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  3. New River Gorge, WV Ride Sat May 15

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    I would totally be down for this ride if it weren't for the "experience disclaimer".... If you wouldn't mind a greenhorn who has some limits as to how far he'll push himself then I'm down! Not saying I'm not fine doing 40+ in some of the twisties or 75 on a 2 lane, I'm just sayin' I'd rather get lost or left behind than let ANYONE ever push me to ride over my head.

    If you nor anyone else has a problem with that then I'm in for sure. If there's an issue and you wanna ask me to sit this out till that's not a factor totally understandable. Just let me know soon before I get too anxious about going! :D

    You are more than welcome to ride along with us and I would definitely not consider the pace "punishing" at any time you don't feel comfortable you can always turn around and back track home or i can give you a route to a near by interstate to slab it home. I think we will picking up a guy in Barnesville riding a DR650 and this won't be a "race pace" by nay stretch of the imagination.

  8. New River Gorge, WV Ride Sat May 15

    in Events

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    Thats cool if you got family to stay with there. Anyone else considering and you don't think you can handle the mileage I can tell you how to get back to the freeway as well if you need a "chicken out" way back. If you live a long way way from the start point there are many cheap hotels in the area that you could stay at so you would not have to wakeup at 4 or 5 am to make it. I would offer my house but I have a extremely mean & aggressive dog that hates everybody but my immediate family members. I do have enough garage space to park about 6 or 7 bikes though if that is a concern and I could shuttle you back & forth if needed in my car.

    I started making this run in 1984 when I was 16 with my father and we would run it just with us 2 or a couple other close friends. Around 1998 when motorcycle message boards started catching on in popularity I started this as a group ride and I've had as many as 17 bikes and as few as myself. In 2002/03 I had lady come along on her Ninja 250 and she did just fine. In all these years I have had only 1 person go down and can you guess what he was riding? A "can-O-tuna" 750 back in 2004. That is another reason I only make this ride on Saturdays, if something does happen you stand a chance of finding a place with parts open or have another day to make arrangements to get your stuff home before having to return to work on Monday. Another reason is if you ride all that way then find you are to tired to continue home you can always stay overnight someplace in WV cheap then ride home at your own leisure on Sunday. I've never had a Harley make the full trip with me but don't let that discourage you if you want to try. Remember though that this is no cruising down the freeway @ 50mph, it's all 2 lane, curvy, wide elevation changes along the way and I cruise around the 70, 75MPH range.

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  10. New River Gorge, WV Ride Sat May 15

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    I plan on doing this ride more than 1 time this year but this is the planned date for the first 1. Last time my total mileage was 536 and I believe Brian's was around the 700 mark riding from the Cyahoga Co area. Start will be 9am and plan on being in the saddle till sundown unless you turn around early. The start point will be the Sheetz gas station located in New Philadelphia here 1281 West High Avenue, New Philadelphia. I'm not posting a map because I hardly ever use them and I don't need 1 for this route but the basic overview is OH RT 800 to the river ( maybe we can take 536 down when we got to Woodsfield though) then take the ferry boat over to WV. From this point we ride along the river till reaching WV 16, from here it's S down to 60 and I think everyone can agree that this is a Hella fun road. Ride over to the bridge and take the old road down into the gorge then return home on the same route.

    If the planned date don't work for some of you I'm flexible and can change it if need be but NO SUNDAY's. 97% of this ride is on 2 lane roads ( no highways) and my cruising speed is around the 72, 73 (actual) MPH. I do pass on the double yellow when deemed safe so I hope nobody has issues with that. Lunch will probably be at the same Subway we ate at last year unless 1 of you has a better suggestion. Any other questions/ concerns please feel free to discuss.

    Mark

  12. New to site, Cleve., dual sport or touring

    in Introductions

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    I'll be planning my yearly run to the New River Gorge area in WV soon. This is a all day ride with my total mileage around the 640 range and for the Cleve area folks your mileage would be around 800 miles. I had 6 or 7 others join me last year and we had a great trip and you are welcome to come along with us if you like.

  18. Crows Canyon 04/17

    in Play in the Dirt

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    Tame compared to what? It's a pretty cool and fun track for all experience levels. I wouldn't call it tame so that a fairly inexperienced rider goes out thinking they can RC it right off the bat and ball stuff up... It's got some challenges...

    Maybe if you are at Browning or Gibson's level, I understand that comment. Maybe you are, but I'd be careful making it sound like a beginner track...

    Tame compared to

    Beans Bike park

    Area 330

    Briarcliff

    Scenic Highlands ( sadly now closed )

    It's definitely not as tame as places like Malvern or Battlesburg but I never found it to be to challenging, difficult, or fun. Not enough elevation change and table tops are not my thing either.

    Crow Canyon would be a great place to take your family to as they would have something for everybody to ride women & children included.

  20. 2005 Honda RC51 sale or trade

    in LBTS GLWS

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    I have a friend that is interested in a trade, he can't get to a computer over the weekend so I am posting for him. His bike is a 01 Kawasaki ZRX 1200R, he makes many aftermarket parts for ZRX's and he owns 2 now so thats why he is looking for something new as well. If your interested I can PM you his contact info.

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  21. Amsoil is great

    in Daily Ride

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    :plus1:

    When in OH I would use the waste oil from the VROD in the riding mower and weed wacker at every oil change. Then the waste oil from the riding mower I would use as chain oil for my chainsaws. recycle REcycle RECYCLE

    Thats a great idea for sure, are you even permitted to own 2-stroke weed wackers in CA now? I'm guessing you must have owned 1 of those Honda 4-stroke weed wackers here and not mixing motor oil to make 2 stroke gas.

  22. Crows Canyon 04/17

    in Play in the Dirt

    Posted

    I might see some of you guys there, the owner of Beans has kidney stones now and will be closed for the weekend. I will probably be at the MX track though just shooting photos. The track at Crow is pretty tame so I have no interest in riding it. I'll probably just ride my Zuma scooter to the track.

  23. Amsoil is great

    in Daily Ride

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    What are your thoughts on Shell’s Rotella? I was told that a lot of racers use this oil!?! Here is a link to a guy that had over 65K on a TL 1000, the motor looks brand new, used Rotella in his bike.

    http://www.shellusserver.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3081&Board=9&page=1&fpart=all&gonew=1#UNREAD

    Just need some help picking out some good oil for my bike, not trying to start an oil war on here. I heard Amsoil was good as well. Do I go regular oil, synthetic, or a blend?

    Rotella is now JASO DH-2,MA rated now, whats that mean?,, it's safe to run into your motorcycle and meets all warranty requirements. Personally I use Mobil 1 15W-50 car oil in all my 4-stroke bikes and I have a oil analysis performed on all of them at least 1 time per year here http://www.blackstone-labs.com/

    The 1979 XS1100 I just gave away has 217,000+ miles on it using Mobil 1 and it's still running strong. The only 2 stroke engine failing's I've ever experienced was from using SCAMSoil 2-stoke formula after running out of Klotz. 1 was a 73 Kawasaki H2 750 ( oil injected) and the other was my KTM 500cc MXC premixed.

    I personally would not run Amsoil in my lawn mower but others here seem to be having good luck with it.

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