Recent content by vought

Hey, Gang: I've mostly been lurking here for the past couple of years, but thought I'd put a call out to the community now that the weather is nice for help finding a black-plate, black in color BMW 435i Gran Coupe (four door) that hit me and ran on April 20, at about 6:30pm I ride home on...

I guess my trigger issue is aggressive drivers without regard for the vulnerabilities of motorcyclists or the repercussions of their actions on other drivers. This morning a silver RAV4 came down 280, cutting in and out really aggressively. I saw her coming and even dodged her once. Then she...

13 miles, three bunnies. Rural Nevada is not a place to ride late at night. https://youtu.be/GnbLVIulGoM

I got hit and knocked over intentionally by a driver this morning*. He ran. I only got a partial license plate. My cell phone couldn't hold a connection with dispatch, so I jumped back on my bike after someone helped me right it, and rolled up about a mile, were I saw a CHP Explorer escorting a...

I'm riding to work this morning - traffic is light, it's beautiful outside, and the carpool lane is relatively free of people. I run it up to 70 and relax while scanning the road and my mirrors. It's going to be an awesome day. All of the sudden...here's this guy, doing about 90, and feels the...

Had fun on my GS out on the playa this year, but the conditions weren't ideal for riding. Thin crust over a loose surface on open playa made for iffy riding over 45-50mph, and tooling around near the edges was just stupid on street tires.

I'm asking for a friend who lives in Oakland. His KLR was stolen from in front of his place on 23rd two weeks ago. He called, but (big surprise) OPD never showed up to take a report. He got home Sunday to mail from the tow yard. $609 due for the tow and impound of the recovered bike. $1400...

I see lots of nice cars on my commute to Palo Alto each day, and since getting my GoPro in May, I've been recording my commute each day. For your viewing pleasure: Lexus LS460 swipes a guardrail, blows both right-hand side tires, drives onto rims, swerves in front of me, and keep heading north...

This weekend, heading up Highway 1 from Watsonville I saw something very strange. A sprotbiler in reasonably full gear and Icon 'iridium visor' helmet kept baiting some fellow on a low-riding custom bike. I didn't see any colors/rockers on the low-rider's back until I got close and saw 'Hells...

Hi, All: Quick Synopsis of a weak spark condition on my GS500: On Tuesday, someone smashed and stole my right-side spark plug and without an easy way to get another before work, I rode it about two miles to store it in a buddy's garage with the boot disconnected. Later that day, I replaced...

Anyone tried this one in Madera county out? Bonus points if you know the road. A little rough in spots, but it's my favorite way up to Yosemite.

My GS500 has lately been throwing some white oil smoke on startup; I crank the bike, and after a few seconds, a bit of white smoke will exit the exhaust, especially when the motor is revved a bit. The bike has about 22k miles, and I don't flog it too hard, but I figure it's old (1989 model) and...

Occasionally, without rhyme or reason, my 89 GS500 will dribble gasoline from the lower (left side) carb when parked on the side stand. It seems to occur when hot it cold; the last time was up at around 3200 ft ASL after sitting all night, cold-soaked to about 28f. It has happened during summer...

Thanks to Pete at GP sports for saving me from bureaucrat hell (apartment complex towed bike, broke it, and long chain of events...still don't have it a month later) and getting my bike ready so much quicker than I thought it would be ready. Now, with my luck it'll be beautiful weekends from...

Hey, BARFers: I need some advice. Some of you saw the thread last week in which I initially thought my bike had been stolen, then found that it was towed mistakenly due to a PITA resident in my apartment complex. Since I work in the city but line in San Jose and couldn't go to the tow yard...