Just put a Shoei fm-2 on my bike, I have had them on some of my bikes over the years and do like the looks and the protection. I can not wait to get riding again. Hopefully by April 2nd. This is 2nd to last thing I plan on doing to this bike, my last thing [when they show up] are a set of magtan jb-4 wheels in gold.

This is Part 2 of 3. Just before you arrive in Corinne, Utah you come across this sign.



Corinne is the last gas station for a while. Knowing this I have two 32oz MSR Gas bottles in the bags. .54 of a gallon was what the receipt said I put in them total as the manufacturer recommends not filling them to the limit. Gas is relatively high in this one horse town (Not of course when compared to what we were paying in the recent past). Gas can be bought for about 10-15 cents cheaper in more developed areas.



Mim's is the last place for a cold one for miles in these parts. The inside is one part dive bar, one part greasy spoon, and no parts franchise. You won't find Land Rover's covered with 26.2, Dirty Mudder, and so forth stickers sitting out front. This place isn't for the Park City/Aspen crowd. PBR (Poor Bikers Refreshment) is top shelf stuff for this establishment. The service is friendly and the food hits the spot.



Once west of Corinne you're basically riding on the old prehistoric Lake Bonneville lake bed and can open the CB up to all she can do (with or without that rev limiter). I cruised along at 60 mph and took in the horizon to horizon views. this view is to the southeast of the road I'm traveling on and shows the first ever public waterfowl management (hunting) area in the US (dedicated in the 1930's)



This pic shows the road junction where you can turn left and follow the road along the old Transcontinental Rail Road grade over the hill and on to the Golden Spike memorial several miles away (site of the meeting of the east and west crews working to complete the Transcontinental Railroad). In the middle of the this pic just to the right and above the second bent is 'The Cut'.



Here in the pic you see a notch looking back east where I came from. Just on the other side of 'The Cut' was a large chasm and it constituted one of the most difficult sections of the entire railroad east of the Sierra Nevadas for the workers to complete. Originally a 400 foot long wooden trestle bridge spanned it as it was the quickest way to complete it. I think only 4 trains crossed it before men filled in the entire span with wheel barrows. The plaque said 500 men working for two solid months from sun up to sun down is what it took to complete it.



I decided not to head to the Golden Spike Memorial site because I've been there and was more interested in finding a road my buddy had told me about. I headed back down the grade and made a left at the junction and came up to the ATK Headquarters and rocket display. ATK builds all of our orbital missile motors to include intercontinental nuclear platforms and the Space Shuttle Boosters.

The long 'booster' rocket in the pic is used on the space shuttle. Two of those plus the shuttles motors provide the thrust to get it into orbit. The shorter of the two upright missiles is what the Navy carries on subs, the taller is in the USAF inventory. The pic shows a scale that just doesn't reflect the sheer size of these beasts.



Heading north takes you past one of the many industrial complex areas that ATK uses for research. Again, as above pictures do not do it justice. This is a VAST area with innumerable buildings of all shapes and sizes covering thousands if not tens of thousands of acres.



Once you come around the northwest corner of the Thiokol Complex and begin to head east you come across this sign.



As I was contemplating the sign I saw the headlights of 3 bikes coming down the road at me. A Honda Fury, Harley and another road bike passed me. I thought to myself that if a Fury can make it how bad can it be so I took off. Turned out to be a beautiful little stretch of road with twisties and scenic to boot. The narrow canyon had snow on both sides so temps dropped quickly in those parts.



After a few miles heading due east I came to this scenic point overlooking the town of Tremonton, Utah with the Wasatch Mountains in the background



Once in Tremonton I again stopped at the local War Memorial and took a couple of photos. One Tremonton family in particular knows about the high price of freedom all too well.







This is a good place to end for this segment. I'll post the final pictures tomorrow in Part 3

Went for a loop ride today which took me north of Ogden, Utah along old Highway 89 to Brigham City. Temps barely made it into the 50's and at points where I gained elevation by 4-500 feet they dropped back into the mid 40's as those were narrow little canyons with snow on both sides. Once north of Brigham, I turned west towards Corinne (a small berg consisting of a couple of businesses, one of the only bars in northern Utah and a gas station). Out west of Corinne is nothing developed, just the old Bonneville Lake bed as you head west towards the Golden Spike Memorial and ATK Thiokol. After I visited The transcontinental Rail Road cut I turned back north past ATK's HHQ Facility and rocket display and headed north for a few miles before turning hard east and towards Tremonton Utah(located just off the I-15). Driving down the old Main Street I stopped at the WW2 Memorial that also incorporated other wars into the pavilion. From there I rode due east until hitting Old Highway 89 at the base of the Wasatch Mountains where I turned south on 89 and drove back towards Brigham City, eventually connecting with my previous route.

One point. I took a couple of these pics yesterday. I made this trip back to back yesterday and today. Saturday I rode with a buddy and didn't have time to take pics. I made up for that by going solo today. That's why the cloud cover looks different in them. Sunday was basically clear of clouds.

I pulled off the interstate to take this picture of the North Ogden Ridgeline on the way to Hwy 89.



The ride was about 139 miles long and started in this area on Hwy 89. This is North Ogden looking NE at Ben Lomond just above the small town of Pleasant View.



Looking west towards Willard Bay and the low mountains beyond it. The bay is a 9,000 acre fresh water impoundment that's popular with boaters and folks that like to fish. It's one of 5 or 6 lakes in Utah that have the non-native to Utah species of Walleye in it.



The crags above the town of Willard. Mt Goats still run the ridges up there and Utah allows a hunt each year.



This fruit stand was one of many that dotted Hwy 89 back in the day giving the route its "Utah's Fruit Highway" designation. Hwy 89 runs north/south at the base of the Wasatch Front for many miles. At one time Utah did not import any fruit for its population unless it was something exotic. That's long over. Since the orchards are right at the base of the mountains and somewhat elevated it's prime real estate these days for the those that want to build their McMansions with a view.



Hwy 89 going north into Brigham City. Look closely in the middle towards the left of the picture and you'll see the spires of the recently constructed Brigham City Mormon Temple. Beyond the intersection Brigham Main Street starts. Follow it and you'll run directly into the old core of the town.



The new LDS Temple and historic Box Elder County Tabernacle.



The back of the Tabernacle



Brigham City's historic downtown. A small slice of Americana that's becoming harder and harder to find.





I always make it a point to stop at the war memorials of these smaller towns to become familiar with the history of their shared contributions to the greater good.



The USU extension office.



These type of non-franchise car-hop burger joints still dot parts of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming but they're a dying breed.



North of Brigham City and about 2 miles west looking at the Wasatch ridge to the northeast



This ends the first part of the trip. Next part will cover Corinne to Promontory Point and ATK Thiokol and Tremonton and the return.

200.1 miles today with some of my crew. If you recall, I went down to a 17 tooth front sprocket. Mileage actually increased, 49.6 average. Plus, she was run hard today. Top speed still stayed the same, 131 today. I don't think it's going to go any faster. Going to need a lot more than 96 rwhp to overcome the drag. Great time though, check out some of the crew:

Today we made it into the mid 60s but very windy. Decided to ride the hills for a piece, drop down to the river and head east and stop at the benches along the river in the village of Ripley Ohio.

As I was dropping down of what we call "the first ridge" I came upon these 3 bikers wearing patches all with life saving pipes and doo rags.

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My first thought was if I wanted to pass them or not. I decided not. When we got down to the river I was hoping they would turn west, but nope they turned east, the same direction I was going. All of a sudden I could hear those life saving pipes roar and they took off at a pretty decent clip. Fast enough that I was able to ride my own pace without crowding them.

the mighty Ohio was high, muddy and choppy today

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I look at this house quite often as I ride out the river road. Just a shack in disrepair now, but at one time I'll bet this was some fancy house. Somebody's pride and joy. The fancy woodwork, double porches. I'll bet the neighbors were envious of the people that had all the money to spend on building it. Probably cost a couple thousand dollars back in the day. My wife often comments how she would love to go inside. You know you are going to see decrepit, but you can imagine what it was.

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Anyhow I get to Ripley and park by the benches where I always do. There are two women there with dogs but I don't pay much attention. As I'm taking off my helmet and gloves, one lady comes walking over with her dog who sniffs the bike. The dog only has 3 legs. She says she wasn't sure what her dog would do about a motorcycle because she doesn't like bicycles, but that she seems ok with the bike. I said it's a friendly bike, nice and quiet. I grab my thermos of tea and have a seat on the bench. She goes over and sits on another bench.

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the dog lays down by her master, but after eyeing me for a little while she gets up and comes hopping on her 1 good leg over to me. I just sit there and calmly tell the dog it's ok, and she comes right up to me. I extend my hand and let the dog sniff and she comes in and lets me rub her head and scratch behind her ears. The lady says "she has never done that ever." I usually get along with kids and dogs I told her. She knows I'm no threat and I let her approach me. Her choice. The lady was amazed. Anyhow drank my tea, bid the ladies a good day. They told me to be safe and I headed for home. After all we are feeding 14 people dinner (as we do every Sunday) in about 3 hours and I need to get home to cook.

heading back down US 52 I think about something Chapomis said about the lack of traffic in other peoples pics. He's right, mostly my rides are pretty traffic free..like this

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So I was determined to take a pic of traffic for Chapois. One car would come by. A little while later another car would come by. By the time I got to the village of Chilo I had about given up when I looked up and saw a line of traffic coming.. so I whipped the camera up and snapped a pic...LOOK CHAPOMIS .....TRAFFIC ! Well, what we call traffic anyway.

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So I'm back home, family has started arriving in little groups so I am done for the day. 88 miles today. Not bad for February in the Ohio Valley.

I just want to confirm that both the 13 and 14 yoshi slip ons don't have any significant fitment issues (from what I've read there's some center stand issues?) before I pull the trigger on a 14 slip to fit onto a 13 bike. I've read posts about people fitting the 13 slip on with a 14 std for the removeable baffle, but never the other way around (the 14 is on sale and I don't mind the permanent baffle).

Also, I'm curious about whether or not the Signature series requires a fuel remap. Yoshimura's site explicity states no remap required for the Street series, but not direct mention for the Signature series. It's kind of a big deal since the 14 is a Signature and the 13 is a Street:

2013 Street series:
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/yoshi...b1100-2013

2014 Signature series:
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/yoshi...b1100-2014

Also, I live in CA so the nasty highway disclosure on the 13 street series makes me cringe

The gerneal consensus I've read all over the internet is neither require a remap, but if someone knows something I might have misssed, that info would be much appreciated.

Nice job with the mods

Well, it was a bit trickier than I thought, but I think I sorted it out. Fired it up and took it for a quick spin to about 60mph and didn't detect any buzzing or vibration. I'll take it on the freeway tomorrow and test it up to 80+mph.
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Since I retired last summer, I decided that I was going spend some time on the CB exploring some of the small towns in Massachusetts and perhaps learn a bit of their history as well. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton,_Massachusetts]Clinton was originally part of Lancaster, MA (incorporated in 1653) and in 1850 separated from Lancaster to incorporate as a new town. Clinton was a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_town#New_England]mill town on the Nashua river and had factories for producing textiles using the river as a source of power. Due to increasing demands for fresh water in Boston, in 1897 construction of the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachusett_Dam]Wachusett dam was started and was completed and the reservoir was filled by 1905. At the time it was the largest public water supply reservoir in the world. I found this difficult to believe but apparently the rank was for reservoirs dedicated solely as a source for public water. The reservoir is highly protected as no swimming, boating, camping are allowed although fishing from the shoreline is apparently allowed in some areas.



Clinton is a picturesque small town and the relatively short ride around the reservoir is quite nice with good roads and nice sweepers thrown in to boot. I find myself heading there quite frequently in both summer and winter (nice February days this year!).

Taking a break to enjoy the view on my way to Clinton. This is looking west from Harvard, MA.



Here's the route around the reservoir.



Here's some winter time pics from the dam.



Looking towards clinton from the dam.



The dam.



The dam in summer.







Clinton from the dam in summer..



This stone church was saved from flooding of the reservoir in remembrance of the families who gave up their homes for the construction/flooding of the reservoir.



Clinton also has a very nice park in the center of town. Here are a few pictures.





Church that is apparently undergoing repairs.

I have been searching for a red rear fender to complete the look I envisioned. Since I couldn't fine a style I liked, I decided to make my own.

I picked up a used stock rear fender, removed the chrome, primered and painted with the color matching Candy Glory Red. I'm very happy with the end results for about $200 and some of my time.

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