mello dude

Holy shit! Gotta visit there sometime.

Pix?

Hi - from another Dayton area rider

+1 Should be fine as a starter bike. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ninja_500R

I would like to try Mikes Bikes at some point, but for a decade or so, I have been going to Tires Unlimited off I-75 and Needmore. I worked in Vandalia and went to work via I-75 North, so it was super ez to drop off in the morning and pickup after work. Cant really complain about the work they do. In spring, tire prices are decent, but by mid-summer, they jack prices to full retail. The owner rides a Speed Triple.

I like the over the handle bar tube suggestion.... But anyhoo, the magic helper parts are: SB8125L --- Worth every penny. I wont even attempt to do a bleed it job without them.

Anybody know of a Honda demo day?

Holy shit! I have never seen a tire crack like that.

Nice vid doc. - I did a simular vacation a while back. Flew into SF, rented VFRs and north on Hwy1, to Oregon into the redwoods, over to Crystal Lake, back around to Yosemite, Tahoe. Great time. - I take it you rented the BMW? Where did you pick it up from?

What does your owners manual say? Stock spec on a VFR is 36 front, 42 rear.

I was sarcastic, not sure if you took it that way. -- Been down in Ky quite a few times too.

Awesome!

Yup, roads around Dayton are just awful. Flat as a pancake and boring. Yup. Not an S turn in the area.

Thanks for this one Nick. I tried on my leather pants and "oh shit." Too many 12 oz curls headed straight to the waist.

^^ Would love to see your NSR sometime, if that's cool.

+1 > A solid 5th gen would go $2800 to $4500 and up to $7k would get you a super nice 6th gen. Add a suspension upgrade and you got a bike that would do several days burning twists in the mountains and not wear you out. Its good for a commute or cross country if you have the itch. And they sound badass wih a good pipe. (I'm never selling mine.)

Dont have to be one or the other - I am equally fine with burning though the twists with the VFR or doing a laid back day just taking it easy on a cruise ride. Why just do one flavor?

That's a great deal! -- I have one of those and I use it constantly.

Awesome - thanks

West Third is a rough area and high crime.

Got out for about a 60 mile blast. First miles of 2013. - Damn, shoulders are bit sore!

Been riding a lot of years and if it has 2 wheels, I'm into it, whether, sport, sport tour, standard, dirt and even cruisers. Lots of different flavors. My current cruiser is a Valkyrie. Love the thing. My current combination I like to say ---- one to go fast, one to go slow, not necessarily in that order.

Wow! That's nice. I have been aching for a uber long distance ride for quite awhile. But its bad timing for me at the moment. GLWS.

Reasons why to own a VFR