Takashi posted a new Chic Design Sport trunk seat with stripes designed by someone from Massachusetts

Is the designer a forum member?

http://www.samurider.com/?p=23553/#itemImage





Gorgeous bike!

Hi fellas, I hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas day. I have a quick question: What is the purpose of the side-to-side strap that comes on the saddle of our bikes?

As a side note; it bugs me immensely that the original owner of my bike decided to remove it and I want it back.

I took my first "real" ride on my new CB1100 this morning. Rolled her out at 10:00 am and geared up, then off I went heading east on a great back road.


Stopped at 56 miles and filled the tank. The gauge was showing 1/2 tank remaining. It took 1.9 gallons (capacity 3.9) and calculated mpg was 30.9 - due mostly to my poor handling of the controls.


Impressions:


Smooth, quiet, torque into the stratosphere, and Comfortable. The ride is near Lincoln Towncar quality... bumps and road imperfections have almost zero affect.


Handling: Neutral, balanced and easy to control. No bad habits.


3 hours and 100 miles later, home again. Rolled her into the shed, got her on the centerstand, wiped it all down, and came in the house with a "perma-smile" pasted on my ugly mug.


Overall, an incredible Xmas day for this old fella.


I hope all of you are having a great day.

... quietguy

Sometimes at Christmas we have enough snow for skiing... No ski this year, but we have warm enough weather for enjoying a nice ride!

First stop after one hour touring around Grenoble : Saint-Bernard du Touvet, small village in Chartreuse


Going farther toward Chambery, we got a glance at Mont-Blanc (50 km away, but good visibility today)



Only problem, on the way back we had the sun just in front of eyes, very low on the horizon. Had to stop for a while, waiting for the sunset.


On middle of this picture, upper buildings, a ski resort (Prapoutel)... but no snow on the tracks... we have to wait still a little bit.

I like looking at other riders pics. Still trying to wrap my mind around the appearance differences in the 2013 vs. 2014. The DLX only in 2014? Red the "standard" color for 2013? Black the "standard" color for 2014, unless you get the 2014 DLX? 2013 side covers are silver vs. 2014 are black? I thought the 2013 engine was silver as well, but now I'm not sure, as I saw a pic today of a 2013 with black engine. I know the 2014 engine is black.

Certain windshields which fit the 2013 will not fit the 2014 as the speedo and tach are larger or sit more forward. There are just a few shields available that will fit the 2014 Standard.

Feast your eyes (and ears no doubt) with these new pipes
http://japan.webike.net/products/22159727.html
http://japan.webike.net/products/22159725.html

For pré 2014 models and EX/DLX models.

Thanks for the memories.

[url=https://vimeo.com/user45448956/]THE INNOCENTS ABROAD - SLAYING THE DRAGON

Cheers

For some reason I am unable to embed this video but the link above will allow viewing on, or downloading from, Vimeo.

El Nino is making this a great year for riding. Here it is Dec 24 and we here in SW Ohio have been in the 60's all week. Today was no exception.

First ride was a 25 mile curvy road ride on the CB

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then I brought the CB home and picked up the ST and my wife and we road down along the river east for 40 miles, stopped at the benches overlooking the river in Ripley, had a thermos of tea each, then back home. 81 miles round trip

wife says HI Guys!

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106 comfortable miles at the end of December. What a great day!

Sold it in April 15 and bought it back in October.

I just ordered a new pair of boots - $49.95, 1/2 off so they advertise.

I'll give a mini-review once I receive them.

I wanted to share my resource:

http://www.leatherup.com/

And here's a link to the riding boots I purchased:

http://www.leatherup.com/p/Street-Boots/...45658.html


... quietguy