I'll confess, although I normally wear armored riding pants, it's been so stinkin' hot and humid this month I have been doing the majority of my rides in denim jeans. I like the look and practicality of jeans but the protection of riding pants. A little more protection in my jeans would be nice. Don't necessarily need armor but some abrasion resistance would be nice.

Who wears em? What kind? How much? How about a review and rating?

Installed new handlebars by emgo yesterday. They fit like a charm, receive the market bar stabilizer weights, have a black finish and make the bike handling feel much more to my liking (aggressive/sporty). They also look stellar and are quite a bit less expensive than the renthals. Emgo also offers a "super bike" bar, clubmans and a few other styles for similar prices. I chose the euro because they had it in stock at Motorcycle Superstore here in Louisville. If you go to their website instead of Amazon, the bar rise, pull-back, etc. is all listed.

I'll upload pics later. My bars were $23 at Motorcycle Superstore.


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Hey everyone!

I am planning on taking a very long trip in the spring with a friend of mine over the course of two weeks, from Austin to Nashville, then off to Utah and Northern California. I am still looking around for good saddlebag options, but one thing I knew I was definitely going to need was a phone holder! I picked up the smallest clamp that Ram Mount made and decided to see if it would work for what I needed it to...and boy oh boy did it deliver.

I don't know how many of you are phone guys out there, but I have the LG V10, which is one of the larger phones out there. I ordered a new grippy case for it as the sides of the phone are steel, I didn't know how well it would be gripped by the X-grip. I went ahead and ordered the smaller sized x-grip and I can say that without a doubt this phone is definitely able to fit in it!

I am hoping to run a 12v cig lighter out of the headlight aux power so I can use my quick charger for the phone. If anyone has any experience in this that could chime in, that would be great! I realize there is another thread already sort of explaining this, but I can't really wrap my head around what needs to be done. Also if anyone has any recommendations for saddlebags that will fit with my OEM rack, let me know! They need to be able to carry 2 weeks worth of supplies!

Anyway, here are some photos of the x-grip!

Short of draining the brake fluid, is there a simple method to retract the pistons so the pads can be pulled out? My caliper doesn't seem to want to budge open, and the service manual doesn't offer a clear explanation, at least for my amateur skills.

Well after 50 years of riding motorcycles, I had something happen on my ride today that has never happened before!

I was carving up some corners this afternoon and as I was rounding a bend in the road I see this pretty good size hawk munching on some road kill in the opposite lane. As I approached going about 50 miles per hour, the bird decided to fly away. The problem was that he wasn't to quick and he also flew into my lane!

He hits my left mirror first, spinning it and the clutch lever down about a quarter turn on the handlebars. Then he hits me in my helmet and bounces off my left shoulder before going off to who knows where. It felt like someone threw a basketball at me when I was coming at them very fast!

Good news is there was no damage to me or the bike! It certainly broke my concentration on the ride so I headed back home while It was quite an "aw cuss!" moment! All in all it was an interesting ride and first for me.

Moral here is don't trust big birds to get out of your way!

I took my first ride on my new DLX yesterday and noticed that the mirrors do a pretty poor job of giving a view of what is behind me. Any suggestions on replacements or how to maximize the view they provide?

Thanks.

Thought you guys might want to see this , it was at the American Legion here in Pensacola

Reading the many posts on here about the ECU reflash, one of the things it does, apparently, is provide "smoother power delivery".

What exactly does that mean, and why don't Hondas come from the factory with smooth power delivery?

I guess this qualifies as an "accessory"?!

I'm not a loud, wild graphics kind of guy when it comes to helmets, but I really wanted something different on mine, something sporty, would stand out a bit, and yet would somehow match the CB. I had a basic black Shoei RF-1100 that I hardly wore, just aching for some snazzyin' up, so it was the perfect candidate for some experimentation. This is what I came up with:

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Not at all garish, pretty sporty, you could even call it a little retro. Should look awesomely bitchin' with a smoked shield.
The painter used my side cover to match the red part of the paint, and it looks spot-on. We played with all combinations of stripe widths, etc. I initially wanted the center stripe wider, but as we played around with sizes, this looked better due to all the danged vents over the front and back surfaces the stripes had to pass over/around/through.
A couple of coats of clear over the red and black paint, then hand-sanded with progressively finer paper, and then buffed. Just like what you'd expect on a high-quality automotive paint job. The finishes on his helmets are like glass. It's hard to comprehend that are often a dozen or so separate color applications involved.
Work done by Designs by Smokey in San Clemente, CA. Great guy to work with, who does A1 quality stuff.

Went to Cape May with my wife for the weekend and while on a bicycle ride we were passed by a CB1100.