1. What is your first name (or middle name)? Ben

2. When's your birthday (year if you want to include it)? 10-31-69

3. What do you do for a living? bicycle parts distribution

4. Married or Single? single

5. Favorite ice cream? Cherry Garcia

6. Coffee or tea? coffee

7. If you are old enough....what is your favorite "drink"? Margarita

8. What is your favorite color? Currently Kawi green!

9. Who is your favorite band / favorite CD? Pink Floyd/Meddle

10. What is your favorite movie? Star Wars (geeky, I know!)

11. What is your favorite TV show? Battlestar Galactica - the new one, also geeky

12. Any pets, if yes, what? A rotty/hound named Maximus Prime and a mouser named Seelix

13. What other hobbies are you into? Mtn biking and learning to surf

14. What was your first bike? '91 EX500

15. Who or what inspired you to ride? Money, or lack thereof, it's cheaper to ride!

16. How long have you been riding? Since I was 13, my friends Honda 80 started it all

Any more questions you'd like to ask?

Can't wait for the bank to pay the dealer for my bike!

 

Hey Ben glad to have to aboard, and welcome to the greatest forum on motorcycles ever!!! Oh and congrats on the best bike ever too! Well the 06 is the best....hahahaha

 

Fortunately you make the age cut-off at 42.

 

hahaha, true that. Welcome to KF Ben and congrats on the new ride.

 

Pick up the bike tomorrow morning! So psyched!!!
Thanks for all the info I've found and used already, before I have the bike!
Two purchases are in the near future. A 3.7 gallon tank and a Denali rack from TCI.
Thinking about a windshield for commuting, I've got a 50mile round trip everyday and the weather up here changes every 15 minutes, staying a little drier would be nice.
But first things first, I want to take a little trip over a local notch dirt road(read - mountain pass up here in NH).
Going to be tough restricting the rpm's to 4k!
Should I wait 2 weeks for the first 500 miles and a couple of oil changes to be done before I go up into the dirt?
I know there's a serious debate as to break in, but following the manufacturer's guideline got me 50,000 miles on my EX500 before the flywheel blew off it's magnets in traffic and inspired an engine replacement.
I know not to ride at a constant rpm for any length of time, but...I'm leaning towards just riding it like I would normally, except for revving the snot out of it.
Any thoughts? Without starting a serious debate, what results have people gotten from not following the manufacturer's guidelines?