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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Photographic Ride Reports => Topic started by: TrueAce on February 27, 2016, 06:57:02 PM
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Kinda chilly today, light breeze, 67 degrees, guess I should see if the bike will start after sitting up all three days of the cold weather. Yea, guess we have a short ride down the coast........
Old 1848 lighthouse on St. George Island, rebuilt brick by brick after destroyed by a hurricane in 1994.......
Carrabelle,Fl. police department, where crimes falling and the police are downsizing...
Just a quick run 200 miles down the coast, dodging deer and snowbirds.Maybe tomorrow will be better.....
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My lack of computer skill is showing,,,let me try again on that last pic......
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:riding:
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I love yellow K bikes!
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It's not yellow......it's DAKAR YELLOW.
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Yes even better, but we have to get those photos orientated correctly.
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Yeah, I know. My granddaughter wasn't her to do in for me. Thought of a new name for the bike color..."A'int Skeered Yella", but the boys up North might not understand it.
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67 chilly? Where the hell are you, Mercury? :yow See you have one of those basturd Russian BMW imitations too. That's all I ride in the winter, 3rd wheel really helps it stay upright.
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Been addicted to hacks long time, this is my third. Put a Hannigan on an '04 K1200RS which was wicked quick. Wish I'd kept that bike, but that's back when Nazi Woman placed limits on how many "units" could be in the garage.
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but the boys up North might not understand it.
We'd call it "Test Sample Yellow."
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Maybe that's just the way the light is hitting it though. I'll switch monitor preferences.
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Laitch, you still doing urinalysis? I thought probation was over. Don't you be doesn't my rare Dakar Yellow K75S!
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I thought probation was over.
Wouldn't the court tell you when it's over, Ace? Did they run out of ankle monitors and require your bike to be that color?
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Just call my bike "Sunshine", which I'll be riding in again today. Say, how's the weather in the frozen North, Laitch?
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Sunny and 46ºF, Ace. Light reflecting on snow. We're in t-shirts.
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Not that I'd mind looking out on the Gulf right now.
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You are welcome to come down and ride anytime.
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Thanks, Ace.
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Been addicted to hacks long time, this is my third. Put a Hannigan on an '04 K1200RS which was wicked quick. Wish I'd kept that bike, but that's back when Nazi Woman placed limits on how many "units" could be in the garage.
Had a flexit on my 75s many moons and colors ago, but back then I decided I needed to ride to get away from people rather than taking them with me :riding:
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Sorry, keeping with the gist of the thread.....
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That's gonna be my next project.......put a sidecar on a K100! Whose done it......speak up? Not much frame to work with, since the engine is a stressed member.
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Dang it, Laitch! You put some bad juju on Yella Dog.................today on a five hour ride all over the interior back roads of the Apalachicola National Forest, my bike spit the left side cover off in the ditch somewhere, yeah, a rare unobtanium Dakar Yellow side panel! Guess I'll be coating a spare panel with mustard to get the right shade!
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Oh, oh... Sounds like I better be locking my garage now.
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Just call my bike "Sunshine", which I'll be riding in again today. Say, how's the weather in the frozen North, Laitch?
Are you riding south of the equator? You are upside down. ..
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Watch out, Gryphonator, I know where you live!
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Taking the side covers off and getting a safe deposit box. You're only hope is to get here before morning.
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I'm on my way!
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Ace are you using a Ozzie camera, I don't have to turn my monitor upside down to view your pictures. By the by I have never seen that colour Yellow in OZ only a really bright yellow one, and not sure if that was original.
Regards Martin.
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Martin, unlike most K-bikers, I am a kind, considerate, and humble guy. I put duplex pictures up so that the Ozzie's wouldn't have to turn there computers upside down to see the North American versions.
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I would pay the local Boy Scout troops to look for it. Next time security tethers
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Never had one pop off like that.........tethers for sure from now on.
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Ace you are a true Gentleman :euro and a credit to the American race.
Regards a humbled Martin.
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Dang it, Laitch! You put some bad juju on Yella Dog.................today on a five hour ride all over the interior back roads of the Apalachicola National Forest, my bike spit the left side cover off in the ditch somewhere, yeah, a rare unobtanium Dakar Yellow side panel! Guess I'll be coating a spare panel with mustard to get the right shade!
I conserve bad juju for serious application, Ace. This was probably metal fatigue in that spring clip. I'm happy you've got a spare for replacement. It's a fine specimen of a bike even though it's a little too cheerful looking.
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Funny thing happened, when I reached my lunch stop, the cover was half loose, and the clip was loose down by the peg. A miracle, I'm thinking. I reassemble everything, check the other side, and away I ride. Gas stop , it's gone. Bugs the hell out of me cause I don't think that color is available from the replica paint folks, so it's custom blend. And worse, my spares I thought I had, I don't. I am usually not a particularly violent man, but since the Mighty Gyphon has the only other Dakar Yellow K75 S in North American, I am headed to NY.
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Funny thing happened, when I reached my lunch stop, the cover was half loose, and the clip was loose down by the peg. A miracle, I'm thinking. I reassemble everything, check the other side, and away I ride. Gas stop , it's gone.
It's on the shoulder of the first hard left turn after your stop, Ace. Theresa Caputo featured it in a short video clip.
Anyway, this company (http://www.cyclecolor.com/ID21.HTM) claims to have the color. They've listed it as Yellow in the text chart. but it's cross--referenced as Dakargelb2 in the color samples. Check the paint scheme and code numbers under the bike's seat
It's lovely in western New York this time of year.
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Ace, you can get Dakar Yeller at the paint shop. I did the belly pan on mine back in November, and the color match was perfect. The can says Axalta. Ask around.
I just went to the place where I get my paint stuff and asked if they had BMW code 267. I had a side panel for their color machine, but they said they had it in the data base. They used the panel in the machine to check if the formula in the data base was right. It was a near perfect match considering the panel was 22 years old.
Heading out to the garage to put lanyards on my side covers so they don't disappear at night.
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Don't listen to Laitch. The weather around here sucks, and my garage is a very dangerous place since I started puppy sitting a friend's attack pit bulls last Saturday. They don't warm up to strangers very well.
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Thanks for the paint info,MG. You know how obsessed we OCD's get. Bringing Gock 24 & 35 with me.........they never had a Yankee puppy to eat before, should be interesting.
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They're very dark brown and they don't bark. You don't want to show up at night.
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Speaking of winter riding ... who ordered the fluffy rain?
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I have a 1985 K100/EML rig that gets out in the Winter every once in awhile;
(https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/11-27-15/i-H3bP89n/0/L/Turkey%206-L.jpg) (https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/11-27-15/i-H3bP89n/A)
The Ural is the daily driver though.
(https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Grocery-Stop-12-17-08/i-rnwCbPH/0/L/102-L.jpg) (https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Grocery-Stop-12-17-08/i-rnwCbPH/A)
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I love it! Running in snow would be too much fun. Trying to figure out how to mount to an '85 K100RS........does EML have a sub frame, or how did you attach?
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This was actually a factory built, EML factory, rig new in 1985 and shipped to the U.S. EML built their own frames, leading link front end and a dual sided swing arm and moved the K100 engine and drive train into it. They used the front sub frame from the K100 also. Mine is a K100RS. EML also makes do it yourself kits to convert yours along with the leading link front end. There are a couple of good sidecar builders that would also do whatever you needed, Claude is one of the best up in Pennsylvania; http://www.freedomsidecars.com/
Lots of good information in the Hacks forum on ADV; http://advrider.com/index.php?forums/hacks.56/
A bunch more pictures of mine on my smugmug if you want some details; https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1985-K100RSEML/
(https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1985-K100RSEML/i-VnZht3F/0/O/K100rs_EML_Sport_3_4_front.jpg) (https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1985-K100RSEML/i-VnZht3F/A)
(https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/K-Bike-6-3-15/i-WPk74td/0/M/KIMG0003-M.jpg) (https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/K-Bike-6-3-15/i-WPk74td/A)
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You've got a beautiful rig! Is that 144,000 miles on the odometer........fantastic shape. I love that you got the leading link and auto tires. Thanks for the links. Looks like Claude has experience with all sidecar brands. I love Urals, but I want another rig which has a bit more top end for the highway. I can set up a K100RS or R1100GS. The subframe is the key.
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It is all about the subframe and yes that was 144,000 miles now it has closer to 150,000. I have a 2003 1150 GS I bought new and put a sidecar on at 60,000 miles. The bike now has 120,000 and except for regular maintenance all I have done is put a clutch in at 100,000. The GS has been in every Canadian province, every U.S. state and five Mexican states so far.
(https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Holy-Cross-8-20-2011/i-PdNg4xx/0/M/110820_132404-M.jpg) (https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Holy-Cross-8-20-2011/i-PdNg4xx/A)
(https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Trans-Labrador/Day-10/i-M6wSTfr/0/M/100702_094821-M.jpg) (https://dirtydr.smugmug.com/Trans-Labrador/Day-10/i-M6wSTfr/A)
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That's what I need up in North Carolina. Is that a Rukus towed behind........too cool! With all those gravel roads in the Rocky Mountains, that's a great rig to have. Hoping to do some riding in Colorado this summer on JO's big trip. You going to join for part of that? So you've got three hacks....K100, R1150GS and Ural? Man after my heart! Too cool!
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Actually that is my Rokon on the trailer. I have a R1100RS for a 2 wheeler also.
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Is that a Hannigan on the GS? How does the K100RS compare with the K1100RS in riding?
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California Sidecar friendship II. Can't really compare the two since the K is a hack and the R is a solo. Ergos are the same though.