[url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-most-comfortable-cushion-ever/x/12875942?utm_content=campaigns_one_column9_hero_image&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bck-04072019sunday#/]The Most Comfortable Cushion Ever

This morning I saw this being promoted by some local folk.

I posted it [url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-most-comfortable-cushion-ever/x/12875942?utm_content=campaigns_one_column9_hero_image&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bck-04072019sunday#/]here for your amusement.

I just got my L knee replaced on Thursday.....







...so, season is still closed for me for about 4-6 weeks

When on longer trips out of the local area I use my iPhone6 for the Google Maps/route App with a power pack. Power pack sits in storage box under seat and routes to handle bars via iPhone cord. Power Pack can recharge iPhone from dead to 100% 6 times. Has worked well for me to date.

This is what that set up looked like when in use:



Last year I replaced the battery and at the same time installed a trickle charger lead to it. I had the lead on the right triangle down bar for easy access:



Well, today I was at Cycle Gear and saw this little gizmo. Plugs right into the trickle charger lead:



Came home and after looking at my options decided to route the trickle charger lead from its current location into the storage box under the seat. I rationalized that while giving up the easy access it would look cleaner and since I only use the trickle charger for winter it wouldn't be an issue to remove seat once to plug it in and leave it that way for an extended time.

First thing was to pull the storage box and widen the little open area to the left of the pic with a round file. That would allow the trickle charge lead to pass through it:



What it looks like with the storage box out. The battery sits nice and low down in between the frame:



Routing the lead through the bottom of the box:



The powered lead from the battery. The USB port ready to plug in when I need it and the Apple cord that runs to the front of the bike:



Putting everything back. Tubeless tire plug kit fits nicely in there:



Followed by a small crescent wrench and a buff. Power cord held in between:



RAM mount up front with Apple Power cord:



Nice thing about that USB option is now if I wanted I could run a heated vest/jacket (were I to purchase them).

I brought my Monkey home in December and rode it a few times before the weather turned bad. On those rides, the bike struggled on our steep, hilly roads (I'm at 8000') and was sucking gas. Even though it's fuel injected, the shop manual has a section which describes how to adjust the ECU for high-altitude riding. The adjustment requires a special tool (a jumper), which I purchased, and a sequence of opening and closing the throttle with the ignition on. I made the adjustment a few weeks ago but didn't have a chance to ride the bike again until today. All I can say is wow, what a noticeable difference. Now the bike will pull the hills with a degree of authority. It really scoots along (up to about 50 mph). Huge difference!

So... the K&H seat is due to be recovered because a seam is coming apart at one of the panels. I DO NOT fault the quality of the seat for this. The seat has been stellar for all day/ long mileage riding comfort. I've NEVER come off the bike for a break due to the seat.

This seat construction is somewhat complex. The cover may actually be glued on and for sure has a screwed bead all the way around that makes recovering somewhat complex. I was quoted in the neighborhood of $400 +/-. for this by one local upholstery shop. I took an industrial stapler and tried stapling the surface underneath to see if that's and option. I kid you not, there was NO Mark on the resin shell. It is an incredibly hard type of polycarbonate or some semblance thereof.


Where the seam is coming apart. In fact, the seam is holding up it's the vinyl that's tearing. So again not a factory defect due to faulty construction.






What the seat looks like underneath. WAY overengineered for what it is. That workmanship is exemplary.



Honda's stock seat underneath:




I'm looking to have the brown seat recovered in black with the Japanese sunrise flag pattern as shown on this scooter seat, except in red and white. If that's not an option I'm asking them to do it on the stock Honda seat with the front 2/3rds black and the back 1/3rd the flag. There would be more black on my seat vs. the picture from the scooter which is more 50/50. Just sent the e-mail asking what they can do.
I would not have them put the passenger (pillion) grab strap back on.

We bought the kid a new 883 Sportster a while back as a gift for attaining some educational milestones. Since then she's been tweaking it here and there and has done ALL of the work herself.

The sissy bar came from a custom builder here in Utah. Bought a custom heavy leather holster to hang from it and I donated the MSR bottle that fits it for her emergency reserve gas.

After that she pulled off the pipes, put aftermarket cans on it and wrapped the exhaust herself (I wasn't on board with that decision and wasn't consulted beforehand). Then she replaced the bars and rerouted the blinkers. One day she pulls up in her car and asks me if she can use the bench grinder. I said yes. I heard her grinding away and after about 20 minutes she left. She had bought the 'bolt-on' aftermarket air filter mount in the pic that didn't 'bolt-on'. Came back about an hour later and showed it to me. After that she ordered the seat in the pic and some other minor odd's and ends (like the derby cover). She's now looking at putting on white wall tires. Does all her own oil changes too.

Overcast but with occasional partly cloudy sessions letting some sun through. Decided to go for a short ride to coffee shop. I got on the bike and it was sitting partially in the garage so for whatever reason I'm not sure of I put up the kickstand and pushed it out while sitting on it and placed the phone in the RAM mount. forgetting that the kickstand was up I leaned the bike left expecting the stand to take the weight...it didn't! Herculean effort to keep from dropping it and somewhat tweaked my back (but not too bad it appears). Rode to coffee shop, had a cup of Americano and an almond croissant and on the way back north the rear tire locked up on me while braking at 40mph. Luckily I had plenty of space between me and the car in front. Seems the new brake pads may be a bit more grippy than the old ones they replaced (combined maybe with the brake fluid flush). Will have to get used to that.

Gratuitous CB close up:



Looking south west from the Bonneville shoreline Trail (the original shoreline when pre-historic Lake Bonneville was at it's max depth before the ice dam broke and a catastrophic flood lowered the lake).

Read more about that here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_flood



Looking North along the Wasatch Front Mountains:



Looking west towards the Great Salt Lake.



This Pano may take a second to load and you can click on it for great detail.



A local tale/legend. Supposedly a very successful architect went through a messy and acrimonious divorce. Wife got the house. He was so bitter as the tale goes he built this mansion above the old place so she would have to look at every day. Incredible to look at from the outside but it was for sale about 1.5 years ago and I saw the inside and it was somewhat dated. Huge pool above the house with a guest cottage next to it etc. etc.

My son was just in India on business. He was amazed at the amount of small motorcycle scooters he saw

The video (if this works) was taken on his commute into the office (click on image box for vid)



the still image is of the parking lot at the office. He said there were 4 rows of bikes and 1 row of cars



Is it any wonder that companies like Honda are focusing on producing motorcycles/scooters for this kind of market compared to the US market?

Apparently the GPS network has to reset its internal clock every 19.7 years and this weekend is the time. If you have a newer GPS, it should be OK, but older ones may malfunction. See [url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-05/gps-rollover-global-positioning-system-receivers-satellites/10966218]this report.

Taking a pretty good run with the CB this Saturday. It will be my longest single day.

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