Rich and Jon talk about various topics this week and mix in some recent riding and plans for the future.

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NEW Topics

• Kawasaki teases a new supercharged model 
• Could the new Suzuki Hayabusa be turbo charged?
• Refining some of our colder(er) riding gear with overpants 
  • Tour Master Overpants (Jon: winter/rain)
  • Joe Rocket Phoenix Ion Pants (Jon: summer)
• Enevate Announces 5-Minute Extreme Fast Charge Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles
• Harley-Davidson wireless headset interface module released
• Robot motorcycle racer soundly beaten by human champion Valentino Rossi

U-TURN

• We spend a minute talking and laughing about all the walnuts on the road during our PA ride last week
• More detail on the 2018 Gold Wing front suspension

Spend my money!

• Next: Solo rider, back roads - not much for Highways, but should be able to handle them. Needs to handle mountain twistys well. More comfortable on a cruiser style, but fine with dual-sport style as well. Top of the budget is $13K. Fairly novice rider, 3 years experience. It's more about enjoying the ride than bells and whistles. No real preference on brand.

the garage

• Rich is rebuilding forks on the R6, parts ordered and MFM will do the work For $80 each. Done!
• Rich is starting to build a luggage rack for the Deuce. Sketch started and looking at size needed for luggage

Auto related

• Is there going to be a mid-engine Corvette and how do we feel about that

EVENTS

• 1st Annual Loud Pipes Meetup - TBD….
• 2nd Annual Motorcycle Amino East Coast Meetup - June 9th 2018 - Wake Forest, NC.

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Running time: 1 hours 12 minutes

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