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Has Paul been trying to lure you over to the overpriced burnt coffee side of the tracks? and as for an XR - Ride1 in Hilliard has a left over 2015 or 2016 at a steep steep discount, unless it's sold in the last 3 weeks.

handlebar rule is bureaucracy at its finest.

Only if you want to get fancy

pull in clutch move toe up or down on lever release clutch

Still plenty of time for the weather to turn around. Not going to look at weather again until Saturday. This is my last opportunity to get to the track until late august though so I'm motivated.

Gonna be a long haul for most group rides.

I think generally speaking, people tend to post what's expected on group rides from what I've seen. Pace-wise, I haven't ever been on a group ride organized on this forum that didn't stop and wait at intersections for slower riders, and I was one of those slower riders so I took advantage of this perk, quite often after my lowside 2 years ago. As for getting more comfortable with cornering - track day. You don't have to be a junkie with a track bike, full leather power ranger suit and thousands of dollars to burn in order to run a track day or two. The way track days are organized, they are a school in the less experienced groups. An "instructor" or control rider will be paired with you and will give you feedback on what you should/can be working on to improve. They will show you the lines of the course and are a tremendous wealth of knowledge. I encourage everyone I talk to that hasn't done a track day and expresses an interest in becoming a better rider to go to the track at least once. It's set up in such a way that, like a ski/snowboard lesson, there's the bunny hill where you can start out (novice group) and it scales all the way up to double black diamond back-country deep powder runs (advanced/open race practice).

English isn't his first language.

Weather-permitting, etc, etc.

dune buggy conversion to win. giant sand tire on the rear, rooster tail for days and all the donuts you could ever dream of (figuratively speaking).

Ride safe fellers, I need a new chain/sprockets before I head back out.

What have you got against North Carolina?

They have rental leathers, don't know about gloves though.

hognose or copperhead? doesn't look banded though and copperheads have bands.

@Connie14 Unfortunately I won't be able to make this, but you asked for the info... I thought it was in July but its tomorrow.

750 twin with 70-ish horsepower

Track helps a lot with learning, and is fun. If school was as fun as track days I'd have multiple PhDs.

There's no more "go ahead and do your own thing" in N at Mid-O. You are behind a CR the entire day. I plan to move up to I my next track day, which is looking like July at this point (god damn work). That said, if your pace is at the top of novice, the CR will make sure you stay ahead of the slow groups for the most part. I was running like a 2:01 or so last time, which was about the same pace as the fastest novice group. We lapped every other group except for them. That said, I felt like I had another 3-4 seconds I could easily shave off if I wasn't getting stuck behind people over-braking in the corners and was able to keep up my corner speed. Drive doesn't matter to people on 100+ HP bikes but on the 750 if I lose entry speed I'm screwed.

I'll see. I know she's on a budget and with the way you animals drink...

Just found out my sister reserved her wedding venue in Suches for June 24th next year. Lol...

Yeah no bar end mirrors with canyon dancers. As for the striple on ohio roads and it's suspension - you shouldn't need to touch the suspension of the R. Both the forks and the shock are sprung for fast riding/track days and both have rebound/compression damping adjustments. For reference, my street triple is still running stock forks/shock/springs. Have someone set your sag and there's a good thread on either triumphrat or triumph675 that has recommended rebound/compression damping settings for street/track. Can't remember which site... will have to look it up later when I'm back in Ohio.

Yep, as I thought I'll be in Jersey for work. Meh.

I was pretty sure you were going to make the leap once I saw you start hauling ass on the Cherohala. You definitely looked comfortable on the bike and it didn't take you that long to get a feel for it.

They were choking bad around the time the clock went wonky in the 2nd quarter.

I'll check my calendar. Probably out of town though.