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And you should be able to. .

. Brian, you did a fine job. Maybe next time a format for these large rides would be helpful. 1. Call up leads and sweeps for a pre-ride meeting. Introduce yourself and each other. Make sure everyone is present that it was determined would hold these positions. Make necessary adjustments for those who could not show up by asking for someone to step up to fill a position, if necessary. 2. Get the group's attention, welcome everyone, and introduce the leads and sweeps by name. A police whistle and a megaphone wouldn't be a bad idea for getting attention, keeping it, and allowing everyone to be able to hear. 3. Give an explanation of how the show is going to go, and any expectations or responsibilities for after the ride. Also, announce any activities, or information needing to be shared after the ride. Encourage everyone not to leave after the ride until some parting words can be spoken. 4. Have the leads stage their bikes, allowing plenty of space between and behind them, for followers to easily file up behind. Stage all of the groups for the fast skill/speed level. If there is more than one group for a skill/speed level, insure each group contains roughly the same number of riders. This is the time to make a third group of same skill riders if a group is too large. There should be enough experienced riders to fill an additional lead and sweep position. When the groups are properly adjusted by size and ready to go, a positive sign from each rider in that group should be acknowledged, and then from the sweep and lead, in that order. Then they are sent on their way. 7. The same thing with each skill/speed level. A group should not be released until the group before it has cleared the traffic light, or given a three minute head start. No two groups should clear a traffic light during the same cycle. 8. After the ride, leads and sweeps should share information with the organizer that can be shared with everyone during the parting words. I'm pulling things off the top of my head that make sense to me. Is it a good idea to have a plan like this? .

Don't worry. You won't miss the ride that ended yesterday. .

. Muffler bearings. I need muffler bearings. .

Has anyone used a product called, "Bar Snake", to reduce handlebar vibrations? .

Group ride. Everyone ready? .

It seems I have been misquoted. Isn't there a rule against that? .

I do not like when temptation presents itself. I prefer to avoid it. You should sleep easy, since you did what was proper. .

Hope you got a chance to see some of the sites before you left. .

Actually, no leg humping here, simply respect. A....who's Joshua? .

Keep it toned down and don't get overconfident. Progress slowly and you'll be fine. .

It is doubtful that, in this lifetime, she would ever entertain a desire for me to do so. She is out of my league beyond imagination and such a relationship with me could only be possible if granted seven lifetimes to prove that I could possibly be worthy of her beauty. .

Though we met yesterday, in Logan, :welcome: once again, I'll say hello and good to meet you. .

My final words for the Newark thread: http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=102916 .

To sum up the Newark thread...... ......go here >>>> http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=102916

Usually, an '08 Suzuki GS 500F. Today, an '06 Subaru Outback Wagon Limited.

This was much like an unrestrained child being left in a car, with the motor running, and the child puts it in gear and backs over his little sister. Do we then have a problem with the possession of a car? I would say we have a problem with the supervision of the child. For every incident involving a gun, lets not punish those who did not do it by taking everyone's guns. .

I didn't get to ride but I still had a great day. It was good to meet everyone. That parking lot sure got lonely fast after the last group pulled out. I think I still should have worn my helmet, just to avoid the sunburn I got. .

Glad you spoke up, MJ. Several of us feel this way. They shouldn't feel uncomfortable on their very first day of introduction, male or female. .

Don't look for Hutch to meet up with you. He said he's out on this ride. .

http://youtu.be/5UWRypqz5-o

I wanted to see if it was a rural or urban neighborhood. .

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. Richard Henry Lee, Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republic, Letter XVIII (25 January 1778). Seems he wasn't taught, as he should have been. .

Okay, so I bounced my bike off of the road surface and now have deep scratches in my fairings, along with a chip, and a very rough top edge. I'm going to try to fix the surface and make it paint-ready. The big question here is, since the bike has already been dropped, will restoring the paint job to the original paint scheme, with new decals, preserve more resale value than changing it with a different color and a different look, paint wise? It's an '08 Suzuki GS 500F with about 5000 miles on it, if that helps. I intend to sell the bike for some of the money I'll need to upgrade to another one. If changing it's look from factory to custom, with paint will make it worth less, I don't want to do it, but I don't like what the cost is on some of these original parts like blinkers and mirrors. . . .

...Gainesville police reported. Officer Diana Mattern responded to a medical emergency call at 600 SE 12th Terrace... You don't need to be one when they give you the city, and street number. It's just like looking up the address of McDonalds in the phone book, to get a 1/4 pounder. .