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After a few years of not having a bike in the garage I'm back in the mix. Just picked up a humble '23 RE Hunter 350 from Throttle Company in Columbus. Great people and atmosphere. Already have a pile of parts to make it my own.

Dayton Rootbeer Stand 1727 Woodman Dr, Dayton, OH 45420. http://www.rootbeerstande.com/

Long time rider, first time poster. 🙂 I have not been riding as much the last couple of years, but this year I am retiring and planning to spend a LOT more time in the saddle. Looking forward to making some new friends and possibly meeting you all at a bike night!

Ride a Suzuki Boulevard C50T. Have been on the Discord channel and finally made it to this site. I love to ride any evenings after work when it's nice out and during the off days of Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Hit me up on Facebook Messenger if you want to ride! https://www.facebook.com/Kuhl2016/

A list of the mods so far...... K-Speed rear shocks Hitchcock's 10% stiffer fork springs EBC HH sintered brake pads Dunlop Sportmax GPR300 tires in the OE sizes Tail Tidy (the MK unit is on the way) Custom Enfield seat Bar end mirrors DNA filter/air box cover Enfield Precision can FuelX Lite Enfield LED indicators Short adjustable levers LED headlight and marker bulbs I think that's it for now.......I'm waiting on the Enfield rev counter kit and upgraded shift linkage to rid the bike of the 6 miles of slop in the shifter assy. I've worked a bit on trimming weight from the bike as well......down just shy of 7 pounds......and it still won't "Do the Ton". 🤣

What I find hilarious is even if I install the aftermarket cam (once it's available again) it still will only do about 85mph. With what I'm currently installing it would do 75 or so......but that is not the intended use of the bike. I'll be using the 'ol adage of "it's more fun riding a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow". 😂 Hence upping the tires and suspension.

I ventured up there due to the color I wanted. The two closer RE dealers (Williams in Xenia and the Indian dealer in Walton, Ky.) did not have one. I will be using the Indian dealer for service whilst under warranty. They have a good selection of vintage bikes for sale and in the service bays. Paid suggested retail and purchased over $800 in RE accessories. They offered 10% off on all acc's when purchased with a bike and installed everything for free.

1, 2, or 4 preferably.

2, 3, or 4

I like to ride to root beer stands. Over the last couple of years I've been working on a map of stands. I've put it here: https://rootbeerstands.com/ I know it's just a quick and dirty template site. Let me know if you know of any stands, or places that make their own root beer, for me to add to the map. It's all a work in progress. Also let me know if you want to ride to any of these places this summer!

The food is great too, but yes it's Frost top. I dig it. The burgers are amazing.

Took a visit to Cy and he put us on some Tigers last week. Fun day, fun ride. I rode a 1200 GT Pro and Windfall rode the Tiger 900. Something exciting may be coming... stay tuned.

Hawaii is stickered.

Went here to check it out. It was an old Target actually. Had a decent amount of stock and looked cool.

Hmm, with my potentially buying plugs I count 6. 🤓

The votes are in! Tied results, so we'll go with the earlier date to allow a fallback plan if something happens! @Windfall @ngphill @JeremyM @Elongo06 @Atrain @Benjamelon Community Garage / Ride on April 16th: All invited to arrive any time 8:30 8:00 AM or later. There'll be coffee, water, donuts. Kickstands up no later than 10:30 10:00 AM. (Sooner could allow a more twisty / less direct route). Arrive @ Elk Creek no later than 12:00 PM for custom molded ear plug service. I'm confirming the 12/noon arrival. That was the need last time, not sure if it'll change this time. $50 and 10-15 minutes per set. I advised there'll be 5 people buying plugs (Jeremy, Jake, Ben, Atrain, Nick), with a potential 6th (Windfall). We're flexible after this. Lunch probably a good idea . Suggestions? Anything we've missed? IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING US BUT MISSED VOTING - REACH OUT! WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU!

If it's the same woman that did mine, she's a badass with a shotgun. http://www.womensoutdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ShadoePerry2.jpg

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Motorcycle: 2019 ZX636(GKF) Rider: 40M,S no tickets or accidents Full coverage 100k/300k/100k U-M 100/300/100 Policy changes: 2023 will be changed to "leisure". Some reason it's not set. Should lower it. $656 a year with a $50 deductible with Erie.(annual vanishing deductible and rate lock) Note: Erie will not insure a single bike, I believe you need a auto policy as well. The full auto WITH bike FC for both is $1,119. Which should go down.

I'd love to join as well! And the destination for custom earplugs is perfect! Do you have any in mind or just fishing for ideas for now?

We need a tie-breaker! Maybe let the weather decide?

I too voted for all, because I have no life.

Motorcycle: 2022 ktm 890 duke r Rider: 39 years old, male Full Coverage or Liability: Full coverage Policy Changes none Hoping I don’t jinx myself but my premium is less than yours with an at fault accident. Supposed to drop off after 3 years so maybe that’s why? $395.36 for the year. Maybe coverage is different. I dunno. I got Dairyland. My personal experience with progressive has been terrible. Used to have em and they increased my rates every year in my early twenties. Same bike, no accidents. Now I (sorta) deal with progressives claim adjuster, and again bad experiences. Always good to shop around every year. Insurance companies aren’t loyal to you, no need to be loyal to them.

Worth a shot! I haven't called - I don't want to draw any attention! I paid in full & am keeping my mouth shut! 🤐

CR sticker on the Pig Trail in Arkansas.

I've had LED accent lights on a few bikes. Even when turned off, it's not uncommon for them to have a slight parasitic drain. If that's your problem, you can either re-wire them to an ignition switched power source or simply hook a battery tender up if you won't be riding for a while. In my experience, an otherwise healthy electrical system + healthy battery + LED parasitic drain can go a couple weeks of non-riding before you get issues with the battery level (that is, a couple of weeks before you need to hook up the battery tender). But that'll vary of course. Best solution is the ignition switched wiring. I've also had 2 different wireless phone chargers on 2 different bikes. Both of those chargers had in-line "off" switches, and BOTH still had parasitic drain even of switched off! These were reputable brand chargers, not knock-offs. Options were the same as above.

Hi SunshineGrrl, welcome back (although I wasn't here 8 years ago)! Shadows are great bikes, I've had two of them in the past. I hope we can all get some rides together this year. - Jeremy

WIRING TIME!!! This is gonna be along post, so buckle in... If you ever had a train set as a kid, you probably remember hooking two wires up to the track, then to the power pack. That's called DC or direct current. In that system, to make the train go faster you just increase current to the track. Slower, you decrease current. Super simple, and great for small layouts or running one train, but if you want to run multiple trains or a large layout, you need to separate your layout into blocks. It can become a wiring nightmare in a hurry. In comes DCC or digital command control. It supplies the track with the same amount of power no matter what, and sends a signal to a decoder in each locomotive. This lets you control multiple trains without any extra wiring. All you need to do is dial in the locomotives number to control it. The equipment is more expensive, and takes a little more time setting up, but IMO the results are worth it. This is what I'm wiring my layout to use. I'm just running two main bus wires, then feeders from those to the track. There's lots of guides on how to wire for DCC, and it can get very confusing very quickly. Some say you need feeders at every connection, some say just one feeder on the layout, and every combination in between. There's no wrong way to do it, but wiring every connection can get expensive, so I just wired every 'block'. The switches I have are power routing, so if A is powered, then B or C is powered depending on which way the switch is going, but it can't power both. Using switches, I separated my layout into 'blocks' You can see I have feeders for each 'block' so there's no power interruption. Picture of the feeders. Wires soldered onto the bottom of connectors. These will replace the track connectors. Marking the joint and track location so I know where to drill holes and place the track back into its spot. Hole drilled. It'll sit flush when done. Picture of the red and black bus wires, and the blue and white feeder wires hooked to them. It's very important you keep the same connections and don't hook up opposite rails or it won't work. And how do you keep track of what rail is what? Simple. Place a car with a marking on the track and whatever side the marking is on is whatever color you choose. In my case the tape side is the blue wire, then goes to the black bus wire. This also gives you a bonus of checking all the other rail connections as you push the car around the track. After everything is hooked up, just plug in the bus wires and run a locomotive, looking for dead spots or any other issues. Unfortunately I plugged in the wrong power pack and fried my controller, so everything's on hold until I can get a new one.

It's definitely a long term project, potentially never finished, going by others setups. I probably will add some bracing when I get everything leveled out.

Very cool to see you’re taking your time with it and not just slapping some subs and an amp in there thinking it’ll be good enough.

This would have come in handy for our first meet up of the season. We should try it out next time.

Cool, can’t wait to get down there again. Looking forward to seeing people. What time?

I'd love to go, but Saturdays are too hard and I suspect Sunday the 10th I'll be busy being my B day and all.

I put these in discord but I’ll post em up here too

Hello Who can I talk to about the dates listed for our Bike Nights in Milford and Colerain. We are listed as having Bike night on the 24th and Colerain is listed as the 25th. Milford Bike Nights are every Wednesday 6-10 Weather permitting. We are having a great bike night as we speak Colerains Bike Nights are every Thursday 5-9 weather permitting. Thank You for your needed assistance... Kathleen Donahoe 513-831-5823

Nice Suzuki Ringo. In my experience those aftermarket seats sometimes take quite a while to break in, but once they do they are way more comfortable than stock.

Thanks man...I just got the seats a few weeks ago and apparently have to "break them in" so I am not so sure at the moment. I expected them to be nice and soft like the seats on an Indian. But they are not...yet...maybe. lol I started riding when I graduated high school back in 1983 and then did not really ride again till I bought this last year with the first stimulus check against my now "estranged wife" wishes. I'm sitting here now bummed that it's not warmer over the next few days. Grrrr....

When its a weekend