Hailing from South Philladelphia

[Ratscallion]

To all those that have come to Love this little bike as I have,

So I last year around this time, I finally was able to sell my car and pick up my first bike. I've been bicycling most of my life and have always wanted to take up riding/working on a motorcycle. . the planets just aligned, or some nonsense, and I got my little 2005 GZ250. Since then, I've road a lot, taken the safety course, gotten my license, had some great fun with the bike (Little Bettie) and started to get into fixing/tuning her up myself. This forum has been an amazing reference in that last department. So thank you all for that !!!

Here is what I've done to the bike so far:
-She came with some descent saddle bags, but not the supports. . .so I picked up those.
-Just recently installed some solid black kuryakyn ISO Grips. . . these things are soooo nice. .. its like riding in heaven for your hands.
-Added a windshield. http://www.motorcyclewindshield.com/mer ... gory_Code=
-My next plan is to wrap the pipes (they are kinda rusty at the moment), add some nicer pegs, chop the front fender a tad (previous own / me dropped the bike once or twice.) and reupholster my seat.
-I also have a dirty carb. .. which I plan to clean as soon as my tank is dry, but I've been using Seafoam and B12 to compensate until then.
-Annnd. . .my odo has been slagged for a month or two now. . .went from 7.800 to 96,000 in about a months time. . . .so thats gotta get fixed. Any help here is appreciated. . .

As far as riding, I mainly use her as a city commuter bike, but we are starting to take our fair share of longer riders. I started with a hour and a half ride from Philly to the NJ coast .. .taking all backroads, but recently I tested her out doing some highway riding. Philadelphia to Blue Mountain and back. .. about 3-4 hours. . .157 miles and had her between 65-75 most of the ride, but took her up to 80-83 a few times :}

So thats my story so far. If anyone else is in the Philadelphia / South Jersey area and wants to ride / already has a group to ride with hit me up, I'm totally down.

Cheers to safe rides !
-B



This is after we got to blue mt.. . .nooo windshield that day. . .ran right into my tent and put icy hot all over my back. . .oooo