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17 days earlier then last year we have got to know the 2007 MotoGP
winner. Any comments, will Rossi strike back in 2008. What happened to
Kentucky Kid ...

I keep thinking and thinking about what happened and the odd way it
happened. I mean if a timing chain breaks or a connecting rod breaks or
anything along those lines, I would have heard *something*...but I didn't.
So tonight I thought to check the one thing I honestly didn't ...

Being a new croozer dude I monitor the Warrior site for bike specific
dope.  I came across this today.
http://www.rswarrior.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=57888&whichpage=1
Interestingly, so unlike our lil dysfunctional thang, everyone there

I noticed a scraping sound when pushing my 2000 GSX750 out of the barn
on my last few drives.  I thought it was my chain against the plastic
guard.  Today I realized my rear rotars were looking scraped up and
rough feeling.  I popped out the rear brake pads and they are worn to

It's raining!
And not a thunderstorm!  An honest to god low front!  I can't remember the
last time it rained.
I hope it rains/snow from now until spring.

Just to let all bike racing fans that Ireland's top short circuit
event now has it's own forum.
You can visit it at:
www,googlegroups.com/group/sunflowertrophy

1st the photo.
http://bigrex.net/pictures/06SV-650/Bob's-new-SV-650.jpg
I did about 120 miles this morning on the new bike mostly in the local
canyon. I rode with an 06 VFR, 07 675 & Buell 1200XB. 1st off, it

The impossible happened today: We actually had some nice weather and it
was warm enough to actually go out and ride without wearing gear
appropriate for a north pole expedition. Though I suppose in a few years
appropriate north pole gear might consist of shorts and a t-shirt at ...

No biggy. It just doesn't rain much down here. A steady throttle hand,
little to no braking and we still rode faster than 90% of the riders
out there.
Then when we arrived for breakfast there was a R1 rider who picked up

Next Doc Wong Riding Clinic - October 14, 2007 Sunday!!
You're invited to:
Doc Wong Riding Clinic "Cornering Confidence - Road Surfaces and Curve
Configurations" Sunday 8am-2:30pm

By extended I mean a 25 mile mostly freeway loop throught the Phoenix
East Valley. I'll do 100+ miles tomorrow.
The biggest irritant (brought my GPS portable unit) was the gross
speedometer error, so common on today's bikes. My worst error was at

A funny thing happened on the way to work.
Traffic was thick and not moving especially fast when out of nowhere
came some guy on a Harley touring bike who shot past me at a good
burst of speed.  He sat in front of me for a mile or two as there

Friend of mine took a MC safety course and they said use high beams(daytime)
because drivers still do not see you.  That was after I told him a lady
almost creamed while I was going straight from a stop light and she was
turning left.   It's not fair that everything I do has to ...