Bubba

@Gump No, no...you got it all wrong. You're thinking like a white man. Not having to take accountability for your own actions or your own well-being means you're entitled to free stuff. To note: "It's sad because you know, this what happened because they not helping the black community. Like, you know, the rich people, they got all this money, and they not like trying to give us none." http://www.dailywire.com/news/8361/watch-rioter-tells-reporter-rich-people-they-got-chase-stephens

With those mods, it makes it a little more complicated to trouble-shoot. I'm with the posters who suggested unplugging the PC to go back to the OEM map to see if it fixes the glitch. Or it could be something as simple as the TPS needing to be reset.

Don't have it. Never will. I much prefer the voices in my own head to the mewling of kittens...

Not quite as tasty as the SD but a bit more suited to touring. I bought a '12 990 SMT, which is still WAY MORE GONZO than this old guy needs. Just ordered a set of Pirelli Angel GTs from MSS and gonna slip the new shoes on the Katoom and take it on the LocalRiders fall trip in Sept.

Only thing I can add that might even be remotely of value to your question would be suggest keeping the trailer you bought for just what it's designed to do--hauling materials like mulch/gravel/dirt/straw/etc. Consider either buying a small single axle box trailer--they can be found fairly inexpensively on CL--for those times you need weather protection for your stuff, or simply rent one from U-Haul.

Go south, young man....to KY, that is. You live in the geographical middle of Suburban Hell which includes mini-van-driving soccer moms, malls, gridlock, and intersections every 100 yards. One glance at Googlemap will show you it's futile to ride anywhere nearby, leaving you two choices: head to southeast OH or due south across the river to KY. If you have interest in exploring the roads in KY, lemeno.

....waiting for the YouTube video.

@ScubaCinci Joe: I'll chime in here just to remind you that if you're on the hook for route planning to the NC area, most if not all the work has been done for you. Just go to the LocalRider forum and search the Touring thread for any of the recent (last 3-4 years) Fall Trip threads. My recommendation for most fun/twisties would be the 2014 route (p#6, I believe) that Dice and I worked on. Not the fastest way down, but you'll never be bored. Hits all the favorites like Black Mtn, 16/Hungry Mother, 421/the Snake, 209, and a few that most have never heard about...like Hayters Gap. Two day ride with an overnight in Abingdon VA. Other routes used by Bannister and Scott Hyflyer go east thru WV with a stop at Hillbilly Hot Dogs and an overnight in Raleigh, then down the BRP.

OB: Problem is you're located about equi-distant from the OR folk in either NKY, C-bus or Cinti. It's hard for me to justify riding 2 hours over to SE Ohio to ride the good stuff when I can be in NKY in 20 min. If you ever git REAL LONELY, shoot me a message if you're interested in rolling south into KY. We could meet somewhere between you and me (extreme SW Hamilton Cty). I just got back from a hot ride of over 200 miles today down toward Mt Olivet.

Any interest in trading for a set of like-new SW-Motech Blaze luggage? Purchased for a 2010 Zed1K and the mounts bolt to the passenger pegs mounts. No idea how similar/dissimilar your newish 10r is to that. http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/sw-motech-blaze-sport-saddlebag-system-kawasaki-z1000-2010-2011

There are a lot of incompetent and ill-trained motorists on the highways these days.

As it currently stands, we actually use MORE ENERGY (in terms of BTUs) of FOSSIL FUEL in the planting/fertilizing/growing/harvesting/drying process of agriculture of corn for fuel than it produces. It's a negative sum game, and only financially feasible due to the subsidy the federal government pays to the farmer for growing it. If the conversion of biomass to ethanol ever becomes economically feasible, then maybe I can accept the rationale behind using ethanol as a fuel. Until then, it's nothing more than a political lie about "sustainability" being fed to the consumer. And it fucks up my carbs and plastic tanks and other fuel components.

Isn't that redundant?

Got a good buddy who's WIFE decided he's got too many bikes. I know he's a got a clean SV1000S in silver with the fairing and aftermarket hard luggage that's on the chopping block. Very clean, not molested (i.e., mostly stock) and low mileage with heated grips, prolly a +/- 2004/5 vintage, priced well under your price range. Think he's also got a nice VFR 800 in the pre-VTEC motor and the sweet-sounding gear-drive cams and 2 Brothers exhaust that'll be going up for sale in the near future. He's located in northern Cincinnati. If you're interested, PM me your contact info and I'll pass it along.

Just a bit hard to tell from the mashed remains, but I don't think that's a mole. Front legs/paws aren't digging appendages. Pretty sure that's a vole. They don't dig; they live on the surface and burrow under the matted grass.

Ouch. I remember the initial coverage of the accident, but didn't know the outcome of the trial. Sounds like a case of both an incompetent prosecutor and jury. I've ridden bicycles on the road for decades and had my share of aggressive drivers take advantage of the vulnerability of a bike rider, and I'm not certain that I've seen any change for the better in terms of attitude on the part of car drivers. What surprises me the most is if you go to the ADVRider forum, there are at least two threads, including one in the "Perfect Line" with nearly 500 pages and one in "Jo Mama" basement with nearly 200 pages, wherein motorcyclists rant on the right of--or lack thereof--a bicyclist to ride on and share the road. Can't for the life of me understand how one could ride a motorcycle and not have empathy for a fellow rider on 2 wheels, especially one that is vastly underpowered and out-weighed. Arrogance, intolerance, ignorance.... http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/bicycles-on-the-road.733233/ The one in Jo Mama requires a sign-in. http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/dear-bicycle-riders.470119/

IP: This can't be true. As a vehicle, a bicycle must obey the same road rules as a ca, but traveling 10 MPH under the speed limit isn't an infraction, and certainly could not be deemed "traveling too fast" as a cause of the accident. Just doesn't make any sense to me...and I ride a lot. Link?

Joe: It ain't seat height that is the problem. It's the weight up high. Us old guys are frail... You can ride the 990 any time you want. Might make you hate the Big Ten, tho. We need to get together for a romp in the NKY twisties.

Oooo!!! Hole in one?

Naw. It wouldn't be much fun for you to ban me anyway. I'm an outsider on OR and barely in the same state, +/- a couple of miles. It's WAY MORE FUN to ban your special peeps you know well and who post here daily. I've got fewer than 1000 posts in over 7 years, so that works out to less 0.4 posts per day. A 48 hour ban wouldn't cramp my style much. Plus, I'll take my Grand Sport Vette convertible to the Tesla any day, even though that E-Beast would wax the Vette's ass in a heartbeat. I would be happy to donate my points to whatever contest you decide to play, though, 'cause I totally respect the absolute authority of the mods here, unlike those asshats like @ScubaCinci et al....douchebags, the whole lot of 'em!!!

This thread has nearly as much "ghey" as the "Guess what bike I just bought" threads. Go buy something that makes you happy and then post a pic!

Tonik: Now that you've narrowed your choice down to the usual candidates, I'll throw a wrench into the works and suggest at least a passing look at the KTM 990 SMT. Like a big super-moto with a liter v-twin LC8 motor, about 125-130 HP and 425# wet. Upright seating, excellent WP suspension, Bosch ABS with Brembos, Marchesini wheels and factory luggage. I think KTM made the FI model from 2010-2013. Enough comfort to be great touring bike and enough hooligan personality to keep you amused in the twisties when you feel like either running from the popo or going to jail. FYI--I must be the only guy in the motorcycle community that didn't like the FJR. Heard all the kudos, read the glowing reports, finally bought one. Rode it for a couple years and put 15,000 miles on it and wasn't sorry to see it go when it sold. Riding it in the twisties was a whole lot like mud wrestling with a fat woman: whole of work for not much fun!

I assume that since the contest has ended, I can't get banned for posting in this thread...not that I give a FF. You guys do realize this is riding season, right? This kind of "fun" should consume you during the winter months...IJS

OK, the bracket holes are slotted and the minimum spacing (c-c) is 85 mm, the maximum is 95 mm. I have the bolts and spacers from the original kit, but you'll need to tell me if you want to go further with this. As with everything Scuba Joe owned, they are in as-new condition. I do NOT have the original waterproof inner bags (never did) but if you got any hillbilly in you--like me--I always just use 1 gal ZipLock bags to keep my stuff dry when I tour. Lemeno.

And so....you might be interested? Nice thing about the SW-Motech bags is that they don't sag when you mount them on a sport bike without any subframe or luggage mounts to keep them from drooping into the rear wheel. As a first step, I'll get the dimension of the mounting bracket holes c-c. If it isn't close or your pillion peg mounting arrangement isn't similar to the Zed, you'll need to figure out if you can fabricate some type of small bracket out of aluminum/steel plate to make the system work. I guess another option would be to see if you can buy just the frame brackets for your specific bike, but I bet that won't be cheap. Get back to you in a bit...