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Last weekend I went on a trip to the tail of the dragon, and realizing I've never set sag or adjusted anything on my suspension, I decided to give it a go. The rebound adjusters(the ones on the top of the preload adjusters) are pretty well and frozen. I can get maybe 3/4 of a turn out of them. What is going on here, where should i look to figure this one out? For what it's worth, the forks are non inverted style.

the first one looks the best, but see what else you could put in the dogs mouth. i had a hard time seeing what it is.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16832379 Rise of the Planet of the Apes, anyone?

I wave whenever i see a biker....whats wrong with that?

get on and go?

I looked at that while eating ravioli....Now i'm off to go look up cannibalism, because I SWEAR my ravioli tasted better afterwards.

I'm riding tomorrrow! For how long, i'm not sure.....I don't do well in cold.

I tried on an Icon Airframe Carbon, and its noticably lighter than my rf-1100 and equally as comfortable.

QFT! I wear the jungle boots. I have sweaty feet, and the RAT boots i have are the old style with absolutely no ventilation. im looking for a pair of navy steel toe altamas or belleville's.

I am totally down for this! I was planning on doing a track day this year anyway, but i was a little intimidated by the fact that i'd have no clue how it works. being with a group of people with the same mindset sounds great!

Here's his bike, he took this shot aswell:

03 Kawasaki Z1000, my buddies bike.

Yeah, he used a song from Andrew W.K.....copyright rights and stuff, I believe. BGV, Thanks, I'll let him know you said that.

Thats.....disgusting. Personally, I think what a man does AFTER work, is his own business, so long as it doesn't affect their work, I wouldn't care. but on LUNCH!?! Also, that isnt their work clothes, I hope.

I thought you guys might like this. My friend peter and I went down to the tail of the dragon last summer, with a GoPro and took a ton of video. My buddy is in to video editing, and this was the end result. My friend, Pete, is on the orange Z1000. That was him that crashed. he was perfectly fine. bent the handlebars, and broke the tail plastics basically. 4 hours and epoxy and new protaper bars later, we were at it again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV7sz5SUInQ

...no complaints there.

An F4i would make a fine track bike, ESPECIALLY if you pick it up for $1700. The fork springs are light, I put Race Tech springs in mine, and have the stock rear spring. they offer springs and valve kits. to upgrade the stock forks to an acceptable level would cost around $250-300. The cool thing about Honda, though, you can put a different front end on it from newer bikes. say, a cbr1000. Also, a cbr1000 master cylinder would be a good idea as well. Depending on your height, the clip-ons might hinder you, and if so, theres a write up on how to convert it to below the triple clamp. It requires cutting somewhere, though. If you do that, you'll probably want to relocate the rearsets as well. You wouldn't have to spend TOO much money on making an F4i a good track bike, IMHO. Plus, F4i's are really tough. There's a reason many stunters prefer this bike. The engine(my 03 has 40,000 miles, and i've seen videos of a 200,000 mile F4i with only regular maintenence done), frame, subframe. I've heard of the swingarms splitting at the welds, but if you add some washers in between the wheel and swingarm on the axle, you'll be good from what i hear. The swingarm...arms...get pinched too much, putting too much stress on the welds, so you take up the slack with the washers. For a minimal investment, I'm positive it will meet, or exceed your needs. ESPECIALLY total cost.

Thats nice and clean! Good taste!

Does anybody even go 65 because it says go 65? Its always seemed to me that it was an unwritten rule that 70 is the new 65, so 75 is 'only' 5 over.

Lol, Well sir, You'd be right! I used to live in Hawaii. I bought it there, came with me when I moved.

Hey all, new member from Lima, looking forward to meeting likeminded avid motorcyclists. I ride a 03 CBR600F4i, the one in my sig. Yes, thats my actual bike, and yes, thats Waikiki. that was taken on a road called tantalus/round top drive, depending on where on the road you are. I've been riding for a little over a year now, but since I used to live in Hawaii, I've managed to get around 5,000 miles of experience. I even managed to make it down to the Tail of the Dragon this summer! My bike is my first bike, and it is also the first motorcycle I've ever thrown my leg over. It was love at first ride. I've had the wonderful oppurtunity to ride with great, seasoned riders, and I've learned so much from them, and I look forward to learning from more like them, and teaching what I can along the way. So if there are any rriders near me, I look forward to riding with you this summer!