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MountainDog

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Good to be a part of the forum,have a grey 13',
Stock,about to order a H&B plate for the belly and find somebody in Cal to hook up one of those fast leads for a batt.tender/compressor set up....
Have had the bike up to 120 mph and average 70-90 mph on the freeway,vibes are resonable and flatten smooth out when I'm down around 65-70,seat was garbage,had seat concepts put a dense pad and gripper cover on the bike for self and wife,here in so cal for 250 O.T.D.
Up to 6500 miles from 400,"demo bike" B&B cycles,Victorville,ca.....20 miles from the house,...paid 14.
Torrance EXP tires,still on....quarter inch tread depth down the center left.
4th oil change....10/40 weight.
2nd rear diff. Hypoid oil change 85/140 weight.
Happy trails rack and black Denali panniers.
Re drilled the holes,they were crooked,potential buyers,I recommend them ordered without holes predrilled,do it yourself,also .,get some lengths of 3/16th stock steel strips,cut and drill to size and put your bolts thru them on the interior of the boxes,..beefs it up real good.
Went for a ride with some Tenere owners back some time ago in Vegas..,hit back roads and the guys wife drove a black Humvee.
Haven't heard from or Tried, to contact any of em' since....tailed one of the guys on that trip and he really knew how to blast that thing thru the dirt!
That's it for now.
 

CentralCal

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Apr 24, 2015
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Central California
Will do MountainDog. I'm still a newbie. Only had mine for about 2 months and working so much only have 1000 miles on it.
Getting the crash bars installed tomorrow cause the UPS guy didn't show up today before I had a few beers.
Still looking for a skid plate. Don't want to take it off road till those 2 parts are on it.
Watch out for flash floods in your area tonight. Storms are heading your way.
 

MountainDog

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Jun 10, 2015
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Piñon hills,CA
It's coming down hard here now,
I'm going for the Hepco/Becker plate,ADVdepot...390.00 shipped,
It bolts to those thick lugs about mid way up the front of the engine., and the back side,on either side of the centerstand(I believe).
The bottom of the plate goes ALL the way back..,covering the cat.converter.
It's the best plate for this bike on the market,under 500.00(my opinion).
The BEST plate (money can buy) is over at "RideonADV"
 

Don in Lodi

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Was that Vegas ride Spring 2014? I was there. Welcome aboard. ::26::
 

AVGeek

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Don in Lodi said:
Was that Vegas ride Spring 2014? I was there. Welcome aboard. ::26::
Indeed it was...I remember that ride well! And I remember MountainDog, he had the bare naked ST!
 

MountainDog

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Piñon hills,CA
Barkingllizard,2112...hello..thank you for the welcome.
Hi Don,I remember you well,you rode over 1000 miles round trip,to make that ride.,something happenened to your cooling system,you fixed it there in the parking lot,,you then rode over 500 miles home on a damaged leg, if I recall.
AVGeek,The bike hasn't changed much,I ride with one Happy trails Denali box on the right side of the bike,
We put on the other one and a reinforced back rest off an FJ 1300 when Kay's in the mood for Motorcycle camping.
 
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