Went for a ride this morning and came back home and cleaned and lubed/waxed my chain for my ride tomorrow.

 

An all day event at a local High School parking lot and school grounds.

Conducted by a retired CHP moto officer and two local PD moto officers. These guys can ride anything.

It was all low speed stuff, circles, uturns, up hill and down hill turns, slaloms,braking and down shifting...

By the end of day my 67 year old butt was dragging and my clutch fingers were toast but my confidence in the F4i had tripled.

Outside temps in the 80's and the bike reached 226 but never complained.

A great day.
Tim

 

I just got my f4i and I have been fixing it because it hasn't been ridden in a while, so the past week has been busy. I have drained the gas, replaced a bad fuel pump, replaced the spark plugs, removed the flames, replaced the bar-ends (one was missing), added a Speedohealer and Power Commander III, changed the oil and break fluid, and I have ordered and am now waiting on a fuel pressure regulator. I'm kinda proud of myself as I am not a mechanic per se, but thank the heavens for Google.

I have done everything to my bike this week except ride it. And this weekend I am taking the Motorcycle safety course and reupholstering the seats in black.

The first pic is off of craigslist listing which I bought it and here is what it looks like thus far.

 

Did 165 miles today and got 49.2 MPG.

 

Rode 1300 miles in 2.5 days! It was through many many twisties and long sweepers. Awesome fun! I went with 2 other buddies of mine. Got back, cleaned and waxed bike along with cleaned and adjusted chain.

 

Polished by bike today and spend some time on the computer played with the new gopro footage

 

finally changed my oil!!

 

Hid swap to 35w 6000k instead of the 8/10k that the p/o had on it

 

A foggy ride to Laguna and a windy ride home, about 40miles each way. Thousands of motorcycles, photos later.

 

filled up gas+seafoam