Where Shall we Meet for Coffee on Sunday?

[Galactica]

I'm back baby!! So where is coffee on Sunday?  Looking forward to seeing you guys.  Hoping it's not raining too hard, I am itching to ride. 

Cheers,
Ross

[Twisted_Twin]

How 'bout the wired monk on Hwy 10?

Shawn

[stanfromhell]

Good plan, kind of central for most of us

[Kiwi_Roy]

I will be riding if there's zero chance of rain and 20 degrees, you know me 

[Wheels]

Welcome back Ross,  don't think we will luck out tomorrow with the rain gods.

See everyone tomorrow.

John

[Galactica]

Looks like pretty heavy rain is forecast. Looks like I may be forced to cage it.

Ross

[Kiwi_Roy]

I was out riding in the cold rain yesterday, the only other bike on the road was a young guy on a brand new 2014 V Rod
He was so pleased to see another rider that he stopped and talked for a while while I admired his machine.
He claimed the engine and drive train were designed by Porsche, I don't know if this is true but so radically
different from any other Harley it may well be.

One impressive machine is all I can say 

I invited him to coffee, if he shows up on his bike be sure to make suitable grunting noises.

[Twisted_Twin]

I watched a show on T.V. quite a while back about HD developing that engine.

Porsche was involved in the development of it but I can't recall how much they did.

1000J owns a V-Rod I think, maybe he will chime in.

[1000J]

Porsche just helped with the design of the Revolution motor to take the engine based on the VR 1000 race bike program and put it on the street...we know Cuzzin Gerry doesn't like technology (and I'm not a big fan either) but some things are forced on us and Harley needed to break free a little to try and compete with other American and Japanese bikes that aren't relying on 100 year old design,not that there's anything wrong with that, but it was time for a 60 degree liquid cooled V-twin with overhead cams for the street market. I wasn't a fan until they made the wide frame bike in 07 with a 5 gallon fuel cell, I had to order one,I really like mine,it's pretty quick for what it is, still almost 700 lbs and a bit close to the ground but reliable,fun to ride and different.

[kaw74]

Is that a dent I see under the frame?

[1000J]

Is that a dent I see under the frame?

[Twisted_Twin]

Roy's buddy showed up to coffee this morning.

I think he'll fit right in, he checked the number of bikes outside vs coffee drinkers inside and commented that we must like riding two-up

His V-rod is the one you mentioned, 5-gallon tank and a wide frame.

Pretty badass motorcycle...

[1000J]

Roy's buddy showed up to coffee this morning.

I think he'll fit right in, he checked the number of bikes outside vs coffee drinkers inside and commented that we must like riding two-up

His V-rod is the one you mentioned, 5-gallon tank and a wide frame.

Pretty badass motorcycle...

Probably a Vrod Muscle

[Twisted_Twin]

I think that's what he said..

Too bad it's not a -real- Harley   

[Twisted_Twin]

We were talking about poor braking in the wet over coffee this morning.

Here's a bit I found about it regarding motorcycles, the outcome is pretty much what we talked about, drag the brakes every now-and-then:

On long straight roads, riders should not expect their brakes to be at 100% after a long ride

With disc (rotor) brakes, and assuming the weather is good, riding for long periods of time in situations where the brakes are not needed can result in them having reduced performance when needed. This phenomenon can be caused by simple road grime building up on the rotor’s surface, or a condition known as pad knock off. In the latter case, slightly out of true rotors can knock the pads back into the caliper as the machine is being ridden.

Needless to say, in wet conditions the rotor’s surface, and that of the pads, will become covered in water resulting in a poor coefficient of friction.

To negate, or to reduce the effects of some of these conditions, the rider should gently apply the brakes periodically to check their effectiveness.

Another bit from a well respected Miata enthusiast site. The fix was installing slotted rotors to wipe away the water, another fellow mentions doing this with a motorcycle with good results. They do mention that you need to keep an eye on the slotted rotors because of cracking. This is why I suggested grooves instead of slots.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-209586.html

The next time I take rotors off, I will mount them on the rotary table and mill three small radial grooves in each side and see what happens.

Shawn