Friday, November 12, 2010

Veterans Day Bike Work

Yesterday was Veterans Day which means no work for me! I slept in a bit and then did some chores. Most of them involved working on the bikes. The Ural was almost overdue for an oil change, so I did that first.

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While the oil was dripping out, I started on removing the stickers from the BMW.

 

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I saw this one and just had to post it for our favorite Canadian blogger :)

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Quite a while later, I finally got all the stickers off. A hair dryer, sharp finger nail, and some carb cleaner took care of business.

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I decided to leave the reflective tape on.

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One of the stickers wasn’t actually a sticker, but a patch attached with two gallons of glue:

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It’s a 35th International BMW Owners Rally patch from 2007 which was in Wisconsin.

With the stickers removed, I attached the side cases to the bike. They didn’t want to go on at first. One of the lower supports was bent. Probably dropped by the previous owner. I bent it back and then the right side fit.

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Chores done, I took it out for a ride to run some errands.

Bmw r1150gs with luggage getting groceries

The BMW side cases are kind of puny. I can’t put my helmet in either of them. I also can’t get a full bag of groceries in there either (about a half bag on the left and 3/4 on the right). I going to start watching craigslist for a cheap givi rack, so I can use my side cases from the SV650 on the R1150GS.

I took today off too to make it a four day weekend! I have some last minute winter things to finish on the Ural. It might finally snow this weekend!

3 comments:

  1. I, too, was off work yesterday. Today? No.

    In addition to a long ride yesterday I did get the battery wired to receive my battery tender. So all I have to do now is remove a cap and plug it in. I'm thinking I can handle that :)

    The weather continues to be absolutely phenonmenal here. It looks like some rain tonight and tomorrow....but, no snow. I can say without a doubt I'm not looking forward to snow with anywhere near your enthusiasm.

    ~Keith

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  2. The 2011 National BMW RA rally is going to be in Chippewa Falls, WI. Its just short ride over the border. 4th of July weekend if I remember correctly.

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  3. Keith: Nice that you had the holiday too. I spent too much time wrenching and not enough time riding. Lots of snow outside now!

    Kevin: Awesome! I just put it on the calendar. The International one is in PA which is also relatively close :)

    RA Rally:
    http://www.bmwbmw.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17165

    2011 BMW MOA International Rally:
    http://www.bmwmoa.org/calendar/bmw_moa_events

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