Introduction for new members and refresher for us old timers

Ok...let's have a welcome/introduction.

I'm Joe..aka Toasted..site admin..aka Burn out King...

Twin..aka Bobby..aka Lord Vader ..showed me the light so to speak.

I live in West Memphis AR. Recently married..Nov 3rd and an expectant father...end of July.

Been on the Darkside for almost 15k miles now...swapped out the skinny 1300 wheel/tire for a 1800C rear wheel and a 205/65/16 Michelin HydraEdge. Loving every mile of it.

Been riding since 2003..still learning new things all the time but having a blast along the way.

Ya'll intro yourselves as you join and enjoy!

I am Bobby, aka "twin1300" or "twin"............Senior Vader (my given darkside name)

I was the first to have a 1300 darkside…..got tired of buying tires every time I turned around and tired of expensive motorcycle tires with no grip.

Married to a wonderful woman of 20 yrs in Oct. I have one son, just turned 14 yrs old (best kart racer I have ever seen) Here’s his helmet cam video of him racing a restricted motor against adult that are unrestricted.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/b9885d7a-a4ac-4cbf-95e6-9907009a501f.htm


I started riding motorcycles at at the age of 6, flat tracked Bultaco motorcycles till I was 21, started street riding when I was 32 when I bought a wing for daily commuting for two years. Quit riding to play with VW’s, and then 5 years ago got the urge to ride again, bought a 750 spirit, and had it till my wife said, “got get us a bigger bike” WWooohhoooo Look out 1300 C here I come. I traded my 750 in on it in Feb. ’06.

Put my first darkside on Thanksgiving ’06 and will not need another tire till sometime in ’08. I currently have over 14,000 miles on my Darkside and still half the tread is still there.

I have met the nicest and best friends over motorcycling and one VW car tire than you can imagine.

…………….bobby


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I'm Richard....

Hi.

Got about 6K on my toyo, put it on in Jan 07..... and I think I was the 2nd F to go darkside with the 18" rim...

Been riding on and off for about 14 years...

Hi!

I'm Richard...

Hey yall I'm Leo aka Darkside Rebel.
I put my Kumho on a few months back and have right at 6000 miles on it and it still looks new.

I have been riding since the mid 60s (that's when I climbed on the first street legal bike) and been going ever since. I have riden on all kinds of bikes and worked on most of them as well. I do all of my own repair work from changing tires to total rebuilds and have since the mid 70s.

I rode a 1300 for the first time in 03 (test ride) and new right then I would have one for myself. A month later the stealer called and said my bike was ready. It had 1 mile on it when I left the stealer, in less than 5 miles I had already had her to over 100 mph. She is running better now than when I bought her.

Well that's about enough for now I will see yall inside.

Leo

Hello all: Grizak here (Dirk) Been riding bikes sence 1984. bought my VTX 1300 S 2 years ago . now have over 9000 miles on my 165/80r-15 Kumho I think it is the best mod you can do to your bike..I hope this Darkside fourm does well. Griz...

Griz,

Glad you made it......aint this place heaven.... I saw you registered and was waiting for you to post.

hey all ... Recess aka Mark here out of Southern California - San Diego to be exact. Currently in the US Navy, been in for 15 years - going the full 20 I guess. haha!

ride a silver 04 1300C with about 39,000 miles on it with the last 9,000 on the darkside! nice to be on the darkside with ya all!!

ride safe, ride forever!

recess wrote:hey all ... Recess aka Mark here out of Southern California - San Diego to be exact. Currently in the US Navy, been in for 15 years - going the full 20 I guess. haha!

ride a silver 04 1300C with about 39,000 miles on it with the last 9,000 on the darkside! nice to be on the darkside with ya all!!

ride safe, ride forever!

recess (aka...Mark),

Glad the darkside is working out for you. I hope you like it here and I'm am glad you showed up.

On a more serious note....Thanks for serving our country.

................bobby

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Hi Twin!

Thanks so much for the invite. Looks like this is going to be a popular site as it is growing by leaps and bounds!

For those who don't know me, I am not a darksider but I am an avid rider. I'm on my second VTX1300C since some cager tried to pass me in my lane on a left curve. That bike was totaled, but fortunately, I wasn't. I had a 750 Shadow for about 6 months (12,000 miles) and traded it in for my second VTX1300C. Which, some woman rear ended while we both sat through an entire red light cycle and she stomped on it when the light changed. Cagers!

shebear

shebear wrote:Hi Twin!

Thanks so much for the invite. Looks like this is going to be a popular site as it is growing by leaps and bounds!

For those who don't know me, I am not a darksider but I am an avid rider. I'm on my second VTX1300C since some cager tried to pass me in my lane on a left curve. That bike was totaled, but fortunately, I wasn't. I had a 750 Shadow for about 6 months (12,000 miles) and traded it in for my second VTX1300C. Which, some woman rear ended while we both sat through an entire red light cycle and she stomped on it when the light changed. Cagers!

shebear

I got my bike wrecked three times in one year.......all of them hit or involved a cager not looking where they were going...........

We want riders and you qualify.

..............bobby

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Great site you started here toasted!

Biddy

Biddy wrote:Great site you started here toasted!

Biddy

Got to agree with you biddy......toasted did an un-believeable job in a couple of days. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this thing. Hey, keep checking up on us and us to you guys. I got two homes now.


.................bobby

twin1300 wrote:

Biddy wrote:Great site you started here toasted!

Biddy

Got to agree with you biddy......toasted did an un-believeable job in a couple of days. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this thing. Hey, keep checking up on us and us to you guys. I got two homes now.


.................bobby

If he did this in a couple of days he flat deserves a medal! I know what it takes and it can be a tough chore. Good job!

Biddy

Thanks guys. Having a ton of free time during certain hours helps.

Evening folks. Buzzard here. I just signed up and will be interested in getting, along with getting ragged from time to time about my ideas, hard engineering data on the Dark Side Experience.

We all know there are pros and cons to riding the Dark Side, but I'm interested in the science of it.

As background, I'm a retired Chief Warrant Officer Army Helicopter Pilot with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. After retiring from the Army in 1985 I went on the road working for Aircraft Manufacturers such as Boeing, Lockheed, Vought, Learjet and Sikorsky.

I've ridden off and on since 1957 and my wife just got started.

I feel sure, as I gather info on the Dark Side, I'll get thoughtful answers to my questions. I also feel sure I'll get ragged unmersilessly when I ask a stupid one. I know it'll be in fun.

Thanks in advance for putting up with making you think before you shoot at my questions.

LL&R

Buzzard

Buzzard wrote:Evening folks. Buzzard here. I just signed up and will be interested in getting, along with getting ragged from time to time about my ideas, hard engineering data on the Dark Side Experience.

We all know there are pros and cons to riding the Dark Side, but I'm interested in the science of it.

As background, I'm a retired Chief Warrant Officer Army Helicopter Pilot with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. After retiring from the Army in 1985 I went on the road working for Aircraft Manufacturers such as Boeing, Lockheed, Vought, Learjet and Sikorsky.

I've ridden off and on since 1957 and my wife just got started.

I feel sure, as I gather info on the Dark Side, I'll get thoughtful answers to my questions. I also feel sure I'll get ragged unmersilessly when I ask a stupid one. I know it'll be in fun.

Thanks in advance for putting up with making you think before you shoot at my questions.

LL&R

Buzzard

Buzzard, You have come to the right place.....No one shoots anybody here for asking questions. We left a board that treated us that way. So, you are safe here.

Do some reading on here and get back with us....on what's un-clear and we will go from there. How's that. We already got some data on here, but the first thing you aught to know....1000 of guys and girls are riding darkside 1000's of miles a month with un-believeable results, twisties and all.


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I'm Mark ..... aka Muntz. It's an old nickname given to me by my High School buddies and it stuck.

I'm still a newlywed we just celebrated our one year anniversary a few months ago, and we are trying to have a baby.
She bought my VTX for me as a Valentines Day present. What a woman!!!

My son will be 17 in Feb. He's already asking for a bike.

I'm also a $hit stirrer. If ya goof don't let me find out, b/c I'll stir the pot every chance I get.
If ya don't believe me ask Twin about his empty box.

Going Darkside as soon as I wear this one out.

welcome all in this thread too! Like stated before, glad to see more people wandering in... those on the DS and those curious. To the curious lot, at least you have the open mindedness to consider it!

Hey all, Smokey here Aka Larry, gumbo, lereaux.
First off a little about myself. Been married 21 years January 10, Father of 4 3 girls and a son.
Bought my X the end of July of 06. I went darkside this summer and managed to put 10000 miles on it before I killed the tire. Yeak I know only 10,000 miles wtf. When I say I killed it I mean I literally killed it. From the time I installed it I started murdering it. Them smokey burnouts are so cool. I just finished the Foots mod and now I am in the market for another CT to fit the 1800 rim. Trying to do my homework on it to make sure I get what I want on it.

Smokey

smokey2255 wrote:Hey all, Smokey here Aka Larry, gumbo, lereaux.
First off a little about myself. Been married 21 years January 10, Father of 4 3 girls and a son.
Bought my X the end of July of 06. I went darkside this summer and managed to put 10000 miles on it before I killed the tire. Yeak I know only 10,000 miles wtf. When I say I killed it I mean I literally killed it. From the time I installed it I started murdering it. Them smokey burnouts are so cool. I just finished the Foots mod and now I am in the market for another CT to fit the 1800 rim. Trying to do my homework on it to make sure I get what I want on it.

Smokey

Goodyear Triple tread! Got a buddy to put one on his scoot and he loves it, plus it has a cool tread pattern!

CEROOTH here

30 years young and dumb or old and wise depending on who you talk to but trying to live life when work doesn't keep me from it.

I have a family full of Marines (father, sister, brother, and mother married a Marine for 9 of the 10 years my old man served) and I was the first one of my siblings to join. One could say that I'm a jack of all trades if you look at the list of jobs/titles I've held, but nothing compares to having your father call you brother. Just to help explain, my old man considers me not only his oldest son, but a brother in arms when I joined the Corps and a brother when I joined the MC we're both in.

Been riding since April '05 and have just under 30k on my 1300s, about 5k of that on the Darkside. I know I need to get out and ride more, but that dang job thang won't let me.

Heading out to Phoenix in May to learn how to fix HD's (someone has to plus I know I'll have job stability doing that )

cerooth wrote:CEROOTH here

30 years young and dumb or old and wise depending on who you talk to but trying to live life when work doesn't keep me from it.

I have a family full of Marines (father, sister, brother, and mother married a Marine for 9 of the 10 years my old man served) and I was the first one of my siblings to join. One could say that I'm a jack of all trades if you look at the list of jobs/titles I've held, but nothing compares to having your father call you brother. Just to help explain, my old man considers me not only his oldest son, but a brother in arms when I joined the Corps and a brother when I joined the MC we're both in.

Been riding since April '05 and have just under 30k on my 1300s, about 5k of that on the Darkside. I know I need to get out and ride more, but that dang job thang won't let me.

Heading out to Phoenix in May to learn how to fix HD's (someone has to plus I know I'll have job stability doing that )

A big thanks to you and your family for serving our great country and putting your lives on the line. Thanks......Freedom isn't free, is paid for by the blood of our brother, sisters, fathers, and mothers.

Congrats on the MMI thing. Knock 'em dead.

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cerooth wrote:CEROOTH here

30 years young and dumb or old and wise depending on who you talk to but trying to live life when work doesn't keep me from it.

I have a family full of Marines (father, sister, brother, and mother married a Marine for 9 of the 10 years my old man served) and I was the first one of my siblings to join. One could say that I'm a jack of all trades if you look at the list of jobs/titles I've held, but nothing compares to having your father call you brother. Just to help explain, my old man considers me not only his oldest son, but a brother in arms when I joined the Corps and a brother when I joined the MC we're both in.

Been riding since April '05 and have just under 30k on my 1300s, about 5k of that on the Darkside. I know I need to get out and ride more, but that dang job thang won't let me.

Heading out to Phoenix in May to learn how to fix HD's (someone has to plus I know I'll have job stability doing that )

SEMPER Fi, Marine

We who are Marines are proud that we will always be called Marines. This past August I went to Parris Island to a grandson's graduation and I too am proud to call him a brother. All Marines who were not currently on active duty were asked to stand. It has been 45 years since I have worn a Marine Uniform. We who proudly served were asked to stand to be Honored. Goosebumps covered me and tears began to whell up in my eyes. I was proud to say I am a Marine. Brother, the Marines don't forget their own.

Big Dave here from the north-west. Checkin in - thanks for the invite over here, Twin.

I have about 21k on my 04 1300c, 15.5k on my Arizonian 165R15 car tire. Darkside & dang proud of it!

Looks like a cool place we have here. Thanks Joe for putting this together - looks like you've done a dandy job.

Dave~

Hi Big Dave! Another familiar face for me. Not being a darksider myself, I am really surprised at how many names I recognize who are darksiders. It's good to see you here. Probably the most friendly and respectful forum I've been on.