Gophers and Cheese: First Ride After Belt To Chain Conversion

Monday, April 18, 2016

First Ride After Belt To Chain Conversion

After meeting the guys from Track-er Die at Mama Tried, I special-ordered a belt-to-chain conversion kit for my 883R. It was far more difficult to install than I expected but that had to do with me and my Sportster, not their kit. Here are a few photos from my first ride with it last week.

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2017 Local Events

For events with a red asterisk (*), be sure to check out my Guide To Local Events page for my personal review and links to my blog posts. Events with a green checkmark (✓) are ones I attended this year.

2017

1/01: 69th Annual I-Cycle Derby (Mpls.) 10:30am
1/17: HDSALAB 2nd Blogiversary
2/03-2/05: Progressive International Motorcycle Show (Mpls.) *✓
2/17-2/19: 4th Annual Mama Tried Motorcycle Show (Milwaukee, WI)✓
2/26: Nordeast Swap Meet (Mpls.) 9am-2pm
3/24: Gophers and Cheese's 7th Blogiversary
3/25-3/26: 30th Annual Donnie Smith Bike and Car Show (St. Paul) *✓
4/08: Defrost Your Nuts Run (North Hudson, WI) *
4/08-4/09: 10th Annual Freedom First Riders Bike Show (Alexandria, MN) *
4/15: 52nd Annual Spring Flood Run (Lake St. Croix Beach, MN) *
5/06-5/07: Vintage Torque Fest (Dubuque, IA)
5/06: Dirty Rotten Bikerfest (Oak Grove, MN)
6/08-6/10: The Knuckle Shuffle (Yuba, WI)
6/10: Rockers Spring Social (Mpls.) 1-6pm * ✓
6/10: Oil & Ink Vintage Motorbike Print Exhibition (Mpls.)✓
6/10: National Motorcycle Museum Vintage Rally (Anamosa, IA)
6/16-6/17: Viking Chapter Antique Motorcycle Club Show and Swap Meet (St. Paul - Fairgrounds) *
6/17: Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club Show (St. Paul - Fairgrounds)
6/19: 26th Annual Ride To Work Day
6/24: 18th Annual SCVR Round Barn Run (Ellsworth, WI) *
6/24-6/25: 38th Annual J&P Cycles Open House (Anamosa, IA)
6/29-7/01: ABATE of Iowa Freedom Rally (Algona, IA)
7/08: 7th Annual Full Tilt Chopper Show (St. Paul) *✓
7/13: 22nd Annual Ma Rad's Rumble (Withrow, MN) *
7/29: Hood Bush Death Science BBQ (Caledonia, WI)
7/30: 25th Annual Hog Feed at The Joint (Mpls.) noon *
8/04-8/13: 77th Annual Black Hills Rally (Sturgis, SD) *
8/19: Chariots of the Gods Custom Van and Vintage Camper Show (Mpls.)
8/19: Two Wheel Disorder (Plainview, MN)
9/08-9/09: 27th Annual SCVR Chili Feed (Ellsworth, WI) *
9/09: Rad's Extra Sharp Bike Show (Somerset, WI) *
9/16: 52nd Annual Fall Flood Run (Lake St. Croix Beach, MN) *
9/16: 7th Annual Konawerks Bike Show (Mpls.) 3-8pm
10/07: 2nd Annual Hell on Wheels Chopper Show (Franklin, IA) 12-5pm
10/XX: Motosota (Mpls.) noon-midnight
10/07: Frost Your Nuts Run (North Hudson, WI) *
10/14: Frankensteiners Ball 12 (Isanti Cty Fairgrounds)
12/08-12/10: Progressive International Motorcycle Show (Mpls.) * [Earlier due to Super Bowl]

Other sites with links to events in MN/WI (including locations farther away from the Twin Cities):

To see a list of past local events from 2010-2015, check out my Local Event Calendar Archive.

Favorite Local Stops

Bob's Java Hut (Minneapolis, MN)
Cannon River Inn (Welch, MN)
Coffee Talk (Taylors Falls, MN)
Dick's Bar & Grill (Hudson, WI)
The Happy Gnome (St. Paul, MN)
The Joint (Minneapolis, MN)
Mad Jack's (Brooklyn Park, MN)
Maynard's (Excelsior, MN)
Nauti Hawg (Diamond Bluff, WI)
Neumann's Bar (North St. Paul, MN)
No Name Saloon (Prescott, WI)
P.D. Pappy's (Stillwater, MN)
Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge (Minneapolis, MN)
Punch Pizza (Locations around Mpls.)
Smiling Pelican Bakeshop (Maiden Rock, WI)
Wagner's Drive-In (Brooklyn Park, MN)

About

Gophers and Cheese is a motorcycle blog focused on riding and events in Minnesota and Wisconsin near the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul. With very rare exception (such as event flyers), all of the photos and written content are completely unique and original to this site.

I bought my first motorcycle (my Sportster) in 2006 and have been hooked ever since. I started the blog in 2010 because (1) I found it really difficult to find out what events were going on locally and (2) I just really like to take photos.

The blog's name "Gophers and Cheese" simply refers to Minnesota (The Gopher State) and Wisconsin (America's Dairyland), which is where I do the vast majority of my riding. I admit that it's a strange name for a motorcycle blog, but it keeps me (and everyone else) from taking it too seriously.

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Monday, April 18, 2016

First Ride After Belt To Chain Conversion

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