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  1. Additional photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/102319318542923796147/BikeForSale#
  2. SOLD SOLD SOLD -13.8k miles and going up. I've done a lot of commuting on this, and it runs great. -Bought it with 11.1k miles on it in November, and have put 3k on it since despite the riding weather -Two brothers carbon fiber exhaust -Missing a bar end (previous owner) -Frame sliders -Rear tire in the last 1k or so -Garaged. Oil changed before winter storage and before riding in the Spring -Typical cosmetic aging from usage. Bike isn't perfect. There's small, light, ugly marks from the previous owner. -Runs good, sounds good. -Previous owner installed some LED lighting system. I disabled it, but the hardware is still there. -Selling it because I'm going to replace it with a sport touring bike. Bike has been well cared for and it's a Honda, so it'll last forever. Big photo: https://picasaweb.google.com/102319318542923796147/BikeForSale#5613861940770471810 $5100. SOLD SOLD SOLD
  3. Has anyone who has faceshaved in the shower gone back to sinkshaving?
  4. lol. It looks like he's gotten it to work before, judging by the existing ring.
  5. Ohio needs a left-lane-for-passing-only law.
  6. lightbulb

    Vultures

    There is no comparison to getting hit on the bike and having your car bumper "tapped".Since you decided to respond to my post without responding to the question, I'll answer it for you. A driver without a license and insurance is more likely to hit and run.
  7. This needs to be highly publicized to all the shitbags of Ohio.
  8. Front plates are a luxury for LE and Ohio has a multi-billion dollar budget gap. Front plates need to go.
  9. F up of the weekend was leaving Colorado to come back to Dayton.
  10. If the wheelchair doesn't belong to the police and isn't being used for police work, then I say yes.
  11. Doesn't have to be on the road. It's "within this state", which includes privately owned property. But I do agree with you.
  12. From the Ohio State laws: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4511 Police vehicles aren't vehicles. Really. It says it. Plain as day. Anything on wheels is a vehicle, unless it belongs to the police. FACT: Police cars aren't vehicles FACT: All motor vehicles are vehicles THUS: Police cars aren't motor vehicles. This means the "Any motor vehicle used by a member of the [police]... shall be marked in some distinctive manner or color... and etc." bit from 4549.13 doesn't apply to police cars ("vehicles that belong to the police"), because the law instead applies to only motor vehicles, which cannot be belong to a police department. But, if the police rented a car and used it for primarily traffic enforcement, they'd have to mark it. Example of vehicles in the state of Ohio: office chairs, refrigerators, travel luggage, datacenter computer racks, matchbox cars, shopping carts, dresser drawers and sliding glass doors (they're on runners). But only when they're on wheels. So a things like a motorcycle with its wheels off, upside-down shopping cart, and a car on a lift isn't a vehicle. Note that if any of those above vehicles belong to the police and are being used for police work, it's not a vehicle. So they can hit you with an OVI (DUI) for adjusting a chair on wheels or opening a sliding door while drunk. WHO THE FUCK WRITES THIS SHIT?
  13. Where ever you go -- there's that guy.
  14. Lady Ada wins at winning. If there's technical / EE / Computer Engineer / Computer Science people out here who have a soul and haven't landed on her site before, you need to visit and indulge. She is superhuman genius, but makes it simple enough that a lowlife like me can understand.
  15. lightbulb

    squid?

    Riding pants suck. They're too hard to wear. Sometimes I do things like use my motorcycle for transportation in the place of a car. I know it sounds crazy, but it works. Donning a helmet is duh - five seconds on, three seconds off. Perf'd leather jacket, a moment to put it on, and less than a moment to take it off. Full gauntlet gloves - same. Alpinestars SMX5's are the shit. I can't go back to wearing non-MC boots because of the awesomeness of that light shank in the sole of them that makes putting your entire bodyweight on two pegs the width of your thumb seem notretarded. I need to find a pair of boots that provides good enough protection but much better aesthetics someday. And I toss the back protector on when I don't have to worry about wrinkling my shirt. Putting on a pair of overpants takes more time than equipping helmet, boots, back protector, jacket, gloves. I'm expected to not look like a dumbass at work, so it's not acceptable to walk into my building wearing leather pants. Riding pants suck. They're too hard to wear.
  16. Being on the same roads as the public is bad enough. Forget shooting ranges.
  17. Thieves are some stupid motherfuckers, but I doubt they'd try the same mark twice. They know after the failed first attempt the mark goes on high alert.
  18. lightbulb

    squid?

    A large portion of the human population sucks at risk identification, analysis, and mitigation. Suzuki is well aware of this. GSXRs shortcircuit some people's brains from "I know this is made for racing, racing means wickedretardfast capabilities, wickedretardfast capabilities combined with my youngguy tendencies could cause unnecessary touchdowns" to "I'm going to buy one and wear plaid shorts, a baby-tee for men, and these sunglasses while riding it." Pass, pass, fail: squids know what their bikes are capable of - they're just too stupid to handle it. For less than three grand you can go faster than a Ferrari in a straight line. I'm not curious what Darwin would have to say about these people. And by riding nekkid they make responsible people wearing a jacket, full face helmet, and boots in 90* weather seem like dicks. OK - I'm probably a dick anyway. You explain to curious coworkers and other questioners that you wear what you do so you don't get hurt, because you can't control high-speed-two-ton-texters and camo-gravel, and they cite the other riders they see without seatbelt/airbag equivalent gear. I'm not for legislating people to make minor inconveniences like wearing a jacket, 3/4+ helmet, or boots. But wearing a seatbelt is required by law, despite being surrounded by airbags and a crumplezones and the minimal effort required to click-it, and that doesn't clue-in the GSXR and cruiser toughguys who can't be bothered to even wear proper boots. They don't even have laces. Zip, velcro, zip, velcro... In an alternate universe motorcyclists must be pushed out of a car going 55mph on a country rode to obtain his or her motorcycle endorsement. This same universe has a tenth of the motorcyclist fatalities that we do.
  19. A snub-nose revolver (J-frame, etc.) is a lot easier to conceal. The curvy shape, especially with the handle, and varying thickness breaks up the outline much more. The average thickness is less, and the weight is distributed more evenly. It's easy to pocket. You'll end up carrying this a lot more, and that's the important part. Carrying 10 rounds of .40 compared to 11 rounds of 9mm makes an easy decision on paper. But if you have to ask about a gun's shot recovery characteristics, you'll be better off with a 9. I know exactly what they are and I prefer 9mm in any form factor, because I've measured that I shoot it better. You'd be even better off with a J-frame for light days, and a G19 or commander-sized 1911 for heavier days. Don't be one of those tough guys who carries a larger-than-9mm gun who can't run it.
  20. You should consider spending less and replacing the system in three to five years. After five years the machine is going to suck, whether it was $700 or $1400.
  21. After owning multiple examples of what the Germans are supposed to be good at - guns and cars - I've decided to KISS it goodbye. Sell your HK. I've owned 3 (P2000, HK MK23, P2000SK) and a 3-series BMW. Their designs look great on paper, feel great on the honeymoon, and I have a soft spot in my heart for what they pour their little souls into, but they don't compete well against more sensible options. The more you shoot, the more you will see how superior Glocks and M&Ps are to HKs. Everybody does, and that's why you see no one successfully compete with HKs. It can't be done. Even the magical integrally suppressed MP5 is a "clickity-clickity-click-click-clat" "hold on - we need a time out to change mags" POS that favors the paper engineering of a roller-locked operating mechanism over the way that anybody else does it. The money you just saved from this endeavor bought you a pair of nice MC gloves or boots, which are a lot more likely to protect you when the going gets tough. If you insist on wielding a laser, I suggest that you attach it something usefully compact, like a J-frame. I rock the two-finger CTs on my 642, and there is nothing demonstrably better in its class. BANG,
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