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I am going to start parting out my 04 600rr track bike. I believe it spun a bearing but I don't feel like pulling the bottom end. The top end has been pulled and is in good condition. This was a street bike that I converted to a track bike. I have a clean title for the bike that I would get rid of with the frame. I have both street and track fairings. I also have multiple sets of wheels. I plan to start listing parts on eBay next weekend but wanted to post here first to see if anyone needs anything.

As of now, I am heading back on Sunday.

I know it's last minute but I am thinking about heading down to the mountains Wednesday night or Thursday morning. I will probably ride down unless I have someone who wants to trailer down. I have a 6x12 enclosed trailer but not a reliable tow vehicle and it's up in Detroit. I am meeting a couple of Ducati guys down in Gatlinburg but plan to rode all around the mountains. If anyone is interested, let me know.

I am in for next year. Work always seems to get in the way but I am planning this one out far enough in advance.

Yeah, I have been traveling so much lately. San Francisco to Germany the next week, back a week traveling locally, China last week, and back to San Francisco next week. I will make it down this summer for a ride or two.

I won't be able to make it for sure now. You can take my spot in a lodge room.

It is a lodge room with two queen beds. I was going to split it with @what

Today is my first day back in the office after being in China and I may have another work trip that may interfere with the gap. I am trying to get out of it but not sure that I can. If anyone would want to take my room that I was planning on splitting, it may be available. If not, I may end up footing my half regardless since I already committed the other bed.

I still have a bed open if you want to split the room.

Ha wow that was bad. It was for sure just a typo and my room is Thursday through Sunday. I had to go back and double check the confirmation this morning

Sorry, had my days off and I just called and changed the room over to Friday through Sunday

Hotel is now fixed and I check in on Friday night. Thanks for the quick heads up. I am off to bed now since it is after 2 am in Germany and I have to be up in a few hours.

FML, looks like I am calling them tomorrow to adjust

I just booked a room for Wednesday through Sunday for a double queen bed room. I am officially in for this trip now. If anyone else is looking for a bed, I have an extra to spare.

I just booked a room at Fontana for Wednesday through Sunday for double queen beds. If anyone needs a room, I have a spare bed open.

The website is showing one, one bedroom Willow cabin left and one two bedroom Azalea. I will give them a call tomorrow if there isn't anything open and see if I can get the one bedroom.

Any open cabin spaces left with anyone? I can always bring the sleeping bag down with me worst case if there is some floor space somewhere.

I am looking for an open spot to sleep if anyone has anything.

I would be up heading down to meet up riding out with you guys as long as you can put up with all the fill up stops that the Duc takes.

My other plans for this weekend have officially fallen apart. I belive that I will be in if I can find a room and all that good stuff. I will probably end up riding down unless I find some trailer space.

New York was in pretty rough shape in the early 80s as well and now look at it. Was it as bad, no but crime was soaring and it was a bleak outlook. Detroit has a lot of complex issues that will take years to right. From the beginning of a lot of the current major issues stemming from the race riots and white flight of the 60s & 70s to the loss of industry and most recently the corruption of the Kwame Kilpatrick camp. The city proper is fairly large by land area and only has a population of about 600k people. The Metro Detroit area with the suburbs has 5.3 million people. Itso hard for a city that was built for nearly 2 million to sustain when everyone had move to the suburbs. The cities population has declined for 50 years but may actually see an increase for 2016. People are no longer leaving and instead quite a few are moving to the city again. It will take years for things to build out from the downtown and midtown regions to the rest of the neighborhoods. I shared the same opinion when I started coming to Detroit on a regular basis for work six years ago but that has slowly changed as I have seen the reality of what's going on there. I moved up here a couple of years back to the Metro area and actually planned to buy in the city but due to personal circumstances couldn't. I am about to buy a place up here in the next few months but will more than likely purchase in Royal Oak. I am interested and would move to the city if car insurance rates weren't so ridiculous, and no that's because of the crime. Michigan has the highest auto insurance in the US and Detroit suffers more due to the large number of uninsured and personal injury lawsuits.

A lot has happened in the city since the bankruptcy. The downtown, midtown, riverfront, and corktown areas have a lot of positive things happening. http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/04/5_things_to_consider_about_det.html Check out the new Pure Michigan commercial about the actual city. There are currently billions of dollars being invested into the city proper with substantial growth and new developments. There are even plans for new skyscrapers downtown and new hotels. Crime is improving quite a bit and last year had the least number of homicides in 40 years. http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/02/detroit_transform_since_super.html The city has plenty of problems and sure there are to stay away from but you are not going to murdered, mugged, robbed, or rape just driving into the city. There is still a long way to go but I absolutely hate the rhetoric the people who are unfamiliar with the current situation continue to spew.

A large amount of money is being thrown at downtown, midtown, and the corktown area. There are definitely some areas that would be relatively decent places to invest in. I was going to buy a loft in Midtown two years ago for $200k and now similar units in that building are going for $350-400k. The whole Ferndale and Royal Oak area is pretty nice and houses are only sitting on the market for a week or two.

Apparently I've been away too long and am missing all the gayness around here