Do they really?  Slick mud is what I'm most worried about up on the "roads" way up north...

Quote from: aschendel on September 04, 2012, 09:24:44 AM

now that i can get KTC-80's in the right size, i plan to make it to the top of the world on my ninja...

a.s.

As long as it doesn't rain. They suck in the wet.

now that i can get KTC-80's in the right size, i plan to make it to the top of the world on my ninja...

a.s.

Those are preliminary filings of an incident from the MNDPS/State Patrol. website.  You generally will not find much detailed witness or first hand statements in these filings.

But they do report the road conditions at the time of the crash, whether other vehicles are involved, helmet use and time of day.  I find that information interesting, but then I'm sort of a mundane details geek anyway.  You generally won't find anything that might wind up being in a court case or insurance report.  Dave offered up a rare first person account of his crash on the web, but you generally won't run into that often.

I find it interesting that Dave's accident doesn't actually involve the type of motorcycle listed and certainly "failed to negotiate corner" in his case is a far cry from what I would imagine happened based on that description.  I'm pointing that out because we were pretty harsh on that group of bikes that fell down on the exit ramp with passengers using this same preliminary (inadequate?) data from the MNDPS/State Patrol website.  I believe his situation is a clear indication that we'd be foolish (in my opinion) to assess/judge/critique (dare I say "learn"?) from these reports.  I'm glad you post them (and other stories), I was surprised to find out how mistake-prone my assumptions were in this case.

a.s.

I'm planning on going (down and back on Saturday), there are a few people from the ST-Owners group going down from here as well we could try to meet up with.  I get the sense (just from an email) that they might "straight-line" it down there and I'd prefer to leave earlier and wind my way down, although I'm quite open to different options, especially if the weather isn't good.  I was kinda thinking of this google map route, I checked it yesterday via the satellite view and I am pretty sure it's all paved.

a.s.

I took a few more pics of my setup today and typed up a little blurp for another forum, figured I could cross-post it here.  Sorry my stuff's so dirty, it sat in the rain yesterday...

I would like my power outlet not keyed is just an annoyance about how my GPS works, especially when powered from a USB adapter...  Like most (all?) GPS', it prompts to shut itself off when the power is removed.  At gas stops, etc, when powered by a USB adapter, even if I remember to keep it on, it redetects the USB and tries to go into computer-connected mode which is annoying since it takes awhile to get back to normal.  I think I could get a specific USB charging cable, and of course it doesn't do this when using the Garmin car adapter.  So when I'm using the Garmin cord I just have to remember to click "Stay On" or I have to wait for it to boot back up...  thankfully this unit starts up quickly so it's not a huge problem.  Here are some pics (if you get a Red-X, right-click and choose show picture, my image host can't handle too many connections at one time):

















The location is my favorite part.  Aside from the fact that it blocks my trip meter (no gas gauge ), having a map right near my line of sight, where I'm used to looking, lit up in the dark, etc. is fantastic.  And I rode in the rain at DCTC with it (in a ziplock bag) and it didn't get even a drop of water on it.

I'll throw out a vote for my current ride, a 2000-2002 Ninja ZX-6R (and 2005+ (?) as the ZZR-600); highly capable, good range (200 miles on 4.5 gallons), comfortable for the right people, and a great value.

a.s.

i use the ER6i's as well, for riding occasionally, but mostly for when I'm mowing, etc.

a.s.

Slant is right   I especially like the roadkill paragraph.

At the risk of introducing something tangential, but near and dear to my heart, "5.4 million people die each year — one every six seconds — from lung cancer, heart disease or other illness directly linked to tobacco use. Smoking killed 100 million people in the 20th century, and the yearly death toll could pass 8 million as soon as 2030 — 80% of those deaths will be in the developing world, where tobacco use is growing most rapidly."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1711154,00.html

Call me back when we have a solution to the "drain on society" that smoking is and we can talk about putting helmets on a few people that aren't smart enough to do it themselves.

a.s.