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That info may be dated. Not sure exactly what comes out of the pump now that the Amoco name is on there, but Amoco Ultimate used to be some of the best stuff you could buy. BP definitely seemed to have some issues about a decade ago.

Just realized you could order a lower and their rifle kit and put that $599 AR together for $499 minus the free magazine. Oh well...

This too.

“All you're doing is taking something topical and revamping old Catholic jokes!” - Eric Cartman

I just make sure there is antifreeze in it, top off the gas tank, and put the battery on a tender in the basement. In the spring I usually siphon that tank of gas out, put it in my truck and give the bike a fresh fill, but it's probably not really necessary.

Want. Now. Dale?

Didn't realize there was "off-road" and "on-road" chain lube. I use the Honda red label on everything - it's clear and isn't a total dirt magnet. It was unavailable for awhile and I tried the Honda blue label that had some sort of "white graphite" in it. The parts guy told me "this stuff is awesome and all our techs love it." It was almost like white lithium grease, made a mess and anything and everything stuck to it.

To be safe I use three ramps and walk the bike up under power. I have used one and clutched it up while standing next to it, just gotta have some faith in balancing it while you climb up on the tailgate. Have done it without power with the help of another person, get a bit of a running start, push it up the ramp as far as I can reach, have the other person spot on the right side and give it the final shove after I've climbed up in the truck. 200lb dirt bike is no problem to push up the ramp myself, 400lb sportbike I need help with that last shove. I used to hit the ramp at speed and ride it up, then my ramp slipped off one day. Your Ranger should be a bit easier angle than my truck, as others have said if you can use some terrain to raise the front of the truck or lower the rear it helps a bunch. Tie the ramps to the truck to help prevent them slipping off also.

I keep saying I'm done watching Browns games, but I did it again on Sunday due to lack of a Lions game (I'm jumping on that bandwagon). At least Pittsburgh lost...

I was afraid nobody would get the reference. From one of the best movies ever IMO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch9Y-fcGlKs P.S. Remember Sammy Jenkis.

Yeah, at Midohio three cruisers showed up and one of those three also brought a sportbike and rode that instead. We ran a "short course" I never knew existed until that day supposedly out of concern for the cruisers dragging hard parts out of the keyhole.

John G. raped and murdered my wife.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=123_1190395606 P.S. Anybody watch Red State?

Those first two licensing runs sound like a ton of fun on a bike. I wonder if banging off the rev limiter for three quarters of a mile would hurt anything.

n00dz on p40!

So a bunch of dirty hippies with nothing better to do than camp in the city is not news, but the fact that a bunch of dirty hippies with nothing better to do than camp in the city is not news is?

They BNG'd a a six year old model.

You can read a little bit in Sniper's pic - in patent applications "The supercharger is located behind the cylinder block and underneath the throttle bodies, and gear-driven directly off the crankshaft."

http://www.crowcanyonmx.com/ Lots of trails and play area in addition to the MX track, something for everybody.

DAMN TECHNOLOGY - YOU SCARY! Motoseries will probably make you replace the "fly-by-wire thing" with cables to race. Just playin'. My serious opinion - if you want a quality-time, get-your-hands-dirty "resto-mod" type project, do your thing with the F2. I can understand the satisfaction in something like that. However, if your goal is actually performance for your dollar, you can go buy yourself over a decade of large-corporation research and development for less than the "rebuild" you listed.

Just realized I haven't cleaned the K&N in my truck for 7.5yrs 110,000 miles. I wonder what that looks like.

http://vimeo.com/29415302

I'm no engineer, but that can't be good. I hope the inevitable failure ends up on the youtubes.

Still interested to hear what the OP ended up paying for his trackside job. And yes, a fork spring compressor is pretty much required for modern sportbike forks. I compress MX fork springs by hand, but the sportbike springs are way too stiff.