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The “Five to Survive” Rule & Why You Should Use It
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madjak30Participant
This coming from a guy that posted a farmers field as an example of clear cut logging??
Not quite sure that was what Gitchy was looking for… ;-p
River or lighthouse…you pick…
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madjak30ParticipantYour bike next to a light house…frozen lake optional…
Better?
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madjak30ParticipantMine is in meters, but same deal…
The next challenge…your bike next to a river…
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madjak30ParticipantBut that would be cool…I’m hoping to do atleast two three day trips with two nights of camping in BC……I’m not sure where the route would take us, but I know one of the guys that I am planning the trip with wants to do the road from Kaslo to New Denver…south end of the West Kootenays…anyway, I’ll post up here as to what our route will be to see if anyone is interested in an international meet up…
It can never hurt to have a beer at a camp fire with online friends… ;-p
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madjak30ParticipantYou’ve done a multi-day already…you must have done the B&B or hotel thing at that time of year…on the coast it would have been pretty damp and cool for camping, or did you guys tough it out?
I have a couple of trips planned for this summer in and through the mountains of BC, Canada…but they won’t be happening until atleast June…I can’t wait…
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madjak30ParticipantIt’s the Canadian way to share and give gifts…lol
If it’s any help we got about 5″ of the crap over the weekend…but it is warming and the roads are clear again…I am actually starting to see grass in my back yard!!! Woo Hoo!!
Good tips by the way…everyone should get their hands dirty every once in a while, even if it is only to change the oil and lube the chain…you feel more involved with the bike, more pride of ownership…IMO
Buy a manual and tackle some of the simpler tasks…they also give you a maintenance schedule…follow it…
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madjak30ParticipantI sent “Bondo” one of those e-mails and his personal favorite list was a little different…V-Strom DL650, Bandit 1250S, Kawasaki Versys…and that was only about six months ago…but I guess everyone’s list is always evolving…
I was really surprised to see the Street Tripple on there at all…it is a tight bike that has a quite stiff suspension…Steve’s no spring chicken and is about 6’4…
I just thought it was funny that it was one of the three Canadian journalists that I have ever talked to (via e-mail & PM’s)…
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madjak30ParticipantI think the chosen music fits the video…not like all the rest of the videos out there…as for the FJ, it looked like he hit a patch of sand or dirt on the road…scared himself…and maybe grabbed a bit of front brake…??
I really need to head into the mountains for a ride or two this year…much nicer scenery…
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madjak30ParticipantI think he has posted on here a couple of times…but he is a contributor to another beginner bike site… ( http://www.beginnerbikers.org )
I’ve watched all the videos and find them great for on going training…
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madjak30ParticipantThey do a lot of clear cut “harvesting” in BC…I’ll have to check and see if there is any near me…maybe I can get it tomorrow…doubt it though…but it’s worth a ride….
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madjak30ParticipantYou can see them best if you are driving/riding through the mountains and you see a section of the forest has been cut down in a long wide strip…but forest is on either side…that’s a clear cut section…if you are going past one you will see a field of tree stumps and undergrowth, but the trees will be gone…again clear cut…
I don’t know if I will see any this weekend when I am out riding, but if I do, I will take a pic and show you… ;-p
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madjak30ParticipantIt’s been almost two months since you bought the new toy…is the “Honeymoon” over, or do you still luv the bike?
Are you finding any issues with not having a center stand? or are you only doing day trips?
I’m thinking of going one more year with the GS500, then making the change…we’ll see…
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madjak30ParticipantI’ve been riding for a year now, and I still have to remind myself to relax the grip…I guess I still get pretty excited to be out there riding finally…I’ll be looking into a “Cramp Buster” this year, since I am planning on doing some motorcycle touring in the mountains this summer…
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madjak30ParticipantI think the SM bikes would be more fun for bombing around town…way lighter and more nimble than a regular street bike and lots of leg room…and they have torque down lower due to the single cylinder, and probably the gearing…they had the Konker SM bike at the BR course I took…it had good brakes, a nice riding position and they were pretty impressed at how it was holding up to the abuse…they also had a CBR125R (Canadian…) which one of the girls in the course ran out to every time…and a few 250cc cruisers, but mostly they had the 200-250cc dual sport bikes…they were great fun and easy to ride…just didn’t do well on hiway over 50mph (80kph)…I think mine got up to 55mph then just didn’t have enough to keep accellerating (I guess I’m too big of a sail…)
If I were in the market for one, I would check into the Suzuki DRz400SM…just for the extra power…but my next bike will probably be in the 800cc or larger range…I do lots of hiway touring…but I think a SM as a second bike would be a blast…
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madjak30ParticipantI couldn’t agree more…all I was getting at (in general terms of course) was that our parents (baby boomer generation) were a lot more frugal because they had too.
It wasn’t very common to see women in the workforce. There was an expectation that the woman would stay home to run the house and raise the kids, while the man earned the income to support it all. It tended to make money tight and everyone had to pitch in and help, but now with modern appliances and two income families…people have more free time and money…that spells trouble as much as it makes life easier.
Now to make for even more free time, the parents just provide transport and entertainment for the kids so that they can concentrate more on what they want (this is our generation, kinda selfish in general)…instead of being focussed on family values…so the kids don’t learn the value of a vehicle because it is taken for granted…same with the designer clothes…and anything else that the kids don’t have to “earn”.
I get to see the results almost everyday in the form of our new hires at work. When I look at resumes, one of the first things I check is if they are a rural kid or a city kid…the rural kids usually (general terms again) have a much different perception of what a days work is as compared to the city kid. They all expect to make big bucks, which is fine, but some don’t expect to have to earn their paycheck…just show up and get paid…I was a city kid and I am still trying to have a better work ethic…I’m a lazy SOB so I don’t want to hire…well, ME…but sometimes you don’t have a choice, and sometimes the rural/city kid thing doesn’t pan out…but more often than not, the rural kid is the “keeper” and the city kid is the “hat filler”…and when work slows down, you know who gets kept…I don’t even know if they learn anything from the experience, since they probably get work the next day…
Man, I don’t even know if that ended up where I intended it…??…I think we are all in trouble in the next 20yrs……
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