Pics of your bike(s)

new potty at the trailhead 

In reply to kevlarcorolla :

That's pretty cool.  Before I sold off my bike collection I had ideas of doing something similar to store and display them, but never got around to it.

kevlarcorolla said:

Serious meat on the back of that Yammerhammer!

In reply to secretariata (Forum Supporter) :

It has a bit more power then stock,welded combustion chambers for 10-1 cr,reground cams,38mm mikunis and a full exhaust.

 Its a 920cc,still a ways off being a fast bike though lol.

In reply to stuart in mn :

Thanks,the little Kawi is the same yr and model I learned to ride back as a 12 yr old in the early 80's.

 This one is all original and runs fine,drained the fluids and parked it on the wall.

 The Honda is a 1 yr only Canadian model with only 3200km on the clock,friend of mine still has the one he bought in the late 80's.

I do 30-50 miles of gravel every morning but lately I'm wanting to do some miles in the evening too, after dinner. Just around the neighborhood. Real mellow. 
 

So I grabbed a Haro 29r BMX bike. 
 

Now I can add another 10 or 15 miles to the day by riding right out of the garage and work off my dinner. So far it's been a blast. Definitely takes me back to the Haro I had in high school in the late 80s. 
 

Got to take the ozark trail slalom fs.2 out today on some single track. Bike performed flawlessly. I am very out of shape. 

In reply to kevlarcorolla :

What are the details on that Yamaha? I really like the stance on that. 

In reply to kevlarcorolla :

I'm curious how you lifted the bikes up to the wall brackets.  I've since liquidated my motorcycle collection but I often pondered a good way to hang them up on the wall.

In reply to octavious :

The rear shock is from an R6 which is the common way to go using a ready made adaptor.

 Rear wheel is 15" from a 2nd gen virago,straight spoke vs the stock curved spoke is much better looking.

 The front end is from a 2002 GSXR1000,chosen as I liked the deeper gold and black sliders over the R1 units.

The triples were custom designed and cnc'd by Cognito Moto to correct the geometry and give a 1.5" lift for additional ground clearance.

 Glad to have done that as its still pretty low.

In reply to stuart in mn :

I set up a couple frames of scaffold,planks up top and used a drill powered rope which.

 Was easy peasy :)

I'm getting reminded the hard way that fit on a road bike is a fickle thing...  I bought this a few weeks ago:

2024 Orbea Orca Ultegra Di2 leftover.  Not exactly what I wanted, but the leftover-triple-discounted price was too good... 

However, I'm not sure how much longer I'll have it... or if I end up buying a new frame and swapping over the parts.  The frame is a 57.  My other road bikes are both size 56 - yes - one cm smaller... however, what I neglected to look at was the head tube length.   The 57 has a head tube about 20mm longer than the next smaller size (for this model, a 55 - which after looking at the geometry chart, is effectively a 56 by other brands). 

I have the opposite issue as Pete above - I need the bars on my roads bike slammed low.  On this bike the bars are about level with the saddle and that has proved to be incredibly uncomfortable for me. Like I can only ride the bike for about 20 minutes before all sorts of strange parts of my body hurt.   For comparison, the Colnago I've been riding since 1999 has a saddle to bar drop of about 4" and I can ride that bike for hours on end. 

To add insult to injury, the bars are also too wide by at least 2cm.   During the fitting, we tried to compensate by angling the levers inward, but that didn't fix the underlying size issue. 

Funnily enough, I bought a cheapo Marketplace bike for trainer use only a while back-  A 55cm Orca that's about 10ish years old.  I ride 56's with pretty standard geo setup, and thought this bike would be close enough for me to make it work with stems and spacers... Like you said, it's HILARIOUSLY compact.  Holy crap.  I did not research it enough, but it fits like a 52 on the top tube.  I'm running an old 90's 140mm stem just to get the reach out to something comfortable for me, and like I said, I'm far from a disproportioned rider.  I couldn't believe it until I actually looked the geometry up, but yeah, Orcas have ridiculously small wheelbase/reach/stack's compared to other competitors.  

1971 Honda CL70 with a 125cc 4 speed Lifan swapped in it. This was what I came up with to replace my beloved xr150 that was run over by an old dude who wasnt paying attention. 100 + mpg and goes 65 (but shouldn't).

In reply to Ian F (Forum Supporter) :

Looks like you can remove spacers and slam the stem. After that, narrower bars. 

Being 6'6" tall, I usually have to budget stems and handlebars in with a new purchase... it always takes me a few iterations to get everything where I like it...

Mid school Premium Products euro BB frame with a 21.5" TT, 14mm dropouts, and inverted seat stay U-brake mounts. Mismatched 48 spoke 3/8 axle fr/ flip-flop hub rr wheels, Profile SS crank arms on a FSA bottom bracket. T1 bars and a VERY old DK stem on massively heavy S&M ditch forks with peg bosses welded to the fork arms.

It's heavy as berk, hasn't seen new parts since Obama's first term, and still is probably too small for my 6 foot height, but I don't care...real men have 20 inchers.

In reply to crankwalk (Forum Supporter) :

Nice ride!  Love that Yosh sticker too. :)

Recon1342 said:

In reply to Ian F (Forum Supporter) :

Looks like you can remove spacers and slam the stem. After that, narrower bars. 

That was my plan until I looked at the head tube.  Even if I remove all of the spacers, it still won't get the bars anywhere near low enough to be comfortable. I'll have to see what negative rise stems I can find.