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I cant stand to think about not wearing gear and getting ground up on the pavement should something happen. Glad you are okay. I saw my brother get flipped on a 3 wheeler back in 1986 on a paved road and have skin shaved off this arms and legs...ouch!!! He picked gravel out for weeks to come. Risk vs reward!!! I have leather coat and pants and never ride w/o a lid.

could not edit my post....although I would not be able to come to Columbus to pick them up... Unless they could miraculously get to the will call booth?

Ha!!! Looking for tickets as well....

Go with the bigger one for household support. Do the calculator so see how much power you will need to run on each item connected. You probably will have to wire in a 220 plug into the panel box with some help from someone who is good at that. Depending on what items are running and how much power each item needs to run at the same time, you might have to ration which things are running at the same time. Manually switching breakers in the panel is easy to do during the outage. Shut the main breaker off while using it so you don't backfeed the neighborhood is a must unless you wire in a transfer switch. Exhaust fumes to the outside with good ventilation b/c of the carbon dioxide. I just bought an 8 KW this spring and haven't gotten it wired yet or set up to use just yet. Wanted the reassurance for the sump, freezer and fridge and the well pump if needed along with some lights, tv, etc. Can't count on Edison if a major outage occurs these days.

Put me in too...would love it!!!

Helmet, jacket, gloves, boots...minimum. Pants with either kevlar or in leather in addition to the other gear. It's your body's largest organ and road rash is a big deal.

Welcome from fellow NEO rider. Good decision to start with the MSF course and get endorsed. Sounds like you're on the right track just starting out.

Stamped concrete looks very nice. Resealing it is easy. What would it hurt to get some other quotes for the same work? I realize you are moving ahead with your plans already.

betcha no ones messes with that guy...

he needs to do some track days....LOL.

How do they remember the turns that quickly at those speeds? I would think they have to memorize the course to know where some of the turns are at how fast they can take some of them? That would be mentally exhausting.

Likewise...good rider and well taken care of bike. Been on a few rides with Brett. Hate to see him sell this.

Article dated 2007, what was the follow up with the case?

Where's Toto's little basket? That is crazy!

very cool...congrats!!!

and there's a lot of them...thanks everyone for all the great advice. Will have to try them.

Yikes!!! What kind of price is that for a magnet?

Thanks...didn't think about the kick stand idea...will have to try it. Tried positioning the tires over the cut lines with no luck.

Does anyone else have trouble opening an automatic gate with a pavement sensor when on a bike? It is sort of like the ones at traffic lights that work either on pressure in the pavement or interference sensor in the pavement. Where I work our personal vehicles sit in a fenced in area. No one messes with our vehicles and everything is on security cameras - that I don't mind. My bike is either not heavy enough or have enough metal to trip the sensor in the pavement to open the automatic gate when leaving. I have to follow another vehicle out of the gated area otherwise I cannot get out. Sometimes you leave at odd times and don't have a vehicle to follow out the gate. The entry gate is controlled by a key card issued to every employee. Getting in is easy, it's getting out!!! Any ideas, helpful hints? Don't know there is a good solution. One guy jokingly said to "put some more metal on that bike"...LOL! Too much plastic, I guess. The bike is a R6S.

Welcome to the party!!!

There were roofers there that day working on the roof. There were no criminal charges filed against anyone but it was determined to be an accident. State fire marshall is still investigating. That roofing company will probably go out of business for sure non the less. Witnesses said they were using some kind of open flame to melt the tar? If that is true, they should have been more careful. Most of the businesses were under-insured and won't be able to rebuild. Garrettsville will rally though to rebuild it no matter what.

I heard that ODOT will begin pretreating the roads this morning in advance of the weather coming to the northern part of the state....ugh!!! What do you expect from the month of March?

nice to see the bikes go back together and the riders go back on their bikes...

I don't know if this video link will work or not...reposted from a facebook page of the fire as it started. See how fast it gets going and consumes that 150 year old wood. I personally know the guy in the video with the red pickup truck. You will see him go to his truck wondering if he should move it. He had the tool store on the end down there and lost it all. Also, a high school friend, his dad took 268 pics of the firefighters battling the blaze. Captures it all. His dad was also one of our Science teachers at the school. https://www.facebook.com/richard.teresi/media_set?set=a.10201634695291058.1073741902.1289142610&type=1

This is my hometown...went to school in Garrettsville and now my kids do too. It's a great community. The Old Mill Restaurant is still there on the south side and is okay. The fire destroyed the north side of Main Street down on the east end. One whole block!!! I know one of the business owners there personally and he is devastated. Doesn't know what he will do at this time. Another business there, lawyer, is my parents lawyer, a descent one. I know of the building owner. Such a mess and tragedy down there. My Sister-in-Law owns a store on the south side which was okay. She had a front row seat. Hopefully, they rebuild it bigger and better than before. My heart goes out to the 13 businesses destroyed. No one hurt but a 2 firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.