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When Yamaha's new twin debuted a while back, I remember someone on the forum stated Yamaha should make an ADV version. Looks like Yamaha will.

http://www.motorcycle.com/features/mo-es...shots.html

Somebody from our US friends posted a picture recently of a motorcylist's overall, to be weared over casual wear. It was partly red colored.

Can't find it anymore. Could some kind soul help me out and tell me the brand of that thing?

This weekend the WSBK circus moves to Assen. Assen just happens to be a favourite with me. In the mid, and naughty, nineties, at Assen, I saw Mick Doohan take out the 500cc and Biaggi the 250cc. The atmosphere was sensational. Sorta "laid back" as well. Oh to be there this weekend! But no use dwelling on the past. Nice thing about events in Europe is that if I stay up and watch it is not to far past my geriatric type bedtime.

Maybe VDM will pull out all the stops to perform in front of the Orange Army. Hope it's a good race.

Cheers

Well HD is doing something right in OZ. According to press reports , Quote: Roadbike sales were strong in 2015, increasing 2.6 per cent compared with 2014 and accounting for 41.4 per cent of the total market. Australians rode home with a total of 45,013 roadbikes in 2015.

Harley-Davidson accounted for 21.7 per cent of those bikes with 9790 sales, including 1605 Street 500 models and 1552 Softail Breakouts.

“Harley-Davidson is super excited about being the number-one roadbike seller across Australia,” said H-D Australia’s Adam Wright. “Much of the success is attributed to the new LAMS* Street 500, which was released in February of 2015, and the ongoing popularity of the Softail Breakout, which continues to be in high demand. May I also say we would not have achieved this level of success without the assistance and dedication of our dealer network, which has done an outstanding job across 2015 in delivering dreams of personal freedom to so many great customers.”
Not big numbers compared with larger markets but significant here. HD has morphed from the outlaw ride, to the stockbrokers ride in the nineties, to the boomers choice in the early noughties and now very popular with the younger hipster set. Good marketing has taken a big chunk out of the Asia/Euro manufacturers sales. Well done to them.

Cheers

* Leaner approved.

"The sky is changin'
I can hear the singin'
Clouds will soon be alright
Bringin' on the daylight
Let it rain
Let it rain
Let it rain
And bring on the sunshine" - From The Ozark Mountain Daredevils' song "Noah"

Glen and Laura planned this year's trip. It was their turn. Petoskey Mike had planned the Lake Michigan "Circle Tour" in 2013 (to which we could not attend) and Yours Truly had the duty for our 2014 "Hills, Stills, and Thrills" tour to The Great Smoky Mountains (faithfully reported upon in a terribly long thread elsewhere on this forum).

At the IMS Chicago in February 2014, Glen had stopped at the Ride Arkansas booth. I am sure that the cute girl behind the table had nothing to do with this, but it was lucky that he did. The brochures were compelling and those, coupled with a couple of magazine articles and, I think, some testimonials from from friends convinced him that this was the place to go. Either that or Laura said "This is the place we are going." It would be pure speculation on this contributor's part as to how the decision was made, but it was an excellent decision regardless and, were it not for some inclement weather named Bill, it would have been a perfectly executed tour of northwest Arkansas.

Our 7 castaways (Glen, Laura, Bump-Start Mike with Judy, Petoskey Mike, Cheryl, and Matt) set sail from their port on their fateful trip on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Unbeknownst to them, in mid-afternoon on Saturday, June 12th, the National Hurricane Center at Florida International University noted the potential for a Tropical Cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico due south of Texas. Tropical Storm Bill was christened at approximately 10:00pm on Monday, June 15, 2015. We were watching the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup on the big screen TV inside The Rockin' Pig Saloon in Eureka Springs, AR; eating ribs and other smoked delights and savoring frothy and cold adult beverages, vaguely knowing, but not caring, about the weather that we were headed toward.

Sir William began punching his way from Tropical Storm to Tropical Depression across the Gulf of Mexico, into southern Texas (16June), then Oklahoma and Arkansas (17June), Missouri and Illinois (18June), Indiana (19June) and Ohio (20June) before he had expelled all of his moisture and faded away over West Virginia. Our planned route was to take us into Arkansas (15June - 17June), then back to Missouri (18June), then into Illinois (19June) and back home on the weekend. If you are inclined, plot the storm dates and our stop dates on a map and you will quickly understand that our plans had to change. We hadn't quite reached that conclusion yet, however.

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Afternoon. i was looking around at the choices for saddlebags and wasnt too keen on anything too small, however, after purchasing and dry fitting the Nelson-Riggs CL-855 bags i fear they are too large. Every year i ride from Buffalo, NY to Mid Ohio raceway for VMD where i camp out for 4 days.

I need your opinion as i have only been a CB1100 owner for a month. I do not want the size of these bags to interfere with my riding the bike itself. Below are a couple pics i just snapped of the bike and wanted your feedback.

i have seen other threads where it is mentioned that the bag is touching/rubbing up against the rear shocks/springs. i cannot imagine prolonged exposure would be good for the gear however i did not see any further comment on this. Anyone care to give their two cents?

I wish the rear blinkers were a tad farther back...

Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated.

http://www.morebikes.co.uk/hondas-secret...-revealed/

I see some old posts about the TSR air intake funnel KIT - the one that replaces the funnels in the air box, not the one that replaces the intake snorkel.

For those of you that one one, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Any recent dyno results would be greatly appreciated.

Has anbody changed his turn signal relays,that could tell me where is located and what type of aftermarked relay do i need.my flashes too fast.this happend after i changed my turn signals.the new ones are not LED.thanks