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Found out my sister's wedding next year may overlap the June Gap Trip. The fun part? She's getting married just south of Suches, GA. Maybe. Looks like June Gap + Wedding Trip next year Walk her down the aisle in my power ranger suit.

We should totally all go the the wedding and do some kind of procession thing. Like a funeral without the dead guy of course.

OK, so watching a movie or tv series on tv is no good, but watching the same thing on the internet is better...somehow? It seems infinitely arbitrary to me. If you are talking about a technology time suck, I would say the internet is worse. Probably far worse, but to each their own...and stuff. Edit: The lines between TV/Streaming/internet are blurry if they even exist anymore. They overlap more than they don't. I don't follow the logic in saying one is acceptable but not the other

Plus they are the most comfortable position possible for your arms and hands.

You don't need to sell me on the internet, it's not at all the point. Yes. I can watch any movie I want, anytime, commercial free on via the internet or on TV. You're too busy living to watch TV, but you're aren't too busy living to play on the internet??? It's a silly statement to make and an arbitrary line to draw.

Absolutely and well said! I haven't owned a TV for 30 years. I'm too busy living to watch TV.

I speak from track experience only, I loved the Yamaha r3... thing was just as much fun if not a bit more because of the giggle factor of being pretty much WOT everywhere... I used the STT demo bike to coach for half a day after my R6 stator bit the dust half way through the day last year. I was on a fairly tight and very technical track (Grattan raceway) the only place I had any issues was the straight where my light frame was able to keep the aero low enough to manage 90ish mph. not to much else is ever as fun as doing a couple hard switch backs and feeling the bike twist and pop under you and just banging gears every .5 secs hah the looks are much more on par with the big bikes now and that to me makes them a lot more appealing to the younger rider looking to get into sport bikes but being turned off by small bike aesthetics.

Until you leave maybe.

CNN? Fake news!!!!

You are overthinking it! Just run good tires at street pressures and enjoy the ride.

Some bikes are more beginner friendly than others. Smaller bikes tend to be less intimidating & more forgiving. You can be less precise with the throttle, braking, and steering inputs on a Ninja 300 then on something like a ZX10R Honestly, a Ninja 650 should still be pretty beginner friendly.

https://www.cars.com/articles/2017-kia-niro-recall-alert-1420694564769/

passing slower traffic in any low-powered vehicle is about proper planning. Just like at the race track. If you're on a ninja 250 (or daily driving a 2003 corolla), you can't ride the ass of the car in front of you, then cut left and floor it to make a pass happen. You have to hang back, and start accelerating (hard) before the left lane is clear, and time it such that you're already closing on the car in front of you at a 10-15mph deficit when you move left and go around. Accelerate in your own lane, and make a pass at-speed. Don't get into a drag race with the guy you're passing when you're the one heading head-on into traffic. At highway speeds, I agree, a 250 would start to struggle, but the principal is still the same. I don't encounter very many cars doing 90 on the highway, and unless a 250 is badly out of tune, it should hit 90. It probably takes a while to get to that speed, but it will do it.

@MidgetTodd is a small sport bike rider.

FTFY

Infinitely better... for the inquisitive mind and everything on demand. Build a deck, fix a car, fabricate a part, learn to program, get a recipe, acquire coupons, check the weather, get a deal on travelling, check your financial status... And if you want to watch a movie, or a TV series... anything, any time, anywhere. Did you really have to ask?

New bar risers and Racetech springs in last night courtesy of @JustinNck1 and his padre. Should have a new front, and after discovery of how far I was into the wear bars on the rear, a new one of those by the weekend. Also should have the LED light bar mounted by then too. That sucker is gonna be bright as hell.

I have free porn on my firestick. You should get one.

How is the internet any better than television? In some ways it's much worse.

Fuckin' race car with autofold mirrors & pizza findin" capabilities. Holy shit Tonic. What have you done?

Yeah, we can't forget the white whale. It surprises me every time I ride behind it.

WTF

You street peasants wont understand.

Something extra fun about riding a slow bike fast.