Harb67

I've got invites if anyone wants one. I also have one invite for blackcats games (the best games tracker out there to my knowledge). I'd be willing to give both an invite for demonoid and the blackcats invite if anyone can toss a what.cd invite my way. I really want on that tracker.

I'm in. A weekend of nothing but riding all the awesome roads down there I constantly hear about? Hell yes

Can't believe he's getting his job back I don't do 147 because any time the thought crosses my mind I think "oh shit the cops will get me". This asshole probably thought "hell, I AM the cops!!" and did it anyway. That's why this bothers me.

I can't suggest a vet, but I can tell you which vet to avoid. Never waste your time at the OSU vet clinic. They do decent work, but they're disorganized, EXTREMELY expensive, and for every minute you actually spend with the vet you're guaranteed to spend at least 5 to 10 in the waiting room either waiting to see the vet or to check out.

This guy My bike is still garaged up at my parents house until I head home for spring break. 2 more weeks...

WOOT, just signed up Can't wait! So, who else is going to be a trackday newbie riding in novice?

Is rick37 the guy who started a tread a while back about pizza? I think he was trying to find out more about his customer base and get some ideas on how to improve his business.

EDIT: Got it taken care of. Mods, feel free to delete this. I'm looking for someone who is in/near/traveling through Columbus who is heading to the Ohio Riders track day at Gingerman on the weekend of May 16th that has empty seats in their car. I don't necessarily need trailer space as I already have an offer from someone to take the bike up for me. The cargo consists of myself, my girlfriend, and our bags (we'll pack as light as humanly possible!). Of course, both of us are willing to pay for our fair share of the gas, and I'll even throw in a full tank entirely on my dime at the outset of the trip from Columbus. I've got enough Giant Eagle fuelperks saved up to power a small village. Show up with an empty tank! If anyone can help us out, reply here or shoot me a PM and we can work something out,

Welcome! What part of Stow are you from? I grew up there and still call it 'home' when not at OSU for school. I'll be spending spring break up there getting my bike out of the garage and ready for riding season. Shoot me a message if you wanna take a ride during the week of the 21st. If the weather is playing nice I'll probably be out on the bike quite a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM9S2AzU28 BMW S100RR does the table cloth trick on a massive scale. I kind of want one of those things now

I appreciate the offer, but I won't have access to my bike till probably the 16th at the absolute earliest. If anyone is making any trips out there around then that may work.

I'm sending Reuben a message to see if having them do the work is feasible. My problem is that my only opportunity to do this is over my spring break week, and I dread to think about what express shipping on a pair of forks would be.

Standard forks, not inverted. My greatest concern is that any time compressed springs are involved there's a chance things will go wrong very quickly. I'm very meticulous when working on things like this and I do lots of planning before I even touch a wrench, but I realize that some things are simply best left to the pros.

I'm looking at upgrading the forks on my Ninja 650r. I'm planning on putting in some Traxxion springs, Race Tech valve emulators, and new forks seals/oil since I'd have everything apart anyway. How difficult is it for a normal person (well, 2 people) to do fork work in their own garage with their own tools? In a perfect world I'd send everything off to 35 Motorsports and not worry about it, but in my current situation I'd rather just attempt it myself if it's at all possible. I've got stands and the typical tools you'd expect someone to own (i.e. no specialty tools for working on suspension). Any input is welcome...I'd love to be able to do this project over spring break when I'm finally home with my bike

3800 sounds about right for that model/year as long as it's in decent shape. When I finally get around to selling my Ninja 650 I plan on asking 3500 and crossing my fingers...

The STT site is sort of unclear about it. It says: "One or two piece leathers. Two piece leather suits must zip together for Novice, Intermediate or Advanced groups. Ballistic nylon suits such as Joe Rocket, AeroStitch etc. are acceptable in the Novice and Intermediate Group provided they are either one piece or two piece that zip together with 50% zipper contact, reinforced and padded shoulders, elbows, hips, and knee areas. No chaps." The only mention it has of minimum zipper circumference is in regards to ballistic nylon suits. Honestly I've wanted to get the zipper done for a while anyway. As appealing as the idea of finally losing my gut is, sliding down the road face-down feet-first with the front of my jacket up around my nips doesn't really seem like a medically sound way to do it. Why the jacket didn't come with the full-circumference zipper is beyond me; the jacket/pants are clearly designed to be a 2-piece suit, and the perforated version of the jacket even has the full-circumference zipper. Oh well. I've got all the parts, I just need a seamstress. I'll probably do a search and maybe start a thread later, but if I can't come up with anything I'll probably give my mom a crapload of heavy-duty thread and have her just go nuts.

I may take you up on that. I'll let you know once I figure out some transportation for myself and possibly the lady.

I'm really interested in this. I've got more or less everything I need save for transportation and some leather alterations. Does anyone know of someone in Columbus who can sew a full-circumference zipper into a jacket? I've got a 2-piece Joe Rocket suit that needs a bit of work done. The pants have a 10" zipper and a full circumference zipper, but the jacket only has a 10". I have the 'mating' side of the full circumference from the pants, but I need it sewn into the jacket. Unless STT/Gingerman are ok with Novice group riders only using the 10" (but the full circumference would be nice just for the peace of mind). Second, does anyone in/near Columbus have an extra spot on a trailer? My bike is my only vehicle, so it'd be rather hard to get there on my own. Lastly...what's the policy on bringing a spectator? I think my GF would kill me if I didn't at least try to bring her along

Threads like this make me actually feel pretty good about the fact that I decided to take an extra year to graduate college. Why rush to the unemployment line? *is dreading the job search*

Well, apparently nobody else here would say no either, but they'd do it while chewing a sandwich made of knives and nails and sucking down a Camelback full of battery acid. And not complaining.

If PS3ss going down for 24 hours is Sony's version of the system-breaking RRoD that took consoles out of commission for weeks, sometimes months on end...then I guess Sony beats Microsoft even on the system bug front

I've got a TomTom RIDER version 1. The functionality is fantastic, but the hardware design sucks. They remedied that with the RIDER V2 though, so I feel reasonably confident in saying that if the hardware for the RIDER V2 is up to par with the software, it's certainly a very good GPS and worth checking out. Yes, bike-specific GPS's are expensive, but that's because they're ruggedized. I took a spill and my GPS fell off the bike, slammed into the pavement, and skittered down the road. I picked it up and it was still working perfectly; didn't even turn off. Show me a car GPS that can do the same thing and I'll stick my RIDER in the oven and eat it for dinner. I've never used the TomTom route planning software, but only because I use another piece of software that works so well I see no reason to ever switch. I use Tyre (<-click), which is free and as far as I know only works with TomToms. It uses Google Earth for the maps, so by default it already beats any proprietary TomTom software. Making routes is pretty easy, and when you load one up on the GPS and start riding it works flawlessly (provided you made the route well)...I've taken 400-mile rides through twisties and back roads and it tells me exactly where to go and it's quite easy to make on the fly changes such as gas stops and stuff. I don't have any experience using anything but my TomTom on my bike, but aside from the hardware gripes I have with the V1, it's an fantastic unit. I like it so much I plan on buying a V2 when my V1 finally dies. Though at this rate it'll probably outlive me. The MSRP on V2's is stupidly high, but if you do some searching you can find the new in box for a few hundred less.