Has anyone ever ridden on a motorcycle tire in this condition? I saw this bike coming out of a supermarket today. I was tempted to wait and meet the rider but, after 30min, I gave up. Probably should have left a note?

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A month ago, I stopped for gas after a high-speed freeway run. (Approximately 130 kph-plus for about 48 km.)

Put in the gas and the bike wouldn't start. Tried multiple times. Waited a while and finally got it going.

Got home. Checked OEM battery age at 4 years plus. Ordered a new, identical Yuasa battery.

Put the new battery in and hooked it up to the trickle charger. Went for maybe one or two rides, but the bike mostly sat in the garage on the trickle charger.

Went to ride it the other day. No start. Quickly took the battery down to where the needles don't do the thing of rolling all the way to the right when the key is turned. (That's when your battery is quite dead.)

Put the battery back on the trickle charger for several hours. Got the green light on the charger. Bike started right up. Went to start it today to take it to the shop. No start.

Put the battery back on the trickle charger to give it enough juice to make the needles go to the right when key turned. Then--despite misgivings--jump started the bike from the Honda Element.

It's in the shop now. I could have tried to get to the stator myself for some testing with a multimeter, but we're in a heat wave, and I want this officially logged by Honda anyway. Note that I am at only 6,000 km on this 2014 black standard.

After arriving at the shop. I turned the bike off. Then, just for grins, I tried starting it. It started perfectly three times in a row.

To me, there are only two possibilities:

1. I've got an improperly charging or not charging at all issue

2. I bought a faulty new battery (not likely with Yuasa)

Hi all! Happy Tuesday (!)

Can anyone point me towards information for installing the Givi SR 1118 Rear Carrier on the CB1100? I just got this in the mail today, from Italy (ebay).

https://www.giviusa.com/my-motorcycle/ho...are-detail

Best,
Abrar

You guys see this? WOW!



and this one w/ factory fairing



The suspension pieces...now where have we seen those buggers before?



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I'm going to be optimistic and just keep praying
that it cometh to the USA.

any experience or suggestions ? now that i know i will be traveling some i want some way to fix a flat on the road.

Made a ride to Hinesville, GA this morning and taking the scenic route, passed by Celebration Castle, a dinner club with a Medieval theme and located pretty much in the middle of nowhere. After running an errand in Hinesville I took a few pics of the "castle" and from there the loooong way home. Wonderful ride and great weather.

https://goo.gl/maps/nGEwgUzRuGF2





The "castle is guarded by these winged "Griffons". Turkey Vultures.

I forgot just how amazing the Smoky Mountains are for motorcycle riding.

Even crossing them on I-40 was enjoyable.

I bet I saw 100+ motorcycles today...99 Harleys, 1 BMW....No Hondas :-(

I'm based in Cherokee, NC this Tue, Wed, Thu....tomorrow I'm meeting The A-Man near Asheville then riding to Mt. Mitchell....can't wait!

If anyone wants to join or ride Wed or Thu, just let me know...I can meet anywhere within a couple of hours of Cherokee.

Has any one tried the arrow end can on a 2018 cb1100. I don't want to fit a full system as I like the chrome down pipes. I've tested the sound level with no silencers fitted and it is quite loud unlike other bikes I've had with a cat fitted. I don't want to spend £650 if the sound level is no better

so, SCCBrider and I took a moderately long trip to the upstate today to visit some of the only "fun" roads in all of South Carolina. We started early, and took a scenic highway route that wound north on the east side of Lake Marion. May all the gods bless a two lane road with nobody on it. We were mostly trying very hard to conserve our very limited GPS batteries as we went, since I knew my phone wouldn't last and SCCB had a very limited charge on his Garmin.


We arrived in Camden after a morning on the road, to find most of the historic sites, and consequently, most of the restaurants closed. They take Sunday Seriously in these parts. We did, however, come across a country buffet that is only open on Sundays and had ourselves a refuel before setting out to play on the most interesting roads winding around the lake. Great fun was had by all, I finally got some wear pattern on the sides of my new Michelins, and we rested up in the State Park at the end of the run.


The road back was decidedly less elegant. We selected an alternate route and got on the way, but we had to pick our way through the back highways based on old-time sense of direction, missing crucial turns more than once. The map shows it certainly wasn't the most efficient way to get home, but got us there.


Temperatures overall were great, and I got a jolly sunburn on me arms. This was my second time on the Wateree Run, and I will go again, but I've got my sights set on Asheville for the next big thing coming up.

Did anyone else catch Travis Pastrana recreating 3 of Evel Knievel's jumps aboard an Indian FTR 750? It was on TV a few hours ago and I have to admit that I found it quite entertaining watching him jumping a bike based on a flat tracker as opposed to a motocross bike. While I love watching motocross, supercross, freestyle, etc., there's just something extra cool about watching a guy jump a flat track bike like that.

The television coverage was a bit bizarre. But they did make sure to point out the differences in the motorcycle being used compared to what Pastrana normally rides. When they started noting Pastrana breaking records in terms of distance covered aboard a v-twin bike he was quick to point out that the Indian was quite a bit faster and lighter than those bikes used by Knievel. Definitely a nice PR grab for Indian.