LowRyter

IPA? pooueie

Casey's is brand new station, less than year old. And Buc-ee's is the latest in "super stations", bigger than cable!

one word: Dunlop @p6x

I usually buy cheap gas for the car. Many times ethanol. For the bikes I'm a little more careful. Usually 100% gas / 91. I've only seen precipitous mileage drop on these two occasions. 91 in the Corvette from Buc-ees and 91 in Duc from Casey's. Anymore, I just run 87 in the Corvette, makes no difference how it runs.

Casey advertized 100% gasoline 91 octane. The difference was nearly 4 mpg

@Pressureangle Don't purchase Buc-ee's or Casey's gas.

Well, it a happened again. Got some 91 at Casey's for the Ducati. Mileage went from 42 down to 38. Just filled it with Phillips 66, within 10 miles I was back to 42.5. How do they put filler in gas? Is it the same volume but less weight? Air?

I thought the point of the video was that teflon was the key substance?

I was texted by a rider that has one and wants $4500. It's a nice bike with a salvage title. I told him to post it here. If anyone is interested, PM and I'll give you his number. He's moved out of state and works for an auction house. He's the fellow I posted about that was the broker for Steve McQueen's $250k Husky. He'll put it in the Las Vegas auction otherwise.

$4k, that's what I paid for this one. And it was the bike that was photo'd for "Motorcyclist" magazine. It's got 70k on it now

I had the original Seca 550

ok ... here ya go.

There are available body kits for these bikes now that fit the round headlight instead of the square one on the model bike. So if Yamaha never sells it here, there're options. This is the bodykit that I'm writing about: Is this bike mechanically the same as the MT09?

@GuzziMoto Zarco was on KTM at the very beginning of their entry. There might've been lots of reasons. Perhaps slow development or ignoring his input. He is a different category of rider for sure, considering his unpredictable results positive and negative.

@GuzziMoto I don't think Zarco had a choice if he wanted to stay in MotoGP. I think Martin's tires were gone, one lap too many....

I see the bike has 14k miles on it, so it's been ridden.

glad to see #5 win one

I see that Rahal is sponsoring a pair of Duc V2's for Moto Am Supersport with Ben Spies as manager. He and his son own a couple bike dealers in Indy including Ducati. Wayne is getting the program going now. I wonder if the Daytona 200 will get back to snuff? I might even attend another one.

x = cross r = racing s = street Honda: cb = city bike xt = 4 stroke trail xr = 4 stroke competition Suzuki GSXR = Grand Sport eXperimental- Racing RR = race replica

I think I posted that I had a failed Omron a few weeks ago. Replaced it with one my dozen take-offs (I have two bikes). Actually haven't played relay roulette since then. I also use Deox spray and CRC contact cleaner.

I think my bike had the issue a few years ago IIRC. I was riding it and parked it. Bike wouldn't start. Totally dead. Needed a regulator. I still play with the relays.

US Road Racing has been in the tank for 15 years. The manufacturers pulled out and the last two talents are gone from MotoGP. It's not bounced back. The Daytona 200 is a mere shadow of itself. There are more opportunities in Flat Track and Moto Cross. MA has made some incremental advancements. So the opportunities are largely gone here and the whole scene has shifted to Europe. That being the lower Moto classes and perhaps British and Spanish racing are the places to start. It's a young man's game, so not many teeneagers are moving to Europe. I'd suggest that we have better regional racing and perhaps some spec racing bikes that might be under the MA umbrella that keep the costs and travel down. Then have a few national events for championships. This has been done, just not with a lot of sponsorship. Flat Track is able to fund a national schedule even for the amatuer classes although the top class only has a dozen bikes.

both Marquez on the same team?

it was OTA on NBC.

I've never gone down to a 160, 'd like to try it. I think the bike is agile enough for its weight but am a little concerned about stability. I'm in the other camp so far as tire life. The bike has plenty of off the line torque and I find the bike eats tires. In fact, all my radial tired bikes seem to eat their rears.