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For me quality miles start about 50 miles south of where I live. Riding to work & droning the superslab, meh.

You just have to have the right commute...I live in Zanesville and ride 68 miles to Lewisville(Woodsfield area) for work each day.There are so many great roads between work and home that I feel like I'm getting paid to take a great ride every day.Two of my favorite commutes are...78 to 669 to 13 and a longer one 145 to 530 to 60 to 676 to 555 to 550 to 377 to 669.

Those kind of commutes make the workday fly past!

There is one close to you...on 555 about miles south of zanesville.it's a 2012 with 2800 miles...he's pretty firm at $5000.if you're interested shoot me a pm and I'll send contact info.

Is there any chance you would want to meet in Millersburg

and combine this with the NEO ride to SEO?  I know that's

a long jog for you, just to get to the meetup place, plus their

starting time means you would be leaving home much

earlier.

 

I'm considering trying to get the weekend off work for some

riding.  Don't know if I can yet, but a trip to WV sounds

okay.  I'm not interested in riding on boring Rt 23 though.

 

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Hey Jack...I'm going on this ride,so if you show up I can give you that thermorest.We're meeting the other guys in Nelsonville,I don't know how you're getting to Nelsonville,but I can promise you that the route between Nelsonville and Lesage WV will not be as boring as 23.

 Shitty parenting is the biggest issue in this country, and it creates the cause and effect of most of the major issues we have here.

We have a winner!

I believe in getting back on,but educating yourself on the hazards of riding should be part of that process.When I crashed my Nighthawk I had a couple of injuries(broken collarbone,bruised optic nerve) that kept me off of the bike for a couple months and allowed me the time to do some reading.I strongly recommend Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough,he covers a lot of the bases on being safe on the street.Looking through The Hurt Report can give you some ideas on some of the most common types of accidents and probable causes even though it's an old report.Good motorcycle magazines like Motorcycle Consumer News have monthly articles on safe riding.Use as many sources as you can think of to educate yourself and make it a continueing process.

 

It's been over ten years,and 150,000 motorcycle miles, since my cash and I read something on motorcycle safety at least once a month.I just scheduled an ARC class for August.

 

Riding a motorcycle is a high risk activity!!!The consequences of even a minor error can be catastrophic.You can't eliminate all of the risk,but through education,gear and skills training...you can put the odds a little more in your favor.

Listen to the local guy...bubba.

I don't know a whole lot about KY,but I do know you don't want to miss 227!

Is it a 180/55/zr17?

 

If you don't trust it,I'll take it off your hands.

 

I'd do the plug patch combo and run it.

I want to do these things.  I have to

get some camping gear and plan

way ahead for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a Thermarest pad you can have for free.They're just not thick enough for me.

Speaking of getting your tires wet...one of several FJRs fording the water on 356 this past weekend.

 

If it's not riding season now,when does it start?

 

I'm in the camp that it's always riding season.If you ride as much as you can year around your skills won't get as rusty and you know how to deal with dirty roads.

$1000 seems kind of high.Talk to them and get the "out the door" price.I don't believe they charge dealer set-up and other fees.If I remember right,it was just tax and title on my FJR.

 

How much is it going to cost you to go Indy and pick the other bike up.And if you have problems,are you going to have those costs again to get it service?.Plus,the owner does the servicing at K+C.Those were some of the reasons I chose to stay local.

Since you're in Newark take a ride out to K+C Cycles out in Hebron.

 

Last week they had a new FZ-09 that someone put a deposit on,but hasn't been back since.If that person backs out K+C might be able to deal on it.

 

They also have some used bikes including several Ducati's.

 

Personally I'd rather deal with a locally owned dealer if I can.

Aaannnnnd someone from work apparently found this thread, printed out some or all of it and passed it around work today...idk how much, I took today off. I'm hearing that people are not happy with me there...great. I hope the dick head that did it is reading this now and has the balls to come and tell me it was him...doubt it tho.

Another way of looking at this mess....you posted the negative stuff about the people you work with first,if you didn't there wouldn't be anything to print out and place around your work place.

 

Lesson learned....a public forum is open to anybody...if you don't want to tell someone face to face,don't post it on a public forum.

Id be willing to bet 90% of the people who say Ohio sucks have never ever been here.

...or if they have,they just followed the herd.

 

"Don't tell me this town ain't got no soul,ya just gotta poke around."

I've been dealing with K+C for about two years and I have had nothing but good experiences with them.I started getting parts for the '04 FJR and had great service every time.I ended up giving Al at K+C the first shot when it came time to buy another FJR last year.He gave me a fair price the first time I talked to him...none of that big shop b.s. about come back and we'll see if we can beat the other guys price.Since the purchase of the bike I've had Al do some of the service on it....again great service at a fair price. 

 

This is an old school shop....you talk to the owners when you buy your bike,and the owner does the wrenching on the bikes.

 

If you're interested in a new Yamaha,used bikes of any make.or service on any make of bike,you might want to check out K+C.

Maybe something along these lines...

http://www.bikedunia.com/wheels/n/73/yamaha-mtdm-850-a-transformed-model-of-mt-09

Who would want that motor in a big heavy touring bike? What a dog.... I don't see that selling well over the fjr1300

 

It might.Probably the biggest complaint FJR riders have about the FJR1300 is the weight.If Yamaha can bring the FJ-09 in under 500 lbs,they might have a winner.

 

It has piqued  the interest of a lot of FJR riders...including myself.It has definitely put on hold the possibility of buying a FZ-O9.I bought a 2013 FJR last year so I'm just going to sit back and see what happens with this FJ news.

Can we go ahead and grant refugee visas to Ukrainian babes?

 

Maybe not refugee visas,but we already give them plenty of visas....go to Yellowstone,Glacier,the Tetons and several other NP's....Xanterra has plenty of Ukrainian babes working there.

NM...if you haven't been to Carlsbad Caverns,you might want to check them out...pretty impressive.

Another take on the length of our riding season...

 

http://www.aerostich.com/aerostich-rideable-days-poster.html

 

 

It looks like large state population hurts the ranking in that list...Ohio is number one of states with populations over 10 million.

Hey Steve...if you want the company of an other FJR rider drop me a pm when you decide on a track and time.

I've been riding FJRs for over 100,000 miles and I feel pretty confident on them,but I know I can always learn more and a good track instructor could surely teach me a thing or two.

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

The twisted sisters in Texas sure has been getting a lot of press lately.I might have ton extend my Utah tripo this year and check it out.

I don't know if 555 would make my top ten list of Ohio roads.

I will never forget Colorado 92...not because it was an overly outstanding road,but because I got caught in large cattle drive.I topped a hill that went down into a hugh valley.I saw a black mass about two miles down into the valley and as I got closer and closer I could make out that it was a large herd of cattle.They were being driven up 92 by horse mounted cowboys and cowgirls.When I got within a hundred yards or so I flagged down one of the lead cowboys and asked him if I should turn around and get out of there,he said,"No,just turn the bike off and sit there,they'll go around you."That's what they did...they would walk along,get an "oh shit" look on their face and slid left or right.I grew up around cattle,but it was more than a little scary to be in the middle of a five hundred to seven hundred head herd of cattle sitting on a motorcycle.

And the massive mine field of cow paddys wasn't much fun either,especially when they hit the exhaust.

Welcome.

 

If you ever want to come over and check out some good S.E. Ohio roads drop me a p.m.

 

Denny

My '13 FJR had 0 miles on it when I bought it on March 30,it now has 17,321 miles on it.

One trip to California and the rest in S.E.O. and WV.

Another couple thousand between the '04 FJR and the KLR.