Pepsi Drinker

Dr Price, Thank you. Very thorough indeed.

My question also goes after the cramp issue; I have on occassion gotten cramps in my leg(s). This has only happened when it has been pretty hot or very cold and typically after some seriously fun riding. ie, back to back 30 minute track sessions, endurance race events where on the bike for over an hour. I make it a point to drink, 3,4 somtimes even 5 of the 32 ounces Gatorade, Powerade type drinks(usually slightly dilluted with water, perhaps 8 ounces water after drinking some of the pure out of the container) when at the track or even on very hot days and long street rides on fun roads. I also try to start this process atleast 24 hours early, so I feel my body is starting out ahead of the game as far as hydration. Is there a better mix? I am not really a water drinker unless it is straight out of the hose outside. Looking at the label; 32 ounces has 150mg Sodium 35mg Potassium 20G Sugar So the ratio 300mg/500mg you indicated is not what that supplies, how big an issue is that? Is its second ingredient as high fructose corn syrup killing it? Then like my name indicates, I drink too much pepsi, more sugar. I prefer the throwback but any regular Pepsi will do. 12 ounce can; 40mg sodium 40G sugar Above are likely the worst things I actually consume. I have no doubt the 3+ cans of Pepsi a day does little more than satisfy my taste buds. I tend to eat many (3-5)bananas everyday anyways and think that helps, plus the rest of my diet is pretty healthy, I rarely ever eat out and do eat lots of fruits, vegetables and chicken although I love red meat and bacon, but only cook the 3lb pack of bacon about once every 4-6 weeks, then it lasts about 2 weeks. I love some bacon crumbs on my chicken salad or in a burger. As far as the red meat, it is about once a week to ten days in the winter and perhaps twice a week in the summer, Grilling time. How does one really know how much fluid they are sweating out? I have to stop and urinate about every 90 minutes when I am drinking so much, but my shirt is usually stuck to me on the hot days and I tend to sweat plenty. Sorry, kind of went astray. And thank you very much for your input.

I realized I forgot an FZ750. Liked the bike, never liked the 16 inch front. Got a ZX 6 (1990). Nice bike, very solid. That Nighthawk S also had 16" front, well actually front and rear. Did you just aquire the 1990 ZX6 ? Now that Hotfoot lists the YSr, yep had one of those too, we used to have maybe 15 of us who would rent the gocart track during the week and have races about once a month. It was great fun. Most had the full on toomey kit, but several went further with the 80cc top end. I guess one thing that never changes with races, if you can win even up, start throwing money at the bike....lol

I need to re-evaluate and refine some of my dancing skills. I am planning for a May lesson or 3.

Hotfoot, the last time I did the math it was over 1.1 million. I figure I have atleast 25-30 good years of riding left in me and would love to eclipse 2 million miles. Amongst some other lofty motorcycling goals. I do have to admit, that perhaps 1/3 of those miles were not what I would consider high quality riding miles and my zest for anything Freeway/Highway has long since vanished. So now instead of riding to the Appalachians, Texas Hill country, Colorado, Arkansas or the mountains of Arizona, the bike is trailered to and then ridden for 3 or 4 days. So the miles accumulation has dropped to around 25,000 per year instead of what was common at over 50,000 miles a year. Which honestly felt like I never got off the bike, I don't know how some of these people ride 100,000 in a single year, must be retired and riding many freeway miles. There were a few years I actually rode my racebikes to the various race tracks then prepared it for racing, spent the weekend racing, made it street legal again and rode it home. Needless to say many thought I was crazy. But it was quite the experience. I even rode my Ninja 600 the 2200 miles to CSS in 86 or 87 and then rode about 5000 (fun) miles to get home, all in under 2 weeks time. Oh to be young and full of spit and vinegar...lol

I'll try to get them in the order of ownership, however that may be alot to ask; 1973 CB350 (4 cylinder, first street bike. Rode it for 2 seasons and about 15,000 miles. Sold it for the same $800 I paid for it) 197x CB450 (2 cyl. high pipe model, the 350 I thought at the time was faster, but this was bike #2 and 20,000 miles more experience) 1979 CB650C (fully dressed in Vetter, and a CB and a radio w/cassette player...lol and for some reason I still did wheelies on it and dragged the bags~yes they pulled off if dragged too hard~ and pipes on cloverleafs. but 75,000 miles of being a squidly on this bike. The engine finally rattled so bad I ran out and bought the Sabre) 1982 VF750 Sabre (Last time of allowing a friend to ride one of my bikes ever, ran over by a tow truck at an intersection jumping the light) 1982 GPZ550 (racebike 2:10+ lap times were "fast" but inconsistant) 1982 CB750C 1983 VF750F 1983 CB900C 1983 CX650Turbo 1984 GPZ550 (racebike #2 2:07 lap times were more normal and far more consistant) 1984 Seca550 1985 Ninja 600R (3 of them...1 was totalled racing in an endurance race ~not by me~-the other 2 were raced, 1 in production(doubled as a street bike), 1 in SS classes for 4 years each...both of these had over 30,000 miles on them when sold..finally broke the 2:00 mark at BIR) 1986 Ninja600 RX (aluminum framed . 50,000+ miles on that before selling in 92?) GPZ750 turbo 1987 Ninja 250R (racebike #6) 1987 Ninja 250r (had given this to my brother for his 16th B-day. but he wheelied it into the principals car, so I took it back) 1982? Seca 920 1988 Ninja 600R (kept this bike for 19+ years and 256,000 miles and 2 Deer hits wihtout falling down) 1988 GSXR750 (racebike #7 never got this bike sorted for me but ran 1:52 lap times ) RD400 (owned for less than a month, got it in a basket, rode it for about 1000 miles) 1989 Ninja 250R (Racebike #8....Kept this bike for 21 years, it only ever saw the track....28,000 miles when I sold it last Feb...This bike I ran 2:00-2:015's at BIRs long course even with the then new turn 9....after attending CSS. I dropped several seconds per lap and was very consistant) 1989 EX500 (racebike #9&10) 1989 ZX7R 1989 FZR1000 1989&90 FZR600 (racebikes #11,12...finally pacing in the low 1:54's) 1990 ZX10 1991&92 CBR600F-2 (racebikes #13&14, finally broke past the 1:50 mark and could run 1:48 when really pushed) 1993 ZX11 (58,000 miles and broke the crank in half, rode it home from Topeka Kansas on 2 cylinders in '95...it never ran again) 1993 CBR900RR (owned maybe 3 weeks, raced 1 race weekend on it and sold it...but #15 nonetheless) 1985 RZ350 1982? Katana 1100 (the old silver one with a partial upper fairing) 1997 ZX6R 1998 GSXR600 1984 Venture Royale (a fixer upper project that ran well when done but looked terrible) 2001 ZX6R (in 2 years I had 65,000 miles on it when I sold it) 1992 Katana 750 (there was nothing about this bike I liked after riding it, likely I did not even put on 300 miles in the 3 months it took to dump it) 2003 R1 (Really didn't like it much, nor did it get ridden much, sold it in 2004) 2007 ZZR600, (pretty much a 2002 ZX6R)...currently the only bike I own, 68,000 miles on it, a Deer hit 2 years ago and again no fall down. Plan on breaking that 256,000 miles mark on this bike faster than I got there on the 88'. Lets see I started riding this July 2, 2008, so 4 full seasons average is only 17,000 per, so 15 years time. Just about everyone of these was bought new except the CB350, Seca 920, RD400, FZR1000, Katana 1100, Venture Royal, Katana 750. The list does not include a few dirtbikes I owned before I was legal to ride on the street; XR80, XL125, YZ60, XR250R. After the 900RR in early '93, the only racing I did was on the 250 Ninja until 2003 and even that was only at 1 or 2 Endurance events each year. That also happened to be the year I widdled down from the typical 6-10 bike garage to typical 3-4 at a time. That '88 Ninja 600R and that '89 Ninja 250 were the longest kept bikes by far. Looking at the list, I must of had lots more disposable income than I do now, or perhaps it was my priorities, or both.

Well I look at a bike from the perspective of; I have to maintain it and pay for that and spend the time to do it. So tires and how fast they wear out, how hard it is to access the valves and how often do they need to be done, do I need special 1 off electronics tools for maintenance on the bike that I likely wouldn't use elsewhere as well as all the other maintenance needs that come along, with riding 25,000+ miles a year they come fast and often. So money and time on maintenance are my main considerations. If I suddenly could double my income I would prioritize differently as then I could likley have a designated track bike and a couple different street bikes for varied uses. I ride 500 mile day rides nearly every Sunday on the best roads I can find, so it has to be comfortable and handle well. I take it to the track several times a year, so it has to be competent there as well. I can only afford 1 bike, so it has to do it all. At any rate, currently I own a Kawasaki ZX6R and like it very much. I wouldn't take it hiway droning as ASLCBR600 attested to but, 500+ miles on twisty challenging roads in a day is very much in my comfort zone. It has been bulletproof on everything except the clutch release switch, which I finally simply bypassed after 6 switches had been replaced in 50,000 miles. I'd love to ride a 2012/2013 ZX10R for a few weeks or longer to see how I like that and how it fits me, but for now I love me the 600cc class bikes and Kawasaki's have always treated me very well.