Harb67

Yeah I checked the weather and saw it was going to get crappy by early/mid afternoon. At about that time I'd already be on 78 or 555, both of which are plenty interesting without the added 'fun' of rain. Tomorrow though....gunna be a good day

Just got up and checked the forecast and it it's now a lot more certain that there'll be rain early this afternoon. I'm going to push this back one day and head out tomorrow at the same time I was planning for today. Looks to be a much nicer day, and since this is only a 200-250 mile ride it'll be over with plenty of time to get home for Easter dinner

Guilty as charged...sort of. I did the 1.3 mile ride from my apartment to my job with no gear but my helmet. I gear up for everything except the ridiculously short rides around campus to work/class, but the helmet is on regardless of where I'm going.

Thanks, have fun at the Dyno day I've got nothing against the event or anyone going, I'm just not really the 'hang out and bullshit for a few hours'-type social person...I'm more the 'stand around awkwardly and quietly stare at all the shiny bikes'-type. Plus, knowing Ohio there will be a chance of snow (or brimstone, or a monsoon of raccoons) for the next 3 weekends so I wanna jump on this potentially beautiful day

The weather tomorrow is looking to be really hit-or-miss: 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms from 1 to 3, then 30% chance of light showers until 7 in the evening. I realize that 30% is TWC's way of saying "we really have no idea what's going to happen", and if I don't go then it will most assuredly be bright and sunny all day without a drop of rain...so I'm going to take my chances and ride I'm thinking a 10 AM meeting time. Unless anyone has any better ideas for a meeting spot, I'm thinking the 7 Eleven (3700 South Hamilton Road, Groveport, OH) just north of the 33/S Hamilton Road junction would be a decent spot as it's more or less on the way from Columbus to Hocking. I'll show up there at 10 and leave at 10:15; look for the guy wearing black leathers on the blue Ninja 650r. Cell number is three-three-zero-6-0-3-six-7-8-six. I'll post the route in a little bit. It's not the most technical ride but I've done the route many times and I always have a blast. *edit* Click here for the route on Google Maps That's the 'basic' version of the route and it essentially ends at McConnelsville; the route north from there to Zanesville (to get to 70) is rather boring although quite scenic...it's just the easiest way back to Columbus. I have other iterations that continue on longer (such as this one), and depending on the weather, road conditions, and how everyone feels during the ride we can continue on further.

Anyone up for hitting some twisties on Saturday? I know the Dyno Day is going on, but I havn't had a good ride yet this year and I don't need my bike dynoed again. The weather looks to be pretty good; chance of rain later in the afternoon/evening but that shouldn't be a problem if we get an early start. If anyone is already planning a ride and wouldn't mind another person coming along, let me know. I'm game for more or less anywhere within a reasonable ride from Columbus (Coshocton or Hocking come to mind) Otherwise I'll probably strike out on my own towards Hocking County. If anyone would like to come along you're more then welcome to do so. I'll probably ride a route I'm pretty familiar with, but I havn't been out there yet this year so I'll be erring more on the side of caution than sheer speed because who knows what sorts of goodies winter has left on the road.

I'd be all over it as well if it weren't for work

Well duh, it's not July yet so of course it's going to be cold and wet in the northeast The OP is from down here in Central Ohio though. It's a bit chilly and completely grey outside, but at least there's no more snow on the ground

I was looking forward to this coming out on blu ray and hoping it would be really good... The trailer looked so promising, if for no other reason than the cast :\

Odd, I managed to ride my bike to OSU just fine at 8:30 this morning. What weather?

Landover Baptist is a huge spoof. You can't take anything on it seriously.

I'd rep you from here to the moon if we still could. Cats suck X-(

Thanks for the heads up...I've got a bunch of highway miles to do this weekend

Congrats moose I'll probably be in there a lot within the next few months. Need tires, suspension bits, helmet/gear for my girlfriend...all sorts of fun things.

Ebon or JCMathis, do you know if this ride will be split into a 'fast' group and a 'not as fast' group? That's how it was run on one ride I managed to make it out to last season and it seemed to work out pretty well...and considering how we'll be up near Coshocton, I know there will be plenty of temptation to take off at a pretty good clip

Looks like something out of a 90's family sitcom. Everybody Loves Raymond perhaps.

Sounds like a more severe case of what I have. I can see the seam around the entire tire, but it's only cracking in a few areas. For all I know this has been there since day 1 if it was a manufacturing defect...

Yeah, it's hard to capture on the camera. I'd say the cracking on the side is hairline at worst, and it's less than half a millimeter deep or so.

I'm definitely going to try to make this ride...I went on one Christian Sportbike Association ride last season and had a blast

After getting the bike out of the garage for the first time this season, I noticed that my front tire has some cracking along the sidewall. There appears to be a seam from production running around the right sidewall of the tire, and there are small cracks along this seam in several areas. None of the cracks are too deep, but it's not something I've ever seen/heard of and I want to know if it's safe to ride on this tire. It's only been on my bike for a year, and has about 5000 miles @ 30-32 PSI on it at most. Pics (really big...didn't want to embed them and piss off those with smaller monitors): http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/Harbinger67/Tire%20Cracking/DSC01105.jpg ^close up of one of the worst areas of cracking. It's not too deep but it caught my attention while checking tire pressure. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/Harbinger67/Tire%20Cracking/DSC01102.jpg ^as you can see, there is a 'seam' of some sort that appears to be from when the tire was made. This runs around the entire tire. Also, while I've got you guys here, here is a shot of the tread of the tire where there is also some cracking. Is this safe to ride on? : http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/Harbinger67/Tire%20Cracking/DSC01107.jpg I plan on getting a new front as I've only got about an inch of tread above the wear bar, but I'd like to be able to wait about a month or so until I have some spare cash. Thanks for looking! *edit* I'll update this with larger pics in a few...those are too small to really get an idea of what I'm talking about.