Hello Everyone.
I just purchase my ACE on Monday, and saw in another ad for a Tourer that there was a forum for this bike so here I am. I'm hoping to get some useful information, with repair/maintenance and about the bike in general.
I live in Richmond BC (Vancouver International Airport), I'm 45 years old with a wife and 2 kids, the daughter has already moved out. I used to ride in the days before cars, but never got a license for the road, till last year. Wanting to get back into riding, I started out with a small Honda CM250 for the gas savings and not needing a car for driving the kids around any longer, then up to a CM400. Now my wife would like to come along for rides, and with the resent jump of gas, I desided to take the money I was saving for an 04' Mustang GT Conv, and apply it to a new/newer bike.
One of only a couple of bikes that would fit both my wife and myself was an ACE, and with her safety in mind I decided on the Tourer model for the rear crash guards. I bought a 1998 1100 ACE Tourer with 26,000 KM (approx 16,000 Miles), and have a picture of it as my avatar, two-tone cream & black.
I use the bike as a daily driver to work, and am now looking forward to getting a backrest and enjoying the last of the good weather and take my wife for some outings on the weekend.
I don't have much free time, but am hoping to make the best of my bike and some repairs easier with help from other riders, since the bike I bought had been dropped and skidded on one side. Along with wanting to get a few parts for my bike and not having much luck finding them locally.
I just purchase my ACE on Monday, and saw in another ad for a Tourer that there was a forum for this bike so here I am. I'm hoping to get some useful information, with repair/maintenance and about the bike in general.
I live in Richmond BC (Vancouver International Airport), I'm 45 years old with a wife and 2 kids, the daughter has already moved out. I used to ride in the days before cars, but never got a license for the road, till last year. Wanting to get back into riding, I started out with a small Honda CM250 for the gas savings and not needing a car for driving the kids around any longer, then up to a CM400. Now my wife would like to come along for rides, and with the resent jump of gas, I desided to take the money I was saving for an 04' Mustang GT Conv, and apply it to a new/newer bike.
One of only a couple of bikes that would fit both my wife and myself was an ACE, and with her safety in mind I decided on the Tourer model for the rear crash guards. I bought a 1998 1100 ACE Tourer with 26,000 KM (approx 16,000 Miles), and have a picture of it as my avatar, two-tone cream & black.
I use the bike as a daily driver to work, and am now looking forward to getting a backrest and enjoying the last of the good weather and take my wife for some outings on the weekend.
I don't have much free time, but am hoping to make the best of my bike and some repairs easier with help from other riders, since the bike I bought had been dropped and skidded on one side. Along with wanting to get a few parts for my bike and not having much luck finding them locally.
