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…since I have been without a street bike.  Its wierd.  My garage is empty, clean, and roomy.  I hate it. :) 

The Futura was a great bike and I plan on doing a full review at a later date.  I really had no complaints, and she never left me stranded.  I think its the best sport-tourer to have if you want to ST fast.

Anyway, the new owner picked it up today and created a hole.  That hole will be filled eventually, but probably not for a while.  I have a fancy for the Triumph Rocket III at the moment, but time will tell how the used market has them priced. 

Heh - someone else is going to have to do the heavy lifting

Ok,

It’s Round #5 of the CCS/SW road racing series this weekend.   To tell the truth I am looking forward to the forced summer vacation.

See I have been racing most every month for the past 9 months.  9 rounds, 11 race days, a number of Track Days, Track Schools, Working Out, Going to Two Wheel Tuesday and much more.    It just has been a ton of motorcycling racing and its time to go street riding and enjoy just hanging out.

Last race weekend my buddy got a bit aggressive and low sided behind me.  That gave me the opportunity to have my first high side.  3 seconds later, I was up running to my bike.  I don’t know what has changed in

My wife and I were driving somewhere last night and we got on the topic of cars.  My wife said that her favorite car of all time was her first car…err SUV…a Jeep.  She loved to looks and the convertible’s wind in the hair, but I was amused at her number one reason:  “because everyone else in a Jeep waves to you”.  I get that…I completely get that.

If I saw a complete stranger and the only thing I knew about him was that he rode a motorcycle, he would have an in with me.  I think its why the sport, on one terrain or another, has survived in my arsenal of activities for so long.  The  common bond of knowing

It’s a problem I have not had to face in many years due to fuel injected bikes.  Since 2001, I have had Aprilia’s which are all fuel injected and my trusty YZ426 that came to me already jetted.  Now as I go through my YZ450 to get it ‘right’, its the learning process all over again.

As an avid believer in motorcycle forums for the best knowledge available, I am a member of thumpertalk.com.  It seems like everyone and their mother is running a 45 pilot jet and a 165 main jet.  The main has been on since the beginning, but the idle circuit has not.  Starting this machine has been a bitch from day one - cold or hot.

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