Recent content by TarmacSpecial

Whew! What a weekend full of two wheeled goodness! Here's my report from the weekend, unfortunately, I forgot my camera at home Saturday for the demo rides. Saturday my buddy Will and I went to do demo rides. We showed up at 8 to sign up for the ZX-10R and we had to wait until 3:45 to get to...

Hey all, Went to Hungry Valley, near Gorman CA yesterday with a few friends. One of them shot some video of me hitting the backbone trail. I was pretty gassed at this point, spent a lot of time in the seat as a result, but it was still fun...

Hey all, Finally got to go out and play and get my YZF426 dirty last weekend. My friends and I went out to El Mirage here in SoCal. It was a perfect day, low 70's, light breeze, abundundant sunshine. My bike started on the first kick, and even though I went looking for trouble a couple time...

Anyone else ride dirt? What do you ride? Where do you ride? Any SoCal riders? I'd like to talk more about the subject with my fellow mkv'ers. I just picked this up yesterday for $2000.... 00 Yamaha YZF 426 Just been rebuilt and runs super strong. Also replaced were the fork seals, clutch, and...

Hey all just fitted 18x8 ET35 Kyowa Evolve with 225/40/18 Falken Azenis RT-615. These are just for the street, I'm buying some light 17" wheels for the track down the road. That being said, even though I didn't weigh them, they definitley feel lighter than my stock denvers. Still need to do...

just cracked my windshield. Just under 12,000 miles, and I've had the car one year as of three days ago. Of course my deductible is $500. Looking at like $350 to replace it with an aftermarket one. Not seeing that little VW symbol and "made in Germany" in the corner is going to drive me ape...

Hey all, I had my car scheduled to go in for some warranty work Thursday, the dealer was going to replace the front strut mounts (TSB) and the driver's side seat belt (reel was making a ticking noise in my ear). On my way home today, I lost boost and got a CEL. Probably the DV or PCV. So I...

Hello all. If you have Stage 1 software or better, I am here to say that you can safely pull on a G37. Walked one pretty good a few times, and at one point when I caught the revs just right, caught and passed it. The incredulous look on the G37 owners face was priceless. That is all.

I have to say, of all the forums I visit, car and motorcycle, this is one has the most anonymous members. It's nice to be able to click on a user's profile and find out how old they are, what city they are from etc. Who are you hiding from? Even moderators here are very "private". Perhaps...

Hey all, Well I'm FINALLY going to have my Peloquin differential installed next week while I'm on vacatation. I've already got APR stage 1. What do you guys think is next? I was thinking that a downpipe, fuel pump, and stage 2 would be the next course of action as far as power mods go. Feelings?

This had been driving me crazy. Let's say you are one of those people with a hyphenated, or two last names. For example Smith-Brown. What happens when you get married? What happen if you get married to another hyphen? Do you then have three or four last names? Do the kids get three or four...

Hello all, Yesterday I was heading home from work, when my boss asked me to drop off a package on the way home. I don't mind, as I get to leave work early and get home early as a result. I work for an apparel company and I was dropping off samples at the corporate office of a place that...

Hey all, I finally got a CD of pics from my last trackday running in the expert group with Fastrack Riders at California Speeday's AMA course in Fontana. Just thought I'd share a few... Turn 3 shots... My close friend John and I in turn 9.... In turn 9 with some fast older dude with a...

Hey all, I've been going nuts with the whole subwoofer thing. I'm keeping the factory HU and speakers, and I don't have the factory amp. Like the JL stealthbox, but it's way spendy for me, and in the end it's a lot of money for an enclosure on a car I'm not sure I'll keep more than 3-4 years...

Hello all! I thought I would introduce myself, seeing as I'm new here. My name is Arik, I'm 33 years old and was born and raised in Los Angeles. I'm the happy owner of a 2008 GTI, I'm more of a go than show type, and the only mod I've done is APR stage 1, and I have a Peloquin differential on...