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For those I'm not friends with on FB I figured I would put something on here for all that knew Ryan Hill. Last year after he passed I decided to buy his 750 and run the endurance race on it, it's something he wanted to do. We kept the group to close friends and just wanted to have fun and bring the bike home. We had myself, @RonStopable, @RVTPilot, and Bill riding with @TimTheAzn, @J_Copeland and Ron's brother helping with pit stops. I spent the better part of 2 months going through this bike trying to make sure it would survive the 4 hours. Ron and I haven't had a ton of suspension setup time and we made some poor choices when we were able to ride it. Friday came and we had no choice but to get it sorted. It's by no means perfect but it's very rideable by the end of Friday. We make one small change for the race Saturday and ride through any other issues that still persist. Things are going great until about the 3 hour mark when Bill comes in and says the clutch is starring to slip. We were determined to finish for Ryan epically since his mom came out to watch. The last stint I put is was probably the hardest I have had to do. Nursing the clutch on shifts and the bike only ruining about 120-125mph before it would slip made for very slow straights. Tim throws me a 10 min to go sign and I start taking to Ryan, asking him to help make sure the bike makes it. What feels like 40 min goes by and I see the checkered. I have never been so excited to see a checked in my life. Crossing the finish I started to cry and almost blew turn 1 lol. While none of us were setting the world on fire with the lap times it was a great adventure with a great group of guys. @Jester_ and @TRMN8TR were a huge help since they have ran these before and gave us a lot of pointers. Thank you everyone for the help. The shirts were also a huge success. I'll have more pics once I get them from @Photos by Marty and maybe Ron can post up what video he has from the gopro.

Update from the Family --- John took a great step today. He is now breathing on his own. They've removed the ventilator and I believe they are starting to remove the sedation. They are not allowing visitors at this time as he needs a ton of rest. This is incredible step from when I was there on Saturday! He truly is a fighter! Keep fighting John!

Thanks for the input gents. I'll probably just go with the KTM Super Duke R anyhow. They've made some substantial improvements this year & I've had a hankering for one since they 1st came out.

So I had to do a conference call with State Farm last night. The rep I got was Jake. He was not appreciative of my jokes.

Here's some pictures that I took, there may be a couple more on my Instgram account. There's a video on Instagram as well...

Negative rep for posting about rep.

The correct term is post whore.

OK, I finally learned this! Final answer: Choose your own GD bike! Yeah? ^_^

great job guys. i'm sure ryan was smiling as the clutch starting fucking around and asking "let's see you bishes deal with this"

If you drive down to Columbus Wednesday I'll come hold your hand at Iron Pony so you don't get scared. Offer is out there.

It's all part of the ritual. This track day has been foretold for a thousand years.

Yeah, I've learned to just move along and get as far away from them as possible, especially when riding alone. But every once in awhile, they get to me.

Any bike I suggest would potentially be something that I need to try to keep up with in SEO or WV...so, Grom.

Rookies

Yes. Predictcablity and holding your line are absolutely more important in I and A than speed alone.

How very... nouveau riche of you

Don't forget your back protectors...

Set your bike as you would for a fast group ride and put painters tape over lights and remove mirrors. Be at track at 7am. Lower paddock by garages. Follow the lines to registration and tech. You will be completely directed from there.

I'm going to change your geometry on the zx while you are sleeping next track day.

By "show me the ropes" do you mean showing you how to pose on a Ducati in front of the garages???

I had the Grom on track there last season when I was working. It did not set any records but it was faster than several novice times if I make this I'll be on the KTM.

Pony has some old man bars for ya.

I am in for this. Approved for the time off. Will be my first ever track day. Hopefully someone will help show me the ropes. @TimTheAzn

Come on Tinder

I usually just tell myself "Maybe they're having a bad day, let's give them a pass". This works for most cases except people on their cell phones.

I get the desire, but doing that may turn your run-of-the-mill asshat into a homicidal road rager.

That's it. @Tonik is getting invited to every single ride or trip. He will then be haggled to no end if he doesn't join. How many times did I ask him about the Ozark trip?

at least he didn't swerve into you, had few of those, scary crap. After few of those i always try to pass all the way to the right edge of the lane and as fast as i can go so that the whole ordeal is faster than the guy can think and fathom and revenge plot etc.

Found this picture of John hanging with us at the Epic Ride. That was a great day!

i'll try to go out there to watch a track day. hopefully they don't charge me a fist in the bum to spectate.

I'm working on an after party for Saturday evening.

It's only bad over 80. Anything over that just tuck like a flat-tracker.

Shampoo is better.

MariaDB sucks MySQL is better

That's about as demon hooligan as you get! Good stuff!

This is what I'm afraid of when I have my Achilles surgery in Sept...6-8 weeks no weight bearing at all So, I've been busting ass...not necessarily trying to lose weight but just get in the best shape possible so it's not so tough to bounce back. I've decided to run 5k's (on my own, not organized) and keep doing them to see how fast I can finish them. The first one I did I averaged about 12 min/mi and the last one I did (5th one) I was just barely over 10 min/mi though I think I could've done better on that one as I started out slow, trying to pace myself and ended up finishing hard so I guess I could've pushed a little harder early on. My goal is to get to 9 min or below by mid Sept. which I think is realistic and what I would consider to be a very good time for my gender/age which (according to the web) is a 10.5 min/mi avg.

Just be happy that you survived Ron at his finest.

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I'm headed there this weekend to help Sam Wang ... hopefully it stays dry

Jim, Anything you ride is trackable. At your age I think that a Liter plus Adventure bike may increase your fun factor with the additional roads and trails that are open to you on adv's.

Hello? I only know how to look for used bikes in the $2500 to $4500 range. I haven't ridden far, fast, or on a track. (I do want to get on a track one day.) I did give a ride to some cat food today! And the answer is white so my head will glow, although I really like orange.

would help if you didn't use a toaster to take pictures

@whaler and I spent some time at the hospital yesterday. We couldn't see John as they said he was too agitated, so we hung out with the family for a little bit. John has an awesome family that are all pulling for him. I am trying to stay positive for them, but am concerned about the same things Derek listed above. Maybe the second opinion from the Cleveland Clinic will help clear some things up for the family. I guess we just continue to keep John in our thoughts and prayers until the family discloses more info.

Travel day today, trying to do 50/50 mix of state roads and slab all while trying to hit Massachusetts and Connecticut. Should be 450miles today and already got a local award winning pizza joint plandedfor dinner at the hotel tonigh.

Hookers and Blow FTW

I'm confused, is that bottom right pic of @DerekClouser sitting at home looking at the post's and pics of everyone else riding?