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It's October! It's beautiful! It's breakfast time! Food Fellowship and fraternization for any who dare! The countdown begins for The Long Gray, but before that....we feast! Saturday, October 3 @ 10:00 am Village Family Restaurant Waynesville, OH

Not good news~ hoping for the best???

Is it where you can use a "rattle gun" on it? Would try to drive it in a bit then reverse to get out??

OK I get it you like sport tourers but also your V85. I agree BMW styling has been pretty ugly for quite a while in fact GS's changed from their homely yet purposeful and functional appearance to homely and awkward looking beginning with the R1100. Most people buy GS's in spite of their looks because they are very good, all around motorcycles. Let's face it the V85 won't win any beauty contest either but like a GS it works very well. As far as modern sport tourers are there any now that aren't hideous? The V100 Mandello isn't bad but with only a 4.5 gallon tank I don't think it fits in the sport tourer category. Honda NT1100, RT, Yamaha Tracer GT, Suzuki GSX-S1000GX, Ninja 1100SX? Nope.

Quote from: Bulldog9 on Today at 09:39:28 AM I guess some people like to pretend they are riding Maximus Prime. Let's not put that into an AI image generator.

The campout is just around the corner! Next weekend we’ll be gathering in the Ozarks for some great riding, good camaraderie, and I’m sure a few shenanigans along the way. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

I had a similar problem on that bolt on my V7ii Stornello the first time I removed it. Was Loctite. I used a hammer impact device to break it loose.

I have found loctite used on the majority of fasteners on my 2025 V85. Places you never saw it before like on the sidecover screws. I only use on places that are hidden. Probably just a reaction to the litigious world we live in today. Pete

On my 2020 V85TT I have always loosen the axel first and then the bolt for the caliper mount. I don't know if this is the correct procedure, but I have found that the caliper bolt seems overly tight when the axel is not loose. I reverse the procedure for the install. They are also dissimilar metals so check for corrosion. Clean the threads on the bolt. Not sure how to do the bolt hole unless you use a tap, but be careful and make sure the tap is correct. Also use a lubricant.

Quote from: Clifton on Today at 08:12:47 AM Why do you feel it would be great? Just tired of the adventure bike category of just don't like them? IMO adventure bikes are essentially ugly sport touring bikes with more suspension and ground clearance enabling them to do everything a sport tourer can..... plus more. But I can see why he's hot on a pretty RS now after having a big GSA for a while, we like change. I myself have gone back and forth between RSs and GSs over the years starting with an 81 R100RS, 1991 R100GS, on and on until my more recent 2014 R1200GSA to 2016 R1200RS to a V85TT and V100 Stelvio, finally to my current 2025 R1300GS. My guess is he'll be back on a GS or other adventure bike in a few years after tiring of the R1300RS riding position. Re-Read post #18. I've also said that my V85tt is so good it is making it hard to justify keeping the Norge. I enjoy an all road bike, and plan a cross Canada to Arctic Circle and down to the Lost Coast of California next year on the V85. I've done similar on the Norge including looping VanCouver Island and much of Novi Scotia on dirt and gravel but it was less than ideal. But back to my original point, for crushing the miles on secondary and state highways (I only do superslab if necessary) The Sport Touring Formula is my preferred format and I'll be happy to see the segment revived. I've avoided the whole 'why the %&$% anyone would buy the visual atrocity of a modern BMW (with few exceptions)' is beyond me. Most are hideo

I have owned 15 motorcycles over my life. Two that were sport tourers: Bought first yea 1991 ST 1100 and 1998 I think) Triumph Sprint Executive. The ST was the right bike at the right time. I was in my mid 30's and doing long distance solo and two up. Supreme mile muncher with a 7.4 gallon gas tank located under the seat, great wind protection and that V 4 was smooth as glass. The Triumph in the champaign color with matching bags was one of my favorite bikes to own visually and loved the motor, but I always felt it was top heavy and slow steering. I purchased a first year 2002 VStrom and it changed my riding perception of what I wanted out of a bike. First experience with a 19" front wheel and a more upright riding position. I think I recall a Peter Egan article about the advantage of having the footpads inline with your body and how that allowed you to easily stand up for off road riding. Since then that is the only style motorcycle I have been interested in. Beauty of course in in the eye of the beholder but I have always believed in form follows function and with the type of riding I do, the Adventure - Scrambler category is what works for me. Regarding the original poster, it just seems he is ready for a change. "Where the G always told me I could go anywhere, the RS tell me I can get there faster, cleaner, and better. My trips became more defined, the wandering became less aimless." As I have gotten older, I am exactly on the opposite side of that line. My trips and ridi

Quote from: balvenie on Today at 04:57:24 AM Poor Dusty. We used to have correspondence (said he choosing his words carefully), via these pages (personal messages) but try as he might, he could never convince me of the merit(s) of his culture/way of life. That said, I never held anything against him and purchased a book that he recommended about his home state, the FBI and how the native Americans were cheated. Poor bloke; he tried for so long to right wrongs, or so I felt. Not only must he have felt cheated but frustrated too, because of the failure of those in power to right wrongs, in the face of overwhelming evidence of criminality in high places. Dusty; a man who failed and who, in doing so, succeeded in educating this foreigner about his virtue. Dusty definitely has a moral code. And has quite a bit of empathy. He's also walked a difficult path...as I mentioned to him last, he traveled "no simple highway".