Recent content by Steven

Manual

I had changed my front brake lever with an adjustable one (moving it closer) but it created problems. When trying to brake hard, it would touch the handgrip and I couldn't stop as quickly. I went back to stock and got used to that. A shorter one might work, but then you have to squeeze...

My mistake... the left hand brake

I have the DCT automatic and I rarely use the foot brake, mostly only when I'm on gravel or when I think the road might be slippery. I am the kind of driver that lets the bike's motor do most of the braking. There are CTX owners that have replaced the foot brake with a right hand brake on the...

Local park this year - actual photo no retouching done. I hope everyone is healthy and wealthy...

Funny

Sorry to see you leaving (I assume). You've been a great member.

Here is a night shot of the other photo for your enjoyment... (photoshopped) (The other one was not)

What am I doing... ? I wish I knew. :-) I'm glad to see everyone else is around. Getting into wood working. Too hot in the garage right now. The most important discovery about wood is that there is no such thing as a straight piece of wood... So I made all my rulers/straightedge crooked...

Crank...

Last time I had that happen, I tightened the battery cables down and that worked. The cables looked fine, but apparently they weren't.

How do you like those air deflectors on your windshield? Do they make much difference?

Spring in the midwest... All this rain and extra CO2 really turned things green.

Protect that baby it will thrill you for years...

This is a great bike. Set up correctly, it capable of comfortably traveling across the country and yet is really easy to use it to run down to the store. I'm going on year 4 with mine and I still wouldn't give it up for a different bike. Welcome