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dude - you missed the scouting trip, the river crossing, the chili-cheese dogs and one heck of a great time! Video coming soon.Teethgrinder wrote:Who is doing what?
Within the next 40 minutes, I am jumping an a motorbike and going somewhere. WV? VA? Not sure, but definitely going. Maybe big-bike distance, maybe a thumper romp.
What are you guys up to? (If your answer doesn't include riding in some capacity on such a wonderful day, I offer only a snooty "tsk-tsk" sound in your general direction
How are you enjoying the day?
Doh!DAMNKLRRider wrote: dude - you missed the scouting trip, the river crossing, the chili-cheese dogs and one heck of a great time! Video coming soon.
We stopped for some caffienated motivation in Petersburg before running Smoke Hole. I had not thought about the leg all morning, but at that stop it started making itself known.Bucho wrote:I got to commute home from work this morning and then back again in the evening.
How was smokehole Mike? Does that one corner bring back any ghost pains in your leg as you pass?
Go figure. My riding overall was fairly (relatively) tentative. Roads were still a bit dusty and dirty, and the WV DOT has been cleaning out roadside drainage, so there were lot's of spots covered in a layer of dry dirt and dust. Smoke Hole has some parts of the road collapsing and sinking and the associated road work had the road dirtier than I have seen it before. We only rode north to south. The early part of the road was fine and fun. The rider was not up to mid-summer form by a long shot though. The DRZ was acting up and deterring my confidence, so I need to do some work to get it sorted.That sounds like WestByGodVirginian for "volcano".mdubya wrote:Scott-it definitely sound like your clutch just needs bleeding and is not a mechanical issue. The clutches on Ducatis will last an incredibly long time. I used to pull mine out and tabs would be missing off the plates and everything, but it still wasn't slipping. Investing in an aftermarket slave cylinder might be worth it too. Easier clutch pull, fluid doesn't get as dirty as quickly.
As for today, I met up with strinigburner and TyMarp from SMJ and TT. We met in Keyser, WV and hit up all the squirrelly little back roads we could find as we worked our way south to Petersburg and then to our destination, Smoke Hole Road. Beautiful day. I was feeling a bit rusty and the DRZ was having some issues, which were distracting me. But overall a great day. We logged close to 200 miles and I can feel it!
Patience and persistence on bleeding the clutch. They are a pain in the ass.Teethgrinder wrote:That sounds like WestByGodVirginian for "volcano".mdubya wrote:Scott-it definitely sound like your clutch just needs bleeding and is not a mechanical issue. The clutches on Ducatis will last an incredibly long time. I used to pull mine out and tabs would be missing off the plates and everything, but it still wasn't slipping. Investing in an aftermarket slave cylinder might be worth it too. Easier clutch pull, fluid doesn't get as dirty as quickly.
As for today, I met up with strinigburner and TyMarp from SMJ and TT. We met in Keyser, WV and hit up all the squirrelly little back roads we could find as we worked our way south to Petersburg and then to our destination, Smoke Hole Road. Beautiful day. I was feeling a bit rusty and the DRZ was having some issues, which were distracting me. But overall a great day. We logged close to 200 miles and I can feel it!
I almost headed out towards Petersburg myself, but my wrist, my clutch, and my monkeybutt told me otherwise.
I may need to pick many brains about correctly bleeding hydrolic clutches. I tend to exacerbate problems when I try new things :|
