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I've been watching this thread and am kind of surprised no one finds it odd that the parent of a TWENTY-THREE year old is trying to decide these things for the kid? Maybe I was extremely mature for my age (or maybe not) but I started riding about the same age on a KZ650 and didn't have any problem ...

I was just going to post the same thing. I was running some really squared off Metzler M1s and switched to the Diablo Stradas. OMG OMG, corners that were sketchy before are now feel like I'm taking them too slow. Get a set of these if your searching for tires for this summer.

-JTP

Nature (or God) decided that man should have the upper hand. Just like over the period from 1492 - 1914 that Europeans should dominate world affairs. From a sheer biological point of view, deer have been very successful creatures. Even more so with the presence of man. Just as Europeans imposed the...

cruiser - do understand that in the eastern US we are overrun by deer. Since wolves no longer inhabit this part of the country, the deer no longer have a natural predator to cull the population. So many of these creatures die of hunger in the winter due to overpopulation. A lot of them are hit and ...

Another quick question. For my Rockster do I get the OEM "C" Metzler Z6 or just the normal one?

Ok, I need a new set of tires before summer catches me offguard. From the info that I've found it look like I'll be getting a full set of Metzler Z6's. I'll be replaceing Z3s, I didn't get much life out of these, just over 3k Metzler's Website Reccomended 180/55R17, is this the size that everyone is...

see, and the bike seen left a bad taste in my mouth. I thought it was cool they used an R but the whole sequence was badly green-screened and you could tell she wasn't moving when she was on the bike.

Anyway, Milla Jovovich is pretty hott so it can make up for some bad parts.


-JTP

The ticking you hear is the injectors. If you put your finger on an injector you'll be able to feel the ticking. Not a problem

-JTP

Yep, you should be alright. The trouble with having too much oil is it will hit the crank and cause the oil to foam (aeration sp?) thus the oil looses it lube properties. 15 miles most likely did nothing. Did you really think you'd burn a quart of oil in 15miles? if you did, your bike has far greate...

If you can park the tuck backwards in a ditch you might be able to not use any ramp at all. We used to load quads this way.

-JTP

Thanks for the support. Got the blinkers from beermerboneyard, guy on the phone seems to know what he was talking about and was helpful, he's also shipping me a bar-end. Got a Valve cover from Bob's BMW, 'bout the same price as the local shop but bob's had one in stock and was shipping today. Local ...

I lowsided the rock tonight . 10mph ish.

I need a new valve cover & blinkers. Who should I order them from?

I'm in good shape, all the protection worked but my thumb is a little messed up. Pics sometime this weekend.

-jtp

My riding buddies stopped by last night to go for a quick bit to eat. We took the bikes around the back-roads to get to local bar/food place. A good ride, the weather was perfect and roads were clean. The bikes were a Ducati 999, a Honda RC51 and my Rock. I don't pretend to be in the same league as ...

Third post and already something useful...

1.9mb Quicktime

Talk about gaining some street credit.

-JTP

Thanks for the info. I took the can off last night, I like the sound but not the placement of it. Seemed to make my helmet resonate in fourth gear at 45mph, now I know what a brain scrambler feels like. The good news is I have some video w/ sound that I'll post later. I did put the can back on, I gu...

Got my newish Rock this last Saturday - '04 1k Miles. Rides great, already put on about two hundred miles. The best thing about this bike, I've never seen another one on the road. I'm in Harley country but all my riding buddies have metric rockets (Apriala, Ducati, Suzuki, Honda) but I'm a bigger gu...