RSparky

i'm just posting to subscribe. i'd like some good route info as well. :-)

saved this for last. :bow::bow:

bad... though i do carry an asp baton at almost all times. i know it's not exactly legal, but i think cops would appreciate the effort to protect oneself without gunpowder. got searched at work once(a federal building), and he said he'd forget that he saw that.

truth. in reality though, the gopro sucks on the helmet. way too much wind drag for me.

ballin.

I have the same scorpion, but I bought it when it got colder lol, after only having my field sheer mesh jacket. Love the thing, though.

Prez, I have been thinking about it, but idk. I work in a federal building, and wouldn't be able to have it most of the time.then, on short trips like this, I wouldn't even bother...

huh?

do you have a video pass, or do you know of something i don't?

devil's advocate?

both of those are smart. i wouldn't have gotten far on this road though, as traffic was enough not allow crazy swerving between lanes. and i don't really split.

negotiation before violence...? i understand the risk though, sometimes you really oughta be aggressive to dissuade aggressive actions from others. I'll remember the down slam. :-)

Alright, I'm cooled off now. Here's what happened: I'm on smithville Rd. southbound in Dayton, just turned left onto it from US35. As anyone in Dayton knows, there are tons of shitty roads in Riverside(the suburb of Dayton). Smithville is one of the worse roads, with sunk manholes, and raised concrete lips around them, and big bulges in the road from heat expansion or some crap, cracks, etc. I was in moderate traffic, but you can't avoid that in Dayton. Anyway, driving down the 2,1,2 lane road, I'm in the left of the two southbound lanes. I'm on the left third of the lane when I see a manhole, and swerve around it, staying completely in my lane, switching to the right third and going back. Over a second and a half later, the mid 40's, balding man in his white minivan, blares his horn, scaring the crap out of me. At that point in time he is just diagonal behind to my right. He could probably swerve into my lane and not touch me. But, I slow down and check myself. Noone's trying to hit me, and I didn't cause any distress behind me that I can see. We're going 40-ish in a 35. As I'm slowing, I come parallel with him and he guns it. Almost surprised me for a minivan. At this pint in time, I'm not mad. I'm kinda scared, because I'm still not sure exactly what happened, even if it was me that caused a problem. I wouldn't expect any motorcycle to sit in the same lane position and take all those bumps to the butt. Not pleasant. I speed up, switch lanes to get around a car that was ahead of me, and get back to the left to get parallel with this man again. The intent was to talk at the next light, as Smithville has a lot of them. But, I guess he took that as a threat This is where I get mad. He starts coming into my lane, WHILE LOOKING AT ME! I was on the left third, bu decide to get closer to stave him off of his swerve. Nobody is actually just going to cut a bike off the road, right? In the middle of Saturday traffic? Right. Wrong. Well, he keeps coming... I'm in panic mode cuz we're pretty much boxed in by traffic. Rather than slamming the brakes, as that could have been even more hairy, I just punch his mirror. Held the clutch and fired my carbon wrapped knuckles into that thing. I expected more, but it just pivoted inward. But, I guess it scared him because he laid off. After letting off the clutch, I continued to decelerate and left him a gap plenty wide. As a light ahead turns red, he and I maintain our positions until probably thirty feet from the light, because I generally slow sooner, in the hopes of not having to come to a complete stop. He saw this, and apparently wanted to stay close. He swerved into my lane while slamming his brakes. We stopped, I just sat there. So did he. The people in the car next to me were smiling and having a hoot of the situation... Light turns green, and he accelerates very slowly. I didn't start moving yet, so as to give him a larger gap. When I did, I'll admit that in my adrenaline fueled panic mode, I cranked the throttle before starting off nice and smooth. Nothing eventful happened afterward, and down the road, I pulled into Jacks Pets, where I was going to drop off some saline solution to my fiancee who works there, and was having contact issues. I stayed outside for a bit though, cuz I didn't know what this guy would do. Tuned out that was a good idea, because he circled the block three times in a matter of fifteen minutes. That struck me as odd, because it shouldn't have taken that long for each circle, but idk. I already had his license plate memorized, and had already decided I wouldn't pursue violence if he did pull in. After 20 minutes of sitting in a hot parking lot, still wearing my jacket and gloves, I decided he was done, so I went in and continued with my intentions. Thought I'd share and vent. Anybody have any advice for handling situations like this? I don't have marbles or guns or anything that was mentioned in the road rage thread, so that's a no go.

he KNEW there were two bikes. he also KNEW that they were going extremely fast. so any cop with a brain (if there is such a thing) would have known that pulling out in front of a speeding rider, (who one can and should is squidly as all hell) is going to cause him to hit you. sure the bike should face charges. for speeding. the cop should retake his how to pull people over class...

well in case anybody searches for anything like this, it did want to pull up the adhesive, so i had to shave the tongue on the intercom so it could squeeze in there. works fine now though.

I'm trying to transfer my headset to the new helmet, and having difficulty. Because of the higher quality, there is much less free play between the EPS foam and the shell. It's not liking being forced in there. Anybody use the adhesive thing instead? I just don't want to always have it branded with that mount. Tons of stupid helmet questions, but oh well...

I generally commute on the highway.sometimes I choose city streets when I know the highways will be backed up. usually only during rush hour though. That said, I still do feel much safer on the highway.

love the ventilation... it's not even that loud, coming from the dam scorpion. i checked the deflector out, and the little tab stop on that side seems to be molded at a slight angle. so, i'm thinking a sliver or two or electrical tape will fix it right up. but i'll try to get to that tomorrow. going drinking now. :-)

The gear shop is more for money making, so I hope this is the best place to put this. Ok, so I finally got the Bell Star from motorcyclecloseouts. I now know why it was on closeout. The original visor had an antifog film problem, so it was all bubbley and scrapey, so they included a new visor. Not a big deal. I have an extra in case something happens. :-) I love that I can actually feel air on my forehead when the vents are open! Not something I was used to with my scorpion. My question though, is about the nose breath deflector. It seems to want to pop up on the right side. Anybody else have this problem? It's not a big deal, only really does it when I hold the helmet by the chinbar. So really, whenever I hold the helmet.. :-/ Just a slight annoyance when I go to put it on. Anyone gotten a new deflector and have that fix the problem? I've thought about RTV'ing it down, but I'd rather not put chemicals in there.

hmmm k... yay new forum! i'm only registered for like 6 now lol. i'm still at the point of chaning all the fluids and crap with this bike. it'll get there though.

Serpent racer, I recently got my 05. I looked on the threads on r6-forums, and message net, but couldn't find a definitive answer if my tps could be faulty as well.bike hasn't stalled yet, but I've experienced some surging after warming up, so idk. It does have a yoshi can and pc3, so now I'm wondering about that...

Duct tape and paper clips. Good luck!

i did the screw trick on my car two years ago. haven't had a problem since. :-)

I just got my r6. Kinda curious. Sounds like fuel cuts out. If not plugs, check the pump?