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[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by julie j

All I meant was that if you are prepared you have a chance in hell of putting a chain back together on the side of a trail. Not so much with a belt.

Mine is a chain drive.

Na, you can do it in about an hour with only a few tools on the 1125. No remval of the swingarm.

Heres a link to badweb where a memeber shows how it's done with minimal tools.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buel...31/440981.html

I'm thinking more along the lines of this for a more comfy ride.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Na, you can do it in about an hour with only a few tools on the 1125. No remval of the swingarm.

Heres a link to badweb where a memeber shows how it's done with minimal tools.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buel...31/440981.html

I'm thinking more along the lines of this for a more comfy ride.

I saw one of those on the ride home the other day and almost wrecked because I was staring

[Trip]

Besides Alaska, where are some other places you want to hit.

I want to try to hit Vegas, Mt Rushmore, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lookout Mtn, Pikes Peak, highway 1 (northern cali), Whats that desert section that is awesome through cali, can't recall it now. Definitely one of the good roads in north arky. Yellowstone and some of the other parks near there.

[Mr Lefty]

those are all the ones I've been wanting to hit... riding around near Tahoe would be gorgeous too... the roads north of San Fran on the coast are nice... the oregon coast would be awesome.

I'd also like to hit up Vancouver Island. Yellow stone would be cool... then swing down to hit up pikes peak and a few roads in CO.

I'm trying to get my mapsource software unlocked with Garmin as I type this... I'll bring it and we can check it out this weekend...

[KSGregman]

I always had sport bikes....an 04 GSX-R750 most recently....got bored with the one dimensional ride....so I got the 07 M109-R...haven't looked back once. It has huge torque....big horsepower...and decent handling for a bike of it's size. I love it. It eats up the over the road riding....and is still fun to hammer through the twisties.



Lately, though...I've been obsessing about the ADV ride...I've got the hots for a BMW 1200GS...not as a replacement bike...but as an addition to the stable.

[t-homo]

Damn. I missed this thread somewhere along the way. I'd love to get into touring, but doubt I will do it on the R1. I'd like to get an FJR 1300 or something similar. Looks comfortable as hell.

[Mr Lefty]

for me the reason to go to the BMW is more than just touring... it's to not have to find different routes because of shitty roads... and being able to go up a dirt road to camp if I want.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

for me the reason to go to the BMW is more than just touring... it's to not have to find different routes because of shitty roads... and being able to go up a dirt road to camp if I want.

You will seek out the service roads.

[julie j]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Na, you can do it in about an hour with only a few tools on the 1125. No remval of the swingarm.

Heres a link to badweb where a memeber shows how it's done with minimal tools.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buel...31/440981.html

I'm thinking more along the lines of this for a more comfy ride.

Thanks for the link. I will have to check it out more thoroughly when I have more time, I should be writing a paper right now. Not that I plan on changing a belt drive anytime soon but it is still cool to understand.