Re: Nodding off at the helm
Try a case of narcolepsy--that'll keep you wondering how the ride is going to turn out. Ask me how I know! I lived in Leeds for 2 years and would love to get back there and cruise through the dales on roads that are not all laid out in a checkerboard, so to me you seem lucky. I have a similar problem, and do have a good time when I get to ride in groups. I ride mostly with harleys, so it's not a problem keeping up, and not a question of speeding or losing a licence. Here it's easy to pick up a ride, if you know where the bikers hang out. But if you want to do a different typew of riding, join a club that rides like you ride. e.g., if you are into full throttle boy-racing (you're obviously not), find a sixth-form to hang out near. If you like trips that are more leisurely, try a BMW or goldwing/councours , as they might be less interested in being hte first to arrive. Might also try a special interest (nude motorcyclist ass'n; etc), which is more focused on social aspects of riders than on who is the fastest. If you are a lawyer, let me know and I'll recruit you for my club, Street Legal (www.streetlegal.org). We're trying to go international. We are definitely not a club of boy racers, though some of us act like it at times. Thing is, I live 2 hours away from where most of the bikers are, so I always have to plan a full day for a 3 hour ride. Sometimes it's worth it, sometimes not. Chk the internet for additional groups nearby. I found the Central Roadracing Ass'n races at the Brainerd (MN) track 20 min from my house, and if I weren't moving to california, I'd be racing CRA next year. I lived here for 2 riding seasons before i found that out. .02 adam Dave Evans wrote: Guys Gals, Over the past year I have listened to the exploits of various members on this list, as they extol the pleasures of touring on the GTS. I have now found this pleasure with my 1500 mile trip around France and a quick hop to western Ireland of 800 miles. My question is this..How do you keep your riding trips fresh after such exciting adventures? What was previously an excited rush home to drag out the GTS at any opportunity, has now become a struggle to find a new reason to go out at all. I have ridden every road in a 50 mile radius of my home, and with the days starting to get a little shorter now, it is proving difficult to ride much beyond this area for an evenings trip. It seams that you all ride in groups, and I am sure that this can only help keep you fresh. Unfortunately, my friends and colleagues who do ride are all pocket rocket jockeys, who leap aboard their CBR's, Fire blades and Hyawhatsits, having lost the will to live. I am not prepared to push my luck, life or license in an attempt to keep up with them. Thus I always ride alone when I ride from home. To add to this problem, my work is field based, and as such I can put in over 2000 miles per week just driving around the UK from customer to customer. Six hours a day, every day in the car is not unusual. The auto pilot that I switch into for the car driving, is beginning to transfer to my bike riding. Until I get out to the more exciting roads around my town, I am humming along on cruise control, and more than once lately I have had to throw on the anchors as a situation has caught me unawares. For now I am resorting to a strong cup of coffee to keep me fresh on the bike, and as I said, once I am out of town and enjoying the curves of the A40 my concentration tends to return. Any ideas for the 20% when I'm nodding off? Regards, David Ps:- I don't think my little splat in France helped. Now I've fallen off once and survived intact, the usual adrenaline rush supplied by the fear of falling off has faded quite a bit. David James Evans Actel FAE Unique UK
Re: Communicators bike to car
There was a woman on the CBR list who had a "bionic tankbag" with RD, GPS, CB, Mini-disc, and some other stuff. Really cool, and she had a site showing how it was done. NIce setup. I am working on my own version, but am too damn slow to actually sit down and do it. It will have a 4 channel mixer, so the RD goes off in one ear, and the scanner in the other. Music in both. Someday. adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say have you noticed that big dresser bikes have CB's. I know there isn't much space around for all the stuff like them. However you can buy some really small hand held units with a some attachments that you could use with a helmet microphone and ear piece. Use batteries or wire it into the bikes electrical system. You then could talk to those G Wing'r folks and listen in to the trucks talking about Smoke's and such. Ken Swartz
Re: Web sites for tires
Just got a set of MTR 23/24 and the best price was motorcycle acessory wherehouse (accwhse.com???), where there were even cheaper than the BT57s. I'll email you my research spreadsheet. However, since I wanted them soon, I went to Dennis Kirk which is really close, where they will always match any advertised price on any tire. www.denniskirk.com adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What companies has anyone used and liked for price and service?
brake bleed/lawyer joke
Here's the best (worst) lawyer joke of all. I was bleeding the brakes today in preparation for my trip to sturgis. Unfortunately, the My-T-Vac was a bit mightier than I had hoped, and I cleaned out the front reservoir entirely. It allowed me to get rid of all the sludge that had for some reason built up in there, but did have the unfortunate disadvantage of putting an air bubble in the system such that I no longet have front brakes. I pumped about a half quart of fluid through there at different angles, trying to pick up the bubble and move it through, to no avail. Any suggestions? Also, I was going to flush the coolant, but since my manual has not arrived (back order), i thought it might be a pain and not worth it, espcially after the brake fluid incident. Is there any trick to a coolant drain/replace on this bike? Is there a drain plug, or do I remove some hose or other? If I do decide to do this, i've heard that the red cooland is better for aluminum motors than the green stuff. Consensus? Those stupid little rubber triangle covers on the sides (by one's knees) keep falling off. I was going to put a dab of silicone on the little penis-looking things to keep it in the little holes, as they keep falling out because the hole is too big (it's not that the penis-looking thing is too small. Freud would have so much to say). Will this work/better ideas? I'd leave them off, but a lot of heat comes through there that I'd rather keep off my knees. This will be my first long trip on the GTS. I'm riding two-up with as much luggage as I can get in one of those throw-over saddlebag sets and a small tankbag (read: not much luggage.). Anything I should be especially aware of on long trips? I'll be taking the oil view glass cover off. 9KIKO wrote: What do you call a 1000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A good start!!! Ay chihuahua! I'm all for sending 1000 lawyer to the ocean--more clients for me! TIA adam
Re: Logo'd clothing
Um, I guess I'm a little slow off the mark here. Is Land's End producing some clothing with a GTS logo on it? What types, how much, example of logo, etc adam Kevin Hawkins wrote: Yep, you piggy-backed on my order for 12 shirts! Ten are going to our friends in Germany, Joerg and Ralph, and I'll keep two for myself. If anyone is thinking about ordering some GTS shirts or other clothing, now is the time. Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 // '93 Yamaha GTS1000 -Original Message- From: wghalley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:11 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Logo'd clothing Ordered a couple of shirts today - got lucky piggybacked onto someone else's order (Kevin maybe ? not sure). I also ordered 2 hats (twill crushers). Linda is holding that portion, waiting to see if some more of you'ns want to jump in now for a hat or two. For those of you who don't have it handy: Linda Boling at Lands End Corporate sales Phone 1-800-535-3060 at ext 8119. logo number is 9931816. And for of you who don't have a catalog yet: http://www.landsend.com/cd/frontdoor/ we all still owe thanks to Shawn for getting the logo set up! By the way Shawn, I got several compliments / comments / enquiries on the logo while at Mid Ohio a couple of weeks ago. Bill
GTS sighting Brainerd, MN
I was in brainerd today buying carpet, and thought I'd stop in at the local bike shop to find out about the races. Lo and behold, a sweet looking 94 with 3xxx miles sitting in the parking lot. I pegged the guy who owned, it, but when he was done talking to the sales guy, he slipped out before I got a chance to grab him. Oh well. Now we know there's a lo mi 94 in Minn. Nice looking bike. adam
Re: Couple questions
Thanks-- 1. I've seen the Givi setup. Anybody point me to a pic of the Krauser setup? 2. Can any friendly German listers give me an idea of cost/availability/willingness to ship, or do I have to go visit my Auntie in Bamberg? 3. Any chance the krauser bags are available in other countries? Since Portugal has sold a lot of GTSs, and they are still available in Switzerland, are the bags still avaialable in these places? Nothing against Germany, but Portugal is sooo beautiful, I might just be tempted to go and pick them out personally. Stopping in the Algarve, to, ahem, compare prices, of course. I was also thinking of travelling to Japan/Hong Kong this summer--perhaps stopping in at the Factory they'd just give me a set, right? adam Gil Hillman wrote: Adam, the Krauser OEM bags work really well and when they're off the bike the mounts are inconspicuous and useful as bungee hooks. You can get these from Germany. The Heli bars are fine also and give you a couple of inches extra height. Gil H.
Re: Couple questions
Uh, pre coffee... Found theharbags section of the accessories page on Wilson's GTS page. Pics, contacts, prices. Thanks man. adam Gil Hillman wrote: Adam, the Krauser OEM bags work really well and when they're off the bike the mounts are inconspicuous and useful as bungee hooks. You can get these from Germany. The Heli bars are fine also and give you a couple of inches extra height. Gil H.
Re: Couple questions (Krausers again!)
Thanks. Wyncha leave the credit card number on though? I'd've ordered both the 46L and the 34L! adam "Loss, Joe" wrote: Go to http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy/ and click on GTS Modifications. You will see the two sizes of Krausers for comparison. They come in 34 and 46 liter sizes. The 46Ls are a little bulky for my taste but very practical. I ordered the 34Ls direct from Germany and have been very pleased with them. About $580 complete with mounts and shipping and took about 5-6 weeks. Installation is pretty easy. In case you are interested, see copy of fax below I sent to order the Krausers. May pay to call first. Someone else may be able to help you with Mr. Bienirds number or you could find it on the archives. Cheers Joe. * FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO: Mr Bienird FROM: Joe Loss COMPANY:Yamaha Dealership DATE: Aug 31, 1999 FAX NUMBER: 011-49-5241-14609 TRANSMISSION OF 1 PAGES (INCLUDING THIS SHEET) As per our conversation today by telephone, can you please order and ship to me one (1) set of Krauser panniers (34L) with mounting brackets for 1993 Yamaha GTS1000. My credit card details are: VISA card No.: Expiry: Name on card: My shipping address is: My contact numbers are: Many thanks, Joe Loss -Original Message----- From: Adam Altman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 8:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Couple questions Thanks-- 1. I've seen the Givi setup. Anybody point me to a pic of the Krauser setup? 2. Can any friendly German listers give me an idea of cost/availability/willingness to ship, or do I have to go visit my Auntie in Bamberg? 3. Any chance the krauser bags are available in other countries? Since Portugal has sold a lot of GTSs, and they are still available in Switzerland, are the bags still avaialable in these places? Nothing against Germany, but Portugal is sooo beautiful, I might just be tempted to go and pick them out personally. Stopping in the Algarve, to, ahem, compare prices, of course. I was also thinking of travelling to Japan/Hong Kong this summer--perhaps stopping in at the Factory they'd just give me a set, right? adam Gil Hillman wrote: Adam, the Krauser OEM bags work really well and when they're off the bike the mounts are inconspicuous and useful as bungee hooks. You can get these from Germany. The Heli bars are fine also and give you a couple of inches extra height. Gil H.
Couple questions
Hi all. Still chasing that squeak in the front end. In the mean time, how about a couple more answers from the folks who know... 1. Any magic to getting the front wheel off? I want to have it balanced (Good year shop, mazda wheel adapter, 80s RX-7 wheel weights, right?) before heading off to sturgis (yes, that sturgis). Since the service manual has still not arrived, I'm not sure if there is any trick other than a jack under the front swingarm. 2. Hard bags. Where to get them and which is best. Ideally, this could be done quickly, again in time for Sturgis. I saw the Givi setup and it's pretty sweet, but a bit pricy? Not sure who retails them anyway. 3. Do the Helibars work as well with the GTS as I have heard they do with every other bike they make them for? TIA adam PS--got my FZR250 (yep, 250cc 4 cyl grey-market) running today. Woohoo!
Re: Windshield question to the List
I've heard bad things about pledge--not good for use in sun. The UV rays can be harmful and yellow the built-up wax. Try Plexus instead. Desinged for outdoor (boat) use, and really kicks butt. IMHO. PLexus can be got at Chaparral and dennis kirk, if not at your local shop. adam Paul Koontz wrote: Try using Pledge spray wax (furniture polish) . My local glass professional uses only this and claims that the wax fills in the small scratches and brings the surface up to a clear finish. Paul Koontz 93 GTS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael Esfeld Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 1:07 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject:Re: Windshield question to the List I bought a 4+ Clearview and I love it. The only thing I'm not as happy with is it seems to get fine scratches fairly easily. You don't notice them until the sun hits just right though. I have a great setup for cleaning too. Carry a natural sponge and a cloth diaper (also may be used for "pucker factor" tight turn cleanup...) which is about as non-abrasive as one can get. They sell a polish that might work to remove the scratches. Cost was about $120 or so as I recall. Mike - Original Message - From: "John Laurenson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:50 AM Subject: Windshield question to the List I'm looking for input on the quietest windshield set up. I can't seem to get the windshield king, Kevin, to respond off list. Has anyone used the little BMW deflector on a stock screen? Does it work? Does it add a lot of wind buffeting noise? Where do you get one if it does work? hawke
Re: First Impressions, squeaky bikes
Thanks Roberto-- I live down 2 miles of gravel road, so I was thinking that might be aggravating the squeak. Not much to do about it, except rent a garage in town. :( BTW, I have a story about syringes, bikes, and Spain. I'll have to share it with the list sometime. adam Roberto Alonso wrote: 1. I have a hella squeak from the front wheel. It seems to come from the vicinity of what looks like a rod between the steering knuckle and the wheel. I ordered the manual and will eventually get all the lube points, but I'd like to take care of this before too much more riding. What are the lube points in the front and what lube (grease, oil, WD-40)? I agree with Kevin on the stability problems: I've ridden the CBR1000 and the GTS smokes it every time, stability wise. It's got to be the tires (or maybe some excessive play somewhere in the swingarmS (boy I like that plural). About the squeak: When I got my GTS there was this rather humiliating squeak somewhere down front. I'm not saying this is what's happening to you, but just in case, let's send it to the archive anyway. I checked and lubed until my b*lls went bald, to no avail. Then it came to me: I placed the bike on the stand, thoroughly cleaned the chrome shock cover, and then lightly sprayed wd-40 on the inside of the rubbery-plasticky black thingy (joint?). worked the shock a bit pushing on the bars, then wiped the cover clean to prevent dust from sticking scratching it. Rode a while, then wiped it clean again. It got radically cured and the squeak never came back (ok, so this was just a couple months ago). SA warning: last post from me included syringes and bicycles, this one "smokes" and "joint". Talk about setting myself up for a beating... maybe that's why they went bald after all... later, Roberto.
Re: First Impressions (Going to Semi-Fluff)
No, it's a 93, vin 000226. I bought it from Greg Wilson , and it looks like it was originally sold to a Jerome Wilson. There is a Chris Wilson on the receipt for the Corbin and the Micron exhaust. I don't recall an affiliation between Greg and Plaza, although the bike was originally sold there. Familiar? adam Brandon wrote: Ok, now I'm curious. I live in Utah for the time being, and other than Alan P. and my friend Scott, I haven't seen too many GTS's. Would that happen to be a '94? And/or did the guy work for, or was any way, affiliated with Plaza Cycle? If so, I may know a little of the history of the bike. original message--- Adam wrote: I bought it from a guy in Utah who was the original owner. He had the receipts and everything! snip
Re: euro short screen et al.
Hi all: I've been lurking for a while, but thought I should intorduce myself. Just "activated" my 93 GTS after selling my 96 CBR1000F. I've had the GTS since 1998, but haven't ridden it much as the CBR was my main bike. Didn't want to ride the GTS as it's too unusual, but since I, ahem, have all those speeding tickets, no point in insuring too many bikes. Hope I can keep the GTS upright (no problem so far) as it would be a shame to turn a work of art like the GTS into a rough-and-tumble scratcher like my CBR was. Besides, a guy can have too many bikes, right? Brad, we should ride some time. I live near brainerd, but get to the cities pretty often. Any other TC listers? Any TC'ers have their ABS taken care of? I have a call in to trackstar, but they haven't gotten hold of Yamaha yet, so no appointment to get it done. Will have them do the valves when I'm in. I had them tune an '81 Seca a while back, and liked the work. Nice guys, and I get to look at the Guzzis and Laverdas whilst I wait, but I've heard good things about Hitchin Post, too. Adam Bradley Jones wrote: Grant, I think someone answered your email to me by accident. I bought a 1993 GTS w/ 20K on the clock for $6k. I live in the Twin Cities area. Brad Jones
