Ouch. I didn't know it would even be that much. I want to get the GIVI
side cases. Which ones did you order? Some alternatives to that would
be good.

--- In W650riders@..., "john gary simpson"
<eustisgary@...> wrote:

I ordered from Twisted Thtottle, but they cost $178 PLUS $100 special
order shipping surcharge, AND I wouldn't realistically see the rack
for over two months! I'm not at all sure that I want to confirm THAT
order. Any suggestions?

That sounds encouraging, I hear tales from other bikers of them having to replace tyres every 2 or 3000 miles...but they probably have bikes churning out 3.5 million BHP.

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From: W650riders@... on behalf of Salvyrider
Sent: Thu 27/09/2007 02:30
To: W650riders@...
Subject: Re: [W650riders] FW: tyre wear on W 650's



I am heading towards 10000 miles on my Conti Tours <> . The guy who sold them to me uses them on all his bikes and says it's not unusual to get 12 - 13000 out of them. I am going to put on another set this winter. Great tire for me - good grip, wears like iron - but I do not ride very aggressively.


On 9/26/07, Martin Taylor <martin.taylor@... <mailto:martin.taylor@...> > wrote:

Thanks for that info. I know roughly what to expect now. It looks as if the tyres I just replaced were the original ones.

p.s. the front brake is on the right.

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Sent: Thu 27/09/2007 11:51
To: W650riders@...
Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: accident - NWC



Well the CBF250 is going back and being swapped for a real 'scooter'!! All the other bikes are too high. We went through 2 other scooters first, 2 yamahas but they turned out to be as high or even higher.

The cbf wat too high, missing the left mirror and teh clutch was too loose.

Now I've never ridden a scooter before. How difficult is that going to be?? My front brake is going to be where the clutch lever is I believe and the rear brake where the front brake is (right hand).

deary me, the life of a biker who wants to touch the floor properly.

laura



On 27/09/2007, Laura <laurauk.rider@... <mailto:laurauk.rider@...> > wrote:

yeah hit from behiind and the side, he drove the indicator off (which is connected by a steel pin which was bent) and scratched the exhaust pipes on the right. The mudguard was completely crumpled up at the top underneath the mudaguard and the backwheel was stuck. I attach a picture. Bike has gone yesterday for inspection etc.

Laura




On 26/09/2007, Craig < ckrollins1@... <mailto:ckrollins1@...> > wrote:

Laura,

Sorry top hear about the accident, but at least most of the
damage was limited to the bike, and not you.
You say you were waiting to enter a roundabout: does this mean
you were struck from behind?
Are you still riding the Sportster?
Heal well and quickly,

Craig



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Hi Laura,
I owned a yamaha Majesty scooter for two years and it was brilliant. The only things to watch out for are that a scooter will NOT handle the same as a motorcycle, and you will not have the same engine braking effect when going into bends due to the automatic drive. The instructions will probably tell you that you need to hold the front brake on while pressing the starter otherwise the thing will not work. The reason for this being that if you happened to have the throttle open while pressing the starter, you would take off at a rapid rate to the horizon. Also the starter motor will not work at all if the side stand is down. Sometimes you will probably notice the machine will creep forward on tickover while at lights/crossroads etc as you can never disengage the drive.
Have fun ( but "real motorcyclists" will probably ignore you.. could never work that one out!!)

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Sent: Thu 27/09/2007 11:56
To: W650riders@...
Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: accident - NWC



I'm getting a real Burgman, no unfortunately not these massive ones but a 125. Street cred galore :cool:




On 27/09/2007, Laura < laurauk.rider@... <mailto:laurauk.rider@...> > wrote:

Well the CBF250 is going back and being swapped for a real 'scooter'!! All the other bikes are too high. We went through 2 other scooters first, 2 yamahas but they turned out to be as high or even higher.

The cbf wat too high, missing the left mirror and teh clutch was too loose.

Now I've never ridden a scooter before. How difficult is that going to be?? My front brake is going to be where the clutch lever is I believe and the rear brake where the front brake is (right hand).

deary me, the life of a biker who wants to touch the floor properly.

laura




On 27/09/2007, Laura < laurauk.rider@... <mailto:laurauk.rider@...> > wrote:

yeah hit from behiind and the side, he drove the indicator off (which is connected by a steel pin which was bent) and scratched the exhaust pipes on the right. The mudguard was completely crumpled up at the top underneath the mudaguard and the backwheel was stuck. I attach a picture. Bike has gone yesterday for inspection etc.

Laura




On 26/09/2007, Craig < ckrollins1@... <mailto:ckrollins1@...> > wrote:

Laura,

Sorry top hear about the accident, but at least most of the
damage was limited to the bike, and not you.
You say you were waiting to enter a roundabout: does this mean
you were struck from behind?
Are you still riding the Sportster?
Heal well and quickly,

Craig



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I think I fried something. I tried a 30amp fuse in the taillight
section thinking it would help somehow, I AM AN IDIOT. Nothing works
now! I replaced and inspected the fuses. Still nothing.

Now I am in a bigger mess. Can anybody help?

--- In W650riders@..., Ruari McLennan <r.mclennan@...> wrote:

Yes, the stock rear signals are normally off (they have two wires)

and thus

use a different bulb with only one filament; and the front ones

have three

wires (on all the time) with two filaments in the bulbs. Your

current draw

would appear to be a bit high due to the change you are introducing.

I am

not sure of the answer, though. No good at electrics.

Ruari

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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: [W650riders] turn signal wiring problem

I replaced all my signals and the tail light with after market ones.
I am having some problems. The tail light works great with the stock
signals, but once I hooked up the new signals the tail light pops a
fuse each time I turn the bike on. However, the signals all work
properly without the tail light on. My turn signals all have triple
wires. How do I wire the back signals since there is just two wires
going to them? Also, should the rear signals be off when the bike is
on? Trial and error is not working, 5 fuses blown with no luck.





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Yes, the stock rear signals are normally off (they have two wires) and thus use a different bulb with only one filament; and the front ones have three wires (on all the time) with two filaments in the bulbs. Your current draw would appear to be a bit high due to the change you are introducing. I am not sure of the answer, though. No good at electrics.

Ruari

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"So, if you've been holding back from asking that dumb question for
fear of ridicule, shyness, lowering your stature in the group..."


Does that include dumb posts too?

If so, I posted mine a day early.

:-)


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--- In W650riders@..., "Dennis J. Guggemos"
<djguggms@...> wrote:

So, if you've been holding back from asking that dumb question for

fear of ridicule, shyness, lowering your stature in the group or
whatever, cut loose. This is the 1 day you can take that chance and
be assured that there are likely many more stupid queries flying
around than you can come up with.

Yesterday (Friday) I had to have the morning off to look after three
of
the kids (School holidays), while Jen took the little one to the
optomitrist. Had a good morning, went and got the boat trailer road
legal ready for Monday, opening day for the trout fishing season.

Just before lunchtime I was reading the paper and having a coffee
when
my boss phoned to say she had dealt with the urgent jobs I was going
to
do in the afternoon. She asked, seeing as it was a lovely day, if I'd
like to have the afternoon off as well and make a 4 day weekend. No
second thoughts needed there.

So within about 2 minutes I had the bike out and the gear ready. Jen
came home about 5 minutes later and was quite happy for me to
disappear
for the afternoon.

I decided to go to the Bealey Hotel which is on the Eastern side of
Arthurs Pass from here. This is an Alpine pass through the Southern
Alps. The ride was brillent. I live on the coast so we are going from
sea level to the mountains. The roads are all good with everyting
from
open farmland to bush right down to the edge of the road, tight
twisty
stuff and enjoyable sweeping bends as well. The ride there took just
over an hour and was about 100km's. I had a relax at the pub and
enjoyed the scenery for an hour and headed home. I turned off at
Jacksons to come home around Lake Brunner to have some different
scenery. All up it was a 230Km trip.

A great day. I learnt that my bike will do 200km's before hitting
reserve. I struck a patch of rain grooves on a bend in the mountains
and know what you mean when you say the front tyre will follow the
grooves! A guy in the car park came over for a chat and was very
impressed with the W650.

I should have taken my camera, I took some photo's with my phone but
they are pretty small when put on the computer, next time.

Cheers
Murray

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I replaced all my signals and the tail light with after market ones.
I am having some problems. The tail light works great with the stock
signals, but once I hooked up the new signals the tail light pops a
fuse each time I turn the bike on. However, the signals all work
properly without the tail light on. My turn signals all have triple
wires. How do I wire the back signals since there is just two wires
going to them? Also, should the rear signals be off when the bike is
on? Trial and error is not working, 5 fuses blown with no luck.

The Florida coast around Appalatcheecola has man-eating flies. The
Florida Keys has bugs called no-see-ums that can go right through
window screens. And central Florida has swarms of love bugs that
congregate in roadways during mating season and can blind you by
totally covering your windshield or glasses with bug guts in a metter
of seconds. Like mosquitos, they are attracted to CO2. I need to
wear a mask when I'm driving my tractor to keep from inhaling them.--
- In W650riders@..., "Gene Fitch" <cafeboy@...> wrote:

From: "Charles Graves"

Re your comment about the Appalachian Trail, I met an interesting
chap where I was over-nighting near the Maine/New Hampshire

border.

We chatted briefly the evening prior then had breakfast together

the

following morning. In his early forties, I think. Originally from
Australia and was somewhat familiar with older bikes (Triumphs and
BSAs). Turns out he was hiking the entire Appalachian Trail for

the

second time (apparently on average a 4 to 6 month proposition,
depending upon the skill of the hiker).

In 1979(?), my girlfriend and I decided to travel around the

states. We

visited her family in Lowell, Massachusetts for a while. <<Strange

factoid:

I met a priest at a church fair in Lowell who was a friend of Jack

Kerouac

and had done the service at his funeral.>>

We were really into backpacking so decided to "do" the Trail. We

started off

at Mount Moosilaukie and spent a couple of days going uphill, then

downhill.

It was beautiful and we were drinking water right out of a rushing

creek

full of snowmelt. We got caught in big thunderstorms and camped in

snow. But

when we hit the bottom, the mosquitoes hatched out and ate us

alive. That

was also my first experience with those tiny black flies.

When we called her sister to come rescue us, our eyes were swollen

shut, our

hands were swelled up and we could hardly flex our fingers. I'll

never

forget the high-pitched sound of millions of mosquitoes in the

forest. We

lasted a week.

Later, we found out you should start at the southern end and walk

north to

avoid snow and most bugs.

gene in OR

Best thing will be if you fly me and my bike over to New England
from Old England, then you can give it a good tryout on roads you
know. Can't say fairer than that!
I have to say that my initial feelings are that the Versys would be
highly unsuited to dirt roads due to it's rather revvy nature. I
think what you need is a W650 engine in a Versys frame. That's a
little job for the weekend....
Pete

--- In W650riders@..., "Charles Graves" <bxf7check@...>
wrote:

What follows is a true story, Pete.

Last Wednesday (a week ago) I stopped at a bike dealership as I

was

riding through Maine. The reason for the stop was to check if they
might happen to have a Versys on the floor (Kawasaki dealer).
Imagine my delight when I discovered they did! (First one I've

seen.)

Better yet, being a Suzuki dealership too, they also had a V-Strom
on hand (granted, not the 650 model I am interested in, but the

1000

model instead). The sales fella I was speaking with volunteered to
take both bikes out in the yard and start them up for a better
comparison. Not being from the area, I mildly discouraged him from
doing so, but he insisted – and, suffice to say, I did not let my
objection to the idea get out of hand. :-)

I got to sit on both bikes. Please don't be offended, but my

initial

impression of the Versys is that it's not a pretty bike. However,

I

had a similar experience the first time I saw a V-Strom on a show
room floor. Looked at it. Thought it was ugly. Sales fella also
thought it was ugly. So I didn't give it much attention. (Looked

at

prettier bikes instead.) Later discovered all the great things

about

the Strom and after many subsequent views, guess what – it doesn't
look so bad now. So the initial impression of the Versys is not
important at this time – with further inspections and all the good
stuff I'm hearing about it – I'm sure it'll look a lot better with
time.

Anyway, the amusing part is that as I rode away I had the very
distinct thought that what I really needed was for Pete (that

would

be Pete Cordell from the W650riders forum) to buy a Versys. That

way

I would be able to get a 3-way W/Strom/Versys comparison from
somebody who would know all three very well. The thought, however,
was a fleeting one. Imaging my amusement when I was catching up on
the W650riders postings and discovered you had actually purchased

a

Versys!! :-)

I am hoping that as you get to know your new friend you will pass
along tidbits of information regarding how the Wee Strom and the
Versys compare in ways that would be of interest to somebody who

is

hoping to take a cross continent bike tour sometime during the

next

few years. Will include a lot of unpaved roads (trans Labrador in
the Northeast and Yukon/Alaska in the Northwest) and probably

quite

a bit of luggage. One of the things I like about the 650 bike size
is that if I'm out in the boonies and the bike does down on some
dirt, it's not so heavy that I can't lift it up by myself.

Delighted to hear about your new toy (though a little disappointed
to hear you are actually considering parting with the W). Will

probe

further on this topic after you've had more time to get to know

the

Versys.

Charles

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--- In W650riders@..., "petetibble" <petetibble@>
wrote:

Its happened, somehow my credit card broke free of its chains, and
next thing I know I'm the owner of big orange Versys!

I borrowed it for the morning and had a long, very wet and

blustery

test ride. Its very comfortable and though the little screen

doesn't

really keep much weather off it does an excellent job of keeping

the

wind blast at bay. None of the usual neck ache after a long high
speed blast. Its going to take a little while to get used to the
slightly snatchy fuel injection, but the next couple of days

should

rack up some miles as I've managed to get it in time for a trip up
to the Busy-Bee Reunion this weekend which is doubling up as a
reunion with a bunch of old chums from my yoof.

W seems to be taking it quite well so far, no tantrums. I'm going

to

put some time in titivating her, but then I'm afraid she'll have

to

go in the springtime. Sob. Unless I come into some money in the
meanwhile...
Can't get over how tiny the W feels now!
Pete

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