mello dude

French Canadian, Irish, Polish, American Indian, English. Japanese bikes, Japanese and German cars.

Agreed - I would love to do another fly n ride, but live out there? Um no thanks, - its the land of political whackjobs and lunacity, and waaay too damn much traffic, and very expensive.

Ok I'll bite - Favorites in no particular order -- Been riding in the 12 states below - all are great. NorCal Oregon Arizona New Mexico Colorado Ohio West Virginia Tennesese Kentucky North Carolina Georgia Virginia Havent been riding in below but no reason they shouldnt be great too. Washington Montana Pennsylvania Utah New York NH Vermont Maine That's enuff to keep busy. Have road, will ride.....

I dont think you can say any one state is "best". There are so many good places to ride. ---- On the other end of the stick, there is def states that would suck, starting with Florida and Kansas.

Did a riding vacation of about 2900 miles in north california - awesome place to ride. Florida, Kansas, Iowa? BS....

Fail ---list made by people who dont ride.......

+1 to skype

That sucks dude...Does this help? http://www.ronayers.com/Fiche/TypeID/26/Type/Motorcycle/MakeID/1/Make/Honda/YearID/40/Year/1999/ModelID/7498/Model/VTR1000F/GroupID/329543/Group/COWL

12 and 13, but both look like near new

I did it on my vfr and got sucked into the twistys and earned a ticket. 35 is too slow on a sporty bike. I want to get back on the Valkyrie for a laid back style ride and that will be much better. Major tip - watch out for deer and bears! Saw a couple bears and mucho deer. Especially in the late afternoon and evenings. Also take the wife out on some practice rides in SE Ohio for a warm up. Good luck

The V4 is the soul of the bike. You know how sporty v twins have great mid range torque but top out at around 9-10K? And that inlines kinda miss something in the midrange but come alive if you rev it with red line at 13 - 14K? The viffer engine is the blend of the 2, wide tractable power mid to top, and with a top end hit too. - If that isnt enuff juice, theres a supercharger kit that will put in on par with liter bikes.

Your list seems to be a confluence of stuff, but busa and blackbird come to mind. And the obvious.......

I like the yahoo version ... http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Video-Two-cycles-dance-in-the-funniest-wreck-of?urn=nascar-wp2122 LOL!!!

I had a 4th gen VFR and rode it for 28K miles. Great ride and loved the thing. But a vacation on a 5th gen had me wanting one. The engine is stronger and revs quicker than the 4th gen, and the bike overall just feels like that they took everything that was good/great about the 4th gen and amplified all that into the design of the 5th gen. Yeah I bought a '98. The gear driven cams are still alive and well. Of the 5th gens, there were 2 generations, the '98 & '99 and the '00 & '01. The '98s & '99s are the more coveted with the larger diameter headers and no cat. Good luck on the new bike search.

Suh - weet!

I'm a diehard 5th gen VFR crazy, but that SV has about everything on it that you could want to upgrade on the thing. Still a VFR will do anything you want it to do long distance, twists and local commuting. I guess it depends what are you up for and what bucks you want to spend.

10,000 feet and 170 mph! OMG! That would bring a new meaning of riding to work....

Dumbass of the day!

My guess is the PO used something like Armor All or STP on it. Not a good idea. Try toning it down with Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer. It cleans but doesnt leave a slick surface. I have an older corbin on the VFR that I clean it with that stuff. I usually condition the leather good once over the winter to keep it up.

Engine looks sweet!

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http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/4/68/4489/ITEM/Pro-Grip-699-Open-End-Sportbike-Gel-Grip.aspx?WT.ac=SLIsearch Pro Grip 699s

Hope the're ok too. I'm just saying it seems like the message is not getting out that while riding is fun, it takes a commitment on how to learn to ride to be safe and stay alive. Not that much different from flying an airplane. The guy gets his endorsement, grabs his wife, first day of riding in life, no helmet, and gets in a wreck. As an experienced rider, I just cringe.

http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/motorcycle-crash-sends-two-to-the-hospital The report says the rider just recieved his MC endorsement that day. Newbie rider mistake again. There has been too many new rider crashes lately, maybe there is something the OR group can do to get the word out that riding a motorcyle is a skill and not a whole lot different than flying a Cessna to help?

^^^^ Not my taste, but interesting......