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On my way to a doctor's appointment today (10/30) at about 11:30am I came across the Richmond-San Rafael bridge and headed down Sir Francis Drake toward Larkspur Landing. I slowed from freeway speed down to flow-of-two-lane-traffic. Coming around the right-hand curve by the entrance to San...

Posting with phone; forgive brevity. At Costco parking lot on Davis in San Leandro. Guzzi will turn over but won't catch. Haven't been able to bump start as there's not much of a hill and I haven't been able to get much speed. Used to live in SF but Live in Alameda now so worst case only need...

My friend was pulled over last night in San Francisco by SFPD. Due to a mix-up she had her motorcycle registration sticker on her car. Her car, though the registration was paid for and the smogging was done, was still not registered. After she.paid the fee and got.the car smogged the sticker...

Will a regular locksmith be able to take care of this sort of thing? My lock is broken and closed locked. My key turns the barrel just as it used to but the pin doesn't come up, so I'm stuck. Fortunately I'm at home so I don't really need to get this settled tonight but it would be good for me...

My Öhlins forks, on the top (the preload adjustment nut specifically) there are two letters with a double-ended arrow, indicating that counterclockwise is "W" and clockwise is "T". What do those letters stand for?

The steering damper on my Moto Guzzi Stone was non-adjustable so I never gave much thought to whether I could adjust the steering damping on my Nero Corsa until today as I was talking to someone about having my suspension set up—the previous owner is 50 lbs lighter than I am and I'm experiencing...

If you have any reason to be down at Fisherman's Wharf you probably know that not too long ago metered motorcycle parking went from 15 cents an hour to 50 or 60 cents per hour. Well, since the last time I was here (two months ago) they replaced the meter at the spots on Mason between Jefferson...

I keep reading here on BARF that you can get a point removed from one's license by going to traffic school only if it is your first offense. My understanding was that a point could be removed via traffic school once every (some number of) years. Which is true? Specific questions: If I did...

On my way to a doctors appointment this afternoon on 9th Street near Moto Java a minivan drifted out of its lane and into mine. I slowed so that the van would miss me and... angrily jabbed my turn signal. Twice. The minivan was half in one lane and half in the other when I finally found the horn...

On the subject of looking through the curve, I keep finding my eyes following an actual spot when I'm trying to look all the way through. As I'm moving, the farthest point of the curve is constantly in motion, but the objects on the road are moving toward me and my eyes follow them without my...

Traffic is backed up as far as the eye can see Southbound near the Vermont Street exit. There have been sirens from emergency vehicles trying to get through for the last 15 minutes. At least three separate "waves" of emergency vehicles. I hope there wasn't a motorcyclist involved. If you're...

Recently I've read several admonitions here on BARF about not resting one's feet on the arches but instead the balls of the feet, and I'm finding it a hard habit to break. I don't recall being told this in the BRC but that was six years ago so I might have just forgotten. My question is: what...

Someone contacted me by PM (on a different site) to buy one of the items that I'm selling. He offered to pay my asking price if I would cover shipping. His profile on that site lists where he's from and the zip code he provided matches that US city. He's made three posts total since signing on...

Don't ask me why, but I was searching through old posts and found this: http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2318234#post2318234 (which devolved really quickly and fortunately is locked so can't turn zombie) Five years ago, I wrote that my dream bike was a Moto Guzzi V11...

Asking $75 $65 for the pair.SOLD HeliBar Clip-ons with a rise, will fit 45mm forks. Tried 'em out on a bike with pegs that were too far forward, made my back ache so I put the stock bar back on. These are plain coated steel clip-ons, no fancy materials. WYSIWYG. Obviously used but no damage...

SOLD!!! For sale, T-Pro Forcefield back protector. EC "B2" rating. T-Pro impact absorbant material is a miracle of material science. This stuff is awesome! It's only been worn a couple of times, and never been in a crash or impact of any kind—even if it had, the T-Pro material doesn't break...

Asking $125, or make a reasonable offer. SOLD Selling P/N A9708040-JO Seat cowl for Speed Triple 955i 2002-2004. Neon Blue. Should fit Daytona 955i 2002-2006 but I don't think the Daytonas were offered in Neon Blue. Check for model year splits, since Triumph likes to change models mid-year...

Reading through some threads that have been on the front page of General today about riders crashing with a passenger, dropping a passenger off the back, and a link to an older post about crashing on "turn 3" on a public road etc, I'm overwhelmed by a sense of gratitude. Why? Because I'm not...

I'm noticing a big difference in wind noise since I got my new (to me) bike. Old bike: (actually the blue SpIII in the background used to be mine too but we can ignore that for the moment.) New (to me) bike: Surprising (to me) fun fact: the bike with the windscreen causes much louder...

On a sunny Thursday afternoon in September I was on my way to the dentist's office from work on my Speed Triple. I was at the front of the line at the light at North Point and Columbus, Westbound on North Point. As you can see in the attached picture, there are two Westbound lanes and one...