Medina

LOTS of roads lots closer to Medina- not as fancy as trip5, but doable-scratch the jones till you get out for an all day run. granger out of town to cleve/mass road, left on yellow creek into the cuya valley park. right around town over towards weymouth bagdad/cook etc. congress/rice hill road (south west of town) go explore west salem and south, quite a few sections again, not the dragon, not the 555, but close and sooths the itch

Bike is quiet, up to around 50ish behind the screen I can hear myself think, unless vents are open in helmet, its dead quiet- ipod/radio combo for tunes, with dead mute on handle bar above grip In the past i put ear buds in, or modified headsets cut the foam glued the ear parts in..I feel safer with loud radio and instant mute. Not to mention if one of those buds gets off center, or tipped to the side makes me insane till its fixed. got pulled over 20 years ago in florida, with ear buds in a car, sort of stuck with me, cops got a job to do, and I prefer not to give them a reason

I make the Punxy run fairly often- shoot a PM if you're heading that way and I'll see if I can tweak my ride. Meet at 18 & 77, pairs makes the miserable slab run less so. Run (non toll) 18/76/80 to your exit. Or hook up for the return. Who knows, we might get lucky and overtake the "sons of anarchy/Ohio" group I've seen twice now on 76. I'm blessed with a full face helmet cause I literally laughed my ass off.

hey, this is an email from an ironpony employee, might help substantially more expensive, however, minus what your company is going to pay, could work? dunno, but here;

Do lots of research- I have a samsung something bluetooth mated to my phone, it was 20-25 bucks and I get complaints constantly. Mine had a 3.5 out of 5 star 'like' reviews...idiots must have been screaming at each other in a box to think this was an upgrade.

ouch, ouch, ouch. ouch How often you make that run?

please bump in august

Stuxnet and variants. dont need direct access. I read barry the chosen one will scold the chinese premier or someone later this week. prepare for reparations, apologies and promises never to do that again...

no offense meant, crotch rocketeers are no more all squids than all cruisers are sons of anarchtards.

Hmmm, I'd like a OR sticker to cover up my ADV one.

Wow. I was on that road, being held up by the flatbed. About 8 cars back. (our rental cabin is another 5-10 minutes travel westbound on that road) The bike didn't look that bad. I mean, it really looked like a walk away. I had no idea it was a fatal. Not going to tell my better half ether, she mentioned specifically that whole area looked like Gods Waiting room... I drove over the accident site half a dozen times last weekend, kept staring at the marks trying to guess what happened. No skid marks from the car, I'd guessed they hit the curve too hot, over corrected- front tire started to lay down rubber, pegs caught, went down, flipped, now into oncoming traffic, other peg stuck in, rear tire left more rubber. no skidding tank towards oncoming traffic. Fatal? dam, less than 30mph did he have a rider? we saw a pink sweater or hoodie tossed onto the bike on back of the flatbed. Very sad, many tore up families this week. THAT ^ we saw so many riders out there this weekend, cruisers harleys, all fancy looking leather jackets-all sons of anarchyied up, no helmets, making poorly executed stops, turns, going thru the gears like they just the bikes. Saw more harley looking bikes than plastic crotch rocket types. At least the squids were full atgatt, and neoned up properly.

.............sooooooooooo.............................. what route did you take?? I'm likely to make that run sunday night, or monday next, find something scenic, and fairly fast?

ah, classic harley bagger, they weight those side thingies down so they dont flap let me translate: he was trying to tell you that he had miscalculated the amount of ballast needed, and while grateful for your concerns and attempt at being helpful, he was aware of the slight lifting of his leather container device, and was going to remedy that upon successful return to his domicile.

I've owned pitbulls for the last 30 years, grew up with them, old-60 year old- photos have a pit here or there. I used to go to the pound and pick one that seemed like it had some common sense. Last two got directly from pit rescue type shelters. Now...its like I'm a drug dealer convict looking to get a fighter..wth...I can sort of sympathize with the restrictions, but common sense should tell those folks they are going to do ...possibly...more harm than good with the anal exam required. Next one will be a straight shelter. Be a champ and drop off an 80 pound bag of cheap dog food to a shelter anyhow. Your dog looks...........dam happy!

..or, do it yourself? its not impossible with the BULK* of cost on any paint job being prep (*taking it apart, sanding) spraying isn't that complex or expensive, then finish (*wetsanding buffing) If you're determined to drop it off, and pick it up shiny, then 800 would be fair, a grand or more (I'd want references) really wouldn't be out of line. Think about it...20 an hour for a skilled craftsman @ 20 hours is already 400 bucks-factor in electricity, paint, sand paper, wear on tools, insurance.. . I wouldn't trust anyone telling me they were going to take my bike apart, spray it, finish it, reassemble it for 300 bucks..oh hell no. I own a compressor, spot repair canister sprayer as well as air brushes. I've painted all kinds of things. -One time, a giant cardboard freezer box, two 100 watt light bulbs, a table fan I got for 5 bucks (cut a hole sort of jury rigged it to suck the spray OUT the back away from me) and did an ATV plastics I had. multiple coats, allow proper dry time, then wet sand with 1200 grit, and respray with multiple clear coat, then wet sand and buff...I've seen amazing pro looking jobs with spray cans- hillbilly that lived next to me in florida used to do all sorts of things- changed my way of thinking google has zillions of movies and tips to accomplish the task in less than a week for less than a 100 bucks.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/297726/3/Police-and-prosecutors-take-aim-at-exploding-targets

half of my 40's .9 car garage is dedicated to work equipment, belt sander, band saw, pantagraph- I did have a kz1100 and klr650, then got the wing, dumped the Kz, and had enough, sold the KLR. some day, LOL

thanks for the smiles, I miss mine. Need a bigger garage..fact..

ah, from 2008, I can tell you what its NOT doing 6 years later. (Weird, was googling something about obama and the IRS and my forum showed up in the search)

Trying to find 4 hours to travel, and two hours to shop (I'm 55 adult male with a life) is beyond a pain in the ass......however!!! the long term savings in finding things that FIT!!! is beyond worth it. i.e. I never would have purchased this or that via website, but wth..it was there..in the same section...takes a minute to try it on and learn vs. staring at a website wondering stuff not on the website (opened crap, discounted stuff, discontinued crap I really never needed..but..really..it was so inexpensive wtf) I had planned on going today, but got a heads up they're closed. Trying on things....sells.... the only I hate more than shopping is shipping something back!

Friday, seemingly, thick as fleas. Today mostly confined to superslabs