Iron Butt Rally - 2013 - Page 6

ally99 · July 23rd, 2013, 02:37 PM

Holy crap, I was exhausted after only reading all you had to endure Alex! I bet you were extremely glad when you arrived home. I think the competition should be renamed Iron Balls because you have to have some seriously mental focus and endurance to accomplish such a task. I only wish I could! Props!

Jono · July 23rd, 2013, 03:22 PM

Congrats, Alex!!! You are awesome!

NevadaWolf · July 23rd, 2013, 03:38 PM

Anyone else tempted to take all the bonus sites and go puttering along "collecting" them? I keep looking at that string of Pony Express bonuses.

ChaoSS · July 23rd, 2013, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by NevadaWolf

Anyone else tempted to take all the bonus sites and go puttering along "collecting" them? I keep looking at that string of Pony Express bonuses.

I think the reports said that two or three riders managed the entire pony express route and managed to swing up and hit pikes peak.

NevadaWolf · July 23rd, 2013, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaoSS

I think the reports said that two or three riders managed the entire pony express route and managed to swing up and hit pikes peak.

Yep! Much to the flat out amazement of the route masters. While at a slightly less enthusiastic pace, I think such an adventure would be an awesome journey.

choneofakind · July 23rd, 2013, 06:02 PM

Day 3, in Cleveland during the Tall ships thing! Cool!! *continues reading*

choneofakind · July 23rd, 2013, 06:37 PM

Wow!!! Great write-up Alex!! I know I'm not capable of that. Hell, I'm barely capable of a 400 mile ride on the ninjette right now. This is awesome!!! Now I really wish I could have met up with you when you were in Cleveland the first time

Oh well, this sounds like an experience you'll never forget and you'll be able to tell all your friends about that will make you sound like a crazy motorcyclist.

How many hours did you sleep when you got home?

Alex · July 24th, 2013, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by choneofakind

How many hours did you sleep when you got home?

It never seems like enough.

JohnnyBravo · July 24th, 2013, 06:15 PM

That is one exciting write up

Gregg_VA · July 25th, 2013, 02:27 PM

@Alex,

http://inda-photos.com/2013IBR-Finis...um__large.html

Alex · July 25th, 2013, 02:46 PM

Thx, Gregg! That must have been a moment after that prior pic on the earlier page; not sure if it was the same photographer.

Asspire · July 26th, 2013, 11:22 PM

You came all the way up to canada and didnt hit a brother up? Atleast tell me you got some timmies while up here.

Congratz, takes ballz of steel to go that long on a bike

KawiKid860 · July 27th, 2013, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asspire

takes ballz of steel to go that long on a bike

This can probably be said literally, lol.

Alex · July 27th, 2013, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asspire

Atleast tell me you got some timmies while up here.

I was thinking about it, but I didn't have a chance to stop at one. I was chuckling that they are everywhere! It's like Starbucks.

Asspire · July 27th, 2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

It's like Starbucks.

Take.

That.

Back.....

Alex · July 27th, 2013, 08:04 PM

Pic link fail. (we can't see it)

EDIT: I fixed it for you.

choneofakind · July 27th, 2013, 09:21 PM

There's Tim Horton's in Columbus. Meh. They're alright I guess.

itsa250bro · July 31st, 2013, 05:36 AM

Alex, what a great adventure and write up - I really felt your pain / triumph as the days went on. The description of you sleeping on the lawn of the hotel epitomises what you went through and is just so funny

I'm definately putting this on my "things to do when I retire" bucket list. Right now, I don't think my wife/kids would be as understanding as yours.

Alex · September 8th, 2013, 01:30 AM

The Ninja 250 rider in the rally (Kurt) has started to put his write-ups online:

IBR Prolog

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Really curious to hear what he went through on Leg 3; we didn't get a chance to talk at the end of the rally.

EDIT: He posted it up.

NevadaWolf · September 8th, 2013, 02:31 AM

Interesting that he carried so little, thought more would be good to have on hand. Also wow on the reaction of the pregen going up the mountain, is there really that big of a difference between the two generations or I wonder if that's just his bike?

: eagerly awaiting part 3 :

Alex · September 8th, 2013, 03:19 PM

A number of bikes had trouble at the peak, it is 14,000 feet in the air. A friend's FJR would barely run, and wouldn't restart at the top. The air does get really thin up there, and is noticeably different every 1000 feet up you go after 10k.

NevadaWolf · September 9th, 2013, 08:42 AM

I just read he had his tuned/shimmed/set/whatever for San Diego, so going up that high and having problems makes sense.

I've never touched my bike and didn't have a single problem going up to Evans or down to Badwater, which is what surprised me that he would have difficulty. I am either completely insensitive to my bike's performance or have lucked out in getting the bike already set to the sweet spot of average for everywhere.

Alex · December 22nd, 2013, 10:47 PM

One of the more public mentions of the IBR on Yamaha's site, advertising the 2014 FJR:

from this link, hit the 2nd picture button

choneofakind · December 23rd, 2013, 08:06 PM

Cool bike. Still only have 5 gears?

Alex · December 23rd, 2013, 08:08 PM

I believe so. They also put cruise control on it (yay), but limited it to 81 mph (boo). More info in this thread.

Alex · December 24th, 2013, 01:28 PM

One of the riders in this year's event recently switched bikes to a Wing. He thinks he has the new one set up reasonably completely at this point:

CC Cowboy · December 24th, 2013, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

One of the riders in this year's event recently switched bikes to a Wing. He thinks he has the new one set up reasonably completely at this point:

No ash tray or cup holder!

NevadaWolf · December 24th, 2013, 11:53 PM

Why two radar detectors? Backup/redundancy or another reason? Got the rest figured out except the black puck under the right GPS and the box with the switch on the top.

Weather would be a nice bit of info to have...

Alex · December 25th, 2013, 09:41 AM

I'm not sure whether it is two detectors, or one detector with an add-on module. It also looks like he's using a phone in the middle to run Escort's companion app, to show when the detector is going off there as well. The black puck I believe is an XM antenna for one of the GPS units. The box with the switch on the top is just a switchbox to power other accessories on and off, likely wired to his aux lights.

edit: wait, I just saw that there is another detector sitting smack on top of the Escort, not sure how I missed that. No idea why he is running that as well.

NevadaWolf · December 25th, 2013, 11:16 AM

I noticed a lot of Escort labels so looked at the site. Both detectors look like they are different models of Escort Passports. Not sure which one the SmartCord is hooked up to, but thats what is running the app (Escort Live sounds handy, it shows where everyone else hooked into the network is receiving radar signals as well - least from what I can see.)

Oh, forgot GPS units could have XM.

Ah! Smart idea to be able to turn accessories on/off. I'm thinking of adding a gizmo kill switch so I can free up power for heat.

Gregg_VA · January 7th, 2014, 11:14 AM

Rex walked me through the components on his Wing. I will see if I can remember what most of it does. Alex, you are right, the hockey puck is a GXM-40 antenna for XM, weather and traffic. There are two radar detectors because Rex listens to one while the other is tied into Escort's smartphone app for early warnings about where LEOs might be. He actually is running two smartphones, one for the Escort App and the other is his digital speedometer. The unit sitting up top with the four clear lenses is an LED that strobes when the radar detector starts beeping. I don't know if his is home-made or from a commercial vendor but to get a better idea go to MarcParnes.com and look for Visual Alert. I have one of Marc's on my Escort and it does a great job. The various other waterproof switches on the brake and cluth resevoir are for his aux lighting, his aux fuel cell and some other things. One of them is wired to the speed sensor wire going to the internal Honda GPS so that the speed can be turned off and thus the GPS will respond to touching while moving (safety feature override). A lot of people with the Honda Nav system on a GW do this.

Alex · January 7th, 2014, 01:10 PM

It's obviously hard to do back-to-back a/b testing for detector effectiveness without access to a few different radar guns. But I had always heard that having detectors that close to eachother can affect the performance of both of them. Don't know if that translates into a range reduction of 1%, 20%, or 50%. But also not sure that it matters that much for most real-world radar traps. Typically, if an LEO is running radar, if they are leaving it on, any detector picks it up with plenty of time for the rider to roll off if needed. If they aren't leaving it on and are only using instant-on/pop radar in spurts, it's only a matter of luck if they happen to target a vehicle close enough in front of you. otherwise the first instant-on hit that the detector receives might be the one aimed right at the bike anyway, with no time to react.

I have to say that for me, radar wasn't a huge factor for me in this year's rally. I had a few hits here and there, but can only think of 1 or 2 times over that xx,xxx mile stretch where an alert actually caused me some worry such that I had to react. Radar or not, if you're risking big speed in areas where there is reasonable likeliness of police activity, the odds catch up with everybody eventually.

Alex · January 7th, 2014, 01:49 PM

Looking at his dash again, I think he may have set a world record for number of functioning GPS chips on a 2-wheeled vehicle. Each of those detectors has one, both smartphones have one, the two add-on GPS's plus the built-in GPS all have one, the SPOT device on the right has one, plus he almost certainly has his primary cell phone stashed somewhere if it's not one of the two being used as aux displays. For a total of 9 by my count.

I thought I was sitting pretty with 4 (a pair of GPS's, a SPOT, and a cell phone).

NevadaWolf · January 7th, 2014, 04:07 PM

Hehehe, that's just 8-9 devices that have a chance to argue with each other over what is the correct route from point A to B.

Hurm... How many do i have?
GPS, Two SPOTS, Cell phone, Tablet, Video Camera, Still camera

Second cell phone may be on the way shortly. Wonder what else I can run?

Alex · April 23rd, 2014, 07:26 AM

I rode out to PA from home base here in CA, 2300 miles or so back in 2013. I had considered trailering it or even shipping the bike ahead of time, but eventually ran out of time for logistics. It was also a good shakedown run across the country for some new equipment that I really hadn't had a chance to test. It turned out to be useful, as I found I needed to fix a few issues with the fuel cell that would have been problematic if I was on the clock at the time. I did have a new set of tires put on right at the start (after traveling cross-country), but that still only barely got me to checkpoint 2, so it seems tire wear will always be part of the game for me.

NevadaWolf · April 23rd, 2014, 07:30 AM

One set of tires only lasted two legs?? Was it the roads, the weight of a rally prepped bike, or just the nature of the tires you used? That doesn't sound like a whole lot of miles covered before needing replacemnts.

Alex · April 23rd, 2014, 09:33 AM

The first two legs were 7k miles for me.

I never got more than 4k - 5k at most on a rear, so lasting to 7K was a good stretch.

NevadaWolf · April 23rd, 2014, 09:41 AM

Ok, figured it was up in the 6-7k range. Since that was what i got out of my Pirellis, surprised you were getting about the same.

Going back in my bubble now.

Alex · April 23rd, 2014, 09:44 AM

Sounds peaceful.

NevadaWolf · April 23rd, 2014, 10:24 AM

...stealing that....

July 23rd, 2013, 02:37 PM	#201
ally99 Ninja chick Name: Allyson Location: Athens, GA Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 4 MOTM - Dec '13, Feb '15	Holy crap, I was exhausted after only reading all you had to endure Alex! I bet you were extremely glad when you arrived home. I think the competition should be renamed Iron Balls because you have to have some seriously mental focus and endurance to accomplish such a task. I only wish I could! Props! __________________________________________________ Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. ~Drake Check out my Appalachian Trail journal, 2015! Postwhores are COOL! ~Allyson

July 23rd, 2013, 03:38 PM	#203
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	Anyone else tempted to take all the bonus sites and go puttering along "collecting" them? I keep looking at that string of Pony Express bonuses. __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

July 24th, 2013, 06:15 PM	#209
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July 25th, 2013, 02:27 PM	#210
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July 25th, 2013, 02:46 PM	#211
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Thx, Gregg! That must have been a moment after that prior pic on the earlier page; not sure if it was the same photographer. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

July 23rd, 2013, 03:22 PM	#202
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July 23rd, 2013, 06:02 PM	#206
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Day 3, in Cleveland during the Tall ships thing! Cool!! continues reading

July 23rd, 2013, 06:37 PM	#207
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Wow!!! Great write-up Alex!! I know I'm not capable of that. Hell, I'm barely capable of a 400 mile ride on the ninjette right now. This is awesome!!! Now I really wish I could have met up with you when you were in Cleveland the first time Oh well, this sounds like an experience you'll never forget and you'll be able to tell all your friends about that will make you sound like a crazy motorcyclist. How many hours did you sleep when you got home?

July 26th, 2013, 11:22 PM	#212
Asspire Fix It Till Ya Break It Name: Asspyre Location: T.Dot Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 08 250RRrrrr Posts: 623	You came all the way up to canada and didnt hit a brother up? Atleast tell me you got some timmies while up here. Congratz, takes ballz of steel to go that long on a bike

July 27th, 2013, 08:04 PM	#216
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Pic link fail. (we can't see it) EDIT: I fixed it for you. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

July 27th, 2013, 09:21 PM	#217
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	There's Tim Horton's in Columbus. Meh. They're alright I guess.

July 31st, 2013, 05:36 AM	#218
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	Alex, what a great adventure and write up - I really felt your pain / triumph as the days went on. The description of you sleeping on the lawn of the hotel epitomises what you went through and is just so funny I'm definately putting this on my "things to do when I retire" bucket list. Right now, I don't think my wife/kids would be as understanding as yours. __________________________________________________ "Whenever I ride the bike I think 'Thank God I'm Alive'" "Whenever I'm done riding I think 'Thank God I'm Alive' - neal peart

September 8th, 2013, 01:30 AM	#219
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	The Ninja 250 rider in the rally (Kurt) has started to put his write-ups online: IBR Prolog Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Really curious to hear what he went through on Leg 3; we didn't get a chance to talk at the end of the rally. EDIT: He posted it up. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

September 8th, 2013, 02:31 AM	#220
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	Interesting that he carried so little, thought more would be good to have on hand. Also wow on the reaction of the pregen going up the mountain, is there really that big of a difference between the two generations or I wonder if that's just his bike? : eagerly awaiting part 3 : __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

September 8th, 2013, 03:19 PM	#221
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	A number of bikes had trouble at the peak, it is 14,000 feet in the air. A friend's FJR would barely run, and wouldn't restart at the top. The air does get really thin up there, and is noticeably different every 1000 feet up you go after 10k. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

September 9th, 2013, 08:42 AM	#222
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	I just read he had his tuned/shimmed/set/whatever for San Diego, so going up that high and having problems makes sense. I've never touched my bike and didn't have a single problem going up to Evans or down to Badwater, which is what surprised me that he would have difficulty. I am either completely insensitive to my bike's performance or have lucked out in getting the bike already set to the sweet spot of average for everywhere. __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

December 22nd, 2013, 10:47 PM	#223
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	One of the more public mentions of the IBR on Yamaha's site, advertising the 2014 FJR: from this link, hit the 2nd picture button __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

December 23rd, 2013, 08:06 PM	#224
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Cool bike. Still only have 5 gears?

December 23rd, 2013, 08:08 PM	#225
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I believe so. They also put cruise control on it (yay), but limited it to 81 mph (boo). More info in this thread. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)
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December 24th, 2013, 01:28 PM	#226
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	One of the riders in this year's event recently switched bikes to a Wing. He thinks he has the new one set up reasonably completely at this point: __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

December 24th, 2013, 11:53 PM	#228
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	Why two radar detectors? Backup/redundancy or another reason? Got the rest figured out except the black puck under the right GPS and the box with the switch on the top. Weather would be a nice bit of info to have... __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

December 25th, 2013, 09:41 AM	#229
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I'm not sure whether it is two detectors, or one detector with an add-on module. It also looks like he's using a phone in the middle to run Escort's companion app, to show when the detector is going off there as well. The black puck I believe is an XM antenna for one of the GPS units. The box with the switch on the top is just a switchbox to power other accessories on and off, likely wired to his aux lights. edit: wait, I just saw that there is another detector sitting smack on top of the Escort, not sure how I missed that. No idea why he is running that as well. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

December 25th, 2013, 11:16 AM	#230
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	I noticed a lot of Escort labels so looked at the site. Both detectors look like they are different models of Escort Passports. Not sure which one the SmartCord is hooked up to, but thats what is running the app (Escort Live sounds handy, it shows where everyone else hooked into the network is receiving radar signals as well - least from what I can see.) Oh, forgot GPS units could have XM. Ah! Smart idea to be able to turn accessories on/off. I'm thinking of adding a gizmo kill switch so I can free up power for heat. __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

January 7th, 2014, 11:14 AM	#231
Gregg_VA Lucid, yet unaware. Name: Gregg Location: Virginia Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Goldwing; 2009 KLR-650; 2011 Ninja 250; 2010 FJR-1300 Posts: 173	Rex walked me through the components on his Wing. I will see if I can remember what most of it does. Alex, you are right, the hockey puck is a GXM-40 antenna for XM, weather and traffic. There are two radar detectors because Rex listens to one while the other is tied into Escort's smartphone app for early warnings about where LEOs might be. He actually is running two smartphones, one for the Escort App and the other is his digital speedometer. The unit sitting up top with the four clear lenses is an LED that strobes when the radar detector starts beeping. I don't know if his is home-made or from a commercial vendor but to get a better idea go to MarcParnes.com and look for Visual Alert. I have one of Marc's on my Escort and it does a great job. The various other waterproof switches on the brake and cluth resevoir are for his aux lighting, his aux fuel cell and some other things. One of them is wired to the speed sensor wire going to the internal Honda GPS so that the speed can be turned off and thus the GPS will respond to touching while moving (safety feature override). A lot of people with the Honda Nav system on a GW do this. __________________________________________________ 2011 Ninja 250, 2010 FJR-1300, 2009 KLR-650, and 2006 Goldwing IBA #485, Goldwing Darkside #646 http://va-ldrider.blogspot.com

January 7th, 2014, 01:10 PM	#232
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	It's obviously hard to do back-to-back a/b testing for detector effectiveness without access to a few different radar guns. But I had always heard that having detectors that close to eachother can affect the performance of both of them. Don't know if that translates into a range reduction of 1%, 20%, or 50%. But also not sure that it matters that much for most real-world radar traps. Typically, if an LEO is running radar, if they are leaving it on, any detector picks it up with plenty of time for the rider to roll off if needed. If they aren't leaving it on and are only using instant-on/pop radar in spurts, it's only a matter of luck if they happen to target a vehicle close enough in front of you. otherwise the first instant-on hit that the detector receives might be the one aimed right at the bike anyway, with no time to react. I have to say that for me, radar wasn't a huge factor for me in this year's rally. I had a few hits here and there, but can only think of 1 or 2 times over that xx,xxx mile stretch where an alert actually caused me some worry such that I had to react. Radar or not, if you're risking big speed in areas where there is reasonable likeliness of police activity, the odds catch up with everybody eventually. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

January 7th, 2014, 01:49 PM	#233
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Looking at his dash again, I think he may have set a world record for number of functioning GPS chips on a 2-wheeled vehicle. Each of those detectors has one, both smartphones have one, the two add-on GPS's plus the built-in GPS all have one, the SPOT device on the right has one, plus he almost certainly has his primary cell phone stashed somewhere if it's not one of the two being used as aux displays. For a total of 9 by my count. I thought I was sitting pretty with 4 (a pair of GPS's, a SPOT, and a cell phone). __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

January 7th, 2014, 04:07 PM	#234
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	Hehehe, that's just 8-9 devices that have a chance to argue with each other over what is the correct route from point A to B. Hurm... How many do i have? GPS, Two SPOTS, Cell phone, Tablet, Video Camera, Still camera Second cell phone may be on the way shortly. Wonder what else I can run? __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

April 23rd, 2014, 07:26 AM	#235
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I rode out to PA from home base here in CA, 2300 miles or so back in 2013. I had considered trailering it or even shipping the bike ahead of time, but eventually ran out of time for logistics. It was also a good shakedown run across the country for some new equipment that I really hadn't had a chance to test. It turned out to be useful, as I found I needed to fix a few issues with the fuel cell that would have been problematic if I was on the clock at the time. I did have a new set of tires put on right at the start (after traveling cross-country), but that still only barely got me to checkpoint 2, so it seems tire wear will always be part of the game for me. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

April 23rd, 2014, 07:30 AM	#236
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	One set of tires only lasted two legs?? Was it the roads, the weight of a rally prepped bike, or just the nature of the tires you used? That doesn't sound like a whole lot of miles covered before needing replacemnts. __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

April 23rd, 2014, 09:33 AM	#237
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	The first two legs were 7k miles for me. I never got more than 4k - 5k at most on a rear, so lasting to 7K was a good stretch. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

April 23rd, 2014, 09:41 AM	#238
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	Ok, figured it was up in the 6-7k range. Since that was what i got out of my Pirellis, surprised you were getting about the same. Going back in my bubble now. __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

April 23rd, 2014, 09:44 AM	#239
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Sounds peaceful. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

April 23rd, 2014, 10:24 AM	#240
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	...stealing that.... __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

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