Tom and Karen Horton from Central Florida and riding an ‘08 C14 with just over 16k now on the odometer. Looking forward to the knowledge provided by this group and the social interactions such as events and rides the group has to offer. Hope everyone has a safe and fulfilling new year!
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Hello from Florida
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Welcome Tom & Karen to the group.
Check out the southeast events area - LOTS of Ride To Eat (RTE) meetups on the calendar.
Poke around your new home, check out the “The Best Place to Start" section that has lots of helpful instructions from how to maintain your profile to posting pictures and many things in-between.
Also the archives, catch up on the years of previous Concourier magazines!
See you around,
Wayne, Carol & Blue
Will do, thank you
Thank you and looking forward to meeting everyone.
Welcome from Michigan.
Hopefully, your bike went through a recent valve clearance check (at the 15k recommended interval). My 09’ turned over 15k at the end of the 22’ season and I did the check as part of spring maintenance. To my surprise, 13 of 16 valves were tight… some more the a thousandth of an inch off. She runs like a Swiss watch after bringing back to specifications. I also had the ECU flashed and updated the headers at the same time. Best things I ever did… for sure.
Have fun and enjoy the ride!
Hopefully, your bike went through a recent valve clearance check (at the 15k recommended interval). My 09’ turned over 15k at the end of the 22’ season and I did the check as part of spring maintenance. To my surprise, 13 of 16 valves were tight… some more the a thousandth of an inch off. She runs like a Swiss watch after bringing back to specifications. I also had the ECU flashed and updated the headers at the same time. Best things I ever did… for sure.
Have fun and enjoy the ride!
Whereabouts in central Florida? I’m in Chiefland. Jo Poole has set up rides to eat in Chiefland, Dunnellon , Astor and a few other places. Florida and the southeast in general has always had nice friendly members that will make you feel welcome.
Steve
Steve
Those items I plan on doing soon as well. Get an Ivan tune and Blackwidow headers. I purchased my ‘08 about a two years ago from a guy and at that time the bike had 11k on it. The guy handed me a small box with some spare parts in it that were brand new like oil filter and some Kawasaki seals. Also in that box, I found a small ziploc sandwich bag with three used valve shims. I asked the guy if he new the story on the shims and he said no, he said he was handed the box from the guy he bought the bike from which at that time the bike had 9k on it. So evidently the original owner of the bike had the engine cracked open sometime before 9k to check valve clearances. I don’t know why someone would have done the valve clearance check done so early
.Leesburg
Yeah, wife and I meet here last year at the Yalaha Bakery get together and we enjoyed meeting everyone along with the German beer
. We are planning to meet at the event planned for the 20th of this month in Crescent City as well.Thank you, we meet some good folks last year at an event that COG put on and wife and decided to become members.
Nice, have to get out and ride sometime
Absolutely. I'll be riding around the Tombstone/Bisbee/Green River area of AZ for a few days followed by a few days around Las Cruces, working my way back to FLA.
Nice, we all have to get together some time. Go out for a ride and grab something to eat. Wife and ride the backroads of Ocala quite a bit. We like to ride up to Gator Joe’s in Ocklawaha, get lunch and ride some of the roads in that area as well. Maybe see ya at the meet up in March at the Yalaha Bakery gathering.
WOW, I bet it is beautiful out there. I need to get off this rat wheel of the daily grind and do some things like that!
It does help to be retired, 8 years as of April Fools Day.
On TDY at Sonoran Desert NM east of Gila Bend, AZ.
Decided to say hello and it seemed a perfect occasion to pick on "ONOBob" a bit. 
Welcome fromOhio. the great state of TeXaS. 
You’ll like it here. (In spite of Bob
)
Great tech advice, (Be careful about Bob's advise!
) plus stuff for sale, rides and rallies, (and best of all) good natured banter…. (You can help us pick on Bob) 
Best regards
Bob
Come ride with us! (even Bob)
Ride safe, Ted
Welcome from
You’ll like it here. (In spite of Bob
)Great tech advice, (Be careful about Bob's advise!
) plus stuff for sale, rides and rallies, (and best of all) good natured banter…. (You can help us pick on Bob) Bob
Come ride with us! (even Bob)
Ride safe, Ted