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    A year with the Rocket III Touring

    Congrats Crazyman! I too crossed my one year anniversary on Jan 01. Got just under 12,000 on the R3T. Still have the warranty ME880s on the bike. Hoping for 10k out of them. My lonest ride to date about 350 miles. Custom solo saddle, Shad Trunk, Brakeway throttle lock, heated grips, Triumph 7"...
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    When you can't ride the R3T

    When I can't ride my R3T.......
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    Inexpensive Leathers

    I'm the sort of biker that's always looking for a bargain. I do a great deal on internet shopping, including all my Christmas shopping. A friend told me of a clothing & luggage site that's the best, bikerleatherplus.com, leather motorcycle jackets, leather jackets, motorcycle jackets . I ordered...
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    Washington River House

    Crazyman - There's a wonderful curvy, twisting road, highway 4, that follows the Columbia River all the way to the Pacific Ocean and highway 101. It's not only photogenic it's a great motorcycle ride. On the Oregon side its counterpart is Highway 30 to Astoria, OR. Check out a map to see the...
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    Seat question...

    I've toyed around with add-ons like Alaska sheepskin buttpads, and the very expensive AirHawk. The ButtPad did better than the AirHawk which now sits in a box in the corner of a closet. I returned to a custom seat builder, Don Weber, in Albany, OR to build me a one of a kind solo saddle. Don had...
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    10k service

    My first 10k service was completed yesterday for $809. It seems they needed to do a valve adjustment that jacked the price up. I gave them plenty of time, having left the bike Tuesday morning. I certainly don't like rushing these things. The mechanic took the R3T out for a 20 mile test ride...
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    Washington River House

    I wonder if you would say that if you saw me standing there with my tripod & camera 18 inches from rush hour traffic. It was a tad nerve racking. I had to park the bike on a piece of shoulder as wide as a car. The walk on the edge of he road to take the shot was down right dangerous. The best...
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    Washington River House

    I was riding with a friend a few weeks ago when I spotted this scene for just an instant. We were on our way from Hillsboro, OR to Seattle, WA for a pizza. Yup, I said pizza. If you gotta ask you don't like to ride. I made a mental note that this river house was just a few miles down Washington...
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    Mileage Test

    My total mileage was 214 on that tank of gas. To be honest I wasn't looking at the gas gage when it hit zero to see the mileage covered at that time. Like I said, this wasn't a deliberate attempt to test range. I knew I had enough to get home. I just pushed it too far beyond that.
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    Mileage Test

    I wasn't intending to run out but dealt with the situation at hand. It is bad on the fuel pump. I admitted I was lucky and will never push it that far again.
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    Mileage Test

    I took a 200 mile ride yesterday on my 2008 R3T and watched as the mileage gage hit zero. I continued home and got up the next morning intending to make it to a friend's gas station. The bike died about one mile from the station, just rolled to a stop on the shoulder of the road. I gathered...
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    Silver Falls State Park

    I actually caught three of the falls although Winter Falls is out of season right now and puts out about the same as your faucet. :( Three down, 7 to go. Going to a steam engine jamboree next weekend. So much to see, so little time. LOL
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    Silver Falls State Park

    I thought I'd try something different this week so a friend & i headed for Silver Falls State Park near Salem, OR. It was a short ride, maybe 128 mile round trip. The weather was hot but the sky was a deep blue and clear. We wanted to photograph a few of the 10 waterfalls at the park. It...
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    New Look At An Old Location

    I agree Pete. I posted a coastline photo in a photographic forum just to have some critic complain that the horizon was 1 or 2 degrees off level with no other comment. I did see your point but honestly hadn't before. It was a 5 minute quick edit to take it out of the window. Ride on.
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    New Look At An Old Location

    There were vehicles on both sides of the bike. Notice the sharp angle in that parking slot. I didn't photoshop the people out but went on an early Monday morning and waited patiently for the few people there to clear the frame. I parked way out front of the slot right next to the street to allow...
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