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^^^This^^^ There are professionals that know exactly how to ask the right questions to ease you into finding resolve, as long as you're truthful in your answers.

I'll be 43 soon, and have lost a few friends along the way. Only had one friend commit suicide, and that was shortly after graduation...and over a female, at that. I just keep waking everyday, and enjoy what I can in life. I dont plan on cashing in my chips anytime soon, but since none of us know when that could be...do what makes you happy

You underestimate my stupidity sir

Tell her it's not for sale......you're just renting it until the lap dance song is over

Looking forward to the vids -- I'll ride my SMC there someday, just may not be this year

Nice work! Could ya shoot me a pm with wheel pc pricing? Or post it up here?

Welcome and thanks for your service.

BSB definitely has some awesome race action. I managed to watch a few rounds last year and it was excellent, just haven't really followed it closely. But with the lack of US racing now, I just may. I really wasn't happy when I saw the abbreviated season from MotoAmerica, especially with MidO off the list. And with Indy out of MotoGP, I'm now a plane ticket away from the elite racing too. Is what it is, but I wish we had another world class venue within a reasonable drive to catch the world's best in action. I tell ya, if I'd have won the 528 million, there would be a group of engineers working overtime designing a badass SEOhio facility with my name on it...but alas, back to work I go. Maybe someday things will come around again.

Agreed, sort of. Todays age has everything wire fed, so it was inevitable. It just takes a little different kind of rider, so I dont believe there's that much less talent now days. Afterall, lap records keep getting broken and that's not all because of electronic compensation....rider's can still ride. But I was aiming towards bike tech meaning overall performance, there's a monstrous power to weight difference between 90s bikes and late models. Electronics are what they are, and there is some need deemed there, but teams decifer what works best for them. Some perform better with more electronics, whereas other guys ( ie, Josh Hayes ) could put in better laps with less interference from the ecu....he came up on some older school bikes like a lot of the vets did. I'm anxious to see GP this year. And, I'd read that Kawi's team was griping a bit that the ZX10 was almost too fast, which is a good thing if it can be tamed into remaining controllable over the course of each race. Tire management being the biggest struggle when a bike is overpowered, but there is where electronics will help. They were very optomistic of good results

Bike tech has helped, as well as rider talent and fitness. Every year seems more competitive than the last, to some degree

Hated the older days when Mladin dominated all the time....wasn't much race action for the win, all the good shit was happening behind him. I loved the old Spies/Mladin battles when Ben came up the ranks and started winning, but iirc...Mat retired on top in '08\'09?. Whatever happened to Mladin?

Yes sir, they were a testament to the company. Mine was a base model, no a/c, no power brakes, no power steering, no nothing. Hydro clutch and rear sliding window were the only amenities mine had, perfect for a poor teenager - nothing went wrong with it until I'd abused it for a couple years. Had a set of old Buick coil springs I'd stuff between the rear axle and frame for big payloads. Clutch finally gave up when I toted 1800 lbs of pea gravel in the bed. Thought the loader driver was going to shit his seat when the truck didn't bottom as he emptied his bucket into the back. DAMN good trucks. I've been hooked ever since, and currently on my 4th Toyota truck in the last 27 years

^^THIS^^I went over the top of my bike trailer with rust converter before a quick "aerosol overhaul". That stuff turns rust into armor, and neutralizes it. Goes on like water, and may take a couple coats, but the shit's legits

There's always this option... http://www.uship.com/motorcycles/

Yeah, that's one kicker along with the surely ridiculous pricetag as well.

No worries. I promise it will be quick, painless, and no running start this time...wait, you meant the wife and I

Congrats man! Bummer about the timing, but it's well worth it and only one season - always next year

Here is the press release from Bell’s parent company, BRG Sports’: LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2016 – Action-sports helmet-industry leaders, BRG (Bell, Ridell, Giro) Sports, and 360-degree camera innovators, 360fly, announced a full line of “smart” helmets, integrated with 360fly’s proprietary 360o 4K video, at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The innovative product line encompasses several of BRG Sports’ core sport categories and brands, comprising the following products: Bell Star with 360fly – Driven by the essential needs of the modern racer, and completely new for 2016, the Bell Star is the most advanced full-face street motorcycle helmet on the market todayBell Moto 9 Flex with 360fly – Bell’s most comprehensive off road motorcycle helmet, featuring its proprietary “progressive layering” energy-management systemBell Super 2R with 360fly – Bell’s most versatile and award-winning all-mountain helmet, with an innovative detachable chin bar feature for maximum performance and adaptabilityGiro Edit with 360fly – Giro’s lightest full-featured snow helmet“The benefits of integrating digital video and intuitive digital technology into action sports helmets is a ground-breaking advancement for our sports,” said Terry Lee, Executive Chairman & CEO, BRG Sports. “This “smart helmet” collaboration with 360fly is yet another landmark milestone within our 60-year history of helmet innovation and industry leadership.” “From day one, our focus has extended beyond the baseline benefits of immersive 360-degree VR content, and into the expansive universe of intuitive “smart” technologies that our singlelens technology enables,” said Peter Adderton, 360fly CEO. “These helmets are merely the first of many unique applications for these technologies enabled by our proprietary 360fly 4K platform.” All four helmets feature an integrated 360fly 360o 4K camera, capable of also shooting conventional 16×9 video. The video capabilities are driven by 360fly’s proprietary mobile app, featuring a simple user interface that allows users to instantly edit and share content to popular platforms such as Facebook or YouTube. Shooting at 2880 x 2880 at up to 30 FPS, the integrated camera also includes a built-in GPS sensor to tag locations, a barometer/altimeter and accelerometer all powered by an advanced Qualcomm® Snapdragon 800 processor. Like the original 360fly camera, the integrated camera comes standard with Bluetooth, built-in Wi-Fi and has up to two hours of battery life. For significantly added value, the integrated 360fly camera is detachable, allowing it to be utilized independent of the helmet by the user in the widest variety of lifestyle applications. In addition to the existing mobile app functionality featured in the integrated helmets, 360fly’s CES exhibit showcased live demonstrations of a several new technologies that are a result of the company’s new 360fly 4K platform and are currently planned for inclusion across the advanced BRG Sports helmet line including: AutoPilot action tracking – Allows users to track and follow the main subjects in their videos, making it easy to create dynamic edits with the rider at the center of it all.Collision Avoidance Alert – Senses and automatically notifies the rider of potential oncoming dangers that are outside the rider’s natural field of visionLive Streaming — For professional, commercial or advanced users looking to live stream 360-degree video, the integrated camera pairs with its Micro-HDMI accessory base (sold separately) and is able to output a real-time full 360-degree HD video streamThese features will undergo a rigorous series of trials and tests over the coming months in preparation for the helmets’ debut at retail later in the year. Another new feature planned for the camera-integrated helmet line is “Highlight Reel” – an auto-editing function that compiles a 1-2-minute highlight reel based on the specific sections of video that feature the most action The majority of VR devices on the market today are purely focused on consumption of VR content and not creation. From day one, 360fly’s mission has been to put the power to create immersive personal VR content into the hands of consumers. There simply is no other comparable option for creating and consuming 360-degree immersive video and personal VR content on the market today.

Wife, myself, and possibly 1 other are trailering down

THAT'S the sexiest chair ever made

I called Fontana Village and added some Azalea 2br cabins ( 2br/2bath @ $179/night ) to our group rate as the Hemlock 2br was already booked, so there are more cabins available should more of us want them.

Did you notice any vibes about halfway up the tach? I'd found this was a common issue, but may not be as prominent if you're not riding it for hours on end.

Also tell him there are far easier ways to grind corn to mash in and run shine

I've not been out west yet, but the Rocky mtn range has my attention as well. And I agree with drc, I'd book a couple months instead of weeks to ride as much of the Midwest as possible. I like you're newest route, although an old friend of mine was stationed at Davis-Monthan in Tucson back in the early 90s. He sold his car to buy a Ninja and used to rave over Rt191 as well as the plethra of canyon roads. He used to beg me to move out there. When's the big trip?