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I don't. The consequences of it failing are too bad for me to risk. If the chain shows any sign of going bad, I replace it. So the odds of it going bad during a trip is small. The list of things that are more likely to go wrong before a chain failure is pretty long. So I carry a tire repair...

Anything more on the specifics? Do you have any idea of when you will be leaving? Will this be a month long trip or a bunch 500 mile days? I'm trying to figure this one out myself. Except I have joy of leaving from Florida.

I am planning on going. The new timing works great for me since I will be spending the 8 days prior going up and back down the Shenandoah valley to West Virginia and PA ( Leaving the Florida heat.). This will be my 4th time there, so like most of us, I find connecting back with the people...

I got mine from Wal-Mart. Don't usually do that, but it was $31.75 with free shipping. It was filled by Louis Powersports. And.. it was... OEM.

Based in your needs, wallet, and sense of style, you can use almost anything. I have Givi side cases, but I do use them a lot, so maybe that's OK. I also have a Pelican top case that I don't ride without. It is functional and not that expensive. Of course you can go as "budget priced and...

I did mine about a month ago. This sounds like a joke, but don't drop the sprocket carrier. My sprocket carrier very loose when I removed the tire. I dont know why the rubber was so bad. They were fine when i put the new tire on 10,000 miles earlier. With the carrier removed you can check...

I had to wait forever for a part so I got all the maintenance up to date: coolant change, valve adjustment (not out of spec after 10K miles so I'll look again in 16K more.), brake bleed, oil change, new drive sprocket (8K miles on chain but I want to see if the $20 gets me a few more miles.)...

After waiting for 10 days for a dust seal, I finally got the bearings in and the rear tire back on. I didn't have a dowel that was the right size, but this worked:

20 inches high. I'm 5'11 but only have a 30 inch inseam. 20 inches let's enough air hit me in the Florida summer and, when adjusted like I had in the picture, covers long interstate rides.

Madstad windshield (version 2) Cogent suspension front and rear Givi V35s and other Givi trinkets Cobbled together topbox Rider trying to hide the fact that he eats too many french fries.

My rear tire is off for new wheel bearings. I will be trying that trick soon.

I enjoyed that guy's video. Just for reference, how many miles did you have on the old bearings? Was it just wear or did something else happen?

I took it across the state to see the Falcon Heavy launch. Met some friends to see the launch from a boat. Perfect weather, but I about wore my clutch out with all the traffic coming home.

First, great job on the trip. You did what I only get to read about. And from what I've read, any bike with a brake light (street legal) is a touring bike - or at least a bike you can tour on. It is all about what the person that is doing the riding wants. Comfort maybe? Street handling or...

I bought a 2014 Leaf with 29,000 miles last year for $8,400. And that was with new tires. I've put 8,000 miles on it and I still like it. At least I like it 60 miles at a time. I get 4 miles to the dime if I pay. Some places even offer free charging. There are some great off lease deals...

The eye of Irma went over my house near Tampa as a cat 2. I had boarded windows and was still nervous. I've lived here for over 50 years and it was the worse for me. It was big and nasty but, thankfully, it was no Harvey. While a lot of Floridians are still out of power tye vast majority...

I'm going to throw in clunk-clunks and thump-thumps. I had a thump-thump do some damage once. You can usually ignore anything that sounds like it came from an AAMCO comercial. [emoji3]

The skies cooperated in Hiawassee, GA so I got 2 minutes 31 seconds of totality. I didn't bring any camera gear so my only picture is of the crescent snapped images passing through tree leaves. I think I'll just say I took the second one. It is from the NASA website. If you look close, you...

Even the little town of Murphy, NC is expecting 10,000 to 75,000 people. Total Solar Eclipse | Cherokee N.C. I have a friend in Nashville so Hopkinsville was early on my list. Just too many people, though. There is always that guy in Paducah, KY with room in his soybean field. :)

Finally got my spot. Looks like I won't be too far from dduelin. I got 2 nights in Hiawassee, GA. I'll be at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds campsite right beside the pickleball courts. I guess I'll bring my paddle. No complaints at $22 a night. A lot of places are asking 40-50 a night...