A Day in the Life...

[Fearless]

Today I was going to be test riding a couple of new parts....gonna have to delay that now.



Tomorrow afternoon, Devin and I have some test riding scheduled, but they are calling for more of the same...we'll see, that may get delayed also.

Reckon I'll be doing some maintenance work and catching up on a few things today.

Kevin

Seems like rain on weekends was going not now rain moving across from Lake Erie off and on same old same old... Rats!

[Larry Sobczak]

We picked up almost an inch of rain Sunday here in southern Illinois.

Looks like it will stay south us today as it moves east.

Ride Safe

[DK Custom Products]

We picked up almost an inch of rain Sunday here in southern Illinois.

Looks like it will stay south us today as it moves east.

Ride Safe

Seems like rain on weekends was going not now rain moving across from Lake Erie off and on same old same old... Rats!

Yep, we got dumped on yesterday. Got a bunch of little stuff done inside.

One thing was-

I've been testing an LED headlight bulb...brighter than the one I've been running in all my bikes for years.

Had to pull it out. It was definitely brighter, but the pattern was not good. I was regularly getting hi-beam flashes from oncoming traffic, even when I was on lo-beam.

Getting ready to put the tried & tested LED bulb back in.



I always use some dielectric grease on all electrical connections.



Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Been a crazy few days, and more to come. But tonight is Beale Street again.

Gonna take a few hours of riding and relaxing before the insane schedule I have tomorrow thru Sunday!

Doing the post I just did on The Dragon, combined with this weeks hectic schedule....

...They remind me of this ride we took thru the Dragon-



Kevin

[gerald martin]

Been a crazy few days, and more to come. But tonight is Beale Street again.

Gonna take a few hours of riding and relaxing before the insane schedule I have tomorrow thru Sunday!

Doing the post I just did on The Dragon, combined with this weeks hectic schedule....

...They remind me of this ride we took thru the Dragon-



Kevin

what speed were you travelling through the tail

[frostbite51]

Went for a little 175 mile jaunt today - stopped for a pic of ND's latest crop that's popping up everywhere:

[Gone2Three]

Went for a little 175 mile jaunt today - stopped for a pic of ND's latest crop that's popping up everywhere:

Nice pick Ron!

[frostbite51]

Thanx. Shot that with my S3 cell phone. $10K worth of camera equipment and where is it when I need it? At home, of course...

[Larry Sobczak]

Heading for the Harley Davidson Museum tomorrow and spending Saturday at the Road America road track for the Vintage Motofest at Elkhart Lake WI.

Vintage motorcycles on display and racing on the track.

Should be an interesting weekend.

Ride Safe

[Dave59]

I took off of work at 9 a.m. my wife was ready to roll when I got there. We took a ride to Lake Michigan, was a beautiful day for a ride then we spent some time walking along the Lake. Perfect day!!! This is the Cordwalk that leads to the Lake from the parking area.

[DK Custom Products]

what speed were you travelling through the tail

I think I averaged 47 mph...maybe got up to 65 or 70 a few times. Most of the curves were at the speed limit x 1.5 to x 2. It can be done much faster on a TG or FW. It was the end of a long day and I thought it was a practice run for the next day...but the next day, there was a few LEO's scattered about, so I took it closer to the speed limit.

Went for a little 175 mile jaunt today - stopped for a pic of ND's latest crop that's popping up everywhere:

Very cool!

Heading for the Harley Davidson Museum tomorrow and spending Saturday at the Road America road track for the Vintage Motofest at Elkhart Lake WI.

Vintage motorcycles on display and racing on the track.

Should be an interesting weekend.

Ride Safe

That should be a lot of fun!

I took off of work at 9 a.m. my wife was ready to roll when I got there. We took a ride to Lake Michigan, was a beautiful day for a ride then we spent some time walking along the Lake. Perfect day!!! This is the Cordwalk that leads to the Lake from the parking area.

Making memories...priceless!

Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

It's been a crazy busy week...and it's not over yet!

Here are a few pics from this last Wednesday night on Beale Street.

Parked the TG right across from our table.



A look up the street as it is beginning to fill up-



Saw a few Customers bikes. This Softail is putting out 121 ft. lbs. of torque, if I remember correctly. The gal that rides it has quite a helmet.



An old Triumph chop-



Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Yesterday was spent installing some parts for testing....

Then 4 hours of riding testing out the parts, and recording data.

Today I should clean the bikes...all 3 are dirty...but I can guarantee you I'm not going to be doing that. lol

Now if there were a bike wash going on nearby...



...all 3 of them might be clean today.

As it is, I will probably spend the rest of the day getting some work done so that next week is a tad less hectic.

Kevin

[Fearless]

Yesterday was spent installing some parts for testing....

Then 4 hours of riding testing out the parts, and recording data.

Today I should clean the bikes...all 3 are dirty...but I can guarantee you I'm not going to be doing that. lol

Now if there were a bike wash going on nearby...



...all 3 of them might be clean today.

As it is, I will probably spend the rest of the day getting some work done so that next week is a tad less hectic.

Kevin

It is what it is... tuff job but someone has to do it. fred

[DK Custom Products]

Wow! It was 83 and humid at 7:45 am when I rode in this morning.

Even more humid and in the 90's right now. Might cool down a bit before the ride home.

It wasn't that long ago that I was feeling like this...hahaha



Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

First thing this morning Mary and I had to run into town for an annual physical and blood test. Not having eaten for 14 hours, Mary and I took her truck.

Very different seeing the road from a cage instead of a bike.

As is typical for Memphis rush hour traffic, we saw two different accidents where tailgaters had run into the car in front of them, slowing traffic to a crawl to get around them.

Here's what the doctor recommended...



Kevin

[Gone2Three]

First thing this morning Mary and I had to run into town for an annual physical and blood test. Not having eaten for 14 hours, Mary and I took her truck.

Very different seeing the road from a cage instead of a bike.

As is typical for Memphis rush hour traffic, we saw two different accidents where tailgaters had run into the car in front of them, slowing traffic to a crawl to get around them.

Here's what the doctor recommended...



Kevin

Well you heard him...doctor's orders saddle up!

[DK Custom Products]

Well you heard him...doctor's orders saddle up!

Yeah, my comment was tongue in cheek.

The last doctor I spoke to about motorcycles (a couple of months ago) actually let me know that in his office they call them "donorcycles".

Kevin

[nucseal]

Beartooth Pass last year about this time. Was a 5000mi ride that a couple of buddies and I were on. Went through Red Lodge, Mont, were told that if we had been a couple weeks earlier. We won't be able to go through because of the snow.

[DK Custom Products]

Well, I am cutting out early today. It is Mary's bday, and it is already raining, so I'll be getting wet, but I want to beat the lighting that is on the way thru!



Kevin