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I'll need 2 dozen muffins for my chili cook off.

How about a pumpkin bread bake sale to raise $$$

I agree with all of this. If 61 riders showed up for a street ride and tried to ride together it would be an absolute shit show. Once the group size gets over 6 or 7 I am looking to split into a smaller, controllable group or just ride solo.

Perhaps. But I think that lowside is about 100 times more likely to occur on the track. I would equate the cornering speed on a spirited street ride to be roughly the same as the intermediate group (based solely on my observations). What was different was the hard drives out of corners and the resulting brake zones, which I would guess is where the majority of lowsides occur. I'm sure it all comes down to which environment your more comfortable in. For me it's obviously on the street. It just seems that I hear about alot more bikes going down on the track...which I'm sure it an acceptable risk for a trackday or race. I haven't had someone on one of my group rides go down in the last 40-50,000 miles. I honestly can't even remember the last one.

I'll just say I haven't read this whole thread. I don't know what happened to the rider and hope he'll be OK. Over many years of riding I've lost count of how many times someone has told me that it safer to ride on the track than the street. I've never believed that and I'm afraid I still don't. Riding in open rural roads (like SEO) eliminates many of the traffic concerns on the street. I've only ever done one track day, and and it was fun...but I've never been more concerned about some unfamiliar rider collecting me in a wreck. And there were plenty of wrecks that day. You may be able to eliminate some variables by riding on the track. But there are variables you can control on the street that you can't on the track, too. Like who is riding in front or behind you. Anyone who's ridden with my knows I tend to ride a pace that can get fairly hot. I've never even seen blood in something like 250,000 miles of aggressive group riding. Maybe I should thank the guys I ride with for that. Thoughts? Flames?

Open challenge?

There's a big push this weekend to raise revenue... I mean make the roads safer. I totally meant safer.

I didn't get a ticket yesterday. That's because all the cops I passed already had someone pulled over.

It's not that difficult. Even if a shop sets it up for you that's just the baseline. If you REALLY want to dial it in you're still going to have to know how to make adjustments. The base settings on Sport Rider are usually pretty good. They also have fine tuning guides.

Do it yourself. Plenty of instructional videos available.

Got out for a bit yesterday. LEOs are out in force.

Is the R9T not sporty enough? It looks like it would corner pretty well.

I sold my Buell 1125R to Mark Nolan (Channel 19 anchor for those not from Cleveland). He paid me with a check. I told him I'd hold onto the bike for him until it cleared. He seemed a little surprised, but understood.

It's always been public information. There are multiple websites than make it easier to access.

I agree a police force is necessary, but if the State Highway Patrol reduced their workforce by 90% it wouldn't cause any noticeable problems. Drivers would arrive at their destinations a few minutes earlier and state would have less pennies in their coffer to misappropriate.

The value of my house jumped $30k in one month according to Zillow.

Cops that are aware of the actions of "bad" cops but do nothing about it are also dirty. Blame officers that refuse to cross the Blue Line for public mistrust of Police.

Anyone familiar with the Mollen Commission? This is worth reading. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/29/nyregion/new-york-s-police-allow-corruption-mollen-panel-says.html

...but they said he was resisting. If a cop says that, it's gotta be true.

An 8hp+ snow blower will handle almost anything, but this type of setup is the shit if you already have a lawn tractor.

A tractor with a snow blower attachment will move snow a lot faster than a plow.

You don't like Italian twins?!?

Did anyone get air on 676?

Can you edit yourself out before you post it?