Motorcycle Pictures (Or Why I'm Never Around)

[Dyyryath]

I've been away from the forums quite a bit lately, but I assure you it's not from lack of interest! Rather, it's just a lack of time. I've spent most of free time lately working on my bike (it's riding time again) and a second job.

Hopefully, now that my bike is mostly ready to go, I'll have a little more time to keep up with the stuff going on around here. :)

Anyway, here's what I've been doing for the last month:

http://www.zerothelement.com/offsite-images/motorcycles/fzr400_2003-04-18_200x150_left-front.jpg

There are more details about it (and links to bigger pictures) on my personal site (http://www.zerothelement.com) for anyone who's curious about it.

[magnav0x]

Nice looking bike you got there Dyyr, nice and classy. I especialy like the training wheels :thumbs: :rotfl:

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

So Come on dude, when ya applying the Overclock or have ya done it already *lmao*
Hmm I need some new wheels as I think I burnt the last set out burning rubber to pass Ye Olde Iron 'Target Butt' Bits the other week on seti :jester:
Have a :cheers: or :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: but try and ride that bike after the 4 :cheers: cos well I wanna good pic of that

[Dyyryath]

Originally posted by magnav0x
I especialy like the training wheels :thumbs: :rotfl:

LOL :D

[Chinasaur]

Along the Columbia River Gorge near John Day Dam

http://atg.hobbiton.org/Pics/DrewConnie.jpg

Printman from DF was riding buddy

http://atg.hobbiton.org/Pics/MikePCDam.jpg

65 Deg and beautiful. Computers are good but they can't compare to a fast ride :)

[magnav0x]

Nice looking bike you got there Chinasaur, but no training wheels :( :jester:

[Chinasaur]

Trunk I put on before vacation

http://atg.hobbiton.org/Pics/trunk3.jpg

1102 miles, massive rain, hit a Opossum at night on I-84 :(.. , 263mi without even hitting reserve on one leg, 45.775mpg avg, rode through blowing snow near Crater Lake, Oregon; ice on windshield at one point...found I can't see at night worth shi#, at night mistook an exit ramp for highway and sailed into a rest stop doing 60mph across two lanes of traffic :scared: ... but I farking lived through it :)

I'm glad to be home and warm and having the boxen crunching again.

Moral of the story? Worst day on the bike is always better than the best day at work :thumbs:


:cheers:

[Paratima]

Originally posted by Chinasaur
found I can't see at night worth shi#, at night mistook an exit ramp for highway and sailed into a rest stop doing 60mph across two lanes of traffic :scared:Durnit China, you be careful! But it sure sounds like you had a great ride!!

[stibnite]

you people be careful with those things!

There's a reason surgeons call them "Donor-cycles"

[RacerX]

Here is a pic of my pride and joy. Has a bit more carbon fiber on it now. But, you get the idea.

[Chinasaur]

Oh yeah :) Ducati :thumbs:

I can't ride a sportbike because they turn me into a pretzel, but Ducati's are the prettiest bikes around.

And stibnite, they sure can be...

Keep on riding :)


:cheers:

[Chinasaur]

Check out www.motorcycle.com

Huge article on the Ducati Multistrada :)

Reqires paid subscription to read..but motorcycle.com is a great site and worth it :)

Mos' pretty bike :)



:cheers:

[Dyyryath]

The last Ducati I rode:

http://www.zerothelement.com/motorcycles/Dyyryath-Ducati.jpg

It was a 900SS, seen here in turn 4 at Roebling Road Raceway in Savannah, GA.

I've got a color version of this somewhere. I'll have to find it, because the bike looks much better in bright yellow. ;)

[Chinasaur]

That's you in the picture?

:thumbs:



:cheers:

[Dyyryath]

Yup. I won that race, as I remember. I also remember that I blew the motor on the bike the next race weekend after that one. :D

[cygnussphere]

RacerX and the cygnussphere engaged in a high speed chase! :lmao:

http://myweb.cableone.net/eventhorizon/pics/rc2.jpg

during a recient DC convention RacerX finally concedes to let the cygnussphere jump on the Triumph and make VVVVRRRROOOOOOMMMMMM noises:hifi:

:banana: :banana: :banana:


:tempted:

:cheers:

[Chinasaur]

Got this December 11th and have it decked out for some mileage -

Shadow Sabre with Ventura Pack System and Chase Harper Luggage

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/webpics/ventura/vpackhw5


New V&H Muffler Baffle Wrap

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/webpics/coppermuffler/copper13


Where are the rest of you bikers going this year? We're definately doing Devils Tower, and hopefully Bryce Canyon. A dollar from each Free-DC member would get me to Banff as well ;)

Ride safe ya'll.

[QIbHom]

Dang, you all are making me miss riding. This isn't the best place for it, but I still miss tooling around back country roads at around 30 mph. Maybe someday, I'll find a battered BMW R90 or something, and bring it back to life. Or get a Ural. That would probably be more sensible with my bum knee. Nothing like putting your foot down, and having it crumple on you.

[RacerX]

I will donate a dollar to you, Chinasaur. However, you have to swing by here an pick it up on your way through.

Deal??:thumbs:

[Chinasaur]

QiBHom,

Bah..get out there anyway. Worst day on the bike is better than the best day at work :)

RacerX,

We'll be riding over the Blues as soon as we can get dependable weather. How far from Cygnussphere are you? He's 4hrs from me.
BTW, saw a 996 in same colors as yours today. Friend I was with had never seen a Ducati in person and she agreed...raw sex. Just something about Italian bikes. To make it worse, it was next to an Aprilia RSV :D

After this winter, this riding season is shaping up to be a great one!

[guru]

Hear's my main beast. Back when it was new and unchanged.

http://www.mynoggin.net/gallery/album47/img137_001

It's now got 56K miles on it and get 45mpg. Oh yea and it tops out at 160mph.

Below is my latest mod to it. I just need to finish the front wheel.

http://www.mynoggin.net/gallery/album47/DSCN0135

guru

Other motorcycle pics. bike gallery (http://www.mynoggin.net/gallery/bikes)

[RacerX]

Chinasaur, I am about two hours from Cygnus. At least for another month. My house is going on the market April 1 then I will be right in his neck of the woods. If you ever get down to his place go north out of Boise toward Stanley. WOW!

I agree about the RSV. That is actually what I was looking at when they made me the smokin deal on the Duc.

[Thor]

So many people around whp are also riding motorcycles!
Guess I have to post some pictures of my bike somtimes....
Most people outside Europe probably don't even know it: Suzuki DR 800 (also known as DR BIG )
It is an enduro with the biggest production single cylinder engine ever built... 800ccm, one cylinder and a seat height of 90cm....

and it is mine :smoking:

Greets Thor

[Dyyryath]

I've been steadily working on my R1. I'm trying to find a decent turbo kit for it that's not going to make me build everything from scratch, which is turning out to be a PITA. In the meantime, I still have my streetfighter to ride. ;)

I'm also trying to decide what I'm going to run on the track this year. I'm looking at an SV650 pretty hard, but I haven't made any decisions yet...

[magicfan241]

Well, I have a pedal bicycle.

My turbo kit is working out for the extra push.

My engine is a 6 foot 2 inch tall skinny nerd.

My spedometer is held on with duct tape.

I've had to replace my tires twice, about every 5,000 miles on the bike

I need to wash my bike, the trails made it really messy.

my bike rocks!

magicfan241

[Paratima]

Sounds to me like magicfan241's got the best deal. Great milage, too! :thumbs:

[Anteraan]

I ride both a motorcycle ('95 Yamaha Seca II, black), and a small array of road-oriented bicycles. One is a Bianchi track bike (one gear, fixed hub, and no brakes, woohoo!), my second is a Cannondale hybrid commuter (which I really should sell, but it has been such a good bike, I can't bear the thought), and my baby is a Softride R1 Classic -- sky blue and bizarre-looking but very functional, very aero, and wayyyy comfy for long-distance riding. I've got a picture album here, in case any other two-wheeled afficionados are curious. http://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForumPicPost/anteraanthepresent.msnw?Page=1 You really should look at the Softride, as it's quite unique in design. It also gets me 15-20 miles per banana, so the mileage is good. :D :banana:

[magicfan241]

You can go 15-20 miles on a banana???

Damn. I already have a hypermetabolism, so I need to eat a lot.

I have been known to go for an entire week long backpacking trip on ramen noodles and water.

man did that suck, I went home and ate alot of ice cream, needed sugar

magicfan241

[Paratima]

Nice bikes, Anteraan. That Softride R1 really is a beauty!

[magicfan241]

Yeah I did like the Softride.

I'm putting a new seat on bike, as a present to myself (I got it on my birthday, but havn't put it on yet)

I give some pictures, once I have cleaned it :)

When the weather is good (happening more frequently now) I do about 5 miles a day. Keeps in ok shape.

I also walk a mile to school, but that is another story....

magicfan241

[pointwood]

Anteraan: That bike looks really cool!

I'm more into mountainbikes though I don't actually ride much. I just got a new one though (the old one got stolen :swear: ), you can find a picture of it here:
http://www.ramskov.org/temp/beone.jpg (warning: size is 1600x1200)

[Xilman]

I ride a Honda ST1100, aka Pan European. Nice big heavy tourer for those who haven't heard of these things. I don't have any pictures of it yet.


Paul

[Dyyryath]

Xilman: those bikes have something of a following here in the US. There are several groups dedicated strictly to the ST1100. Not everyone likes it, but those that do tend to *love* it.

[RacerX]

Well, I gotta post this. I am really excited and have to tell someone.

This June I will turn 35. For my birthday, my girlfriend announced last night, she is taking me to Florence, Italy to take in the Mugello round of the MotoGP. If that wasn't enough we will then hop over to the Isle of Mann the following Wednesday to watch the TT races for 3 days. Finally, down to the Silverstone round of World Superbikes Championship. :banana:

[guru]

That's great news. You only got me by a month. :Pokes:

Oh yea congrats on the trip too. :|party|:

guru

[guru]

Ok, no more late night postings for me. Here are the pictures I tried to post before but borked the links.


My ride when it was new.

http://www.mynoggin.net/albums/album47/img137_001.sized.jpg

and here is my rear wheel after I stripped some of the paint off.

http://www.mynoggin.net/albums/album47/DSCN0135.sized.jpg

I ride better then I post. :bang:

guru

[Anteraan]

Yes, but you choose your motorcycles well. Ooooooo, VFR -- yummy! The return of the Interceptor name was pretty cool too.

[Xilman]

Originally posted by Dyyryath
Xilman: those bikes have something of a following here in the US. There are several groups dedicated strictly to the ST1100. Not everyone likes it, but those that do tend to *love* it.
Same here. I'm a fully paid-up member of the Pan-Clan http://pan-clan.org/

Paul

[Chinasaur]

Wow..nice bike rides guys. You are in better shape than I am ;)

And RacerX..you suck man :( Congrautulations though..that will be ba fund trip.

Guru...I still can't see your pics bro :(

I think the ST1100 is the "Official" ride 90% of the Iron Butt winners. I prefer it's look over the ST1300.

[guru]

My dynamic dns didn't update properly last night. When I get home I'll fix it and the picture should work again.

guru

[GHOST]

this (http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/JalamaRd.htm) was my favorite ride. from l.a. i would go through the los padres (http://www.virtualparks.org/parks/los-padres-text-list.html), up to san luis obispo, down to jalama, home on the pch. 400mi.

pic when bike was new.

have no desire to ride on todays metropolitan roads.

[IronBits]

I spent going up the left coast, via Hwy 1, from
Santa Monica, until I hit the Oregon Coast.
Turned right, went to the sea lion caves, turned back about 5 miles,
and headed straight south over the mountains until we hit hwy 101,
and then deadheaded all the way back from the San Francisco Bridge. :D
We camped every night, every other day at a KOA ;) and just had a ball!

I spent the whole time cruising on this :D

[IronBits]

Of course, due to health problems, I can no longer ride,
so both were sold last year. :(

Keep the rubber on the ground :thumbs:

[Chinasaur]

Moved in with GF this last January.

She wanted to learn to ride. She kept saying she liked my bike (Concours) and the BMW touring style.

We looked at bikes. She likes a used Honda Shadow Sabre we find. I tell her you'll be exposed and get rained on if you go with a Cruiser style. She hates being cold.

Like an idiot I sell her my Connie :bang: . I buy the Sabre .. fool that I am :bang:

She learns to ride on the Connie...amazingly (course she is 5'11") and quite well I might add. She never does get completely comfortable with it though...it is a big bike for a beginner (I know and I knew better..but she insisted and all...).

She drops it once during lessons, and then were in Umatilla, OR pulling into a gas station and I hear this BAWHAAM! from behind me and she's gone done (other side this time) cracking the fairing with her boot. At least she listened and bought complete gear.

So we're breaking up and she's moving out. Asks if I want to trade back since I never got over selling Connie. I think about it.....

I hesitate too long and she buys a 1994 Shadow 1100... :bang:

So now she's moved out and East, and I am buying my Connie back from her (minus the $250 the lower fairing panel will cost) while we're making arrangement to ship her Shadow back East.

After getting back on the Concours I realized how much of my skills have atrophied being on a cruiser. And how GLAD I am that I am back on the Connie with it's superior steering, handling and load carrying capacity.

They say never sell a Ducatti? Never EVER sell a Concours. Thank goodness at least I got it back :thumbs:

Don't know what the point of this story is... stay single or never sell your cherished ride.... hmmm...

Probably BOTH :D

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/moto.gif

[IronBits]

:rotfl:
I also had 2 dirt bikes, 3 Harley's, and a honda 90cc, built to 100cc,
that I used for hill climbing the rediculously impossible,
when I was about 22 y/o :crazy: :jester: :D

[Chinasaur]

It's a drag you were forced to sell your bikes IB... I feel your pain :(

[Dyyryath]

I've been MIA here for some time due in large part to my bikes. I've got a couple of big work projects going on that take up most of my time on the computer and all of my spare time has been spent either prepping for the track, at the track, or putting my new R1 back together.

I'll have some pictures to post of it in another week or two when all my carbon fiber bodywork shows up. :)

In the meantime, here's my small bike on a short straight at VIR recently:

http://www.zerothelement.com/offsite-images/Dyyryath-VIR-2004.png

Here's the same bike next to my truck at CMP:

http://www.zerothelement.com/offsite-images/FZR-Tacoma-600w.jpg

[Chinasaur]

Dyy,

Why no fairing? I had a ZRX1100 for two years and got beat to death by the wind even with it's little bikini fairing.


http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/webpics/lworth6.jpeg


Does your racing class not allow fairings?

[Dyyryath]

That's not actually my race bike, but rather my streetfighter that's been doing double duty as a race bike while I work on my real race bike. It's a pretty close match though, both are based on the FZR400 frame using a larger 600 class motor. My race bike does have fairings, however.

The lack of fairings on the bike in the pictures is just a style thing. It usually has headlights & stuff which keep from looking quite so bare as it does on the racetrack. Streetfighters aren't nearly as popular in the US as they are overseas, but the look has always appealed to me. My R1 also has fairings (or will when they show up :) ), but I figured I needed at least one 'naked' bike. :D

Here she is in street form:

http://www.zerothelement.com/offsite-images/dyyryath-fzr.png

She's light (less than 380lbs full of gas), relatively powerful (about 95 hp at the rear wheel), and with a short wheelbase and steep steering head angle, a total gas to ride:

http://www.zerothelement.com/offsite-images/dyyryath-fzr-riding.jpg

[Chinasaur]

You be careful out there among those English!


http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/moto.gif

[IronBits]

:moto: :moon: :moto: :rotfl:

:cheers:

[Paratima]

Ohmigawd! Biker smilies!!

[Chinasaur]

Printman (DF), Cygnussphere and Chinasaur - RacerX came over to meet us but we didn't get his picture. :( 763 mi weekend and EIGHT passes on the way home. Printman did 1500+ mi over the weekend on his Pacific Coast 800.

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/webpics/Mike_Steve_Drew1.jpg

Cyg's hospitality knew no bounds and is now legendary....we are indebted to him. :notworthy


:moto:

[Dyyryath]

Now THAT'S cool. :thumbs:

[Chinasaur]

15.5MB Warning :Pokes:

It's getting colder ... so I made this (http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/Motorcyclesx2b.mov) to help me through the Winter.

Hope you enjoy it. :moto:

:cheers:

[Chinasaur]

Just got back two hours ago. All showered and relaxing with a beer and thought I'd share some really bad VGA pics of the trip. Taken with a SidekickII.

Left Friday for Kennewick, WA where I met up with printman9. Saturday down to Nampa, ID where we were hosted yet again by cygnussphere (Thanks Dude!!!), then down to Cedar City, UT on Sunday. Monday saw us at Zion National Park. Sadly, the Grand Canyon was 135 miles away and didn't fit into our plans....maybe next time. Tuesday saw us at Bryce Canyon National Park and a 30 minute helicopter ride over Bryce!!!! Freaking awesome pictures to follow as soon as I get them from printman9. Wednesday and Thursday were travel days back to Washington.

All told we had two 636 mi days (weird) and a total mileage of 2634mi over 8 days. Not bad :smoking:

Bikes on Day 1

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/Bikes.jpg


My Kawasaki Concours in Zion National Park

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/ConnieZion.jpg


In Zion Park

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/DrewZion.jpg


Zion again...

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/DrewZion2.jpg


Bryce Canyon National Park

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/bryce.jpg


Natural Bridge at Bryce

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/NatBridge.jpg


printman9 at Bryce

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/MikeBryce.jpg


At Bryce

http://homepage.mac.com/chinasaur/BryceZion/DrewRainbow.jpg



Now back to crunching OGR-25 :D

:cheers: