Triumph

Would have loved to have come but it was our anniversary last night.

I have never used water or soap on my bike in 4 years.  The only time I have actually washed a bike is if its an old one that's getting a restoration and its piled with grease and grime.  If your bike is muddy dirty then wash it with soap and water and dry.  After that, use Turtle Wax ICE detailer to maintain it, even after riding in the rain.  I wipe my bike down once a ride.  Spritz on, wipe off and buff lightly with a microfiber towel.  I hit my rims maybe every 3 rides or so.  My bike is literally immaculate to the point of people constantly asking my how I keep it so darn clean.  Frankly, its easy once you are on top of it.  The stuff works on every part of your bike, will remove bugs, polishes your paint, works on the black plastics and cleans your windscreen.  For the chain area, Simple Green spritzed on a microfiber towel and then used to wipe it down, works best.  You need nothing else.  If you want to keep your seat and black plastics in order, use Mothers Back To Black only as needed to darken them back up.  Otherwise just maintain regularly with the detailer spray.  I've tried every brand of detailer out there and the Turtle Wax ICE is best.  Once a season I buff the bike out with Mothers deep cleaner wax (if needed) or just use the ICE wax.  The ICE leaves no messy white residue and can be used on the black plastics as well.

Yes, this event will continue in 2015 and for as long as people in this area love riding.  If you look up Apex Addicts on FaceBook and request to join, you will be able to keep up with this event and others happening in this immediate area.  There are a number of Ohio Riders aboard and we love this group of fine folks here.  Let me know by PM if you have any questions and you can email me directly at Oblvious936@gmail.com.

Ryan

TROY BIKE NIGHT IS OFFICIALLY DONE FOR THIS SEASON.

If anyone wants to stay in contact for further events yet this season and over the winter months, please join the Apex Addicts FB page for more information.

THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL BIKE NIGHT TONIGHT AT THE TROY FRICKERS.

The Apex Addicts cookout was at our place last week and it was a huge success.  Well over 40 people attended.  Bike Night will be back on at Frickers this coming Sunday at 7pm.  No organized group ride will be held prior to meeting at Frickers.

Glad to have met another of you this afternoon/evening.  Ireland (Don't recall your screen name) we all enjoyed having you aboard.  I hope that you are able to come back and ride with us on a longer ride.  We will be riding a full route next week.  We just ran out of time.  Look us up on FB at Apex Addicts to keep up with the group and there are a few photos on there from today already.  I know that Nathan will be posting up more once he gets the GoPro footage edited.

That's good Paul.  My worries are either getting taken out by someone else or running over someone's head.  I don't need either.  I will see what I can do about work and mull it over.  What group would you be riding in?

Bike Night is on for this coming Sunday at 7pm until whenever at the Troy Frickers.

I will be leading another group ride about meeting at 4:30 sharp and leaving at 5pm from 302 S. Main Street (St Rt 48) in Pleasant Hill.  It will be toned down again and mildly over the speed limit at times in straights.  We just have some riders that are newer and really need to focus on their technique.  Because of that, I will be giving a brief 20-30 minute instruction lesson before heading out.  All are expected to work on the topic discussed the entire ride and no shenanigans will be tolerated.  No fast riding is allowed this time out and plenty of room will be had between the rider in front of you and the rider in back of you.  This is going to be a ride to help newer and experienced riders alike.  It will be follow the leader style and all participants are expected to follow suit.  We will be stopping in a parking lot and working on some technique if time allows.  I also intend on stopping in a very safe area and having riders go through the turns while I watch and listen from the side of the road.  Throttle control and quick steering will be the primary focus.

If anyone wants to ride quickly, please seek other riders to hook up with before Bike Night.  This ride needs to be focused and suited to those riders that need the instruction, encouragement and leadership.  After all, that is one of our goals. 

Depends if I can get off of work or not.  Probably fast or medium-fast depending on how I feel like riding that day.  Just leery of large group rides these days.  I've been witness to 3 crashes this year and I have had my fill.

I hope so, Snot. We've missed having you guys back. The group has grown dramatically. We are now at 70 strong and growing. Yesterday's group ride consisted of about 20 bikes. We realize that next season we are going to have to break them up into smaller groups based on ability. However, we are going to start training sessions to help those riders who would like to participate, mature in safety, abilility and confidence. That will begin next week, continue the remainder of this season and pick back up in the spring.

There will be a small group ride today, meeting at 5pm. The pace will be much slower than past rides. A crisp clean pace is all that is to be expected so that everyone is able to participate. Even still, anyone that does not stay with the herd should ride within their comfort level and NO ONE is expected to try and keep up. You will be waited on at the stop signs, without complaint. I will be riding 2-up today so there will be zero shenanigans taking place. Mildly brisk is the goal.

We will be meeting at 5pm at 302 S Main Street (St Rt 48) in Pleasant Hill. Plan to be rolling by 5:15pm for about 1.5 hours around the Miami county area. Curvy roads are the destination and we will end the ride at Frickers in Troy for Bike Night. If you don't know us, come introduce yourself. You will be happy to find some of the friendliest folks you've ever met. Everyone thinks it's going to be weird and uncomfortable meeting a new group of people but they realize that they feel like they've known us forever within 5 minutes. Good folks, a really nice ride and a really good time culminating with some Frickers to fill your belly. Come on out and meet us!

Bike night will be held this week, as usual, at the Troy Frickers beginning at 7pm on Sunday.  I will update regarding a group ride.

Ryan

If anyone is planning on going over past Columbus with us to ride Route 78 and 685, please be at the Meijer parking lot in Troy NO LATER than 10:00am.  We will be rolling out by 10:15.  The skill levels will run the gambit, so don't be afraid to come as you are.  We do, however, strongly encourage gearing up.  These roads are some of the most technical roads in Ohio.  You don't need to respond to this message, just show up, introduce yourself and we will ensure that you get there and back.  We will be rolling back into Troy about 7:30.  Its looking like at least 20 people will be on the ride.

BIKE NIGHT IS STILL ON.

Ryan

NDspd....glad to see you come back and definitely glad to see the Triumph up and running.  What a great looking bike that is.

Matt....Yes, we typically hold a group ride before Bike Night for those that are interested.  Last week there were about 10 bikes involved.  (BTW, I live in Pleasant Hill and so does Anden)

This Sunday we are planning a group ride over to Route 78 outside of the Columbus area and joining our brothers in group GRC for the day.  There will likely not be a formalized Apex Addicts group ride in this area (due to Nate and I being in Columbus) but you and everyone else are welcome to roll with us over there.  We will be leaving from the Troy Meijer parking lot about 10-10:30am Sunday morning and returning that evening about 7-7:30, just in time for Bike Night.  It should be an epic day on an epic road.  Come prepared to ride your ass off.  Everyone rides their own pace and no one gets left behind.  If you drift behind, no problem.  We will set it up for different paces and wait points will be had. 

I usually head the group rides here and I am planning on going on the Columbus trip headed by our lead administrator.  However, the following week we will be riding here.  They typically start about 3-4 pm and leave from my house in Pleasant Hill, just outside of Troy.

For faster information regarding group rides or just general info, please email me at Oblivious936@gmail.com  Please include "Bike Night" in your subject line or your email may get missed.

Peace, love and chain grease,

Ryan 

I agree with the video being too much but a shorter snipped could be used as a grabber intro into a much longer video containing what everyone has listed above.  The scheme shown is a bit loud but cool nonetheless.  Now doing the same process in popular race schemes would be something of great interest to me.

That they are.  If your bike is down and out for the time being, you are still welcome to drive over and hang out.  We get it. 

TROY BIKE NIGHT IS AT FRICKERS BEGINNING AT EITHER 6 OR 7 DEPENDING ON THE WEEKEND

Sorry all, I have been lax on updating this thread the last few weeks and for some reason I am not getting notifications through email.  I have been out of town due to a long and much needed vacation that included several weekends at the Dragon and many other TN / NC roads.  MotoGP also found more than half of our regular attendees heading to Indy for the event.

There is a much better way to communicate immediately with the group and its through Facebook.  We have a closed group page there and we are called Apex Addicts.  If you want to join the group for regular communication please attend a Bike Night first before requesting admission.  We are selective in admission due to keeping out trouble makers on either side of the fence.  I will just leave it at that.

However, Bike Night will definitely be held this Sunday at Frickers (weather permitting) and we congregate on the patio.  I am sorry that a few of you didn't see the change of location listed above and went to BW3's.  We left there about a month or so ago due to bad service and a host of other issues definitely NOT created by our group.  Their loss, enough said.

We will also begin workshops within the next few weeks that will be focused on performance techniques, for those that are interested.  We will be covering cornering technique and all that is implied:  throttle control, two-step technique / lines / apex, pivot steering, body position, trail braking etc.  There are a few in the group that are also extremely proficient in wheelies and some stunting.  One, for certain, will get you started and can help you get to the level of 1 mile (or as long as you like) wheelies.  This is not a school but our goal is to put very experienced riders, with proven skill sets, together with folks who desire to improve their own skills.  You will not get bad advice.  You will get proven technique according to machine design needs.

If you are interested in people who love riding, motorcycles and have a desire to ever increase skills, then come on out.  I will say that we have an extremely diverse and friendly bunch of folks that attend.  I will be there this Sunday although I will not be participating in any group rides before meeting at Frickers.  I will be flying back from Miami Beach and will PROBABLY not have time to join up with anyone beforehand.  Come on out, grab a bite and meet us.  We all look forward to meeting new folks!

PS - If you have any questions you can send me a direct email at Oblivious936@gmail.com  Please include "Bike Night" in the subject or I may delete the message assuming it is spam.  Thanks!

Blues, I don't care what that guy thinks...lol.  He probably ate it up.

Rolln, I don't think anyone can be as cool as him doing the head bob.  You might want to practice just the bob before you cross your arm to the opposite bar and do it.  Small steps you know.

I certainly did

Maybe put an add in the Troy paper letting him know where the new spot is otherwise a new bruised-fruit-biker-botard will need to be hired for our entertainment value.

We missed this past Sunday because we were getting our bikes ready for MidO Friday, and we'll miss this Sunday because we're staying for the races all weekend. May catch up with you folks at Frickers in the next few weeks

Caryn and I talked about riding up there on Sunday morning but nothing definite.  So busy and I cant take off any time right now from work so Saturday is out of the question.  We are leaving for the Dragon and all other twisties in early August.  Hope to see you guys soon though. 

As for Harley Dude, I need to get a good video of him on a nice cam.  That's YouTube material for sure.

Wife n I dont do facebook. Do they have a forum?

No, we just set up a FB page so that everyone could more easily stay in touch.  I used to have some skills making websites so I guess its a possibility but I don't see it happening anytime really soon.  I just don't have the time to invest in it with my work schedule.  You could always set up a private account on FB and just link into the page that way.  We post general bike stuff, post updates about how we are progressing, post group rides and talk smack to each other.  Good times...lol.

Are you on our Apex Addicts FB page yet, Rollin?  That goes for Snot and Hellmutt too.  Friend request me on FB and I will add you to it.  Its a closed group.  If you can't remember my last name, just PM me.

That figures I left too early to enjoy drunken douchebag manager night. Damn my luck, as far as threatened physical violence goes. I just love a guy that can describe a good ass kickin. Did crazy Harley dude follow you to the new spot.

You know, I didn't see him there at Frickers.  He must not roll over there, surprisingly.  It would be a shame not to be able to watch his shenanigans any longer...lol.  That dude is something else.  Definitely one call away from the looney bin.

It won't let me edit the above post.  I wanted to add that we will likely start the group rides at either 4 or 5pm.  I will try to post as early as possible exactly what time we will be meeting.