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Remember, the new HOT lanes on the beltway are open to and free for motorcycles. They're awesome and so unused that they're not really scary. Located in Springfield My Warrior has more displacement than all your puny 250's combined.  I've got a few bikes, and usually pick whichever one works best with whoever I'm riding with. (Usually the Honda when it's not spraying oil from a head bolt.  )Been riding since 2005. I'm down for riding wherever, hanging out in/around the city, track days, whatever people come up with is cool. Bikes:10 Triumph Street Triple/05 Yamaha Warrior/80 Honda CB000C/05 GSX-R600 for track days/Virago 250 that's technically not mine, but has sat at my house for 3 years, so I fixed it up and ride it around. kedo posted:Also: do people usually use headsets or something for group rides? I have a Sena headset that I usually pair with my phone for music, but I have no idea how easy it is to set up an ad hoc network with other riders.
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kedo posted:Yeah no kidding, where's that road at? I keep trying to find stuff like that near DC and while there are a few fun twisties (Georgetown Pike, for example), they're clogged with traffic and are nowhere near that long. They're not long, but you can go back and forth and turn at various intersections through Clifton off 123. I usually take Clifton Road through historic to Henderson to Hampton and turn around at 123. There's a few decent roads out near Occoquan, but nothing spectacular. Things like Bristow Road can be fun if you don't get stuck behind anyone. The next closest that I'm aware of is VA675 out near Luray. Mr. Eric Praline fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jun 26, 2013 |
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Jun 26, 2013 15:25
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Awesome! I could use some good local advice. I'm not an offroady type or speed demon, but if people feel like doing some leisurely riding about the backroads, pick some arbitrary barbecue joint or local sight to stare at to make it a mission, I'm up. I had all sorts of ideas for getting the bike under a parking garage till you said "Adams Morgan". At this point my only advice it to keep your insurance up to date.
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Jun 27, 2013 02:22
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Koruthaiolos posted:Does anybody have a good mechanic recommendation in the area? I don't have anything pressing right now, but I feel like if something did come up I'd like to already know of someone. All I've seen around are scooter shops and dealerships. I think some of the scooter shops will work on motorcycles too, but it would be nice to know in advance. The guys at Crossroads Cycle in Falls Church (Near Bailey's Crossroads) are absolutely the best in the area. No bullshit, small business, all they do is fix bikes, and they know their poo poo. The guy who owns the place is cool as hell too. The only downside is that they're usually busy as hell so it can take longer to get work done, and they're not a dealer, so parts sometimes take time, and they can't do warranty work. (I wouldn't trust Coleman's with an oil change. Those people are overpriced, act like assholes, and hire incompetent retards.)
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Jun 29, 2013 00:10
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ought ten posted:Never had my bikes serviced there and probably never would, but one good thing I'll say about Coleman's is they'll match internet pricing on gear. That was the Falls Church location and I can't say whether there are any limitations, but they have a good range of gear so it can be nice to try something on and buy it in person without getting gouged.
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Jun 29, 2013 01:26
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ought ten posted:Forget what I said then. I only bought from them once and didn't have that experience, but I'm completely unsurprised to hear it. A new Cycle Gear store just opened in Springfield, and they've been good. Pretty heavy in store on the in house Bilt and Sedici brands, but they'll order whatever you want, and price match the internet.
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Jun 29, 2013 02:11
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So, anyone have any good local ride routes and destinations? I much prefer to have *somewhere* to ride to, even if it's just a coffee shop or bbq joint or something at the end of the twisty roads. Maybe we can get a local goon ride together once this goddamn rain passes.
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Jul 2, 2013 16:17
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These are most of my nearest roads that I'm aware of. Not a whole lot of miles to them, but it's a way to kill a couple hours. I'll see if I can figure out how to open it up for general editing. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=201131684188967725433.0004e08ac95faa5cff3f9 Looks like I'll be good for Sunday. Edit: Can now be edited by anyone with the links. Feel free to add places, roads, etc. Mr. Eric Praline fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jul 2, 2013 |
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Jul 2, 2013 19:09
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HNasty posted:Not much good riding around Manassas, but I could meet you there and we can head out west on 66 to get to the good stuff. My problem is that I know my way around Clifton/Occoquan, and I know my way around Skyline/Luray, but nothing in between.
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Jul 2, 2013 22:59
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Also, I'll be hitting the track on Monday July 15. I'm riding B, cause I crashed in I from stupid mistakes and need the slower practice. Riding Summit with these guys: http://www.motorcyclexcitement.com/
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Jul 3, 2013 00:32
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hot sauce posted:The group ride was a blast despite getting caught in some rain on the way back. Props to HNasty again for leading the pack through unfamiliar territory. The picture below is the view from the spot we stopped at on Skyline Drive. Thanks for the ride guys, I've been trying to find people to ride with for quite a while now. All my other buddies grew up on me and had kids or moved away. Hit me up whenever you want to ride, even if it's just to hang out in the city and bullshit about motorcycles or something.
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Jul 8, 2013 22:39
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Jul 8, 2013 22:44
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HNasty posted:Lets do 33 and 250 soon, I'm down for next weekend if anyone else is.
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Jul 9, 2013 18:10
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HNasty posted:33 and 250 are some real far out poo poo, I can start as early as 7 am if you guys are ok with that. We can take some highways to speed up our trip down there. Hit me up in gmail and we can plan some poo poo out. If you all don't want to do a all day trip I can do a more local route also. I want to say that 250 is about 40 miles past Skyline, so figure that into your timing.
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Jul 9, 2013 22:56
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hot sauce posted:I always thought it was bad to use this stuff without washing with soap and water first? Yup. You'll get swirls in your paint if you don't wash it first.
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Jul 17, 2013 18:05
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McLarenF1 posted:So what dates are we looking at now? This weekend, 20/21, and then the next possible is 3/4? Pretty sure I'm good to ride all Sunday, but I might have to cancel last minute, so I'm not committing yet. My next opening after that is the 3rd.
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Jul 19, 2013 18:08
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HNasty posted:Now that everyone has learned not to ever go on long rides with me, lets have a local meet a bar somewhere. Dive bar, restaurant, pub, other? How close to inside the city? Just throwing out some ideas, I'm game for anything: As far as places that usually have a few bikes parked outside them: In the city, my favorite places are Shelley's Back Room, Biergarten House, or Banana Cafe. There's Murphy's, the Fish Market, Old Firehouse, or Union Street Public House in Old Town. Arlington's got a ton of stuff, I always seem to end up at Rocklands for bbq. Moe's Peyton Place is a biker-friendly dive bar/diner in Springfield, mostly Harley crowd, naturally. Great food tho. We've also got Mike's American, for good steaks. Main Street Pub in historic Clifton is settled among some fun (though short) roads. Fairfax City has Bon Chon Chicken, which is some kind of secret Korean fried magic, and has nothing to do with motorcycles, but I currently have a huge crush on them.
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Jul 22, 2013 15:30
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hot sauce posted:If you don't have turn signal lights, I believe you still have to use your hand to signal you are moving into another lane. And you can't just cut the wires or anything. If you've got the signals, including switches, they have to work.
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Aug 6, 2013 02:51
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hot sauce posted:If anyone is interested in an RFK track day trip report: HNasty and I ended up being the only ones to show up. We rode over there and the entrance I used last time was chained closed, so we used the main entrance on Oklahoma that goes down a path. We had to ride by a rent-a-cop to do this and he drove over to us, making sure we weren't about to ride around the track. They don't usually have security there that I've seen, but a construction crew was in the middle of building a big stage on the lot so it may have been because of that. I really hope the construction in there isn't permanent because it's smack dab in the middle of the track Probably setting up for Warped or something, if that still goes on there. The chains on the fence probably won't come off, but I can't imagine it'll be patrolled all the time. Probably worth running by now and then to see if it's clear. Edit: Nope. Warped is at Merriweather now. And happened in July. No idea what that stage would be.
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Other than that it was a good riding day with no rain.
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Aug 16, 2013 14:06
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Port City Brewery in Alexandria is doing a beer & potato chip pairing event on Sunday, starting at 2pm. I'll be riding there with a couple newbies, in case you guys want to show up and hang out. My plan is to think of somewhere else to ride after.
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Aug 16, 2013 14:09
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I've been feeling all left out, cause my weekends have been booked up. It doesn't look like it's gonna subside any time soon either.  I can probably make shorter meetup type things, but day long rides are gonna be tough for a while.
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Aug 23, 2013 13:49
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HNasty posted:October but be prepared to do 25 and stop every 100 yards for tourist stopping in the middle of the road to take pics.
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Aug 26, 2013 18:49
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Zero free time all of labor day weekend, and I've got to make up some hours and work Monday. Anyone want to set up just a general biker meetup in or around the city? Daylong rides are nearly impossible for me for the next several weeks.
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Aug 28, 2013 23:55
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HNasty posted:How about breakfast at the Queen Vic, Ought Ten and I ate there sunday after riding the track and it was p good. That's a fantastic idea. When?
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McLarenF1 posted:In coming from up by Rockville, MD actually, so down 270. 270 -> 495 -> GT Pike (193) If you're early, take 193 to Georgetown and meet at Exxon. You'll double back a few miles with the group into Great Falls for the cars & coffee. Otherwise, just head straight to Great Falls and meet them there.
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ought ten posted:2 Million Biker ride is on Wednesday. Anyone planning to go? I'm heading down to the Harley dealer tomorrow to get a new bike for it if anyone wants to come with. I can't think of anything less fun on a motorcycle than a ride like that, but the biker in me wants to run it anyway just out of spite over the denied permit. (The fact that it seems to have grown up as some sort of jingoistic backlash to an earlier "million muslim march" thing makes me less inclined to go overheat the Warrior.) Mr. Eric Praline fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Sep 9, 2013 |
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I dunno if this would be of interest, and I'll have to see if the wife's ok with the idea, but I'm kinda tempted to offer you guys space in my backyard for like $50/month or something. It's not covered space, but it's private and enclosed in a fence and close to metro. (About 1.5 miles from Franconia/Springfield) I could also winterize and maintain for a few extra bucks. I already do that kind of stuff for a few guys in the neighborhood. hot sauce posted:I don't have a garage either and this will be my first winter with a bike. Currently, I keep it in a closed area in an alley under a staircase, so that's not gonna fly for December - February. I plan on riding it as far into November as the weather allows and then find a place to store it. My best idea so far is a friends condo parking garage under his building. Mr. Eric Praline fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Sep 10, 2013 |
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McLarenF1 posted:Yep I was on that ride too. The rest of this month is busy, but come second weekend in October, I might actually have time to go out for a ride again! Amazing!
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Any NoVA/DC/MD goons have a good line on a way to get a bike towed for service? There's a bike sitting in storage down in Manassass that I want to get up to Clinton MD (50mi between those two points). Though I've used Craigslist to find random guys to help move bikes before, word-of-mouth I've heard that that's a popular bike-stealing scam as well, plus I usually have to filter through the guys who have no idea how to move a bike but happen to have a truck and think they can somehow figure it out. Call Clinton Cycles and ask who their towing guy is. I can't recall his name, but he did a good job with my Triumph and wasn't terribly expensive.
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nsaP posted:Email thread? I'll bug Hnasty. We'll be all over the Dragon's Tail and surrounding areas that weekend, from Thursday to Sunday. Camping out at the Kickstand Lodge. http://kickstandlodge.com/
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HNasty posted:Who is up for a breakfast at the crown vic this sat or sunday? I'm a maybe for Sunday.
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Sep 26, 2013 03:51
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McLarenF1 posted:That's actually still a great run to do; you just miss out on the scenic outlook and picture opportunity. HNasty can give you the details; I think it's 211 that runs up and down the mountain is awesome, as well as several other nearby/on the way roads. Check out the map I post of our trip out there a few months ago. There's 675 and 678 as well on the Luray side of 211. Not so scenic, but pretty good twisty roads.
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nsaP posted:Not a bad road but super tight marion-tazewell. Also the second half of the route had gravel littering the insides of the turns so bad they had big orange signs. A good road, but I saw better.
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Riding to the MD renfaire* saturday, Sunday's busy. Again. *assuming low chance of rain
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According to some wonk on the Kojo show today, "there is a sea of asphalt just north of RFK stadium" that would be the perfect spot for new soccer fields. Sounds like we need to make as much use of that track as possible before it's dug up into a park.
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nsaP posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0s7j3lous
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Bring your little ninja over, we can do your valve check together. Otherwise take it to Crossroads Cycle at Bailey's Crossroads. Those guys are top notch.
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hot sauce posted:Thanks that would be awesome, I'd love to learn how to do it. I've read through the maintenance manual but there is nothing like hands on. I'll probably want to do this before the next riding season so I'll be bringing it up right before Spring. If sitting through winter wouldn't affect it, I'd be down to do it in October or November as well. Let me know what time is good for you guys. The only really annoying thing about valves is that if you need new shims it means a few days with the cover off while you wait for the right size ones. The other option is to get a kit ahead of time, but that's more expensive. I'm seeing ~$80 on ebay. Probably not a bad idea to have a new valve cover gasket ahead of time. You'll need it eventually. Mr. Eric Praline fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Cops in NYC have a well-known policy not to chase illegal ORVs, cause when they run up on sidewalks and alleys and junk, it makes them more dangerous to bystanders. Which is why ATVs and dritbikes are all over NYC. My guess is that it's getting more widespread, and the police can't do anything in other places either.
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