K11 Owners Group

HoosierStu · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject:

You live across the street form a racetrack?

How convenient!
Mr. Green

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"Still can't find 6th gear" 94 K1100LT

Saltcreek · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

It's not all that convenient. It's NH Motor Speedway where the Loudon Classic motorcycle races are held. Mostly the noise is an incredible aggravation.
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1994 K1100LT Mystic Red, bfd, 37000 miles, sold Sad

2009 Wilderness Systems Zephyr 155 ST
2002 Litespeed titanium

Sonu · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject:

Shoganai · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject:

Great thread!
We bought this house in a McMansion neighborhood last year.
The house had been built 3-4 years ago, and lived in less than 3 months.
The yard was pretty much abandoned and most of the turf was dead and what was green was weeds.

I pulled all the weeds by hand and sprayed the small, low growing ones. I also hand pulled and raked up 98% of the plastic sod backing left behind where the sod died.
Then I spread a winterizing fertilizer last Sepemtember.

We now have the greenest dirt around. Embarassed

This is going to take a LOT of work.

This is what it looked like after pulling all the weeds.

This was taken today.

This is the soil I have to work with.

The damage caused by the dog chain can't be helped until we fence in the yard sometimes in the next year.

In the mean time I plan to support what I have by over seeding, watering, fretilizer and adding natural biomass to improve the soil.
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT

Nana korobi ya oki

Off the grid · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject:

Nice Gwen!

Some of our apartment.
Yeah, it rocks in the summer. Plus I get a one-car (2 motorcycle) garage.

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2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

John Clauss · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject:

I had a neighbor that had a nice Koi pond in his backyard. One day a heron found his nice pond. A week later all of the Koi were gone. It was a shame, that bird ate them all. He tried a net, the bird poked through it. He tried staking out the pond with his bow and arrow, but the bird was too smart. Ate about 80 of those fish.

I think yours will be safe with the arbor over head.
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1997 K1100LT
1975 R75/6

It will bring you so close to nausea, it will make you sick! - Big Al

Stoked Steve · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

That's New York? Wow, must have gotten nicer since I was there last.

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Steve
Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom

Mystic Red · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject:

Klinker · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

4 April 2009

No riding in SoDak today.

But no plans to mow the lawn either. I'll fire up the snow blower in the morning.

Must be getting close to the Bug-eyed Motobrick delivery anniversary...
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1994 K1100RS

Only the Reasonists. They believe in an evidence-based world, something called Rationalism. But it's a tiny group, not so influential.
- Page Griffin

hirschhs · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:24 am Post subject: the hirschhs estate...

the back garden with more damsons than we can handle..

and the side of the house where we park the 2 bikes and our L400.
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K-less in Bucks
2001 ST1100A

1994 Yamaha 600 Diversion 'Hers'
2006 Kawasaki Z750s 'Hers'

owrstrich · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:07 am Post subject:

that would be next weekend klinker... but whos keeping track...

j o
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Shoganai · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:59 am Post subject:

The front yard looked as bad as the back when we moved in.
This is how it looks today.

Last fall I put down a winter fertilizer.

Within the last few weeks I’ve put out 20 bags of mulch.

Also, to patch the holes I put down 6 bags of top soil, 2 lbs of grass seed, and 4 bags of seed cover. The grass has germinated and daily watering is critical. I also planted a dogwood tree.

All the wood I used was scrap.

Here's what I've done in the yard this week.

Steve mowed the front yesterday and bagged the grass. Today I spread the clippings in the back yard to build biomass.
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT

Nana korobi ya oki

Stoked Steve · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:50 pm Post subject:

You're getting there!

These four days of 90 degree heat aren't helping any, keep it wet, that's the hardest part about starting grass in the spring here. The grass doesn't have the roots yet to get through our hot summers.

In the fall you can do a major aeration and reseed again and it will take off! Don't get discouraged if it gets fried this summer.
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Steve
Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom

Saltcreek · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

My backyard on Nascar race day. Too bad you can't hear it.

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Jim

1994 K1100LT Mystic Red, bfd, 37000 miles, sold Sad

2009 Wilderness Systems Zephyr 155 ST
2002 Litespeed titanium

Mystic Red · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject:

New camera and a new water feature in the back yard. Took me 2 years (procrastinating) to finish this. Added Koi but the pond only holds about 180 gallons so not too many (2) and 4 fancy gold fish.

From the patio.

A different angle.

And from above. The shot directly on top is taken from the bridge to our front door.

All for now.
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K11 OG #466

Milton · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject:

Wow, Mystic Red, a zen garden, how cool. You're deep.

Milton S.
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1992 K100RS 48K. Dead for now.
1998 Triumph Tiger 43K->56K. Doin it in the dirt.
1978 Honda CB400T 32.5K. For my boys.

Mystic Red · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject:

Uncle Milt, stop by and see it in person sometime. Wink

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Scott Hespelt, '94 K11LT
K11 OG #466

Milton · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:21 am Post subject:

Jim · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:29 am Post subject:

Saltcreek · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:03 am Post subject: