blue-yamaR6s

Hilarious!!!

Same, very comfortable boot that you can wear for a while. Check out some of the newer riding style boots recently that are more relaxed style either on revzilla or sport bike track gear for video reviews to start with. Not sure some will provide as much protection as the full boot will.

Speedy recovery man. I hope the lawsuit helps cover the medical bills. Probably won't still be enough? It's the other drivers I always worry about....sucks!!!

Ran across this and thought it was worth posting. Obviously, this is not America.

Welcome to OR. Nice choice in bike. Got to demo ride one a few weeks ago. Was pleasantly surprised. Lots of Columbus riders around you. Unfortunately, not me.

I passed one on the turnpike by SR 8 and he was out of the car running radar but I was just getting up to speed entering from the ramp. Saw another one but they had someone already pulled over. They are out big time this weekend. Be careful out there.

sorry, I wished I would have seen this earlier...ugh! Got out this morning/afternoon for a bit.

What a beauty!!! Congrats Rob.

well that didn't last long....

SV?

Nice bike!!! Congrats. Practically new!!! Ride safely.

I have trouble sleeping being excited too. I also have trouble having any appetite as well. I am the same way traveling anywhere. I just don't like to eat much while on the road.

I try to ride out of their blind spots and get around them asap. Even big SUV's have blind spots and with even more distractions, it's something I don't mess around with.

I think they said they were headed directly to Cinncinati after the State 8 event.

My wrist was numb after the slab home. Thanks Derek for leading even though i fell behind a bit.

Had a blast. Agreed, its better to bring the bike back in one piece than push too far. Good riders and nice run.

Home now...hardest run i have done in a while. Thanks for towing me around guys. I need to work on my corning a bit more. That is the first time i was even on those roads so i tend to take it easy. Nice meeting Jason and Jim too.

I stayed on 93 thru Canal Fulton. Nice ride, guys.

Dont worry Rob. I think i missed u guys on 21 N. No worries.

I am in now, too. See you guys there.

Would like to but my wife is working tomorrow and kid duty awaits. I would be game for the 22nd if you didn't back out completely?

Got to ride the FJ09 first. Coming from a sport bike like an R6 it was way different of a bike. I personally didn't like it b/c it was too soft, too upright of a seating position and I felt like I couldn't connect with it for some reason. It has some other modes for settings on the electronics too. The next ride was the R3. I was surprised at how upright it sits. It was a little gutless in the low-end throttle until you got up in the power band around 4K. After all, it's just a 300. Coming from an in-line 4 motor, it wouldn't be a bike for me. Too used to the smoothness of the R6. The last ride was the FZ09. It was awesome and I liked it the best of the ones I rode. It is built on the same chasis and has the same motor as the FJ09 but different seat and plastics and it's geared a bit differently. It sits more upright but keeps you wrapped into the bike tank with the seating position so you feel a part of it. It was pleasantly surprising and the price at State 8 was not bad for a new bike. The sales team were all raving about it. One noticeable thing about all the bikes seemed to be the snappy throttles. That bugged me a bit. Don't know if that's a simple adjustment or not or if that's just the way they all are. That's all I had time for but they really want you to ride only 2 demos to give others a chance to ride. If they are not too busy they will let you ride more. Some people rode 4 rides. If you get a chance to talk to the truck driver he was a wealth of knowledge and fun to talk to. He's been lots of places recently with the demo and just from Sturgis, SD doing demos for a whole week there. If you get the chance to go it was worth it having never done it before. Nice seeing NinjaDoc and Alzheimer there too!!! Sorry I didn't stick around to see you come back on the last ride.

Stopping there this afternoon.

Ryan, did u break the collarbone and need surgery? Heal up fast regardless.

The loss of a friend is hard. My condolences and RIP.