JackFlash

I think it's time we installed brick launchers on our bikes.

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Even the deer are out to get us.

Well congrats on that but I think this is the headline most parents would be scared to read if they didn't know it was for motorcycles.

You mean this one?   >>   My Niece Made The Cover Of Ridin On Magazine

And in trying to figure out if that is what you meant, a thought occurred to me.

"Bike Knights"  might be a cool name for a motorcycle club. 

Where's Big Ern?   

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...we need no more laws telling us otherwise.

People making bad choices is job security for many folks out there working...

Not asking for laws.  Way too many of them now.

Asking for not making an image appear as though

nothing needs to be considered when going for a ride.

Good for the girl to be on the cover, but "Bike Nights

Are Back" would project a more responsible image, with

 groups of riders with gear, in the photo, being served

at tables, without bikes in the photo.

It's the message that a photo like this sends that is

deceptive.

Oh wait, she's wearing boots.  Okay, she's good to go.

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If the girls all get prettier at closing time,

why don't you wait until a half hour before

last call to go in and pick one out?

They are stoned and you are not.  And you

can save all that money you would have spent

on drinking the night away?  

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Oh, nice work son!  You done good.  I want one.

Everybody wants some.  I want some, too.....

http://youtu.be/SxVjPvUofMw

I drive 30 more miles than you do in the same amount of time

I have a few traffic obstacles at both ends of my trip.

Plus, I can't go 75 - 93 MPH with the fuzz lurking about.

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"Beer is good for you.....it's liquid bread....."

http://youtu.be/ATBl4qH9I54

If you are ready to upgrade to the VFR 1200,

ASK on the east side of Columbus had a used

one the other day.

I like them, but with my short arms and it's height,

it just doesn't fit me right.  I wish the V-4 came in

my size.

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She be sayin', "You talkin' to me?  YOU TALKIN' TO ME???"

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Personally I think its a pain in the ass...

I wouldn't do it.

The wear and tear on your vehicle will be a lot,

and you'll be shocked how quickly miles rack up on it.

Gas prices aren't cheap right now...

...consider your time, gas, and vehicle maintenance...

I used to do 110 mile roundtrip... I did it 5+ years.

I wouldn't do it again.

Averaged 40k miles on my car per year.

A new car would have 120k miles in 3 years.

Those days were 4 hour commuting days. 4 hours!

Snow days or rainy days or cnstruction added a mystery on ETA.

My wife couldn't count on me to be home on time.

...avg mpg of 30, at $4.00; you will spend $3000 more per year in gas.

You will need new tires on your car Evey 2 years.

Even riding motorcycle was a chore. Had to look at weather for two different cities and study radar maps.

...I would not do it again.

Time is money and you will be wasting a ton of it in the car.

Not to mention wear and tear + gas.

I've done a long commute...it was exciting at first

then fun

then...ok...

then a hassle

then a tedious mind numbing thing to be endured

-add storms both summer and winter, accidents two hours a day, sitting in a whatever?

ten hours a week?

40 hours a month?

And for all of those reasons, plus more.....NO!

Move closer.  I drive 40 - 50 minutes, 32 miles one way.

I wouldn't want to drive any farther.  64 miles a day is far

enough for a job, and an hour and a half a day driving to

and from work is plenty.  It's worse if you have to make a

stop or two on the way home when you're tired.  Plus, the

longer you take to get on the road, the thicker traffic gets

and adds time and stress to your trip.  You don't need

that when you have to walk into the house and have the

ol' lady start harping about the stopped up toilet, or her

car acting up.

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I just flash my brake light manually when I see a car approaching from the rear. Pretty easy.

I've done that too.  A higher intensity bulb

may be a good idea too.

I don't care for the image that magazine cover presents.

We all know mixing of alcohol and motorcycles is a bad

idea.  And she's not dressed for riding, that's for sure.

A young impressionable guy or girl can easily be lead

to believe the image reflects how riders should look, to

be fashionably acceptable to other riders.  A rider's

magazine should present a more responsible view with

at least a helmet in the photo.

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Apply half of the cost as credit on future purchases

in the store and I could recommend your course.

Otherwise, I don't care what others charge, it's

still pricey.

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I'm going to guess that traffic was heavy at that time of day,

with everyone going home after work.  The rider may have

been slowing to turn at River Road, or may have slowed

due to cars waiting to turn from River Road onto Rt 16.

Being the only one stopped at a light makes me uncomfortable

when I see a car approaching from the rear in a 55 MPH zone.

If the light goes green, what if the car doesn't see me before I

get enough speed up to get out of the way?  I may look closer

into installing a flashing brake light.

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As for quite helmets, is there a chart that compares them for wind noise?

Lack of wind noise is one of the criteria for my next helmet purchase. 

Anyone got a ink for such information?

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I like the idea.  I wish the rear view was more panoramic, so as

to give a better view of the rear sides.

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Is northern Ohio having a recruiting drive, or what?

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She looks like big trouble. 

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I have an App called Motorcycle Weather, on my Android.

You set the parameters (english or metric, language, low

temperature, high temperature, chance of precipitation,

wind speed, and your zip code)  and it will give you an icon of a

car or a motorcycle for each of the next five days.

For Sunday 06-02, it's showing 80ºH/52ºL, Showers 20% chance, 9 MPH

winds from WSW.  That easily falls into my riding preferences.

It gives you a quick glance at your chances of having a nice ride.

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Come on people RESPECT your bike for it can kill you if you don't   Riding careless and beyond your skills with no gear will injure or kill you

"But, but, but, I'm just too cool to wear a helmet.  Nothing will happen to me."

>>  Deputies said that Holman's Harley Davidson travelled across

the center line on eastbound state Route 374 in Hocking County.

Holman was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

I know this curve on the ramp.  Suggested speed is 35, I think.

The light post is knocked down several times a year.  It should

be placed on the inside of the curve.

>>  Newark police and medics were dispatched to the ramp from northbound S.R.

79 to westbound state Route 16 shortly after 9 p.m. on a report of a crash.

  Emergency crews found Richard Mitchell, 56, when they arrived on scene.

Medics pronounced the victim dead on the scene.  Investigators say Mitchell lost

control of his motorcycle and crashed into a guardrail and lamp post.

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There may be some ideas in this rider group's forum.

It's centered on New England.

http://www.newenglandriders.org/

You can piece together some ideas from here:

http://www.roadtripusa.com/index.html

If you want to get your kicks,  try route 66.

http://www.roadhouse66.com/tour.htm

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I can edit posts just fine. Might be a supporter perk?

I've fished about for an edit feature.  I don't seem to have found the secret.

EDIT:  Guess what I just found. 

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