Uncle Punk

Don't try to gay up this manly endeavor, this is serious business. Some people could join in with their sport bikes and feel comfortable with the pace....not naming names.

Depending on how this works out it may be attempted again this summer. I want to try it close to as much daylight as possible in case it is a total failure. If I do it much later in the month the rain date puts it into the July 4th week and too many other plans to work around. You can trailer out and park at my shop, it's only 5 miles away from the start point. That is if you aren't racing or participating in some nonsense like that.

Jinx and his son will be there. Sorry no demo's but they rent scooters where he works.... I need to get me a shirt with this on it for this epic ride. (Failure or Awesome, yet to be determined.)

You have over a month to "work" on her. A day long test ride wouldn't hurt for a back up plan.

I am planning to make a 350 mile ride to the river on scooters June 5th an if anyone wants to join in you are more than welcome. I have never tried to do this and don't know how it will turn out but that might be half the fun. I plan to leave the starting point at 9:00AM and be back by 7:00PM. I have gas stops mapped out with the longest distance between them at 65 miles so the smaller capacity scooters should be able to make it to all the stops. Right now there are six scooters with no one from this site, the scooters are from 150cc to 500cc so speeds will vary, I will be on a 250 and swapping rides will probably be taking place. I have made the route very simple so that if anyone wants to bail on the way down all they have to do is turn around on 83 to head home. I expect that if Columbus people want to join in they could meet us at the gas stop in New Concord. The following Sunday will be the rainout make-up ride. Changes to the plans might be made if I don’t know what I’m getting into like we might have to start earlier and get home later. If anyone has any suggestions or knowledge about doing something like this chime in. Link for those that can't read the map http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=41.314789,+-82.022204&daddr=40.533955,-81.917488+to:39.993446,-81.741554+to:39.56724,-81.65456+to:39.277229,-81.688221+to:39.53801,-81.95231+to:39.943708,-82.000808+to:40.0395527,-81.9780974+to:40.33205,-82.00952+to:40.57132,-82.01741+to:40.554394,-81.929128+to:41.314788,-82.022192&hl=en&geocode=FeVpdgIdxHAc-w%3BFcN_agId0Ake-w%3BFWZAYgIdDrkg-w%3BFYi_WwId4Awi-yn5jGKMGy9IiDFLbq8Mjl-xjA%3BFa1SVwIdY4kh-w%3BFVpNWwIdyoEd-ymh0H8IVRdIiDEygCIgRg11hw%3BFRx-YQIdWMQc-w%3BFYD0YgIdDx0d-ylhIqS4N5M3iDEQO_txo294iw%3BFRJrZwIdUKIc-ymNuJwBEZ03iDG-KCBOkAiFsg%3BFbgRawIdfoMc-yn1_l9pDW83iDEqrCRaXK-aJA%3BFZrPagIdWNwd-w%3BFeRpdgId0HAc-w&mra=ls&via=3,5,7,8,9&sll=40.225024,-81.688843&sspn=1.958561,4.916382&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=7 Added 06-04-11 I anticipate being in Millersburg at 10:30 and in New Concord at noon. These are estimates based on adding time to my known sport bike times so they may not be accurate. I know all of the gas stops and roads we will be on with the exception of 339. I have never been on that road so I may miss the turnoff. I do not have my GPS mounted yet so I will be doing this all on memory but other than the 339 turnoff I know and have been on the other roads many times. We may take the time to get a frostie in Zanesville but no other planned eating stops are planned. I have the gas stops planned out to stations I know and that have enough pumps to handle several people. The distances between the stops are 59 miles, 48 miles, 61 miles, 66 miles, 63 miles and 58 miles. If anyone is riding something that won’t make these distances please let me know so that we can adjust the gas stops.

When is the poker game?

I am all for casinos in Ohio but I voted no and would vote no again if the same ballot came up. I would vote yes in a heartbeat if they allowed everyone the opportunity to obtain a license to operate a gambling establishment. The limited monopoly that was given to a chosen few should not be for the government to decide and the voters who allowed this to happen should be ashamed of themselves. The democrats for awarding a monopoly to big business and the republicans for limiting opportunity to a chosen few.

Good ninjas aren't getting caught with their swords.

Not really, the last three states that dropped license restrictions had handgun licenses to begin with. I hate the stupid license we have to get currently and consider it a complete intrusive invasion by our state into a matter that doesn't concern them.

I carry every day and do not view it as a privilege at all. It is without a doubt a right. There are several states now that don't require any permit to carry open or concealed. This should be Ohio's next step in restoring our rights back to what they should be.

I would love to get one this year but I am poor. I bought a scooter this year and the house needs a roof so my expendable income has been spoken for this summer. There is always next year or I could sell my 1K. (Maybe not.) I will have a hard time deciding what to buy next year a motard or a track bike.

I desperately need me a motard and I hate all of you fuckers that have one.

Typical liberal dumbass doesn't know how to solve the problem so they make up something else to talk about. My question had the number two in it which is part of both possible answers to the original question therefore relevant to the discussion. Yours was about Obama care or some such shit.

There are three twos in the English language. How do you properly spell that sentence?

You guys need to quit riding with Jbot until I get to ride his new corner slayer, I don't want to see any harm come to it until I get a chance to do so.

So you want to learn how to go into a corner faster and are confused about where touching a knee comes into play. It's okay to be confused about something you don't have much experience with but trust me trying to teach yourself to touch a knee on the street is not a wise investment of your time. No one here should be offering you help touching your knee on the street and have been telling you to get to a track. It will be clear to you after some track time what it means to touch a knee and how it relates to speed and control. It sounds like you have plans for doing track time and I can't wait for you to revisit this thread after you have done so.

Don't you hang off to make the lean angle less?

It would scare me if I would touch a knee down on the street. What am I missing about this knee touching, what does it mean to touch a knee while riding on the street? I have chicken strips on my tires though so what do I know. Does it mean that you are in control of your bike and able to go fast? Does it mean that you are leaned way over but not going fast?

If you are going to haul that set up with that car for a long sustained trip you will end up spending more for the transmission repair than you save in gas not having a properly rated tow vehicle unless you are not going highway speeds or pulling hills. Your mechanic friend may be correct in his theory but I have seen this attempt fail too many times to count. I would ask him if he has any knowledge of anyone who successfully pulls off what you are attempting if you value his opinion. I sure don't know of any success stories and know of quite a few failures. I hope you are successful but won't be surprised if you don't get past 3,000 miles utilizing this method.

When does this awesome two up ride start? My current scooter only does 50 two up does this break any of the group ride criteria?

Tim, you might want to start putting dates in your thread titles for Sunday rides otherwise you're going to have a lot of threads started with Sunday rides and not know which one you're talking about. Can't make the ride myself, have fun and be safe.

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Does anyone know how the guy is doing that went down on Nick's ride last year? I think he broke his wrist? He was in the Air Force I think. Bike totaled and replaced or what?

Yellow Wolf did a saddle sore ride just on the gap, crazy, something I would ever attempt. I think he finished it in well under 24 hours.