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No Dennis you earned your screen name, it is yours forever. I call Dibs on your Camero, but I hope you never sell it. Bike is epic. Needs a good cleaning and polish. Other than that it is perfect. Dennis actually had it cleaned and lubed... ready to go. I love this thing. It is exactly what I need for a second bike.

Well, in his defense he had some dude on the phone that was complaining about getting wet in the rain while on a motorcycle.

Nice shoes, squid. Now, eyes on the road.

Doesn't matter, I'm betting we won't be invited anyway.

@whaler and I just left. The MRI came back ok. No physical brain damage. But that does not indicate what brain activity there may be. Thet did so an EEG when he first got there. He is still sedated and the family expected to meet with the doctor this evening. Beyond that I dont have much to add.

Transaction complete,he's on his way home. I'll let him describe it ! I'm without a bike now,but hope to eventually get back into it even though I'm 70. My first bike in 1971 was a Honda 2 cyl 350, many camping trips to the Allegany park in PA. Second bike in 1975 was a Honda CB550 4 cyl. Third bike was a 1980 Suzuki 750E,tremendous low end torque,raced it at Dragway42,it was rated as 12.5-12.3,I managed to get it into the 11.90s'. Had it for 25 years. The fourth was the now gone Yamaha FZ6,incredibly light,agile and comfortable but torque and horsepower occurred too high for me,it was the fastest bike I ever had. When I get back into it,the Harley street 750 would probably be it,more low end power for my type of use. Do I have to change my screen name now ?

Says the guy who was measuring from the axle to the floor............ "WTF!? Why is it still 170mm!?"

You order as many tires as you want, and I'll install them for free, just so we can stop having a damn tire thread.

So its 10 am, got the cash, all my gear is in the car. Gonna be a long day.

The real issue is how are you going to carry a few boxes of donuts on the new ride. I want to see your top case off the cruiser on the FZ.

I'm in. Weather is handled.

Ok, so tires tomorrow. Where you riding Sunday.

I'll be there, of course.

I am totally there. And probably the one at Nelson that is a bit earlier.

Mount a set of these and you can come with us on Sunday,

Get em all and a tire changer, Tonik shootout

That is exactly what prompted my question. Just needed to make sure Roossios were not a pure sport tire. 20 bucks extra for a newer tire while supporting MIKE is a no brainer.

I know, I chowed on bacon and ribs (no sauce) when I was doing low carb and the weight came off. It's crazy. In the 80's it was FAT MAKES YOU FAT!!! STOP EATING FAT!!! So they took out the fat and replaced it with sugar and everyone got fat

Karma is a bitch.

This guy beat my record run to the top of Mt Washington by just a little bit.

Cool beans Jim. Here's to many happy and safe miles and smiles. Squid. ?

Had my boots ready to go with the rest of the gear. No idea how they got left behind. Pissed me off, and I felt neekid.

Palindrome

Not gonna do it. These tires are hard as hell.

Two retarded squirrels...

My trackday Monday up at Mid-O was a washout. Looking forward to AUG 21st more than ever at this point.

Anyone got a copy of @jschaf 's tire pressure spreadsheet. Gonna need that too.

I'll be in for the 21st as long as it isn't going to rain all day. I've had bad luck getting to track days this year so I've got three gift certs burning a hole in my pocket.

God damn it, now I am back to being all Hiro and shit.

So I assume you found each others nuts?

side soft % is what tipped me to roadsmarts RII In the CENTRAL AREA (75% of total surface) the high silica content compound, blended with a reactive polymer provides a BALANCED performance to offer Wet Grip, Stability and Mileage In the SHOULDER AREA (25% of surface) the fine carbon-black and resins compound provides the SPORT performance for Dry Grip at high lean angles

Already been googling options for that.

Very few, if any, riders on this board can out ride a modern ST tire on the street. The handing/turn in won't be quite as quick as good SS rubber, but there is plenty of grip for street operating temps. I thought PR2s and PR3s were really good. I burned through 3 or 4 sets of each. When the PR4 came out I switched over to Angel GTs...I'm about to mount my 6th or 7th set. No complaints at all with the GTs. Even though I've not had good experiences with Dunlop tires, I'm intrigued by the new Road Smart 3. I may give them a try next.

I Love the snarl of a v4. Hell, even a gen2 magna 750 with stock pipes sounds great to me.

Trailer is hooked to the truck, race bag is packed with gear...now just to get through this Friday!

as weird as it sounds but stock tires are worse/cheaper than aftermarket ones. I've heard a million complaints of the BT023 as a stock tire but people loved it as an aftermarket. I think they make the stock tires with cheaper material to keep costs down. I'm not sure it's the best marketing, but what do I know. Just my .02 I've also never rode the Rosso II, but with tire technology now a days, I'm sure it's more than a capable tire for how we ride.

Go with the Rosso II's from RD. They are on special for 199 shipped... you can't really beat that price. S20's are great, Angel GTs are great, T30s are great, they are all great. I don't see you doing a ton of wet riding (or spirited wet riding at that) on the sport bike so I wouldn't worry about that too much. I've ran a T30 rear and a S20 front and enjoyed that combo. Now I'm running S20 Front/Rear but I'm losing a lot of life in the rear. These straight roads aren't helping... neither are the burnouts.

They handled the downpour the Dragon had on the 5th. And that front tire has 12k on it in that pic, rear has 500 miles with only the ride down on it. The FZ gets very light in the front loaded up like this. Still no problems with grip.

I'm so excited and nervous. Can't wait.

I would like to do this. Gotta figure out if I have the time to take off!

What does @hiro think?

Getting titled and registered Monday. Only needs a left from wheel cylinder.

Update: Had a phone conversation with the rep for Sena today. Getting a new unit drop shipped to me. Should have it tomorrow or Monday. Again, HUGE thanks to Mike @RidersDiscount for following up and basically being the attack dog on this. He's been up their ass about the shitshow and has been super professional and just all around kick ass!

Local brew tonight

Well had a little accident today. Got off the ferry in Burlington and was making our way through town when we were stuck behind a car turning left on a 4 lane. I told Justin on the coms if you are clear to go to the right lane and get around, go for it. So he went and I attempted to follow. Shame on me for not looking for myself but I pulled right out on front of a lady in a Nissan. She braked hard and blew her horn but it was too late, the front corner of my bag and rear corner panel of her car hit. Didn't go down but it caught my bag, foot and peg. Totally my fault. We pull over and inspect the damage it scuffed my bag on the front edge and rear edge and slight scuff on edge of my peg. Her car had a scratch from the wheel well clear to the corner of the rear bumper. She got her bitching out at me and I agreeded with her. I ask what do you want to do? Im okay with it if you are. She said yes that was fine. I ask again. Are you sure your cool to doing nothing about it and she said, yes. I said thank you and I'm sorry and we parted ways. Her car was a older car kind of banged up to begin with and both car and bike were silver so paint trading was unnoticeable. So it could have been worse she could have nailed me from behind but luckily she was paying attention. She also reminded me of somone that didn't have insurance or maybe even a license too do maybe that's why she didn't want to call the leos. So another scar on the old 14 and another story to tell.

Seen the gates, didn't go in.