The temperature in the morning has been hitting 38F degrees range. I’m back to wearing heated electric gear.
Battery bad
I got all geared up in the morning and when I tried starting the engine the dash momentarily lit and went dark. I measured multimeter and the battery voltage was +10.8 volts. The nominal voltage with the engine off is +12.6 volts.
2 years ago
Well, actually it was 2 years ago I had a major motorcycle accident. If at any time I thought it was my time this was it.
Still freakin’ hot!
It’s in the 2nd week of October and the temperature today was 103F. I can’t recall riding during this time of year and the weather being this warm. The hype is that El Nino will be affecting the temperatures world wide and California will have an odd weather season coming up.
Major fire
The Gann Rd. fire is currently active and torching everything in its way. This fire started by a jackass guy using power tools to cut metal started the fire that is only 3-4 miles from our house. To make matters worse the fool had a previous arrest back in 2018 for starting a fire that was not on his property.
Even though the sky had a canopy of smoke you couldn’t actually smell the smoke since the wind was carrying the smoke away along with the fire, it is heading East.
I’ve taken many photographs at the Pardee Lake lookout point. I think this is the first time during a nearby fire. Not a good look at all.
The fire kept on growing, the fire fighters stopped the growth around 10,300 acres. At one point a “state of emergency” was issued to fund the ongoing fire fight.
The watch duty app is the goto for latest information. Not only does it provide the status of the fire situation it has the evacuation sectors broken down easily to understand where your located and the evacuation order level.
Goldwing mileage check
Adding my current miles for record keeping. I believe I’ve jumped to 37,200 since I took this photo. It’s a close reference.
Front tire replacement
It’s that time again to replace the front tire on the 2022 Goldwing.
I rode the shit of the front wheel. I rode 21,388 miles on the front tire. The tread ware was way past the wear bar.
If you took a look at my 2015 Goldwing tire changes you’d see I’d normally wait until the white cords would be showing. I know during the hotter weather the roads burn up the rubber quicker than you know. If you have the opportunity to get it replaced it’s best to do so.
Im on my fourth Goldwing. One thing for certain, I can remove and install the wheels hell of fast. I thought about getting a tire machine and balancer but for the price a service shop can do it it’s not worth it to me and taking up even more space inside the shop.
I brought the wheel over to the local motorcycle shop, 15 minutes later and $51 bucks my front tire was done.
Riding season
The weather has been cleared for a good minute. I don’t think winter season has officially ended but we are going to be hitting the mid 80’s soon.
On my way home from work today I must have passed 15 or so motorcycle riders. Most of the riders were on Harley’s out stretching their sleds out preparing for the new “Riding Season”.
In other states such located way up north or east I can see a reason not to ride on the open highways. Riding in dangerous weather conditions is no joke.
My definition of a dangerous riding condition is snow. I’ve ridden a few times on snow and it sucks. I went down riding in snow one year. That being said that I avoid it. All other weather is free game, it depends on the extreme amount of it that makes riding sketchy. I will pretty much ride in any weather. I have the proper gear to handle it.
Washed up
Getting the sled ready for the week. At least it will stay cleaner for a longer period, no rain is in the forecast.
Ever since I’ve been riding, the bike wash served 2 purposes. One is to obviously clean the bike and the other probably more important is finding loose or broken pieces.
This goes for the same with missing nuts or screws.
I may start using Saran wrap on the windshield. During the heavy insect riding months it’s a lot easier to keep the windshield clean and in good shape.
Oil Change Time
It’s time for my maintenance oil change. As always I get everything from Wing Stuff because of the pricing and convenience.
The current mileage logged is 32,350 miles. My current ride commute and frequency is racking up crazy miles per year.
As far as tools go it’s the bare minimum. I use a couple 3/8 sockets, a 12mm and 8mm. These are used to remove the 3 drain plugs and clutch filter cover. A oil filter wrench is also used.
For whatever removing the oil filter was more difficult than usual. It took several good attempts.
The amount of oil used was 4.9 gallons. This was a measured procedure, using a measuring cup I removed 0.1 ounces from a quart of oil and poured in the remaining oil.
EDIT: I found this oil filter removal tool that has positive comments. I currently have 2 but both have its own issues under certain conditions. I’m going to order one and see if it is better than the cup tool I currently have.
