Harb67

Very very good read...should be mandatory reading at MSF or something. I read Nick's "Sport Riding Techniques" book and he made many references to this article and it's concepts, and it's nice to read the piece in its entirety. Many of those lessons are things I try to incorporate into my daily riding...especially the centerline thing. I ran wide twice last time I hit the twisties and was furious with myself

Just the other day I was thinking "man, it's been nice not hearing about bike theft yet this season" Guess that was to be short-lived :\

Just for shits, here's the little bastard that caused this. Looks like mouse poop, not tire-puncturing iron.

Today was the second day in a row I've seen people on bikes with shorts, shirt, sandals, and no helmet/hat/eyewear at all. How the hell do these douchebags not get pulled over? No helmet is legal, but you HAVE to have something over your eyes. I don't think I could physically ride without sunglasses at the minimum...dust is downright blinding at 25 mph or higher. Wear a MFing helmet people. It's not that hard to put it on and take it off, and it'll save your life.

Gigantic burgers and just plain delicious. They don't do any special sauces or anything like that (to my knowledge), they just stick to the basics and do it better than anyone else. Also, it's very reasonably priced.

Living up to Thurman's is a tall order. I'd be willing to give this Ivy place a shot...everyone is a winner when burgers are involved even if it's not quite up to matching a Thurman burger

Guess that means the highway patrol boys won't be writing tickets much longer

Talked to my tire guy; gunna get it patched Wednesday I think. I'll pick up a new tire as soon as my funds allow, but for now I can't afford to be without my bike so I'll ride with a patch and be an air pressure nazi for the time being. Probably not going to do any really hard riding on it (hell, at this rate my bike would blow up anyway if I visited that cursed city again anyway) but it's going to be enough to get me around town and back home for Mother's day etc etc so I'm happy

Bike luggage is one of those things where "Where there's a will, there's a way" especially holds true. You can easily go to Iron Pony, find some bags you like, and then find someone to fab up some brackets for em without a lot of effort.

, I'd still rather have the ZX-10 over any of em

I almost bought a GPX Type R, but decided to 'make my own' JR suit and got the Blaster jacket/pants. I'm very happy I did, because if I had got the suit alone I would have either massively oversized pants or an extremely tight jacket, depending on which measurements I went with. I'm a 40 in JR jackets but a 34 in JR pants, and the GPX suit doesn't allow for size mix/matching. I figure if you want a 2-piece suit, you may as well pick your own indiviual pieces rather than be tied to one universal size for the whole thing. Just my thoughts

Actually now that I think about it, if I really had to I could just put my old rear back on my bike. I absolutely loathe that piece of garbage because it's about as useful in the twisties as a Hoverround with dead batteries, but it would at least let me commute around town and on the freeway. Ross, how much would a patch job like the one you did cost? I'm not ruling something like that out. I'm perfectly fine with checking tire pressure constantly; it's something I do regularly anyway because I want to get as much life out of these things as I can. Once summer rolls around I'll have plenty of cash to throw around, but my income is really limited during the school year. If I ran a patched tire, I'd certainly replace it as soon as I hate the spare funds. The great feel of really fresh tires alone is enough to convince me to replace it when the right time rolled around

Well fuck, looks like I'm off the road for a while because I can't afford the ~170$ it'll cost to pick up a new tire, at least for a few more paychecks (read: at least 4 weeks probably) So there's seriously no way to get a reliable patch put inside? I wouldn't mind at all if I had to pull the rim, unmount the tire, and then pay to have a patch put in and the tire remounted. Wear is fine. My bike barely puts down 64 horses so my tires tend to last a good deal longer than 600 and 1000cc supersports. I would normally expect to get at least 4k or more out of these tires before needing to replace them. I sort of expected to have to get new rubber mid-season, but getting a new rear one month into springtime wasn't something I factored into my plans

I just thought it was the wind or temperature or just the fact that my bike has a budget suspension setup that's more for all-around use rather than hard corner carving...today was by far the hottest day I've used these new tires in and I wasn't sure how they'd respond to the change in temp, and the wind was brutal out there in some spots.

I just can't catch a damn break Last weekend I get in a wreck, which was admittedly my own fault and I take full blame for the stupidity, but I've got a damn nail or something in my tire! Coshocton just doesn't like me I guess... Is there anything I can do about this tire other than getting a new one? I've only got about a thousand miles on it and I really can't afford to get a new one right now. The nail/wire/whatever that is stuck in there is really small (see pic below). I know plugging motorcycle tires is general frowned upon, but can it be taken off the rim and patched from the inside? If this is possible, can anyone refer me to any shops? I am considering calling Chris Calovini, he mounted my tires at a really good price and did a great job (woot no-mar!) but I'm not sure if he does tire repair.

Good ride guys, sorry I couldn't stay around for the whole thing Huge thanks to the folks who noticed my tire; things could have ended very poorly if I had really got out there and pushed hard on that thing. I have a sneaking suspicion that the puncture happened early on in the ride. As I said when we stopped at Parks' garage to get the 675, my bike really didn't feel right for most of the ride...lots of wobbling when leaned over in turns that would have been easy as pie any other day. I could just suck at riding, but I'm going to blame low air pressure today

Yeah so it's 4 am and I'm still wide awake Fucking insomnia... Probably going to be a bit late to Coshocton but I'll most certainly be there in time to get plenty of riding in. I'll call once I get in town.

Sounds good, I'll leave Columbus around 8:30 and get there sometime between 9 and 10. 330-603-6786

What time are you starting to ride 4DAIVI?

Where do you park on campus? If you park in the big spot across from Dreese or whatever it is on Neil (by all the math/engineering buildings) you might be able to talk to campus security: that whole area is under surveyllence cameras. Other parts of campus are probably the same way. Might be worth looking into.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/index.php#16769 Put up or shut up, ladies. I can't imagine a more important piece of legislation at this point in time.

We need some absurd, nonsensical battle cry kinda like the Ruff Ryders have. They've got "RUFF RYDERS....youuuu KNOW!", why can't we have something equally ridiculous? Let's start brainstorming, people.

Ooooooff fcking course. Just got my work schedule...I work till 2 Figures that I make plans to ride and I get scheduled to work. Oh well...I need the cash :\ Maybe next time!