Helmutt

13 hours ago, cptchaos said:

I'd be happy to escort the group from the Springfield meet point. I live in Columbus now but that's not that far away. Snot/Helmutt - would you suggest using the separate thread to advertise the Springfield particulars versus leaving it in the main thread?

 

Derek, I'm in for the slow group and I can sweep as well.

If you want to resurrect my past years Dayton area meet thread and amend it for your group, that would work well.  Always best to broadcast localized meet ups in their own threads so there's less to sift through and avoid confusion

14 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

I think the connie, vfr and fjr are kind of ugly too but that's not what I base my bike selection on. I wouldn't own another adventure bike either, just wasn't my thing. 

Agreed, but still have some design appeal.  The C14 and FJR are porkier compared to the VFR and Sprint sized ST bikes, plus the added weight make the smaller ST's an easier transition from sport to tour, imo.  When I shopped, the heft of the C14 and FJR were big factors for me...plus I wanted anti-inline4.  Triples, V4s, and twins were something I'd never owned before.

Budget was my primary decider, just couldn't spend big money like that this time around...so the Triumph was my best compromise option

43 minutes ago, what said:

Triumphs are mechanically sound, the electric system is what seems to cause the most issues. 

 

Except for certain Daytona clutch components  

I believe ( haven't confirmed this ) Triumph upgraded the R/R on the 1050GT ( and possibly all platforms with the 1050cc ) in 2011+ but finding Sprint GT's locally is a rare thing.  When I bought my '11 it was 1 of 2 in the state, and I'm not sure the ST's were even sold here after '09-'10?  In fact, I dont remember seeing any Sprint GT's newer than 2011 for sale in the states a couple years ago when I was shopping....but they still built it overseas until at least 2015 or 16.

1 minute ago, 2talltim said:

You need to get this done before June and join us for the gap trip.  

Depending on how his negotiations went, he may not have vacation time for a while at the new job?

I got my Sprint GT a few seasons ago, and I like it....don't LOVE it, but it does all I need it to.  It's fairly a bareboned bike in that it doesn't have electronic amenities that I find attractive the older I get, but it's a great 'tweener bike between sportbike and FJR/C14 sized ST's.

I just really needed to step down from the power of my ZX14.  It was thirsty, too long legged for what I needed, no luggage, ate rear tires as fast as it drank fuel ( my wrist is to blame there though ), and just begged to be fast on the freeways....so I cashed in my chips while I was still holding some.

Sprint GT is probably closer in seating and feel to your Bandit, but the ST is more abundantly for sale - yet I found it cramped and sportier seated.  The 1050 is a great motor though, love the torque and the tone of it.  Good luck Sam, I shopped for nearly a year and changed my mind at least 6 times before committing to the Triumph LOL

6 hours ago, Rodehard said:

mmmmmmm

https://youngstown.craigslist.org/mcd/d/2016-ktm-1290-super-duke-gt/6473683451.html

@Helmutt

 

Damnit.....so tempting

That's an OMRL race weekend, so @snot and I cant commit to this just yet - so we're a maybe at this point.

8 minutes ago, Stolen 98 said:

Cool I'll check those out. My budget for my first bike is $3500-$4000... I'm hoping to find something fuel injected and with under 10k miles.

I've found a few Vulcan S bikes in my range...I'm just worried about it being under powered for my size 330lbs.

Don't forget to set aside an easy $500 or more for GOOD protective riding gear.....making your bike budget more like $3k-$3500

Welcome to the forum

Welcome to the forum.  Sounds like you're going about things the right way with learning via the MSF course.  

10 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

Bring the mini, we'll setup our own track in the grass somewhere and see how long it takes for them to tell us to stop. 

Oh, I'll bring the race bike.....but it's no mini

Might be in for this.   Planning to race OMRL as much as I can this season, and at the very least I'd like to ride their practice day on the kartway

My first "true" street bike, 1997 YZF1000R......miss that old girl somedays

Honda Fury

15 hours ago, max power said:

 

@Casper #NextAvatar!

Out for this.  Didn't get home to bed until 4am. Just woke up.  Feeling rough after last night's ruckus.  Race safely...eat, drink, and be merry

13 hours ago, durk said:

Every time I read about what you’re going through with your daughter I don’t know what to say. I feel for you man. I have prayed for you and your family and will continue to do so. Having 13 and 15 year old daughters myself, I can’t even imagine what you’re going through. 

My thoughts exactly man.  My daughter will be 21 later this year, but no matter how old she gets....this kind of thing still tugs at my feels too

Awesome idea @TimTheAzn.  Props to you sir.  

1 hour ago, 2talltim said:

That was another thing too, he thew us(me and the wife) right into the deep end. Day one work out was what I'd call a amature athlete work out not for novices or beginners at all. And Monday of this week he had us do what he called an endurance check and everyone I showed it to even seasoned trainers and athletes said they would die if they did that. And it wasn't "do what you can "it was "finish it, even if it takes you 2 hours"

He would give me a workout on a thursday night to do at home that would completely fry a set of muscles then give me moves to work them again the next morning at the gym that hit the same ones. Basically telling me to do 100 lunges on a morning that I can barley walk from the work out the night before. 

Burpees kill my back and I told him that after I gave them a solid try in one work out. He says okay. The very next days work out, "give me 5 rounds of 10 burpees". I didn't even know what to say.  

Yeah, that's BS man.  He should've had you guys try some maneuvers to show your technique, then critique from there and modify your workouts to season you into longer rounds/reps.  Our coach is an Olympic trained instructor, so he's well versed in proper ways to NOT do damage.  Sounds like your trainer was just after a paycheck

17 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

Well I signed up for a personal trainer several weeks ago and gave it a couple weeks. When I signed up we talked about my back and what i could and could not do and he said "yea we can work around that" Well at the end of the first week my back was back really hurting and he wasnt really taking these workouts in to consideration of what i was telling him. So again expressed my concerns and he just kept telling me to suck it up and push through. Well in my opinion that was the wrong answer. My back it back to feeling the way it was 3 months ago and that's not where I want to be. So I cut the ties with him. Super disappointed in the whole thing. But the good news is this has kick started me to back what  was doing a year ago and I have my daily diet and cravings dealt with. So I'm back on track for sure. 

Still going to stick to the once a month weigh in and that will be in a couple weeks. 

That sucks to pay for that expertise and the trainer doesn't do right by you.  I guess sometimes you don't get what you pay for.

All of our Cross fit coaches have been nothing short of excellent.  They always make sure to modify our movements/weights according to our progression and abilities, as well as ask how we're feeling on a regular basis.  Wish you lived closer man, I'm sure you'd appreciate this gym

2 hours ago, jacobhawkins said:

@snot @Helmutt I'm playing this Saturday, nine to midnight.  Have a blood donation scheduled Sunday morning for 6:30.  Come race with us! 

We'll play it by ear man.  Might make the brew n chew afterwards at least?  I play all metal shows bro, so we tend to get rowdy ( on stage, and at the bar ) so pending my condition Sunday, we may be in?  

23 minutes ago, Rodehard said:

mmmmm....The SDGT.  I wanted one so bad, but $20k+ for a bike will never happen in my lifetime!  This SDR craigslist find was a stroke of luck - damaged enough to devalue it significantly, but nothing truly important was hurt.

I've become a naked bike convert, if only because every faired bike I've owned created one problem or another.  The airflow off the screens is either loud, turbulent, blocks cooling air in the summer, doesn't block enough in the cold, or all of the above.  Nice to hide behind in a downpour on I75, but otherwise windscreens are not so awesome.  I still have a few screens lying around from old bikes.

On the naked SDR, the air flow is smooth and quiet.  There's just a lot of it, all the time.  I can do 75mph on the highway all day, but admittedly it took a while for me to get used to the wind pressure, and then It was good.  80mph continuously for about an hour is all I can take, then need to slow down.  Downside to going naked is I have to wear or carry more gear - it's surprisingly cold on the highway with ambient temps below 70.

The heat off the radiator/engine is easily tolerated or avoided, the frame doesn't get hot, no hand numbing buzz in the bars, plenty of leg room (I'm 6'1" 190lb nekid), comfy riding position, all make the SDR the magical unicorn of bikes I've always wanted.

I did have to add some foam to the stock seat, now my butt lasts thru a tank of gas.  The stock seat was only good for about 1.5hr then I needed to stop.  The ergo seat was good for about 2hrs before my underside started burning.

And now I'm rambling...

Thanks for the welcome!

Agreed on the $20k pricetag, but hopefully there will be some sort of used market availability at some point, but only a few have sold anywhere close to my area, so pickins may prove slim overall.  Wish this years AIM Expo had the GT available for demo rides, but best I got was a few minutes of static seat time.  Position was comfy and similar to that of the SD, but the wind protection would've been nice to personally judge.  Read some torn reviews where some could feel improvements over the naked, and others were perplexed why KTM even put the adjustable screen on with how little it did.  

But I do love that grunty twin mill, plenty of torque down low to get you places in a hurry without having to wring it up into the revs all day...and that was standard map mode I rode in, so the sport mapping surely would've been more fun.

Oh, and post some pics of that big brute

Welcome to the forum.  You'll find there's a lot of "good people" here too.  Test rode a '16 SDR a couple seasons back, and it's a beast.....but my eyes are truly beset on the SDGT.....someday

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