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Posted 16 May 2007 - 04:52 pm

hello fans of bike porn and TPS...

my car is running again. interestingly ist was not an electronic fault but something remotely mechanical. a small rubber hose from the valve-cover to the intake manifold was blocked. as a result from that the idle regulator became stuck. i was able to clean the stuff myself and threw in a set of new spark plugs and an air filter for good measure. overall cost: 35€ including a electronics diagnosis in a bosch-service shop.
no time to ride the "dicke" or the xt though. the fine weather time was spent gardening and now its raining pigs and dogs wink.gif
thus i must resort to telling a few anecdotes of encounters with domestic animals and wildlife...

episode I: chicken run

the first encounter with germany's fauna happened when i was 15. at that time i had a "mofa"/moped it was a 1972 50cc 2-stroke mechanical contraption (so 3 years senior to me...) that was restricted to 25 kph. the size and performance of the "engine" may be compared to the starter of the TDM....

one day i prepared the 4km journey to my gandparents' farm. (with the traveling speed of this monster 4km can be an adventure ride, especially when parts of this acme-german-engineering tend to fall off at random intervals)
about 500m before reaching my destination i made a discovery of a new species, that brought me close to the nobel prize for biology: the gallus domesticus suicidalis the suicidal chicken.
in this idyllic setting there were only happy animals, or so i thought. cows, chicken and pigs could roam freely in their respective parts of the farm. (no, my gramps name was not "old mac donald"...)

obviously this was too much freedom for one specimen of the aforementioned species.
a chicken jumped right in front of me and my mofa/moped. due to my razor sharp reflexes and the immense stopping power of the mechanical drum brakes i managed to avoid the impact and the chicken returned to the side of the road again.
after a short check for fallen-off parts i resumed my ride with the immense acceleration 1,2hp provided...
the chicken did not take chances this time. it jumped right into the spokes of the front wheel.
rotated a few turns an flew out in a cloud of dust and feathers, making somewhat annoyed "gook gook" noises.

very strange.

ah, the careful reader is asking about the nobel prize....well the committee wanted a live specimen. i could not provide that, because the one and only specimen of this kind found itself inside the oven and has disappeared from the face of the earth.
after all its sacrifice was not futile, tasty rather.... cool.gif



episode II: the anti-aircraft mission:

this one takes us back into the time when i served as radar operator in an AA-regiment in the german federal army, 1996...
the weapon of my choice was an XTZ660 tenere.
one sunday i went on a little ride and i hit a falcon at about 110kph with my left upper arm. the poor bird was killed instantly and the poor pig was nearly thrown off his thumper. damn that hurt. thank $deity i was wearing full MQP sports leathers so no bones were broken...at least my bones....
the suit was a little dirty though.
after a few minutes i was able to move the arm again. more or less. i had to use my right hand to place the left hand on the handlebars. i rode home without feeling my left hand, but i could move it quite ok. i operated the clutch by sight then.
the next morning, in the barracks, my arm sported a wide variety of colours, but not the german camo-pattern, so i went to the medic and reported my bashed arm.
i still remember his face, when i told the story.
that made me the only soldier of my regiment who shot down an "aircraft" in peace-time... yahoo.gif



episode III: bambi killer:


the last one for today happened in 2000.
i was riding the "dicke" with my girlfriend of then as ballast^Wpillion on one of my favourite roads in the bergisches land.
on a straight part of the road that led through a forest a small deer jumped right in front of my wheel. i tried to brake but i realized instantly that the impact was unavoidable. so i straightened my arms, held the bars straight and....WHACK.
i just hit the deer at 60kph above the pelvis and broke ist spine.
i stopped and asked my GF if she was ok, then i inspected the damage on the dicke.....
miraculously nothing...i must have hit the poor animal with the tyre. not a single sratch, nothing bent...
my GF was a little disturbed and asked "what now"
i was rather calm, as a fireman i have seen more dramatic accidents, so i told her that i'll call the police to have the animal put ot of its misery. (don't have a gun or an axe on the dicke, so i'm not tempted to use it on cagers wink.gif )
i took out my cell and in my best mr. spock impersonation had to report "no life forms in range, captain. fascinating"
in this neck of the woods the cell was not working.
so we mounted up again, rode a few km and found a house from where i could phone for the police and the local forrest official. we returned to the site of the crash and waited for the things to come.
the forest official was the first to arrive. he took out a gigantic revolver (might have been an anti-aircraft gun) and immediately shot the deer. (my GF went a little pale then...)
when he opened the trunk of his jeep to fetch a plastic box for the cadaver the police finally arrived.
the driver of the patrol car came over to talk to us while his partner took out his service automatic and shakily aimed it at the dead animal.
the forest official patted him fatherly on the shoulder and told him: "it's ok son. it's already dead. it won't hurt you."
the young cop blushed and went back into the car to prepare the paperwork......


so, enough body count for today, the next episode will probably be a summary of the mods and stuff of my dicke...

glückauf
ralf

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 11:21 am

hello everybody,

long time, no write, i was busy writing my dissertation and this and that....

km 93337, ruhr-valley germany

today i pack for my trip into swabia, where the big g2g, the MT07 of the german forum is going to happen. the first days i'll stay at a friends place ahn then we'll ride to the site together at wednesday. hehe, my girl is on a seminar as well, so she won't even have time to miss me rolleyes.gif
my "dicke" got a new set of Z6 earlier this week an i washed her yesterday. (did not polish her, 'cause on the motorway i'll be collecting flies and other debris in the air...i'll do that after i'm home. this time there is no beauty contest anyway... blink.gif
friday i participate in a scavenger hunt/rally and the name of the team is:
pigs in space......what else could it be.
this is the team-logo, i had printed on our shirts:


now i only have to fill the tank, pack the luggage and tomorrow morning, the trip begins...

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 12:17 pm

have fun Ralf good.gif

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 02:07 pm

QUOTE(erdferkel @ Sun 22nd Apr 2007, 05:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hello,
thank you for your encouragement.
ahh yes the obsession with the pigs. so let me explain. there are two possible explanations to this, i let you decide which is more plausible. so lean back, light a pipe, relax and join me on the ride back into the time when this obsession was created.....
in a past life i happened to live through the following adventure:

XT1200Z - Big and bouncy

GTR1400 - Chaufer the wife.
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 11:49 am

hello tps fans and everyone,

km 96600, ruhr-valley germany

so, i'm back from the MT (two weeks already, but alas, time was in short supply and i was busy bashing the 120/180 wheel riders in the german forum cool.gif ) and i'll try to give a short summary of the week in swabia.

saturday:
the bike was fueled and loaded friday evening, and 8.00 a.m. i set off to baden-baden, to meet paul and klaus58 at a local fast-food temple there. the plan was to go there by autobahn and drive country roads to furtwangen, pauls place. the trip to baden was uneventfull and at noon i stopped there. my cell rang and paul told me that they were in a severe thunderstorm. so we decided to meet in freiburg, another 100km autobahn. exit freiburg-north, another call, they were still under water and i made the rest of the way to furtwangen on my own, no probs, only a bit wet....
unpack, shower, eat and talk a lot of rubbish. end of day one...

sunday:
we were invited to a bbq in oberjettingen by rainer and susi (rasu). so took a few detours trough the schwarzwald, met them and another couple from the german forum somewhere in the nothingness of baden-würtemberg and rode the scenic schwarzwaldhochstrasse, lots of speed traps there on any sunday, but fun to ride nevertheless.
after our bellies were filled with excellent food, espresso and ice another rainstorm hit the place, visibility was down to a few meters and we decided to sit out the storm at rasu's place.
when we went home two thirds of the way were dry, but the last part was wet enough to soak us completely. fortunately i left my waterproof liner at paul's place, so at least the only waterproof parts of my clothing stayed dry.

monday:
the weather was shitty again and we stayed at paul's place, cleaned the bikes, lubed the chains an drank beer and single malt.

tuesday:
we went to freiburg, rode the famous schauinsland and visited a shop called brems-spur, a brakes specialist, where i purchased a set of pads for the front. more riding, more curves and more rain, of course. but i put the waterproof lining into my suit on monday, and no more worries then...

wednesday:
transfer to the MT-site, trough the donau-valley and several detours, very nice. it was dry. strange wink.gif then we unpacked and fueled the bikes and went for another small 170km warm up lap to explore the local curves. veeery nice.
in the evening more and more tdm-riders came and some participants of the "late-brakers" tour, planned on thursday talked about their achievements in riding a tdm fast and about the advandages of a 120/180 tyre combination, and somebody claimed that he found 6hp in his MKI by degutting the airbox....well well stakes were high

thursday:
the "late-brakers" tour.....sport riding....
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what a pathetic display of riding skills....
the guide lost his way several times. turned suddenly, without indicating, and started right off, without warming up the engine. lovely. i rode second position, with my knees at the tank and watched fascinated the display of unnecessary hanging off in rather easy curves.
the guy with the extra 6hp was behind me and lost 30 meters or so after every tight corner...
the guys with the 120/180 wheels had problems in the serpentines, but would never admit it. so on the straight parts the speed was high, but in the twisties i was extremely bored. (and more than a little pissed of by the poor guiding skills of the guide, who boasted about the tour and the speed the night before.)
so i left the group with two colleagues, who found the speed too high and we planned our own tour with a map and a lot of fun. speed was lower, naturally, but the ride was more harmonic. 350km of pure fun. and the obligatory rain-shower...
later i found out that they averaged 70kph in dry conditions...

friday:
the scavernger-hunt rally. my team-mate and i made second place, big fun, great route, lotsa curves and rain...

saturday:
i joined pauls group for a ride thad contained parts of the late-braking tour and the scavenger hunt route. really great. soon we transferred a swiss rider to another group, because we went to fast. (no hard feeling there on both sides) rode the famous "lochen" a piece of road often used by the squids there, the two aprillia tuonos had a hard time following paul, klaus and me. (klaus has more than 20 years of experience as an track day instructor, i learned a lot from him in this week.) after losing another member of the "late-brakers" we could start do ride the TDMs as they were intended by mr. yamaha wink.gif
half of the trip was in the rain again, but we averaged 72kph.... so much for the late brakers rotflmmfao.gif

sunday:
return trip. i joined a group of six or so and we rode country roads, trough a piece of france, schwarzwald, pfalz, hunsrück and eifel. speed travelling at its best.

the food and accomodation were great. the weather was a little shitty, but i developed my riding skills in the rain again. i lost them completely because of the infamous macadam tyres 10 years ago wink.gif
we had a tombola and a great bbq on the site. no one crashed an no fights.....
this was my second and last MT, though, because most of the attendees were "very" german, boring, humourless and big mouthed about their riding skills and wrenching abilities, but when you see them on the road or the state of their bike.... rotflmmfao.gif
so, the few funny ones decided to set up a small private meeting which i'm looking forward to...

the dicke took the trip and the rain without problems and used only a little oil yahoo.gif

till next time

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ralf
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 01:17 pm

pigs can't swim ya know ! good write up Erdferkel.

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 01:37 pm

QUOTE(erdferkel @ Sat 30th Jun 2007, 12:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
pig in the rain

So - aquatic bikeporn with a sense of humour? dry.gif

Welcome back, Ralf, and thanks for the report. good.gif Sounds like I shouldn't be sorry to have missed the meeting. Cool T-shirts, though. Maybe keep us informed of your new group? ("Pigs in Clover" - Kleeferkel? Cue for a logo?)

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 05:32 pm

Good blog Ralf

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 05:54 pm

Ralf Are you meeting us at rupertshoffen ??

I need to get a photograph of a German with a sense of humour jester2.gif I reckon i could get good money on ebay for that picture biggrin.gif


joking aside, it would be good to meet you for real, rather than than in cyberspace drinks.gif

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 07:47 pm

QUOTE(SteveGlover @ Sat 30th Jun 2007, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Good blog Ralf


thank you. it is fun for me to write this as well, i'd rather have a higher posting frequency, but there are so many days when nothing funny happens.....

QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Sat 30th Jun 2007, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ralf Are you meeting us at rupertshoffen ??

I need to get a photograph of a German with a sense of humour jester2.gif I reckon i could get good money on ebay for that picture biggrin.gif
joking aside, it would be good to meet you for real, rather than than in cyberspace drinks.gif


ah, of course i'll go to ruppertshofen. must get to know you wink.gif
and, yes, you can take a photo, but i strongly have to object to the notion of capturing me and exhibiting "the only laughing german pig" in a museum or something...

perhaps i will upload a few photos from the MT....which picture hosting service can the wisdom and wittyness of the carpe brother (and sister) hood reccomend?

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 07:53 pm

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which picture hosting service can the wisdom and wittyness of the carpe brother (and sister) hood reccomend?

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 07:59 pm

ok, thanks pig ... ahem...pict wink.gif

i'll give it a try tomorrow or something...

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 08:08 pm

QUOTE(erdferkel @ Sat 30th Jun 2007, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
thank you. it is fun for me to write this as well, i'd rather have a higher posting frequency, but there are so many days when nothing funny happens.....
ah, of course i'll go to ruppertshofen. must get to know you wink.gif
and, yes, you can take a photo, but i strongly have to object to the notion of capturing me and exhibiting "the only laughing german pig" in a museum or something...


rotflmmfao.gif not sure that we have a museum for laughing german photographs cool.gif

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 10:41 am

QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Sat 30th Jun 2007, 09:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
rotflmmfao.gif not sure that we have a museum for laughing german photographs cool.gif


hmm, i'sure you'll find an appropriate location... blink.gif

as for the pigs...ahem pics, i just asked the photographer if i am allowed to use the pics here, so when i get a positive answer i'll upload a few....

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 11:40 am

QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Sat 30th Jun 2007, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
rotflmmfao.gif not sure that we have a museum for laughing german photographs cool.gif

It's a small annexe to the "Hysterical Scotland" museum, in a back room in the Loch Maree Hotel.

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 02:07 pm

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It's a small annexe to the "Hysterical Scotland" museum, in a back room in the Loch Maree Hotel.

is that the same one that has a photo of the last scottsman to buy a round of drinks that didnt include vinegar?

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 03:46 pm

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is that the same one that has a photo of the last scottsman to buy a round of drinks that didnt include vinegar?

Yuss. rolleyes.gif
The Loch Maree Hotel was chosen for its atmosphere, having staff who habitually drink vinegar to prevent any hint of customer- friendliness, and keep a plum in the mouth to ensure the "correct" accent at all times.

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QUOTE(Toneski @ Mon 2nd Jul 2007, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
is that the same one that has a photo of the last scottsman to buy a round of drinks that didnt include vinegar?

The revenge is getting ever closer as the days go by, and don't think I've forgotten your part of the incident Toneski, if that is your real name. dry.gif

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 08:22 pm

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The revenge is getting ever closer as the days go by, and don't think I've forgotten your part of the incident Toneski, if that is your real name. dry.gif

moi unsure.gif

all i did was take an impartial stance and video the event for posterity cool.gif and nearly piss myself laughing

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My TDM :
Black 1991 850 MK1, 160k+ miles(ish, best guess really, gave up trying to keep count after 3rd set of clocks and 3rd engine), PilotRoad2 tyres, custom stubby exhaust system, bluespot calipers & goodridge braided hoses with dunlopads, maxton forks, Ohlins shock, kedo handguards, stainless TDM grill, Scottoiler with lubetube & dual nozzle thingy, Givi Wingrack2 with E45 & 2xE36s, renntec crash bars, Autocom with blueteeth & PMR radio, TomTom Rider2, Optimate IIIsp, Bagster tank cover, anti-dazzle coating
to fit : led spotlights, heated grips, new braided lines and rear caliper that actually has bleed nipples
Silver-ish 2003 900, 70k miles, PilotRoad3 front tyre (new@65k) & PR2 rear(new at 69k), Renthal 755 bars with KTM handguards, oxford unheated grips, power commander 3usb, scorpion titanium exhausts, standard screen with vario winglet thingy, stainless grill, oem centre stand, bagster tank cover, givi monokey topplate mounted on grabrail with V46 topbox, Givi PL pannier rails with E21s, crash bungs, mirror extender thingys, Halfords Advanced Laser Blue brillance bulbs, 21w led spotlights, touring scottoiler with leehenty dual nozzle, Autocom with blueteeth & PMR radio, TomTom Rider3 Urban, winter style anti-dazzle coating
to fit : led brake light strip, replacement heated grips

current rides : TDM850 3vd/mk1=tourer&scratcher, TRX850=weekend twisty toy, 2003 TDM900=commuter, 2005 
TDM900=unmolested.  Gone but not forgotton : XTZ750=overland touring toy, GS500e, GS125
If a strange looking truck driver honks at you & gives you the thumbs up, its could be me  :good:


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Posted 03 July 2007 - 11:28 am

hello TPS and bike porn fans wink.gif

as i promised, a few pictures from the MT in swabia.

all pictures © 2007 by susi and rainer wahl, used with permission....

the photographers and BBQ magicians




the pig and its "dicke" in their natural habitats:






food for the beast:



paul, one of the german admins, he invited klaus and me to stay at his place for the first days. he and his mother did miracles to ensure we felt at home. great hospitality and a big thank you again!



hey, ferkel, make a silly face:




ahhhrgrh enough, my lens will shatter......

prepared for the rain:



(this is my driving license for sailing and motor-boats and my lifeguard-certificate wink.gif

thats it for now.

glückauf
ralf

(pigs can eat out of the photobucket as well wink.gif )


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