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I should've posted this up a bit earlier, but Sunday I was out on 374 and 56 around Hocking. 374 was the worst I've seen it as far as gravel. I've been down there ~4 times this season. I'm used to the gravel there at intersections, etc, but this was everywhere. Both my brother in law and I almost went down at different spots (luckily we both saved it). When he almost went down, I saw a puff of dirt, but not really anything in the way of gravel/rocks. A lot of it is note very visible either. At some points, I could see it flying up from his rear wheel, but could not see it on the road itself. 56 wasn't as bad, but still had some gravel in a few spots. Just a friendly warning to use extra caution if you're planning on riding 374 any time soon, we had to slow our pace down as a result.

Sounds like those are fairly old models, after the Galaxy S, I'd say Samsung is pretty solid. I had bad luck with Motorola phones and have pretty much sworn them off, but I heard google bought them, so their new phones may be different.

Note 2 and S4 are the best currently out Imo. I've heard the HTC One is nice too. I've had the Note 2 for about 7 months now and don't mind the size. It's a lot thinner then my old phone and actually lighter (had a droid 2 global before) so it feels less substantial. I've found the screen size to be more useful in many cases if I end up stuck waiting somewhere (reimaging computer at work now), using it for navigation on the car or bike, etc.

Mine's a first year model as well (2002). I almost never get any less than 40mpg, even if I'm hard on the throttle, usually 45+ if I'm babying it, but strangely can't seem to get much over 45 even if I really try at which point I'd rather just have fun with the throttle. I spose if his fuel light's out, maybe he's scared of running out of gas, but if he's never gone more than 100-120 miles, it probably won't turn on (mine hits ~140-160 miles on the tank). Have him take note of how many gallons he puts in at 100-120 miles, should only be ~2.5 to 3 gallons and it has a 5 gallon tank. Then again, maybe it is an excuse to stretch more often which is understandable if it's straight freeway riding.

Sounds fun, wish I could go, but work interferes You say stop every 100-120 miles as that's the range of a 919 in the group? I have a 919 and my range is ~200 miles til empty, can easily go 150 before thinking of a fillup, ~160 before the fuel light comes on and farther than those number if I'm riding for mileage, but I'm guessing you guys won't be

Is it just the radiator fan that needs fixed? Tempting as it's a pretty sweet bike at a good price... Just seems to similar to my current bike(pretty much the same weight, HP, and naked sport bike) and was planning to get a 2000-2003 GSX-R 750 for the track.... Ugh, I'm torn. Wish this was up for grabs before I got the 919.

My typical recommendation for a first bike: Suzuki Bandit 600 Suzuki GS500 Suzuki SV650 Kawasaki Ninja 500/ EX500 A handful of the 250's available (I didn't start on a 250, and personally I think a 250's a little anemic if you're going to ever be on the freeway) Hondas new CB500f & NC700x

I've got a good friend who's done car detailing for about 7 years. He doesn't do steam cleaning though, so if that's a necessity, he's out. He typically drives the car (or you could drop it off) to his place to do the work, then brings it back. My parents had him detail one of their cars before they traded it in and the dealership said it was the cleanest used car of that year they'd ever seen.

That takes the meaning of "sidecar" to a whole new level at 5:10-5:12... Wtf? lol

That really doesn't make any sense... What if you're a passenger in a car, or on a bus? You can't use your phone? Stupid...

This... Hoblick can't be getting out of motorcycling