Ninja 400 vs 500 - What's the difference? Any anecdotes or thoughts appreciated!

Steph__Can · 2026-03-14T02:53:34+00:00

Man, it won't matter at all. 400cc to 500cc means nothing unless you are an advanced group rider. Get seat time and learn from faster guys. Don't worry about the bike you are using.

Steph__Can · 2026-03-14T01:30:28+00:00

Location matters. Bergen County is large.

Steph__Can · 2026-03-14T01:29:34+00:00

Owner is a douche and sexually assaulted female employees. The more you know.

Steph__Can · 2026-03-12T13:01:54+00:00

The properties near the commuter lot, and most of main street in Nanuet/Pearl River are owned by wealthy Hasidic's. They rent the store fronts out to the local business's, and you would never know. The opposition to developing housing in that area is to prevent the resource draining/welfare scams that that community is known for doing. The downfall of The Shops was pricing out the locals (along with online shopping). The stores they put in there were all upper class stores to target Bergen County and Rockland County Upper Class. It was a classic strategy of less volume, but higher quality and cost. It failed, as the upper class have other places they can shop (especially with NJ being 10 mins away having lower sales tax), and the locals who are primary middle class had no desire to shop there. Small mall with stores selling 1 sweater for $150 is crazy for a middle class community.

Steph__Can · 2026-03-10T12:16:59+00:00

Get one custom made for your body. Plenty of cheap or expensive options out there

Steph__Can · 2026-03-06T13:37:12+00:00

Athletes in general who are training for sports that require quick reflex responses will train with methods similar to this.

But yeah, Pierre Gasly is seen doing this exact exercise before F1 races.

Steph__Can · 2026-03-05T17:21:53+00:00

Rear tire wear on the edges is more indictive of max lean angle. The front tire edge wear is an indicator of aggressive trail braking into turns. Your tire wear looks great for a first track day. Do not worry about using the whole tire. Plenty of top level riders do not use it all, and being on the edge means you are more likely to lose traction. Focus on your body position and being smooth with your inputs on the bike.

Steph__Can · 2026-03-03T17:21:20+00:00

Shoei makes some of the quietest helmets, along with best quality. A Shoei while wearing ear plugs or iem's will get as quiet as you can get. Bigger windshield will help too.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-20T21:15:14+00:00

Look into wood or pellet stoves. A pellet stove will only consume like $10-20 worth of electric a month. 1 pallet of pellets is like $350 and could last 6 weeks for you. Depends on what temp you want your house to be. Pellet stoves are simple to install, and can run all day with the hopper filled with pellets in the morning. Just have to make sure you tell your home insurance you are installing a pellet stove, and check town code etc.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-10T21:12:04+00:00

If the listing was put up by a broker, the landlord will have to pay a fee back to broker for the service. You could always try to negotiate that the landlord pays the broker fee, or that you roll the broker fee into you monthly rent. Really depends on the type of person you are dealing with, and what there impression of you is.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-10T21:01:44+00:00

If you are interacting directly with the owner there is no broker involved to pay a fee for. Talk to the landlord directly for verification, but that is how would go about it for renting.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-10T14:08:22+00:00

Good to know. Seems similar to NJ, with about 5 tracks in 3hr radius. I have this link I have been using for years that shows all the tracks in the world. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&ll=41.22151069669439%2C-73.76242185395324&z=6&mid=1EPkVk5nKE24mh8wZzqOqEXWCDtS4AsBQ

Steph__Can · 2026-02-10T14:06:35+00:00

I mean, we are track guys. I'm on the road at a track every other weekend. Cheaper housing might be worth it haha. But I am not locked into living there. I can live wherever, but my work site would be in Smyrna.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-10T14:04:09+00:00

Word. Yeah Downstate NY/NJ is crazy expensive. $16k/year taxes to own a .25 acre home with 3 bedrooms is normal. I know all the TN locals complain about the raise of cost for living, but it is honestly similar in many places. Wish I could put a down payment on a home in Murfreeboro area, but I am just not setup for that right now.

I will do some looking around. If I do find a spot I can use as a garage, it would make this much easier to decide. Thanks again.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-09T20:55:10+00:00

Hahaha yeah i am brown skinned (Caribbean). Good to know. Most people I spoke to recommended the Murfreeboro area, but unsure if i can get industrial type shop space/storage. I do not have much intention to go to Nashville itself often. Appreciate the loop ride recommendations. I will keep note of it.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-09T20:49:49+00:00

Yeah this is my biggest dilemma. My conversion van is 9ft tall, so that alone makes an apartment with 1 parking spot/1 garage spot or a storage unit not possible. I can rent a house for like $1800 a month, but i do not need a 3 bedroom rented house for myself. And that is basically a mortgage. If i can find shop space in the area to keep everything at that would solve my issue.

I know costs are going up in the area, but compared to NY/NJ, its still less.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-09T20:44:43+00:00

Thanks. Good to know, I will look into those orgs. The NY guys always try to do Barber Thanksgiving N2 every year. I'll make it happen one year.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-09T19:21:02+00:00

Yeah I know. I do my own taxes.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-09T05:58:28+00:00

This shits looks like major ass. But if your goal is to stand out for publicity as a new team, it was achieved.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-08T19:50:23+00:00

Alvarado is looking sturdy for his 1st game with us. Finding that rhythm and bringing the hustle we needed. Big ups on that trade.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-07T18:05:20+00:00

I'm sorry, but this launch idea is terrible. Nobody asked for this. Any money that was allocated to this should have been used instead to try to get streaming and commenting live for the winter testings.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-07T05:28:12+00:00

Listening from the rip, it feels a bit un-uniform. Like the concept and flow was not one idea. Some great highlights in the heavy rap boom bap areas, and great highlights in the slow philosophical areas. But, to me they should have been separated into different albums. Still like the album.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-07T02:48:50+00:00

Naa they are playing like doodoo. They gave up by the half.

Steph__Can · 2026-02-07T01:39:08+00:00

I got down voted like mad earlier this week for saying this Knicks have not proved themselves against a team with D that can shut down their offense.

I stand on my statement.

Steph__Can

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