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  1. islemann

    Hepco Becker side cases

    I have two sets of Hepco Becker side cases available. Priced at "Make Offer". Get these out of my tiny garage! Set 1 is 31 Liter and does NOT have attaching rack or hardware. Set 2 is the 41 Liter and DOES have mounting hardware, however - I have no idea what they fit. Both sets have all...
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    Opportunity knocks (mods - feel free to move this if it's not appropriate for General)

    A very good friend of mine has been running a motorcycle recycling business up in Eugene, Oregon for more than a decade. He's retiring and ALL of his inventory is on sale. If you ride a bike of any type that is of the '60's, 70's, 80's or 90's - this guy has good high quality used parts for you...
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    1994 Kawasaki ZG1000 Concours

    $1095 1994 Kawasaki Concours ZG1000 102,005 miles. Runs and rides well. The quintessential Japanese Sport-Touring bike for 30 years. They're big, fast and CHEAP. I picked this bike up in trade back in 2017 and have only put 5k miles on it since. I've either fixed all the bad stuff or have the...
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    Alright - which one of you knows this bonehead?

    CALIFORNIA MAN ARRESTED AFTER ELUDING CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AND OSP - JACKSON COUNTY (PHOTO) News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: October 27th, 2015 4:12 PM On October 26, 2015 at about 1PM, OSP was notified by the California Highway Patrol that they were in pursuit...
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    Boy Chaos - Chris Bishop needs our help

    Some of you know this fine man - he really needs our help. (BARF user "Boy Chaos") https://www.gofundme.com/ChrisBishop
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    Neener neener...dude.

    Well - it's legal now in Oregon. No place to actually buy it legally - but by Gor we can if we could. Weed Be Legal beotches! Kinda.
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    Holy Crap! Trapped under a truck.

    This is terrifying to contemplate: Snagged under a truck on the freeway
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    Lots of famous racers in this Paul Ritter blog post

    https://paulritterblog.wordpress.com/superbike-pioneers-1976-1979/
  9. islemann

    The 1 Show in Portland, Oregon - this weekend

    Fyi - Hipster Fest hits Portland (as if we need more hipsters) with a superb curated collection of very special motorcycles from all over the dang place. Carlo has a bike or two in the show, I'll be riding to the show on Sunday on my venerable VF1100s. theOneMotorcycleShow And for those of...
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    Racing the Gods

    The official release date has been set in carbon - May 1st. My friend Paul Ritter has finally put pen to paper and written the story of his Superbike win against the best of the best. The rest of the story is what makes this book so good. Get it here: Racing the Gods And - thank you for...
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    Guy Martin - All Business, All the Time. Not.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9hxJR35u0o I'll stick this up here to illustrate how dang serious the jolly lad is.
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    Guy Martin + John Britten = MAGIC!

    http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/videoguy-martin-rides-britten-v1000/ As the story says - Guy Martin just joined a very elite group of motorcyclists by being invited to ride the Britten V1000. Guy is a certifiably lucky man. Lucky man indeed.
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    Bramo sells to Polaris

    For you electrobike geeks: Brammo sells itself to Polaris Looks like Polaris is on a roll.
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    How it really feels to be a motorcyclist. In print.

    Many of you already subscribe to Motorcyclist magazine. Some of you read the columns along with look at the purty pitchers of the newest canyon carver. A few of you are familiar with the writing of Jack Lewis. Now's your chance to get more. More great writing. More Lewis... Head Check - What...
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    History and Randy Mamola

    My friend Paul Ritter has taken to writing. In fact, he's going to be publishing his book this year. Here's his story about racing with Randy Mamola: http://paulritterblog.wordpress.com/yu-young-randy-mamola/ Enjoy.
  16. islemann

    A rather unusual request for help

    So, this has bupkiss to do with motorcycles - other than the fact that I commute darn near every day on one to my store. And I've belonged to BARF for...uh...a long time. But it does have to do with a request for a helping hand. Something that I'm not very good at asking for, that help thing...
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    Conti tire recall just announced

    FYI - http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/continental-recalls-170000-tyres/25409.html
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    Hey BARFERS - if you come to Oregon...behave.

    Come to Oregon, ride 100+ mph and act like an asswipe on our highways and you get to go directly to jail. :afm199 Courtesy Oregon State Police: A California man was arrested Saturday afternoon by Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers after operating a motorcycle recklessly at high speeds near...
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    Ancient V4 Muscle Bikes

    This followed me home from Seattle to Astoria. https://plus.google.com/photos/117713611778537864325/albums/5849736227591121185 I'll be doing some much needed de-fubarring to cure some wiring and fairing hacking woes. Otherwise the beastie runs very nicely indeed. Anyone else ride ancient V4...
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    The Rattler

    This is the kind of stuff that inspires me to keep building Cafe' bikes. If you're a bike builder - enjoy. The rest of you can go on blathering about biffing on 9 or tipping over at stops or whatever it is you all do so well. :twofinger The Rattler Enjoy.
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