Headed up to GMR for first time last weekend, started in Baldy and headed West to Glendora. Great ride, a ton of cyclists. Started by 9am, finished by 10am. Road is very well maintained and fun for a slower cruise. Only one other moto spotted...









I've got 554 miles on this bad boy so far....been too busy to really ride! God I love this motorcycle.

Ha ha...this is hilarious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtofbxmlv8Y

Let me just say that I am smitten with that lady judge....grrr.

As will probably come as no surprise to most members of this forum, Honda (and other Japanese brands) ranked among the top 3 motorcycle makers in reliability.

American brands were mid-pack followed by Brits, Italians, and Germans.

Kinda glad now I didn't go for that Thruxton.

The Can-Am rated lowest in handling? You don't say?

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magaz.../index.htm

Alright,

I could no longer stand the feeling of being an outsider, so after much pondering and soul searching, I decided to order a pair of RLETs.

I just searched the part # on Ebay and pulled the trigger.

The cb1100 works so much for so many wrote one of us. But is it a transposition for a car ? For me! The car which works so much for so many does not exist.
What do you think about ?

...especially if she's your wife and doesn't want to wear any?

This is a twist to the discussion about safety tips/gear in the other thread. Here's the back story. My wife has only been lukewarm about my motorcycle habit and never wanted to ride with me until I told her I was buying a new bike. She's invested herself in my decision to the extent that she gave me the go-ahead with the stipulations that it wasn't a “Ninja” (the term she uses to describe anything that remotely looks like a sport bike) and it had to have a backrest. The other bike I gave serious consideration to was the Yamaha FJ-09 but when I showed her the picture, that was the end of that.

The good news is that she really likes the CB. With a top-case as her backrest she really feels comfortable on this bike and she loves the look. The bad news, to me anyway, is that she flat out told me she doesn't want to wear any gear, except for a helmet.

I've been an ATGATT guy since day one and have no problem with those that choose not to be. I truly believe in “to each his own”. But I was taken aback buy the forcefulness of her statement. It's one thing to espouse a live-and-let-live attitude toward the general population but it's another thing altogether when it's someone you love and don't want to have to keep taking to the hospital for skin grafts on her butt after even a minor spill.

Have any of you experienced anything like this? What do you require your passengers to wear?

Coffmans exhaust, loose 20 pounds. Add sporty look.
Enjoy the sweet stereo!
A new dimension of pleasure and I love the look.
A real bargain at $420 for the pair.

I went ahead and installed the battery tender harness + the battery tender USB for my iPhone to use as a GPS.

If I leave the phone cable plugged into the USB tucked in the little area under my seat, would it be pretty secure from water during rain? Or do I have to give it additional protection from the rain?

http://pekal-motogp.blogspot.com/2013/08...house.html

Went riding last Friday. For the first time rode the three twisted sisters of the Texas Hill Country. African animals, turkeys and nice countryside. Fair bit of turns for Texas.

Snapped this picture of the CB and wildflowers