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PostSubject: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/21/2010, 6:55 pm

Let's see...
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Griz901's Gallery 587450 think think think...

In the beginning... There was this guy, who waited a really long time to get back into riding... But times got tough, so he had to drink some more beer and wait a couple more years before he could afford to upgrade his method of conveyance...


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Then one late winter night, he decided a reward for recent accomplishments was in order... The stars were in alignment, it might have been a full moon or the wife's support when I told her instead of asking... But the dream was coming true...

First morning home after driving ten hours to pick it up.
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Last edited by griz901 on 1/21/2010, 7:37 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Its a picture thread, needs pictures..)
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PostSubject: I can't believe that was three years ago!   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 4:30 pm

This is the current configuration
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PostSubject: Why do my pics just show the bike?   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 4:34 pm

What do you mean we're lost, dad?
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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 4:35 pm

Looks great! Griz901's Gallery 5543

Love the gold wheels.

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 4:38 pm

Let me see dad!

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 5:00 pm

Gold Wheels are Kewl!
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Wheel lacing and truing kit

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Lace it up and get it close on the work bench

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Uh oh, are there limits on hosting!? Griz901's Gallery 423485
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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 5:10 pm

Don't EVER forget to measure your offsets before you take the wheel apart..... Griz901's Gallery 423485

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Duct tape and tent stakes Griz901's Gallery 589118

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This wheel trued up to within a millimeter of accuracy. I think that'll do....

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 5:25 pm

Heavy duty spoke kit Griz901's Gallery 5543

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Did you know older D.O.T. Excel rims accepted stock spoke nipples? Did you know the new spoke nipple are too big and don't fit in the same holes?

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Uh oh, Mr.Bill - what are you going to do? Griz901's Gallery 453157 No worries, just drill them out using a brand new bit...

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 5:38 pm

LOL, I like this thread

*thou i think the gallery wasn't meant for your very entertaining how-to.
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PostSubject: I got carried away...   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 5:45 pm

But I've had a nasty cold this week, so nothing better to do but catch up on my favorite forums.

Let's see, here's a motorcycle posing... Can you tell I have a thing for this motorcycle? Her name is "The Mistress," after all....

First ride after putting everything back together - 123 miles of dirt fun (somewhere behind Blacktail Mountain Ski Resort, southwest of Kalispell)

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Holy sheepshit - I sure am glad I don't have those pants any more... (2 sizes too big)
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PostSubject: Where are you Frank!?   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 5:55 pm

Chaos-in-Mt, My riding buddy until I got laid off a year ago. Frank! Where are you buddy?

He can ride this KLR like no body's business!

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I think we only stopped twice that whole day! Having too much fun to break out a camera. I was loaded like I was staying out for two days (first run with all my long distance crud). Here's another from a little further back.

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PostSubject: A motorcycle has two wheels...   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 6:13 pm

So if you did the back end, you should probably do the front.

Same routine:
1. Forget to measure offsets
2. Resist drinking beer while using hand drill to update O.D. of nipple holes in rim
3. Lace up the wheel, take it apart, lace up the wheel, take it apart, lace up the wheel, tighten spokes, take it apart, lace up wheel, get it close to center and true
4. Take it apart again, put antisieze compound on threads and lace up... again... true...
5. Put wheel on motorcycle and clamp tent stakes to forks using plastic wood clamps
6. Spend many hours carefully spinning each nipple half turns, every third spoke, three times, check, and do it again
7. Once you think you're close to true, turn each nipple quarter turns, every third spoke
8. Forget to stay on one side to center the wheel, start over
9. Forget to tighten every third spoke and do them all in a row, induce wobble, start over
10. Rely on tent stakes, duct tape and a plastic ruler to true a wheel for 100 mph runs

PRICELESS

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime1/22/2010, 7:59 pm

Griz901's Gallery 485621 I am going to learn how to use the camera timer this year! I'm sick of taking pics without me in them. Too many lost photo ops because I was alone to enjoy the moment.

I've seen a thousand motorcycles like mine, but this one is mine.

This is my XR650R. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My motorcycle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master her as I master my wife. I will learn it as a lover. I will ever guard it against the
ravages of weather and damage. I will keep my BRP clean and ready,
even as l am clean and ready. My motorcycle and myself are the defenders of my soul ... So be it, until victory is America's and there are no more closed gates.

God bless the jarheads, grunts, squids and flyboys for not being offended by me hacking the credo.

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PostSubject: New trip extension policy   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime2/5/2010, 10:37 pm

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PostSubject: Glass headlight upgrade   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime2/5/2010, 10:44 pm

Stock - Stanley 001-2137 plastic optics, ME16 reflector thingy (back)
Upgrade - Stanley P1829 glass optics w/better clarity and pattern, RB13 reflector (way better mirror action, same bulb fitting)
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PostSubject: Crazy kids   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime2/6/2010, 7:40 am

My eleven year old already wants my ride...

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Attack Position!

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime2/6/2010, 7:45 am

griz901 wrote:
My eleven year old already wants my ride...

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Attack Position!

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That's awesome! My boy is almost 3 years old....I hope he takes up the passion for bikes that I have. It would be soooo cool to one day do an adventure ride with your son.

Great pics!

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PostSubject: February 13, 2010   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime2/13/2010, 6:55 pm

Freakishly warm weather for February, Griz901's Gallery Icon_sunny dug a snow trail from my drive to the neighbor's ice free drive and went for a 20 mile spin around the neighborhood, stopped for gas and got asked "Dude, is that one of those dual sports?" "Is that a 450?" I chuckled, said it was a Montana dual sport, essentially a dirt bike with a plate and no, it's a 650, the dude lost interest when some kid asked him if he liked his new Camaro....

Did I take pictures? No... My kids made off with my camera Griz901's Gallery 423485 So I memorialized the event with a map (read=loser=FAIL) but hey, it's still forum content so here ya go Mr.Bill

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/5/2010, 5:24 pm

What started the ball rolling...
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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/17/2010, 5:03 pm

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/17/2010, 5:04 pm

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PostSubject: Daydreaming   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/19/2010, 7:07 am

I might need a second motorcycle for true long distance adventuring - he he
(had my eye on these little gems for a long time, almost bought a E900 last spring but the tax refund went to the family fund this year)

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PostSubject: The evening commute 032310   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/23/2010, 6:25 pm

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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/23/2010, 8:01 pm

now that's a good pic Griz901's Gallery 5543 it looks like the Griz901's Gallery Icon_porc is patientley looking and waiting for the snow to melt so it can get to the woods Griz901's Gallery 6229
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PostSubject: Re: Griz901's Gallery   Griz901's Gallery Icon_minitime3/23/2010, 8:26 pm

big jer wrote:
now that's a good pic Griz901's Gallery 5543 it looks like the Griz901's Gallery Icon_porc is patientley looking and waiting for the snow to melt so it can get to the woods Griz901's Gallery 6229

Big time... I'm going to need another rear tire before I ever get above 3,500 feet. Asphalt is eating the MT21 Griz901's Gallery 423485

Trying to stay off/away from the highway. Hoping to get some time this next week or so to work on the windscreen.
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