Recent content by Pluot

Hello all. It's been a long time. I've been pretty depressed for the past six months and kept my bike in the same spot in my driveway for several weeks. I'd always parked it outside where I live for many years in downtown San Jose by the East Carnegie Library. It's a yellow 2004 SV650S that's...

Hi all, I crashed yesterday so I thought I'd share. Rode Page Mill with some friends. Very windy and lots of debris and foliage. Slid out in the corner over a patch of leaves. I think I probably could have taken a better line. Not sure if I didn't take the leaves as seriously as I should have...

I have actually never seen motorcyclists use hand signals while lane splitting, till two guys in front of me in succession used them right in front of me for the very first time. The first time, there were two guys ahead of me, going North on the 101 off of Brokaw. The guy in the very front...

My SV specs for my tires have been 33/36 front and rear. However at the track I know they lowered my pressures to 30/29ish. How do you normally ride your pressures? And why do you prefer it? How do different circumstances change whether it is better to put in more in the front vs. the rear...

Saw a black sportbike down with a rider being taken care of by two medics. Looks like he had jeans on that were either shredded or was cut with scissors up his thigh. Anyone have any updates?

Yesterday morning, my SV's battery died so I had to take out my GS500 out of the garage to get to work. It had been sitting for a while, and apparently it had much less gas than I expected. My bike ran out of gas on 101S on the way home. I was a bit bewildered because it went from having gas to...

I have my first bike, my GS500 currently sitting in my garage. My friend is currently without a vehicle, and has asked to borrow my bike while looking for a job. His track record for taking care of a bike has been pretty horrible; recently he gave me his old CBR250 before moving out of town.. it...

I know that there was a rider who passed away yesterday on the same commute I take daily on the 101. What I did not know until today is that the person is a close personal friend of mine, Robert Dam. I have gone riding with Robert before, but I knew him personally from more of my raver/party...

Sometimes I think of my bike and how much I love her, so I have to go give her a hug. I'll sneak a quick hug here and there when walking by. Or just sit on her, lay on the tank and her a nice, long squeeze. *sigh* :love I'm also gonna change her oil today, but that's mostly for me. :laughing

Fueled up at the 76 and went up 9 to 35 today afternoon. Idiotically forgot to zip up my left pocket. Lost my fairly new Nexus 5x :| There goes $350 :( Most likely it got ejected somewhere into the mountains at one of the corners, got run over, or shattered on impact. But on the very very off...

Good morning everyone, hope you had a good long weekend. I'm guessing the topic below has been discussed before, but please bear with me. The reason I'm posting the above with said title is because on the way to work today, I let two motorcyclists pass me. The traffic on 101 South by Santa...

Random question out of curiosity. I was browsing threads, including the Gone but not forgotten section, and was reading about a rider who passed away taking a 15mph at 50mph or so. She was a novice. I myself have trouble on tight 15mph turns frequently, and at my skill level would not go...

Hello BARFers :) I've been having this issue recently where I get stuck in between 1st and 2nd gear while I'm shifting down sometimes. And sometimes it grinds momentarily when that happens. Also I've had it go down to neutral when I'm in 2nd gear without me shifting (not sure if I'm...

Hello Folks! It's your friendly neighborhood noob again! Lol.. After I dropped my bike last week, I bought a replacement handlebar end mirror to replace my broken-off one. Almost identical mirror, too. However, I am writing this post with grime all over my hands, because no matter how much I...

Hello all, Today I had the pleasure of meeting several Scotts Valley Peace Officers (some retired) at the Civilian Motorcycle Safety Training Course. Hot, but beautiful day out. We were greeted with coffee and muffins as we arrived. The day was long, but we took an hour lunch break, some...