Where did you ride your FTR today?

[ferraiolo1]

12/15/2020

 

[ferraiolo1]

24hrs later 12/16/2020

 

[mark.lb]

I feel your pain!

 

[storm42]

I got to get a quick ride out yesterday, the rain stopped long enough to get out into Derbyshire for a few hours.

 

[Max Kool]

Local backyard, life is good (and so are the temps at 80°).

 

[Helge]

That´s not fair Max
More than jealous

Where do you live?

Regards from a rainy Germany

 

[Max Kool]

Where do you live?

LA, California

 

[K9F]

Hey Max, first and last picture what are the craters all about either side of the yellow center lines?

 

[Max Kool]

“Rumble strips”, to warn you from hugging the double yellow.

Pretty standard here.

 

[EPOCH6]

First snowfall of the season up here in the valley yesterday, skipped outta work early to slide around on the new Mitas knobbies. They're actually a blast in the mush!

 

[ferraiolo1]

thats sick, i would suggest buying a can of acf50, all the hardware on this bike likes to corrode the second it smells salt

 

[BillyZ1200]

Snow is overrated...

On that note, this post needs to be put on hold till spring.

 

[mark.lb]

Everything always comes back to ACF50!

 

[K9F]

“Rumble strips”, to warn you from hugging the double yellow.

Pretty standard here.

They look potentially hazardous for motorcyclists to me? We too have rumble strips on the edges of highways and coming up to certain junctions and roundabouts but these are thick painted ones that stick up above the surface of the road rather than crater in.

Everything always comes back to ACF50!

Sure does. WD40 on steroids. I have a black stone sink in my kitchen and even use ACF50 on that, spray it and leave it a couple of hours. It brings the sink up better than new as over the years the abuse with solvents and various other harsh chemicals that perhaps shouldn't have gone near the sink did take it's toll on the black finish. I use it liberally on both bikes Winter time for protection but don't use it in the Summer as dust and pollen sticks to it.

 

[Max Kool]

They look potentially hazardous for motorcyclists to me?

It's not that bad unless your bike is headshake prone. It's just a reminder to stay clear of the center line.

 

[LoudFTR]

Sun finally came out in Oregon, so I took the obligatory lunchtime rip.

 

[K9F]

Loud FTR your bike looks great, the colors of the titanium headers are amazing, the machine behind it intrigues me.

 

[Staedtler]

They look potentially hazardous for motorcyclists to me? We too have rumble strips on the edges of highways and coming up to certain junctions and roundabouts but these are thick painted ones that stick up above the surface of the road rather than crater in.

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Sure does. WD40 on steroids. I have a black stone sink in my kitchen and even use ACF50 on that, spray it and leave it a couple of hours. It brings the sink up better than new as over the years the abuse with solvents and various other harsh chemicals that perhaps shouldn't have gone near the sink did take it's toll on the black finish. I use it liberally on both bikes Winter time for protection but don't use it in the Summer as dust and pollen sticks to it.

I have some of those rumble strips by me that the FTR hates, makes my eyesight blurry! My Tiger hardly notices them though..

 

[Max Kool]

@Staedtler stock tires?

 

[Staedtler]

@Staedtler stock tires?

Yes, but think it’s more down to the inherent stiffness of the stock suspension than the tyres.