TimTheAzn

Gawd that mental image is so hawt

It's not.

I'm fuck'n OR Royalty I don't know what you are talking about, Nivin.

I still love you

What about the cbr? Didnt you just put gold stuff on that?

I'll be running the endurance race next month at Pitt, you think you'll look slow out there during vintage days hah! You should stop by saturday while the motoamerica guys put on a passing clinic on my ass.

Not I. But I may show up to watch.

That sucks. No point in watching the NBA next year, shit is gonna end up the same.

FTFY

I'd have to be Oprah-rich to consider buying one. But at that point I'd by like 7 so I could roll deep with friends.

All riders must wear one or two-piece suits with substantial reinforcement and padding in critical areas (knees, elbows, shoulders at a minimum.) • INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED GROUP riders must wear one or two piece leather suits designed for motorcycle use. Two-piece leathers must provide at least 50% attachment between jacket and pants. • NOVICE GROUP riders must wear one or two piece leather or ballistic suites. It is recommended that two-piece suits provide attachment between jacket and pants. • INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED GROUP riders MUST wear a back protector designed for motorcycle competition in lieu of, or in addition to, the standard back padding in their suit. http://www.midohio.com/images/pdf/2017 Waiver Packet PTR2.pdf

Haha what? They stuck you in novice because you walked-up instead of registering prior to the day? Was I/A full?

There's no magic pill for this. What @NinjaDoc told me a few years ago was miles. You just need to put down miles in the curvy stuff. And that's just what I did. I went on many long rides by myself just concentrating on different aspects of riding. After a few thousand miles I returned to some of these group rides and I was doing much better. I'm still not fast nor claim to be but I think I can hold my own now. What I did always do (and continue to do) was ride within myself. Within my abilities all the time, regardless of who I was riding with. As for the random acts of God, i.e. Trees falling and deers crossing, nothing is gonna solve that completely. You just have to put yourself in a position to deal with the unknown the best. Whether that be the pace you are riding or the line you take into a corner. For example a lot of us on the street take an outside to inside approach. We go into the corner on the wide side of the lane which allows us to see the furthest through a particular corner, hopefully giving us enough reaction time if something were on the other side. But that's not going to completely protect you from the unknown.

Smaller number of stupid people driving these things around. I'm fine with having to get an M endorsement. It's just one more level to weed out people.

haha was that down at State 8 in Medina? @DerekClouser, myself and a few others were there. It was fun power sliding those things around. Every one we were in ground 1 gear or another. But it was still a fun way to spend a sat afternoon. Ate some bbq as well.

Edit: I like turtles.

Seeing that you've joined in 2008, I would have thought you knew the normal characters around the forum. Myself and most of the board members know when certain people post a ride, what the expectations are for that ride. That's just how it is. I'm sorry that you got some bad news during the ride. If it effected you that much one of two things should have happened, you should tell the ride leader what was going on and see if they could work with you. Or, you drop off and head for home. Any ride at any pace is dangerous when your head isn't in the right place. I was up sunday morning, geared up, ready to ride down and meet up with you guys, but I had tweaked some suspension the day before and didnt get a test ride on it after. That was enough to make me bail last minute. (Also only saw this ride at 1230 the night before so I would've been NinjaDoc'n it.) I know those guys that signed up for the ride, I knew that my head wasnt in the right place in the morning. So I gave up a beautiful day to play it safe and play with myself..... I mean play by myself on my bike. Next time, just let everyone know whats going on! No one here is going to give you shit about mentioning something because you are concerned with safety or the pace.

Adjusted my suspension on the sv. Not so mushy anymore.

Yea, when they do something bad they go all out... https://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/06/02/navy-blue-angel-jet-crashes-tennessee/85310876/ RIP

Just watched them down at NJMP. It was sick. Since we weren't at the actual airport, just right next to it, we had an even closer view (in my experience at airshows, pilots dont typically perform directly above the crowd. They were flying directly over the track/paddock. @Jester_ @TRMN8TR can attest how close to the NJMP watertower one of the solo's got. Like, we thought he was going to die close when it happened the first time. The next day, he buzzed it again it was just as close. It was pretty epic.

Whatever it is, I'm sure it wont be slow with him on it.

Welcome....back!

This looks like the big brother of my old 600rr.