Going to really miss Mugello this year =[

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Finishing my xs850 has taken a back seat due to me building a super scooter.

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Motorcycles I have owned (long)

I was born in the early 60's, so you do the math. If you want to call be a boomer, I truly do not care. Please forgive me if I get a date wrong, I'm going from memory.I learned to ride when I was 10, on a uncle's 1968-ish Honda 125 while spending some of the summer at my grandparent's farm. A year later, we moved to the suburbs, and there was a good place for me to ride close by. So my dad stepped up!1973: 1973 Yamaha 125 Enduro (an AT3 for you experts). It was a nice bike, but got stolen about 60 days after we got it.1974: 1974 Yamaha DT100. I rode the piss out of this little bike for almost four years, and it was a real trooper. Big hills, big jumps, and a few big wipeouts. It eventually got ignition problems and was sold (cheaply) to an acquaintance that wanted to try to fix it.1978: 1973 Husqvarna 125CR. Just because I was a teenager that read Dirt Bike and Motocross Action all the time, and thought that Husky's were just too cool! Had a couple of years of fun with it, but I sorta got too big for a 125. It was noisy.1979: 1976 Kawasaki KZ400. A street bike, with my own money! It was my personal transportation for my senior year of high school, including my after-school job. Rode it all winter, too. Took it to my first duty station in the service in 1981. It was a great motorcycle; simple and reliable. Had a few small drops on the street over the years, and once got clobbered at an intersection by another motorcycle. Rode it constantly until I had steady work and the means to finance my first car. Traded it in when I bought...1984: 1984 Honda XL350. A fine dual sporter, heavy. Taught me how to kickstart a big thumper. Sold in 1989.1984 Husqvarna 400 Enduro. At the time, Huskies owned the woods (think Dick Burleson!). A very capable bike, I rode it in one national enduro, which was very effective for teaching me the value of BenGay. After less than a year of ownership, it spun out it's water pump while out on a trail ride, causing the motor to overheat horrendously. It was almost given away to a riding buddy who did eventually fix it.1995: 1990 Kawasaki KLR650. Yes, I was bikeless for a few years; life intervenes. This bike was a beater that was acquired cheaply; I spent some time fixing it up and had more fun doing that than riding it. I commuted with it during the warmer months. Sold in 1999 to make room in the garage for...1999: 1999 Kawasaki ZXR1100. The Universal Japanese motorcycle (UJM). A fine steed, although heavy and it vibrated too much. Commuted with it a bunch. Traded in 2001 for bike number 10 below.2000: 1998 Kawasaki ZX7R. Bought with the sole intention of turning it into a race/trackday bike. I followed through and put a bunch of Muzzy parts on it and a full set of Sharkskinz. I went to the Keith Code school and started racing with no success whatsoever! I did dozens of trackdays with this bike over the next 5 years and had some really good times. One nasty crash, but no damage to me besides a sore shoulder and a headache. Parted out in 2007.2001: Aprilia RSV Mille. Flat Black and neon red. It was sexy! I commuted on it and learned that superbikes make crappy commuters. I posed with it quite a bit at local motorcycle get-togethers, which it was very good at. Sold in 2003.2003: 2003 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Replica. A real hoot just to look at it. I added the smaller bags and commuted on quite a bit, which it was quite good at. But... the BMW styling went sort of smooth after awhile, and the bike gave me no fizz. Sold in 2004.2004: Honda CRF450F. Bought to convert it to a Supermoto, which I did. Raced it once and got a third place trophy! Then the supermoto craze quickly faded, and that was that. I converted it back to a motocross bike, and took it to the track a couple of times. I have it to this day, still ride it, and hope to be able to keep doing so!2004: Ducati Supersport 1000. If you're not familiar with these, they were the 900SS bored out and given a slightly upgraded dashboard. This is/was a truly great motorcycle. Didn't have much top speed (135ish), but handled beautifully. Commuted on it some, did one trackday with it when the ZX7 was laid up for some reason. Dual exhaust, so I put a pair of Arrow cans on it (Termis were much too expensive!) and no motorcycle ever sounded better. Let me say again, no motorcycle ever sounded better. Sold in 2006, because life intervened again, and I needed the money for a new furnance. Really. Also, trackdays took away the enthusiasm I once had for street riding.2005: 2004 Ducati 749S. My next trackday bike. Converted with full bodywork, full Akrapovic exhaust, and a slipper clutch. The bike was tremendous fun to ride fast, and I did trackdays on it regularly. One day, on the front straight at VIR, the motor disintegrated (the bike had only 2400 miles on it). It took awhile and a substantial sum of money to reengine the beast, but the bloom was off the rose and life was intervening again anyway. After one more trackday, I parked it and eventually sold it in 2008.2019: 2014 Beta Evo 300. Life intervened in a good way: I retired! Plus, I always wanted a trials bike anyway. I ride it everyday in my backyard obstacle course; I abuse it quite badly, but it takes it and comes back for more! I've done a couple of events, and had great fun. Two years ago, I had never heard of Beta motorcycles; now, I'd recommend them to anybody.2020: 2018 Kawasaki KLX140. Recently acquired to help the teenagers in the family cope with quarantine boredom. And I figured it was time I gave something back by teaching some people to ride!I've been blessed with good health and being able to have these nice things in my life! I wish as much for all my motorcycling friends. via /r/motorcycles https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/gkm7ty/motorcycles_i_have_owned_long/?utm_source=ifttt

Can somebody summarize the closest thing we have to a tentative "plan" for MotoGP this year?

I know that's kind of unanswerable, and subject to change, but I think some things are in the works... Something like 10-12 races, mostly in Europe, starting in June or July?

I know that's kind of unanswerable, and subject to change, but I think some things are in the works... Something like 10-12 races, mostly in Europe, starting in June or July? http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Had a great ride until an old lady ran over my buddies bike.

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2017 Husky TC125 Supermoto Project

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After 2 miserable years without a bike, I'm back on two wheels!

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Nothing better then looking at your just cleaned bike. Sorry for the bad editing.

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Ready for some great weather in the northeast!

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Today’s progress on the 94 K1000 . Pipes are getting cut next.

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Bought or built?

Hey guys! So I am working on a cx500 project and thought about an interesting question. When is a motorcycle considered bought vs built?For example if someone is getting the painting,welding and whatever else done by someone else. Can they claim that they built their bike? Would that be considered as buying their bike?Let me know what your guys opinions are! I am honestly curious. via /r/CafeRacers https://www.reddit.com/r/CafeRacers/comments/gkkfjs/bought_or_built/?utm_source=ifttt

CBR10000RR SP

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I passed my restricted test!

I got a call saying I'm 5 minutes late because I had the wrong time in my calendar, he let me be 30 minutes late and still do the test and was totally professional surrounding the fact he knew I'd feel rushed.I'll probably email his company and commend him (maybe without the part where I was late, as in theory they could be annoyed they didn't get to charge a re-sitting fee but I doubt it, just don't want it to backfire on him).It really helped me because it cemented the things I was doing as 'right' and I was given detailed feedback on the things I need to work on. Now I'm not constantly second guessing my choices.Man, I'm so glad to be a part of this community because anytime I interact with another rider its just such a positive experience. I suffer from C-PTSD so any encounter, regardless of context, feels hostile to me, and the fact I keep having great experiences with other riders is helping me - but everything about riding is actual therapy, I swear.I can now remove the L plate! And it starts the 12 month countdown before I am on my full license. Once I'm on my full license my motorcycle choices are no longer restricted, nor are the hours I can ride, and I'll be allowed to take pillion passengers and tow other motorcycles (two things I never want to do). via /r/motorcycles https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/gk0y61/i_passed_my_restricted_test/?utm_source=ifttt

His & Hers - Wife's first street ride.

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Join me for a ride through the English countryside?

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How did the opening round of 1993 go?

During the past couple of weeks I've been writing about the insane 1982 F1 season since most races were on YouTube and other sites. Now I have decided to do the same except for the 1993 "MotoGp" (500cc GP) season! I have been watching the championship, all 3 classes, since 1997 so I thought it would be fun to watch a season from before my time.

PRE-RACE = The 1992/93 off-season had quite a few notable moves. John Kocinski got angry at Kenny Roberts and found himself without a team and is now racing for Suzuki on the 250cc class, Luca Cadalora (1992 GP250 champion) now has his ride. Wayne Gardner's retirement has allowed Daryl Beattie to move up and get his Honda NSR500. Alex Barros and Doug Chandler have swapped their 1992 rides with each other. Cagiva has replaced Eddie Lawson, who now plans to become an Indycar driver, with Mat Mladin (1992 AusSBK champion). Joan Garriga has left to ride a factory Ducati in WSBK. It is also notable that Freddie Spencer is trying to make his comeback after a handful of years racing the AMA SBK series. Thankfully, the Big 3 (Rainey, Doohan & Schwantz) have all kept their 1992 rides.

QUALIFYING = Schwantz got the fastest lap around Eastern Creek Raceway ahead of Rainey, Beattie, Chandler and Crivillé. Mick Doohan was surprisingly slow (8th) and Freddie Spencer had a surprisingly solid pace (11th) after a few years far from GP500 machinery.

RACE = Doug Chandler (Cagiva) took the race's holeshot right ahead of Daryl Beattie (Honda). Polesitter Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki) had a dreadful jump, barely making it into the top10 on the first few corners. After 2 of 30 laps, it was Beattie, Chandler, Crivillé, Doohan, Rainey, Barros and Schwantz with the top2 having opened a minimal gap to 3rd place.

Things took a bit of time before becoming stable. Wayne Rainey (Yamaha) needed a bunch of laps to get to 3rd and #34 needed a couple more before leaving behind Álex Crivillé and Mick Doohan (both in Hondas). After lap 6, it was clear the race win would be decided among the top4 guys and nobody else.

Beattie seemed unsure of his own pace, looking behind several times before being caught by the chasing trio and, shortly after, passed by Schwantz on lap 9. The clouds over Eastern Creek Raceway dropped very little water but it was still enough of a threat to have either a 2-part race or a shortened one if the rain did not really come until after lap 20.

A bunch of lapped riders affected the race halfway through the race with Doug Chandler using the chance to be 2nd behind Kevin Schwantz. A few laps later, Doohan's NSR500 gave up and Freddie Spencer had a massive crash on the very fast T1 while chasing Luca Cadalora (he was inside the top10). The medical Toyota LandCruiser stayed right outside T1 for quite a while. With Beattie losing more and more speed every lap, it was time for Wayne Rainey to charge ahead and easily go from 3rd to 1st in 2 laps but his lead was shortlived as Schwantz used the slipstream and some risky braking points to pass him back on T1.

ENDING = The umpteenth Schwantz-Rainey battle was cancelled by a group of lappers (I identified Sean Emmett, Mella and Colleoni) that completely ignored the leaders and gave Schwantz a lead of around 1,5 seconds with less than 8 laps to go. Things were only made worse when an even bigger group of lappers gave Schwantz even a bigger lead with 2 to go.

RESULTS = Kevin Schwantz (RGV500 #34) got his 20th career win over Wayne Rainey (YZR500 #1) and Doug Chandler (C593 #5) with Daryl Beattie (NSR500 #4) in 4th and Alex Barros (RGV500 #9) narrowly beating Álex Crivillé (NSR500 #8) for 5th. The top10 was completed by Shinichi Itoh, Luca Cadalora, Mat Mladin and Niall Mackenzie.

NOTES from THE FUTURE = Fuck them lappers and fuck the TV crew only showing the top4 for the whole race, only showing the lap counter like 4 times in 30 laps (there was a 1982 F1 race with a lap counter all race long so there is no excuse) and only showing the top4 running order WHEN IT WAS ALL THEY WERE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN. I can imagine the hate riders like Emmett, Colleoni and Mella would get nowadays on Twitter. Whether it was a lack of luck or riding over his head, it's such a shame that Freddie Spencer destroyed himself on the 1st race of the season. I don't understand Daryl's race strategy for this race: he pushed at the start but then started looking back like he didn't want to lead the race, PICK A LANE FFS! BTW, something tells me that the fight for 5th between Barros, Crivillé and Itoh was probably decent to say the least but, yeah, fuck the TV crew.

During the past couple of weeks I've been writing about the insane 1982 F1 season since most races were on YouTube and other sites. Now I have decided to do the same except for the 1993 "MotoGp" (500cc GP) season! I have been watching the championship, all 3 classes, since 1997 so I thought it would be fun to watch a season from before my time.PRE-RACE = The 1992/93 off-season had quite a few notable moves. John Kocinski got angry at Kenny Roberts and found himself without a team and is now racing for Suzuki on the 250cc class, Luca Cadalora (1992 GP250 champion) now has his ride. Wayne Gardner's retirement has allowed Daryl Beattie to move up and get his Honda NSR500. Alex Barros and Doug Chandler have swapped their 1992 rides with each other. Cagiva has replaced Eddie Lawson, who now plans to become an Indycar driver, with Mat Mladin (1992 AusSBK champion). Joan Garriga has left to ride a factory Ducati in WSBK. It is also notable that Freddie Spencer is trying to make his comeback after a handful of years racing the AMA SBK series. Thankfully, the Big 3 (Rainey, Doohan & Schwantz) have all kept their 1992 rides.QUALIFYING = Schwantz got the fastest lap around Eastern Creek Raceway ahead of Rainey, Beattie, Chandler and Crivillé. Mick Doohan was surprisingly slow (8th) and Freddie Spencer had a surprisingly solid pace (11th) after a few years far from GP500 machinery.RACE = Doug Chandler (Cagiva) took the race's holeshot right ahead of Daryl Beattie (Honda). Polesitter Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki) had a dreadful jump, barely making it into the top10 on the first few corners. After 2 of 30 laps, it was Beattie, Chandler, Crivillé, Doohan, Rainey, Barros and Schwantz with the top2 having opened a minimal gap to 3rd place.Things took a bit of time before becoming stable. Wayne Rainey (Yamaha) needed a bunch of laps to get to 3rd and #34 needed a couple more before leaving behind Álex Crivillé and Mick Doohan (both in Hondas). After lap 6, it was clear the race win would be decided among the top4 guys and nobody else.Beattie seemed unsure of his own pace, looking behind several times before being caught by the chasing trio and, shortly after, passed by Schwantz on lap 9. The clouds over Eastern Creek Raceway dropped very little water but it was still enough of a threat to have either a 2-part race or a shortened one if the rain did not really come until after lap 20.A bunch of lapped riders affected the race halfway through the race with Doug Chandler using the chance to be 2nd behind Kevin Schwantz. A few laps later, Doohan's NSR500 gave up and Freddie Spencer had a massive crash on the very fast T1 while chasing Luca Cadalora (he was inside the top10). The medical Toyota LandCruiser stayed right outside T1 for quite a while. With Beattie losing more and more speed every lap, it was time for Wayne Rainey to charge ahead and easily go from 3rd to 1st in 2 laps but his lead was shortlived as Schwantz used the slipstream and some risky braking points to pass him back on T1.ENDING = The umpteenth Schwantz-Rainey battle was cancelled by a group of lappers (I identified Sean Emmett, Mella and Colleoni) that completely ignored the leaders and gave Schwantz a lead of around 1,5 seconds with less than 8 laps to go. Things were only made worse when an even bigger group of lappers gave Schwantz even a bigger lead with 2 to go.RESULTS = Kevin Schwantz (RGV500 #34) got his 20th career win over Wayne Rainey (YZR500 #1) and Doug Chandler (C593 #5) with Daryl Beattie (NSR500 #4) in 4th and Alex Barros (RGV500 #9) narrowly beating Álex Crivillé (NSR500 #8) for 5th. The top10 was completed by Shinichi Itoh, Luca Cadalora, Mat Mladin and Niall Mackenzie.NOTES from THE FUTURE = Fuck them lappers and fuck the TV crew only showing the top4 for the whole race, only showing the lap counter like 4 times in 30 laps (there was a 1982 F1 race with a lap counter all race long so there is no excuse) and only showing the top4 running order WHEN IT WAS ALL THEY WERE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN. I can imagine the hate riders like Emmett, Colleoni and Mella would get nowadays on Twitter. Whether it was a lack of luck or riding over his head, it's such a shame that Freddie Spencer destroyed himself on the 1st race of the season. I don't understand Daryl's race strategy for this race: he pushed at the start but then started looking back like he didn't want to lead the race, PICK A LANE FFS! BTW, something tells me that the fight for 5th between Barros, Crivillé and Itoh was probably decent to say the least but, yeah, fuck the TV crew. http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

1981 Honda CM400t to tracker/scrambler rebuild. Took 7 months, but totally worth it. 30 miles and rode like a dream

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Barn find CB750; cleaned up too nice to cut up so the hunt is still on. Runs great too!

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Had a surprise day off work, decided to take the DRZ400SM from Sacramento to San Francisco and back. Here is a little clip from one of my favorite parts of the trip.

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Aerodynamic helmets and wings on leathers

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