Recent content by Judd

This ride was awesome. 675 miles over two days and pretty much ideal conditions. Thurs was low 70's and nothing but blue sky and lots of great back roads. I saw at least 3 dozen of those highway signs with the curvy arrow going up on the yellow diamond - always good to see. My $65 room...

Nice! Heard track school at VIR was awesome. Have a great time, Beatle. If you get back and are itching to get out and practice your new throttle control skills let me know - you could just make it a sick week of riding and would love to have a wing man. My only issue on Skyline is the...

Spring Two-Day Ride Leaving from the DC Metro on Thursday and coming back on Friday. Took this ride in late September and it was awesome. Using the same ride plan again but going to run it in reverse this time. Two full days of riding, ~680 miles with minimal slab except for the ride out...

+1 for trying to be more visible to other drivers. My simple thinking is slightly brighter = slightly better. Can't speak to longevity yet but they are supposed to be "anti vibration" powersports bulbs. That may just be a meaningless label on the box but PIAA is normally a good quality...

Hard to really call this a mod - it took about as long to install the new bulbs as it did to get them out of the box from Amazon and remove from the PIAA packaging - but this was an easy, affordable upgrade. I went with the Xtreme White Plus bulbs, the ones with the blue tips, and they are...

Great ride. Two days, 680 miles, with nice weather and no traffic. Rode Skyline Drive end-to-end and then 120 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway. These are popular motorcycling roads for a reason. Winding along the top of a mountain ridge hour after hour, countless scenic overlooks with valley...

Thanks agf. That is pretty much exactly what I am looking for, but it looks like they may not ship to the USA. The Kenma site says, "Many items are no longer eligible for sale or shipment to international destinations outside of Australia." Even if they do sell to the the US, kits are $99...

After out riding with a buddy and seeing how well his axle sliders performed in a low speed crash, I am trying to get the rear swingarm/axle slider from Motovation USA. Problem: Motovation discontinued the kit for the 2004-2006 FZ6 so they are no longer available. Possible solution: their...

Glad it was a minor incident Beatle - no serious injuries and we rode home. We can all benefit from better skills and improved technique and this was a good reminder to make time for practice. I am no expert and am sure many others can outride me, but I have ridden 60k+ miles on several...

Bump...any other DMV riders want to rally? Trip is on for 9/26 - let us know if you want to meet up.

Hell yeah. I'm jealous. Got down there last year and it was a few days of epic riding. Wish it were closer. Have a blast. That's one way to remove the peg feelers - grind'em down!

Awesome! Glad to hear, George! I booked a couple nights in cheap hotels (less than $100 a night) but can cancel anytime, just wanted to get something reserved. Think it might be nice to not have to camp since we are going to try to cover ~900 miles in three days, but i do have a tent/gear and...

Hey guys, found this older thread when searching for help with the same problem. I mounted scorpion factory ovals and am using the FAZR6 FE kit (from Larry on Ebay). The install was easy enough but the black plastic fish tail that goes between the cans was just sort of dangling there and...

Sounds good guys. @ Beatle: I can't take too many days off so need to do a weekender. Spending Friday on Skyline and BRP so should be a little better than Sat/Sun (hopefully). @ Rumblestrip: glad to meet you on Friday near Afton if it works out on your end.

3 Day Ride. DC to Southern VA. Down through the Blue Ridge Mtns and back north through the Allegheny Mtns. Planning to spend day one on Skyline and the BRP to Roanoke. Day two, loop down around Woolwine/Hillsville/Wytheville and back up to Lexington through the Jefferson Nat Forest. Day...