vw151

vw151, are u planning to come all the way from Columbus?

Awe man. I just realized. You guys are over 2 hours away.

Usually I'd say that's dumb, but with 1.2million in medical costs I'm ok with the state ponying up a bit.

After all, our taxes are us paying for a service. If the roads were privately owned and we paid some sort of membership we'd also expect the roads to be safe. Having said that, if he didn't incur all those bills and profitted from this then I'd have a different opinion. Sounds like all of the money went to the hospital and or insurance company.

When ever we say 150 we end up riding way more than that , plus that just the loop without the 100 mile we slab to reach the meet spot. Ryan do make it, and bring the gopro with suction mount too

Are u in columbus? We might not be heading down south much since we can't finish the ride on time before its dark

I can bring a gopro HD as well. If we leave at 12:30 we just need to get back to interstate by 5ish, slabbing it back in the twilight isn't so bad. leaving much earlier is gonna be very cold.

I might put my cool weather gear on and meet you guys on the KLR. Post a meeting place. I agree, though, if we are gonna do 150, might as well do 250, it's 50 each way to get to the good roads anyway.

Oh wow, I think I'm in love...

likewise, this takes the ducati streetfighter concept and makes it better. Wonder what the production bike will look like?

sweet, I can't wait to get some data going. Too bad several of the bikes probably won't see a full tank of gas till Spring.

ftfy.

crash in every corner = good racing.

I get 15-19mpg with my Frontier. That's depressing enough' date=' without the added insult of tracking my shit mileage.[/quote']

You are looking at this the wrong way. you stand the most to gain. 1mpg for you saves more $$$ than 1mpg for a prius owner.

Not that I care, it's just interesting to see what mileage different vehicles get.

Nascar on a road course = good racing.

I have used it for my car since I bought it new almost 2 years ago and its interesting to look at the MPG changes over time as the engine breaks in and the effects different seasons have. Tried using it for the bike but it was just too much of a pain to pull out the phone with gear on and I gave up.

And your fuelly name is?

I think he meant to post a pic of this.

Friend me!!!

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/vw151

It's a pretty cool site, with a smart phone it gives you a really easy place to track your mileage.

I had an iphone screen replaced in Columbus at one of the small phone fixing businesses for $55 awhile back. I think 2 for $100 should be doalble. Not sure what you have in Dayton for this though.

I know on the ducs they shim this area to make the chain line up properly. Not sure about exposed threads though

droid tablets are cheap apple knock offs.

I was really hoping that this comment would have got more response.

Sounds like youll want the larger ipad 4 with the A6 processor. The mini is great for portability, but sounds like you could use the extra horsepower if you plan on doing some light media editing. The mini will probably be a christmas present for the wife since the smaller form factor is perfect for her small hands and portability in her purse.

Problem with the other tablets is nobody has really perfected the GUI quite like Apple. Apple may be more expensive and not have faster/lighter/cheaper attributes, but theyre overall package from the use of the laptop to itunes and App store blow Android out of the water.

There really is no comparison. The only people you'll hear countering this opinion are people that bought droid hardware and are trying to justify their cheaper purchase to themselves. I know a fair number of people that have owned both droid based and iOS based products and every single one of them prefers apple after owning both.

I'll take a hard one to see if we can bring back some interest. It's the end of the steering damper on his monster.

Dave that is absolutely correct.

Here's some reading on the subject.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/11/05/ipad-mini-display-judged-very-capable-but-falls-short-of-ipad-and-android-competitors/

Personally, I would go with the iPad 3 and save some $$ (even better, get a refurb unit though Apple). Doesn't sound like you have a need for the extra horsepower on the 4.

On an unrelated note, your daily commute from Mason to UC must suck

If you have other iOS hardware the iPad 3 uses the legacy connector also, so no need for a converter.

From what I've read the Ipad Mini, although lacking in value, hardware bullet point per hardware bullet point is still a much nicer device than the droid tablets. Having said that, I have an iPad 3 with the retina display and it's an amazing tablet. The display alone is worth it. I guess what I'm saying here is, droid tablets are cheap apple knock offs.

My 2 cents, if you don't mind the added cost of the bigger iPad, the retina display alone makes it worth the extra cost, as it's great for photos but also makes text look amazing. if you want to save a few bucks or require a smaller tablet, than the mini looks to be a great device. My only thought on the mini is I bet their will be a retina or at least HD version next year.

dude, make some guesses.

Thought you had that little red feller?

The qt50 yamahopper. It's actually not a moped. No pedals.

P.S. you also listed all your bikes in your sig.

That's what I thought you meant. None the less, you aught to try your hand at guessing which pic is which bike and what part of the bike it is.

Alright, I'll play. I put question marks to the things I wasn't sure of, and some things I didn't even want to guess.

Keychain on tank of 2006 Ducati Monster S2R 1000

2003 Suzuki GSX-R750 spedo

valve stem, could be any bike/scoot

1983 Honda Aero 80 idiot lights

1983 Honda Aero 80 speedo/fuel gauge

2008 Ducati Monster 695 tank?

Aero or GSXR keys?

2001 Kawasaki KLR650

2003 Suzuki GSX-R750 CRG adjuster

ohlins rear shock off ???

swingarm spool or missing frame slider?

2003 Suzuki GSX-R750 CRG lever

arrow exhaust off ???

ohlins front suspension off ???

Rear brake master cylinder, maybe the 2006 Ducati Monster S2R1000

good guesses, some are correct, some are not. I think I'll follow this up after a bit of time with some wide angle shots revealing parts and bike together.

keep the guesses coming, unless you are Dave and already know all my bikes pretty well.

Is the Ducati a Monster S2R 1000???? As stated right below your name, lol.

lol, shhhh, I didn't think of that until after. none the less which parts are on which bike is still a challenge.

I will stay out of this one being I have good knowledge of his bikes.

I have a feeling you could nail every live Dave. I'll give it some time and come back with some wide angle shots to reveal the parts.