Cm 400 to cafe

[Hortons Heroes]

As an award I everyone could pay into my life insurance to cover when I hit some gravel.

[Hortons Heroes]

My brand new straight pipes looks 30 years old already. The headed paint I used didn't stick as I didn't have an oven to cure it and clearly just running it wasn't enough. After putting a couple hundred KM on it already my pipes are uber rusty. Riding when there was salt on the roads is for sure part of the cause as well but I am hoping to pull the pipes off and try a flat black hi temp BBQ paint soon and should see better results.

Should I just skip the hi temp paint step and get them powder coated?

[Hortons Heroes]

Talked to a powder coating company and they said it wasn't worth powder coating as the high heat would take it off. She said that even their high temp stuff would come off.

Took of the exhaust and wire wheeled everything again and used three coats of a high temp flat black paint by krylon. Been on for a few days and have been riding on gravel with no dings or scuffs yet. The header paint was already rubbing off after one ride where my boot would touch and this stuff is on way better. Guess I learned my lesson and will just go with  high temp and never header paint again.

[fast1]

   I find barbecue paint works best. If your willing to spend the money ceramic coat is the way to go but pricey. There is one shop down south that will chrome used pipes but turnaround is slow. Something for winter. CHEERS.

[Hortons Heroes]

I am to cheap to ever chrome...sad...

With these pipes I have really noticed that the bike bogs down in power at certain ranges. That being said the bike really never had that much power anyway. It has the same push at higher RPMs.

In other news my front tire went flat while riding home from date night, with that I met the king of british bikes as well. Thanks for checking to make sure we were alright. Got home after our van came to rescue us with it's compressor. Fairly sure I threw a wheel weight when I rode it flat for a bit. The ride home was REALLY bumpy. Got my spare wheel put on and will be riding tomorrow.

[Hortons Heroes]

I preached at Fort George Baptist this past Sunday and I made sure to park my bike so that all would know I had arrived....in style....

Little weird to have my name on a sign on 15th for a week.

[Dennis]

I preached at Fort George Baptist this past Sunday and I made sure to park my bike so that all would know I had arrived....in style....

Little weird to have my name on a sign on 15th for a week.

I guess this means you won't be dropping by for beer and reefers and talking about using motorcycles as chic magnets.

Peace & Grease, Dennis

[Hortons Heroes]

Beer yes, if you can find one that tastes all right
Reefer I'll pass on
my wife seems to have a 6th sense about me even thinking of other women hahaha. I am far to happy with the one I got to be trying to pick up another anyway. Plus...my bike isn't really a chick magnet.

[fast1]

   First let me say I am a happily married man who does NOT fool around. Had it done to me and don't like it. Wouldn't do it to someone else. Motorcycles and women have a strange relationship. Funny when out in the mini-van the only girls that smile at me want me to pay them. My Suzuki gets looks but no "can you take me for a ride" True story. A couple of days before the gremlin entered the chopper I scooted to the First Litre for a couple singles. Rounding the corner from upland to Strathcona I saw two native girls, one pretty and one busty. The pretty one immediately asked for a ride and lifted her shirt and showed me her ta-tas. They followed me to the beer store, bummed a smoke and then the pretty one said I 'm so horny, I hate being so horny-can you take for a ride to my house?" I just smiled and said my headlight wasn't working and didn't have an extra helmet. Choppers and Harleys get all the chicks. Yes they do get off on the vibration of certain twins-but not the CM 400 I'm afraid. CHEERS.

[thejij]

You should submit that story...made me laugh

[Qball]

That story just made my day sitting in camp chopper (helicopter not bike) grounded and laughin my ass off. 

[Dennis]

I am not sure how many of you know Jamie who rides  with my nephews.  His hardtailed CM400 is definitely a chic magnet (or maybe its just Jamie; slim, tall, blond with an impish smile).

The song "Hold my beer while I kiss your girlfriend" came to mind the other night.  I rode the Chang to Save On Foods for some groceries.  While I was scoping an open parking spot, I saw a young woman and her boyfriend also looking for a spot.  She was waving and pointing at the spot next to mine.  Once parked she jumped out and started asking questions about riding in the sidecar and how fun it would be.  The boyfriend feigned interest with the usual "what year is it?"   I mentioned how my wife and daughter love going for rides, and generally feeding her enthusiasm.  Pretty soon the boyfriend was bored and paying no attention to me, the Chang or his girlfriend.  We kept chatting and she told me how she wished her boyfriend would get a motorcycle.  He was clueless and just stood there looking at his ipad (or whatever it was) while his girlfriend and I mercilessly flirted with each other.

All motorcycles are chic magnets, even the Chang.

Keep the peace & and be of good behavior, Dennis

[Hortons Heroes]

Cafe not having a great season start. My kick stand fell off yesterday when I went to park (maybe a subtle message that I should just keep riding).
then this morning at work someone back into it and knocked it over. Broke my mirror mount and bent my clip on bars. Good news is that he gave me cash for new parts and I get to get rid of those ugly gold bars and get some nice black ones.
You can see in the pic a little crease where the bar bent

[fast1]

   My poor Suzi' was backed into 3 times, each paying to buy me new (upgraded) parts. Bright side to everything if ya' look hard enuff. CHEERS.

[Rusty Bucket]

Where is this happening to you guys?  I'll make a mental note not to park there... though if it's a bar or a church respectively, I guess I'll be ok.