And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
On our older motorcycles and snowmobiles, the handgrips were typically made to stay in place by the use of tape and then some adhesive (that way you can remove and replace (with aftermarket, personal preference, style, etc.). But in this photograph, it appears as though the whole left side handlebar broke completely off. I am guessing that the motorcycle somehow fell over. And that he is just unhappy that it could not withstand it.
ChatGTP sez The motorcycle is a Honda, specifically a Honda VTR1000 SP-1 (also known as the RC51). The device with loose wires that you’re holding does not look like a stock Honda part. On an RC51/SP-1, exposed wires like that almost always mean an aftermarket accessory, commonly one of the following: • Remote switch for an accessory, such as: • Camera trigger • Garage/gate opener • Auxiliary lights • Aftermarket kill switch or immobilizer • Track-day add-on, such as: • Lap timer trigger • Data logger input • Heated grip controller (sometimes poorly mounted)
What do the wires do in the left one?
ReplyDeleteLast 2 wheeler I owned was in the 70's and there were no wires in the left one.
Wires typically provide a path for electricity. Hopes this helps.
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DeleteSo, what else do they call you besides Smartass?😆
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Heated grip
ReplyDeleteBbe my guess too or ground to handle bars for remaining switch. Electric start. Maybe highbeam
DeleteThanks. Never knew that. All of my 2 wheel experience was in Florida.
DeleteLooks like 46 in 6th gear
ReplyDeleteHard to down shift with no clutch.
What's more worrying hand grip coming away or wasting time getting a phone/camera out to take a picture? Not sure this is a genuine situation.
ReplyDeleteOn our older motorcycles and snowmobiles, the handgrips were typically made to stay in place by the use of tape and then some adhesive (that way you can remove and replace (with aftermarket, personal preference, style, etc.). But in this photograph, it appears as though the whole left side handlebar broke completely off. I am guessing that the motorcycle somehow fell over. And that he is just unhappy that it could not withstand it.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was an alien WW1 soldier with a stick of dynamite
ReplyDeleteChatGTP sez
ReplyDeleteThe motorcycle is a Honda, specifically a Honda VTR1000 SP-1 (also known as the RC51). The device with loose wires that you’re holding does not look like a stock Honda part. On an RC51/SP-1, exposed wires like that almost always mean an aftermarket accessory, commonly one of the following:
• Remote switch for an accessory, such as:
• Camera trigger
• Garage/gate opener
• Auxiliary lights
• Aftermarket kill switch or immobilizer
• Track-day add-on, such as:
• Lap timer trigger
• Data logger input
• Heated grip controller (sometimes poorly mounted)