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  1. Good point, but a slight counterpoint. The length of the wheelbase being less important as max payload trucks tend to be single cab duallies, shortest of the bunch. Also you can only put some much tongue weight on to the truck before the front wheels are merely a suggestion in which direction the truck is moving. I think a significant amount of trailering capability rests in the suspension and an SUV being a huge compromise in nearly every department, they will not sacrifice ride and handling for a somewhat greater payload.
  2. On all of these, their main limitation is the unibody. Take a look at the towing rating of Ridgeline and why it's only 5,000 while it's payload capacity beats certain trucks in it's class. Also 4500 lbs. SUV has more than enough weight to tow 5,000 lbs. of anything. I have an old '96 GMC K1500 extra cab, long bed, with heavier tow package axle, etc., and it weighs in at almost exactly 5,200 lbs. That is not much more and it's rated to tow about 7,500 lbs. With a properly loaded trailer the SUV's can tow without any issues what so ever.
  3. Another '09 DGM Spec.B here. Thanks for all the research OP.
  4. http://www.comicbookreligion.com/img/_num/32000/32332.jpg
  5. Very nice. I loved the 636's. If you have a chance to ride the '09+ ZX6R it will pleasantly surprise you. I had a chance to ride the '08 for a few hundred miles and did not care for it at all. '09s dropped more than 20 lbs and picked up power everywhere., especially in the midrange. It's very reminiscent of the 636 motor. Those big piston forks with the chassis changes work really well too.
  6. It's a Kendon trailer. Got it used from a guy that was getting out of racing. They are not cheap, but work really well, are really well built, last (that is an 80's model) and hold their value. Being so small they are a bitch to back up though, but easily cruises on the highway at 80-90 with full size tires. It also stows vertically and very easily; really why I got it. I had a Harbor Freight trailer before that, can't be beat for the money and works really well for what it is, but for one man it was hard to fold and stow. I've been lucky to be able to have a decent amount of bikes throughout the years and be able to ride even more that are not mine, but that Tuono fits me so well. That engine and chassis are really something else, that it's the best bike I've ever ridden. It's not much harder to toss around than a 600cc super sport. I got the Tuono while having an '07 Speed Triple that I thought I'd never get rid of, loved that bike, but after getting the Tuono I rode the Speed Triple twice in 6 months. It made the bike seem very inferior. I still miss that Speed Triple though... http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn141/Drazengalic/Mobile%20Uploads/20140104_121045.jpg Since we are talking bikes and threads like these suck without pictures. One of my other all time favorites is an '04-'05 ZX10R. I had an '04 for a while and mainly as a track machine. I've never had a bike scare me as much as that one, or one I've crashed as much. 9 out of 10 times I just felt like it was trying to kill me on slightest provocation, but that one out of ten time, when everything aligned just so, that bike made time stand still. On one hand I'm glad I got rid of it, on the other I still wish I had it. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn141/Drazengalic/DSC00985.jpg Replaced the ZX10R with an '09 ZX6R. I was quicker on that bike than the '10 as it inspired so much more confidence. Really a great machine. Got rid of it as I got sick and could not do any more track days. Now that I'm better I was looking for one again, till I decided to trade my LGT for a '09 spec.B and put some money in to it...it just never ends. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn141/Drazengalic/photobucket-15440-1338323888262.jpg Ah bikes...I could keep going ad nauseum ...
  7. Love bikes and have had at least one in the garage for couple of decades. Here are the two that are running at the moment. Got a few project bikes between my and my brothers garage too. Sometimes I think heroin addiction would be cheaper and easier to shake... '15 Aprilia Tuono. Up at the Ridge for a track day. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn141/Drazengalic/20160821_114730.jpg '07 Husky 610 Supermoto http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn141/Drazengalic/20160810_192119.jpg And the tow rig... http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn141/Drazengalic/20160619_055314.jpg
  8. You can actually see the creases where it was bent downward. Bend it back up and you are in business.
  9. The bracket is there, but nothing attached to it on mine. I'm guessing you have an automatic.
  10. They seem to have a good amount of internally and externally gated Garrett GT turbos... http://www.full-race.com/store/turbos/stock-location-turbos/subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-ej20-25-atp-gt-turbos.html
  11. This really sucks...the more I read these the more things (and money!) I want to throw at the damn Subaru. This time around I told myself, "You will keep this car stock. You have motorcycles to go fast on." But nooooo EFR has to come out with a stock location internally waste gated turbo...
  12. I can't believe you gave up that easily and put it under the bracket... As soon as I saw the damn lip on it, without hesitation I went for a 5-pound sledge, then thought better of it and busted out the grinder.
  13. A heads up would have been nice, but I really don't think it was that of a big deal for me. I was going to use my angle grinder on it, but the damned thing decided to fail by setting itself on fire right as I fired it up (pun intended) to do this...ha ha ha... I think all that fiberglass grinding got to it. After a drive I did notice that the hot side was warm to the touch, but the cold, was actually really cool. Even though the hot side sits right over the turbo, which I have a PTP turbo blanket on, I was expecting hotter. The temps outside were in the high 40's or so.
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