jacobhawkins

Started drawing the spools for Izzy today. Got some cool shit planned for that. Mmm, scrap titanium...

Checking in, who's going?

Well that sucks.

Oh yeah, needing some kart time Saturday. Been way too long of a week to let it go by without making some hard passes. Come on down Tim, stop at Pony or something moto related if that's what it takes.

Every time that guys posts some thing I wonder.

If you go new sometimes the manufacturer has direct financing. Don't know how rates compare though.

What did you think?

That is a ridiculously good looking bike. Nice job.

Have fun, I'll be coaching in Newark.

Yup!

I think the track out back will be all dirt... Shop driveway will be gravel. But I did find a reasonably dry path to the street after work and made some noise. Was going through the Ducati manual when I got back and saw it was rated at 79HP at the crank when new. Ha!

Neighbor Jon already had a flat track berm built up from his mini... this summer is going to be awesome.

That's what I have to wait for now too. Summer bonus means driveway to the shop.

Yup, the '99 900SS. It was so gross. That pic was after I dumped the jar once already. I put new pads on the Duc from @RidersDiscount and changed the brake fluid on the Daytona while I was at it. Pads were ok on it for now.

Ya think Izzy needed a clutch fluid change?

Don't think so, that's a 16in wheel?

I'd buy another FJR. Loved that bike but after the wreck I decided to go another direction. If I make room for a sport tour with hard bags again, I would look at that one first. My GenII had plenty of power, handled decent with full Ohlins. I added heated grips and would have liked cruise control on the couple times I took it for major slab miles. Both of those are standard on the GenIIIs. The stock hard side cases were great, I did get a large Shad top case with a Givi base rack that bolted directly to the subframe so I felt better about loading the top case up and Katie leaning against it. We were able to fit both helmets and full gear for both of us in the three cases no problem. Loved that bike. Do you really intend to regularly take a passenger distances? If not, I'd seriously look for something else like that Super Duke with bags or some other super naked, MT10? Probably have a windshield available aftermarket. Sprint? My buddy had a Bandit 1200 and then bought a Sprint. Kept it for about a year and decided it wasn't as big of an improvement as he hoped. Didn't handle great, not gobs of power, meh... I guess a first question should be why do you think you want a sport tour bike when it's main duty would be for daily commuting?

That's a great day!

Yes, I would, and look at that chain... looks a little rusty to me.

No, assuming someone will have one at the track. Mid ohio usually puts one out anyway I think.

Good hint, thanks man. I'm sure there will opportunities to try that technique soon.

How much did that cat weigh?!

New rotors transferred the original wheel. Those T40 bolts were a pain to get out, impact to the rescue. Marvin is a good helper.

Picked up an OEM wheel and rotors yesterday. Cheaper than new rotors alone and who doesn't need a spare wheel?

I too got a lap timer! And a wheel and rotors for Izzy. Thanks for leading the way, Andy, Brad's a cool dude.