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125,000 miles on the old girl, so I'm working my way from back to front servicing every component required. Final drive now has new oil seals because it was seeping a bit on the high speed-for long periods riding out west. All rear suspension points have been disassembled, cleaned, inspected and lubed. The bearings, bolts and spacers are all still in excellent condition because I've done this every year of the bike's life. Same for the shift and brake pedals. I'm also taking care of corrosion I'm finding along the way, including the center stand. The salt is brutal on that poor thing. New piston and seals in the rear brake caliper. I'm up to the engine, as can be seen in the picture. Last winter I removed the starter and checked the front oil seal and flushed the carbon dust out of it, which bought me another 25k miles, but it's getting weak again, so it's time to go. New starter will go in today, then I can put the throttle bodies and air box back on, after I check the valve clearances and install new plugs. New throttle cables will last me the rest of this bike's life. Then all that's left is clutch and brake fluid change, steering bearings, fork oil change, fresh coolant and putting Humpty Dumpty back together.

I rung it's neck today. New suspension set up feels 1000% better.

If you really need a CPAP it's all yours Actually, since I've lost so much weight my dependence on a CPAP is minimal. On the last trip I had to sleep several nights without it and my wife said I was breathing just fine. No snoring or apnea episodes that she could discern. So, on motorcycle road trips I might leave that sucker behind because it takes up so much room.

So this past weekend i traded my beautiful started to be a pita to ride gixxer for a purtty 06 sprint st. Defiantly looking forward to logging many more comfortable miles.

I have insurance, so I will never shoot anyone over a motorcycle. I have a CCW, so I usually have it on my person when buying things on Craigslist. Dumb people do dumb things, and people tend to get what they deserve.

Got mine back on her feet yesterday.

I'm a Dovi fan, but I really hope Jorge has the same trouble Rossi had with Ducati. Never liked Lorenzo or Pedro, for that matter. I see Marquez continuing to develope into an extremely mature and unbeatable rider. I'll still cheer #46 first though. Us old guys have to support each other.

The Ultravibe 2000?

Possibly a hole in the fuel map causing your "miss" then. I have the OBDII to USB cable to connect up to the bike. I'll loan it to you if you have a laptop and download TuneECU. Or, possibly by the time you're back I may have it downloaded myself and can come by to help you out. Haven't seen your new place yet, so may as well come by anyway

MotoGP Schedule 1 - 26-Mar - Grand Prix of Qatar[23] - Losail International Circuit, Lusail 2 - 9-Apr - Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina[24] - Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 3 - 23-Apr - Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[25] - Circuit of the Americas, Austin 4 - 7-May - Gran Premio Red Bull de España - Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 5 - 21-May - HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France[26] - Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans 6 - 4-Jun - Gran Premio d'Italia - Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 7 - 11-Jun - Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[27] - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 8 - 25-Jun - Motul TT Assen[28] - TT Circuit Assen, Assen 9 - 2-Jul - GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[29] - Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 10 - 6-Aug - Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky[30] - Automotodrom Brno, Brno 11 - 13-Aug - NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 12 - 27-Aug - Octo British Grand Prix[31] - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone[32] 13 - 10-Sep - Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[33] - Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 14 - 24-Sep - Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[34] - Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz 15 - 15-Oct - Motul Grand Prix of Japan[35] - Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 16 - 22-Oct - Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[36] - Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 17 - 29-Oct - Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[37] - Sepang International Circuit, Selangor 18 - 12-Nov - Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[38] - Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Ive heard great things about the KY roads Fin. Worked near NKU for about four years and there are some gorgeous sites around there. I think Im going to check out route 10 today so I hope granny aint packin.

WKRP and all the ships at sea say... welcome aboard streetfighter. Your 158 hp beast will leave granny in the dust unless she's packing. And if she is... you best stay out of Kentucky and keep north of the Ohio. ;)

It's a wonderful ride and has put me in my place a couple of time. Very powerful and torquey. As for swapping bikes ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol

Plus, I just got to 1,000km on the Urinal, so I have an afternoon's worth of work to do to that.

I lane split when necessary but that isn't that often because we don't have the traffic problems that the west coast has. It would be nice if it were legal but we're still working on getting them to legalize ear plugs while riding, lol The illegality of it is not really much of an issue imo: 1. Cops usually stay away from clogged highways except when there's a wreck. 2. We don't have many motorcycle cops & any cop in a car in a traffic jam is probably going to be helpless to give chase as you can't split lanes in a car & if they decide to go John Wayne & run the berm they can't get across several lanes of backed up traffic in a hurry like a bike, even with the flashy lights. 3. If you are not squidding it when you split most cops are not going to bother with the hassle of even trying to pull you over. There are other threads on here that discuss this issue until you get sick of reading them. Welcome to Ohio Fin.

And suck they do... like those with cellphone in hand who think they can drive at night through Kent without headlights.

That cat was out of the bag a long time ago.

Welcome to the land of old guys and our slow ST bikes.