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grond1234
32 posts recovered 2 threads started First seen 22 Dec 2005 Last seen 12 Mar 2019
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All 32- 2019 VFRD Memorial Spring Ride Registered. Will be at Hotel Fri/Sat but in the area earlier - maybe doing pre-ride with Rob Power et al or if not just aimlessly riding which is never a bad thing :). Coming solo this year as i am back down a few weeks…
- Who's Going? VFRD Spring Memorial Ride 2018 Wife and I will be there. Looking forward to seeing you all again
- Ducati supersport Well here she is😁 [image: 20171211_160644.jpg]
- Ducati supersport Nothing I can say except i want it therefore I got it. But for the sake of saying I could just say keep my current VFR which has all you describe and more , race my HRC built track bike and tear ass in the mountains on…
- Ducati supersport But I already hsve a wheelbarrow 😂
- Ducati supersport To each their own. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I remember when I got my 6th gen to replace a 3rd gen and people said it looked like an alien or buggy. Still didnt stop people from buying it. Live and let live
- Ducati supersport Well I am one of those who likes it - enough that I bought one😁.Bought a Supersport S in white and putting the akro system on it. I will be running it in at the Spring Ride aka TMAC in May. Bought it as a more…
- 2016 TexasMac official Picture & Home Safe Thread Home safe and sound a couple of hours ago. Wife and I had a great time as usual. Good to see all friends old and new.
- Official 13Th Annual Texasmac Event Thread 2016 Well your up to 20 now. Registered the wife and I. Got to get new tires for her bike but think will wait till it stops snowing for f*&k sakes
- Official 13Th Annual Texasmac Event Thread 2016 :beer:Well my plans were in flux for quite awhile - first solo with KanadianKen - now wife coming and staying at cabin again. Will be arriving on Sat 14 May and pulling out the Sun 29 May. If anyone in the area early pm…
- Any Interest In A Rear Hub Slider? Would be in as well Seb. Would they just unbolt to remove - use pitbull for transport.
- Texasmac 2015. May 28Th - 31St Booking vac - wife and I will be at cabin again with the dogs - but this time I will not screw up dates and will make it there before TMac - not just for TMac. And yes Wolfpen Gap road is repaved - was on it in Sept -…
- Dargon Well it was the beer and the drive and the need for sleep :goofy: Just got the grocery chore out of the way and off for a lazy ride :biggrin:
- Dargon Well back in Franklin with Virginia for another great riding vacation. Here until 21st Sept. Being a traitor again and brought the Ape but still have and love my VFR :biggrin: Virginia has here yellow Yamaha. If anybody…
- Dunlop Sportmax Q3 Keith Let me know - would be interested to see what you think of them
- Dunlop Sportmax Q3 Have a set on my track bike - Cbr600rr - so not qite the same as Vfr1200 -I like them - heat up fast- stick - nice turn in. Did find them a bit different in beginning - sidewalls are so stiff they don't bend/deform same…
- Official 11Th Annual Texasmac Event Thread , 2014 IN Wife and I heading down/arriving on Thur 22nd and leaving on the Monday after TMac. Staying at cabin with the dogs but will see you all there :beer:
- Good Lord...what Have I Done? Great acquisition Kel Now I have a friend up here (MC Race Mechanic) selling a mint Honda Hurricane if you want to expand your horizions and shorten your work list :goofy:
- Sidi Boot Feedback I wear Daytona Sport boots - several advantages - comfortable from the get go, great protection, zip close, and best of all you can replace the outer skin of the boot due to age or a crash. Good protection - on par with…
- Who is staying until Monday? KanadianKen and I get there Friday night May 11. Will be at cabin then move to the Microtel on the Thursday. Have to head back on Sunday but at least hopefully get 6-7 days of good riding in.
- Member Down and in ICU Very sorry to hear about this. Get well soon and hope to see you at another Tmac.
- Controlled Slide? Rice, Here is an article with some good links in it as well as some discussion of motorcycle braking. http://mfes.com/motorcyclebraking.html
- Controlled Slide? I will just add my two cents here. First just to qualifiy my answer I am a police collision reconstructionist by training and have testified as an expert witness numerous times in court regrading collision…
- Official TEXASMAC 2011 Event Thread, May 19th-22nd Well signed up and booked hotel rooms- Kanadian Ken gets his own cause he snores worse then a chainsaw. Kanadian Ken and I plan on trailering down the Saturday and ride some before the meet then pull out on the Sunday.…
- CB1000R Rim on VFR I was looking at pic's of the new CB1000R and it has a SSW 4 bolt pattern rim fo a 180 rear tire - I wonder if it would fit on a 6th gen? What do you think? Attached thumbnail(s) [image: Attached Image:…
- Bridgestone Bt-016 I have to agree with Kevin on the life span. I have run two sets of 16's when down in the mountains and the front was done in the low 2000's mark - the rear still had life left but perhaps not that much. I love the tire…
- 929 Shock w/ Ohlins Spring Good luck Chris - its time to live up to your screen name "MachineBuilder". If you build it I will take you to TMAC!!
- Official TEXASMAC Memorial Ride thread 2010 Bill, The Kanadians (Grond1234,KanadianKen and MachineBuilder) plan to arrive the Saturday before and ride the rubber off. If anybody else is going to be there early we can start a new thread about meets etc..
- Official TEXASMAC Memorial Ride thread 2010 I agree about making your own group - some of us will regardless becase we have ridden together before and prob will again. Not really a wife friendly place - ask me how I know!
- Bridgestone Bt016 I have installed a set this week as they were a great price and only been out once up here to scrub them in. First impressions are good - tip over fast but hold their line really well. Have not had to push them hard as…
- Pirelli Diablo Strada Vs Michelin Pilot Road :unsure: Strada's
- Frame Sliders My Two Cents, I have the R&G sliders on my 02. Have "used" them once - result - only a miniscule scratch on the mirror plastic. This was a lower speed low side - I don't think anything will save your bike at high speed…
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