A call to airtech http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/index.html
for some new glass and a case of Krylons cheapest rattle cans and your TZ is looking track ready again. Looks like she hit a berm or something sliding backwards. Maybe a new subframe and a silencer too?

no thanks for the links Brian, that just makes me want to spend more money!! :D

Eric - thanks! I'll keep that in mind!

OH MAN! Damn you Jeff! I want a 916+ so badly...crap! Now I feel bad about laughing when you told me about taking the bike home...

Nice purchase! Now you'll have to ride the bike across the continent///I don't think mom will want to tag along :) ..OK I don't feel so bad about laughing...crap! You have a 996! ;)

for those wondering why Souk is laughing...it's because he understands exactly why I was hiding the bike...but took it home anyway and my mom went ballistic. She proceeded to walk over while I was fixing her car and pushed it over, cracking the windshield and scratching the front and rear cowl.

don't feel bad about laughing Souk, most guys at work did the same. ;) Don't know about the cross country roadtrip in a 996 tho...it's pretty uncomfortable on short trips as it is. But ya damned right...mom won't want to tag along. :D

jeff, that last part is effen funny. for those that dont understand asian moms, i have a motorcycle that is "hidden" in my garage for a friend. it has been there for two years. just as soon as i buy another motorcycle, i am gonna out that coward, i'll need the space. my own mother has given up. her sons like to ride. (and date white chicks, but that is another thread.)

i gotta tell this newbie bike story. just last weekend, my buddy and i were zipping down the baybridge in his VW passat. there was a guy in a brandnew yamaha R6. new leathers, helmet and etc. we were in traffic going 40. bikeboy creeps past us in the ultimate squid move. chest on gastank, feet on the passenger pegs, for aerodynamics of course. bikeboy throttles up to 60. he is in the #1 lane (far left) and to the left of him is a hundred feet drop into the bay. here is where it get strange. he wobbles a bit, puts his left foot down a bit and it touch the ground. right foot still on passenger peg. he must have gotten nervous because he rapidly jammed his right foot off the peg, swung it down on the ground to steady himself. from what i could tell, he stifflegged himself because he bike got squirrly and he ended up highsiding. i think he imagined himself going over the rail and into the ocean. it was a slowmotion crash. as soon as we saw that he jumped up, and started cussing and throwing his arms around, we knew he was ok. we almost crashed laughing. there was plastic bits around. glad he was ok, tho.

no squid moves jeff, nice bike.

I've been riding crotch rockets for over ten years, and it amazed me when I got my first bike how many guys I met up with who never learn how to ride properly. Some of them would run with us on a brand spankin new bike and a PERMIT! It's not funny, but I can't help but snicker when I'm behind someone and they try to take a curve...they start turning..the bike starts to lean, and they stick a foot out like they're on a BMX...then wobble and then brake..then go straight for the outside of the curve....sometimes toward on coming traffic!

I learned on a buddy's Kawakaski LTD..heavy arse standard-wannabe cruiser. I never told my parents I got my license...I was at college. The following summer I took the MSF class, and I'm glad I did. I can hear the instructor now, "even a monkey can go fast in a straight line, but it take skills to turn a motorcycle."

I sold my first bike to help finance my second degree and was without a bike for a few years. When I bought a my current bike I took the MSF class again. I might not have needed it, but I'm glad I did. You learn a lot in the class, both for 2-wheels and 4-wheels. The skills you pick up on 2-wheels will make you a much better driver on 4-wheels.

The one thing they don't teach you in the class that I think is critical is clutch and throttle management. Sure they tell you about the friction point of the clutch, but they don't they you how to be smooth while changing gears during any point of operation. Most guys can't change gears mid-corner, and if they tried, they'd probably high side....yes, you should set up for a corner so you don't have to change gears mid-corner, but being able to do it smoothly in a corner allows you to control the bike in just about any situation. Just my style of riding...


I can't tell you how many guys I know that hide or hid their bikes from their mom or wife. My sister threatens to sell her husband's bike without notice if anything goes wrong. It's funny as heck, 'cuse I can just see her going into the garage and dumping her husband's bike if he pisses her off! ... all 95 lbs of her pushing the bike over with all her might!

Don't mess with Asian moms! LOL ... they'll look you in the eyes and tell you that you are their favorite child, then turn around and fuch you up!

Vash...I hear you about dating white girls...my family didn't know about my first girlfriend for over a year! Nope..I didn't hide her in a buddy's garage...


Be careful Jeff....always think of yourself as the ultimate target on the road...create space for yourself and be mindful of escape routes....smooth throttle application..smooth clutch engagement...the the bike will keep turning in a corner...you won't fall over if you apply the throttle smoothly...roll on the throttle in corners...look where you want to go..not at the road under you...tell a passenger to follow your body and look into the turn, not to the outside...it'll spoke them.

Keep the rubber side down brother!

hahaha you guys are hilarious!

I think my mom would disown me if I dated a white girl...she hasn't disowned me yet for buying a bike against her wishes. Not yet, anyway. :D I wonder when she'll give up.

I learned quite a bit from the MSF course which I passed with flying colors two weeks ago...but still can't ride. I'm still scared of riding too fast and riding on curvy roads, and taking the class and riding a m/c has made me a better driver. I'm now more aware of my surroundings and my following distance even if I'm in the 911. One day when I do my cross country bike trip I'm gonna have to meet ya'll and go for a ride together. :)