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John Clauss
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
Posts: 732
Location: Robesonia, PA
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| Off the grid wrote: | Hey John,
I know I am not your favorite poster/rider, but I just wanted to say congrats on your new baby.
Healthy mom and kid is a beautiful thing. |
Who ever said you weren't my favorite poster. Just because we don't agree on politics doesn't mean I don't like you. I am . . .tolerant. 
Any way, this child will be #2. The first is 6, which is why I will need to be close to home right around birth time.
Speaking of kid #1 here are pics from when she was 3 helping me change the oil in the K. http://www.k11og.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1037&highlight=year+oil+change
Topic highjack complete!
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Shoganai
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 2234
Location: Culpeper,VA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, this is the list of those on the "IN" list.
skdonlan
Klinker
Das Boot
Jim
Off the grid
abreeze
Ted
rydor
Shoganai
Steverino
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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
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Ted
Site Admin
Joined: 03 Apr 2003
Posts: 1117
Location: Further
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome - looks like we have a great group shaping up!
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KOG#1 |
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Off the grid
Chaotic Good
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
Posts: 3414
Location: At the local taco truck waiting for Jo.
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Great group, but there are a few glaring omissions.
1. Drake. Wtf man?
2. Johnny, aka the wordsmith. C'mon man, I really wanted to break bread with you and maybe have an eating contest.
3. Phil. I know he is still on the mend, but would be nice to see him.
4. Allen. I know he sold his bike, but I would like to meet the man behind that legendary machine.
5. Jim (bobber) Somehow I have a feeling he would kick ass at a meet. Does he even post anymore? Anyone know what happened?
I know there are more, but off the top of my head those guys will be missed.
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Jim
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Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 3841
Location: WHERETHEFUNNEVERENDS
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: omissions |
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"5. Jim (bobber) Somehow I have a feeling he would kick ass at a meet. Does he even post anymore? Anyone know what happened?"
Sold his K bike, didn't he? Or else one of you guys really pissed him off and he left - but I think he sold the K.
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1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000
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owrstrich
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 2566
Location: CheezConsin
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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we get 1 or 2 weeks off at christmas and 1 or 2 weeks off at independence day... both times requiring a trip back to the office in chicago so the big giant brain can tell us everything we did wrong the last 6 months...
so our ride time is limited to weekends which makes it impossible to ride away from the west coast and remain employed...
thats just our wacky profession... a tremendous time commitment... and a slave to the big giant brain...
so there you go... now... i hope you bananas get peeled... charge them digicam batteries...
j o
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Phil Marvin
Rider in the Sky
Joined: 03 Apr 2003
Posts: 1389
Location: El Paso, Texas, USA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, All,
Thanks for the nice words. Even though I no longer have a K1100, I still feel part of the K11OG. I am back at work now, having gone back on Christmas Eve. My arm is slowly regaining strength and motion. I would love to make the Meet, but I'm scheduled to work that weekend. Besides, if I rode Harriet's (Requiescat in Pacem) K75, it would be 2 very long days to get there and the same to get back. It is roughly 2000 miles from El Paso to D.C., so as long as I am gainfully employed, it will be difficult to ride to a meeting so far away. I'm even going to miss the Blitz to Branson, my absolute favorite rally, this year, because of work.
Ride Safe,
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Shoganai
Biscuit Fluffer
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 2234
Location: Culpeper,VA
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Ride what cha got Just show up. *nod*
With some luck, I hope to ride down with my fellow nurse and good friend SueAnn who rides a Yamaha Virago.
And Steve may ride his KTM 950 SE or his K1200R.
I went to my first BMW RA event on a Honda 1300 VTX *shrug*
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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
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max
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
Posts: 309
Location: NZ
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| Shoganai wrote: |
I went to my first BMW RA event on a Honda 1300 VTX *shrug* |
I suppose it counts as "viral marketing" nowadays... I guess serious riders tend to try bikes rather than drool over glossies? (I, however, started out on an old Honda XL250 single-thumper, then got into the BMW bug after seeing the K75S, and ended up going from the 250 single to a 1000 four with a ex-cop K100RT; Hondas are nice, but I've never had to drill out heat-softened head bolts on a BMW...  )
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Klinker
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Posts: 876
Location: SD I-90
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: omissions |
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| Jim wrote: | | Or else one of you guys really pissed him off and he left... |
Surely he knew we were just kidding... 
| max wrote: | | Hondas are nice, but I've never had to drill out heat-softened head bolts on a BMW... |
Do tell... ?
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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.
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max
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
Posts: 309
Location: NZ
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: caution - major thread drift |
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Dead head bolts were on the old XL250RC - so the "in-between" 250cc single, the early RFVC one between the 2 valve, single carb head and the later 4 valve, dual carb one - this had the 4 valves, but a single carb and the manifold split in the casting to the two valves.
Anyway - had a major leak in the oil seal around the front sprocket, so decided to do the right thing and drop the engine, split the crankcase (horizontal seam) so I could replace the seal properly (eg seat the radial locating ring so it didn't creep out on the road)... so to get the crankcase/gearbox apart, you had to pull the head and the barrel, and in pulling the head I had to drill out 2 bolts on the lower valve cover (one that holds cam in the head, not the adjusting cover) and then vise-grip the stumps out later; the head bolts were stable, but were starting to deform on the leading edges when I looked with them out... The camshaft had worn through the case-hardening on both the head bearing seat - direct in the head - and it's own shaft, even with meticulous oil changes, and a pressure oil feed on that engine... basically, it was dying after about 50000kms and didn't last more than another year in the house after that, the engineering tolerances were too tight and designed to a fixed (low) cost, especially given the stress of that OHC layout ...
So - I ended up going BMW, done about 150000kms now on 4 Ks (1 KRT, 2 KRS and the 11RS) as well as about 50000miles in an older (87) 735i tin top, and the current (93) 320i... They're relatively expensive but not terribly so if you do your own work, and they're overbuilt enough (at least before they started putting so much electronics/plastics into sensitive areas) that they give you 6 months forewarning of problems...!
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Klinker
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
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Location: SD I-90
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: caution - major thread drift |
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| max wrote: | | Dead head bolts were on the old XL250RC... the head bolts were stable, but were starting to deform on the leading edges when I looked with them out... The camshaft had worn through the case-hardening on both the head bearing seat - direct in the head - and it's own shaft, even with meticulous oil changes, and a pressure oil feed on that engine... basically, it was dying after about 50000kms and didn't last more than another year in the house after that, the engineering tolerances were too tight and designed to a fixed (low) cost, especially given the stress of that OHC layout ...Max |
Sounds like Honda could learn something about metalurgy from Burt Munro!
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1994 K1100RS
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max
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
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Location: NZ
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Well, contrary to the film, we in NZ (at least the males!!  ) don't water our trees like that!! 
And as far as the metallurgy goes, the high-chrome {if I'm remembering right from the film} mixes he stumbled upon would always be better than a surface-deposited layer - but surface coating is cheaper and can be over a cheaper, lighter, more malleable base metal. You gets what you pay for, I guess; just disappoints me at the moment the new K1200Rs etc are having more money going towards electronics and less to critical things like non-meltable dry sump oil reservoirs - I won't go into my thoughts of only 1 liter of oil lubricating all that stuff!! I seriously wonder about their being around for second-hand marketability in 10yrs time, mainly why I'll stick to the old 1100.
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Shoganai
Biscuit Fluffer
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Location: Culpeper,VA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: Updated list |
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One more...
skdonlan
Klinker
Das Boot
Jim
Off the grid
abreeze
Ted
rydor
Shoganai
Steverino
BullsBaby aka SueAnn
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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
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Jim
Site Admin
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Location: WHERETHEFUNNEVERENDS
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Max - you're making my head spin. This thread is sort of about the HMSP meeting - what the hell film are you talking about???? Did I miss something?
| max wrote: | Well, contrary to the film, we in NZ (at least the males!! ) don't water our trees like that!!
And as far as the metallurgy goes, the high-chrome {if I'm remembering right from the film} mixes he stumbled upon would always be better than a surface-deposited layer - but surface coating is cheaper and can be over a cheaper, lighter, more malleable base metal. <<<snip>>>
Cheers
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1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000
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rydor
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Southern Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Jim wrote: | | Did I miss something? |
Max is referring to Klinker's Burt Monroe reference to the New Zealanders. Pissing on the lemon tree, home-made pistons, etc. |
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Klinker
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Posts: 876
Location: SD I-90
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| max wrote: | | Well, contrary to the film, we in NZ (at least the males!! ) don't water our trees like that!! Max |
Is that to say Kiwi females tinkle the trees?
Yeah, I heard something about that bit of fiction (Burt and his lemon tree). I believe the director took liberty and added that as a tribute to his dad, who apparently did that.
And sorry about yet another thread hijack, Jim. Sometimes it's easy to get off track and go with the flow. Sort of like actual live conversation. I, for one, am not too good about following rules...
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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.
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max
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
Posts: 309
Location: NZ
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| Jim wrote: | | Max - you're making my head spin. This thread is sort of about the HMSP meeting - what the hell film are you talking about???? |
No problem then - I'll shut the hell up; seeing as I can't get over to your meeting, I thought I'd try to be sociable... obviously not working, sorry to have interrupted. Have a good ride. |
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Off the grid
Chaotic Good
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
Posts: 3414
Location: At the local taco truck waiting for Jo.
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| Quote: | | No problem then - I'll shut the hell up; seeing as I can't get over to your meeting, I thought I'd try to be sociable... obviously not working, sorry to have interrupted. Have a good ride. |
Heh it's not like that at all mate. Think about Johnny Os sense of humor. Only Johnny and God know what the hell he is saying, but we laugh anyway.
I think us Yanks are not that hip the the Kiwi humor, so chalk it up to a misunderstanding.
I do, however have an aunt who lives in Auckland. I have never been there but I hear it's beautiful. Taxed to hell, but beautiful.
*Edit* Not sure about the rest of you tools, but I am bringing my camera and documenting everything!!!!!!
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Shoganai
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Location: Culpeper,VA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:07 am Post subject: |
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Updated list
In:
Phil
skdonlan
Klinker
Das Boot
Jim
abreeze
Ted
rydor
Shoganai
Out:
Steverino, has somewhere else to be.
BullsBaby aka SueAnn, life interfered.
Off the grid, job interfered, but I'm sure it's a good thing
I plan ride down Thursday the LONGEST way possible, stay all day Friday, then head to Hot Springs, NC the fastest way possible Saturday around 1400.
I want to spend a little time at tha ADVrider gathering at Hot Springs.
I'm looking for meeting all those that can make it.
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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
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