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Hope you have a speedy recovery, broke my clavicle and shoulder blade hitting a deer in 2008.  

Rode the Kaw H2 SW SE to Motoamerica in Pittsburgh, what a great weekend. Saw some of the OR guys and Tracy..... good seeing everyone. We dodged the rain for the most part, have over 500 miles on the bike, break in period is over!

FYI, there is thread started on the forum under 

MotoAmericaPittsburgh Round

I will be at Motoamerica in Pittsburgh on Saturday and Sunday, wanted to see who else is coming to the races and when you will be there. Maybe we can get together on Saturday for an OR dinner.  Probably be watching near the main grandstand area. 

A couple of trips to Montreal I stayed at the St. James hotel, very nice accommodations. Have fun!

It is an option, but I use a tail bag for day trips and a roll bag for several day trips. They seem like nice looking hard bags. 

Still have the others listed on my profile, the Yamaha's are in Florida. Traded in the 2014 Ninja 1000 today.

Safe travels and looking forward to the pics.

7 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

Fuck those deer. Glad you kept it on two, Ken.

If it was between me killing an animal vs. wadding my bike. I'll kill it every time. Only exception would be my own dog, but she's knows not to run into the street/ chase cars or bikes. She was introduced to those early.

The cops told me they followed the blood and the deer couldn't have survived. BTW, I have a deer pin on all my jackets to symbolize my kill. LOL!

Glad you are OK, you were lucky, I hit a big Deer in 2008, then a mailbox and flew off the bike 10 feet away in a ditch. I ended up with a totaled 2005 FZ1, broken shoulder blade and collar bone. Wearing all the gear saved my butt. 

13 hours ago, jbot said:

Thanks for the recommendation. I ended up booking a room at the holiday inn next door.  See y'all there sat and sun. My daughter will be with me. 

Looking forward to it!

Welcome aboard!!

On 2/2/2018 at 2:55 PM, blue72beetle said:

In May of 2015 my girlfriend and I did this in two weeks. Experienced all four seasons, but it was awesome, wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

 

DO IT, my son and his then girlfriend, now his wife rode their bicycles from Akron to San Fran in 2011. What an experience. 

I didn't see your post, just got back from riding,.

4 minutes ago, jbot said:

where are people staying?  maybe i can drag one of my kids to this or even the whole family.  is everyone just camping?

My idea of "roughing it", is staying at the Hampton.... 

Hampton Inn & Suites New Castle
2608 W. State Street
New Castle, Pennsylvania 16101
USA
Phone: +1-724-656-0000

Have tickets, will see you Saturday and Sunday. 

That is a crazy low price, I have a 2014 Ninja 1000 (with ABS) and really like the bike. All around great bike, some buyer will be very happy!  

Welcome ED, of you own volition you have come to the OR. Please take everything posted on the OR with a grain of salt, the size of Mount Everest. Nice CT 70!

10 hours ago, whaler said:

I want a good platform to make an OW01 clone.in the day, Yamaha FZR’s were my favorite bike... looks and all. OW01 was unobtanium and FZR1000 is a great platform for a clone.

What a neat looking bike, that is timeless!  

1 hour ago, Steve Butters said:

Am I the only one who doesn't wear ear plugs? The wind never bothers me. 

I'm the same way, never wore ear plugs on the bike, I listen to music (Sena) on the bike. When I go to Motogp or MotoAmerica races I use ear plugs and when I go to plants for work they require ear plugs. I will probably pay the price with hearing loss when I am older.... wait I'm already old! 

20 hours ago, Tpoppa said:

I driven fast cars...911s, various years of Vettes, ridiculously built muscle cars.  They are fun, no argument...but the amount of $$ that you need to be even come close the performance of a used, stock sportbike  just doesn't make sense for me or my wallet.

Kind of like boats.  Boats are super fun, but I'd rather have a friend with a boat then own one myself

 

I'm with you, I had a '86 convertible Vette for years, put in storage during the winter for 15 years. I only drove it with the top down, that meant the weather was nice, with the limited time I had when the kids were growing up, since the weather was nice I always opted for the motorcycle. One year I took it out of storage in the spring and put it back on the fall and never drove it once! Cars have become transportation to me. Bikes are exhilarating, fun and a blast to ride anytime I am on them. I have driven 911's etc. just don't do it for me like bikes. 

If you are looking at cars from a financial point of view for "transportation", a domestic (GM, Ford or Chrysler) depreciate more that the Asian vehicles (Sorry, Tim, don't mean to be racist) in the first couple of years. Find a low mileage domestic couple year old vehicle ($10K) and buy a $3000 bike, at that price point there are are great bikes out there.  

JMHO?

Good Luck!

Welcome, a word of warning don't take anyone seriously on the OR, including me!

Welcome to the OR, where people want to ride.

Riding in the county away from traffic