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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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Chicagoland Bike riders?

Hey guys was wonderin who owns or rides a motorcycle thats in the chicagoland area? i just recently bought a motorcycle and lookin for some new ridin partners
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Do you live in the city or burbs?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Gratz!! if this is your first bike, always wear helm.

Last year i was only on the bike two times, but this year Iam thinking to take it out more often. I got few friends that ride all the time.

I need to work on my bike a bit to get it in shape - oil / clean carburautor, new battery, and other small things and few more mods... stretching the bike 6"
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 03:38 PM
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Where do you take your bike at to get streched?
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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im looking to buy a ninja 250 and will take a msf course next week. ill pm ya to go riding when i buy my bike
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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Congrats! I, too, just bought a bike. As a result, my Evo is seeing a lot of the garage this summer. I guess that's good with gas prices being the way they are. So...are you in the City or burbs?
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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Gratz!! if this is your first bike, always wear helm.
+1 i just got a bike recently and its pretty fun but you gotta watch out for crazy drivers who dont see you
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 02:08 PM
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^No joking about that! I've had to scoop up some really messed up bikers in my career. We had a fatal on Route 31 at Half Mile Trail in CL about one month ago.

What kind and color of bike did you get? I'll keep an eye out for you in the area.
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 09:05 AM
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its a cbr600 in black its not too bad of a bike. What kind of bike do you got?
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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I have a 95 suzuki gsxr 750 all custom with a 2.5'' drop and 10inch stretch polished chrome frame and wheels, custom painted pearl white

anyone wanna ride let me know!!!
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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I will ride tonight! - damnnit i want to strech my bike 6" im wondering if it will be noticable..? allready dropped 1" with strech dropping another 1"

my bike is running! and all legal.
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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I almost bought a sweet CBR600 in silver with polished wheels. My girl got on it and we decided it was a little too uncomfortable for the riding we do. I instead went with a Suzuki GSXF 750. It's graphite with custom LED lighting and a fender chop. The bike looks much better than stock form, but that stretching and dropping stuff is sick.
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverStreak
I almost bought a sweet CBR600 in silver with polished wheels. My girl got on it and we decided it was a little too uncomfortable for the riding we do. I instead went with a Suzuki GSXF 750. It's graphite with custom LED lighting and a fender chop. The bike looks much better than stock form, but that stretching and dropping stuff is sick.
Do you have a pic of your bike. I have a gsxf750 1992. Just wondering what it looks like. sounds cool.
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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sure if you give me your email address i can send you some pics of my bike no problem i still havent perfected sending pics onthis site i can but its always to small when people view it
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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tweaks yeah you will be able to notice a 6" stretch if you mean by looks, riding i dont know so much. stretching is for making the wheelbase longer for dragging the bike, longer wheel base helps keep that puppy from standing up. i never really understood stretching or dragging a 600 or 750, thats why you mostly see it on larger cc bikes like 1000 and up. to me a 600 and 750 is to flick around and eat up the 1000s in the twisties, not to drag. have fun trying to drag a knee with a back stretched out 6 or 8"!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha.

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