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Comment on Today we rode to clear our minds. by Phillip Smith

Phillip Smith — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:48:16 +0000

I to like to ride as to clear my mind by a nice easy run or relieve stress on one of those curvies! None the less a great mix of songs on my motorcycle sound system and a tank of fuel! Its poetic and its refreshing to ride Gods country and take it on in on my bike!

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Comment on Motorcycle carburetor jetting and fuel mileage for S&S 113 engine. by GT

GT — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:21:41 +0000

Andy,
The exhaust has no factory baffles.

The “donut baffle” is made from a washer (I used a 3/8″ heavy washer) and a 5/16″ bolt. Depending on your exhaust diameter a 7/16″ washer may work better. The washer is welded on edge to the head of the bolt, like a lolipop or an ‘O’ with a threaded stem coming off of the bottom. Installation requires a hole be drilled in the outlet end of the exhaust for the bolt to go through. I positioned the drilled hole about 3 1/2″ from the outlet and in a position for the mounting nut and bolt to be hidden from view. The 3 1/2″is what was needed to position the mounting in a hidden positon. It can be closer to the outlet if it makes installation easier. The thickness of the bolt head did a good job of centering the washer in the exhaust flow.

This arrangement adds a little sound deadening, a little backpressure, and mainly helps to break up what is called “standing wave” or reversion. This standing wave is what messes up carb adjustments at certain rpm’s when using open exhaust, and causes the dead spot in acceleration. Before the donut baffle, the bike had a major dead spot about half throttle. After the baffle, throttle response is smooth and continuous.

The washer can be position straight across the exhaust flow or adjusted by positioning the washer at an angle to the flow. Straight across is what I used.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

G. T. Henry

Comment on Motorcycle carburetor jetting and fuel mileage for S&S 113 engine. by Andy

Andy — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:22:23 +0000

Very impressed with the mpg ………… but what is a donut baffle ?
Trying to sort out my own mpg on a 113″ S&S motor and found this whilst doing a general search.

Comment on A shelter from the storm by Diane Henry

Diane Henry — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:53 +0000

Yes, it has been a year and I think it is about time to go home. The next post will get us there. The incredible thing is the way this trip changed us. Just the process of doing something different that was perceived as difficult has opened the horizons. I’ve enjoyed this trip over and over. I’m looking for new adventures at every opportunity.
Diane

Comment on A shelter from the storm by Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:49:12 +0000

It’s been a year since you went on this trip. When are you going to get yourself home?

Comment on Enjoying the Road Less Traveled by Christa

Christa — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:36:18 +0000

Thank you for taking me back to 1996, when our family drove from Lincoln, NE, taking the same route you did all the way across NE to Rapid City, SD to visit some friends. That trip was a turning point for me. I had moved to NE for 14 years earlier from GA, and struggled learning to love it, especially the flat terrain and relative lack of trees. On this trip, we began by making a stop at Ashfall State Park in Orchard, NE, where we took part in an archaelogical dig with Dr. Mike Voorhies (paleontologist from U of N). Anna found a wolf tooth bone that is now at the museum in Lincoln (probably in a box in the basement). We learned about the geological history of NE and about the ancient volcano which deposited the ash to preserve the animals we were now helping excavate. Our deluxe accomodations at the Orchard Motel featured “all the modern amenities” like AC and TV, as advertised on the matchbook. It was very clean.

Then it was on across the lonely sandhills (from the ancient ocean we had just learned about), where every 20 miles there might be a sign that said “So-and-so’s Ranch: 20 miles”). I found myself driving, everybody else asleep, radio off, quiet, peaceful, dreaming about what it used to be like when this was an ocean, when suddenly the thought hit me, “I am ENJOYING this!” I’m not sure when the transformation took place, but I was loving NE, this place where I had once told my co-workers in north GA, “I’ll never live there, it’s flat and ugly”!

It happened that, unknowingly, we chose Sturgis weekend to travel, so we saw the same rows of cycles at Wall Drug as in your photo. I remember being surprised how polite some of those grizzly-looking men were, opening doors for Anna with her walker. They blew my whole biker stereotype.

Thanks for helping me re-live a very special trip.

Comment on Enjoying the Road Less Traveled by Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:36:15 +0000

I enjoyed looking at your cross country trip. I really enjoyed your website.
Thanks,
Peggy

Comment on Weather Watch by Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:31:10 +0000

Rainbows on the plains are the best. You can see most of the arch from one end to the other.