The Motorcycle Discussion Thread

[Dayze]

I figure there are some motorcycle guys/gals on CP, so I thought we could have a place to talk all things Motorcycles.

Tire Mount and Balance Prices (as of 10/29/16)

Prices based on if you remove the wheels yourself and bring the wheels and new tires with you:

Cycle Gear - $35 per wheel if you buy tires from them. $58 per wheel if you buy tires elsewhere
Rawhide - $65 per wheel (assuming it would be the same at other HD dealers. they book it at 1/2 hr per wheel)
C R Cycle Tires (DeSoto) - $30 per wheel

Cheapest I've found my Michelin Commander II's. Seem like they have good prices on other brands too.
http://www.jakewilson.com - Free 3 day shipping on orders over $75

[Dayze]

Our hotel came complete with its' own cooler



Caught in the rain.


One of probably 4 buildings with the same amount of bikes parked.



I totally should've bouht this.


Next door to the hotel. Home of the catchy name and worst chicken fried steak i've ever had. and, warm keg beer. mmmm


Dayze on the ferry. note Dayze's awesome sun burned hands.


Saw two prospects get patched in to their club. after throwing them into the pool, they surprised them by giving them their club patch.Dude climbing out of the pool and the guy in the green. then they threw them in again lol. This was about midnight when th pool was 'closed' lol


another ferry pic


Dayze with the "WTF" pose; weather guy "30% chance of sattered thunder storms. we defied the odds!


our rain shelter; thankfull we found it about a 1/2 mile after it started pouring.


Hard to tell, but as the pavement was drying out, there was tons of steam coming off of the road.



First time I've ever seen a 'breakfast shuttle' that took you to the continental breakfast buffet lol. though, th buffett was only about 100yds away.

[seaofred]

We have a Rowdy Beaver in Cassville, it's actually pretty good.

[Dayze]

it sounded and lookd good after a day of riding. but man....took about 15 minutes to a beer, and another 30 minutes to get our food. my brother's chicken fried steak was good; mine was nothing but the chewy grissle stuff. impossible to eat. probably 1/2 of it was like that. fries were good though lol

[crazycoffey]

good pics

[Dayze]

the one with the all the bikes lined up; that was the view from our room; the rally was about 100yds from our room (on the other side of the cars), and the live bands you could hear perfectly, nice and loud. there were a ton of people just sitting out on the 'balcony' with their chairs and coolers of beer just listening to tunes.

[Dayze]

once we got to the other side of the lake, we threw our shirts into the water, then put them back on to ride. you'll note the pic of my on the ferry, the bike company's logo is correctly placed on the front. the "WTF" rain picture is actually of my shirt on backwards....unbeknownst to me until we got back to the room . oops. El Stupido

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by hometeam

So thought I would jump back in on this.

I just bought a 2001 Triumph Sprint RS 955i. no fairings (they are half naked to start with) or headlight, but came with a headlight ill have to install and get wired up. Good Pirelli super corsa 3's, not banged up or beat up, clean bike.

500 bucks on the bro price from one of my sales managers here at work. He bought it as a trade in here a while back, didn't like the headlight so took it off, then got bored with it. I pretty much stole the thing from him. Cheap ones are bringing about 1500-2000, I figure ill ride it this season, see how I feel about it and sell it off next year if I get the inkling~

Man you stole that bike. Have you ever had a Triumph? Specifically the Triple?
I really like the 955i motor esp the sound. Did it come with stock exhaust?

[Dayze]

yeah, triples sound so cool. a combo of a twin and in-line. very unique.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Graystoke

Man you stole that bike. Have you ever had a Triumph? Specifically the Triple?
I really like the 955i motor esp the sound. Did it come with stock exhaust?

Its got a chopped shorty can of unknown origin right now.

I have RIDDEN the new 675 Daytona's for a couple thousand miles, but never actually owned one. I used to compare it to the sound of an f1 car. I am going to pick up the bike tomorrow in CoMo.

Pics below. The headlight that's on it in pics is no longer there, I have plans in the work already for new levers, bar end mirrors, black exhaust wrap, painting the engine black, and putting a new front fender on it. After that, ill try and see if I can score a cheap belly pan for it as well. Should be in for somewhere around 650 bucks and some elbow grease, which includes sales tax.

[Dayze]

nice. that's a hooligan bike.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Dayze

nice. that's a hooligan bike.

And im a hooligan rider~ Already have tons of streetfighter ideas dancing through my head.

[kcfanXIII]

Hey Dayze, have you gone to Bikes Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville before? Its a great rally with lots of roads to ride. Gotta love those Arkansas back roads.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by hometeam

And im a hooligan rider~ Already have tons of streetfighter ideas dancing through my head.

sweet. I can't tell by the pics; but does it have MX bars on it? or close to it?

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

Hey Dayze, have you gone to Bikes Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville before? Its a great rally with lots of roads to ride. Gotta love those Arkansas back roads.

going down there for the first time this September. yeap, the roads down there are incredible. nice mix, level of difficulty, great pavement etc.


my dad lives in Bella Vista so we're staying with him and just hitting the roads around there in Fayetteville/area etc..

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by Dayze

going down there for the first time this September. yeap, the roads down there are incredible. nice mix, level of difficulty, great pavement etc.


my dad lives in Bella Vista so we're staying with him and just hitting the roads around there in Fayetteville/area etc..

Sweet. My only advice is to get back before sunset. When the sun goes down those twisties aren't much fun and with so many trees covering the roads, the temp drops quickly. Also, in my opinion, the rally loses its luster after a visit or two. Its fun to go down to Dickson street where all the bikes are, but after I've seen it, I'm just ready to ride. You will see rally traffic all the way past Eureka, and as far south as Mt. Magazine (which no matter how short of a distance it looks on the map is an all day trip.) I'll be staying in Eureka Springs to avoid the congestion. We might have to meet up and do some CPMC riding.