[Cantankerous]

I went for about a 40 mile ride on the 1500 yesterday, after installing new front brakes and bleeding the clutch (again).

I wish I had been able to take a longer ride, what a great bike to ride! I honestly have to say I did something on it I have never done on the 1200. I scraped metal on one curve I've ridden through many times before.

One thing I did find out was that I need to be careful over speed bumps, it doesn't seem to have enough ground clearance.

Now all I need to do is get the cosmetic issues taken care of and she'll be a great machine once again!

 

[Ron Robertson]

You got till August to get err done. The 1500 is a fine machine.

 

[Cantankerous]

I was actually hoping for June!

 

[Ron Robertson]

I was actually hoping for June!

you are right June comes before August this year.

 

[Cantankerous]

Smarty pants.

Or maybe the Winthrop meet is off?

 

[detdrbuzzard]

a 1500 wing has more ground clearance than a 1200 wing to unless your tires or suspension is set very low you shouldn't be scraping anything unless you have floor boards

 

[Cantankerous]

The scraping wasn't due to clearance issues, I took the curve at a pretty good clip.

 

[Ron Robertson]

Smarty pants.

Or maybe the Winthrop meet is off?

The Winthrop meet is still on as long as they get the North Cascade Hwy open by then. Other wise it might have to be moved to Leavenworth ??.

 

[Cantankerous]

The Hwy might not be open with the crazy weather we've been having. There was a good layer of frost here this morning. Leavenworth would work as well, but definitely busier.

 

[budoka]

You're lucky Tank. It's blinking ugly up here. Supposed to go down to -11c (15f) tonight, and still snowing. It's all my fault, I took the plow off the RZR last w/e. No riding still in my future

 

[Tatanka]

Cantankerous One,

Congrats on the 1500; I'm happy for you. I look forward to riding one soon and to working towards a '95-'00 1500 by trading the '85 Aspencade and the '83 GW after riding them this year. Though I am a sucker for classic bikes.

Weather is not fine here, either, Budoka-san. We're expecting some flurries tomorrow, cool temps, and rain. Not complaining, though, we need the moisture more than I need to ride.