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As there are only 9 confirmed attending from the other website (Meet Ups > Columbus Motorcycle Riders > Fall Leaf Tour in Amish Country), they may or may not be riding in staggered formation. I'm still going. They are good people. .

Use this link to view schedules for any Riders Course currently posted. Select "CLICK HERE TO REGISTER" then select the course you wish to see the schedule for and click "Next". https://ext.dps.state.oh.us/MotorCycleOhio/Pages/Public/Announcements.aspx

Apparently, just because you can't get in the class you want at the beginning of the season when they first post MSF classes, it doesn't mean that they won't post more as the year goes on. Here are some coming up very quickly. I understand that these advanced classes were not posted at the beginning of the season, so you have to keep your eye on the Motorcycle Ohio website. There appear to be plenty of Beginning Rider Courses available, too. http://www.motorcycle.ohio.gov/advanced_rider.stm Butler Technology & Career Development Schools (S) 5140 Princeton Glendale Rd Room 200 Hamilton OH, 45011 11 Seat(s) ARC $50 9/29/2013 - 9/29/2013 Sunday(9/29) 07:45 AM - 05:00 PM; Ohio Department of Public Safety (B) 1970 West Broad St. Columbus OH, 43223 3 Seat(s) ARC $50 10/12/2013 - 10/12/2013 Saturday(10/12) 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM; 7 Seat(s) (Register) ARC $50 10/13/2013 - 10/13/2013 Sunday(10/13) 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM;

Just a little note about tires that seem to be a bargain, since we are on the subject. Tires range in compound from super-sticky "qualifying" race tires to rock-like touring tires that provide extra-long life. What is not obvious, however, is that the compound and compliance of a tire changes with time. As tires are heated and cooled from riding and parking, they become harder. Racers refer to this process as a "heat cycle," and it is especially pronounced with soft racing tires. Tires also become harder by just sitting in a warehouse or garage. This is something to keep in mind when those cheap, closeout tires in the magazine ads tempt you. Those tires may be fine, but then again they may have sat in a warehouse for so long that they've practically turned to stone. Total Control, High Performance Street Riding Techniques - Lee Parks Chapter 1, Traction, Tires .

For me, speed is addicting. There faster I go, the faster I want to go. I work up to a faster speed, and sooner or later it becomes more normal of a speed. Then the craving for another 5 MPH takes over. Don't think for a moment that my little GS 500 won't go 100, not that I'm going to admit having it at that speed.

It looks like I got that weekend off. Weather permitting (30% chance or less) I should be there.

Lee Parks' book, "Total Control", addresses this. I don't think it's the pegs according to the reading I have done.

Ultra Trek Air Mesh Kevlar Suit $ 1,199.00 Ouch! .

I saw the date and thought this was going to be a Midget Todd production. I played this and now all the dogs in the neighborhood are howling from the pain in their ears.

TEST3 This is my solution to your problem (see the BROWN text below). I added a location AFTER your intended destination. I looped it back to a previous point before your destination. The MAP completed itself when I did this. Without a fake ending point placed after your intended destination, I cannot get the map to complete, regardless of the directions being complete, on the left side of the screen (as illustrated see below). This is also why the directions say: Driving directions to Apple Creek, OH https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=OH-11+N&daddr=Greenbower+St+NE+to:40.817764,-81.3965023+to:Canton,+OH+to:OH-241+S%2FMillersburg+Rd+SW+to:40.7407122,-81.8240341+to:Christmas+Run+Park,+Wooster,+OH+to:Apple+Creek,+OH&hl=en&sll=40.836027,-81.322243&sspn=1.65197,2.469177&geocode=FQRAbQIdmK4w-w%3BFaVIcQIdB48p-w%3BFWTUbgId6vwl-ynJmHjJktA2iDEveFsS-g9Z3A%3BFeOKbgIdcUMm-ympgJnST8g2iDFLb_qfpJvMEg%3BFYLXbQId6K4i-w%3BFWinbQId3nYf-ynBQXcDKD83iDFubQqOalAz_g%3BFc6pbgIdMJUd-yGFUIiVlnvScilV6SmbcEY3iDGFUIiVlnvScg%3BFWvSbQIdODsf-ynpMU6CMj83iDFS86V875WqnQ&oq=Apple&t=h&mra=ls&via=2,5&z=9 Driving directions to Apple Creek, OH Via I-77 S, US-250 W/Dover Rd - remove all Green letters added because they would not copy and paste. (A) OH-11 N 1. Head northwest on OH-11 N 4.0 mi 2. Take the OH-154 exit toward US-30/Lisbon 0.3 mi 3. Turn right onto OH-154 W 2.4 mi 4. Turn right onto OH-45 N/N Market St Continue to follow OH-45 N 8.5 mi 5. Turn left onto OH-45 N/E Pidgeon Rd Continue to follow OH-45 N 3.5 mi 6. Turn left onto OH-14 W/Benton Rd/Cleveland East Liverpool Rd 5.9 mi 7. Slight left onto Co Rd 28/W Middletown Rd 6.2 mi 8. Continue onto Greenbower St NE 4.2 mi 35.0 mi – about 58 mins (B) Greenbower St NE 9. Head south on Lair Rd NE toward McCallum Ave NE 1.0 mi 10. Take the 1st left onto McCallum Ave NE 4.5 mi 11. Turn left onto OH-173 E/State St NE 0.2 mi 12. Turn right to merge onto US-62 W/Atlantic Blvd NE toward Canton Continue to follow US-62 W 13.1 mi 13. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-77 S/US-62 W and merge onto I-77 S/US-62 W 2.1 mi 14. Take exit 105 for OH-172/Tuscarawas St toward Downtown 0.2 mi 15. Turn left onto Tuscarawas St W 1.0 mi 16. Turn right onto Mckinley Ave SW 89 ft 22.1 mi – about 33 mins © Canton, OH 17. Head south on Mckinley Ave SW toward 2nd St SW 0.7 mi 18. Turn right onto Navarre Rd SW 0.9 mi 19. Turn left onto Harrison Ave SW 240 ft 20. Turn right to merge onto U.S. 30 W/US-62 W toward Massillon Continue to follow U.S. 30 W 9.9 mi 21. Take the OH-241 exit toward OH-93/Brewster/Mt Eaton 0.3 mi 22. Turn left onto OH-241 S/Millersburg Rd SW 2.0 mi 13.8 mi – about 19 mins (D) OH-241 S/Millersburg Rd SW 23. Head southwest on OH-241 S/Millersburg Rd SW toward Sarbaugh St SW Continue to follow OH-241 S 6.5 mi 24. Turn left onto Canton St 226 ft 25. Take the 1st right onto US-250 W/Dover Rd/E Main St Continue to follow US-250 W 12.5 mi 26. Turn right onto Hwy 83 N/OH-83 N/Rte 83 N/State 83 N/State Hwy 83 N/State Route 83 N/US-250 W Continue to follow Hwy 83 N/OH-83 N/Rte 83 N/State 83 N/State Hwy 83 N/State Route 83 N 2.8 mi 27. Take the OH-585/Akron Rd exit toward Bowman St 0.3 mi 28. Turn right onto OH-585 S/Akron Rd Continue to follow Akron Rd 0.5 mi 29. Continue onto E Bowman St 1.5 mi 30. Turn right onto Woodland Ave 0.1 mi 31. Turn right onto Blessing Ave Destination will be on the left 0.2 mi 24.5 mi – about 36 mins (E) Christmas Run Park 538 N Market St Wooster, OH 44691 32. Head south on Blessing Ave toward Woodland Ave 0.2 mi 33. Turn left onto Woodland Ave 0.1 mi 34. Take the 1st left onto W Bowman St 1.5 mi 35. Continue onto Akron Rd 0.3 mi 36. Turn left onto the ramp to US-30 0.3 mi 37. Merge onto Hwy 83 S/OH-83 S/Rte 83 S/State 83 S/State Hwy 83 S/State Route 83 S 2.6 mi 38. Take the ramp to OH-83 N/Rte 83 N/State 83 N/State Route 83 N/US-250 E/Dover Rd 0.2 mi 39. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for US-250 E/New Philadelphia and merge onto OH-83 N/Rte 83 N/State 83 N/State Route 83 N/US-250 E/Dover Rd Continue to follow US-250 E 4.4 mi 40. Turn right onto Richenbaugh Ave 52 ft 9.6 mi – about 16 mins Apple Creek, OH Even with a specific location, "Christmas Run Park", the map still did not complete. .

TEST2 https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=OH-11+N&daddr=Greenbower+St+NE+to:40.817764,-81.3965023+to:Canton,+OH+to:OH-241+S%2FMillersburg+Rd+SW+to:40.6984418,-81.7139702+to:Wooster,+OH&hl=en&ll=40.783271,-81.88282&spn=0.103334,0.154324&sll=40.745436,-81.785316&sspn=0.206785,0.308647&geocode=FQRAbQIdmK4w-w%3BFaVIcQIdB48p-w%3BFWTUbgId6vwl-ynJmHjJktA2iDEveFsS-g9Z3A%3BFeOKbgIdcUMm-ympgJnST8g2iDFLb_qfpJvMEg%3BFYLXbQId6K4i-w%3BFUkCbQIdziQh-ylBg2SVIT03iDGJXJm1T9zZKg%3BFcCibgId2cQd-ynjA1sXFUY3iDHcipdPgKQ_bg&oq=Wooster&t=h&mra=dvme&mrsp=5&sz=12&via=2,5&z=13

TEST http://goo.gl/maps/eIntI This worked with posting the short URL. But, it didn't embed the map. The link displays the correct map. .

A block watch was started this summer on my street. Our fourth meeting is coming up at the end of the month. I've heard stories of things going on that I wasn't aware of, right here, under my nose. It's good to get your neighbors together regularly to share things going on in your neighborhood and neighborhoods close by, so that you can guard against bad things before they strike. The police can keep blockwatch groups informed of crime trends in other areas of the city so that you can stay one step ahead of the criminals. .

It was Friday, 2:00 in the afternoon. My sister-in-law had just finished mowing her lawn. She parked the mower just outside the open garage door, then went and sat on the step to have a smoke. A car pulled up and parked in front of her neighbor's house. A guy got out, walked up the side yard, and slipped into her garage, between her car and the wall. He was looking for something to steal when she yelled, what the hell do you want? He jumped and took off. It scared the shit out of her. Keep those garage doors closed and locked, all the time. Ya hear me? .

I would suggest that people refuse to do business within a half mile of any type of traffic camera. Get the merchants screaming that their businesses are suffering and that might help to get rid of the cameras. I would not shop in Heath when they had the cameras. I also refused to drive thru there if I didn't have to. .

I put in for that weekend off, today. There is a ride the day before that, that I'm hoping to go on, also. .

The economy sucks!! Today I received a pre-declined credit card in the mail. I've noticed CEO's are now playing 'miniature' golf. Exxon-Mobil had to lay off 25 Congressmen. Angelina Jolie is now adopting children from America. Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore. A picture is now only worth about 200 words. They renamed Wall Street "Wal-Mart Street." And as if it couldn't get any worse, in desperation I called the Suicide Hotline, which transferred my call to the center in Pakistan and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck. I'm going back to bed... -- Stolen from somewhere on Facebook. .

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The white line down the right side of the road. .

I feel so much better, now that I looked it up. Brinelling is a material surface failure caused by Hertz contact stress that exceeds the material limit. This failure is caused by just one application of a load great enough to exceed the material limit. The result is a permanent dent or "brinell" mark. It is a common cause of roller bearing failures, and loss of preload in bolted joints when a hardened washer is not used. False brinelling is damage caused by fretting, with or without corrosion, that causes imprints that look similar to brinelling, but are caused by a different mechanism. Brinell damage is characterized by permanent material deformation (without loss of material) and occurs during one load event, whereas false brinelling is characterized by material wear or removal and occurs over an extended time from vibration and light loads. The basic cause of false brinelling is that the design of the bearing does not have a method for redistribution of lubricant without large rotational movement of all bearing surfaces in the raceway. Lubricant is pushed out of a loaded region during small oscillatory movements and vibration where the bearings surfaces repeatedly do not move very far. Without lubricant, wear is increased when the small oscillatory movements occur again. It is possible for the resulting wear debris to oxidize and form an abrasive compound which further accelerates wear.

I'll be trying to get off work for this. I think it's actually 3 South Market Street, in Danville. But it's too close to matter. The current Google Map street view shows it to be a BP Gas Station. If anyone wants to ride with me from Newark to Danville and/or back, you are welcome. Google Maps says, from Newark: 8 miles up SR 13 N to St Louisville Turn right onto Dog Hollow Rd (Co Rd 206 into Co Rd 165) for 2.6 mi. Continue straight onto Martinsburg Rd (Co Rd 165 into Co Rd 204) for 3.5 mi. Continue onto St Louisville Rd (Co Rd 31) for 2.4 mi. Go thru Martinsburg [s Market St (Co Rd 31 / SR 586 N ) / N Market St (Co Rd 31 / SR 586 N / US 62 E) Continue to follow US-62 E (Millersburg Rd) for 13.6 mi. Destination will be on the left.30 miles from Newark to Danville, for 45 minutes. I would like to be gassed up and leaving Newark by 10:00 AM. Departure point to be determined. PM me if interested. .

Lots of things can happen, in the blink of an eye. I think we need training to have instant reflexes. It would save us from many bad things. How about someone set up a course and teach us how to react properly to sudden dangers? I'm glad you and the bike came out safe. .

I went to Pokey's event last night. Met a lot of good people and saw a lot of nice bikes belonging to some very serious motorcyclists. I would have been there for breakfast and the rides this morning except for the 50% chance of rain. I hope the guys in the tents didn't have a wet night. The barn is awesome! Had a great time. Might make it for the BBQ tonight. Was good to finally meet Ben. .

Here I am, cruising up a country two-lane, behind a box truck. No worries. We approach a nice wide intersection. There's a right turn lane, two lanes proceding forward, and a left turn lane. Oncoming, there are two lanes blending into one. So, this truck stays to the center line and stops in the left turn lane, with his right turn signal on. WTF? There is a driveway on the left, so finally I figured he is actually making a left. Cautiously, I ease around him on the right, hoping he is not actually going to move into my lane while I accelerate around him. I'm wishing to make a left, up ahead, so that was my desired lane to be in. He continues to sit there while oncoming traffic clears, so that he can make his turn. After I pass, and move back into the left turn lane, I look in the mirror to discover his front left turn signal is flashing. A left front signal flashing and a rear right signal flashing? WTF? You got to be careful out there. That's mine. Got one of your own to share? .

There is no nicer Dodge truck than this one, listed on Auto Trader, within 25 miles of Dublin, . .