXR 1000 I would take a 3 day road trips with my buddies who all had BMW GS, Tigers and V Strom type bikes. They had their saddle bags and Ipods and I had a tank bag and ear plugs. They would constantly ask me how the heck I could sit on that thing for 3 and 4 hours at a time and then get back on and do it again.

    My anecdote was that I likened bikes to women. My GSXR was like a high strung 20 year old super model in heat that was begging for more with every turn of the crank shaft. The BMW GS was like a 60 year old menopausal companion that was very affectionate and understanding of their needs. I would ask: Would you rather spend 5 minutes with the super model, or 2 hours with the 60 year old? Both are fun, but they are very different.

    Bottom line, you get into the rhythm, your tires are warm and come around a corner that's elevated enough to allow you a glimpse of the next 2 miles of your life which has no oncoming traffic and a half dozen switchbacks. Do you want to spend the next 80 seconds of your life worrying about your all terrain tires slipping out from under you as your luggage catches a gust of wind at the wrong moment, or do you want to see if you can rub the Michelin man's face of the edge of your new Pilot Powers?

    The pain of using a sport bike for touring all day long for those few precious moments when you can turn it on and let her scream at the top of her lungs is worth every ache, pain and ounce of scar tissue in my body... at least for now. That may change, but I'm going to live in denial as long as I can.

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    Took the old girl back to Canada last week to visit her first owner and entered a bike show at South Beach Casino for kicks. She took 1st. place in the European bike class and put $200 in my pocket

    Earlier in the day we wove our way up through the line of Harleys and much to the chagrin of the other Duck owners gave the folks a little Italian smoke show, or "bellissimo fumo"

    It sucks to get old

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    Super cool Mr. Suave!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Camexican View Post
    Took the old girl back to Canada last week to visit her first owner and entered a bike show at South Beach Casino for kicks. She took 1st. place in the European bike class and put $200 in my pocket

    Earlier in the day we wove our way up through the line of Harleys and much to the chagrin of the other Duck owners gave the folks a little Italian smoke show, or "bellissimo fumo"

    Never even saw you there. Too busy having a couple in the lounge I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stoshu View Post
    Never even saw you there. Too busy having a couple in the lounge I guess.
    Sent you a text when I rolled into town, but never got a reply, figured you were out of town. Blipped the throttle passing your place on this one on the way to Tim Hortons thinking it might wake you up. PM me your # if you changed it.

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    It sucks to get old

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