Recent content by BigAl

Thanks for the ideas. I'm looking forward to exploring!

I'm heading to a work retreat in Scottsdale tomorrow through Friday, and would appreciate any ideas on short rides I could do on a couple of those days. Tomorrow, I'm picking the bike up at around 10am at Arizona Sportbike Rentals at 15810 N. Cave Creek Rd in Phoenix, and need to be back to...

I guess it would depend on how much of a profit margin there is on the LE versus the combined margin on a stock R1, aftermarket parts and any cost of installation, less what you might recover for the take off parts. I would imagine Yamaha, based on buying lots of parts large enough to outfit...

No, no, no. The best show on TV is Lost and it started up again last week. :P

Ordered my 2005 on 2/19/05. I was told to expect delivery in June. Called at the end of March to get an update, and was told more likely July. They called me 6/5 and told me it was in, set up and ready to be picked up. Maybe someone backed out and I got theirs, or maybe they had ordered one...

Wow. Reading all this brought back memories of my dad. He was an alcoholic. Never abusive, just drank a lot. All the time. My mom apparently tried for years to get him to stop. Eventually she told him to choose, and he chose drinking. Not that he didn't go through the motions of...

I think under the CBA in football, the team can suspend a player without pay for a max of 4 games. The unioon will argue that the 4 game max should be for severe conduct, and that TO's trash talking of other players on his team does not rise to that level (players get 4 games for bar fights...

My wife was looking over my shoulder when that pic came up. She just put her hand on my shoulder and said, "Don't even thinkk about it!"- She reads my mind well. Oh well. She didn't even bat an eye about the trip to Rose Bowl I sprung on her tonight(to see the Longhorns beat up on USC of...

Anyone else see the December issue of Cycle World? They have a write-up on the R1LE and another tuner prepared R1 that costs $38K!!

I was on vacation last week in Calistoga, CA, and while we were driving down 29, we got behind 2 guys on custom choppers- sleevless shirts, little plastic 1/2 helmet brain buckets. They seemed to be struggling a bit with their long bikes in the slow pace of traffic anyway, so I backed WAY off...

As a former HD owner, this seems spot on. Part of it I attribute to the fact that they have changed some significant things on the newer bikes, that make the older ones drop in value- rubber mounted design of the Sportster, fuel injection on the big bikes, people who would otherwise buy the...

Is hockey a real sport? dcarver- Go put on a pair of skates and have someone just toss you a soccer ball and when your done picking your butt up off the ice, imagine a puck, just a couple of inches accross, and you can only handle it with a stick. The balance and agility that takes are only...

https://www.r6messagenet.com/forums/ Message board for the R6. Seems some of the 03 up models have an issue with shutting off while riding! Good luck!

From Cycletrader (no affiliation, etc)- in Bedford, IN https://adcache.cycletrader.com/5/1/7/80733917.htm 2002 YAMAHA R6, 2002 Yamaha YZF 600 R6..Blue and White in color!! Micron high mount pipe! Mirored windscreen!! Good Tires!! VERY SHARP CLEAN BIKE!! Runs and rides GREAT! No Damage what so...

Saw that this morning too. I couldn't believe the guy riding with his little kid sitting on the tank with no helmet. Closed course or not, he was following closely to a vehicle they were filming him from. Flat tire, critter in the road, hundreds fo things could still go wrong without other...