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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. .

the curve on two wheels.

mounted their Vespa's and sang

In less than 12 miles, your route will elevate to 4' shy of 500 feet. Pretty cool. From the 74.7 mile point to the 86 mile point, you will go from 652 feet above sea level to 1148 feet above sea level. The lowest point of the route is 643 feet above sea level, at mile 39.2 . .

That was the point of intercepting them at point B on Brownsville Rd. I just couldn't pinpoint a time they would be coming by. .

Thanks, Kent. It was a little hard getting out of bed this morning. I'm a little stiff and achy in places. .

Shell Nelsonville 1155 Chestnut St, Nelsonville OH 45764-1412 Phone Number: (937) 426-6670 Might want to call and see if they are still functional. .EDIT: I just went to street level at that address on Google Maps. It's a Marathon at street view. It must have been a Shell at one time. Shell was still listed under that address in an online phone book. .

or 90 wt. gear lube

Is this closer to what you had in mind? http://goo.gl/maps/35YCU .

Yeah, we missed the left turn onto 669 in Crooksville and ended up in Zanesville. .

Due to recent crashes, the Epic Ride route has been changed to this:http://goo.gl/maps/9Dj89 It has also been updated on the first page. .

Okay, Newark riders. If you read the above post, you know it's best not to wait for the NEO guys due to difficult timing on linking up and getting everyone to Logan in a timely fashion. You guys post up and figure out what you are going to do since I'm out of the running, with my crash. I'll meet you at KFC Saturday morning if you are still meeting there. But, what time? I wanted to leave Newark at 8:30 to allow enough time to relax a little once I got to Logan. It's up to you guys now. . .

Okay, Nivin. I'm not sure what they are doing because they are not active posters. I'll meet with them at KFC, Saturday morning and may even drive to Logan for the big send off. I hate to miss everything. I'll suggest to them that it's better to not wait for you guys. .

If you Newark riders want me to change anything on the first page of this thread, let me know. I might drive the car to meet you guys at KFC since I'm still going to be off work this weekend.

This was my 3rd trip on 555 but only my first traveling north on that stretch above Chesterhill. You might want to re-think that section. It got me even though I was alert to the road condition. You just can't see that dusty grit until it's too late to avoid. Today, it feels like I've been smacked on the hip bone by a 2X4. Other than that, my bike and my pride are suffering the most. It's not black and blue yet, but it feels black and blue. .

Thanks for all the kind words. Now, it's off to bed, as 3:30am comes quickly and I have to work tomorrow, provided I'm not too stiff to get out of bed. Goodnight folks. .

It happen so frigging quick! I was assholes over elbows before I could have a second thought. .

I wear a TourMaster riding jacket with mesh outer, and pads in the elbows, shoulders, and down the back. I took the wind liner out around noon because it was getting very warm. My pants are also TourMaster with pads on the hips (thankfully), and hard pads on the knees. They have removable panels to expose mesh for air flow on days like today. My helmet is simply an HJC $140 type full face with flip up and removeable shield. Different tints are available. .

The 555 was littered with this gritty, dusty, slippery stuff. It was almost invisible until you were right up on it. .

Yeah, thanks. Me too. I was probably only going about 20mph around that curve. .