A local road[attach id=19152]Grapetree Rd Pechey not far from home.
Nice, love the countryside you have around you.
Quote from: HockleyBoy on November 13, 2023, 04:13:28 PMNice, love the countryside you have around you.
Looks alot better after 100mm of rain over the last week
The end of a nice day
Another quick ride down to the dam
Tell me about your seat pad set-up, how long is it good for?
Quote from: gcloys on December 06, 2023, 11:30:14 PMTell me about your seat pad set-up, how long is it good for?
As you see, I'm not vertically challenged.
Well two items, leftover from my 660 Tenere days.
Top one is an "Airhawk" inflatable & the larger item is a "Coleman comfort seat"
Both mainly used now for increasing saddle height.
The Coleman was a $10 item from a garage sale, not very comfortable (similar to the board they call a seat on a DR650 :icon_frown:
The Air Hawk is brilliant :icon_smile: A few reports I've read, the movement between your backside & seat is off putting but that's more than likely from overweight cruiser riders :icon_biggrin:
I'd really like to put 25-30mm into the existing seat but finding an upholsterer anywhere who's interested in a small cash job :BangHead
I thought it looked familiar. I've run the same setup with an inflatable seat cushion under the Coleman. I found a parts bike that I was going to reupholster with a tall saddle but was lucky it had already been done! Makes all the difference for my 193cm frame as my pegs were already lowered by 1"(2.54cm)
Great to hear :thumbsup
Other sites I've been on with previous bikes, DR650 & XT660Z the talk was about fitting lower seat heights for those vertically challenged :rfl
I don't know why they didn't wake up & realise a cruiser style bike would better suit them.
I look back at me atop of my first road bike, CB500/4 in the '70s :icon_redface: Reminds me of #34 Kevin Schwantz aboard the Pepsi Suzuki
How did you lower your pegs?
The RH side appears relatively straight forward but the left could be a bit complicated.
I made mine longer & wider, same as my old DR650 & Tenere
Quote from: Madruss on December 22, 2023, 10:27:56 PMHow did you lower your pegs?
The RH side appears relatively straight forward but the left could be a bit complicated.
I made mine longer & wider, same as my old DR650 & Tenere
They were lowered by the previous owner. He cut the mount from the peg and welded a small piece of square tube between to lower them. Others on the Facebook page have needed to modify the rod for the shift lever and brake to lower the controls enough to suit the lowered pegs.
Very good :thumbsup
I've fabricated some "rear set" pegs on my Honda 750/4 back in the early 90's by making a couple of plates & welding them into the pillion peg loop.
This appears to be marginally simpler but I'll wait till it passes a RWC (road worthy certificate) down here equivalent to your MOT. I don't need any complications with un engineered "modifications".
Some of these inspectors can be a bit testy on that front.
Quote from: Madruss on December 28, 2023, 10:12:04 AMVery good :thumbsup
I've fabricated some "rear set" pegs on my Honda 750/4 back in the early 90's by making a couple of plates & welding them into the pillion peg loop.
This appears to be marginally simpler but I'll wait till it passes a RWC (road worthy certificate) down here equivalent to your MOT. I don't need any complications with un engineered "modifications".
Some of these inspectors can be a bit testy on that front.
I'm in the U.S.A. in a state that doesn't require inspections, there are a lot of beaters around here! Some states don't even require insurance for motorcycles!
Quote from: gcloys on December 28, 2023, 02:46:24 PMI'm in the U.S.A. in a state that doesn't require inspections, there are a lot of beaters around here! Some states don't even require insurance for motorcycles!
Inspections are "all over the shop" in Australian states, some require them annually, under 5 yrs old not required & some at point of resale
Here In Qld, they've jacked up the solo seat rego (CTP) insurance to nearly the price of pillion rego.
The :Topes reason they say, more rider accident claims now than previously. The accident claims were more pillion passengers being injured before.
Obviously, the cost of fuel, covid & older riders back on the road along with dickheads on mobile phones in 4 wheels, who aren't "on the ball" add up to the increase in bike related accidents, which give the data watching revenue "milkers" the reasoning to jack up the $$$$$ :icon_frown:
One thing which has surprised me is how tall first gear is.
I'm about to replace the rear tyre (old age & some lugs have cracks) with a 130 instead of the 140 currently.
Hope it makes a bit of difference.
The mate I ride with, thinks his chrome & glitter layback HD goes hard :rfl Riding normally, the Tiger sprints away :icon_mrgreen:
Here in the UK, some insurers are now charging more if you carry a pillion. Once insurer has upped the price if you ride less than 2000 miles a year, claiming you're more prone to accidents as you don't ride enough, others say the more you ride, the more the risk - any excuse...
😒 we have one insurer here who advertise we'll tailor insurance to you.😂
I said I was riding 6klm to & from work, around the outskirts of a regional town village .
Thought this will be cheap, got the verbal quote. I said thats great for annual premium, oh no he says, thats per month 🫣🙄😬
Hahahaha, insurers are great at one thing. Getting paid. ;)
In NL we now have an insurer that charges you an annual fee and then you can 'switch on or off' when you are riding. You pay extra per actual day of riding. So far they do not seem cheaper than my regular insurer that I can ride the bike year round with. However, my insurance is pretty cheap. At under €8 per month for insurance and about the same for tax per month, I cannot complain. ;)
We too have an annual fee, the insurers call it a 'Admin' fee, then there's the 'Arrangement' fee, then the Taxman adds his 'fee'.
I'm pretty sure if I could go direct to the underwriter & not have to pay insurance premium tax (12%), my insurance would work out around half of what I actually pay