Well, we can add another “drop” to the R6. Hmm, I would actually call it more of a crash since it was considered totaled. But, I was going my usual speed, hah, on the Huntington Ctr Rd, right at the intersection of Van Dine and Main Linky. Now from the picture is doesn’t look that sharp, but it is up and over a hill and it is quite sharp and rather dangerous. But basically I had to pick it up and locked the front brakes up; causing the front tire to skid and basically drop the bike. I fell on my right side on the tar, skid across the road and then flipped onto my left side when I hit the gravel. Flew across the gravel into the grass/bushes. It was quite the harrowing experience. But the bike is totaled, 6000 dollars worth of damage, so the insurance company is giving me $4320 - 500 deductible. Not a bad deal.
There is PLENTY more to add, but Heather and I have to go move into me into my apartment. I’ll add the pictures of my scars and the bike in a few. I am fine, only bumps and bruises, but my parents don’t know yet, and that is the way it is going to stay for awhile.
Well, of course I ABSOLUTELY love my bike! And I love it SO much, it doesn’t affect me when I drop it. I have, so far, dropped it 3 times, all onto the left side.
First time, I was doing the AppGap and I was getting REALLY low, I dragged the foot peg and then the rear end slipped out from under me and I low sided at probably 15ish MPH into the ditch. Talk about an ADRENALINE RUSH! I ran over to it and then threw it up like it was a pebble, it was AWESOME! And the super awesome thing, it BARELY scratched the body work, it was sweet!
Saturday while riding with a bunch of guys from CT ( www.bandofriders.net ), I went down the mountain a little faster then the rest and pulled over at one of the switchback’s to take some pictures of these guys, because they were BAD ASS! Full leathers, it was sweet, all knee draggers, perfect posture. And as I was coming to a stop, using my front break heavily, I saw a patch of sand, and thought, “Hah, I need to watch out, or I am going to dump it in the sand.” And what do I do? Completely drop it and scratch up the side. Thankfully, I had installed my frame sliders the previous night, and so those saved the majority of the bad stuff.
SAME EXACT THING happened on the way home from work on Monday. I went onto a dirt road, as I was slowing down, I saw the dirt. Breaked harder before I touched it, but I was STILL going too fast, and so I had to touch the breaks, and bup down I went, and that one REALLY scratched up the front fairing on the left side. Right were everything else hit.
All in all, my baby has some scar’s. And I want to race SOOO BAD! I need to buy some cheapo leathers so I can!
Here-y Here-y, everyone listen close, the new Boeing 787 will have code written by the famous Robert Gehring! I got to program the Multiplexer which basically, well backup, the data lines consist of an A channel and a B channel, and each channel has a primary and backup line. So my Mux code is based on a look up table and decides based on what position I commanded it to be and what position it reports back to me. It was actually very simple code to create.
But the best part of it: I got to PWNZ John Myer because HIS code was incorrect and my code worked perfectly! John is an awesome guy, really sarcastic, but really smart and has taught me a lot of stuff so far. And so me being his little “padawan” or “grasshopper” and then telling him his code is broken and he didn’t believe it was his fault was AWESOME! But, it was a simple problem because the SRS has changed on him and he must have been side tracked and didn’t finish the edit, so the code wouldn’t switch to a combination of Primary/Primary, Backup/Backup, A Both, or B Both.
I am psyched I have official code on there. More to post in a second.
Well, since Kate decided she was only going to eat eggs this week because the hospital screwed up her paycheck; I decided I was goign to take her out this week. And let’s see here, went out with her on Tuesday for some AMAZING Thai at Lemon GrAss(yes, the A is capitalized) on Rt 7. I got the Himapan, it had cooked mushrooms, pineapple, tomatoes, carrots, and other stuff with beef, it was really good, the pineapple was perfect. Kate got the Vegetable Melody, which looked fine. Two problems with it:
They didn’t have the little mini egg rolls that are deep fried.
The rice tasted like it was over bleached, it was very odd.
So instead of those egg rolls, Kate wanted to get the “Crab Angels” which were very good, they had a more silky taste then normal crab ragoons. I’ll have to take Sami there when she comes up before school.
And since she thought I was going to make dinner on Tuesday, I made dinner for her on Wednesday. A little chicken covered in mayonnaise and spicey brown mustard with bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Cook at 400 degrees for 25ish minutes. They were SO good! And then tomatoes in Vinegar and Oil with salt and pepper and an onion slice on top. And steamed fresh green beans in butter. And a bottle of red wine, which ended up being a very good choice for not knowing anything about red wine; with their Shiraz’s and Merlot’s, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, and Sangiovese. Yea, just a few choices, so I had no idea what to pick, after a lady said I should get a Shiraz and Mom said to get a Cabernet Sauvignon. I decided to go by price and design, so near the 44 dollar bottle, there was a nice 15 dollar bottle with a classy design(C.S.), it was a good choice.
Then we went to the bar; yes, we went to the bar on a Wednesday night. NO ONE was there at Ake’s Place. There were a few old people and that was it. It was SO eery because normally it is shoulder to shoulder, but either way, Kate and Chip got a drink and then I whooped her ass in Big Buck Hunter. All three deer in all 5 rounds, TWICE! So the totally tally after last week is Kate: 5 Rob: 3. Yes, I did absolutely terrible on Saturday when I was drunk, it was a bad idea, I kept hitting Doe’s like it was my business.
Well, tonight is going to be quite the dinner the N. Winooski Apt! Let’s see here, Dave(Pro Downhill Biker), Kevin, Chip, Kristin, Kate, and Myself will be there. I am making 6 steaks, a-la my dad’s style. And then I am going to try to make Cucumber salad and corn. It is going to be delicious! And then scrumptious Strawberry shortcake’s for dessert. And Katerina said she’ll try to make it for dessert with her pup. It is going to be a great time!
And then tomorrow I am hitting up the App Gap with Adam Linnebur. He is going to be on his old school 1989ish GSX-R, and I’ll be on theR6, of course. Should be a good time. I went to the Gap on Tuesday and dragged the foot peg coming down the Bristol side(West side), that was sweet. I need to take a picture of my chick-strips because they are almost gone, and I want to see if I get it any lower tomorrow.
And plans for the moment for the weekend is to either go to Todd and Amy’s house in Albany. Or go to BeerFest down on the water this weekend in Burlington. It will probably be BeerFest with the roommates and Kate and her group. And then I am going to try to meet up with Heather at sometime. She is supposed to be going down with a huge group of people.
Isn’t she amazing! Looks so beautiful and it is like bone stock too. But, I just bought flush mounts for the front, they came in on Monday. Tuesday I got the Custom Led brake light and blinker combo. It integrates the rear blinkers into the break light so I can make my own fender eliminator, to get rid of that HORRIBLE rear fender, elch.
I like the Apex the most, but the LiveWire is cheap because it is last year’s model and the Osiris is that bad looking of a helmet, but the apex will match everything best and looks the best I think. I will probably end up buying the Apex, but help me decide.
And today!!!! I took a ride to the APP Gap on Rt 17 in Vermont. It was AWESOME! I went up/down it 3 times, and on the 2nd time back up to the top I dragged my left foot peg/ left foot around one of the hair pin turns. It was SWEET! I want to sell this bike and get a complete race bike SO bad! But I will probably leave that until next year when I will have the time and the actual money to race. I need to get someone who doesn’t care to just sit at the corner’s and take pictures of me. Oh and that’s right, as I was coming to the top on my first run, there were a BUNCH of touring/cruiser bikes at the top. And as I rounded the corner going at a good speed and getting sort of low in the turn I see one of the guys taking a picture of me. That is SWEET!!
So, I am sitting here, at work, at 4:00 on Friday, trying to figure out how to get home. As you can see from the wonderful radar map of Vermont, I am sort of stuck in a beautiful rain storm, with my bike. (Upload of picture to come).
Should I just wing it? Just blow through the storm and watch as the rain rips the skin off me hands? And then low and behold, the SUN erupts from behind the clouds to give a beautiful site for my eyes! So, it looks like I won’t go home soaking wet and I might be able to ride the bike home for the weekend.
Upload pictures of the bike will be coming after this weekend. For some reason I uploaded 4 of the same picture, instead of the 4 separate ones. And a little blog about the R6. Oh, I love it. And I want to race SOOO bad. I might go to Cana’der next weekend and do a little gambling if the numbers work out and try to raise a little cash for the race school. If anyone wants to donate, please paypal some money to rgehring|[at]|worldpath|[dot]|net. The school is 300 I believe, and the full leather suit I need to get, I can get used off a guy at work for 400. Thanks for the help!
*EDIT*
So, after I wrote that post, I look outside and it is raining…. So, I had to drive home in the rain, first real storm I drove through. And let me tell you, you try holding your fist out the window for 10 minutes plus at 60-70 mph in the rain. Yea, totally feels like your getting shot with needles and then your skin is getting ripped off. Not pleasant. And it was the HUGE droplet rain, LIKE HUGE! And then just out of Shelburne, it is sunny and nice and beautiful. I am telling you, Vermont is WAY worse then New Hampshire.
So, Mike the one I plan on buying the R6 from is a dope. He leaves for the weekend before I can get the damn bike…. So I probably wont hear from him until Sunday. But in the mean time, it looks like I might have found another bike. 2001 Suzuki GSX-R 600. It is sweet looking
The only problem is, it is like one and a half hours from Burlington, and I really dont want to drive all the way out there. But, I think it is way cleaner looking then the R6. But really pictures dont help at all, because the R6 looks amazing in those pictures and it definitely has some flaws. But, eh, we’ll see.
But, I have successfully hacked WEP. It is actually really easy, just getting everything working correctly is a pain and getting a working wireless card. So I have internet again after 2 weeks.
So. I have found my bike to buy, I should be getting it this Friday when the check clears, or next Monday. Crossing my fingers for Friday. It is a 2000 Yamaha R6, brand new tires, Stage 1 Jet kit, new exhaust. It looks SWEET. And drives awesome. (I’ll upload pictures when we get internet at the apt.)
Justin is going to take it for a spin just before I buy it to double make sure it is all ok. And a month from yesterday I will be taking the Penguin Racing course, which I am extremely excited about! Because I will get my racing license!!!!
In other news, Sami is safe and has been back in the States for a couple of weeks now. And she is just relaxing at home for the summer saving some money so she can go back there after school. Which is awesome and I hope she is able to, I know how much she loved it out there.
