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Who cares, I'm not a special ed. teacher and I don't have any special ed. kids, amirite? It's the American way.

You should care now were going to have a shit load of stupid uneducated special people running around out there. Maybe this is the end of the world.

It depends on how much u tolerate gravel. Hogback rd in kilbourne is nice but gets narrow with occasional gravel and lots of tight blind corners. The scenic section (270 to 23) of 315 is nice just don't ride it during rush hour traffic can be heavy. 257 north from the zoo is good as long as traffic isn't heavy pretty basic. When it hits 42 go straight onto klondike rd instead of following 257. Klondike is nice but be careful the road is narrow and becomes a little "rural" with no lines. A lot of the curves are tighter than they appear. When it dead ends into 36 turn left then immediately right onto warren road watch for gravel. Take it to the stop sign turn right onto warrensburg rd. After the 90 degree right turn left onto hodges rd. When it dead ends into 37 turn left then make the first right onto river road. This road is narrow and rough in spots I wouldn't go to hard on it your first time. Also there can be gravel and blind corners. Follow it along the river until it dead ends into 203 turn left follow 203 north as far as you want into Marion county. Also 257 is good to follow north, not as technical a little faster but fun. Also 203 is good you can hit it at the north side of Delaware on 37. That's a few to get ya started.

Getting off the side changes the center of gravity and you "pull" the bike through the corner allowing it to turn sharper and lean less.

So special ed teachers are fucked.

There's a couple good roads in Delaware county. Some are a little crappy at times but ok.I'm off Sundays and Monday's. You shouldn't be getting your butt up and off the seat. It's more of a slide half way off and your body position will affect it a lot. Also getting off the seat is so you lean the bike less.

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What day is the concert?

^ Very interesting to hear that. "You will learn more about riding in 1 day at the track than 2 years on the street." That's exactly what I want. I started out with an R6 about 4 years ago but only did about 2 years of riding. I had to sell that bike because that Yamaha financing really screwed me when the 2 year promotion was up. So, it's been a couple years since I've ridden anything and I just had to go get my dream bike. But now that I paid cash for my bike, she's not going anywhere. I do have a few buddies that I ride with but no one is truly experienced and can't really give me any pointers. So, maybe a track day or 2 would be beneficial.

Yeah I went to the track thinking I was Rossi but quickly found out I'm just cooter nothing special about my abilities. Lol. But I did learn a lot and now I ride smarter and safer on the street. If you guys wanna meet up and ride I'm just a lil north of ya in Delaware.

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So after bkizz ride Sunday I noticed I had a hole in my rear tire, looks like I hit a screw and it feel out. I don't know how deep it goes but it is partially into the groove on the treads. Other than that the tire is in good shape but I'm not comfortable riding on it. My front is about due to be changed I am starting to notice its grip isn't as good as it used to be. The bike came with pirelli's which I liked. The price is a little high and the rear didn't last long at all. This is my very first sport bike and I took it easy on the first tire so nowadays I don't think the pirelli would last me anytime. My current tire is a continental road attack great life stuck ok in the corners and would still be running it if it wasn't for the hole. It has got a little squirrelly on my a couple times on the street. I had it on the track and it did great but I can't get it hot enough to stick like that while street riding. (I'm not aggressive enough to really need it to stick that well on the street).

My riding is 98% street and I doubt ill make a track day this year. My bike is an 07 cbr 1krr it calls for a 190/50/17 rear and 120/70/17 front. It has been suggested to me to me by an experienced rider on here to throw a 190/55/17 on the rear. Thoughts on this advantages/disadvantages? Will that throw my speedo off? Will the center wear out faster? I often ride to work which is pretty much 90 miles round trip straight line riding.

What tires do you guys suggest I'm thinking about some pilot's but don't know which to go with. Anyone know a place that will install on the bike, for what price? Trying to save some money. Would take the tires in but I don't have the proper front stand. Thanks guys.

So what's in store for when Honda brings in the v-4?

My opinion is they look cool in parking lots while moving the only people to notice are law enforcement. I try to ride mine more than it sits in parking lots. I also try not to get noticed by law enforcement while on the bike.

I'm not worried about a big scary guy openly carrying a firearm. It's the little guy that can't fight his way outta a paper bag attempting to hide a gun that's crudely tucked in his waist band because he's gangsta, that scares me. It amuses me how frightened some people are when they see a firearm. If they really understood they probably wouldn't be as scared, unless they were looking into the boom hole on the business end. Awhile back I had some family visit from D.C.. My uncle and I began talking about our guns and going to the range. My cousin's husband seemed baffled. Then he said he was surprised we were talking about our guns when we just met him. He told us that in D.C. most people think of gun owners as criminals. If you let people know you have a gun they act as if you said your a rapist. Now that's a scary thought the people in our capital fear guns.

I'm looking for a mesh riding jacket. I'm a bit wary though because I crashed in a JR Reactor once and it wasn't much protection - same story as Swingset above - the mesh melted away and shredded resulting in messy abrasions. Most online reviews of riding gear don't seriously address the purpose of the gear at all.... (I.e. How can you recommend a riding jacket that you never crashed in or stress tested in some way? Crash protection is it's only real purpose.)

I have read some good reviews of Rev-it gear in terms of quality and armor, but haven't found crash tests. Has anyone got any hard earned recommendations?

I went down at the track in my agv 2piece leather suit at a pretty good speed. It was a lowside. I got up with no injuries, luckily. I'm a firm believer in wearing the leathers I don't really trust the mesh.

On the bkizz ride today we got split up at a light then stuck behind a couple of trucks hauling campers. As I passed the campers and was looking for bkizz and jcmathis I accidentally found 1.25$. So much for a nice slow ride. But luckily no rain for us.

That sounds shitty. I had the rain pelting my chest because I didn't have my jacket zipped all the way. I had about 5 miles till I got to Wendy's. I was more worried about getting struck by lightning or blown off the road though! Glad it didn't hail though.

I have the rules it mentions the compact class but I wasn't sure if I remembered them having a compact class. The neon isn't my first choice but its fairly cheap. I saw on the rules it says that a maximum of 3" of rubber hose can be at each end of the fuel line. I was going to run rubber hose till I found that out. I'm now planning on copper tubing. Is that what you would recommend? Also in the rules it says only 3 gallons of fuel but most tanks I've found are 5 gallons. Can I use that and only put 3 gallons in it?

Looks similar to an engine stand I may spend the winter rigging one of these up.

Had a blast guys thanks for the invite. It was great meeting you all. Nice fun and safe ride.

It linked me to a page with 4 videos, one being a confused little sheep? .... ???

Confused little sheep huh. I don't think you went to the link I put up although that does sound like something a lot of folks on here would be interested in.

It's one with a motorcycle stand I believe its called an elevador lift-on (the title of the vis) sorry for the bad link.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2bFrfVXusTQ&v=2bFrfVXusTQ&gl=US

Or try this one

How many people are going? I plan on making it.

Yeah he had some great advice he taught us a head lock that was legal but you could choke em out. You just had to make sure you didn't let your opponent go all the way out.