Christmas 2025 Ride

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Christmas 2025 Ride

26 Dec 2025 19:17
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The weather was good and finally had the new clutch cable installed. The bike is currently donning its winter clothes. It'll  be going back to a naked bike in the Spring. 


 
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

27 Dec 2025 00:47
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Perfect weather, looks like early summer,..i am jealous!  -Yesterday we have had -7 °C, today about 2°C with 100% humidity after a foggy night..so, absolute NO bike weather for me ;-)
Enjoy your ridin`, whenever you can!!!
Greetings, Joe

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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

27 Dec 2025 08:30
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Nice just got in from plowing .
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

27 Dec 2025 09:51
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Yah, gotta get the snowblower out after lunch today...
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

27 Dec 2025 10:43
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I've been a willing "domestic slave" for four days so should get back in the garage tomorrow without any drama's from Mrs Wookie 
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

27 Dec 2025 14:58
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Sounds to me your clutch isn't fully disengaging. It should drop into gear without grinding and shift smoothly between gears. Suggest adjusting the release bolt in the sprocket cover. Bike sounds good. 
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kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

28 Dec 2025 09:03
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Hi Joe,
Thanks for that video. It's always fun to see the roads and towns others get to ride through.
I'll take your Christmas ride as a challenge to put one together for a New Year's ride through my home town.
Look for it.
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

28 Dec 2025 23:48
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I am hoping to squeeze in a short ride before 2026, but with weather in the mid 20 degrees Fahrenheit and snow, I don't see it happening.  
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

29 Dec 2025 05:55 - 29 Dec 2025 05:55
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Bill, that's a great idea. In retrospect, I should have made this a shorts video and shortened a lot of the mundane scenes. 
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Re: Christmas 2025 Ride

29 Dec 2025 06:05
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Kofia, you are a more robust person than myself. My riding limit is 60 degrees to 90 degrees, if I can help it. Summer can be brutal here. In summer, I try to ride before 11:00 a.m. or after 7;00 p.m.
 
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