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    What did you do to your V11 today?

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    So yeah, went to the post office to pick up some priority boxes, felt funny on the way home.

    Drywall screw in the rear tire. That's twice; this one was only 3 inches away from the first and worryingly close to the sidewall.
    Another plug for errands and city work. I guess it's a new rear shoe for the Spine Raid. 

    El Paso, TX to Anchorage, AK

    in Travel & dealers

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    42 minutes ago, docc said:

    Not to detract from the interesting route planning, but I wanted to contribute to the DEET selection. This is, hands down, the most effective product available based on many years of field experience taking groups into the Tennessee woods. Lotion is more effective than sprays, apply only twice daily and the encapsulation limits absorption:

    https://www.sawyer.com/products/controlled-release-insect-repellent

    We also used Permethrin clothing treatment (per the US DOD) to good effect, but we were primarily battling tick-borne illness rather than mosquitos. Still, mosquitoes can definitely bite through fabric and the permethrin may be worthwhile.

    Already got my Permethri-Jammies packed lol
    https://www.insectshield.com

    Thanks for the salve recommendation, though. I'll find it and hope we don't have much occasion to need it. We'll see.

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    El Paso, TX to Anchorage, AK

    in Travel & dealers

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    3 minutes ago, Gmc28 said:

    That route Looks like I’ll be jealous… nice.

    not to get too route-geeky, but if you really have the time and want to grab some more tasty, I’d suggest adding a day on the west end of Lolo pass, with a side trip shooting south from about Kooskia to the snake river canyon, cross over at Oxbow, then ride up North Pine Road to Joseph (usually deserted and some excellent riding).  Joseph has a neat place to stay, and is a nice area, or press on to Walla walla.  The route to walla walla from Joseph can go a couple of ways, both nice, one the longer option heading north up the west side of the snake river with very different views then what you had on the east side, and then FS dirt roads on a great, remote but easy (if u have a good map/gps on the bike) dirt road route over to walla walla.  Or just take the tarmac to walla walla, which is also quite nice.  Walla walla is a great little town to get a room, a great dinner, and of course some excellent wine.  But that all adds a day.  If you’re interested, that route is not complicated but would merit sending a .gpx route as it involves a number of very small roads, and i can shoot you something if u like. 

    Probably won't have a day on the way up, but maybe; not my decision. However, I'll take the route in case we can, or if I come back South on the return trip, and even if not I'll get up there again sometime hopefully before I age out. :)

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    El Paso, TX to Anchorage, AK

    in Travel & dealers

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    4 hours ago, Gmc28 said:

    If Lolo pass is on your list now (should be… excellent riding), then getting there from Bozeman would allow u consider this little route, from Anaconda to Hamilton (near the east end of Lolo):

    was going to paste a google map link, but it won’t paste, so just type in Hamilton, MT, and directions to there from Anacaonda.  Will provide a few options, but the most direct one is the one you want, route 1 to the 38.   The 38 is Skulkaho pass, and is a seasonal road, but should be fine in June, and loooks like it’s open now.  The west end of all that, Skulkaho, is the fun part.  

    Been about 5yrs since I’ve done that, so could be better or worse.  Some fun paved sections mid point, then it goes to good-packed gravel for a while on the western end.  There was no one on that pass when i was there, and I had to zoom way in to see the road, but now it pops right up.  Heck, maybe they paved it. 

     

    Done. Thanks, that looks like a nice little addition.

    El Paso, TX to Anchorage, AK

    in Travel & dealers

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    7 minutes ago, Gmc28 said:

    I have one of the Sena intercomm’s with camera…. Maybe the Evo 10x or something like that?  Takes some getting used to, and it’s got its challenges, but the biggest one is that the camera really drains the battery.  Without pics, it’ll go 2 whole days or more of intercom use, but with a handful of still pics it won’t even make it one full day.  YMMV

    For myself, I’ve tried a lot of different options over the years for camera’s and riding.  My current favorite is an old waterproof Nikon point-and-shoot that i had shelved years ago, because the iPhones are now so good i couldnt see packing around a point-and-shoot any more.  But being a fully waterproof unit, with “hard buttons” rather than touch sensitive buttons like on an iphone, i put it on a leash around my neck on outside of my riding jacket, and its pretty easy with gloves on to turn it on and shoot a pic.   Best answer is the GoPro, but I don’t like all that bulk hanging off my helmet, and am honestly too impatient to fiddle with the process.  

    The Sena is used, PO says it works while plugged in, and I have a pretty big battery pack to carry along. We'll see, I just don't have the time to install something bigger and better.

    El Paso, TX to Anchorage, AK

    in Travel & dealers

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    27 minutes ago, gstallons said:

    My Godfather took a trip to Alaska is a camera bug that loves to waste film on a trip . Not this time , every turn , crest , horizon , EVERY picture was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen until I looked at the next pic.  I can't remember the farthest point north but he took a picture there proving his quest and conquest was finished . He then returned taking pics just as beautiful of his return  to Barlow .  If at all possible , I would like to follow this voyage and see these sights. 

     

    I'm going to have to figure out where to post photos etc. I don't know how well documented this trip will be, it's a 'ride' not a destination. Anchorage is the idea for the turn-around, but a lot depends on mileage and time. I do have a camera on the Sena talky, if I can learn how to use it...of course there will be pics when we stop. I suppose I can simply make a shared folder in Google photos and do the narrative here.

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    What [music] do you listen to? Share your favs

    in Special place for banter and conversation

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    1 hour ago, ScuRoo said:

    This world in my hand dissolves when riding thru the bush in the hills to the syncopated beat - pulling into a no reception pub my pint filled hand soon becomes more than the sum of its parts

    In reality it’s a lovely break… from the matrix!

    My Guzzi rides are my grounding

    Cheers 🍺

     

     

    There are certain songs close enough to the heart that I do not listen to them. 'Mad World' is one, and a couple other Moby makes.
     

     

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    Titanium goodness

    in Technical Topics

    Posted

    The biggest consideration with galling, as opposed to corrosion and electrolysis, is differential of hardness. For reasons only seasoned metallurgists understand- maybe- materials close in hardness tend to gall, whereas a hard and soft pair tend not to. Whether the pair is hard or soft only affects how much pressure is needed to gall, not so much that it will happen.  What to use on threads when assembling is a whole 'nother science, considering materials, environment, vibration etc. WoooWeee! says Mr. PBH.
    Mr. Phil's machining skills are def. Pro level.

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    Did you know what a Derecho is? check it out! diluvio....

    in Special place for banter and conversation

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    I've been in a lot of storms, from Hurricane Wilma's eye to a Minnesota tornado to sailing in 80 knot winds and rain in the Atlantic.

    Worst I've ever seen was I-10 West of Dallas in 1980. It went from 'jeez look at that cloud' to my buddy driving with his head out the window, drowning, just to be able to see the line in the road so he could find the shoulder in about 3 minutes. Literally could not see the Oldsmobile hood ornament. I've never before or since seen that much water come from the sky. I don't think anyone can really understand it until they've stood under it.

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    BAD STUMBLE OFF IDLE UNDER LOAD

    in Technical Topics

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    On 5/29/2024 at 9:25 AM, docc said:

    Thinking more about @thumper's stumble, it seems GuzziDiag is a great way to watch sensor values as the bike warms up. It would be telling if one of the sensor outputs suddenly goes open at operating temperature . . .

     

     

     

     

     

    This would show something, surely. It's not impossible that there's a wiring fault in the harness somewhere, let's say for instance the sensor return-to-ecu wire is grounded; since the ecu is looking for input and output to compare, if the return is grounded it sees output with zero return input, which might be interpreted as below zero temps or something. This is a search and destroy diagnosis, and software visibility would surely save a lot of fingerwork. 

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    Griserie de Griso...

    in Newer models

    Posted

    Don't know if it's simply the audio, or the combo of 4 valve heads and a 2-into-1, or the muffler itself but in that video the bike sounds like a fart.

    I have one of the last Staintune V11 exhausts in a box in the garage. I hope it's not shyte. I also hope I never have to take it out of the box.

    My coffee is awful this morning.

    in Special place for banter and conversation

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    14 minutes ago, Weegie said:

    After a few cheaper machines, eventually ended up with a lever unit, which was obscenely expensive and stupidly simple in construction.

     

     

    Sad anecdote; my backyard neighbor moved in from Colorado, had a cafe. She brought with her an old brass hand lever espresso machine from Italy, said it didn't work anymore so she gave it to her neighbor. He made a hydrogen separator or some such out of it. Pity.

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    My coffee is awful this morning.

    in Special place for banter and conversation

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    1 hour ago, p6x said:

     

    I learned about coffee when I got transferred to Italy, in 1981. Back then, I thought French knew all there was to know about coffee. I discovered that I was wrong. In these days, no matter where you were in Italy, no matter how small the bar, the village, how remote, you would get good coffee. Simply because in Italy, coffee, or the Italian espresso, is a religion. If you owned a bar, and did not have good coffee, your bar would be empty.

     

    Wherever I go, I purchase the second-best solution to acceptable coffee: the Bialetti stove top brewer. You could literally go to every house in Italy, and be certain they have one. Even using the Bialetti the proper way requires knowledge.... and good coffee.

    Personally, I always go (for my BialettI) with Illy coffee. It comes in tins, ground as it should be, under vacuum and outrageously expensive!

     

    Best cup of coffee I ever had, never since come close, was a couple years ago in Rome; just a cafe with a partial view of the Coloseum. Perhaps it was the history, the scene, the fact that my son misread our midnight transfer as noon and we weren't supposed to be there at all. Cappucino served by a beautiful waitress in a beautiful place. I remember wondering how it could taste so much better than anything else. I still don't quite understand. 

    I have 3 Bialetti of different sizes. I typically use Bustelo, having been introduced to Cuban coffee in the '90s- but since giving up sugar it's much less frequent, and Bustelo is pretty brutal otherwise. I'll pick up some Illy today, coffee was on my grocery list. :)

    If only I had a steamer...

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