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ToniC, that is really a nice garage for your bike, well done! 

ToniK, you almost have a man cave! When is the first Meat & Greet? 

Sorry to hear about your accident due to a reckless driver, glad you were wearing all the gear. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Nice dinner with everyone 

I have a table in the back left

Need a head count

Can we do tomorrow 2/23 at 7:00PM at the Oak Barrel? 

We are planning to have a NEO dinner either Tuesday (2/22) or Wednesday (2/23) at 7:00PM @ The Oak Barrel in Valley View 5975 Canal Road, Valley View, Ohio 44125. This is opportunity to meet up during the winter months, plan for rides, have dinner, and hang out with other riders. Please post if you are planning to attend and which of the two days is best for you. 

The Oak Barrel link: https://theoakbarrel.com/

I have been busy riding in Florida and wanted to see if people are FINALLY over the covid scare. I thought I might arrange a dinner in February of March to get together and discuss planning a Spring Epic ride.   

I am interested in doing another Epic ride.

Thanks, I was at a bike nights and also saw this type of foot peg and didn't know what is was. 

Doc, that is s great looking bike! I'm with ToniK on your statement about "This bike I will be keeping for long time". I don't believe that statement with stand the test of time. Doesn't matter, we keeping searching for bikes that fit our needs and desires. 

Still a deal breaker for me!

The FJR is 651 lb. wet versus 848 lb. for the Goldwing. If I was going to be touring the country on a regular basis, IMO the wing is the only bike to get!

I borrowed a FJR for an Iron Butt last year and decided I really enjoy endurance riding. I have been looking at 2014+ FJR's because the cruise is a MUST for long distance slab riding. The Connie not having cruise is a deal breaker! A sport touring bike without cruise is not even a consideration for me. My Ninja H2 SX SE has cruise, both the Connie and The H2 are manufactured by Kaw, I don't get the reasoning for the Connie not having cruise. I would consider the new generation Goldwing, but the extra weight is my only issue.  

Pauly, so sorry to hear about this, happy to hear you two are recovering. Keep your chin up and look forward to riding with you again! 

Next you will tell me I was scammed out of the $10,000 I sent to ToniC's kidnapers 

https://abc7news.com/virtual-kidnapping-for-ransom-scam-fbi/5770376/

On 4/9/2021 at 2:43 PM, whaler said:

Specifically...

OEM rear suspension dog bone and linkage.

OEM muffler or decent Slip-On 

Son just bought a really clean low mileage R6 and it’s been lowered, OEM parts not available. Also has an FMF Slip-On that looks like dog shit and sound about the same.

figure with all the track bikes there may be some parts laying around.

PM/Call/Text if you have something and we can work the details.

Brian (330)321-6866

Brian, update your bike on your avatar, already! 

On 3/21/2021 at 10:06 PM, Pauly said:

Rode to work today. Left the house at 10am and took 77S to 800/148/145/556 and over the river to New Martinsville. I picked up 180/18/74/47/129 into Weston for lunch. Somewhere along 74 my right pannier kissed the asphalt and I believe that deserves a celebratory glass of whiskey. Guess it can wait until I get home. After lunch I just took 33 into Elkins and stayed on 250 from there all the way to Stanton, VA. Nothing but 81/64 from there to Richmond, but it was a nice wind down stretch of freeway to allow all of my muscles to atrophy and ache. I am grateful for the ability to stand and ride on this bike. It was just about 500 miles from my house to the hotel and I stopped twice. Once for lunch and fuel in Weston and once in Whereversburg, VA for hydration. 

 

That sounds like a great commute to work! 

4 hours ago, Pauly said:

Eating 2.5 Chipotle burritos in one sitting. 

Not strangling my child in 21 years.

Cherohala Skyway.

Only being fired one time in my life... from a Japanese steakhouse I had no business working at. I made it 2 whole shifts before getting the axe.

 

Now, eating 2.5 Chipotle burritos in one sitting is Mount Rushmore status, you should be the fifth sculpture... hand down. An impressive feat! 🏆

Lat Saturday (2/13/21) I test rode a Zero SR/F motorcycle and this is my review.  I rode by myself to Buckingham, Florida. The ergonomics are very similar to my 2017 Yamaha FZ10, the seat height is lower. Turn the key on, flip the power switch as we do our ICE bikes. Here is the difference, turn the twist grip and go. Even in an automatic transmission car you have to shift into drive. Immediate torque and acceleration, it really has power and speed. This is very fast bike! The bike is like EV cars, extremely smooth. Kept reaching for a clutch lever and up shifting with my left foot. Just a different feeling not having to operate a clutch & shift. The only noise you hear is the whine of the motor. It’s belt drive so this also makes my it smooth. The handling and braking were similar to my FZ10.

I rode five miles the way we ride and noticed the ranged dropped 16 miles. I couldn’t go mach retard because it was governed at only 108 MPH. I did hit the limit several times. 

When I started the ride the dash indicated a range of 87 miles. After riding for 30 miles the dash showed 24 miles range left. The battery degradation was 73 miles in my 30 mile test ride. 

As with EV’s cars the motorcycle range anxiety is a deal breaker unless a person commutes a short distances. If you like to go for day rides of 250-350 miles EV bikes are not an option. The economics also don’t make sense, the Zero SR/F I test rode is over $21K. Zero does offer a base model for $9K with a lower range.  

In the future EV motorcycles might appeal to some people when the battery technology improves, but the range will have to increase monumentally to have the convenience of ICE bikes. I don’t believe EV bikes will ever be a consideration in my motorcycle riding lifetime. 

JMHO!

Link to Zero ST/F specs:

https://www.zeromotorcycles.com/model/zero-srf/

OK... MOVIES

Saving Private Ryan

Shawshank

Field of Dreams

Terminator 1

My friends and I debate our Mt. Rushmore of bands, this gets a lot of discussion. Mine are:

Led Zeppelin 

Eagles

Bruce Springsteen

Rolling Stones

ACDC could displace the Stones sometimes 

Welcome and nice vintage bike you have. Live in the Ville (Strongs), I ride to SEO most of the time. Hopefully we can get together sometime.  

On 1/31/2021 at 6:12 PM, Tonik said:

Actually might not be a troll. If it is they went to a fair amount of effort. The name is real and lives in the city listed. The IP address they posted from has never posted here before. That bit is beyond most peeps here. Pretty short list of people here that would think of and know how to do that.

That said, looked at the IP again. I got a guess on who it is.

Man, I thought you were Big Tech the way you were able to get all his private information and post it one here. Can you tell where he had lunch today? LOL😃