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Some of us southern boys are still diggin out to. Though my snow has been gone for a while. I have been working longer hours to make up the money that was lost in the past couple of months plus the economy crap. Manage to ride my bike twice since the onset of winter. Which is really a lot less then usual. That and I had started going back to the gym pretty hardcore back in November. My time is getting limited.

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Well I am strapped for cash…. but depending on the weather and timing … hell I am 4 hours away from the dragon. Might come and meet ya. IF work allows.

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back atcha

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:^) thanks for the props… .but luckily we also have Trials on here to that has quite the knack for the bikes. I believe this one got an answer in another section that he had posted in .

Let us know if you got it figured out KDB. Nothing worse then asking for help then not following up on what the actual fix is/was. Share the wealth…you might just be helping someone else in the same situation.

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This is why I spent an hour with each of my daughters teaching them about the compass and more importantly the rise and fall of the sun and moon. The biggest part that tripped them up was going down a highway I would ask them which way were we headed. One time the sign said 39 south. The position of the sun was not where it should be. She threw her hands up and said it was getting confusing. I had to laugh and say to her ” Sweetheart, they didn’t get the lesson you just did, so the roads dips and turns in all kinds of ways but some patience will get you where you need to go, if the folks would have had decent parents or would have listened to their parents, we would get where we are going a lot quicker”….. bam! 2 birds 1 stone.

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Too Funny!!!! I think you nailed!

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my only question is how tense were you, elbows locked, white knuckling…. etc.

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nothing really….. i had the lt version… not sure i paid attention to the non lt. one could be spoke vs. mag rims. neither has a windshield or bags…… which is usually with lt versions. got my curiosity up..will do a search.

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Metzeler ME’s are some of the most touted for our type bikes. Though I only got 6 thousand miles out of each tire. I ride 72 miles round trip…does not include errands. I eventually went to a car tire on my bike. I was going through 2 1/2 tires a year with motorcycle tires. However I absolutely do not recommend that avenue for beginners. Each tire has its good and bad sides…great performance usually sacrifices mileage and vice versa. So it will depend on what your needs are.

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…….or near the dog (pronounced: dawg) pen.

…yes I am from the south.

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Ok….first… let me say this…. that person with the buyers remorse…. is only for that person. Go sit on the bike! Your body composition is different. Your level of maturity is gonna be different. Your idea of comfortable is gonna be different. Your riding habits are going to be different. Yet you think your outcome is going to be the same ?

Still go take the MSF course. You got a good jump on the dirt bike but I would still recommend some street training. For the same reasons rolling blading is different then ice skating.

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Loud alarm and Lo Jack. Anything you can do to slow down their progress, but still be practical for you. Honestly at anytime someone decides they want it bad enough, it will be gone. Thats where LoJack comes in. Look it up.

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Working at the shop…. Lady in a near new SUV pulls up.

” Excuse me can you help me?”….. brain already thought “probly not” but I try and be nice so I ask ” Sure whatcha need?” the response both floored me and caught me off guard to the point the sarcasm came out before I could catch myself.
Her question:
“We have been driving around for ten minutes trying to figure out how to get out of the mall parking lot… can you help” …..lol what?!

MY immediate almost regretful response was….. “Sure can, at some point in the next ten minutes you find yourself taking the turns in the same direction, switch it up a touch and go the other way”

Luckily she was in good spirits and laughed at not only the response but at herself for not realizing the simplicity of the answer that she had yet to conclude.

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nice!!

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Grats on the 950!

BTW the disclaimer is there for the morons who cannot figure out that a 1 inch tube will be the end all to keeping their leg attached should they swipe a car at 60+mph. You know the same idiots that were able to sue tobacco companies because they weren’t smart enough to figure out smoking was bad for them……..
Is always why they are now PC’d named highway bars. Think of “highway” bars as the bumpers on modern day cars. If you ever walk through the dealership, and have never before looked, you will see on the sale slip on the window “Bumper is rated to safely absorb impact up to 23 mph collision” in other words…. other then a parking lot scrape the bumper is cosmetic…half of them are filled with styrofoam.
Highway “crash bars” do the same thing. In the parking lot or a slow drop it will protect your legs and gas tank from getting ding’d and dented. Faster speeds …say avg city speed limits it can buy you time to get out from under the bike before it fails and leaves you pinned between the motor and the road. Anything Higher then that though…. why would anyone think these would save them. I have seen some instances where they have survived a highway speed beeting from random animals and such, but that is more attributed to the luck of impact point rather then the integrity of the bar.

Also look at it really good. The most basic mounting points are on the front of the frame….. typical D bends back around to the bottom of the frame and bolts up to some where near the foot controls. No front to back impact stability at all…. you would need a third mounting point minimally for this.

In summary…. parking lots, in town speeds etc. All good….. anything past 20 30 mph…wishfull thinking. I have highway bars on my V900 and love the looks and functionality of them. It did help save me from some damage when a car did a brake check at an intersection (apparently changed her mind on going straight) I had to quickly make a turn closer to a curb then I intended which also contained a mailbox. Actually in thinking…whish I had highway bars on the horses I rode too…lol…. woulda saved me from a nasty bruise when a barrel racing horse decided to go around a fence post a touch more tighter then I intended…… anyway. But yea yu can mount forward foot controls on them, extra lights for safety, even companies likes scootworks offers leather covers for cold weather rides to help get the wind off your legs.

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