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Hi John, I escorted 2 years ago, enjoyed helping the riders, and would like to help again this year. Put me down as Full-Day Sunday. Note that I volunteer on behalf of Huntington and provide a primary level of Pelotonia I.T. web site support. Last year I needed to be on hand to restore rider registration, peloton management and donation functions through the ride weekend, so I first want to give them the option for me to provide a similar role this year. Given the nature of I.T. it's possible (though not probable) I'd need to cancel last-minute to tend to the site since the week leading up and that weekend are peak donation times. I'll be riding a yellow DR650 with stock muffler and soft bags with plenty of room for water, inner-tubes and spanners. I use a Sena 20S, so calling in ride reports is straightforward.

I know a Columbus local selling his 2015 DL1000 (tan) for $8k and probably could be talked into adding luggage and other goodies for a little more. PM me if you want info.

Bring a WR250R into it and I'll give you my DR650 for free [emoji16]

???? = ADV bike ;-)

Sounds like a fun project. Also try feathering the clutch at the beginning and ends of engagement. My V-Strom's fuel-injected throttle response can be really quick off the floor - too quick for proper off-road technique as a matter of fact, so I've leaened that slipping the clutch is a perfectly acceptable way to control power delivery any time you want. Clutch plates are cheap and take a long time to wear.

Sagely advice. Your Ninja 300 won't lose appreciable value in the meanwhile, and seriously, they're asking way too much for that SV.

Great looking bike, and I almost bought one 3 years ago before taking a turn in the road and going the ADV/DS route. GLWS, I dig the white wall rear.

MyLittlePony?

Adding to that though, nobody here is advocating helmet and gear laws. Social mechanisms for changing friends' behavior are completely still game in a libertarian society because you and they can always choose to change their minds or their associations.

Possibly the first post I've agreed 200% with you. ;-)

One of the Stromtrooper (V-Strom owner) Rally attendees looked at a photo tent for more just a few fractions of a second too long last week and put his bike into the berm. He was OK, the bike was OK and will probably be on the Killboy Fail roll at some point, but it highlights the folly of looking anywhere except the turns on 129.

It's easier once you think of yourself as morally superior to the general populous and smart enough to provide for (control) their lives for their own progressive good. It takes some (ok maybe all) of the hypocrisy out of it. In other words, a shift from Liberty for all, to liberty for us and who we like.

I carry the Kahr CM45 sometimes and love the fat caliber size. It weighs about as much as a G26 but is nicely thin and carries nicely in an aliengear IWB setup. The major downside of course is capacity: 5+1, which means I can carry it less than my others.

Curious - for those with G19s, why didn't you go for a G26 and get a G19 mag and spacer to get a light(er) carry option out of it? Did you find the G19 just more comfortable for your primary role?

Looks awesome! My DR650 thinks there should be a play date in the future.

I believe so. Though I was able to score some Hornady V-max from Cabella's online store 2 weeks ago. Paid $15/50 plus shipping though - no deal there, but I really wanted some.

Sorry Sam, I gotta miss this one after all. I drowned my DR650 on Sunday and it's turning into a bigger job to get running than I hoped, plus I need to start getting my gear together for a WV camp-and-ride next week. Hope you guys have a blast; I'll see if I can make it to the next event y'all are at.

What made you conclude that anti-feminism is a Liberal value?

It's not just Betas subject to misandry in the courts, or to a prevailing characterization of all men as latent rapists, murderers and ATM machines. A lot of Alphas and Betas are becoming Sigmas and I see more Sigmas around motorcycles than most other hobbies. In fact, a lot of Alphas take it especially hard once they mature past the trophy wife phase, into wanting more meaningful relationships and deeper value out of their lives. Not all Alphas are unidimensionally satisfied with a relationship where they work long hours, see their children a little and are allowed to own a distant portion of the home they pay for, and early health issues and death for the privilege (assuming they aren't first divorced when said trophy gets bored with his money and decides to take the kids, half their net worth and possibly alimony elsewhere). Again to be clear, many marriages are fantastic and are exactly what both partners need out of each other to lay a foundation for a valuable, enriched life. And man, I hope you never have to go through what my daughter and I did. It shouldn't be a condemnation of women as a gender any more than rapacious men are reason to hate all men, but at the same time it's not a bad thing at all to be eyes-open to the risks men face when dating, marrying and having children, and how being clear about expectations is better than blindly hoping for the best outcome.

I live a mile or two north of 270 in Westerville and heard a swarm of sport bikes around 10:30pm last night. Returning from QS I presume. There almost always are at least a few bikes winding it out around midnight, but this was a bigger group.

Don't be so quick to conclude that - I bet he's been on dates and they didn't go the way he wanted or expected. Perhaps a gold digger got hold of him and left a big scar. I've been there, done that myself. This looks like a misogynistic offshoot of "MGTOW" or "Men Going Their Own Way," and it's something I've been doing a lot of reading about. The video goes to an extreme conclusion and gets it wrong, but many of the facts cited are indeed true and have defensible data behind them. Now, MGTOW in of itself is not supposed to be against women, just against women who are anti-men. In fact, feminism was once about egalitarianism, but morphed into an ideology wherein every woman is a strong-yet-delicate, victor-yet-victim, a superior alternative to "our rapey, rapey culture," murderous, mansplaining, manspreading, directionless goofball men and that society would be so much better off if women were in control of the home, law, culture, community and all governmental levels. In other words, today's third-wave feminism has morphed into misandry, full stop. In fact, many men are "giving up" when they view the potential rewards and not worth the risks. The general idea with Men Going Their Own Way is an observation that a dramatically increasing number of young men are electing NOT to pair up with women, get married, have children, get divorced and lose half their stuff, lose access to their children while being on the hook for child support, often paying alimony and all the legal, social, emotional and professional costs that go with it because the legal and social backdrop overwhelmingly favors a woman's victory. There are multiple books on the subject including Helen Smith PhD's Men on Strike and Tomassi's The Rational Male. If you Google MGTOW, you'll see a bunch of web channels dedicated to the subject, and I'd recommend Dianna Davidson (aka FeminismLOL) as one of the better ones. "ComputingForever" is another YouTube channel done by a highly intelligent and much more rational guy than whoever did the video above. I started to get interested in the subject after going through a complicated divorce where I had to pull all the stops out to retain a relationship with my daughter, and then later going to court to protect her from her mom and step-dad's authoritarian and vindictive home. That was preceded and followed by several relationships where I was manipulated for money and material goods. You know, typical modern dating stuff that's unfortunately the norm more than the exception. I wanted to understand why I really just didn't care for the whole charade any longer and MGTOW put some level of shape to it. IMHO Black Pigeon has gone way too far in his classification of all women as destructive. I personally don't hate women at all - I still love many of my ex-GFs (and even to a very, very small degree my daughter's mom) and look forward to a day if/when I meet someone who's authentically up for an equal relationship and not one where either of us has to conclude dominance over the other or be responsible for the other's happiness and financial well-being. But unlike those on-board with the mating/dating imperative, I'm more than happy to go my own way and don't give a shite if someone smoking hot or loud-mouthed disapproves of my unwillingness to submit to a woman as an inferior gender. If we're not equal, I'm not in.

Re: Decals, I think it comes down to whether Ben owns the logo/script/font. If not, we need a new one, explicitly released to Ben. That would let him authorize it for decals supplied by someone (or anyone) else. Then, someone with decal equipment could produce these upon order, or they could be uploaded to a printer for fulfillment. I'm not volunteering, but just outlining what I see to be the next steps.

Ditto to B-Mac, subbed.

I'll head up if I can get my DR650 running after dropping it into an 18" mud hole yesterday.

Same color as my DL! Great looking bike; GLWS