NorthernPetes Bike Adventure

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Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:31 pm

Sweet looking dodo kickers!

Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:20 pm

did a little trip today, approx. 230 KMs a good burger lunch in cochrane and then back to timmins... good stuff!

I tried to stay on the road with my drawing, but its hard with the mouse and what not.

Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:05 pm

Oh, heres a story for you!

I drive by the dealership on my way back from my ride, the front brake has been squeeking since I got it, and I wanted to give it a bit of time before I brought it in, just in case it was just the stuf settling in and what not. so in I go, and Im told that they are all going home soon, but they can have a quick look. the service tech pops off the front brake caliper, and says "oh, theres a clip that rubbing against your disk, we'll just move it" and he proceeds to use a little screw driver and pops the clips a little, and then put it back on. using an impact wrench. when he finishes he looks and goes, "oh, it popped back off one sec" and tries to take the caliper off. tries being the word. the wrench or how he put it on seems to have stripped the bolt......

so I now get a new brake caliper and bolts. Yay.... and they better not charge me for their mess up if its not warrentee covered (being brakes wear part).

also they will look at my rear brakes as well, I get a bit of a scraping noise. and they will install my windshield.

Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:52 pm

Side note....they are paving the access road to work...if done, I will be riding to work! w00t.... I have so far refused to bring the new bike on the dusty mucky mine road.

mgdavis · #115 Unread post by **mgdavis** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:53 pm

Hi Pete. Congratulations on the new bike, it looks like a sweet ride.

A word of wisdom about breaking torque with a ratchet: don't. Especially not with a cheater bar. The inside of a ratchet is made of little gears that can break. Try to use a box end wrench or a breaker bar (like a ratchet, but with a hinge instead of the ratchet part) instead.

Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:12 pm

Great looking boots.

Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:13 am

Great news about the access road and, hopefully, they have your bike back to you soon with everything fixed up.

rapidblue · Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:58 am

mgdavis wrote:A word of wisdom about breaking torque with a ratchet: don't. Especially not with a cheater bar. The inside of a ratchet is made of little gears that can break.

haha I know that all too well, my rachet goes click, click, click, ___, ___, __, click click.

good think that one only cost me 5 bucks

Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:45 pm

allo to who ever reads this!

well, tonight went for a little spin to my moms house. Shes been saying that she wanted to go for a ride, since my dad used to have a motorcycle years ago (like probably about 15 years before I was born *Lol*) and tonight she asks me, well, you going to take me for a ride on your bike? I figured why not, I have never riden with a passenger beofre, so it was a new thing for me. My mom got a kick out of it though.

She even said that she may get herself a motorcycle.... She jokes and says she'll be 60 when she gets it though.

I think shes serious about it as well, so who knows, maybe I'll write about my moms bike at some point *L

Oh, my dad used to drive a little honda 90, and my mom tells me it used to bog out going up some of the hills back home, so shed have to walk up when theyd go riding.... my Vulcan 500 didnt have a problem

Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:21 am

That's awesome. You'll have to get her online and signed up on here!