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Here are some miscellaneous motorcycle photos from the last few months. Above: the XS850.
The XS850 luggage.
Drew’s ATK right before we did a sketchy CraigsList deal in Cottage Grove.
The XL500S before I sold it.
Mileage at second fill-up for the XS1100. Subtract 98.4 miles from this and you get the mileage I started at.
Out with Ashley in Belfountain.
Drew and I were moving one of my two PC800 bikes (the one without plastics) to our shop space the other day when we ran into some problems. Rather than getting one of the motorcycle ramps we keep at the shop, we instead used a metal bed frame. The night before when I sold the Honda XL500S we used the same bed frame to get that bike up into the back of a truck without problems. It turns out that the PC800 is about twice as heavy. As you can see, hilarity resulted. Yes, there is a video from the security camera that I am working on getting.
We ended up getting several strapping young men from the fraternity to help us lift the motorcycle and frame into the truck. At our shop we cut the frame off using an angle grinder. The frame didn’t survive but the bike is just fine. From now on we will be using proper ramps rather than making frat solutions.
I will post videos and other photos once I get them from Drew and from the fraternity’s security cameras.
Heather, Ashley, and I went up Marys Peak to see the sun set to the west. This is looking southwest from the saddle.
Up at the summit parking lot.
At the saddle.