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Most any modern motorcycle should be able go well beyond 50k if you follow the maintenance schedule. No, I don't consider Harley's to be modern I would have no problem buying a bike with 30k+ if it had good maintenance history, and wasn't beat to death on a track.

Rope is cheap and can be reused.

sounds like a sausage fest

Will there be all kinds of silly 3 patch rules?

I am interested to see how May and Yates do on the new EBRs in WSBK. I'd love to see an American bike do well...but my expectations are more realistic.

Yes. It's horrible. Losing sponsors and interest from factory teams isn't a shift in business strategy to a grass roots race series. They are losing respect and interest from the companies that were once willing to provide financial support. That's not sustainable in any business model. Less prize money is available. Fewer factory rides are available. This will chase talent from AMA to other series...Herrin to Moto2, EBR is moving the Hero Teams of May & Yates to WSBK, PJ Jacobson is racing BSB, etc, etc. I hope AMA has something big to announce, or someone like WERA steps up with a pro series.

I dig war movies, but I thought the commercial looked really cheesy. Glad to hear it's worth seeing.

I'll bet the crooked Chicago political machine is behind at least a few of those 500 homicides. Seriously.

^^ I used to have a wood burning stove when I lived in a log cabin. I used to put 25# steel weights on it in the winter. They would stay warm for hours after the fire went out.

Do these trip carbon monoxide detectors? I just put a similar heater at my business for supplemental heat during this cold snap.

It seems like AMA roadracing is circling the drain. Maybe it's time for a new organization to step up.

The city will certainly appeal. But if the gun ban is removed it will be very interesting to see the impact on violent crimes. Pro Gun control argues that more guns = more crime. Pro Second Amendment argues that guns in the hands of the law abiding = less crime. Each side tends to cherry pick the statistics that support their position. From what I have seen, crime has gone down slightly in places where CCW laws have gone into affect. Chicago had the most homicides of any city in the US in 2012, so the gun ban wasn't solving that problem.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/us/chicago-gun-ban/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies." - Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan.

Lot's of good riding near Woodsfield. My 'normal' routes go through that area.

Perfect score in a USMC Physical Fitness Test is (this is from the early 90's): 20 Pull ups 80 Sit ups in 2 minutes 3 mile run in 18 minutes No idea what the requirements were for females, I was in a heavy weapons platoon (no ladies).

Pussies...absolutely. Each generation has become more pussified than the last...and most don't even realize it. 50 years ago, the American people would never have stood for the Federal Gov't monitoring their daily communications. Sadly many people today barely seem to give a damn. I agree that this is not a 1st Amendment issue, but I think 1st Amendment issues are coming soon. The Feds and NSA are more than willing to stomp all over the 1st, just like the 4th.

Portland Maine is a cool little town. Lots of cool little bars and lobster on the pier.

I prefer Freedom of Choice (link for the more interesting people on here) "Freedom of choice is what you've got, freedom from choice is what you want." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU

Road construction in Canada isn't as regulated as in the US. Not all roads are crowned and are prone to flood in heavy rain. Once I did a trip in a cage on the QEW when it resembled a stream. It would not have been passable on 2 wheels.

Sounds fun.

*cough*cough*bullshit*cough I have friends that are far more liberal that you. I don't always agree with them, but I am willing to have discussions and debates with them because they are actually intelligent & can have discussions without sounding like know-it-all douchebags.

Magz reminds me of a preschooler acting out to get attention. His opinions are poorly thought out and all over the place. Most make little sense and cause a stir, which is all he wanted in the first place. Pointing out the flaws in his logic is easy to do, but won't make him go away. Maybe ban his annoying ass from the political forum????

So...A&E chose $$$ over their liberal media outrage...in other news water is still wet.