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Here's my 2 cents... The one you're eyeballing is a sound choice to learn on. Quality enough to last a long time, but doesn't break the bank. Ibanez are good equipment around that price point and higher. Played several of their acoustics, but I dont own any. Like motocat said, a dreadnaught ( full bodied acoustic ) will give you a much fuller tone "dry" ( without an amp backing it up ) compared to the thin body, BUT if you plan to use an amp...the size of the body doesnt really matter quite as much. There are benefits to both types. Example, I have a Washburn thinbody folk acoustic/electric that plays awesome, but feel I have to pound on it when playing dry. Thinner body = weaker overall projected tone since the resonance isn't as pronounced from the smaller cavity, but most I've seen are acoustic/electric and made to be amplified. I also have an Alvarez dreadnaught cutaway that sounds amazing dry, or plugged in. Twice as deep as the Washburn, and sounds twice as good playing dry. I personally dont like the roundbacks. To me, they're not comfortable when playing seated and harder to hold without the squared sides to rest on a knee, so I feel I'm stuck standing when playing those. The thinner guitars are less cumbersome for beginners, but there's no reason you couldn't adapt to the bigger guitar right off the bat since you're starting fresh, so no pesky muscle memory screwing with your mojo. The choice is yours, but I gotta say it is nice to be able to just grab up the dreadnaught and sound good without having to drag out an amp when the mood strikes.

I was out back working in the garage, and just so you know....she was in the living room when I got back to the house.

The po is deceased and the widow is who sold this guy the bike. She didn't want anything to do with it, just wanted something for it and for it to be gone from her possession. She liquidated everything and has since moved away, so extremely remote chances that she'll come looking for the bike and pay any remaining debt against it.

No clue without consorting with the bank. He said he was going to check it out and see. I handed him the copies of the vin history reports to maybe help substantiate his side of things.

Well.....foot in mouth. Just spoke with Title and Vehicle Information Services in Cbus and they are showing a lein is still out against this bike. Apparently Cycle Vin and Ohio BMV show no communication about it from this particular bank. Gonna have to pass, way too many hoops to resolve issues like that. Sucks for my work buddy, he's either hosed or will have to pursue shady sales tactics to get rid of it now

Just got the vehicle history reports back, and both Cycle vin and Ohio BMV vin searches show the bike is crystal clean. We'll see what the owner wants to do before I move further to help him sell it, but it's looking good so far

Wonder if GM will use the OPA tech same as Ford, or the BorgWarner style CTA system?

It's bullshit technology. I pray the other mfg's don't jump on board with this design, but I doubt it will happen anytime soon anyway with how problematic they currently are

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Lovin' the tail sticker. Ride smart.....or, wad it up.....whichever

They were good sports at least. I usually just troll people that mistext me

I bet that stuff sticks to the gears and bearings nicely. New "no fling" engine oil?

For the Triumph, TuneECU is about the most popular program for tuning/diag. And I'm assuming it works for other mfg's too... Edit - according to their site it's just for Euro brands

Meh, I dont care who likes or who hates it, I just know that it's one of the more common bikes on track. So, it will sell quickly, especially at this price point. If the deal works out, you seriously wont be able to find a good used F2/F3 as cheap. I'm being offered a buddy deal to help him break even, and help his wife cool off about it....just have some history to investigate first before I'll commit to anything. It's just too small for me and too much for the wife, so somebody might be getting a smokin deal....to be continued

You want to get lost again this year, I'm sure to make some more wrong turns LOL

2008 GSXR600 with less than 3k street miles

Heeheehee.....just might do that if the deals ends up legit

Thanks Ron. I appreciate all the insight. I'll use cycle vin to check it out, as well as Toniks link to cover my ass.

Thanks man. That's one site I'd found on a quick search too. I truly hope it's legit because the deal is absolutely stellar, but I'm torn on what to do if it's not. He's a good guy, isn't crooked in the least, and was just looking for a good trackbike himself when he picked it up...hence why he didn't care about the title situation. I'm not sure he can even get any action from the widow or not because 1) she already got her money out of him 2) he mentioned she was quickly liquidating assets to move away. If it's reported stolen or some other illegal status, I DEFINITELY wont buy it.

Thanks for the link. After posting this I plan to vincheck it anyway to be safe. Hopefully it's a clean check

Never bought/sold a non-titled bike before, and not entirely sure how those are typically handled. Bill of sale stating the vin, year, make, etc? Does it even matter since it's "as is"? I've got a lead on a really good deal, and thinking of picking it up to pass along to someone who's in the market for a trackbike. BACKSTORY -- Ultra low mileage bike, all stock, no title......the guy selling it bought it dirt cheap from the po's widow, and now his wife isn't forgiving him for it.....so he needs it gone asap. The kicker is he, nor the widow, has any knowledge of the bike's origins and neither have pursued trying to title it. Should this concern me at all? Would a vin trace even matter at this point since it would be bought/sold as a non-titled trackbike? I assume I should trace the vin anyway to ensure it's a dead title...

Sounds like some of us have had a rough one this year. Here's to better results next year for you. We're lucky that we haven't had much tragedy or drama befall our lives in 2016 other than the wife's aunt needing surgery to rid her of cancer once again, but the prognosis looks good for her. But, overall this year was good to the wife and I. Got some good rides in, enjoyed Vintage Days @ MidO, got a raise at work, finished more improvements on the house and garage, stayed injury free, found a bunch of weight I'd lost, and wifey made it through Calculus and Physics with flying colors. Never made it out to a roadcourse trackday, but we did get a few in on the sumos at the local cartways. I'd say this year's highlight for me is that I bought a new truck a couple months ago, which was supposed to wait until my bike was paid off next year, but my wife is paying the bike off for me....so I got it early! Life is good...

Good thing about the Gap roads is you'll find your tolerance goes up and you ride longer each day.....like adrenaline is in the air down there

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It's got to work for YOU. If you dont mind giving up 5-6 hours of your life commuting every week, and the added expense on the vehicle(s) isn't of any concern....I'd say go for it. To me, it's worth the shot if you're that unhappy with your current employer AND it's worth your while to pursue it. I commute about 75 miles round trip daily, which is twice as far as it used to be when I rented. But, housing where I own is easily 20-25% cheaper compared to where I rented. Not to mention I enjoy the people I work with, the 5wks of vacation every year, and the pay is good for this demographic.....so, for the last 15 years it's been worth the drive for me. Good luck man