You guys are pretty damn anal ytical. All this talk about cupping made me curious enough to walk out to the garage & take a look. No cupping. I attribute that to not braking much for corners much & accelerating through them. To me, the difference between squaring off a corner & prolonging lean angle on the street is insignificant due to the fact that you only have a 12 foot wide lane to work with. I always try to keep my sight line to a maximum & my travel thru gravel to a minimum, thus late apexes.
This generational classification thing eludes me. Supposedly there is a specific date that divides the generations but I call bullshit on that. The change is more dynamic than discreet.
I'd opt for the Panagale. I'd love to test ride either one of those on one of my favorite southern Ohio roads. The "supersport" looked like a "market share" ploy to me.
Fuck politics, let's ride! If someone's got a problem that I'm a moderate but left leaning that's their (& our country's) problem. I don't know whose fault polarization of politics in the USA is but it sucks.
I prolly wouldn't go every year if I didn't live 15 minutes from the show but I do. Why do I persist? Because it's in the middle of the winter & my wife makes me take her, & I like riding, & sitting on new motorcycles makes me think of riding. Besides, $38 for admission for 2 plus parking just ain't that outrageous considering I will probably spend at least that much on lunch after the show.
They say that track is safer than street but I'm beginning to have my doubts. Only time I've been off thru no fault of my own was on the track. I think safety comes from riding with people you know & trust.
These things happen in Woodsfield. Happened to me headed south on 800 into Woodsfield several years ago. I didn't recall doing the things they accused me of so they had to let me proceed w/o ticket.
A guy I work with got very intrigued with the motoman hard break in concept, then went out & bought a new Wee Strom. A week later, the bike was in the shop having the engine replaced (under warranty). I stick pretty much to what the manuals say & haven't had any troubles.
My wife's current bike. She got rid of a Ducati Monster 696 to get this. The Vulcan S is pretty nice. If she's got her heart set on a cruiser, I would recommend this bike. If you start checking out cruisers start tallying up the HP to weight ratios and you will see. A relatively light bike is better imho.
My wife had one of these for her 1st bike. She liked it a lot & rode it for a couple years. One advantage of this bike over the twins is that it is light weight. Don't knock 31 HP until you try it. Plenty of grunt for a beginner, being a single cylinder. Kept up with traffic just fine.