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Just because I know you guys would enjoy seeing this: Sent from my iPhone.

I was having a stamped concrete patio installed. While they were there I had them pour a 12x10 pad for a shed. They did it for free, but the pad would have been $6 sq/ft.

Well it happened. Got to the trailer place in Toledo and they had a 7x16 for $3600. Couldn't pass it up. The little lady approves.

After the beards maybe we can all wear flannel and skinny jeans, get tattoos, ride fixies and work in a micro brewery. Fuckin'; hipsters

I guess no WoW all day for you!

You obviously didn't watch the video Pauly.... The Suzaki Katana is an amazing machine.

But what a death!

Woah. Take it easy ;-)

If only subaru made motorcycles.

I can hook you up with a 70's Harley 2 stroke 250 dirt bike that's actually a re-badged aeramicci. Harley, Italian, temperamental as fuck. Everyone wins.

Great story. Apples and oranges, but great story. How much HP could a Corvette reliably produce if it used an air cooled motor? 200? 250? Would you call that Hi tech? One of the limiting factors of push rods is RPMs. Not such a big deal on a car, because cars have a lot more flexibility with weight and displacement. The HD 103ci produces a whopping 65 hp. http://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/827903-what-is-this-factory-hp-on-103-a.html A hi tech 600cc super sport displaces about 36ci and make significantly more hp...reliably.

https://nurburgringlaptimes.com/lap-times-top-100/ The GTR bests the baddest Vette with just over half the displacement. When was the last production GM engine that made 600hp out of less than 4 litres? Yep...never. I like what Chevrolet has been doing with the Corvette the last ten years, but to declare it or any other car the best strictly based on bhp numbers is silly.

NDspd, There are several "good" roads between Tipp City and Greenville you just have to connect them all together. I'm not talking southern Ohio, northern Kentucky good, but still fun.

Try this route instead, https://goo.gl/maps/O6HrK same thing but skips an ok section of Mudlick Rd that you can hit on your way out, in favor of right outta the gate hitting the tight low speed 90+ degree turns on Friend Rd and then some big long nice turns on Astoria Rd, then it dumps you into Oxford Rd which has some GREAT turns nearing the top of a good little hill climb, some of which are right in front of houses (be respectful of homeowners & watch out for cars pulling out of driveways) Then you go through farm fields for a few minutes to southbound mini roller coasters on the NW Brown's Run Rd (or Puddenbag Rd). Then Browns Run turns into Elk Creek Rd, you hang a left on 122 for a short jaunt to Michael Rd which has just enough curves & elevation changes to keep it interesting. Then after a quick connector on Trenton-Franklin Rd, you hang a left on a totally different road also named Brown's Run Rd for some very nice little river (stream) valley curves the whole way. A deer jumped out of the thick brush between the creek & the road once here on me, be careful. Then you hang a left on Hetzler Rd for a quick jog & continue forward where it splits off, onto Hinkle Rd to Rocky Rd, which transitions to chipseal somewhere (a bit bumpy but good curves to challenge you). There are also a few good curves on other adjacent roads, but this loop was the best continuous run I could find anywhere in the central & southern Dayton area all the way through Hamilton & the north end of Cincinatti. I rode all over that area in the evenings for one month and this was the most satisfying curves loop I could find. 122, Strebee Rd, W Alexandria Rd, Dickey Rd-to-NoMan's Rd, Thomas Rd, & Cloister Cliffs Dr to Sloebig Rd (southbound, or loop around the country club on Cloister to Sloebig to Thomas), those all have a handful of good curves as well if you care to study the map & ride the loop once & then explore a few side branches. Not much else in the way of twisties near there, but check out the terrain view map in your area to look for curvey roads near the hills.

Google maps keeps getting less and less use able & more & more dumbed down (used to be really awesome for custom route planning), but here's my quick sketch of the best roads I was able to find near the south-of-Dayton area: http://goo.gl/maps/DCQYX

Coming from the hotel in Franklin/Middletown, I'd hit a few really good turns on either Manchester Rd to Franklin, OH or go further north to West Lower Springboro Rd. The main route after that was in the areas NW of Middletown & W/S of Germantown. 123 out of franklin/carlslile to Sugar St to Mudlick Rd to OXFORD RD. Then left on either Brown's Run Rd (turns into Elk Creek Rd), or stay on oxford to puddenbag rd which turns into west Alexandria rd (look for great hill climb up Strebee Rd, then turn around & continue on route). If Puddenbag, hang a right on Elk Creek Rd. L on 122 Middletown-Eaton Rd From there do another mini loop of tighter & some chip seal roads: L on Michael Rd L on Trenton-Franklin Rd L on BROWN'S RUN RD(totally different than other nearby Brown's Run Rd, & Cloister Cliffs Dr & Myers Rd here have potential, I think I rode 1 once with big smiles up wooded hill climb) After that nice run, L on Astoria/Hetzler Rd, R on Hinkle Rd (twisty chipseal) - turns into Rocky Rd - which dumps you into Friend Rd where you can catch the NW Browns Run Rd again, or make a R on Friend Rd If you made the Right on Friend Rd, you can hang a L on Astoria Rd for a ctle of great curves where it merges back into Mudlick Rd near beginning of loop, or you can take Friend Rd further down to to the Germantown-Middletown Pike - where on Friend you encounter a few hard sharp low speed tight 90 degree knee dragger turns & then some gentle scenic sweepers on the Pike northbound. Glancing at the terrain maps, this south-of-Germantown area seems to me to be the best riding near Dayton. If you are much north of Dayton to where that is an hour ride to get to Germantown, consider heading to the Scioto Trail State Forest area on backroads from Xenia for a great short loop of twisties in the steep tight hills there, then check out Tar Hollow State Forest's main paved roads, then head over to Hocking on 56 & loop 664N from South Bloomingville all the way through Hocking & across US33 to Zwickle Rd, L on Zwickle, R on Logan Hornsmill Rd to Sugar Grove Rd westbound to 33E (southeast) to 374S (makes turns, follow signs) all the way back to 56, R on 56 for the icing on the cake for the last 3 miles of this awesome loop. That route is bad on warm weather weekends due to the traffic of all the traffic from sightseeing tourists going to check out the cliffs & waterfalls of the hocking area. Best kept to early mornings (watch for deer more carefully@ dawn&dusk), or weekdays. If you want a nice cruise to the hills more directly, head out on I-70 east or back roads to OH-56, where it gets great at the afformentioned South Bloomingville from 664 to 374&beyond. Looking at the map, I nixed 56 to the Lake Hope/Zaleski State Forest area, as Northern KY is a bit closer for you, and it is jam packed from Cincy area & east/southeast full of tight hills & lots of GREAT relatively unknown back roads. The Germantown stuff is definitely looking like the best stuff in that area anywhere near you though. Good luck, be safe.