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Yep, that is HOT!!

Put a little over 100 miles on it so far, planning on riding for an extended period tomorrow morning provided work doesn't screw me over The V-TEC makes for good control - I remember my old '98 ZX-7, which was also inline 4 but no V-TEC. I just remember wanting to constantly gun the thing. With the V-TEC the engine is pretty torque'y and behaves pretty good in the lower RPM range. And it's pretty good on gas to boot!

I'm cleaning off water spots as I got caught in a nasty pop-up hail storm/heavy downpour yesterday around 6:30pm. Was under an overpass at 70/670 for at least 15 minutes while it poured down rain, wind blowing hard enough that I had to keep the bike steady. So much water going down the drain right by where I was stopped. It was crazy...never had to stop before but it was bad.

It's not registered so I just took it around the block - I live right off of Wilson road so I went around a few streets and down Wilson which is a 45 zone. Observations: I am not use to this riding position lol! I haven't had anything like this for about 4 years now - my feet don't remember where to go yet, had trouble shifting gears and finding the rear brake. The clutch is heavy as fuck! And it doesn't let out until near the end of the full release point of fhe clutch lever. Was hitting high RPM's because I expected the clutch to engage but it had more travel to go yet. The left bar feels lower than the right - I think it must've been bent in a fall-over incident. Also interesting was getting use to the lack of motorcycle in my field of view - after running cruisers for so long I'm use to having a lot of stuff in face like handle bars, speedo, tank, etc. On this bike I see right over everything and I just see the open road. The little cornering I had to do felt very nice - I remembered why I liked the handling of the sport bike - short/tight wheel base and wheel dimensions make for nice cornering. Title transfer/registration tomorrow - can't wait to put some more hours on it. I'm gonna get a on-board recording rig too - this bike and I are going to see some places

Thx!!

I didnt't see it in the video, but I'm "100 in the straights, 10 in the turns" guy...I just never learned to corner quickly.

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Don't hold your breath

And the bike is now sitting in my garage Not w/o incident though - after a long drive to Columbus from Cleveland for Tim and his buddy, we discovered that the title had not been notarized..!! Arrived at 12:30, my bank is open till 1pm on Saturday's...we hauled ass to the bank and made it w/ 10 mins to spare lol! And we successfully got the title notarized. ** PHEW ** !! I got the insurance..now I just have to register on Monday and I'm good to go! Can I ride it w/ my insurance card and the title?? Since I just got it I thought you could do that - it would be nice to ride tomorrow. Tied up today unfortunately.

LOL!!!

Yea, this could be a problem...I'm not getting my hopes up until I have the bike lol.

HEY HEY!!....HEY!....HEY LOL - I had a '96 Katana 750 - it was a GREAT bike, put 1500 miles on it in 1 month then some douchebag stole it. Lost the bike, my $1500 trade in ('89 Virago 750, my first bike) and my $500 down payment. And the insurance didn't even cover the loan. I have wanted that feeling again - I'm about 72 hours away from an 06 VFR800 which is like a Katana but awesome

Trying to set it up - will be mine on Sunday if all goes as planned! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAA!!

I'm gonna PM him - that bike is sweet!

Beautiful, its still for sale? Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

electrode - pm sent

10GB is probably about right. What I do is go through my directories in Explorer - right-click and pick "Properties". Windows will then tally up all the spaced used up by that folder and sub-folders. So once you find a big folder that says "30GB" got into that directory and start checking the sub-folders to see where that 30GB is coming from. Time consuming but works

I had forgotten to look for FZ1's - definitely a looker and on the short list. Where?? I'll definitely check it out. I think I saw that on CL the other day because I remember reading about it. Then it was gone..?? I'll PM you my contact info for sure. FZ6...I'm 46 and coming in about 230..probably a bit small for me thanks though!

I got rid of my Sportster 1200C earlier in the year, it was just a bit too short for my taller/heavier frame. Trying to keep to ~$4K-$5K max and not looking for heavily customized bikes. I'm really looking for a Katana 750. I'm no hardcore canyon carver, I just want a solid bike that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and offers a bit more umph than a cruiser. SV1000 would also be on my radar but again, nothing heavily tweaked or run rough as shit. I'm considering cruisers too. I had a VTX 1300 which for some reason had very strange shifting points that made riding at highway speeds not feel right. I think it was the boulevard version of the VTX 1300. All I know is I love Honda but didn't like that bike. Pretty much any cruiser in the 1100+ CC range I'd take a look at with the exception of the VTX I mention above No rush - I'm patient. If you see anything that looks like a good fit post it up! Thanks!

And this one is gone

thx! Not a lot of interest unfortunately, hopefully closer to riding season things pick up and tax returns start coming in

Bought this bike last season, now I need to pay down some debt. It's a GREAT bike, a bit small for my large frame (5-11,225). In excellent condition, will consider reasonable offers. MAY consider a straight trade for another cruiser that's at least 1100cc and a bit longer than the sporty. Thx for looking. http://columbus.craigslist.org/mcy/5381786837.html

thanks for all the suggestions - I'd like to get the resusable and just clean them after a ride. GREAT that I can just run to Lowe's or Walmart to get them. I'm pumped - they really made the ride a lot easier. I wish I had done this years ago!

Yesterday I did some riding - west side cbus to lancaster then papa boo's at buckeye lake then lancaster again and back to the west side. For the first time I wore some disposable ear plugs. I have an inexpensive GMax 3/4 helmet with flip visor and the wind noise is just crazy. Plus my bike is stupid loud with the V&H short pipes. The ride was soooo much better with the ear plugs. I have decided I'm always going to wear them illegal or not. I'd like to get some reusable ear plugs but there seem to be surprisingly few options. What ear plugs are you all wearing??