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  1. coolhand

    What did you do to your bike today?

    The 19 and up got the bigger tank from the 701 so 13.5 for 19 total now. And if really needed, which it shouldn't with 19 on board, I have a 5 litre rotopax sitting around as well. Just need to see what the realistic range with 19 litres is. Hopefully 300 km without running dry.
  2. coolhand

    What did you do to your bike today?

    Rade garage aux tank kit added to the 690. 330 ish km range. untested yet. I would guess 300 ish would be more realistic with my fat ass. Try it out next days off. Got it installed and we got winter again before I went back to work. Slick setup...just had to do a little trimming of the...
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    So I went to my local mom and pop dealer yesterday to get a tire swapped... mini rant incoming.

    I would love to have a Rabaconda but that price...... The no pinch is interesting, but with the 690's axle size's that means buying the more expensive kit.
  4. coolhand

    What did you do to your bike today?

    The 690 had way to much throttle slop for my liking so I installed these small plastic pieces that eliminate all of it.
  5. coolhand

    So I went to my local mom and pop dealer yesterday to get a tire swapped... mini rant incoming.

    So I went to my local mom and pop dealer yesterday to get a tire swapped...been using these guys for a decade...walk in with my new tire in one hand and my rear rim in the other. I immediately get a look...followed by, what are you looking to get done....as if it's not obvious. I said just...
  6. coolhand

    Batteries!!

    I just replaced the battery in the gsa after 8 years....which I consider awesome life for a battery these days. Back when I had the super tenure I killed a battery in two years....but I remember a lot of battery issues from folks about 10 years ago. I had a few amazon gift cards so I splurged...
  7. coolhand

    Go Pro's: need parts

    Short of eBay/amazon you likely won't find anything for a go pros that old. Time for an upgrade. i'de go with an insta 360 if I were upgrading the go pro now.
  8. coolhand

    What's in your trailside tube repair kit?

    I haven't had to deal with tubes in a long long time, and need to put together something for the ktm. I've legit only had one flat in 20 years and that was 10 min from the house on the GSA, I was excited to finally use the plug/compressor kit I've been dragging around for years. im thinking...
  9. coolhand

    youtube channels

    To be honest I turn all that off so I don't even get notifications for channels ive subscribed to. With my own channel I just use it as a means to put the occasional video in a post on here so its not some monetized thing or what not, but I don't recall seeing any specific settings when...
  10. coolhand

    What's the Ride The Rock story?

    Ya, so much so I haven't wanted to put kms on it since I got the thing.
  11. coolhand

    What did you do to your bike today?

    Added a pelican case (storm 2100 - just big enough for camera/drone/snack without looking out of place) and the veridian cruse control to the 690.
  12. coolhand

    What's the Ride The Rock story?

    88 with 7505 original kms on it...had 6160 kms when I got it. so ive put 1345 on it in the last 4-5 years. It belongs on display somewhere...not shoved away in the corner of a garage.
  13. coolhand

    What's the Ride The Rock story?

    Everything is in Alberta now. VFR has been gone a decade...this is the current classic. Put a grand total of 7 kms on it last last year....don't ride it and ive got to many bikes in the garage.
  14. coolhand

    What's the Ride The Rock story?

    tucked in a corner of the garage waiting for me to get time to sell it.
  15. coolhand

    What's the Ride The Rock story?

    Fun fact...RTR started off as classicsportbike.com
  16. coolhand

    What did you do to your bike today?

    Might have to try a set of those round enduro double takes...the 690 came with the bigger adv mirror/long ram arm double takes but they still mostly show me a view of me....those round ones would give me an extra 1.25" in length without going with some sort of mirror extender arm.
  17. coolhand

    Another one followed me home.....

    2019 with just under 12,000 kms, previously owned by an older gentleman in our riding group who is recovering from a second hip replacement and has decided to downsize his fleet and stick to the street. It's been meticulously maintained and has almost every conceivable mod, improvement and...
  18. coolhand

    Tars

    I've been running E07's for years now and they do everything I need, and where the won't get me I have no right being on a 600 lb bike....all while having cross country and back longevity. only kind of negative is the front is usually screaming pretty good after the second rear is done, so I...
  19. coolhand

    Throwback Thursday.

    Approaching port hope on the map, and midnight on the clock....and its pouring rain...
  20. coolhand

    What's the Ride The Rock story?

    What do you want to know?
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