jacobhawkins

1 minute ago, CrazySkullCrusher said:

I daily my bike. That would be an issue for me. 

You daily all of them?

Seriously man, get a trailer, its awesome for all the reasons.  

I put a class 1 hitch on my Hyundai for $160 and 45 minutes, including the drive to autozone.  Storage isnt an issue either, put your bike on it, back it into your garage.  Problem solved. 

Also, said class 1 hitch with my wimpy Hyundai Elantra(!) pulled a trailer that size with my FJR on it to the Gap, pulled my CBR to several track days, and I built a little rack for my XR100 to take it to the kart tracks.  You don't need a big vehicle to pull a bike around occasionally and class 1 hitches are cheap and easy to install.  

I might buy it just on principle.

1 hour ago, what said:

I don't think he has an R3, didn't he get pretty badly hurt a month or 2 ago squidding in traffic or something? 

Yep, R3 kid broke everything in his upper extremities.  Alive, but done for a while, or should be.

Nice to meet you Darius, what brought you to the forum?

14 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

Jesus....... How many leads on $480 brand new trailers do you have that are closer? Owned by someone that is anal about their shit.

Exactly, this is perfect.  Buy the damn thing.

Cool man, I remember taking to someone about a 919, must have been you.  Standby was brutal for some folks.  Two guys waited 4 hours for a second ride and got in on the last one.

Snapped this pic of Tim the other day.  

Only thing I can add to this thread is that Ducati used the same oil filter for every bike, except for the Pani, since the mid 90s.  Good job, engineers!  I did an OEM oil change last time for Izzy before three track days and one serious street ride with @ChristopherHawkins and it worked well for me, but at $80, I'll give my old standby (Rotella T6) a try next time.

P.S. That's right three track days on a 19 year old Ducati with 64,000 miles.  Time for a valve check!  haha

6 minutes ago, JustinNck1 said:

I couldn't give a single shit about a busa, but I'd like to try a Strom.

You and @B-Mac should go on an ADV ride sometime.  I'm going to sell one in the garage to get a strom based on one ride with him.

I'm trying to drag @what over to hang for a minute.  Be awesome to have both of you guys in the back of the pack...

See edited post. 

20 minutes ago, JustinNck1 said:

What all did they have in the demo fleet?

Seemed like everything.  Didn't visually confirm busa, but they had one at PIRC demo days at last year's MotoAmerica race.  Saw several GSXRs, both sizes of the Stroms, various cruisers, etc.

Cool man, not track because no gauntlet, but sturdy palm will save ya for sure.  Cool looking, what size did you get?

Just now, 2talltim said:

Wasn't to the bike but Revzilla has these on closeout. Pretty damn comfy and a step up to my V1's. Got them for $37 with some zilla cash I had on my account.

Palm slider situation?

Dad will be there early to sign up.  I'm seriously curious about the Vstroms, probably headed for a 650, hope to be on one much of the day.

Just saw this thread...  I'll be there as a control rider tomorrow.

9-5, stop over earlier if you can and sign in, I think spots fill up.  Either way, stop over and say hey!

I'll be a "control rider" for Suzuki tomorrow at Iron Pony.  I want to see some friendly faces so stop on over!  They are also doing demos today.  I'm looking forward to riding a Vstrom and, of course, the Busa!

Jacket and pants separate.  You'll find something.  They have a zillion sizes and do alterations regularly. 

Roadcrafter jacket I got is a 36L.  Its snug, fits great with regular shirts and stuff, with another jacket for warmth in below 50, its tight, but manageable.  I have AD1 pants and love them.  Pockets are perfect.  Those are a 32 long.  Plenty of room there for jeans and sweats in cold weather, but I needed the length.  30 long would be too short for me if I remember correctly.

6 hours ago, Casper said:

40L?

I'll check when I get back home tonight.

I've put tourmaster to the test, it'll hold up in a 60 mph lowside.  Jacket and pants were worn, but nothing reached my jeans or shirt.  That said, I really like my areostitch.  I'm 160lbs and 5'11".  I talked to them about sizing and watched the clearance rack on their site for what would fit.  Got away for not much more than Tourmaster and I feel way better in it.  Plus, Merka.

Yep.

1 minute ago, DerekClouser said:

What's the best place to buy track days at Pitt?  What's the normal cost for each track day?  I'm really wanting to try out Pitt, just paying $300 is a bit hefty IMHO.

N2 was about $250 when I went.