Or, How I Learned To Love Third Gear



By the way, I am jealous of any of you who live anywhere remotely near this wonderful bit of road.

I had some motivation to post it finally. Definitely looking forward to an upgrade. If you are interested let me know! I would much rather get it to someone who will appreciate it. =)

$2600-2008 Ninja 250

While my last two options remain in the running, lately I've developed a thing for Triumph Sprints. People on the internet seem to like them, too. Has anyone here happened to have any experience? Particularly I'm having a hard time telling the "real" difference between the sub-models.

I've been watching the market here and early 2000s era ones seem to go for a good price. There is one now that was restored from streetfighterdom that I'm kind of on the fence on. My experience is streetfighters usually fought the street and lost, and even a fairly gentle dump at the wrong angle can result in months of frustration and expense tracking down little gremlins. Then again, the guy is willing to negotiate, and if the local dealer service techs give it an okay... I dunno! It was fully repainted, which has the dual purpose of looking nice, and covering up any former evidence of what happened.

I don't know whether there's a reliable "carfax" for bikes or something that would have any more info than this guy has already volunteered. Like I said, the little voice in my head says to run screaming from anything with even marginal damage history, but realistically, not all blows are fatal.

From The Tennesseean

Fore! Errant golf ball knocks out Murfreesboro motorcyclist's teeth

An errant golf ball from the 14th hole on Murfreesboro’s Indian Hills Golf Course knocked a motorcyclist’s teeth out as she and her husband rode blissfully along South Church Street.-

A man teeing off at the 14th over the weekend hooked his shot, watched the ball disappear and then heard screams, according to a Murfreesboro Police Department incident report. He followed the scream to find a woman clutching her bloody mouth.

Her husband told police that they were riding their motorcycles when he saw the ball bounce across the road and near her motorcycle. There, it careened into her face. She was able to avoid wrecking her bike, but the ball knocked out “several” teeth, the report said. She was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center for treatment.

An officer scoured the area for the offending golf ball and found multiple potential culprits, but, alas, he wrote, “none of which had blood on them.”

Contact Brian Haas at 615-726-8968 or bhaas@tennessean.com.

Headlight modulators. They're cheap and easy to install. But I rarely see a bike with one. Why is that?

According to Wikipedia, "While there are no studies supporting the headlamp modulator as an effective motorcycle safety device, some research suggests headlamp modulators may increase the conspicuity of motorcycles"

I found one that I forgot I had and so now I'm trying to make up my mind about whether or not to leave it on my Kymco (will be putting it in later this morning at the same time as when I install my new instrument cluster)

So I'll be making my first long trip in about two weeks.  Kansas City to Georgia/SC and back.  Part of the trip is, of course, a trip down the Dragon.  I'll actually be spending two night in Rutherford, so I'll have a whole day (i know, it's not enough) to explore.  On the way back, I'll be taking a slightly more northern route near Marion and Little Switzerland.  Any recommendations for that area, either for roads or accomodations?

Thanks!

May 17 or 18: to St. Louis for Geekway to the West
May 20: to Louisville, KY to visit Josh
May 22: to Robbinsville, NC to tame the Dragon (Tail of the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway)
May 24: to Clarkesville, GA to visit mom
May 26: to N. Augusta, SC to visit dad
May 28: to Columbia, SC to visit Ron, Amy, and whoever else is around
May 29: to ??? NC (somewhere between Marion and Little Switzerland)
May 31: to Louisville via Bluff City, TN to eat at Ridgewood BBQ
June 1: to St. Louis to visit Adam
June 2: home

Official posting to NatGeo's YouTube channel of "The inside story of the women who live, love, ride and play with the sexist and often violent world of American outlaw bikes."

Think i picked up a... umm something sharp.. lost a nice little round chunk of my back tire. Looking for something better than the kenda tires that came one it 120/70-12 on front and a 140/70-12 rear . Having trouble finding tires rated for 100mph. their going on an 09 kymco grandvista 250.

So I was thinking about gear that I could buy over the summer that isn't all that expensive.
Something I can buy in June and I found these two pieces.
What do you think?

Protection Top
Protection Bottom

Is this a good buy?

I'm not sure how many miles I put on the bike I know it was from somewhere 68,600 to 71,100 so many miles. http://tinyurl.com/icepawstinyroadmap for any interested.( "hey )