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I gotta pass. Going to work in the yard with my kiddo today.

Nice CSC! I'm enjoying my new riding gear and heated Corbin seat & Oxford grips. Makes me feel all purdy 'n shit.

It's still a ways out. I've learned over the years that fly-ins, ride-ins and volunteer events are the toughest to predict attendance for right up until the event itself.

That would be me too. I want to be free to connect with a friend in the afternoon and so wouldn't stay out for an all-day thing. Casper, you started this...

Agreed. Best temps will be around 11ish to 6ish.

I have a few things to shuffle around on my schedule for Saturday. Ben, are you still in for a meet/ride/eat? If so, from when until when?

The Shield is a very fine pistol no doubt, but it's .5" longer, .6" taller, 5 oz heavier, more mechanically complex, and (I think) a slightly chunkier trigger than the CM9. It does have 1-2 more round capacity though, and more conventional sights, as well as better after-market support for holsters, lasers and doodads.I guess for me, if I'm going to carry 19 oz and those dimensions, I'll give up 1 round and carry a CW45 or 2 rounds for a CM45 with another mag in my pocket.

I figured, and it's important to get Hodor ready soon.

Oh snap! [emoji2]. Speaking of, ya gonna have something to ride with us Saturday?

Id like to hold it along side of a CM9, which I think is still the smallest, lightest 9mm of reasonable capacity made today (with the Nano getting a reboot).

I'm 75% in!

Great point - that might have been it. Damn she is pretty...

If real owners were as careless with guns as actors are with props, I'd be against guns too! Who else has been like, "Jesus Daryl, you just killed a bank of zombies and the gun is still hot, so did you have to just sweep several members of your own party?" Back to motorcycles - I enjoyed the electric one Tom Cruise rode in Oblivion. They got the sound right and it gave me another woodie for that Zero/Brammo/Livewire I'll never afford.

Actually it would be 37 minutes from Westerville to Centerburg vs. 51 minutes to Dillon. As I read their web site, you need to be sponsored by an active member to join, and it sounds like they highly prefer you be CCW'd already for background purposes. I bet they'd also appreciate tangible volunteer hours.

I'm in a similar boat, so it's great that you've started this thread. I've been to Delaware 5-10 times. On a high note, it's easy enough to stop by that Norton gun store and buy a pass (plus it's a pretty neat little gun, bait and sundry shop) but you won't know how busy it is until you drive over, and conversely if you go to the range first, you may find it packed when you return with a ticket. I suppose a season ticket would solve that, and getting there early each time. But yea, it can be a zoo, and with it so busy, I find that the range goes cold too infrequently, so I always have to wait for several bolt action guys to get old before swapping out my targets. Also when the place floods from the creek right beside it, nobody gets to shoot for a week. Other than that, it's cheap to go to and the range officers are generally pretty cool, if maybe a bit lax. I'd be very interested to hear about the Centerburg CC since it might be equal in distance for me vs. Dillon.

I tonned up this weekend but I'm still a wheelie virgin.

What's the concern?

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Dang, that's pretty good. I hope that's a trend.

I actually get this. The older V-Strom styling had too many sharp angles for my tastes (the new curves are great!) and although the V-Strom has a V-twin, not even the 1000 has the lumbering, big-iron rumble of a cruiser or the raw power of a sport bike or the insane suspension travel of a dirt bike or the penultimate comfort of a Goldwing. It's not the best bike to be "seen" on, not the best to smoke your friends on, get tickets and flirt with death on and not the best to scare grandmas with. Frankly it doesn't have the best curb-appeal, even with the new styling. But to me its character, its soul, opened up once I started using the bike for everything from commuting to errands to bombing along country roads to 2-up weekenders to camp-and-rides to mild off-road exploring. It is that multi-role competence which has a soul all its own, to me anyway. It's the experiences that bike allows me to have. I'd probably feel similarly about the Versys, FJ-09, Tiger 800 and F700GS (anything bigger is just too tall for me), but I don't fault anyone for not appreciating the same aspects. Heck, I'll freely admit that my '66 CB77 project isn't at all about utility - it's for the satisfaction of rescuing an old bike and sharing its vintage style. Some hipster vanity too I suppose. If I were looking all over again, I'd seriously consider the new DL1000 in red or tan, but not without riding the FJ-09 first. The F700GS is still too expensive for what you get, I think.

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I agree with most of those, though I'd rather have a Bonneville than a Tiger since I already love my V-Strom. And I respect Goldwings but I'd rather have a CB1100DLX for vintage styling or a CRF250L FI enduro as an upgrade to my carbed 230L since I don't require super-long-distance 2-up. Absolutely! Wojo72's FZ07 was nice to see yesterday. I'd also be happy with that or a Scrambler Ducati or an SV650 or a Zero SR with the extended battery pack if I was spending someone else's money. There should be a vintage version of this question...

Ditto 78. And east onto 7 and 250 aren't too shabby either!

Promises promises

Stealing that quote without attribution... [emoji56]