The "What Did You Do Today" Thread....

Moto Mengy said:
Oh and my record miles in one day of riding is 1148 miles. :cool:
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Nice!

Mine was in 2016 the leg on the way home from LA. Albuquerque, New Mexico to my house -1215 miles in one go. Just stops for gas and snacks.

It is addictive riding long distances just because.
 
I did bike stuff today and yesterday....

Am sprucing up my 2017 Suzuki GSXR750 and returning it to close on stock condition after fitting high bars to it last year. It is almost complete now, has so far cost me around £120 to put it back to stock, with just a few more little things to sort. I do very much wish I'd not messed up the speedo-healer settings for so long as it has artificially added a couple of thousand miles onto the clocks, but hey ho... it still looks great. I'll take some pics once it is sorted fully :-)
 
Moto Mengy said:
I haven't made it to a VAMM yet, every year I seem to have something going on at the same time. Last year was a family reunion, this year is a trip to visit family out of state. Sigh.

Oh and my record miles in one day of riding is 1148 miles. :cool:
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Well, you certainly crushed my daily best. I shall weep into my pillow.

-John
 
Drakhen99 said:
Well, you certainly crushed my daily best. I shall weep into my pillow.

-John
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Riding over 1000 miles per day is very difficult. It doesn't happen by accident, you need to plan, stick to the interstates, and do "gas and go's" all day with short 5 minute snack breaks at best during gas stops. Any day of riding over 1000 miles per day have always been 18+ hour days in the saddle for me.

So don't feel too bad. It takes a certain kind of rider (crazy?) to even WANT to do 1000+ miles per day, let alone be able to manage it. I would never say its FUN, but it can be satisfying from a challenge point of view.
 
Moto Mengy said:
Riding over 1000 miles per day is very difficult. It doesn't happen by accident, you need to plan, stick to the interstates, and do "gas and go's" all day with short 5 minute snack breaks at best during gas stops. Any day of riding over 1000 miles per day have always been 18+ hour days in the saddle for me.

So don't feel too bad. It takes a certain kind of rider (crazy?) to even WANT to do 1000+ miles per day, let alone be able to manage it. I would never say its FUN, but it can be satisfying from a challenge point of view.
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Dude, I totally get that: I've watched several videos and read up on doing it... since I wanted to do it. After riding almost 400 miles in a day... no thank you. I'll stick to 500 or less miles per day, and enjoy my time on the bike :D

-John
 
Watched our local race track absolute record obliterated from 1:11.5 to 1:09.6 by a locally built technological marvel called Kalana
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A few weeks ago I lent my voice to those whose voices were taken from them.
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A reporter was interviewing people all across the state of Tennessee based on comments we left for the Govenor when he called for public input.

Interesting thing is the reporter oversimplifies my points. Luckily I recorded my side of the interview.

The full article here

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Managed to get through all my editing up until Novembers stuff. I deleted almost 10 videos I had scheduled that were made pre-GoPro as I wasn’t happy with them and wanted to slightly improve the overall upcoming vids.

Non-bike related; Me+Wife had a thing when we sold our kittens years ago - if there’s any problems at all, even if you move and can’t take them or you get bored of them, we will have them back at any point in their life. So we have 2 cats back after a few years. Trying to get them settled in tonight.
 
Today I messed up... I made the mistake of reading the instructions and following them.
I tried to fit some heated grips I got in a sale to my new Suzuki, they were £50 off, so I happily paid £150 for them... I followed the instructions which insisted I used the glue they supplied and ended up with one of them half on half off glued solid in place... didn't even try to fit the other one, had to get the grinder out to cut it off the bar.... Thankfully my local bike shop did a price match, so I got another set, so now I am £300 down, they also told me to use a different glue, so got some of that for another £15 and had another go... still couldn't get them on, so have booked the bike in at a local back street garage where they will probably charge me another £50-£100 to fit them for me...

Lesson learned, just buy the factory grips which were "only" £350 in the future LOL
 
HippoDrone said:
Today I messed up... I made the mistake of reading the instructions and following them.
I tried to fit some heated grips I got in a sale to my new Suzuki, they were £50 off, so I happily paid £150 for them... I followed the instructions which insisted I used the glue they supplied and ended up with one of them half on half off glued solid in place... didn't even try to fit the other one, had to get the grinder out to cut it off the bar.... Thankfully my local bike shop did a price match, so I got another set, so now I am £300 down, they also told me to use a different glue, so got some of that for another £15 and had another go... still couldn't get them on, so have booked the bike in at a local back street garage where they will probably charge me another £50-£100 to fit them for me...

Lesson learned, just buy the factory grips which were "only" £350 in the future LOL
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Bloody hell, not happy I'll bet!!
 
Well I've been sticking lots of needles in people lately!
Been giving all of our staff their Covid & Flu vaccinations. Nice little yearly gig and keeps me busy from September to February
 
tojjer29 said:
Bloody hell, not happy I'll bet!!
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I'm not, an expensive day... I have had my frown flipped upside down though... a local bike shop just sent me a message offering to fit them for me tomorrow.... I'm assuming for free, but not sure... so if I start singing their praises massively on my FB, Insta and Twitter... you'll know it was for free... although I will still say thanks to them even if I have to pay as they are dropping spanners to help me out all the same! :-)
 
HippoDrone said:
Today I messed up... I made the mistake of reading the instructions and following them.
I tried to fit some heated grips I got in a sale to my new Suzuki, they were £50 off, so I happily paid £150 for them... I followed the instructions which insisted I used the glue they supplied and ended up with one of them half on half off glued solid in place... didn't even try to fit the other one, had to get the grinder out to cut it off the bar.... Thankfully my local bike shop did a price match, so I got another set, so now I am £300 down, they also told me to use a different glue, so got some of that for another £15 and had another go... still couldn't get them on, so have booked the bike in at a local back street garage where they will probably charge me another £50-£100 to fit them for me...

Lesson learned, just buy the factory grips which were "only" £350 in the future LOL
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Gutted mate, never read the instructions. So frustrating when things like this go wrong. I start sweating end get really mad and start swearing a lot!
 
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