colleen

layed the bike down in sand and pebbles my second time out on the bike so i usually am really cautious about whats in the road now. Im still very new at riding. My borfriend and i have been wondering what they use on the roads in the winter. When i lived in Flagstaff they used cinders, but he was prtty sure it would be salt. Thanks for the tips, they will come in handy.

45-50 degrees ? im used to 70 most of the time its 85-110 good thing i have a heated vest, and just got my heated grips thanks to everyone for all of the advice.

Thank you

what about flat spots on the tires ? someone told me that you should raise it, or roll it to different spots on the tires once every 2 weeks to avoid flat spots ? i live in Tucson right now, so my bike only sits for about 2 months, and i just put it on a battery tender plus. However i was wondering about this flat spot thing ? That and i guess i need to know what to do when i get to the winter wonderland (besides freeze my ass off )

I have a friend, who is a guy, treated similar when he went to look for a bike. But honestly, it happens all over, and its not gender specific. Ive had bad experiences with guys treating me like im a 'dumb girl' and i knew damn well what they were telling me was a load of shit because id already done my research ... and others where they were really nice and helped. One of the places here, Ride Now .... bad reputation for upselling, BADLY. and jerking people arround. But anytime i went in there when i first got my bike, they were alway willing to help and were super nice about it. I agree that sometimes women are treated differently, nothing you can do about that. I work at IBM ... it is a good ole boys club. Believe me when i say its all in how you handle the situation. What ive learned, dont play the game. Go in smart and know what the facts are. Knowledge is power ... for me it quickly put those types in thier place, and they typically know they cant harass you any further. In most cases you get respect from that person from that point on. At least in my experience thats how things have always turned out. I think this is the same in any 'dealership' situation ... for guys or girls. If you know what you want, and you've done your research .... they typically cant sell you ocean front property in AZ They either give you what you want, for what you know you can get it for .... or you just go someplace else. There are A-holes no matter where you go. Im sorry for your shitty experience though earlier someone said, dont give them your business, and tell your friends, word of mouth goes a long way ...... + 1 and good luck finding your gixxie !

i got alpinestar smx plus boots, from newenough.com Nates right about costing a bit more .... but i kinda felt like protection for my skin and bones was worth every penny. i love them. they are euro sizes, but new enough has a chart. and its true to size. I have a friend who has sidi's and he loves his too.

heres a couple sites i use ... http://www.superbikeplanet.com/wallpaperindex.htm http://mototribu.com/wallpaper/competition/motogp/2008/2008.html http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/index.php

If you use Safari theres one that they dont have a fix for. Comes in thru RSS but if you turn off the RSS feed it stops it from gaining access to files on your system.

i think its r6messagenet there was a topic about riding 2 up and not squashing the BF's you gave me some tips that you tell your GF to do so that i could avoid squashing chris.

Chris would dig that with his supermoto How do we find out if they are opening that one back up ? Nate, i think i know you from the R6 forum.

un-freaking believable

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+1 for Uncle Mikes used to work at a range ... my CCW instructor referred me there to find a smaller hip holster than what they carried at our store.