First I want to say it was nice to see BigWill, ohioVROD, BIG, and your wife. It is true what they say you can tell V-rodders from the others.
This year Roland Sands Designs were king. Every time I turned around there was a stunning example of his sportbike/V-twin hybrid design. Roland takes the best components from both facets mixed with a set of his contrast cut wheels and turns out gnarly bikes.
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There was a solid turn out I would not say it was a stellar showing many people backed out and some vendors just had budget conserving showings. However, Zippers had a mini theater set up showing their Thundermax to anyone who would watch. Every time I passed every seat of about 12 or so were full. Your typical mega players were in full force PM, Arlenn Ness, Custom Chrome, and surprisingly Sucker Punch to name a few.
One could spend days walking though and not take everything in. All of the builders you read about, and see in magazines are at their respective booths eager to talk about the various products they are offering for 09. One that sticks out in my mind was Covington Cycles. That had a bagger there with some serious engraving work done that just looked top notch.
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There were not many v-rod supporting vendors, although there were a few bike utilizing the v-rod power plant. My favorite would be the Roehr superbike Walter and the guys have really out done themselves. They really have something to be proud of.
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There were a couple stock-ish V-rod in attendance I got a good look at the Muscle with the new Vance and Hinds pipe and I must say it really helps out the looks of the bike, but not enough for me to welcome one into my stable EVER.
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Now for the goods! I know there are a lot of people awaiting the photos of the Lyndall Composite Rotors and for good reason. I must say being a former owner of other composite rotors I was a sceptic. I have an engineering background so i know the advantages of the composite but the big question for me was IS THE JUICE WORTH THE SQUEEZE? The answer is simply yes! Paul is sitting on black gold.
I know there are those who were asking about the color or the rotor braking surface. On a 10 scale one being light grey and 10 being black I would rate at a 7. In comparison other black composite rotors would rate at a 4 or 5 on the same color 10 scale. The pictures I took really don't do them justice, I had to use my flash which reflected onto the rotor.
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The Titanium hardwear for the rotors is really like nothing I have seen before. After speaking with Tom the mad scientist behind these cutting edge rotors, I'm quite sure I wont be seeing them any place else.
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After holding Lyndall's rotors and examining them for some time i needed a comparison for a reference. I walked over to where the W8less rotors were being displayed and had I not had a guide (thanks Kevin) I would have surly passed them by. After comparing the two I felt the W8less rotor felt flimsy, now in all fairness they are not as thick. If I had to chose between the two it would be no contest although theoretically they are of similar linage, Lyndall rotors are far superior in every regard that one can determine from simply examining in the hand. Would I put these on my bike? Tomorrow, the unsprung weight advantage would feel as if I were riding a different bike.
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For those on the fence about getting these rotor or not, I would say get them before you can't. These things are going to fly off the shelf. With Sharkey running the group buy, its the best price you are going to see on the rotors ever. Also I have included pictures of the Carbon Fiber Revolution V-rod Front wheel with the rotor. From what I gather from the Revolution guys are there isn't enough demand to warrant delegating time to v-rod wheel development. I was suppriesed to hear this from what I read on here it seems people are not putting their money where their fingers are. If we want compaines to support our passion we need to start/continue our support and buy the product.
It's late, I'm off to bed I've got a ton of pictures and i'll post more over the next couple days.
This year Roland Sands Designs were king. Every time I turned around there was a stunning example of his sportbike/V-twin hybrid design. Roland takes the best components from both facets mixed with a set of his contrast cut wheels and turns out gnarly bikes.
There was a solid turn out I would not say it was a stellar showing many people backed out and some vendors just had budget conserving showings. However, Zippers had a mini theater set up showing their Thundermax to anyone who would watch. Every time I passed every seat of about 12 or so were full. Your typical mega players were in full force PM, Arlenn Ness, Custom Chrome, and surprisingly Sucker Punch to name a few.
One could spend days walking though and not take everything in. All of the builders you read about, and see in magazines are at their respective booths eager to talk about the various products they are offering for 09. One that sticks out in my mind was Covington Cycles. That had a bagger there with some serious engraving work done that just looked top notch.
There were not many v-rod supporting vendors, although there were a few bike utilizing the v-rod power plant. My favorite would be the Roehr superbike Walter and the guys have really out done themselves. They really have something to be proud of.
There were a couple stock-ish V-rod in attendance I got a good look at the Muscle with the new Vance and Hinds pipe and I must say it really helps out the looks of the bike, but not enough for me to welcome one into my stable EVER.
Now for the goods! I know there are a lot of people awaiting the photos of the Lyndall Composite Rotors and for good reason. I must say being a former owner of other composite rotors I was a sceptic. I have an engineering background so i know the advantages of the composite but the big question for me was IS THE JUICE WORTH THE SQUEEZE? The answer is simply yes! Paul is sitting on black gold.
I know there are those who were asking about the color or the rotor braking surface. On a 10 scale one being light grey and 10 being black I would rate at a 7. In comparison other black composite rotors would rate at a 4 or 5 on the same color 10 scale. The pictures I took really don't do them justice, I had to use my flash which reflected onto the rotor.
The Titanium hardwear for the rotors is really like nothing I have seen before. After speaking with Tom the mad scientist behind these cutting edge rotors, I'm quite sure I wont be seeing them any place else.
After holding Lyndall's rotors and examining them for some time i needed a comparison for a reference. I walked over to where the W8less rotors were being displayed and had I not had a guide (thanks Kevin) I would have surly passed them by. After comparing the two I felt the W8less rotor felt flimsy, now in all fairness they are not as thick. If I had to chose between the two it would be no contest although theoretically they are of similar linage, Lyndall rotors are far superior in every regard that one can determine from simply examining in the hand. Would I put these on my bike? Tomorrow, the unsprung weight advantage would feel as if I were riding a different bike.
For those on the fence about getting these rotor or not, I would say get them before you can't. These things are going to fly off the shelf. With Sharkey running the group buy, its the best price you are going to see on the rotors ever. Also I have included pictures of the Carbon Fiber Revolution V-rod Front wheel with the rotor. From what I gather from the Revolution guys are there isn't enough demand to warrant delegating time to v-rod wheel development. I was suppriesed to hear this from what I read on here it seems people are not putting their money where their fingers are. If we want compaines to support our passion we need to start/continue our support and buy the product.
It's late, I'm off to bed I've got a ton of pictures and i'll post more over the next couple days.
