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JBear

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  1. Yeah, that's a treacherous path to start down. I got my 10R, and she was happy as a passenger for one summer; then she had to have her own. Figuring she'd dump it, I got her a '97 ZX6. She did, a couple times. Once she got that out of her system, she wanted something faster, so I gave it away and got her an '05 R6. She was pretty happy with it, until she road my literbike one night because her R6 was acting up and I didn't feel good with her on it so we swapped. So the R6 got traded for a '12 CBR 1kRR. She'll probably be wanting a ZX14R next...
  2. Conspicuously absent is anyplace for the newly convinced wife to sit... no chance she recently cranked up your life insurance benefit, is there?
  3. Good choice on the pipe, I love the Akra on my 10R.
  4. I know, I know... but that isn't going to make my truck any faster... or Mrs. Bear's LGT for that matter.
  5. Gear is the main factor. With the right gear you can comfortably ride when it's way too cold for road conditions to be safe on two wheels. Regardless, I still need two batteries. *sigh*
  6. Pretty sure both my bikes will need batteries this year. Always something...
  7. The wife's '06 will turn over 180K this week, won't be payed off for another year and needs a bunch of stuff. I'm really torn. She loves it and it's been pretty reliable, the payment is so easy I could pay it off in a few months if I didn't have so much else on my plate. I'm just not sure if I want to go all in for what it needs. Original dampers are going soft, control arms are making noise, coils are testing on the fritz, can't keep brakes or bearings in it for a reasonable amount of time and the tires wear shitty whether they get rotated or not. I wanted to buy her this car from the first time I saw the "new" body in '05, but that's gonna be some uncomfortable coin in what I can't believe is a pretty old car already. It sure is sexy though...
  8. 1) I ride a 2005 ZX10R Ninja. Wife rides a 2012 CBR1000RR. Actually, I ride it more than she does. I have tons of great pics, not posting. Thank the rapists at Photobucket. 2) I bought it to commute, and used to do that. I rode everywhere possible. New job with a company vehicle, free is cheaper than cheap, don't want to leave it at work all day, now I just ride recreationally. Wife still commutes on hers sometimes, but she's white collar and it's a little tougher to deal with riding gear, gym clothes, and a business suit on a bike. So it goes. 3) I started riding when I got tired of paying over $5/gal to fuel my Mustang GT that only got 17mpg. So, sometime just over a decade ago. 4) MSF course was completely wasted on me. That said, there is no easier way to get the M-cert on your license, and well worth doing just for that reason. Also: tires. "I think these are still good" means it's time to throw them out. Learned the hard way, and there's nothing you want to learn the hard way on a motorcycle.
  9. Yeah, just had to replace both of those on ours around that same mileage as well. So it goes...
  10. Any intake that lets more air in is going to cause a lean condition without a fuel remap, and it's not going to make power unless it wasn't getting enough air in the first place. Which is to say, I've never heard of an intake "making power" on a stock/nearly stock LGT, and any intake in that situation that doesn't cause problems probably isn't going to justify it's existence if and when it's highly modified. I can see now why it was shitty for you, but it sounds to me like you're criticizing a screwdriver for not being a good enough hammer.
  11. I've been meaning to get in for that recall. Hard to do when you're driving it though...
  12. Quitting while you're behind is only for people who don't like what they have. A car is a horrible investment in almost every way, but it can be an excellent investment in personal enjoyment. As such, I've never put a dollar into a car that I ever expected to get back as anything but a smile. It isn't a bad investment until you give up on it, and there are things to be said for "The Devil You Know".
  13. No code when our turbo went either. Actually, with the thousands of dollars worth of crap that's gone wrong with this engine, we only ever got a code when it was running fine and due for emissions testing...
  14. I don't remember what my turbo cost, but it was well over a grand. Maybe he's talking about that fancy feed kit?
  15. Where does this dash rattle piece go? I'm a little surprised that our LGT with 138K on it doesn't seem to have any rattles of any kind coming from the dash area which so many people seem to experience. The center console elbow rest now, that thing irritates the living piss out of me with it's buzzing... but it seems to do it less in the "forward up" position. Regardless, other than that (and the original wheel bearings, and the super crappy tires) the interior is pretty quiet.
  16. I'm pleased to see the Recaro thrown up in the very first reply. It's not just cool to have your kid in a Recaro, like having your infant who won't be walking for months wearing Air Jordans. I'm going to be a little bit of a dick here (I don't think so, but I've been told I am) and maybe (hopefully not) piss some people off (it's happened when I've been on this subject before). Read up on the Recaro. Compare the testing and R&D they do with that seat to the R&D done by pretty much every other crappy car seat maker in the world who cares more about convenience or fashion than safety, and see if you can still feel comfortable putting your kid in anything else... I hope you can't.
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