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I know @Gixxus Christ! used to own one of these. Maybe he can chime in.

10 minutes ago, Steve Butters said:

I bought my bike brand new... It's worth like 2-3k now, and it's been down once... After interest on the loan I paid like 11k for it total... I'll own this MF until I die 😂 I could never justify losing that much money on it... 

I broke dead even on the Z1000 and got a year of enjoyment out of it.  When I say even I mean taxes, upkeep and tags. Only thing that bike cost me was a performance award on blood mountain in GA. 

I came out way on top when I traded the Vstrom for the Connie. 

Wifes V Star cost us about $400 a year for 5 years. 

This Indian she now has  been a money pit that we will never get back. Probably already $2k in the hole on it.  But she says it's is a forever bike....we will see. 

17 minutes ago, Steve Butters said:

Yea, I forgot signature pictures even existed. I haven't used the desktop version since mobile rolled out. Who tf uses tablets? I bought a Samsung Note and it has basically replaced my computer except for doing school work (which I'm done with) and work work, which requires two monitors. 

Tim.... I think you're the one not with the times 😂

Because I'm a slave to the man and thatswhat I have at work where I do most of my time wasting. Like right now.  

7 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:

Selling a used bike is brutal right now.  You have about a 1 month window when spring hits, then prices drop fast.

Buy super low sell low(ish) has always been my moto. If I don't think I can break even in a year of ownership I walk. Unless it's something I know I'm buying for long term

3 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:

I thought Starbucks was only for 65 year old retired executives who ride Harleys and try to look like ex-cons.

Nope for Euro well to-dos. Either with their fully kitted R GS1250 Adventures wearing their Areostich suits that neither have never even seen a gravel parking lot neverless an off road scenario. 

or the Ducatista in their full Dainese  leathers and 3 inch chicken strips on their tires. 

8 hours ago, max power said:

Looks like you’re the only one bubby.  I don’t really know anyone who uses a desktop anymore unless it’s for work.  

I have a laptop but I only do work stuff on it. My desktop is only for music and photo storage.  

When I say desktop I mean the desktop version of the site. Usually I'm on a lop top or chrome book. 

6 hours ago, what said:

welcome to a world where only iron pony survives, on a throne of blood and bone laid by its overpaying customers

Ive heard Pony is about to lose their Indian franchise if they don't pull their heads out of their asses. Way too many complaints from the service department and I guess a Polaris Corp Rep stood in their showroom for over a half hour looking at and sitting on bikes ect and no one offered any assistance. That one pissed them off royal. 

1 minute ago, TimTheAzn said:

I'm on mobile everywhere/time else besides when I'm in the office. 

80% of my OR(ing) is on a desk top, 60% at my station at work and 20% at home. The other 20% on mobile.

9 minutes ago, max power said:

Thats shitty since no one ever sees them.

If by "nobody" you mean "guys that never use a computer"and by that you mean "you"...  

I change and flush brake and clutch fluid every 2 years.

13 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

So you get it. LOL. Some of my friends got cocky when I had old blue. She wasnt the fastest in a straight line and was walked by multiple cars. Need to remind them their cars aint shit. 

I like to do the same with my wife's white Impala. Have to be a little more selective with it, quicker than it looks but not super fast. But love pulling up to teenagers in their ricers or ragged out 15 year old stangs that think they are soooo fast. Wish i could see the looks on their faces after they get smoked by a grandma car that says MS PERL on the license plate. 

16 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

I told myself I'm getting a liter bike as my next street bike. For reasons most of you would find dumb but I get enjoyment from crushing my car friend's cars that they have put $10-$15-$20k into and still think they are fast.

I've been thinking about an fz1 for a while.....

Get a ST bagger like a connie, fjr or Wing. Nothing says humiliation like your $50k+ sports car getting beat by a bike with luggage on it.  

2 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Just until the first turn, then we would be gone.

FTFY

45 minutes ago, Tonik said:

You didn't text the right people man.

True that. Being last min that's why I said local. I'll need to extend my range the next go round.  

7 minutes ago, Tonik said:

The 93 memorial is something else to see. Very surreal.

Agreed, was very emotional for me. Esspecially walking through the inside displays with all the videos playing. 

53 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:

 

Also, I think Nivin is right. The new younger generations coming up have failed to embrace motorcycling as a hobby or sport. Harley Davidson's lackluster sales seem to bear this out.

Motorcycling is becoming more and more of a poser thing. People worry more about what they or their bikes look like instead of the function and or utilitarian purpose, or just fucking riding them. I see it all the time in various FB groups I'm in, even on here. "why did you put that big ugly box on your bike?"...."because I ride it fucker, and not looking for an excuse not to". People have all the excuses. Can't ride long because my ass hurts(but don't want to put that big "ugly" seat on). Can't ride because I have nowhere to put things(adding luggage is hideous) Too hot..too cold...too wet(but i look so GQ in my race leathers) Every excuse.  

Also see post on FB of people patting themselves on the back because they did some big 100mile ride that weekend,. Me too, then I got gas and did it 2 or 3 more times before i went home. Just the other day I noticed two different 3 year old bikes for sale with less than 500 miles on them. Why even buy it? Hell Pony has a 3 year old C14 on the floor with 900 miles on it. Who buys a touring bike and puts 300 miles a year on it. 

I think people buy bikes for the "coolness factor" of saying the own a bike. Will no real passion to actually ride them except to the next parking lot to lean on it. 

41 minutes ago, Pauly said:

If people want group rides, then they should post them. It is really that simple. 

I can't plan rides for the  same reason I can't commit to others planned rides. My shit job. But it's nice to jump in the rare occasion when I can. Think every group ride I've joined in the last 2 years was a last min thing for me. Most of the time I just show up.  

13 hours ago, Pauly said:

I don't post rides because nobody shows up, anyway. 

I'll admit I can't always come but that is due to my shitty work schedule and rides always seem to be on Saturdays. The rare Saturday I am available it's usually a last min thing if I can do something. Like this Saturday. I literally didn't know till 4pm Friday if I had to work Saturday morning. At that time I checked out the forums and FB groups and seen nothing. I text a couple local bubbys to see if they could ride, no love. So Saturday morning I took off on my own and did a wonderful 270 miles of SEO roads. Would have been nice to have someone share this with but it was what it was still had a good time. 

11 hours ago, Tpoppa said:

CORE was a forum of sport bike riders that started sometime in the late 90's.  I joined around 2000.  We honestly never cared how fast anyone could ride.  We asked everyone to stay within there own limits and waited at every turn for the group to reform.  There were some VERY skilled riders and the rides were well organized.  The ride rules were discussed online and at the meet spot.  There was a "core" group of about 20 riders that rode most weekends the weather cooperated.  At first the rides pretty much followed  "The Pace"  but as people's skills grew the rides got progressively hotter (while still following established pre-ride rules) especially considering the bikes, equipment, and tires we had in those days.  The rides were typically 400-500 miles days at a hot pace with just a few short gas stops.  Everyone knew everyone and the rides were great fun, until...

CORE got a reputation as bunch of "fast guys" on the street.  We suddenly had lots and lots of new people showing up to rides, which was good and bad.  We met some new skilled riders, but more often we met people with lots of ego and less skill.  We would give new guys the "CORE speech," ask them to take it easy and have them ride in the back with a skilled sweep watching to see how they were doing.  We tried to "coach" new guys.  Some of the new guys fit right in, some were asked to tone it down,  some were asked to leave rides and not come back...unfortunately we had a flurry new guys crash that were trying to prove themselves to the group.  We tried a few things...

• Group rides were broken into A & B groups.  New people had to ride in B until an A vouched for them.  That didn't always work.
• We only let new people join certain "learning" rides, that were held once every month or 2.   Most of the "real" rides were private or just not posted.

...Inevitably all the rides became private.  The "core" members still rode frequently and the rides were still great fun.  The pace we rode just wasn't good for adding new people unless they were level headed with lots of skill (that disqualified about 98%).  And that's how CORE operated for years.  Over time people moved, had family responsibilities, stopped attending group rides, etc until CORE ceased to exist out of attrition.  Some of us are still around...

 

Replace all the CORE words with OR ..sound familiar? Exactly what is happening here. 

1 hour ago, Tonik said:

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I'm going to agree with the

I have one of these when I can't fit it in the case. Just put it through the chin bar and take up all the slack. 

6.8 lbs lost after week one. On to week 2

2 hours ago, Pauly said:

Real men don't check tire pressure with a guage. 

2 hours ago, Tonik said:

Real men just look at the dash.

Yup since 2008

7 minutes ago, Tonik said:

I thought they were cancelled for no rain?

Oh yeah..true

Real men don't need 90s.

37 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Then 15 people show up and no one wants to lead a second group and it's a shit show. Then a couple peel off on their own and get all butt hurt and blame the leader when they get lost even though the route with gpx have been posted for months.

You mean. Only, if it didn't get cancelled for rain?