| Author | Message | ||
     Portero72 |
pics only. 'slideshow' looks best. click the 'i' for captions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9505804@N03/sets/72157605695010857/ | ||
| Portero72 |
hmmmm. hope y'all don't mind copy and paste | ||
| Dr_greg |
Wow, great pictures (and comments)!!  Thanks for sharing. How did the Uly do on the trip? Hope the pic of it in the truck didn't mean problems. What tires were you using? --Doc P.S. You oughta smile in at least one of those pics!  | ||
| Portero72 |
Doc- I was smiling from ear to ear, can't you see? The uly did great, till i got to AZ. Then a fork seal blew, followed by the voltage regulator and stator 40 miles later. Grrrrr. I was using the dunlop 616s. That muddy silt at the end was muy scary. thx | ||
| Mark61 |
I get "page not found" message. mark61 | ||
| Hooper |
I was able to see the photos (thoughts about Jesse James' TV show to the same place...what a destination!), and I was also able to get a chill from your technical problems (especially that voltage regulator and stator!). I'm scared to get on the road for 800 miles round trip from DC to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this summer! A bike shouldn't leave doubts in the rider's mind! Granted, the only time the Uly left me high and dry was when I discontinued the spacers on the battery terminal - it conked out a few times and wouldn't restart until I put a few spacers under the battery terminal. Annoying, but MAN I love that bike! By the way, I'm on my 2nd set of Dunlop 616s. I like them just fine. I'll try something else next time, but they served me well the first 6000 miles (the rear did), so when the next rear goes, I replace them both with...? | ||
| Crusty |
Hooper, If you're going to let the problems one person had on a specific brand or model motorcycle stop you from riding that brand, you should quit riding motorcycles altogether. I've had problems while traveling on BMWs, Harleys, Hondas, Moto Guzzis and my S3-T and M2 Buells. My '06 Uly was the most reliable and trouble free motorcycle I've owned in 39 years of riding. I managed to put over 34,000 miles on it in two years time, and it was always ready for more. When I rode it to Daytona Bike Week in '06, it rode through temps in the teens with blowing snow through Connecticut, cruised at 95 -100 MPH in South Carolina and Georgia (I was shadowing a Duck) and sat in endless traffic jams in Daytona with the fan on high, and never hiccuped. Last year, when my wife and I went to Homecoming, the temps were right at 100 degrees, and it ran fine. No matter how much or where I rode it, it always ran fine. If you're going to let someone else's problem leave doubts in your mind about the reliability of your bike, don't even consider getting a Honda or a BMW. I've got stories about both brands that will curl your hair. |
