anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Eli69]

Ill always vote for buying beer !! What did you get ?

just a six of genny (genessee), it's the local old guy beer.

[Burque73]

Went out looking for a riding game tag and got distracted when I saw another bike with an old Vetter fairing. I turned into the same parking lot and parked where we visited for an hour. It was fun discussing the differences in these old bikes. I also got a lot of good route ideas from this guy and who knows maybe we'll hit some of those roads together sometime.



His 78 KZ 1000 took him four years off and on to restore.

[Redman]

25 degreesF this morning.
But upper 40s just after noon. THats good enough.
Headed out. Destination about 55 miles north, wandered out on some roads thru national forest.

Stopped in only one place ... just watched the creek for a while and took some pictures.


Did make it to a couple different disc gold courses, including this one




Byy the time I was heading back, was low 40s.

About half way home the tach dropped to zero. THought of stopping to investigate, but thought probably just came loose from behind the tack.



ANd by the time I was near Spring Lake it was about sunset, thought of this boat launch might provide view over water in direction of the sunset.
Yep.




This is what I found when got home.

Ew, about lost it. Had to clean a lot of gritt off of it, and relube it, and reinstall it.
Not that often that need to use degreaser on chrome.

[Jedz123]

Blasting away on the TUX! Scrambler baby!!!

[rkroby]

Really doesn't look to super in this picture but here is the "Super Moon".

[Jedz123]

Another run on one of my favorite Mountain passes... for a 250 air-cooled thumper, she's got gumption!

[Chaz]

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I finally took my GS850G out today and put 41 miles on it. Actually my first time ever riding a motorcycle (with the exception of a 0.2 mile test run on the same bike). Enjoyed it a lot. Took advantage of it being Sunday and spent a while practicing slow-speed stuff in the empty parking lot. Might try to go take the road test tomorrow.

[steve murdoch]

Chaz, a lot of us here are proponents of MSF courses.
Good luck tomorrow if you do take the test.

[Redman]

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I finally took my GS850G out today and put 41 miles on it. Actually my first time ever riding a motorcycle (with the exception of a 0.2 mile test run on the same bike). Enjoyed it a lot. Took advantage of it being Sunday and spent a while practicing slow-speed stuff in the empty parking lot. Might try to go take the road test tomorrow.

Good to hear you are enjoying it, and had a good 41 mile ride.
I would say that for your first time having a bike, you should spend lot of time in a parking lot... starting and stopping and making sharp slow speed turns (going down roads running thru the gears is the easy part).

Intersting that your 80 850G has a chrome front fender.

Do tell us more of you adventures.

[roeme]

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I finally took my GS850G out today and put 41 miles on it. Actually my first time ever riding a motorcycle (with the exception of a 0.2 mile test run on the same bike). Enjoyed it a lot. Took advantage of it being Sunday and spent a while practicing slow-speed stuff in the empty parking lot. Might try to go take the road test tomorrow.

Good to hear you are enjoying it, and had a good 41 mile ride.
I would say that for your first time having a bike, you should spend lot of time in a parking lot... starting and stopping and making sharp slow speed turns (going down roads running thru the gears is the easy part).

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Around here, one has to take a mandatory driving course, which takes either 8 hours or 12 hours (depends on already owned licences for different vehicles). Slow speed stuff, maneuvering, driving technique, emergency braking, driving with a passenger etc. is all teached & practiced there.

Those driving courses however are not intended for absolute beginners, it's recommended to have put in at least a few hundred miles before taking the courses.
For the exam/test, it's recommended to have at least 2000km (1200mi) under one's belt.

Up until the exam, you need to have a Learner's sign (L-Plate) next to your number plate.

In my opinion, it's a very good system.

[Chaz]

I should add that while I've never ridden a motorcycle in the past, I've always driven with the mindset of someone that does (or worse...lol). I've also read up on it.

Yeah, I was slightly concerned about the low-speed stuff (watched too many youtube clips?). I actually had no trouble with it, though. Spent a few minutes doing it and could already throw it around pretty confidently. Glad I didn't buy a "starter" bike.

Not sure what the deal with the fender is (I've seen pictures of a few other "G" bikes with them...one actually a Suzuki ad). It's actually an '81, FWIW.

I'll keep you guys updated.

[Chaz]

Around here, one has to take a mandatory driving course, which takes either 8 hours or 12 hours (depends on already owned licences for different vehicles). Slow speed stuff, maneuvering, driving technique, emergency braking, driving with a passenger etc. is all teached & practiced there.

Those driving courses however are not intended for absolute beginners, it's recommended to have put in at least a few hundred miles before taking the courses.
For the exam/test, it's recommended to have at least 2000km (1200mi) under one's belt.

Up until the exam, you need to have a Learner's sign (L-Plate) next to your number plate.

In my opinion, it's a very good system.

Interesting.

I had to pay $10 and score 80% on a basic 20 question test to get the "instructional permit"...no passengers, daylight only, no limited-access roads...wear a helmet and try not to die...lol. You can take the actual test at any time to get the full license: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_jqRsjW4M

[Jedz123]

I took the MSF nearly a decade after getting my endorsement... Best thing to do with your time and skill set! I fell in love with the MSF course bike the TU250X (why I have one now).

Enjoy and good luck!!! It's a great time!

[Jedz123]

Speaking of MSF and MSF bikes, here's me getting after my modified TUX!

[DohcBikes]

I have done electrical work on the very first tu250x to ever be imported to the u.s., before they were available here. Neat bikes.