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Guell
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 10:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
hugh, i feel your pain about cycle gear... seemed like i was blown off/put off when i had my rear changed there last time. I would buy a tire changer, but i have no place to put one...
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Cyclonecharlie
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 11:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Sorry to hear that about Cycle Gear, I've always had good service there.
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Xblaw
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 12:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I have got a pretty twisted route to get to Suches. I am meeting up with folks in Augusta and in Athens. Just google mapped it it is saying 7 hrs. Oh well, I think Jeff and I will trailer to Augusta. That will cut about 2.75 out of it.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hugh, Guell,
which way you taking to get up this way, highways or 61/78/278

Nick,

I hadn't thought about it much. I usually go I-26 to 301 to Orangeburg, then take highway 4 to Aiken. (A friend who used to make a LOT of trips from this area to Alabama recommended this route to me and I've always liked it.)

Matt, you got any preference? I-26/I-20 is fine with me if you'd rather do slab.
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Cyclonecharlie
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hugh,
You guys could take Rt. 61 to Bamburg, tie into 78 and never go near Orangeburg or 26. I go that way to Neeses a lot. But you would just stay on 78 or if you prefer 4, snag 321 outside Bamburg and go to Neeses and pick up 4, cuts a lot of miles off. Just watch out for speeding trap in Norway. Y'all have fun, wish I could go. Let me hear about it.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 09:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I didn't know Cycle Gear did any tire-changing. I've used the Powersports people
off North Main near I-26 to mount tires I bought thru the internet. If we all chipped in,
a tire changer wouldn't be too costly.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 02:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Charlie, that's a good idea for a route. I've ridden 61 to Bamberg before. I've always heard 78 can be a PITA as you get further north west of Summerville so I've usually avoided it. I always assume any small town in SC with a 35 MPH speed limit means it and drive/ride accordingly.

Jim, there's also an independent shop on Trolley Road not far from me, but I've never checked them out. Harbor freight job is about $100 for car tire change plus motorcycle adapter.
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Drfudd
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 03:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
When ever I go to the coast I always take the 61 route. I've taken 78 once all the way once and its nothing but small town after small town, 61 is void of anything, just a few stop signs in the middle of nowhere. Its boring, but efficient.

I was looking and going up via Athens doesn't sound half bad. makes the route more straight. 78 all the way to Athens, then get on 129 to Gainesville and then hop on 60 all the way to Suches. Adds about 45 minutes but might be worth it because if we get lost taking any other route it'll add 45 minutes to it anyway.

How much are tire changers anyways? I have a feeling that after this trip I'll have to replace my tires, the back tire is almost there.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hugh, I checked them out last year since they
are just across the street. They wanted $75
per tire then. I think the Powersports people
charged me $60 for both a couple of
years ago. I'm sure everyone has gone
up since then.
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Guell
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Jim, where are you at in summerville, im in irongate.

Hugh, highway/country roads, doesnt really matter to me.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Jim,

I believe Charlie said Cycle Gear will mount and balance for $25/tire.

Nick,

You can buy a portable tire changer for $29.99 from Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem. taf?Itemnumber=34542

BUT you have to buy the motorcycle accessory to go with it which costs $49.99:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem. taf?itemnumber=42927

So, for about the cost of getting two tires mounted, you can buy the tools to do it yourself. Homemade balancers aren't that hard to make for that part of the job.

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna drop by the local store and pick one up this week.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Guell,

+1 for Irongate on Savannah Round
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Hughlysses
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 08:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Jim,

I'm nearly next door in Quail Arbor.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 08:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Guell and Hugh,

It's nice to know I'll be able to push the
bike over to my neighbors to get some expert
advice if things go south.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 03:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Guell and Hugh,

Was that one of you on a black Uly
heading south on Dorchester Road near
Montague this afternoon about 2:30?
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Guell
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 08:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I ride a black m2, i live in fair spring ct. Cant believe ive never seen your uly!
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Jwnsc
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 10:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Ah yes, Fairspring Court. I thought I was hearing a Harley back there. (Well, I was, kinda) Were you living there in December 2006 with all the "excitement" at 105? I'm right behind you about 100 yards north, yellow siding split-level over brick.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 06:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Jim,

No, I haven't had time to crank mine up in a week. Maybe we've got another local Uly rider?
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Guell
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Haha, jim, you mean the crack house as i refer to it? You might have heard my dads harley also.
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Rcontroler
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 05:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Took me 2 trips to the local Buell dealer but I finally got my 'free' Buell Neck Gater. 1st trip they were locked up in the manager's office and he had just left for his hour lunch break and no one else has keys to get in. Next day I called before the 2nd trip to verify that there was going to be access to the locked office to get a neck gater. Got there and after the sales guy went in to get one, suddenly they were all gone. I proceeded to rant about I had called before I came to make sure I would not waste any more time or $3.09/gal. gas and as I was being led over to the "Motorclothes Dept." to find out who told me it was OK to come, the 'last neck gater' quickly emerged from the manager's office. Maybe the moral here is to order your neck gater from an on-line source and do without the free Buell advertising. I do hope everyone else can get their 'free' neck gater with less hassle.

(Message edited by rcontroler on March 14, 2008)
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Gsilvernale
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 05:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Low Country HD told me that they never got their shipment of neck gaters in.
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Guell
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
i dont think lowcountry was a participating dealer, they wernt on the list when i checked last time.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
While I waited the hour to have my clutch cable replaced at Low Country this morning,
I searched diligently for any and all things Buell. I was done in record time. Nada.
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Nevrenuf
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 09:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
i got the last two pins that they had there. that was like 4 wks ago sunday. they had two jackets, and two hats besides. that was it.
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Drfudd
Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 06:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Guys in summerville, the bottom just fell out here, they are saying tornadoes as well. I haven't seen any. its on your way! check the radar maps.

I spent 6 hours outside today pressure washing my house, makes everything so clean. its a little bit more powereful than your typical quarter car wash. Works well to clean the house and decks. Haven't used it on my bike yet, that'll come next weekend.
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Guell
Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 09:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
nick, seems summerville was barely missed. That was some crazy weather though.
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Cyclonecharlie
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hope everybody dodged the tornadoes,let us hear from you. So we will know everybody is ok.
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Jwnsc
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 03:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Everyone in the Summerville area should be fine, unless they were out riding around in it.
The worse of it passed north or south of us. My wife and son were trapped on I-26 West
yesterday afternoon for two hours between mile markers 199 and 189 as crews
cleared debris off the road. Deja Vu of Operation Floyd Evac!
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Hughlysses
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 07:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
No problems here. I was actually in Mt. Pleasant Saturday night (my wife and I are in a band with some friends). Wind, rain, and lightning, but nothing too bad. Glad it missed us.
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Xblaw
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
The tornado that ripped through Strawberry was only like 8 miles from my house and we barely got any wind. Seems like tornadoes know to go after trailer parks. Strange ain't it?

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FOR BADNESS
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