Finally in the 12's !!!

[Leadfoot281]

That took long enough. I'm finally into the low 12's...

and I did it on three cylinders! :banana:

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/Triumph020.jpg

I picked this bad boy up last year and busted out 16,000 miles on it in 2013. It's a 2013 Triumph Tiger 800 XC. The XC stands for Super Awesome. It has ABS, 21" front wheel, powder coated Excel rims, 96 Horsepower, a 5 gallon tank and a 675 watt generator. That's because BMW sucks.

It's been to some really cool places.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Photobucket%20Sucks/West2013322.jpg

And some places that smelled like pirates. Yaaarrrrr!!!

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Photobucket%20Sucks/West2013116.jpg

But mostly it just spanks pirates....

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/4n8id.jpg


http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/Tiger003.jpg

eats gravel...

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/Pics502.jpg

...and sees neat stuff. :banana:

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Photobucket%20Sucks/West2013238.jpg

Shiver me timbers!

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Photobucket%20Sucks/West2013188.jpg

[whitey]

Not sure who Lawrence welk is, but thats a cool looking motorsickle!

[Motorhead350]

Where have you been?

[Haggis]

Farmer John is back.....meatloaf sandwich for you if you come to Louisville this year.

Nice bike, glad to see you are enjoying it.

[RacerX]

Ok, I give, where'd you hide the guns? ;)
How much dust is covering the car now?

[Leadfoot281]

Where have you been?

I've been lost. Mostly. Wasn't my fault though. Roads just keep getting worse and worse.

Maintenance here was pretty bad.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/025-1.jpg

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/002-3.jpg

According to the sign here, there wasn't ANY maintenance...

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Photobucket%20Sucks/West2013106.jpg

How many miles ya got on your Marauder now Dom? You gotta be getting close to about a gazillion.

[Motorhead350]

220,000+.......

[Leadfoot281]

Farmer John is back.....meatloaf sandwich for you if you come to Louisville this year.

Nice bike, glad to see you are enjoying it.

Thanks! Think they'll let me pitch a tent behind the hotel?

This was in Missouri back in October. Heated jacket liners FTW!

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/Trip011.jpg

Bummer 'bout the corvette museum. Caught that online. I shut off my TV and phone years ago so I don't stay too connected anymore. Been busy though.

The State Department of Natural Resources is going to put a new creek in on my farm this spring. Long story, but basically the old creek is going to get moved and I will probably need to be here for that. We'll see. Also, when this project is done I'm gonna end up with 27,000 yards of black dirt that I'll need to get rid of.

Some things have changed for me, other things, maybe not-so-much.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/1546320_10152580059234966_1017 813415_n.jpg

[Leadfoot281]

Ok, I give, where'd you hide the guns? ;)
How much dust is covering the car now?

I don't remember the last time I seen that car. I know it needed the HVAC unit pulled and those little o-rings replaced.

It has 71,000 miles on it now. It had 71,000 miles in '09. :alone:

It's gonna have to go bye-bye though. It can't just sit there like that any longer. Cars absolutely bore me to tears. I have no interest in them at all any more. None. My next car will probably be a used Toyota.

These days I ride. I during the day. I ride at night. I ride in the rain. I ride in the rain at night. I until it snows. Then I ride some more. My motorcycle clothes and boots are waterproof and my grips and base layers are electrically heated. The heat controller is actually wireless. This stuff is nuts!

It cost me some money but now I can ride coast-to-coast and not get cold or wet.

Me... Last December...42 degrees, raining. I knocked out 850 miles that day.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/005-Copy.jpg

[Haggis]

Thanks! Think they'll let me pitch a tent behind the hotel?

Just sleep in the lobby, everyone does it.

[justbob]

Nice to here from you again!


Self proclaimed Builder Of Badassery.

Buy it, Break it, Build it BETTER.
"Since 2004"

[Bigdogjim]

Sounds like somebody been enjoying life:up:

Keep us up to date.

[1stMerc]

I don't remember the last time I seen that car. I know it needed the HVAC unit pulled and those little o-rings replaced.

It has 71,000 miles on it now. It had 71,000 miles in '09. :alone:

It's gonna have to go bye-bye though. It can't just sit there like that any longer. Cars absolutely bore me to tears. I have no interest in them at all any more. None. My next car will probably be a used Toyota.

These days I ride. I during the day. I ride at night. I ride in the rain. I ride in the rain at night. I until it snows. Then I ride some more. My motorcycle clothes and boots are waterproof and my grips and base layers are electrically heated. The heat controller is actually wireless. This stuff is nuts!

It cost me some money but now I can ride coast-to-coast and not get cold or wet.

Me... Last December...42 degrees, raining. I knocked out 850 miles that day.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/005-Copy.jpg

You haven't lived till you've done a ride in snow, 13* ambient temp or hail storm. Quite invigorating. Done all tho not intentional....except for the 13* the looks on the cage dwellers at 55 mph is priceless.

[Leadfoot281]

You haven't lived till you've done a ride in snow, 13* ambient temp or hail storm. Quite invigorating. Done all tho not intentional....except for the 13* the looks on the cage dwellers at 55 mph is priceless.

Lol! I know the feeling! On this ride I was rolling back into Minnesota. This stretch of road is dead strait and about 12 miles long. It runs between a small town and a larger city and at about 4 pm is full of commuter traffic.

I could literally watch as cagers locked onto me with their eyes. They'd see me and then begin thinking; "Is that a motorcycle? It can't be! It's raining and cold! Harleys don't start when it's below 70!!"

So they stare.

And stare.

And stare some more. Totally target fixated on me.

If Scarlett Johansson had been serving free beer at a road side stand, they would not have not seen it.

Then they'd drift. A little at first. As we got closer, they drift much faster and cross the center line and enter my lane. Both driver side wheels over the yellow line. Way, way over the line. Woooosh!

Oh baby. :eek:

The first couple cages were kinda creepy. The next dozen cages that did it made me laugh.

[nh muscle]

Its even better when you get into the 9'$

[Leadfoot281]

Its even better when you get into the 9'$

I think I've got just about enough horsepower. Things get expensive real fast once the power goes up. My non-motorcycling friends think I'm saving money by riding.

I've never actually added it all up but the math definitely does not look good.

100 horsepower + knobbies = new tires at every oil change. :eek:

Ride safe!

[Leadfoot281]

Nice to here from you again!


Self proclaimed Builder Of Badassery.

Buy it, Break it, Build it BETTER.
"Since 2004"

Ditto!

I just looked at your sig line. OMG dude.:eek: I'm still running the stock tune in my Marauder.

I should start a new thread ask which tune is better, Reinhart or Lidio. :D

Then I should start an oil thread. :banana:

[justbob]

:D thanks man!

As for the threads... That really wouldn't change much daily lively activity nowadays....


Self proclaimed Builder Of Badassery.

Buy it, Break it, Build it BETTER.
"Since 2004"

[chief455]

That took long enough. I'm finally into the low 12's...

and I did it on three cylinders! :banana:



I picked this bad boy up last year and busted out 16,000 miles on it in 2013. It's a 2013 Triumph Tiger 800 XC. The XC stands for Super Awesome. It has ABS, 21" front wheel, powder coated Excel rims, 96 Horsepower, a 5 gallon tank and a 675 watt generator. That's because BMW sucks.

It's been to some really cool places.



And some places that smelled like pirates. Yaaarrrrr!!!



But mostly it just spanks pirates....






eats gravel...



...and sees neat stuff. :banana:



Shiver me timbers!


I don't know who you are, but you're my hero!:bows:
A true road gypsy.
Live life, ride free - those are not supposed to be just words.
If you hate cars, sell the Marauder ;) Plenty of guys trying to buy one.

I can tell you enjoy his community, it's great. Please ride safe and share more great pictures as you connect to the interweb:burnout:

[Haggis]

John, whatever happened to the farm?

[Leadfoot281]

John, whatever happened to the farm?

It's a mess. I finally got out of it. I'm still here but now the whole thing is rented out.

As you know, Fedzilla took 55% of it when my Dad died in 2000 (Death Tax). There went all the cattle, all the machinery, and virtually all of his life savings. I managed to kept enough equipment to run it, but that turned out to be an expensive hobby. Today I get a small rent check once a year and blow that on paint, taxes, building maintenance, gravel for the driveways, new fences, and taxes. (I said taxes twice. Minnesota loves taxes).

The family situation is still bad. Career criminal half-brother is a still a career criminal. Both he and my half sister are still pissed about the inheritance. She hasn't spoken to me since '03.

My mom is also pissed about the inheritance and hasn't spoken to me since 2004. Seriously, who leaves their ex-wife a 1,000 acre farm anyway? As much as I'd have liked to given her something, it has just never been possible. Any money that goes to her, immediately goes to my career criminal half-brother who in turn snorts it up his nose. He's in his 50's now and she's well into her 70's and she is still bailing him out of jail. Absolutely un-f'n-real...

That leaves my little brother. In '10 he found some tree stumps on his land where my loggers had accidentally cut down some of his trees in 2003. Five walnut trees were accidentally cut down, and aside from some nasty e-mails, he hasn't spoken to me in four years. We're talking maybe $2,000 worth of wood. The guy owns 5 million dollars worth of farmland and that's what he got worked up about. Go figure. He won't answer his door or his phone so paying him back has been pretty much impossible.

He was supposed to get married last August. At 3pm, with just two hours to go before the wedding, he called me and said it was off. Someone got cold feet and backed out. I think it was him. He's been on a really bad drug binge since then.

And people wonder why to ride my bikes out to the mountains and sleep under the trees. Lol!

[Haggis]

It's a mess. I finally got out of it. I'm still here but now the whole thing is rented out.

As you know, Fedzilla took 55% of it when my Dad died in 2000 (Death Tax). There went all the cattle, all the machinery, and virtually all of his life savings. I managed to kept enough equipment to run it, but that turned out to be an expensive hobby. Today I get a small rent check once a year and blow that on paint, taxes, building maintenance, gravel for the driveways, new fences, and taxes. (I said taxes twice. Minnesota loves taxes).

The family situation is still bad. Career criminal half-brother is a still a career criminal. Both he and my half sister are still pissed about the inheritance. She hasn't spoken to me since '03.

My mom is also pissed about the inheritance and hasn't spoken to me since 2004. Seriously, who leaves their ex-wife a 1,000 acre farm anyway? As much as I'd have liked to given her something, it has just never been possible. Any money that goes to her, immediately goes to my career criminal half-brother who in turn snorts it up his nose. He's in his 50's now and she's well into her 70's and she is still bailing him out of jail. Absolutely un-f'n-real...

That leaves my little brother. In '10 he found some tree stumps on his land where my loggers had accidentally cut down some of his trees in 2003. Five walnut trees were accidentally cut down, and aside from some nasty e-mails, he hasn't spoken to me in four years. We're talking maybe $2,000 worth of wood. The guy owns 5 million dollars worth of farmland and that's what he got worked up about. Go figure. He won't answer his door or his phone so paying him back has been pretty much impossible.

He was supposed to get married last August. At 3pm, with just two hours to go before the wedding, he called me and said it was off. Someone got cold feet and backed out. I think it was him. He's been on a really bad drug binge since then.

And people wonder why to ride my bikes out to the mountains and sleep under the trees. Lol!

Hey, if it wasn't for families we would not have drama in our live's. You need to motorcycle this way sometime, or better yet come to Louisville. You know the way.

[camelgrundle]

37654If your ever in ny we should go for a ride lol. I could keep up until a highway lol.

[Leadfoot281]

Sweet mo 'tard! I'll bet that's a blast to ride. I am definitely heading to upstate NY one day. I really wanna see Niagara Falls. Western Pennsylvania is on the to-see list as well.

I was seriously considering going mo-tard on my '09 DR650 but then I bought the Tiger. Now the DR650 is used mostly for gravel and gravel touring. With the five gallon tank, it's good for 265 miles before hitting reserve. Two years ago I accidentally rode it to Sturgis. Seriously. I had no idea Sturgis was going on when I left home. No one on my motorcycle forum had any idea either. I hit the Badlands, Devils Tower, Lead, Deadwood and a whole ton of gravel.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Pirate%20Cruise/Trip1091.jpg

BTW, South Dakota is an amazing state....if you get off I-90. Before leaving on this particular trip, my Harley friends warned me that there was only 4 places in the state to buy gas. They were very, very serious about that too. I crossed the state on gravel and found a gas station about every 40 miles. Lulz.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/Pirate%20Cruise/Trip1129.jpg

[camelgrundle]

Yeah it's pretty fun can out handle my buddies crotch rockets but they get me after 3rd gear lol. I hate riding with them because I have to shift 3 times for every time they shift once! I am prolly 4hrs away from Niagara Falls if you need to crash ever let me know! Your bike is alot more practical than mine lol and looks fun I don't even have a speedo on my bike and its kick start only lol.

[captain]

Reading the pages makes me think of Forest Gump. "just went for a run one day" and well..... just kept going.
Cept on a bike.

[Leadfoot281]

I don't know who you are, but you're my hero!:bows:
A true road gypsy.
Live life, ride free - those are not supposed to be just words.
If you hate cars, sell the Marauder ;) Plenty of guys trying to buy one.

I can tell you enjoy his community, it's great. Please ride safe and share more great pictures as you connect to the interweb:burnout:

I appreciate the sentiment but I'm really not a hero. However I am a Gypsy 3 weeks out of the year. If you buy my farm, I'll be a Gypsy 50 weeks out of the year. ;)

Speaking of 'heroes', these two guys top my list.

http://www.bigdogadventures.com/

http://www.motosapiens.org/forum/index.php

This guy ^^^ rode a 2003 Sportster across Siberia a few years ago.

Back in '09 when I bought the Suzuki DR650, I was under the impression that motorcycles would only run for 2-3,000 miles and then they'd be toast. Why? Well over the years I'd seen about three dozen bikes with 2-3k miles on 'em rusting away in the back of hay barns on my friends farms. Their Dads used to ride but got married and stopped. Then the bikes got stashed away in the barns never to be seen again. I just assumed these bikes were worn out.

There are still a lot of people that still feel that way. My Harley friends think it's nuts to put 2,500 miles on in a year. I did that in November. With the right riding gear, it's not only possible, it's also incredibly easy and fun. Doo-rags, beards and cruiser face just don't cut it when it gets cold or wet.

Last years mileage by the numbers:

'09 Suzuki DR650 2,900 miles. (Bought new. Now has 25,000 miles)
'13 Triumph Tiger 800XC 15,980 Miles.
'96 Jeep Cherokee 800 miles.
'04 Mercury Marauder 0 miles.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/1911Kimber/MISC/005-3.jpg

It's just real hard to stay pumped up about cars when the Mustangs are going for $50k, Vettes are $100k and muscle cars are out of this world.