Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas, 2025 edition.

[gstallons]

what brand were the original rims ?

[p6x]

2 hours ago, gstallons said:

what brand were the original rims ?

No idea; inside the case, there were a bunch of old invoices, and on one of them, there were two replacement rims.

[p6x]

3 hours ago, p6x said:

No idea; inside the case, there were a bunch of old invoices, and on one of them, there were two replacement rims.

He also replaced the electric petcocks which were known to fail, and the oil pressure sensor.

Its actually quite touching because you find the owner's handwriting on documentation and the owner's manual. He was treating his motorcycle with loving care. He wrote down all the flaws that he learned along the way. Hopefully, he watches me from above, and appreciate that I am also doing all I can to make that Quota last.

I wish I could ask him what were the purpose of the holes that were drilled in the fairing.

Edited January 18 by p6x

[Speedfrog]

11 hours ago, gstallons said:

what brand were the original rims ?

OEM rims on the Quota were made by Excel.

[activpop]

6 hours ago, p6x said:

I wish I could ask him what were the purpose of the holes that were drilled in the fairing.

Were the holes in the lower portion of the fairing?  California Scientific has a good sized hole in the lower center of some of their aftermarket fairings. I talked to a few guys at John Day that had them on their Stelvios. They were very happy with them. They said it equalizes pressure and prevents buffeting.

[p6x]

47 minutes ago, activpop said:

Were the holes in the lower portion of the fairing?  California Scientific has a good sized hole in the lower center of some of their aftermarket fairings. I talked to a few guys at John Day that had them on their Stelvios. They were very happy with them. They said it equalizes pressure and prevents buffeting.

There are actually three holes that were drilled in the fairing. I really do not have a clue what was installed there.

[gstallons]

12 hours ago, Speedfrog said:

OEM rims on the Quota were made by Excel.

I thought Excel was a good product ? Was in the front , rear or both rims that were splitting and were these a special "run" of product that was made for MG ?

[Pressureangle]

No turning back now.

Edited Friday at 04:50 PM by Pressureangle

[PJPR01]

Most excellent!!  That makes 3 of us then on the board doing the Tour.  If you're near Houston anytime, send up a flare and we can have a small Spine Raid reunion at Classic Rock in Navasota and pick up that stop for you!

My flag is 108 this year - 13 stops done so far on the weekend of the flag pickup,  hopefully another 3 this weekend and another 5 or so next week.

P6X and I picked up our flags in Bandera...did you make it there also or just got it in the mail now?

Edited Friday at 07:21 PM by PJPR01

[PJPR01]

[Pressureangle]

Mine just came in the mail.
98% probability I'll be on my '04 BMW GSA. 

1% probability each of being on the '05 BMW RT or the '00 MG V11. Depending on timing and availability, maybe 2 if my kid rides along. The plan is to come from East to West, and spend a week or two doing nothing but hitting the stops. Probably going to be more in the hot part of the year, June-ish. The GSA lives in El Paso and it's currently in Michigan. I have a lot of logistics to sort out lol

Edited Friday at 08:30 PM by Pressureangle

[PJPR01]

Excellent…well if we’re in town when you come thru, let me know and hopefully P6X and I can meet you nearby for a quick get together.  If you need any help in the Houston area let us know!

[Pressureangle]

1 hour ago, PJPR01 said:

Excellent…well if we’re in town when you come thru, let me know and hopefully P6X and I can meet you nearby for a quick get together.  If you need any help in the Houston area let us know!

I'll be sure to let you know when I'm there, I have a friend in Cut and Shoot... lol and another in Tyler. 
Coffee's on me. 

Edited Saturday at 02:19 AM by Pressureangle