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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.

btw I suck at taking pictures. I took 1 pic today. I usually just ride. I'm always rushing to get home asap so I can spend time with my wife and kids. Secondly, I can only post pics here by posting to the gallery and I doubt everybody wants to see my pics every time they visit the forum.

So next time I get pulled over I know what I'm doing. Fumble through my wallet all nervous, speak with an accent, hand the officer a couple of different cards before I hand him my license. Think it will work for me too?

I was on the fence about heading to West Virginia 250 this morning. I woke up early and decided I was going to go for it even though it was a holiday weekend. Only saw cops where I expected them to be and had an awesome ride. Took 164 to 9 to 250 all the way to Hundred. Ran 7 to New Martinsville then took 556 to 145 to 148 to 9 back to 164. Left my place at 6 and home by 3. It was an awesome ride. 450 miles round trip. Thanks @NinjaDoc for sweeping away all those cops you spotted yesterday. I'm starting to wonder if you're a cop magnet. I think every time I've rode with you I've seen a cop. Grant it nobody has been pulled over.

I seem to have difficulty turning it down lately. Might have something to do with more horsepower and torque.

Ok Doc you just made my mind up for me. I was going to run WV 250 tomorrow possibly but I was concerned about LEO. Already got 1 ticket recently, I don't need 1 on a holiday weekend.

Doc you're making this going back to work stuff really difficult. I can't believe they expect me to work when there is great riding weather.

^ nice find. I just hope it's no chip and seal resurfacing as they were doing this year on 26 just outside of Marietta.

Ok I just looked up 536, doubt it's on this epic ride. If memory serves me correct I rode it last year and the pavement sucked, so I was not pushing it all when I rode it.

Thanks for the heads up boys. I've never rode this epic route and I don't believe I've been on 536. I've rode multiple twisties in SEO so I can't remember if I ever hit 536.