RE: Second Impressions (ranting)

2000-08-18 Thread Motorcycle
Having a number of GTS at the same time has let me play around with different parts on different bikes. I have tried to describe the problems I have had at various times with tires and it seemed that I was the only one having the problem. I find that if I go stock size with perrilli or metzler I

Cracking Plastic

2000-08-18 Thread Jason Crowley
I've lost a piece of plastic to cracking and such around the gauges. The brake fluid from the reservoir spilling while flushing probably had something to do with it. Remember to clean up well. JC

Re: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread Michael Weaver
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hereby claim the world's GTS altitude record. Rode the Mount Evans highway, went to 14,256 feet, which for those listers in Europe is...uh, well, damn high. Anyone wanting to beat this one best be in Asia or South America, unless you can fit

Re: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread fred schneider
Just leee the bike. It'll turn much tighter than its steering locks. Stand on the pegs and roll the bike to the inside while feathering the clutch to keep it upright. Right and wrong, no clutch alway use the rearbrake while turning that way Learned this on several riding courses. (The

RE: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread Roberto Alonso
Hey Kevin, sorry to dissapoint you, but yer camera leaks light intermittently somewhere along the bottom of the back film door. Hence the green cast in the sky on a couple shots, that will show as orange on the negs (even on the perforations, probably). Did you bang it? later, picturesque

RE: Second Impressions (ranting)

2000-08-18 Thread Darren . Kinoshita
Hi Adam, I guess this would be a second impression report for me as well. I would have to say if you like bikes that are a dime a dozen you had a miss on this one. One of the reasons I like the GTS is because there aren't alot of them around ! I got sick of seeing other bikes "just like mine"

Re: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread Michael Weaver
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, fred schneider wrote: Right and wrong, no clutch alway use the rearbrake while turning that way Learned this on several riding courses. (The rolling to the inside does not work on my GTS , I suspect the side-car to be the reason but I'm not sure. But jamming the rearbrake

Re: Sinking to New Lows: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread Richard Lanouette
Sorry guys, but my GTS have been 13,000 feet in pike's peek CO and to a low -282 feet at bad water in death valley CA. Richard --- Steven Puig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eclaimed: YHa, and I claim it!! I hereby claim the world's GTS altitude record.

Re: Sinking to New Lows: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread gtsbiker
- Original Message - From: "Steven Puig" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 9:18 PM Subject: Sinking to New Lows: It's a GTS world record!! YEP!! I, as I'm sure a number of our listers have been, was in Death Valley

Re: Sinking to New Lows: It's a GTS world record!!

2000-08-18 Thread Steven Puig
Allright... I give up on geographic lows. How about guilt-inducing, genuinely-sorry, philanthropy-inspiring per capita income lows: Haitian border anyone? Steve Puig San Salvador YEP!! I, as I'm sure a number of our listers have been, was in Death Valley this summer at Badwater Basin which

Retro Bonneville

2000-08-18 Thread Andy Perry
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