John

another fun night guys and gals

one thing i really dont like is the "urine sample" master cylinder. that shit is ugly as hell, and its right up in your shit too...

once you go black, you never go back IMO.

polaris and orion, east of 71.

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=nl&hl=en&q=40.142780%2C%20-82.966040

I'll be there...probably all layered up because it's COLD!

bollocks. its not cold yet... wait two more months, then it will be starting to get cold

shoulda posted this yesterday... i would have come

i had fun last week, so im gonna try to make it again

i gotta work wednesday, but i get off right around 7 and it will take me about 15-20 minutes to get to shell

lane splitting is not really that dangerous at all... any other major city you go to, anywhere else in the world, and lane splitting is the norm.

its just the impatient assholes who think "fuck that guy on a bike... he isnt getting where he is going before i do" and try to cut you off or open their door...

26 goes out of marietta along the WV border.

ive been wanting to take that ride for a while

off of shannon rd.

dont know how familiar you are w/ that area

ya i know where thats at... my parents live about half way between lancaster and canal

welcome.

what part of canal do you live in?

some of em are hosses but there are some id wrestle with

yeah, thats what kawa says, but there are so many variables...

rider size, the bike's running condition, valve clearances, and other factors affect top speed...

also keep in mind that stock speedometers are notorious for reading high. especially at higher speeds...

id think that real world top speeds would fall somewhere between 95 and 105

i like the undertail look. i think it gives the whole bike a cleaner, more symmetric look.

What's the top speed like on something that size with 6 gears?

about 100

u could make a small catch can...

or just not overfill the oil

yeah except that headlight looks 650R to me.

but yeah the rest of the bodywork looks zx6ish.

There on the interstate if you don't do 80 you get run the hell over....

ah shit man... i remember driving through memphis towards atlanta at about 4 in the AM... POURING rain, couldnt see shit. and getting passed by semi trucks doing about 75-80... crazy bastards.

we were talking about this at bike night last night... anyway here they are:

ben, that tube that goes from the crankcase to the airbox is a crankcase vent/recirculation tube.

as combustion occurs, byproducts are made and some of them get into the crankcase. that tube sucks them into the airbox so that they can get into the intake and be burnt again. if that tube isnt there, they would just vent to the atmosphere. its more of an emissions thing IMO than anything else...

but with all that oil in there, it was coming out that hole, and thats why it was getting into your airbox

glad to hear you got it all fixed up.

PS. if its a foam filter, you may be able to get away with giving it a really good wash, and then a light oiling again.

cool meeting everyone last night.

i still wanna know who was throwing styrofoam at me on 71

John you are correct shell at 7. I have seen your bike at OSU before, I think

sounds good. ive got some stuff to do at 5, but it should only take about an hour

you probably have seen me at OSU, i try to ride there as much as humanly possible so i dont have to pay like 7 dollars a day to park my car.

shell at 7pm right? im gonna try my damnedest to make it... im new so be nice to me lol.

look for this:

what time you leaving? and fromwhere?

even recently was pulled over because my night glasses were "too dark", although I have no idea how you can tell they are too dark when you are directly behind me.

you should have asked what the legal limit of darkness is for sunglasses.

i didnt read all 8 pages. but i agree thats fucking retarded to pull you over for that...

serpico did some great police work there by pulling you over