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I have two -- Road Runner and my guilty pleasure mag, Robb Motorcycling. Some amazing stuff shows up in both. I don't care for most of the mainstream bike 'zines; they just wrap a thin layer of the same content everyone else is publishing for free on the web around 75 pages of ads.


Frank

I bought my bike from a guy who was 6'7" and probably in the high 200s, low 300s in weight, plus had a wife who was a dear woman if ... uh ... ample. The bike is a Suzuki Intruder LC. It's now sold in a slightly modified form called the Boulevard C90, for around eleven grand. I've seen LCs from...

Call me old fashioned, but have you considered telling them to f*ck off and quit treating you like a little kid? Risks are there, and no matter how careful you are, something terrible can happen to you on a motorcycle. Something terrible can also happen to your kids on a swingset, no matter how care...

One of my riding buddies has a '76 GoldWing that he has been riding since the day he rode it off the lot new. If the bike was a quality machine in the first place, and has been well maintained, it can last longer than you.


Frank

Bikespace is a great site; it's had very little uptake since it went online unfortunately (one of the founders and first three or four members myself.) It has a lot of potential -- just need more riders to join us over there!


Frank

I am the poster child for staying on smaller bikes for beginners. I rode for years as a teenager and adult, and on some fairly decent-sized bikes (my last bike before my hiatus was a 93 Honda ST1100 ABS, not a little or lightweight machine.) I then went a little over four years without riding, and w...

Front brake.

-Holiday

I'm in Alabama atm ... I'd need to give myself an extra day to ride up before the meetup but aside from that no big deal.


Frank

I know this sounds silly, but I really felt like somebody when I could do a U-turn without trailing my foot. I've seen guys in parking lots and group rides who say they've been riding 10+ years, yet they peddle around like Fred Flintsone when they're going under 10mph. So, when you're perfectly comf...

skinnyjoint wrote: ive come to the terms that everyone is a squid in someone elses eyes it seems like, they rather insult and name call them squids instead of trying to help or teach them Reminds me of the old George Carlin joke: "Why is it that anyone who drives slower than you is a moron, an...