What have you done for your bike today????

[rscottlow]

Lol yeah I was following my friends on the KTM and the FZ-07 yesterday and when we got to a long uphill grade they totally left me in the dust. I hit about 92 and the GS wasn't going any faster on that hill 😂


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[Watcher]

The seat on my Dad's R75 is a Corbin. He said it cost like $600 bucks, but was well worth it. So I definitely believe you on the "primo seat for primo price" thing.

Mine was $355 + $50 S&H.  So not quite as expensive but still up there.
But Corbin warranties the seat cover for a year and the base pan, hardware, and padding for LIFE.
Plus they're all super ergonomic and you're allowed one free return visit if it doesn't fit your butt just right and you want to refine the shape.
Get what you pay for.

[rscottlow]

Hit the 1000 mile mark on my GS! Top pic is from the day I bought it (2/28/16), and the bottom pic is from the short ride I took this afternoon. Took me a while to get to this point, but I've run into a few issues along the way. Having 2 kids under 5 years old makes it harder to ride as often as I'd like to.




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[Mr. BIGGZ]

Installed an R6 shock, LED signals all around, checked the float levels, LED in dash and gauges, diode mod, and fried the wires to the turn indicator.

[TundraOG]

Took her to work on the scenic beach-side road of town, plus a little bit of cleaning.

[mr72]

Finished spraying touch-up on my freshly painted tank and one side plastic. Will buff tomorrow and then they'll be ready to go on the bike, if I ever get it back from the shop.

[Watcher]

[ShowBizWolf]

omg Watcher... 
I love the part in the vid with the lady tho !!  Awesome that your bike has that part of the frame that took most of the hurt.

..oh yeah ahh what I did for my bike today... not much, just chose it to ride to work this morning instead of the van which was covered with frost!!! ugh! sorry GS, you had to wake up early with me and leave your nice warm garage 

:hate this weather/time of year:

[qcbaker]

omg Watcher... 
I love the part in the vid with the lady tho !!  Awesome that your bike has that part of the frame that took most of the hurt.

..oh yeah ahh what I did for my bike today... not much, just chose it to ride to work this morning instead of the van which was covered with frost!!! ugh! sorry GS, you had to wake up early with me and leave your nice warm garage 

:hate this weather/time of year:

Lol I had the opposite reaction to the cold this morning. Fully planned on riding in to work today, got outside and saw that it was literally freezing, and my car and bike cover were coated in frost. Decided I'll just drive in and get the bike over lunch after its warmed up lol.

[ShowBizWolf]

I've done a vehicle switch on my lunch breaks too sometimes! The advantages of living close to your job 

My van won't fit in my garage because of the dish on top so it has to sit outside... which is frustrating when there's snow on the ground and I have to take it. Nice big empty warm garage (except for the bike) and I can't put my van inside ittttt. Plus I think the heater core is on its last legs... not a job I'm looking forward to!!

[rscottlow]

Ugh, bummer Watcher. I've done that in my driveway before...the GS is a whole lot easier to pick back up than that Buell though, I'm sure. And it's light enough that I basically just set it on the ground and avoided any forceful impact.

[Watcher]

...the GS is a whole lot easier to pick back up than that Buell though, I'm sure.

You'd be surprised.  That Buell is surprisingly light for a 1200cc, it's only 400 dry and that's about a GS wet.  Plus the whole thing is designed to centralize the mass low.  It loves to rotate around the axles, super easy to tip in for turns and such.
The entire reason I couldn't save it and then failed to solo lift it is because it's fallen down an incline (leverage) and I pulled a muscle in my right leg trying...

[qcbaker]

...the GS is a whole lot easier to pick back up than that Buell though, I'm sure.

You'd be surprised.  That Buell is surprisingly light for a 1200cc, it's only 400 dry and that's about a GS wet.  Plus the whole thing is designed to centralize the mass low.  It loves to rotate around the axles, super easy to tip in for turns and such.
The entire reason I couldn't save it and then failed to solo lift it is because it's fallen down an incline (leverage) and I pulled a muscle in my right leg trying...

That is really light for a 1200... wow lol. Did the bike sustain any major damage from the drop? It looked like you were messing with the right footpeg in the video, but it was hard to tell.

[Watcher]

Right side footpeg snapped off.  Rear header nearby the collector has rash from gravel, all other damage was to sliders and therefore negligible.

[rscottlow]

Wow, that's not bad at all. And glad the damage was minimal.


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[SirHansford]

lol, that sucks bro.  I only laugh because I did the exact same thing trying to turn into a parking spot at the Y a few weeks ago.  Since then I've decided just to stop and back in if I want it facing outwards.  Those really slow and tight turns like that into a parking spot can be too much of a pain for what they're worth,  at least for me.  luckily the old GS only suffered a little scuff on the mirror and on the edge of the fairing.  The only major damage was to my ego as people were watching me as well fight to keep from dropping.  Too heavy to stop after a certain point for my old bones, haha.  I really wish you didn't have to cut the fairings on a GS to install sliders. 

[mr72]

When I first got my GS way back in August [seems so long ago, since I haven't seen it in nearly three weeks] I had a similarly silly drop. Our house is on a hill and we have a really steep driveway with just about a five foot wide almost-flat area just at the top. I wasn't even riding. I had the bike parked up on the center stand adjusting the carbs on the "almost flat" spot, right directly in front of where my Jeep was parked. When I took it off the center stand it decided to go right, with the slope of the driveway,  rather than left, where the side stand was extended waiting to keep it from falling. Of course I couldn't catch it and even worse I watched in horror as it fell towards my Jeep's bumper. I thought it was going to smash into the bumper and wreck two of my vehicles at one time but fortunately the only thing that hit the jeep was the mirror, which not only shattered but also snapped off the handlebar mount on the way down. No other visible damage.

I really like the look of these crash bars but man, are they expensive. At some point I'm going to have to stop putting a hundred here, two hundred there into the GS500 and start saving that money for its replacement. Part of the charm of this bike is I don't care as much about small things. The engine is pre-scuffed on both sides

Speaking of low-speed parking lot stuff, in my MSF class they said that far and away most "accidents" occur at walking speed in parking lots. I suppose this qualifies. That's why they spend most of the time building the low-speed skills. Makes sense to me.

[qcbaker]

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Speaking of low-speed parking lot stuff, in my MSF class they said that far and away most "accidents" occur at walking speed in parking lots. I suppose this qualifies. That's why they spend most of the time building the low-speed skills. Makes sense to me.

When I first started riding dirtbikes, my instructors told me something like "anyone can hop on a bike and ride straight and fast, where skill comes into play is twisty and slow" and I've found that to be mostly true. Bikes are much less stable at low speeds (especially when turning) than at high speeds. So, that is when you need to be most careful.

I've never truly dropped my bike at a stop or parking lot speed, but I've lost balance and almost dropped it twice lol. Was able to keep it off the pavement (just barely) both times.

As for what I've done for my bike today, nothing really. Rode into work on a nice cool morning and had a fun little ride.

[Watcher]

Speaking of low-speed parking lot stuff, in my MSF class they said that far and away most "accidents" occur at walking speed in parking lots. I suppose this qualifies. That's why they spend most of the time building the low-speed skills. Makes sense to me.

I guess it depends on how you define "accident".  Most crashes by far happen in intersections, but low speed maneuvers require the most skill and attention so I can see it being the case where most times a rider error results in hitting the ground is probably low speed.

For me I can't believe what I did.  Not only am I pretty good at low speed (I'm not your tight turn competition type guy but I can do U-turns at full lock, I'm very competent at low speed, much more so than the average), but I freaking teach the whole concept of NO front brake while the bars are turned or you'll drop the bike!
To do something so dumb...  To me it's like the firearms instructor who shoots himself in the foot...
I know better, but it still happened.  And I don't feel like I was distracted by anything.  Just wasn't thinking...

[Mr. BIGGZ]

Installed:

- LED turn signals front and rear
- CBR integrated tail light
- LEDs in the dash indicators and gauges

Replaced:

- the R6 shock i had installed from the red 06 to a silver 08

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