Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted December 9, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted December 9, 2023 48 minutes ago, texscottyd said: Today, we ride… 🤘 IFIYGD It's like a spring day here it may get up to 48 but tomorrow it'll be 36 and then no sun for another week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted December 10, 2023 Supporting Member Share Posted December 10, 2023 Sometimes I just have to slow down and pay attention to the beauty of nature… A truly glorious December day on the Texas Gulf Coast. Sargent Beach, Texas. 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted December 10, 2023 Supporting Member Share Posted December 10, 2023 @texscottyd Very nice photo. Consider yourself fortunate to be able to ride in "summer weather" in December. This past week the PNW experienced an atmospheric river, different parts of Western Washington got over 7" of rain in 24 hours, rivers rose to record levels with extensive lowland flooding. https://floodlist.com/america/usa/floods-washington-oregon-december-2023 4 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warchild Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 12 hours ago, betoney said: This past week the PNW experienced an atmospheric river, different parts of Western Washington got over 7" of rain in 24 hours, rivers rose to record levels with extensive lowland flooding. The Yakima River running near my town of West Richland is extremely high right now due to this atmospheric river, but there was a tiny break yesterday at dawn they yielded this fine photograph of the sunrise of fire: 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted December 10, 2023 Supporting Member Share Posted December 10, 2023 @Warchild Very nice sunrise photo! Glad you didn't have as much rain as we did on the Western side. This first photo is my daughter stuck in flood water, driving to work early in the morning in the dark and her car stalled out. She sat there for about 90 minutes waiting for rescue as the water level rose up to the middle of her car door, her Volvo was a total loss. While she was waiting for a tow truck to arrive, a school bus went nose down in a ditch about 200' away. 3 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilo3 Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 On a happier note, after doing the valves on my bike, it actually runs and revs! First timer with the whole valve under bucket deal. Sadly had to tear it partly back down again to cylinder #1 spark plug valve cover gasket phuckery but that's the way she goes. New spark plugs, flushed coolant, gave the radiator a soak over night to release the bugs, new air filter, oil change, 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted December 10, 2023 Supporting Member Share Posted December 10, 2023 @kilo3 - Very nice! The sense of accomplishment with that task is very real, and warranted. You know it’s done right, and it seems to run even better knowing you did it yourself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted December 10, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted December 10, 2023 6 hours ago, betoney said: @Warchild Very nice sunrise photo! Glad you didn't have as much rain as we did on the Western side. This first photo is my daughter stuck in flood water, driving to work early in the morning in the dark and her car stalled out. She sat there for about 90 minutes waiting for rescue as the water level rose up to the middle of her car door, her Volvo was a total loss. While she was waiting for a tow truck to arrive, a school bus went nose down in a ditch about 200' away. Yikes! How long has your daughter been driving? She'll remember as will you and the rest of the family this event forever! Being out in the dark with no street lights must have been scary. Hopefully she can laugh if you ask her if for Christmas she wants an amphibious car. It'd probably be cheaper than a new Volvo. Good insurance? Like every urban area it's the people who know there's likely deep water and try it anyway who blow my mind. There are train viaducts on IL Rt 41 near Lake Forest and in Lake Bluff they've had to get scuba divers out more than once to save idiots! I'm not kidding. This is in Highland Park, IL where the July 4th "mass shooting" was, and where I played in the farm fields and creeks when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted December 11, 2023 Supporting Member Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, 2and3cylinders said: Yikes! How long has your daughter been driving? She'll remember as will you and the rest of the family this event forever! Being out in the dark with no street lights must have been scary. She has been driving about 20 years. Yes, the road was very rural, no street lights. The area that flooded was where 2 creeks converge which is right off an estuary so the car was sitting in salt water. The damage assessor at Volvo called her and said even after only 2 days there was significant corrosion, they weren't going to waste the time or manpower itemizing a claim for the insurance company, they were just going to consider it a total loss. 1 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted December 12, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted December 12, 2023 On 12/10/2023 at 6:05 PM, betoney said: She has been driving about 20 years. Yes, the road was very rural, no street lights. The area that flooded was where 2 creeks converge which is right off an estuary so the car was sitting in salt water. The damage assessor at Volvo called her and said even after only 2 days there was significant corrosion, they weren't going to waste the time or manpower itemizing a claim for the insurance company, they were just going to consider it a total loss. No worries of saltwater here! Our youngest had a thankfully no injury head-on within 6 months of starting driving. But they're always your babies no matter how old they are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member piotrek Posted December 17, 2023 Supporting Member Share Posted December 17, 2023 Got the exhaust plumbing all clean. Easy enough to do with it off the bike... but that extra step to make it all shiny just ain't in the cards. Not too bad for 9yo headers anyway. New brake rotor on the rear. I checked my front rotors and they're still within spec, thankfully. I bought two R1 rotors for USD $220 in 2018 for the 320mm upgrade... they're USD $320 now for the pair at Partzilla... ouch! All the routine stuff has been done over last few weekends. Waiting to get the dash stay welded up, the shock serviced and the fork valves put together... than the sad-looking contraption will be ready for re-assembly. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted December 18, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 Man! You're way ahead of me on maintenance but you're also farther north. Yeh, my R1 rotors AND MC were like $300 total. Same for my fork cartridges and Razor R, and all the other components I bought in 16~18. Only thing I haven't touched is the OEM exhaust; never even had it off. Yet the headers aren't bad, a nice even golden amber with little spotting. And there was the Pandemic... But Yamahaha parts compared to othe mfgrs are still almost reasonable. How'd you like the Mutants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonZuidhoek Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 11 hours ago, piotrek said: Not much left of the bike. Good job, getting ready for next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shapala Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 8/27/2023 at 6:08 AM, OZVFR said: Made my own wind deflector for my adapted MT10 screen. Tried a clip on wing but wasn’t happy with turbulence. It’s surprising how well this small thing cleans up the air. Super happy. Hello , can you give more details for this deflector: From where you get and how is mounted on bike? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZVFR Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I made a cardboard template, than cut some Perspex a bit bigger and used a grinder for the final shape. A heat gun to give it a slight bend. Auto double sided tape to stick it on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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