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I know it's short notice, but I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do it. Still fighting a cold, but I should be good. My plan is med-fast pace, but if I'm not feeling it, may be medium. I'll see how it goes. Plan to leave my place around 6AM, puts me in Lisbon around 7AM, and New Concord around 9ish. Plan to hit Subway for lunch in Marietta for about half hour. Return trip is still up in the air, but my plans were 26,260,800,255, and possibly 536 if its actually repaved and maybe some other great twisties off the river. I know most of you use google maps, but this is my mapquest link to Marietta. http://mapq.st/2ddYlaw Hope the link works. Let me know if anyone is interested. We can discuss meet time and place. I've never lead a ride, but have rode with quite a few of you and my plan is ride your own ride.

Hopefully I should be good then. Thanks for the heads up.

Where is it closed? I was looking to take 83 from New Concord to Bristol Saturday.

Motociclista I read your blog. It was really well written. As a math teacher I'm always in awe of those that can write. I hope to hit 100k on bike some day. Congrats on the milestone.

Congrats Jacob. Take it you sold the cbr quick. Got any pictures?

Danimal you are a machine. I was feeling like I was about to accomplish something by riding 10,000 miles between the 2 bikes I've owned this year. I guess not since you have put 13,000 on 1 that you've only owned 6 months and that doesn't even include what you've put on the SV in that time.

I'm hurt Doc. I was just saying I miss riding with you. Should I have Casper talk to you about your shooting best be hugs?

Is it summer break yet? This working 180 days out of the year is rough when it rains on the weekends.

I used to really enjoy 26. I ran across it a month or so ago however and they were chip and sealing it with lots of loose gravel. Hopefully all the loose gravel will be knocked off for the epic next year. I avoided it the last time I was down in Marietta, it may already be decent.

I definitely have issues. My wife makes fun of me and my virtual friends as she calls it. I don't always post a ton but I definitely refresh and read all the time.

My wife stopped riding as soon as she got pregnant. She sold her bike almost immediately. Made me sell mine when the second was born. She has never really ridden since. The couple of times I have had her out since she okayed me to get a bike again she is deathly afraid. It does not matter if she is driving or riding as a passenger she constantly thinks the worse. Kind of sucks, she used be willing to crank up to triple digits right along with me on her cbr. Now she's afraid to pull out of the driveway on a bike. Not sure I would encourage riding pregnant but as 2tall stated my kids love to ride with me and I take them any chance I can when mom is not around to shut the fun down. Wish I could turn the mom switch off at times for my wife.

Doc is correct on the heat shield. He saw 1st hand what happened to my lowers. They got cooked. I just put the stock lowers back on and all is well. I was not thinking I shielded everything on the uppers just like the stock was shielded but I did not see any shielding on the lowers. Common sense should have told me to protect the lowers since the header is right there. Oops.

I personally have ordered 3 different kits on eBay. All 3 from different sellers from China. They all have turned out great. Sure each of them had some minor imperfections but for $354 I will not complain. 2 of the kits went on bikes I flipped. When I was finished the bikes looked like they were OEM. It does take some patience and finnangling fitting the fairings. The final kit was for a 1000rr I purchased for myself. I think it looks awesome. This was OEM here is the eBay fairings note: For Honda you don't have to worry about color match with tank since it has a plastic cowl over it. All 3 of my kits have been for a Honda. The color match on the tank would be my biggest concern for a gsxr. Fairingdeal was 1 of the companies I dealt with on eBay and they seemed the best with communication and you could contact them about color match.

Sorry boys I will not be able to make it Sunday. Enjoy the ride.

This is what I am most jealous of.

Electrical problems suck, but it seems to me you at least have a good starting point. If it were mine I would be doing as IP mentioned and going with your initial thought. Take connections apart, clean, dielectric grease, look for any bare wires. Put it back together and test locally, no long trips until you were sure it was fixed. Even though it is working ok now. I still would be trying to find something wrong and if not I would at least know I cleaned and grease all terminals. These type of things don't typically fix themselves.

Doc you can't get rid of a supersport completely. Who will I ride with here in the way north east? Don't worry you're not like your colleagues, your bike cost a fraction of their fancy cars I'm sure.

Thanks TreeFime. I never rode the 600rr to its full abilities so now I'm just on a bike that's even more capable than I am. I do have a need for speed but I would not call myself speed demon carve-it-up rider. I'm still learning a lot. Glad you were able to get out and ride yesterday. I have ridden some of that section of 250 on my way to Deals Gap the past 2 years. It is good stuff as well.

Nice. I guess the gravel on 250 does not bother you as much as it does me. It was not every where but enough that I would not say I was singing along. Sure I had some stretches where I was moving along but I definitely was cautious after I spotted it a time or 2. WV 7 on the other hand was a different story. I definitely got into a rhythm there, but it's not as tight either so that may be some of it too.

Yes I remember the feeling when I got off mine after my surgery as well. Hope everything continues to go well for you.

Remember I told you I suck with pictures. Basically proof I was there. Gas station at the corner of WV 250 & 7

So know I get profiled just because I'm on a liter bike. Prejudice is an ugly thing I tell you.