9CCD III: Official Chat Thread

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The May trip was pretty brutal for bikers who refused to cooperate. At one point I ran afoul of a group leaving that stretched forever and was going roughly 15 miles per hour if that.
 
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This is why we're having it the week after a bike rally, so we don't run into this ****, the last 3 years or so fell on the same weekend as Thunder in the Smokies, and we even encountered some on our N.GA drive.
 
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I still remember the pickup truck on the way to Helen that spilt the group up and then didn't get over.... The road finally went to 2 lanes and left everyone behind as I passed him...
 
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Last year when Keith and I went down in the third week he kept saying "I'm telling them all do it this week or don't do it at all." It was pretty empty. I kept asking is it normally this quiet and he would laugh.
 
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death_roll said:
Yeah, and the speed they ride at, catching them will still be easy.

I still remember back at 8CCD III, I was riding in Nate's STI, in front of squidmaster, following a group of 2 trikes, and 2 bikers back from Robbinsville thru Fontana to the dragon on RT28, it seemed like it took 2 hours to get from Robbinsville back to the dragon.
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We call those "organic speedbumps".
 
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Gonna make me buy new tires. I really would like to be there and see everyone.
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Tires for the BMW or Civic? Tirerack is having deals on Potenza S04s, F1 Asym.2, ZIIs, and various Yokohamas, I'm in the same boat regarding tires.
 
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I love my re-11a bridgestones. They run really wide though. I'm slightly rubbing on a stock wheel size and offset in the same size tire I had before with no issue. Just a heads up.
 
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Nix said:
I love my re-11a bridgestones. They run really wide though. I'm slightly rubbing on a stock wheel size and offset in the same size tire I had before with no issue. Just a heads up.
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Newsflash: Extreme summer performance tires run wide in all sizes, my quarters are already rolled for such an event.
 
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Tires for the BMW or Civic? Tirerack is having deals on Potenza S04s, F1 Asym.2, ZIIs, and various Yokohamas, I'm in the same boat regarding tires.
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Civic. I have to go with tires with a decent treadwear. Thinking about the Falken 722, since it is my dd. Sitting around 180k miles now.
 
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Changed my mind on the tires. Can get Nitto Neogens for $300. Don't really want all seasons, but they aren't bad. Yoko S drives are around $340. Thoughts? I am actually at 188k miles
 
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