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Well put, I agree completely

I loved my xb12r. I put 30k on that bike. Only problems I had: drive belt at 18k, voltage regulator at 27k. Both were inexpensive fixes, and easy to do. Every time I worked on that bike I always thought to myself that it was designed really well. Everything was well thought out for maintenance purposes. It's hard not to smile whenever you thumb the starter on a buell. It sounds like a muscle car and shakes like a dog shitting razor blades. It's entertaining.

No snow here in cincy. It is chilly, high is right at freezing. I rode to work today.

The short belt intervals were always a part of Ducati ownership that kept me from considering owning one. Since they are no longer required at 7500, and now being done at 18k, that's a reasonable interval. The panigale goes a step further, it's a chain motor and really could end up pushing those intervals further, once the motors are adapted to other platforms. I believe that will be the direction Ducati takes things.

I really love the direction Ducati is going. I'm curious what will happen when all the other models get a version of the panigale engine (chain motor). The MTS was the only ADV bike I'd even consider due to its weight and being more sport oriented... Until that new BMW s1000 based ADV was announced. Even still, the fight would be between those two, and I have a hard time jumping on a four cylinder bike because of my bias for vtwins (or Ltwins). I had a bad first impression with Ducati this summer after I purchased my first one (a new hypermotard sp). But I believe that was a fluke and pretty much entirely the dealerships fault. Every time i ride that bike, I'm 100% satisfied with it. For anyone that try's to point out cost of ownership in a negative light: according to what comparison? They (Ducati, BMW, and I'm sure others) are extremely comparable to any Japanese bike... And both of those brands come with a much stronger warrenty. Ive heard people complain about cost of ownership, when they've never purchased brand new before. If you are planning on buying a new motorcycle, I highly advise you to do your research. For me, it's a no-brainer to buy European. I feel you get way more bike and more warrenty for your money.

I don't know a single auto manufacturer that lists a break in procedure or even period in the owners manuals anymore. I've been wrenching on cars at dealers for 10 years and have never seen a procedure. I've put many brand new engines in, remy engines in, transmissions... So on and so forth. I feel like the bikes will be soon to follow. Usually, if cars do it, bikes will be soon to follow. Saying that: I've purchased a few new bikes. My favorite break in procedure was on my BMW s1000rr The bike comes limited, from the factory, to 8800 rpm. You have to return to a dealer for a 600 mile service for an oil change and a PCM reflash of sorts. This will unlock the PCM and allow full 14k + rev range. BMW ensures itself in this way to help keep warranty costs down. Basically, I drove it as I wished but couldn't go past 8800. My grom... I don't think it's possible to ride one any other way than WFO. Plus it only makes 6hp... Not exactly going to lift the head from cylinder pressures. My Ducati hypermotard: it was in the dealer 3 times before break in was over, so yeah. Dirt bikes: heat cycle 2 times then rip ass. Cruiser: break in? It doesn't rev past 3k does it?

Are the freeze dried meals any good, taste wise? How long of a shelf life do they have? My house is on a slab, I wouldn't mind building a tornado shelter in my closet under the stairwell. Is that weird?

Got my letter for jury duty. Again. Not excited at all.

At 10k, I wouldn't even hesitate... Do it!

I like pitbull trailer restraints. They're expensive, but a great piece of insurance, and they're fantastic when loading a bike all by your lonesome. If you don't have a truck, trailer hitches for cars usually run around $200 and a small, used open trailer can be had for under $500 pretty easy. Choose novice for your first track day regardless of what you think your skill level is. That way you'll go through an instructional and get heavier involvement from the control riders. They also teach you cool stuff, like the most efficient line. Ride your ride. Relax and have fun. You won't be setting any lap records, or winning any money, so no need to bring the competitive attitude.

We didn't have experience either. We had a few contractors give us estimates, of which all were above 50,000 for what we wanted. Basically got pissed and decided to do it ourselves. As far as how to build: it's super easy. We did not have any special tools at all. That whole garage is built with basic tools, most specialized thing we used was a hammer drill to put bolts in the concrete. We also rented an air powered nail gun one weekend while sheeting the thing. When it comes to code: 16" on center for walls, 24" on center for roof truss. That's basically it. Talk to whoever you need to in your city government building (if you require a permit) and see the city guidelines. When it comes to being inspected: over build everything and you'll pass. Our header over the garage doors is 2 2x12's sandwiched with a piece of sheet between. The inspector was impressed (made that strong because it was load bearing.) The only things we were asked to improve: more bolts holding walls to concrete and more hurricane straps (each truss gets 4). It was a great experience building it myself. It sounds stupid, but it was actually really fun.

When I did a 24x30 some year ago, I was able to get a "kit" from carter lumber for a little over 5k that came complete with 1 double wide 8ft tall(instead of 7 ft) garage door, 1 standard width 8 ft tall garage door, 1 man door, siding for the house and garage (separate buildings). The building was built by me and 4 friends. We use building code basically as an instruction manual. The most expensive part of the ordeal was concrete. New a guy who ended up costing about 9000. It was pretty extensive work that required 2 tree removal, digging into a hill (backyard went up hill from the house), making a 4 foot wall in the back, dropping to a 1 foot wall on sides, and laying a 6 inch extra reinforced slab (to support auto lift) along with a skirt and doing repair work on 1/2 of the driveway. Concrete sucks. I did this within city limits of Hamilton. Building code stated no taller than 20 ft building height, no larger than 750 sq/ft. Along with some other b/s about fence line and distance to other structure. One thing that almost got me was in Hamilton, only 2 "additions" are allowed on the property. That house technically has 3 additions now, because I didn't knock down the shed. The building inspector never said anything about it, so neither did I. My building had 12 ft ceiling height (if planning an overhead car lift, go 12.5 ft, ran into some issues with 12/even with certain lifts) and an overall height of 16.5. Had an electrician install the box, meter box thing, and ground pole. In Hamilton, it was MUCH less expensive to run the building on its own meter rather than split off the house. We only had 1 light fixture and one 110 receptacle installed by the electrician for inspection purposes. Once inspector leaves, install the rest yourself. After all said and done: total cost was 16,000- 16,500 and county appraised it at 40,000 some 5 + years ago. After concrete work completed, took 2 weekends to build, then got lazy and took a couple more to finish trim and what not. This is to give you an idea of what you'd be facing. My friends and I survived the windstorms in that garage, and always claimed the garage was built by miller high life and dominos pizza.

Just curious... Who makes a tool maker's tools? That's like a chicken/egg riddle. It's hurting my head. But seriously: that's a cool box. I like old tools. I worked next to a guy that was retirement age 10 years ago. He had some wooden snap on tools that were pretty cool. He had a sweet tool collection as well.

My face is child-like. I could possibly muster up a white trash patch job at best. Nothing worth providing creams and moisturizers. The worst part is: I'm still required to shave often. All the hassle, non of the benefits. I'm jealous of all of your beards.

Thanks everyone! Got a new addition to the collection today: 1/4 drive chrome metric flex socket set: 'Ol snappy suckered me into this set. Retails for $475, he knocked them down to $275 and gave me a pen light. I'm still a sucker.

Lol! If it dispense Mountain Dew and clif bars at about 7:45 am everyday, I'd be set! No, I'm not on there. Haven't heard of it. There's some tools inside. A couple. This is one of my smallest drawers, in the kart. It's also one of my favorite: It's about 14" x 18" and worth about $3000.00 It's amazing how little amount tools you get from snap-on with $3000.00

Carbon front end on the tuono. Will be for sale soon!

I don't know what cintas cleans clothes in, but they always get the oil smell out. So it can be done

I thought I was going to love the bike, but I can't get over them having an 18" front wheel. It's just silly to me.

Sure you can borrow some, just leave me your first born for a deposit! I made my work re-arrange the wall. They had to relocate the bolted in bench, to accommodate for me, lol! It's a little over 90" wide total.

Gear oil stains your soul. Did you try the miracle cures? Oxyclean? Fabreeze? Try covering in kitty litter over night. That stuff is pretty absorbent.

I may be doing it incorrectly, but from what I've experienced on my hypermotard, I can't get it to bump start after a stall. It isn't the rear wheel dragging either, I watched for it.

Upgraded at work a few months back: Snap-on epiq 60 w/ power-top, work station, and side locker. Custom built for me It feels good to go into work and see that thing sitting there. Like I did more than pay for it, I earned it. Just thought I'd share, thanks for reading

I disagree. I consider it comforting to blip.It makes me feel warm and fuzzy. I do like how sloppy you can be with the blip if the bike is slipper equipped. I get on non-slipper bikes and I'm like "well I can't ride this!"