Yes, two. I'll have to get out into the woods and look for some mushrooms...
Saturday was the MMMM (March Motorcycle Maintenance Madness) event for a motorcycle club I'm in, The Mid Atlantic Riding Society, MARS, for short. A friend, who goes by his last name, Davis, hosted the event. Must have had two dozen bikes there, including both bikes from our household. The BMWMOA forum even posted about it, and it has a bunch of photos, so I won't burden this post with repeats. Heres the link to the BMWMOA forum item. It even has photos of my dear sweet wife and me, both looking all mechanical and competent, though she makes a better-looking mechanic.
Davis and I hauled Val's bike on a trailer a couple days ahead of time because it wouldn't run except to idle. I rode my slightly illegal bike to the event. No mirrors, because the fairing is off. The bike seems to have more pickup not carrying all that weight, but the steering is funny. So we replaced the plugs and re-cleaned the carb on Val's bike, and it runs. Not well, though. I ordered a few more carb parts; we'll see after I get them in. My bike got an oil change; didn't have time to put the fairing on after doing the carb. Well, I'll get to it. I'm waiting for a couple more parts.
That would mean another motorcycle post!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
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Dear Rogers:
Why would the bike steer funny with the fairing off? Did it move off move to one side than the other? Or was it just lighter to steer with the fairing off? Did you mean it felt peculiar steering the bike without a fairing, or that it had something wrong with it.
Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads
Good question. The feeling is that it prefers not to turn, and it's the same for both sides. I'm guessing that there's not as much mass with the fairing off, and the center of gravity is lower, giving it less of a tendency to cooperate with a tilt.
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