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I'm new to ADV riding. I bought an Aprilia Capanord 18 months ago because: 1) it was cheap, 2) we were looking fr a 2 up touring bike and most of all 3) it was cheap! Then I discovered the AF1 mother lode of all that is Capo :laughing So 18 months later I have a fully sorted and upgraded Capo...

I ran Z2's B Group on Monday. It was 14 months or so since I was last on track with a rebuilt gearbox and slipper clutch so I took it easy. Man that slipper clutch is awesome - no more hopping and skipping from the back end under braking into T 7, the Bust Stop and T 11 :thumbup I shot lots...

I couldn't stand another day of election - so I took the day off and went for a ride. Orinda - Stewarts Point - Healdsburg - Calistoga - Middletown - Berryessa - Fairfield - Orinda Here's the route http://goo.gl/maps/J5A9t I took the Capo and did a couple of dirt road excursions along the...

Stopped off at Alice's on Saturday and met two couples each doing 1 lap of the world. One couple from Australia was on a KTM 990 and the other form the UK on a similar KTM 990 with off-road side hack! Here they are with my better half 2nd from the right.

So who was on the black Ape Capo that I passed on my red one today? I am so used to not seeing another Caponord, that I nearly fell off :laughing

I'll just leave this here with a warning to keep all drinks away from your mouth when you watch it..... Mrb4GwhWRkU

Riding home through the Posey Tube out of Alameda last night in the left lane and going faster than I should have. A car swerved left into my lane right in front of me going all of 20 MPH. :wow :( I had no chance of braking enough to avoid rear ending him, so I braked as hard as I could and...

Anybody have a K1200 stolen :(

As in 3 passes :teeth Beautiful day for a ride. Left the East bay at 7:30am and rode Sonora Pass, Ebbett's Pass, Carson Pass and back for 6pm. ~ 520 miles of twisties got to love California :thumbup

I posted this as a reply in the "Commuting with kneesliders thread - but think its worthy of its own thread. Last Sunday I was I was riding on 101 with my buddy up to to the AMA races at Infineon. This year I was on my Aprilia Capanord wearing a textile 2 piece touring suit (Note: I typically...

I need a new set for the Caponord (110/80-19 front, 150/70-17 rear). I usually get my tires at track days (for the R1) but don't expect that's going to be an option for the Caponord. :laughing

.... or it would appear so - by the epademic of non operating indicators :x

Took a ride up HW1 and over Skaggs on Saturday 250 miles of twisty fun on mostly empty roads. :ride This was my first decent solo ride on the Caponord since I upgraded the forks and modded the motor. I am pretty pleased with the results :Party http://g.co/maps/w3ty2

So I was having a little fun through a certain tunnel on my way to work this morning when I hear the sound of a police siren behind me. :wow :( :thumbdown I slow down and look around but see no lights. I keep looking as I "enjoy" the sensation of an unexpected pint of adrenalin in my blood...

Looking for an on-line supplier for Hyperpro springs to upgrade my Aprilia Caponord. Any suggestions?

Earlier this year, I built (with a lot of help from Catalyst Reaction) a set of custom forks. Shortly after my motor gave up at 134,000 miles so I got a low mileage replacement from flea-Bay and had BRG Rcing work it up into a worthy track motor. Unfortunately, being a cheap skate, I passed on...

Desperate or stupid? Discuss :twofinger

I managed to damage the lower bushings on my forks. Yammi expects me to buy complete upper fork sliders to fix worn bushings for the 04-06 R1's :wow I got a set of 43mm KYB busihngs from Noleen J6 but they looked nothing like the ones I extracted from the fork uppers (differnt OD and width)...

So it seems that 130,000 miles of track and canyon was the limit for my 99 R1 motor. :thumbup After finally tracing a poor idle/stalling to an oil soaked airbox and clogged pilot jets - I found that there was a ton of oil blowing out of the crank case breather. I did a compression test and...

Took my wife on a short road trip this weekend - our first on the new to us Aprilia. We used Calistoga as a base. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?authuser=0&vps=2&hl=en&doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=207614703685868518365.0004aa0111998c6dd9ddf 2 hrs after getting back - my wife began...