My best friend, a Marine, purchased the XD in both a 9MM and a .45
He has had great luck with both of them and encouraged me to get the 9MM when I'm in the market for a handgun, since it fires smoothly and accurately (per his description)
I'm all tripped out from last summer...it's exhausting but WAY worth it.
Whoever is thinking about doing this and hasn't before, you are definitely missing out!
Cool bike Ben, but they'll have to remove the Petronas stickers before racing begins.
I have to comment...those photos were neat, but not very complementary of his machine. Everyone is now trying this weird 'fish-eye, wide-angle' Speedhunters style. If they can't be executed well, just...
The newer Concours 14 with KTRC has the ability for you to open the throttle and not worry about the front wheel coming off the ground. It is very, very controlled under power.
When our rep let me use one for a few days I was told to pin the throttle in 2nd and shift at 9500... I received...
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone though...
They manufactured a machine that couldn't compete with everyone else. Obviously, any form of racing is incredibly expensive to participate. MotoGP is the highest level of motorcycle road racing which means it requires massive amounts of...
I like how excited we get as enthusiasts on a non-Honda forum. This appears to be a vanilla type of motorcycle and yet with all of its features it shows great promise for motorcycling and even gets our heavy attention. Its almost as if the manufacturers are TRYING to earn our business.
It...
I also agree, on a 1000cc he just might have a better opportunity to be consistent in all track conditions. JoLo seemed to operate better on the 800 (obviously) and I would be curious to see how ambitious he will be on the larger Yamaha next year.
Prediction: Ben will wring the 1000 better...