Moto-Brian

So, have a few things still sitting around. I have two brand new rear Renthal Anodized orange sprockets. One is a 50 tooth and one is a 51 tooth. These retail for $67 each. I am asking $50 each or $90 for both. These fit basically every KTM out there. I may also have a counter shaft new sprocket, but gotta check on that. You pay shipping which would be cheap... I also have a set of SAMCO silicone hoses that are orange. These fit the following models and possibly more but you need to check... 400/450/530 EXC R and EXC F. These retail for $142. Asking $100...

So, have a set of brand new and never worn or used Oakley Crow Bar ski goggles. I only opened the goggles to show the colors... Color is actually called Digi Camo Sunset. Pretty cool colorway and looks SICK with the Fire Iridium lens installed. Anyways, retail on these bad boys is $75 for the Fire Iridium lens #02-118 and $110 for the goggles with persimmon lens #57-898. I'd take $100 for everything. Can ship for about $10 or drop off on my travels. Let me know!

I'd like it to have the shock also. I am thinking of a build idea.

I am interested. Here's the only issue. The VIN#... Can you provide it for me to run to just simply clear it from being stolen? I know it isn't - just simply piece of mind. I'll take it and will be up in Canton tomorrow...

That was really cool, Todd! I saw your mug after a few laps and the camera going... I like the second vid! Thanks for postin!

You guys are funny. It's not bad at all. A little slow at times, but nothing serious. Gets sketchy from CBus traveling north where it goes from 3 to 2 lanes after the RT37 exit. But that is around drive home time...

The Contour has removable batteries by the way. I had a Contour and had three batteries and different SIM cards (takes Micro style)... Unless the older Contours didn't have replaceable batteries...

What road course are they going to?

I don't think it is being a dickhead since you decided to single me out. But, I do think you either are WAY too thin skinned or you have poor comprehension issues. If you ask for a carry out box and the guy responds with no problem, he's essentially saying it was no problem to get you what you requested. I don't see the issue here and certainly not enough to make a big deal over it. Ask me for a carry out box and I say "Well, I can't right now because it's kind of a hassle and I don't have the time." Would that be better? Or, I could get you the carry out box for you since it would be my pleasure to assist customers and when you say thank you (Deserved), I would say "No worries", "No problem", etc. Where is it that it is proper courtesy to say "You are welcome."? My problem is that the society we are now has some people that adapt to the changing times. Some do not. Kind of like "My old man" syndrome of sorts where people WANT the world to stay the same, but it simply doesn't. I suppose you hate getting texts vs. talking on the phone. I suppose you hate the fact that people are constantly checking emails and messages for work during a night out with friends - they should focus on you only and not the world as it works with no closing time? The world is different than it was in the 50s. People don't dress up to fly on planes anymore. People don't have proper table etiquette when eating out. People wear jeans to board meetings. Talking about professional and even high end business owners and what is expected. When I worked for a pretty popular company and the owner was one of the top 5 richest men in Orange County, CA, he always wore shorts, smoked cigars constantly and dropped more F-bombs than any drunken sailor. I am sure that would pull your skin clean off... Time is a changin. Don't embarrass your kids and try to keep up. Quit being so damn thin skinned.

I say "No worries" a lot. Same as "No problem". When you ask for something to be done or ask for something and someone does it for you and you say "Thanks you", the response is based on the fact that it isn't a problem helping out a fellow associate or friend. I say "No worries" as it shouldn't be a worry to ask and me to do it for you in assistance... I hope you're just joshin around as if you are getting irritated over a response like "No problem", my guess is that maybe people WILL stop helping and it WILL be a problem assisting you.

THIS. The reason why NESBA is considered one of the top track day orgs. They have structure and they run a good program overall. The Road A scenario that I also heard about is an example of some of the things they do that leave you scratching your head. With all the "fast" control riders, one would think they would consider the idea that safety is key. If the group on a whole is faster than average track day groups, then they should have ran the configuration that the AMA uses... There's a reason they run it that way...

How many Advanced track days have you done? You know an awful lot about a group you've never ridden with...

You stated they have the most consistently fast instructors. Now you are saying they have the largest group of fast control riders. And as for your pissing match, you might wanna not choose a boyfriend that can't run :57s at PIRC and that even lives there. Remember, you are the one that started the pissing match. Also, at Nelson, he needs to step it up also. The point is simple. EVERY track day org has a series of fast guys that at any given moment could podium or win a race at a set track. To say that NESBA has the fastest is silly. They do have fast riders like any other org has. And yes, you can find times when all these guys get beat or run slower laps, etc. It isn't about that. We get that you love NESBA. I get it. We get it. NESBA is a good track day company and track day orgs like STT are also changing things to where they are evaluating riders before they can go into Advanced. It makes sense. But at the end of the day, there are two track day orgs that stand out. STT and NESBA. Those two are the top attended track day orgs in the business. NESBA has a reputation that seems to be a bit more negative and have had struggles in keeping events and staff. And, now that STT has opened their arms to fellow NESBA coaches, they are now doing both. Which in the end, could benefit NESBA a great deal. Also, control riders are different than coaches that are different than instructors. Control riders are baby sitters. The choice is simple - pick who you enjoy riding with. Pick an org that runs at a track you enjoy. They all have pluses and they all have weaknesses. If they didn't have both, there would be only one track day org in the country. That's why there are so many. I would suggest, however, that you tend to support and argue with knowledge and experience. A handful of track days isn't a good way to support or debate anything. If you are friends with a majority of staff from a set org, then maybe it is less credible to be saying they are the best. I understand it is your opinion, but until you can provide us with how many track days you've done with the number of track day orgs out there, it tends to sound very biased. Finally, it is less about fast and more about the results. I can give you thousands of examples where a coach, instructor, control rider, school, etc have less than stellar staff. Stellar being championships under their belts. Hell, some of the best schools I have seen are with staff that have zero championships. It is more about reaching the customer and adapting your skillset to improve them as riders. There are instructors that aren't the fastest and at any given track, can maybe get beat and place outside the podium. But, their knowledge and ability to instruct in a manner that helps riders well is the key. You keep talking pace and how on average, NESBA has faster "control riders". That may very well be the case. Fast doesn't mean shit when instructing. knowledge and ability to teach is what matters...

Nesba has the fastest control riders, huh? Hmmmmm. Interesting.

I think either is fine. Like Midget stated, they can bolt right to the floor. In our enclosed trailers, that's how we do it and it doesn't need to be mounted into a cross member. Also like the short one mentioned, you don't roque these things down to the point you are going to bow the wood... You can also go to the top cross over without issue. The length of a typically tie down is fine and you can tie the extra amount to be easily pulled and undone. Best words of advice? Don't over think it...

Nope. This guy is from PA also, but isn't Drippin. Quality is the same, but the customer service and ability to get a call back is superior. I can provide details via PM to be courteous to the site sponsors...

So, I hate the idea of a camera on my bike. I've had them on before and have some cool footage I use with friends and even guys asking for help. But, I decided that after everyone pressuring me to try and get some on the bike, I couldn't deal with the cinder block GoPro underwater looking housing. Thus, bling, bling... I know there is a decal sponsor on here, but if anyone is interested in something like this, PM me and I will get you the info. They also did everything for the racebike:

I don't remember Fritz riding the bike. Not to say he didn't because they had a ton of different racers try the bike and race it a few times. Nobles was 87...

THIS!!! This stuff is the shit. We used it exclusively with the KTM race teams and demo bikes. The demo bikes were constantly abused. But, as Gixxie stated - it's less about how you clean it and more about how you lube the chain...

Wow! Cool stuff! Is that a HD VR1000R?

It hit me before lunch though. Had a knot in the stomach a bit before lunch and then took one bite of the chicken and two bites of the cookie and threw it away and laid down in the van during lunch and tried to ride again after and made it through the session, but packed up and went home to assume the fetus position for 15 hours...

I can provide a few turbo racebikes that will suggest lag was always a bit of an issue, but they were so damn fast. The Turbo Twins had two identical CBR900RRs with turbos and they were so damn fast. Holy shit!! During when WERA had the FUSA series when we were running Nationals, those two bikes were so amazing it was crazy. But, yes. They still had some lag. Not much, but enough. I remember that when at Putnam for a National, they were telling us to watch the wheelies out of 10 and they would black flag for excessive wheelies. One of the twins raised their hands and told Jim that they honestly would try, but it would be very hard and they were not doing it intentionally. They'd wheelie from exit of 10 to almost the start tower!!

This. It is essentially pick a color you like and ride it. But, I like Midget's list with exception to the 1000. Right now, the list for me is as follows since we are Japanese only... 1000 - ZX10. Plain and simple. The bike is fast, handles now and doesn't have the chatter issues when pushed like previous models. I gotta say that chasing these things and watching the number of guys running them now, it is the choice to be on. Again, street-wise, I say pick a color. You won't use anywhere near the potential, but they all are wicked and amazing. But, just to add a punch here, until you ride a big bore twin, you have a bike with no soul... 1st - ZX10. Wicked, great chassis, highest performance and awesome tunability. 2nd - GSXR1000. Yes, squid bike, but the newest 1000 has an awesome motor in it finally and I think it pulls itself to second. 3rd - Honda. The new Honda is pretty good. I haven't ridden it yet, but it is pretty good from the comments I have heard thus far. The thing with Honda is that they do not ever push the performance levels and they tend to fall right in the middle. That's cool, but they will never set the world on fire with their machine. But again... It's light, fast and agile. All key ingredients. 4th - Yamaha. Hey Yamaha - Take the fat and old R1 and revise in the mindset of the R6? Great and cool crossplane, but once you drive out of a corner, it doesn't do much after. Handles good though, but reminds me of the ZX7 in the day. The bike actually handled better than people thought but just didn't have the ass it needed where it counted. Longest tooth of the bunch and it is starting to show. 2014 is a design change I believe for the ZX10 and Yamaha better start getting thing put together. BMW, Ducati and the other 3 Japanese are advancing and Yamaha has stayed still a LOOOONG time. 750 - Duh. Suzuki. Only one making it. It's pretty long in the tooth to the point that 600s are really a better choice at this stage in my opinion, but the best nonetheless... 600 - R6. Wicked and razor sharp. The GSXR is close also and honestly, the 636 is going to be a good choice also. I just think the 600s of all the bikes are amazing and REALLY close in performance. The triumph guys will disagree, but at the end of the day, the Japanese are really the best choice. I would say the Triumph is third place behind the R6 and GSXR... I haven't ridden a new ZX6 so I do not know how they are. I think the 600s are so much closer than the 1000s. I think in the 1000s when you start discussing, there is only two at the top and it really is a big difference. Smaller classes like 250/300? Don't have a clue. All seem very user friendly.