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The domain is registered to you I assume. That's one link. Plus your threads/posts here. If I get a subpoena, I'll be required by law to turn over anything I have. If you're interested in doing it legit, let me know. I'd be more than happy to help/offer advice. Ohio Riders is an LLC for this exact reason. It doesn't cost much. Your best bet would be to set up a charitable non-profit organization, or 501©(3). I'd suggest raising money for cancer research. It's a cause near and dear to many of us. Get a blanket insurance policy for the non-profit to cover all events. To keep with your free thing, have a free ride option. But also have a not free one that include t-shirts, maps, etc as part of the registration. Encourage donations or fundraising. Donate all proceeds to said cause. Doing this enables corporate sponsorship. Sell spots on the back of the t-shirts. Again, donate all proceeds. You can likely get the shirts donated by a local shop. You could even organize an after-party, or get a local restaurant/bar to sponsor an "unofficial" after party. I'm pretty sure I offered all this advice the first time you guys did this ride, but here it is again. If you want any help, let me know. If this ride goes legit, I'd be ecstatic to have OR's logo on it. A while back I registered www.ohioriders.org in hopes that I'd start a charity side of OR. If you're interested, we could look into doing your event under that umbrella.

After seeing the distinguished ride thingy i thought why not make up some thing for the epic ride as well. It will be easier to tell others outside the forum, sort of one stop for all information regarding the ride, and also give it some sort of legitimacy Only thing i wanted to highlight was the ride being open to all and no "cyclism" (no discrimination based on your motorcycle lol ) here. So here it is, had some off time today and put this up real quick. Didnt optimize for mobile viewing. May be later on i will spend more time to make a better stylized one. as always i dont plan on making any money of this site so it will be ad free. Its not the state of the art website, just a hobby i picked up. All i know is simple html and css etc So here it is the half done quick website: http://epicohioride.com/index.html Wanted to ask Dizzledan if i can link some of his pictures/ videos in there. Second derek, any email id you have that i can link in the contact section? Any other information that i can include there?

The legal system has become so bad that by simply asking your buddy if he wants to go riding with you, you are almost taking full responsibility for his safety. There are always those looking for a way to get some money from others by going to court, and always some lawyer willing to help them so that he can get a piece of the pie. .

When I first read it I thought the survey was going to be about sax.

So 3 of my 4 boys had football this weekend. I had 7 games in 2 1/2 days. I am sunburned, worn out, and so proud of my boys. My youngest won his first ever game in the flag division today. My 11 year old did great with a 1-1 weekend. and some great plays, a fumble recovery he caused. My 8 year old was my high light, he shined this weekend. Last year he was the team clown always getting yelled at never getting much play time and for the most part not caring. This season we worked hard over the summer he is now the starting center, and defensive end/tacckle. He did great with a long snap for his age and great blocking on offense, on defense he had three solo tackles, many assists and a fumble recovery. He was one of the captains at the championship game today, and played hard after 4 games in less then 24 hrs. I am for sure a proud Dad today and watched my boys develop into their own over this past weekend...

Did anyone even know this place exists? I've lived in Columbus for over 10 years and have never heard of it. Summit Vision, this is one of the courses. and, trying to not lose my balance This place is crazy! There's another high ropes course, a zip line, an obstacle course, lots of really cool things. So, is this just a fantastic columbus secret? or am I the only one that hasn't heard of this place?

woo sah. so, welcome to the internet, where butters says mean stuff, explains himself after being called out (I mean, that is practically an apology), then the new guy gets frustrated. DarkRider, send shadyone a message if you haven't already, that will be the best way to contact him personally without dealing with all the internet a-holes on a side note though, offering $5 for a coin you think you would pay $50 for... we're a community here... lowballing people we like will get you typed at with all the fury of the internetz.

From my understanding, disability income is USUALLY more than minimum wage... depends on a lot of factors. You can qualify for medical too, whereas flipping burgers likely gets you paying your own medical. my *edit* I could be way wrong on the numbers, so someone please chime in if I'm wrong. I'm basing my understanding on a few situations that I'm aware of for people who I know. They were not disabled from birth, so I'm not sure how that affects the situation. I guess this isn't relevant to the OP, but I just read from a .gov website (http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs39.pdf ) that the people who are not subject to minimum wage are those who are under "section 14©" and simply being disabled is not sufficient to be under this classification. People in this classification are those that have a disability that limits their capabilities to complete the job. If a company is going to be paying minimum wage, what is their motivation for hiring people who are physically less capable of completing the required tasks? I'm not saying that those particular people don't deserve to be paid more, but I feel like these news people that flash this story around to infuriate people don't push the possibility that perhaps the companies that hire the people under section 14c are doing it with good intent, not to screw over disabled people. Although, maybe they just hate disabled people.

Bump for a stand up guy, hate to see you and the Murse sell your bikes but I can understand....

Vanguard mutual funds edit: or more specifically, Vanguard index funds

Had a blast and stayed on two!!

Use as a down payment for a house with a bigger garage.

Without liability insurance and a lawyer retained, I'd shut that website down ASAP until you get covered.

Bump it... who wants a great track bike? Better than any 07 gixxer out there.

JB Weld

Snip! Saving for later.

If your an ama member they have a form to cover this stuff. The Triumph guys use it. Don't know how well it would stand up in court but its there. See my sig its at the top of the rides page.

2 million Harleys? Shit, that's like 1 million horsepower

I can completely see Ben's perspective. Ben, you're not being a downer, you're just trying to warn Nivin about the potential consequences without protection. The thing is, it's not the nice and understanding riders to worry about, it's ambivalent insurance companies trying to reclaim payouts caused by an incident. In a serious accident, there would be a wrecked bike or two, an injured or killed rider, injured or killed motorists, damage to private property and damage to public property (guard rails and such). That's anywhere from a couple thousand to several hundred thousand dollars that insurance companies would either have to pay out or subrogate to reduce their losses. And yes, there are also sleazy attorneys who make a practice of subrogation. You can imagine how this would go. Biker tries to keep up beyond their skill level and enters a turn too hot. Gets scared and locks up, stares at the side of the road or an oncoming vehicle, gets on the brakes which stand up the bike and takes them into a very bad place. Insurance company looks at the police report and determines that the road conditions were a bad choice by the organizer, as were the mismatched skill groupings and decides to name you as one of several defendants. Because you're not protected by an LLC, your personal holdings are subject to whatever plea or judgements are achieved.

I vote we make it a "not-for-profit", name Nivin the CEO and pay him a $863,000 salary. Oh, wait, I'm mixing threads again. I'm such a senile bastard. Carry on.

I would feel okay patching a tubed tire, but at 5,000 miles, it's probably just more cost-effective to replace it. You're talking about the cost of the patch, plus mounting and balancing, for a tire that already has 5000 miles on it, and will be replaced sooner anyway.

I'd say go for it. Getting sued is a worst-case scenario, and it's clear that since WE ALL RIDE MOTORCYCLES, we're not willing to be deterred by a worst-case scenario. That said, I do understand what Ben is saying.

Or just stay at home.

I'm going with new tire and new tube

Just stay out! We really should learn something from history,especially recent history...it's a hell of a lot easier getting in than getting out,and we usually leave it worse than we found it.

Craft beers are great for sitting back and having a good beer... But have to agree with max power, bud light is great beer for working around the house.. Light and mild so it goes down easy, keeps you hydrated, and it's cheap... Not gonna be out doing yard work drinking stouts

The Indian Scout will make its "1st Run" appearance on Saturday, August 23rd Noon until 4:00 at Indian Motorcycle of Columbus / Pony Powersports. This first look opportunity will be the Scout debut in central Ohio. During the "1st Run" two display only Scouts will be on hand. On September 16-17 Indian Motorcycle of Columbus will have Scout demo bikes and the rest of the entire Indian Motorcycle lineup for fun & free demo rides. http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/scouts-first-run-tour

I read this 4 times before I got it.

Kind of like VH1 hosting metal mania.

Steven Hawking is great: