mello dude

Are you guys in that shopping center or across the street by the KFC? (Springboro)

I've changed jobs several times in the last 3 years and every time, I had to do an I-9. Its a proof of citizenship status doc for the Homeland Security department. The person starting the job has to provide 2 photo IDs to proof legal status. The employer has to sign off that they inspected the photos and sign it as certification.

Stunning machine! GLWS

If you still have them around xmas, chances are I'll grab a set. Bucks are low for the moment. They are my fav VFR tire.

Agree Elio's business model seems to be a long shot, but I'm routing for them. Anyhoo, here's action on some engine work http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=24b371802c83d81776b06aa68&id=9f913529d9&e=7b7037cc05

Thanks for the heads up CSC ... I had been tempted to try it. Sounds delish....

I am also following both - Lit at $24 will make it end up a low volume fad. And its fugly. - Then Elio at under $10k would def sell a few, I think Elio was stupid to publish seemingly unobtainable goals of $6800 price tag and 80ish mpg. Stupid marketing. No doubt more than a few engineers are cursing thier ass. Still I put my hundred bucks down on one. If it ends up under $8500 and gets in the 50mph range, it hits the mark for a good commuter vehicle.

Admittedly I am a 5th gen addict, but near all 6th gen guys spend $ and time to get the VTEC less bothersome. I did spend around 1200 miles on a 6th and that cured me from wanting one. The 5th gen powerband is just seamless bottom to top, no modding required out of the box. - So what do the total VFR crazys do? Install a 5th engine in a 6th gen bike. 6th gen weight? Try around 554 lbs wet. ---5th? 517 lbs wet.

What about Batelle? Or DoD focused companys...Maybe around Wright Patterson AFB Dayton. - PhD mechanical engineer? Yeow! Heady stuff!

I'm cleaning it up because that whole surface is exposed. Its butt ugly and has been bugging me since I have owned the bike. Stupid Honda did a beautiful job making the right side of the bike look nice and blingy and pretended that the left side didnt exist. So I want to clean up the inner hub area and then I'm going to polish it out. ----Brakes are disc brake, the rotor is a donut and bolts to the outer bolt pattern. (Rotor polished, brake plate has been chromed, caliper TBD) On material thickness the area I most wanna verify what is there is the OD ring or step on the outside of the lettering. By the fat finger approach it looks around a quarter or 3/8 inch, but I got the scrap wheel for free, and cutting it is painless, may as well take a look. -You got it right that the cush drive is on the other side......

I suppose your right, being the OCD type, I would have to check the setup........ Any ideas on who could do the big ass band saw job? Destroy my wheel, fun job!

Yeah I hear ya, but my first choice is a lathe set up so the cut is very uniform in reference to center.

Hey - I'm looking for a machine shop with a lathe large enuff to do some very minor machining on a cruiser wheel around Dayton or in the area. I have a scrap one so first I want to cut it in half via band saw to check material thicknesses in the hub area, and then with my good wheel, just clean up a chamfer in the casting transition on the outer edge and center - hub area still, and then just kiss the raised cast letters off the hub. Very simple job, but a little care required. Pics are the junk wheel.

Nice deal! I like them very well on my VFR800.....

Test ride in Dayton? I'm always up for a test ride....

Name change candidate?

Checked out the Super Hawk thread and it turns out the guys charging system was bad. --- If wanna go to the LiFePO4, check out your charging system first.

^^^^ Its toast..... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WJX4BQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p263_d2_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1A087GMMRN72THWNHYV7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846

Some stuff... --- Dont use a 24 volt battery! --- A healthy bike charging system should run around 14 volts, the 15.5 is listed as a max number. Got a voltmeter? test it. --- The lithium Iron Phosphate batterys are kinda different animal and a comparison to an AGM is like the apples/oranges thing. A load test wont get it. -- As vf1000ride said, the batterys are sensitive to the bikes charging and the overall condition of bikes charging needs to be good. Otherwise, not good. - Same again no trickle charger. -- These should be fully charged out the gate. -- LiFePO4 batteries dont like the cold for start up. -- Nice thing is disconnected they will keep 99% of the charge for over a year. Just pull it in the house for the winter. No charger. -- Going on 4 years on mine and over time, it has gone from 14v at the end of a ride and then about a month to drop to 13v to the same 14v at an end of a ride to about a week to 13v. So, its a quirky dude. Stay within its performance window and youll be fine. Dont wanna screw with that? Get the AGM and trickle charge in winters. Mine http://www.motydesign.com/

What is their explanation for sticking a foot out before the turn?

That's a damn shame. I wonder what the disagreement was between the track owner and KRAVE?

Very cool! Gonna have to find a bike to come down and play....

So do want.......makes the new monsters look fugly....

Since your pointing out books to read - IMHO Nick Ienatch's book is the best in the biz http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893618072/ref=s9_simh_bw_p14_d2_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=1MBXT12JKKATYH17GVR4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1916116602&pf_rd_i=283155 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1884313469/ref=s9_simh_bw_p14_d2_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=1MBXT12JKKATYH17GVR4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1916116602&pf_rd_i=283155 Phreon, Metzler 880s are a cruiser tire, and not really a sporty tire. Probly not a good idea to go play sport riding on those donuts. Oversized? That will screw with handling big time to the negative. --4000 miles is like zero experience. Since you are a pilot, consider riding is like learning to fly, you need reps while riding with good technique so you can develop correct response by instinct when needed because its buried in your firmware in your brain. That takes lots of miles.

Looks like my go to tire mount place - Tires Unlimited has gone under. Where do you go for off bike mounting/balance in Dayton area with fair pricing?