chainguard removal

[aregata4x4]

Where do you guys park your motorcycle when going to the store? I have parked on the regular parking space and had one guy almost backing into my bike. But when I park on the lines between Handicap parking (leave a lot of room for handicaps! - in the middle between the four spots) I get a parking ticket. I always see guys parking here and there. Am I doing somethin wrong. What gives? Arek

[Trev]

I normally park in the parking spots next to a curb, at the end of the parking lot, where none of the cars park, a little extra walk doesn't hurt anyone (except for the cagers I guess). Also at some of the stores I go to they have cement curbs built for the cart returns instead of the big metal things, I usually find an empty one and park in it, no one seems to mind, they usually just leave their carts behind my bike for me to move when I get back. No matter where you park your bike it will be an inconvenience to a cager, wether they are in thier car or just walking by. Trev

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "aregata4x4" wrote: > Where do you guys park your motorcycle when going to the store? > I have parked on the regular parking space and had one guy almost > backing into my bike. > But when I park on the lines between Handicap parking (leave a lot of > room for handicaps! - in the middle between the four spots) I get a > parking ticket. > I always see guys parking here and there. Am I doing somethin wrong. > What gives? > Arek

[Trev]

Forgot to mention, don't park in hadicap spaces at all unless you want to get a ticket. I'ts hard to belive that someone would need all that room that they get, but when you have to pull a wheelchair out of your car using nothing but your arms you might understand better, and that one time your bike is in thier way you'll wish you got the ticket instead of having to explain to them why you couldn't WALK from a parking space on the other side of the parking lot to leave them enough room to get out of their car. -just something to consider Trev

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Trev" wrote: > I normally park in the parking spots next to a curb, at the end of > the parking lot, where none of the cars park, a little extra walk > doesn't hurt anyone (except for the cagers I guess). Also at some of > the stores I go to they have cement curbs built for the cart returns > instead of the big metal things, I usually find an empty one and park > in it, no one seems to mind, they usually just leave their carts > behind my bike for me to move when I get back. No matter where you > park your bike it will be an inconvenience to a cager, wether they > are in thier car or just walking by. > > > Trev

[Devon Jarvis]

Any of those little triangle-shaped areas at the end of parking rows, are usually OK. Especially since some have light poles or signs that you can secure your bike to. Handicapped spaces are definitely not OK, if you've seen the amount of space a van-installed wheelchair lift requires you'd understand the amount of space they allow for the special parking. Devon A15 aregata4x4 wrote:

> > Where do you guys park your motorcycle when going to the store? > I have parked on the regular parking space and had one guy almost > backing into my bike. > But when I park on the lines between Handicap parking (leave a lot of > room for handicaps! - in the middle between the four spots) I get a > parking ticket. > I always see guys parking here and there. Am I doing somethin wrong. > What gives? > Arek >

[Chris]

Not to mention that you might have someone like my father-in-law with his lift van pull up and just flatten your bike lol. He's rather militant about abuses of the spots. I wish they would enforce the issuance of the permits better though, it pisses me off that it becomes a club membership for any retiree with a friend that is a doctor. I would say that maybe 1 in 1000 in NJ with the permit are people that really should have one. If you don't have working legs fine, but if you are too lazy or out of shape to cross a parking lot you shouldn't be driving. Nobody can convince me that someone with a cardiac condition severe enough to need a handicap spot has the reflexes to be operating a vehicle in traffic. I see handicap plates as signifying that driver will be most likely to put ME in a wheelchair, I avoid them at all costs. * Trev [021111 16:44]:

> Forgot to mention, don't park in hadicap spaces at all unless you > want to get a ticket. I'ts hard to belive that someone would need > all that room that they get, but when you have to pull a wheelchair > out of your car using nothing but your arms you might understand > better, and that one time your bike is in thier way you'll wish you > got the ticket instead of having to explain to them why you couldn't > WALK from a parking space on the other side of the parking lot to > leave them enough room to get out of their car. -just something to > consider > > > Trev > >

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[Arden Kysely]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "aregata4x4" wrote:

> Where do you guys park your motorcycle when going to the store? > I have parked on the regular parking space and had one guy almost > backing into my bike. > But when I park on the lines between Handicap parking (leave a lot

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> room for handicaps! - in the middle between the four spots) I get a > parking ticket. > I always see guys parking here and there. Am I doing somethin wrong. > What gives? > Arek

Unless there's some perfect little corner for my bike, I park in a regular spot, but I don't pull in too far for two reasons: so a cager doesn't whip into the spot and nail my bike, and so I avoid the slimey oil stain that's in every spot. I've never had my bike hit, but I did talk to a VFR owner about parking and he had had his first VFR whacked because he was too far forward in a parking space. My exception to this rule is at work, where I park right outside my office window and close to the building to keep the bike out of the sun as much as possible. This also lets other riders share the space. Everyone knows this is the motorcycle spot, so there's little risk of getting my bike whacked, except by visitors. __Arden

[James L. Miller Jr.]

Just change the air in the tires to helium or hydrogen. That's all I did to counteract the unsprung weight. Some have ground off lugs. You might do what ever you need to compensate. millerized (please, don't take me seriously. No-one has yet!)

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Alan Ransom" wrote: > Can anyone tell me why I shouldn't remove my chainguard? I took it > off a few days ago to check rear wheel alignment and it looks better! > It's easier to lube the chain, check alignment, and it's also less > unsprung weight. I don't carry passengers or ride off-road so I can't > see the downside. > > Alan