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You can find well maintained good used bikes that haven't been ridden hard. You just have to be picky and thorough in your search. I couldn't wait til next year to ride, if I had to.

Selling my Alpine Stars Exile Textile Jacket in a size XL. It's in almost new condition and comes with a zip in rain sleeve. Great for summer and cooler weather with the rain liner. $75 http://m.cruisercustomizing.com/alpinestars-exile-jacket-mens-sizes/part/ALPINE-EXILE-JACKET? Also have a Scorpion EXO 400 helmet with a chrome face shield. It's the black and blue Tsunami graphic in a XL but fits like a L. Also in almost new condition. $75 http://www.popscreen.com/p/MTI3MTkwODUy/Amazoncom-Scorpion-EXO400-Tsunami-Helmet-LargeBlue-Automotive Will do $125 for both.

Just what the topic says. If anyone has something post here or message me. Not too picky on brand, but condition matters to an extent. Thanks

514 and 520 are epic. And I haven't ridden them yet this year, with the mechanical problems causing me to bail early on a ride while on my old bike. Definitely have to organize one of these.

Yeah Skillz, you should definitely come ride Coshocton with us. Glad you made the trip. Enjoyed it fellas. Great route JC! Was nice getting to hit some new roads. And I hadn't been on 78 South (I think) of 83 and McConnelsville. I have to say, 78 is my favorite motorcycling road in Ohio. Sweepers and ridge lines. I love it. Don't sell that sportbike Hutch. You'll regret it. And you'd rather be riding the twisties than mowing the yard.

So, are you taking 256 out of Columbus and 70 back? Or the other way around? Hutch and I are going to meet you on 13 in the morning. We just have to figure out where.

Alright. Let me talk to my girl and make sure riding both days is cool. It might not be.....dammit.

Crazy awesome build man! Very cool. Would love to see it sometime at an OR event.

Sounds good to me........but maybe for Sunday? I'm going on the Christian Sport Bike Association (CSBA) ride on Saturday. The route looks pretty good too....down to Marietta. You ought to join us.

Let me know what you think. It was kind of a revelation for me. A new way to do something I'd always done another way.

When I lived in an apartment I made trips with a bucket of water. First trip to soak the bike, return to sink and fill with water and soap, wash the bike then pour out soapy dirty water, fill bucket and rinse. Then dry with a chamois.

Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely check it out.

There's no free play, but I'd agree that I ned an adjustable lever. That was my initial solution to the problem. And dropping to idle was an exaggeration, but it does drop enough that I far prefer the smoothness of not using the clutch at all and for the day that I spent shifting without the clutch there was never an instance where I felt I was doing any damage but instead felt like the correct way to execute the upshift as it was so much smoother. If it was a technique problem though, it would have existed on my last bike and that's not the case. In regards to Sport Rider, these guys ride bikes and write about them as a career every day of their lives. They are the sole repository for suggested suspension settings that I see linked to on motorcycle forums everywhere.... so they do have some credibility. I mean we aren't talking about The Birmingham Motorcycle Journal or something. Now I'm not saying they are the motorcycle bible. But if they recommend a riding technique I have to think they aren't going to put in print something that is going to wreck their readerships transmissions.

The throw on my clutch lever on my new bike is a lot longer than it was on my ZX6r, and it's also not adjustable. This may be a reason my shifts have been less smooth with a clutch also. But having ridden any manner of dirt bike, motorcycle, or clutched vehicle for years I find it funny that I am being advised to work on my technique by those who put out dire warnings of bike damage for a "technique" they aren't familiar or comfortable with. If Sport Rider magazine is willing to disseminate this information, I sincerely doubt these motorcycle experts are urging the masses and their audience to destroy their gearboxes. And when they say "While it may be an important ritual for beginner or novice riders, using the clutch for upshifts during aggressive canyon or track riding is totally unnecessary" I tend to think I may not be the only one that "needs to work on my technique", as using the clutch seems to only be necessary for beginning or novice riders.

My clutch work is just fine. Ive been riding a vehicle with a clutch since the age of 6,whether it was a dirtbike or a tractor. The way this bike revs (and I'm sure many newer bikes) no human could shift into the next gear before the engine falls to idle or low enough to not be smooth getting into the next gear.I'll trust Sport Rider. "At a recent open track-riding day we attended, we were stunned to see the amount of riders who were wasting a lot of time and physical effort using the clutch to upshift. The continuous rise and gradual fall of the engine's rpm between each shift as bikes roared by us in the pits had us wondering if there was an epidemic of slipping clutch plates that we didn't know about. While it may be an important ritual for beginner or novice riders, using the clutch for upshifts during aggressive canyon or track riding is totally unnecessary. In fact, there are many riding situations where it can be a nuisance and even a hindrance to quicker and smoother riding."

Never mind. I found the answer I was looking for thanks to Sport Rider. Hard to believe I have been shiftingbincorrectlybfor two years. And I bet I'm not the only one on these boards doing it. http://www.sportrider.com/ride/rss/146_0409_sport_bike_clutchless_upshifting/

So I noticed while riding my new bike that smooth upshifting seemed a lot more difficult than on my older ZX6r. It seemed as I backed off the throttle and pulled in the clutch, shifted and then let out the clutch and reapplied throttle , that I had lost all the revs. It seemed inefficient and herky jerky, which is to say not smooth at all. It just didn't feel like the correct way to shift this high performance bike as there was so much time spent in between gears. On my older ZX6r I was able to complete the shifting sequence in enough time that I was able to reapply throttle before the engine revved back to idle. On the newer bike, I think because of better cams (I could be completely wrong on this) it revs up and down faster thus giving me less time to shift before the engine revved back down to idle. The shifting sequence takes the same amount of time on both bikes, I just have less time to do it on my GSXR than my old bike, to maintain smooth engine RPMs throughout the shift from say 2nd to 3rd gear. So I went in search of an answer and found clutchless upshifting. Shifting the bike in this manner is smooth as silk in terms of engine revs. It basically feels like one second the bike is in second gear, I barely cut off the throttle and the bike practically shifts itself and I'm bike on throttle in third gear and the engine maintains almost constant revs throughout, other than the split second when I cut off the throttle. It feels like this is he correct way to shift a sport bike. So my questions are these: 1) Does this hurt the bike (tranny, clutch, shift fork)? I've read that this will not hurt the bike because bikes have a constant mesh transmission, but these are unsubstantiated Internet reports. Other people say not to do this with myriad warnings as to why it's a bad idea. I'd like someone that knows the actual answer to this question. 2). Is this the correct way to quickly shift a sport bike? I'm hoping to get some clear cut answers based on either technical knowledge or many years of experience shifting in this manner. Many thanks!

Pure forum awesomeness. LBRAG: (adjective) Acronym for Looks Barely Ridden and Garaged

Haha, "wasteful" mods. I meant tasteful. Stupid auto correct. Great ride guys, was a lot of fun. Good weather, good pace, and everyone should be back in time for dinner. We'll definitely have to do it again. And I'm looking forward to the ride video......minus the car barricade.

Yeah, it's pretty mint. All mods are wasteful and ones I would have done myself. Yoshimura pipe, power cmdr, steel braided lines, new tires, clutch battery..... Etc etc. Very clean. My intent was to get one that didn't need anything and was maintained over the course of its life. That 675 is sweet. I was looking closely at getting it but didn't want to have to fix anything. But it looked like it didn't need much to be an awesome bike. Glad it went to you so I can enjoy it when we ride! Alright buddy, have a nice Sunday. Get that thing fixed and get out here (haha, I know you don't need me to tell you that).

There's a ride meeting at KFC in Newark at 11 Fiji. Why don't you join us?

LBRAG (opposite of LBTS). GLWS

The meetup address is: 38 N Cedar St, Newark Ohio 43055 Just in case anyone needs it. Hope to see you Bussman.

I'll see you in the morning R1, and anyone else looking to ride. Kick stands at 11:20.

Very nice man! Now I know why you told me I should get a Triumph. Did you buy the one with the orange and green track plastics that was posted on here?