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Bob Trank - MSOE - BSEE

(Milwaukee School Of Engineering)

(Last Modified 10/28/2006)

ST1100

GIVI from the rear

Finally !!!! Got a decal of my bike's name
Also notice the BNC connectors that supply 12vdc to the side marker lights
and double as the anti-bag-flop solution
I finally have a convenient way to lock helmets with the double lock license plate solution.

PIAA 912XTRA lights (55watt extra white light)
(mounted off my forward highway peg brackets)
I wanted to get UNDER that fog. Wired to come on automatically with either high or low beams (via toggle sw)

Some other recent pictures

Another view of PIAA's from front

STEFi plate to assist with helmet turbulance elimination

My Thanks to SHOEI for protecting my face and skull on my Kentucky crash :-(

Laminar Lip for buffeting reduction (also shows Honda voltmeter)

Laminar Lip (another view)

STOC oil cap "coin"

Helmet

Stitch

Teknic Gloves

Going Home

Some Reasons for my Insanity:
It's my parents fault!

They doomed me from the get-go

Two reasons for my SPEED problem:
Reason 1 at the dragstrip
Reason 2 on Saturday mornings

Reasons why I go to motorcycle races
Hooters girls

OK, enough of that

My Bikes name: SarahT1100
(to remind me how much I love my daughter, Sarah)
Hmmmm, her last name starts with "T". Have I been doomed since the Beginning as to my destiny?

Motorcycle trip reports:
Canada and around 2 lakes, May 1999

Michigan Trip, August 1999 (temporarily my son's account of it since I was to lazy to report it)

The Appalachians fall color run, October 1999
Rct's Corbin inaugural run, Arkansas, April 2000
Colorado and the Rockys, June 2000
ATL - 2001, May 2001
BRP and Cherohala, October 2001
BRP and Cherohala, October 2003
FCR - 2005, October 2005
Out West - 2006 - Rct / Crt, October 2006

Other Events
Bush Party 080400
Porcupine Mountain Vacation - 2001

My Previous Bikes:(in order of owning them)

'74 CB 750/Four Pic 1 Pic 2

'80 GS-850 G Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3

'84 1100 Interstate Pic 1

My Home made Backrack Pictures: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 (no longer own, but thought I would leave it posted)
(Square aluminum tubing, aluminum angle iron, stainless threaded rod and stainless acorn nuts..... All for about $12 at Farm & Fleet)
(Uses front only screws for backrest. need to cut clearance in angle iron to miss rear backrest screws)

My Home made Drivers Backrest Pictures: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Inside the bag (shows plywood frame to support backrest)

My Anti-Bag Flop solution: Pic 1

My Reading Glasses in my helmet so I can read maps in the tank bag: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Glasses1 Glasses2

Side Marker Lights (in place of side reflectors): Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Product

Accessory plug (and Hot-grips switch): Pic 1

The "Gloves" story

Very nice Dianese summer riding leather gloves (see link to Dianese below) Pic 1
Very successful fully waterproof gloves Pic 1 (Picked them up for $25 at Chicago spring motorcycle show)
Equally successful waterproof mittens (with finger holes inside the mitten) Bought at Farm & Fleet for $19: Pic 1
Don't waste your time on these P.O.S. Tourmasters (Published to be waterproof) They gave out after 3 hours in the rain!: Pic 1

Sigma BC-800 trip computer sensor and magnet mounting: Pic 1 Pic 2   Pic 3   Pic 4 (magnet from the back side)    Pic 5
    (I did use 2-part epoxy under both the magnet and the pick-up unit. Clipped off mounting feet from pick-up unit. Used tie-wraps just for safety)
    (To calibrate the 800, measure wheel Circumference in millimeters and divide it by 1.61. Thats it! Enter that number into the "ws" in the 800)
    (Make sure sensor is not inboard to far to interfere with getting front wheel off)
    (I set gap by listening to sensor "clicking" as magnet moved past)
    (for reference with Excedras, my circumference after 6kmi was 1990.7mm divided by 1.61 = 1236 as the "ws" entry)
    (at 25mph on the ST speedo, the sigma was flickering between 23 and 24mph)

Drivers View showing Sigma and Temperature gage: Pic 1

Fully loaded for a trip and "my other bike": Loaded Other Bike

Consumables: Prestone Orange, Extended life 5yr/150Kmi (silicate & Phosphate free)
Ear Plugs (http://www.conney.com/safetytopic4.html)
Other Stuff (filter number for ref is Honda # 15410-MM9-013)

Motorcycle related links:
Send mail to the ST1100 mailing list
ST1100 Chatting
Helpful site for motorcycle links: http://www.galaxy3.com/motolinkssearch.htm

Other People's Websites:
Chad

Tad

Other Farkles/Accessories/reminders*:
Tank bag is Tourmaster TB18. See it at:   http://www.tourmaster.com/main.html Warning - contents will get wet in heavy rain due to seepage upward from rubber pad. I lined the bag with a plastic kitchen garbage bag after I discovered the problem the hard way.
Rear seat bag is RKA 22 liter XRS. See it at:   http://www.rka-luggage.com/pages/10rearst/rearst.html (A TOTAL success story) RKA rocks!
Hondaline backrest for passenger. See it at: http://www.hondaline.com/item.html?section=accessories&category=st1100&page=1&code=3624350(no longer own, but an option for others)
Corbin Seat (see my April 2000 Arkansas trip report) http://www.corbin.com/honda/9196st1100.html (Good so far, but may be a bit hard)
Hotgrips (of course! for early spring and late fall rides in the mountains) See it at: http://www.hotgrips.com/ (you NEED a medium setting which you can do yourself with another toggle switch and another (radio shack) resistor, or you can order the variable rheostat from Hotgrips)
Speedbleeders on brakes and clutch (SB8125L)   See it at: http://www.speedbleeder.com/     A MUST and VERY nice! Also see this pix   And this one pix
Crankcase Oil (Spectro Blend 10w40) Golden Spectro® 4     WOW, as a side benefit, my shifting is smoother! No kidding!
Brake and Clutch fluid: Valvoline, Synpower synthetic (see pix of "other stuff")
Compass: $1 - 1"dia. bubble with suction cup attached to windshield. (K-mart)
Side marker reflectors replaced with trailer marker lights. Source: Farm and Fleet (Belvidere, Il.) (See pictures above)
Dainese summer riding gloves. (Axel) See it at: http://www.dainese.it/ (see pictures of gloves in above section)
Accessory socket (cigarette lighter style) mounted in lower left faring (Generic from auto store with rain cover)
Walkman type radio and 12vdc powered 3 watt amplifier (stored in tank bag) and speakers installed in helmet
Amplifier (Carl's Electronics CK-705) can be seen at: http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/ampl/ck705.htm
Tires (the only tire to run on the ST) Bridgestone Excedra front G547 (maw #29898 ~$67); rear G548 (maw #30226 ~$101) http://www.accwhse.com/
[Front 110/80-18) Rear 160/70-17]
My old Teknic riding jacket and pants (Spirit) See it at: http://www.accessoryinternational.com/teknicwaterproofjackets.htm Very acceptable, but I now own an Aerostitch, roadcrafter :-) http://www.aerostich.com/riderwearhouse.store
Sigma BC-800 trip computer. See it at: http://www.sigmasport.com/   (See pictures above)

* not responsible to others for incorrect information.

Send me an email if you like to: robert AT trank.net [purposely disguised ( "AT" = @ ) to prevent malicious activity]

Created 10/26/1999 by Robert Trank