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When I was down there last year, I did 555, 377, and 78 - the three kind of form a triangle. 555 had patches of gravel ony it, but no worse than any other non-interstate back road that I have been on and nothing that was unmanageable if you use your head when riding and don't override your vision. 377 and 78 were, I felt, better roads, not only in pavement and how clear they are, but also in the types of turns. I do recall there being a blind corner on 555 where it makes a sharp 90 degree left turn and there is like an access road that you can go straight on. When I came to that one, I thought it was a good thing I wasn't flying - there was no warning whatsoever that the road was making that turn. Is that what you guys are talking about?

Were you on 555 down by McConnellsville/Wayne National Forest, because when I was down there, last summer it was very nice - recently repaved. A guy from work was just down that way a few weeks ago and also said it was very nice as well.

Didn't realize they were for today. Have things to do unfortunately. Thanks for offering them up, though!

Greg, how late is it open - I'll take two.

The Hulk can't damage Adamantium. It is the second strongest substance known in the Marvel Universe. Captain America's shield is a Vibranium-Adamantium alloy that is stronger. In fact, to damage adamantium would require someone with the power of Galactus Of course, this is all based on my knowledge circa 1995 or so. It may have changed. The Hulk, himself is a fast healer also. That was revealed in the Hulk where Wolverine and the Gray Hulk went at it. As it turns out, the Hulks skin wasn't impenetrable, just extremely strong, and what injuries he did take healed very fast. Yes, I was an avowed comic nerd in my teenage days. Still am, although I don't buy or read comics anymore.

LOL. Jesus Doc - maybe you better go on Dr. Phil! (waiting for the shitstorm this causes...)

Check insurance first. BTW, 4K seems like a lot for that bike.

edit: n/m - found the answer here: http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25469&page=1&pp=25

+1. I head check both directions at the light before I start moving. That gives you a second or two which is usually enough to let people blow the light, or put you on alert for someone who might slow down. Haven't had anyone honk at me yet - probably because I'm on a motorcycle and therefore a 'social misfit'. Works for me. :finger:

The reason that there are more Suzukis may not be the reason you think (ie, they are 'better'). I don't disagree that the GSXR-1000 is the best liter bike for RACING there is right now, but racing is not street riding where you have to consider more than just 'how fast I can turn a lap and accelerate down the straights'. There is a whole lot more to it than that. IMO, it seems silly to consider 'what the racers are doing' because they are two different disciplines. If I had done that, I never would have even looked at the ZX-9, and instead would be squidding about on the latest GSR110RR. I recognized that every liter bike, the GSXR-750, ZX-9 and all of the Supersports out there far exceeds my ability to use them fully, which, from a performance standpoint, makes them all equal. Who is winning races on what, how fast the bike can run the 1/4, and how much HP it put out had very little influence on my decision. Instead it was what was more comfortable for both me and 2-up riding, good for distances, price, and, most importantly, what did I like the best.

If you want to use race results to determine which bike is t he best, then it appears that Ducati makes the best bike because Bayliss has been kicking Corser's butt riding the Duc. In the AMA Supersport class, the Hayden brothers would happily dispute the claim that the GSXR-600 is 'the best', as well as, I'm sure Jason DiSalvo, while in World Superbike Supersport, Patrick Charpentier and Honda would appear to make the best bike. Regardless, Superbike != Street-going bike. There is no point in even comparing what those bikes do on the track vs. a street bike. What we see running on the track in Superbike isn't what we can buy off the showroom floor - those bikes are made of 'unobtanium', and about the ONLY thing they share is the name of the bike and manufacturer. Superstock is a much more valid comparison, IMO, because those are real bikes. That's why I love that class. The simple fact is, that until you get into the highest levels of racing, it is all about the rider. You can see that on the same teams - why is it Mladin/Spies are running 1 and 2 and Yates isn't really in the mix beyond qualifying and the first 3 laps of a race, even though he is riding the same bike? Buy what YOU like the best. Don't worry about what the rags say and what others claim is the best. If all you can worry about is 'my bike has more horsepower than joe schmoe's', or 'it won the latest Sport-Motorider-RoadRacing-News-shootout' then you are riding for the wrong reasons. I know you have had your heart set on a R1 - if you really like it, then get it. Now, my opinion, based on looks alone is either the GSXR-1000 or the ZX-10R. I've never been a fan of Yamaha - don't really know why, just haven't. I like the Honda, but it doesn't seem to invoke the same sense of 'excitement' if you will that the Kawi and GSXR-1000 do. Also, I believe that next years models for Suzuki and Yamaha (and Honda?) are going to be new, so you might want to wait until then to see what goodies will be on the new bikes. I have to believe it won't be very long at all (maybe 2-4 years) before we see traction control available on these bikes. They are getting to the power levels that TC is almost a requirement.

Right on. Use looks, comfort, and deal to make a decision. Simply put, you don't ride a magazine page. Get what you like the best and don't worry about having 'the best' because 99% of the guys on the street don't use 'the best' to 75% of it's potential. It is the rider that makes the bike, not the other way around.

We're screwed. Prepare to be 0-13 this season.

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Dean, what mod chip? How difficult to install?

If you want to take the blame, fine. I was going to blame it on Bush - I think the weather machine beneath the Crawford ranch went batshit again. (I don't remember, what kind of bike did you get?)

Take your 2.9 GHZ Athlon...and...I don't know. I'm just jealous. Blah. smokin5s, my apologies, things got a little heated. edit: I'm neither a broke college student or a 'warehouse worker', either, I just like the challenge of putting something like this together - nothing more and nothing less.

O Rly? Exhibit A: What does that statement mean then, because I know what it says. Backpedal anyone? Careful, I wouldn't want you trip. And I have already pointed out NUMEROUS times that I am NOT running into heat issues. If it were HEAT, then no amount of voltage would make the processor run ANY faster. In fact, before I turned the BIOS up to make the fan kick in earlier, the processor would get as hot as 50C at STOCK clockspeed and voltage. What does this mean? It means the processor is good up to AT LEAST 50c, and it is running nowhere near those temperatures at 2250 MHZ (43C fully loaded). AMD specifies a TDP of at least 65C, possible more. My processor at 2250MHZ and stock voltage (1.35V). is running 2 degrees celsius hotter (45c) than at it's RATED speed of 1800 MHZ where it runs at 43c. If the processor cannot handle 2 degrees celsius of variation, then there is a problem with the CPU because I know my temperatures will go up more than 2 degrees when summer comes. Myself and many others know WELL what the stock HSF that ships with an opteron/dual-core Athlon is capable of. I am nowhere near the limits of the HSF. You don't know what you are talking about because you haven't spent any time researching it and gathering other's similar experiences. Instead, your spouting of the typical anti-overclock BS that has been proven wrong time and time again. Ah...the money argument. It's not about being a tightwad. It's about having fun and having a challenge. Shall we do a salary comparison next? You *think* you make more money, therefore, you MUST know more and MUST be correct? $$$=right. Guess that means that William Gates is NEVER wrong, eh? Stop acting like a 12 y/o. A lot of people know a lot more than you do and probably make a lot less. I almost see no sense in even responding to the last comment. As proven by previous posts, it simply shows your ignorance. For what it is worth, I am in the computer field. And not as a desktop repair tech - which is what 'lead IT' usually means. They want knowledge and ability...neither of which you apparently have. And they haven't figured out that you don't have it - probably because you are friends with the right people. Let's see...because maybe I want to narrow down exactly what is my limiting factor? I already stated that it is stable overclocked, but not where I was hoping to get to. Did you bother to actually read anything in this thread? Here, let me quote for you: Let's see here, multiplier = 9. Stock speed = 1800. Stock HTT = 200. Stable at 250 MHZ HTT * 9 multi = 2250 MHZ = 450 MHZ overclock. Sorry that simple multiplication and subtraction eludes you. Maybe you better sue whatever university you went to (or the crackerjack box you got your degree from), because I'd say you got ripped off.

Wow, smokin5s - you seriously don't know anything about electronics do you? Maybe you should just be quiet, because every post you have made shows how clueless you are - and it gets worse with each succeeding post. Heat has nothing to do with how fast a processor will run - it may control the upper threshold at which you can run a processor's maximum clockspeed, but it doesn't make a processor faster or slower because of the temperature. It will process at the same rate from stone cold all the way to the point where it either hard locks the system or catches on fire. It's not like it puts out more 'horsepower' at 30 degrees than it does at 50 degress. If your theory were true, then overclocking would not scale linearly in performance gains because of heat - yet it does (and we have charts and evidence to prove it - go look at any hardware site). I'm happy that you are the lead for your IT department and went to school for EE. My question to you is, if you are a EE, why aren't you doing EE work, instead of working in IT? If you aren't a EE, I can see why. I feel sorry for your employer.

Welcome to the modern socialist state. It attracts flies like hot cow pies.

Sounds like a lot. But consider, 60 billion /11,000,000 illegals (I think this is the number I have heard) = 5500/person. Not that much when you look at it that way. And consider what they cost us in hospital bills, educating their children, etc. One trip to the ER or stay in the hospital will easily wipe out what 2 or more are making. And since they are persona non grata, guess who gets stuck with the bill.

Temps are ok - at full load at up to 1.45 V it it never exceeds 49c (this is working both cores with Sp2004). I have seen it fail at 45c with different clockspeeds, so, at this point, cooling is not the issue. Adding more voltage will allow a previously unstable clockspeed to be stable. I'm pretty sure the PS is fine - I plugged a multimeter into the 12v rail while running it under load and there were only very slight fluctuations, and the voltage was held over 12v at full load. My only doubt is the motherboard, but I suspect that is not my issue. I may sell it and by a DFI anyhow, since it is a better all-around board.

I have Prime setup for multiple instances (you have to create shortcuts, since, by default, it won't let you launch more than one). However, SP2004 is a prime-frontend as far as I can tell, and gives you a good deal more info than prime does - clock speed, ties into motherboard monitor, lets you set affinity from the interface, etc. Much nicer program.

How about a desktop. Laptops are nice, but a kid usually works better with a fullsize keyboard and mouse. I have an Athlon XP system for $200. You'll need a hard-drive and OS for it, though. I also have a laptop I am going to get rid of. I can't recall all of the specs, but I'll get them and let you know if you are interested.

Not sure on the stepping. I haven't pulled the HSF, and I (like a dumbass) forgot to write the stepping down. That was the purpose of finding a CPU that had a known overclock limit - to see if I could reach it with my MB. There is the very real chance that it is the motherboard. The board is a KN8-SLI. I'm thinking about duying a DFI Expert and seeing what happens. I'm confident it isn't the memory, since I am not overclocking that. I've had the dividers turned down to keep it between 200 and 250 MHZ (this memory was stable at both 200 and 250 MHZ for days with stock CPU speeds). I have also had the dividers at 1/2, so the ram was running well below it's rated speeds. HTT maxes at 305 MHZ - this was the first thing I tested. Using HTT 2 or 3x multiplies and a 200 memory divider (on my board 200 would be = 100 on other boards). Using clockgen, I can run 250MHZ HTT stable at 1.35V. For every .01 voltage I give it, I seem to get about another 50 MHZ, up to 1.45V where I can get 2450 MHZ. However, the heat at that voltage doesn't seem worth the small gain. From this testing, I don't think it is my motherboard - if it were, it seems like it wouldn't scale like that, no matter how much voltage I threw at it. I run prime/sp2004 with the stress CPU option. Core 0 is the one that fails, although, if I ramp up enough, both cores will fail. When Core 0 fails, it is usually in under a minute. That new HSF from AMD is a really nice piece, isn't it? Thinking I just got a turtle. Oh well, that's how the chips fall sometimes, and right now, I've got a 25% overclock, so that's not bad for free. The new box is way faster than my old AXP 2500+ @2100MHZ, so I'm pretty happy with it.