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Single Track Mind: June 2014
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Jun 30, 2014. Back in the Saddle. I've been very busy at work and have not been posting here. It's a shame because I have been riding. Not as much as I used to but enough to keep the cobwebs off the ST1100. I was in Pennsylvania recently with the bike. A wonderful place to ride. Just this past weekend, I fixed up the quick disconnect to the fuel cell with new clamps and an o-ring. Hope to do a longer ride this year. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). London, Ontario, Canada. View my complete profile. I purchase...
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Single Track Mind: March 2011
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Mar 12, 2011. ST1100 Mileage - More Parts Required. The mileage rolls on. Nearly 460,000 kms in fact. It is not without a few aches and pains along the way. Take for example the latest list of parts my bike requires. The following photo shows the queue of waiting parts. In the above photo, you can see an entire exhaust system, a rear differential, a wheel spline, and a fuel sender. As detailed in these posts, my bike's exhaust system. And rear drive splines are shot:. New-to-me system is on the left.
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Single Track Mind: November 2011
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Nov 11, 2011. I guess this happens during the first snowfall. Happens every year. I've been taking my bike to work every day - not missing a day since early April. Looks like I might have to park it soon. Nov 8, 2011. After almost half a million kilometres, I have finally made a copy of one of my ST keys. I haven't lost one, thank goodness. But I have come close. I knew I had to do something, as the key I have been using is hardly worn. I would not want to lose it. Obviously I can't risk losing key2....
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Single Track Mind: Back in the Saddle
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Jun 30, 2014. Back in the Saddle. I've been very busy at work and have not been posting here. It's a shame because I have been riding. Not as much as I used to but enough to keep the cobwebs off the ST1100. I was in Pennsylvania recently with the bike. A wonderful place to ride. Just this past weekend, I fixed up the quick disconnect to the fuel cell with new clamps and an o-ring. Hope to do a longer ride this year. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, Ontario, Canada. View my complete profile.
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Single Track Mind: April 2012
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Apr 12, 2012. I've had plenty of experience with early spring motorcycle trips. Some of them have ended with snow. Hopefully this one will not. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). London, Ontario, Canada. Half a million kilometres and counting. View my complete profile. 2009 Iron Butt Rally. Riding the Trans Canadian GOLD in 2004, I set a record crossing Canada by motorcycle - 59 hours and 36 minutes. I purchased my first KLR650 in 2002 when I began to look for other avenues for adventure, and places to go that ...
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Single Track Mind: August 2011
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Aug 31, 2011. My First Motorcycle Movie. I still really enjoy watching my first moto movie:. Aug 26, 2011. I've made two trips to the Maritime provinces with the ST so far this year. Amazingly, I didn't need long underwear on either trip. It can get cold in eastern Quebec and northern New Brunswick. My left side grip heater also quit working in the fall at the same time the glove plugs quit. That was a very cold ride at minus 4 Celsius. Which brings me to today's work. I replaced the defective left s...
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Single Track Mind: June 2011
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Jun 27, 2011. Iron Butt Rally Checkpoint. The 2011 Iron Butt Rally is now running. The rally started in Seattle, and the first checkpoint was Friday June 24th in Cheektowaga near Buffalo, NY. I had been planning to go as it is three hours from my house. The day before departure, I heard through the mailing list for previous Iron Butt Rally finishers that a 1200RT rider was in need of a fuel pump controller module. It was great seeing all my Iron Butt friends, and witnessing the scene at the checkpoint...
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Single Track Mind: July 2014
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Jul 13, 2014. This is an edit of my previously published blog entry about my experience with the Midland BT Next motorcycle bluetooth unit. A few weeks after publishing a positive review, the unit broke. I am now using a Sena 20S. I am pleased thus far. The quality of the audio is loud enough to be heard over the wind rush and earplugs-as were the Midland and Cardo. My Newest bluetooth headset - Sena 20S. The Midland BT Next broke after a few months use. For longer trips, I use a USB battery pack to powe...
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Single Track Mind: October 2011
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Oct 27, 2011. Yesterday my odometer rollup to to the point you see in the photo. Looks odd, but when you apply the simple kilometre to mile conversion of .62, it equals 300,000 miles. That's a pretty high and notable figure. In actual fact, if a more accurate conversion is applied, it is something like 300,600 miles. No need for hair splitting, however. The number that matters most to me has yet to arrive. That number is 500,000 kilometres. Oct 8, 2011. Here is a picture of Gord and my ST1100 rear wheel.
