jschaf

I have both on & off road. While off road is fun I find myself more apt to hit the road for fitness. I do 70 to 120 miles a week about 9 months a year on road & go off road about once a month. The best suggestion I can think of is to get a heart rate monitor & use it with a time (not mileage) schedule. Also, hill climbing is a great way to increase your fitness level in a hurry. If your resting heart rate is more than 10 beats higher than normal before a ride take it very easy or take the day off. Make sure you get a bike that has the right size frame for your frame. Good luck.

Rolling chicanes!

Welcome.

Hope your lizard gets well soon. I had to spend a ton of money on vet bills for one of my dogs which put a damper on my track plans this year. Pets are family.

I'm definitely not a big fan. Even after the loose chips are gone, more keep getting scuffed up. Worst of all is that the loose stuff is almost indistinguishable from the stuck stuff until it's slide time.

All I can say is that Ohio Riders certainly is a diverse group of motorcyclists. Roads like 270 are what I sometimes have to endure to get to the twisties.

Never underestimate the crazyness of a redneck. As for sports car vs bike. I think that a sports car's main advantage on backroads is that it is not so much at the mercy of road debris (ie gravel). In a debris free corner a bike can pull about 1.2 to 1.3 lateral g's in the hands of a skilled rider. (A 45 degree lean angle with no hanging off is 1.0 lateral gs). Most sporty roadgoing cars can pull about 1.0 gs (corvette z06 skidpad tested at 1.1 gs by road & track magazine). Note that I am not talking about F1 cars or even Ariel Atoms here. Most litre bikes have approximately the same power to weight ratio as a 1000 horsepower sports car. There are not a lot of 1000 horsepower sports cars out there. (Not even too many 600 horsepower cars) Theoretically a typical sportbike should be able to outcorner & outrun a typical sports car on a twisty road. In reality, the average sports car driver will probably outrun the average sportbike rider on a twisty road because cars require less skill to pull those corner gs and are not as prone to road debris crashes. The only car I've ever had try to run me down was a Chevrolet Trailblazer (No, I didn't hit & run). I had 2 riders behind him that didn't want to pass after they saw his antics so I basically just kept him out of gunshot range for about 20 miles until he finally turned off.

Facebook is entirely voluntary. My dad always used to tell me what he learned in the Army Air Core: "Never Volunteer for Anything".

1979 with about 50,000 miles on it but lots of loving care. He puts on an admirable pace through the twisties, considering. At one of the gas stops he was telling me about how he can really feel the frame flexing in corners.

545 miles today. Roads were relatively clear. Many gas stations were out of gas though. Worst road for gravel was 258. Rode 255 in a downpour.

Watch out for extra police on the holiday & extra deer at that ungodly hour. Have a good ride.

The "mild hogs" group. I'll have to make sure I take some pics.

Thanks drc32-0. My ride Tuesday will not be at spirited pace as I have a goldwing, 2 bmw r's & a cbx in the group. I will post back on what we find. Good luck on getting your power restored.

Has anyone ridden 83,78,821,26,255,800 etc. after the big storm? I'll be going that way on Tuesday would appreciate any first hand road reports.

Seems that people can rationalize just about anything. Just because they have some warped website backing them up doesn't make them correct. A guy was extolling the virtues of running a car tire on the rear of his motorcycle to me just the other night.

Welcome. Coincidently, I just did my 1st CORE ride last weekend.

Welcome.

Welcome to OR. Hope to see you riding sometime.

Kickstands up more time than they are down. Small egos all around, lots of courtesy, & regard for safety. Riding group without a huge range of riding skills. Lots of turns without much debris. Nobody gets a helicopter ride.

Back to bikes & riders; It seems that when the temperature gets up to about 80 the average skill level of riders I see drops considerably. Lately I've seen a lot of people camping out in blind spots, walking the bike along when stopping & starting, wobbling around corners, not having a clue about countersteering, etc. Even though the test here really isn't that hard, I can see why a lot of these "riders" don't have a license. I know the UK has a much more stringent, tiered licensing system. I also know that when you travel around over there you don't see nearly the number of buffoon riders you see over here. I don't know exactly how they keep the unendorsed from riding over there but their system seems to work better than ours judging by the average rider skill level.

Welcome.

Welcome. Remember, hallucinations while riding may be hazardous to your health.

I'll be getting a set soon. Thanks guys.