open water swimming... i'd enjoy trying the english channel's 21 miles, england to france. cold water training, cold water showers, long hrs in the drink training for it, educate one's self on water currents as different times of the month or year may make one's swim easier or more difficult.
no sharks but maybe some jelly fish of some kind & ship traffic
calm endurance is key & it can happen mind over matter piece of cake it's only a swim, it's only some water even if it takes two days, that's not all that bad... & success
one is allowed a escort boat to pass food & drinks from a stick of some kind or fishing net i'm pretty sure you can not touch the boat
You are American so you will be fine. I know this is the ultimate test for swimmers but I was hoping for a more tropic environment for your dream swim. But your dream isn't mine, watch out for jelly fish.
Motorcycles. I have always loved motorcycles and have owned a few in my life. Although I have a fond interest in all manufacturers of two wheeled excitement, I have only owned Harleys and my dad has always owned Japanese cruisers. I wondered what your favorite type of motorcycle ever made was or if you have a preference?
motorcycles, nice what kinda bikes have you all had, oysterjar?
i've had a handfulla bikes over the years. my most recent was a honda goldwing that i picked up used. the very evening on the day i bought the thing the stator went to shit on me.
1980 suzuki dr 400 i've purchased several of my motorcycles when i was young & had a summer job detasseling corn this here is one of my favorite badass powerful bikes trails through the woods, creeks fulla water, hill climbs, street, highway, fields, mud, sand, chased by the law often & im a idiot for ruining things. after awhile it had no brakes & never replaced them as the thing has gears for brakes, burnt oil like a mad man & after years of abuse, wrecklessness & neglect the thing up & quit on me & was torn apart & used for parts one cubic metric ton of compression in these here things as they have a compression release cable thing up next to the clutch pull it to make for easier (kick) starting or pull it when running to kill the engine
another bike i bought from summer working under the blazing sun & rain clouds. honda cb 360 have no idea the year but this bike here look pretty much exactly like it i've had two honda 360's honda 360's are capable of 120+mph easily & can be red lined all day long... that's what 10,000 or more rpm's? here i am age 15 or some shit flyin down the highway, no license, no nothing & gettin it pretty ridiculous
here we have another bike bought with my summer hours spent working seems i may have bought more than one bike with my summer jobs i know i even bought my brothers each a bike too i think the old man fucked me over as he was my banker holding on to my funds i think he used my money to buy my brothers each a bike instead of his own money
the hodaka 250 i have no idea the year but this one here is pretty close to resembling mine a 2 stroke plug fouling, over heating, irritating, heavy ass prick but it was fun climbing up hills out in the woods on trails being an idiot with my pals
That is a lot of bikes! I particularly like the green Honda cl360. Those high pipes are cool. That Goldwing is a monster, such a big bike. My father had many bikes as a kid and bought his last bike the year I was born. He bought it brand new and never got rid of it. My old man likes to keep stuff and never let it go and so it is with his bike that he hasn't rode in over a decade.
I have heard of the stators going bad often enough. That might be what is wrong with my old mans
I am terrible with saving pictures but I will post likenesses of the bikes I have owned:
My old mans bike (exact replica)
My first bike (close enough before I added some stuff to it)
My second bike (similar handle bars, different color)
My last bike that I owned for a total of 3 months before selling to by a house (exact replica)
I have since changed tastes and I prefer the looks of these bikes:
I bought my first bike, sportster 883, when I came home from my first deployment. I loved that thing and should have never given it up. I started working as a salesman for a local Harley Dealer and that started to cure the brainwashing of Harley only riders. A lot of people don't own or know anything about Harleys but they buy a $500 leather jacket that says Harley. I pretty much stopped purchasing anything HD after working there. As for riding as a kid I could never convince the old man to let me get a bike. I would say well you had one at 16 in which he would reply "yes but I never did this, this or this (all the bad things I did as a kid) and you aren't responsible enough" My kids are really want a dirt bike but I haven't purchased them one yet.
love all your bikes. the last three rock. want is the name of the crotch rocket lookin thing with the harley engine? those are beasts. they look kinda like that bmw you posted .... i remember now, 'buell'
i know a guy with a buell very much like this one here frickin wow, man! rad fucker
how old are your kids? you were in the the military. you know what work ethic is all about. summer job = motorcycle $$$ stick a boot up someone's rear end @ 4am. they'll wake up & before they know it, bam... they have cash for a bike doesn't have to be new. there isn't a kid on the planet who deserves a brand new motorcycle.
yes full dressed goldwings are quite big. not a whole lot of fun picking one up off the ground as a guy may have let it go while muscling it up on its center stand. fuckers are not light.
loading & unloading one into the bed of a pick up truck isn't exactly a good time either. your dad's goldwing is fantastic
i like a kawasaki 900 80's-90's maybe even late 70's models those bikes scream
what are the 3rd from last & last bikes you posted up there? the very last bike is just wonderful
i've only ever ridden a bicycle with ape hanger handle bars & the only chopper bike i ever rode was a chopper bicycle. they were both not my cup of tea strap a motor between my legs & it may have been great
My boys are 11, 7, 4. They aren't quite ready for work but the oldest is getting close to doing some neighborhood yard work/shoveling for cash. Its the 7 year old that wants one, which age is a different story altogether, but he thinks he can just get on and ride like there is no skill involved. I started having a summer job outside of the house around 12 and held one thereafter. Soon enough for them I guess. They will learn the extra benefits of working hard and having wheels.
I have been in the Army National Guard for 12 years now. 2 deployments and I was on active duty with the national guard for over 9 years.
I dropped a Harley ultra classic on the showroom floor in front of my boss. That was heavy and he wasn't happy. I couldn't imagine trying to lift something like that on my own. I got to ride a new gold wing full dressed and fully accessorized and it balanced like a dream. I was impressed but was very nervous of dropping it too.
Eric Buell took Harley technology and improved the performance of it. Air cooled v twin rockets. Quite a machine. I rode one that was a demo at the shop and loved it. The frames on the later ones was the fuel tank to. To much plastic for my taste though in the later models but great machines. I liked his earlier models.
1996ish buell
The bikes are:
1. 1978ish Honda CB750 remade into a kind of café racer. This model bike is currently my favorite older style bike.
2. 2014 BMW R nineT. Cool looking little hot rod.
3. 1970's Harley shovelhead I believe completely made over. I really like this one two although the handle bars look like they would be tiring.
I like a more stripped down bike now. Not a fan of the flash and chrome as I was before. I have been looking for a 1970's Honda cb750 to strip down and make similar to the green one above. Take all the crap off that it doesn't need to move forward.
I can't see a chopper bicycle or ape hanger bicycle being conducive to the riding experience. I would agree that that would be a turn off. As far as for moto-bikes they are ok. Too high and away from the rider becomes horrible but at just below shoulder height and tilted just enough back towards the rider they aren't bad. I hope you have enjoyed your weekend.
those two bikes are fantastic. i believe i heard that a frame was also full of gas from the gas tank. frickin crazy nuts one day i'm getting another scooter of some kind. i am also a bit hesitant as i don't like hurting myself like that anymore. i've rolled, slid, tumbled & rolled, slid & tumbled down the highway or street or trail a few times. highway being not good.
culvert meeting 3-wheeler front end... not nice. today im a walking painful pile of junk. heck i can't even sleep decently because it hurts to lie there. shoulders, back, knees, neck. so i think im quite apprehensive but could get over that real nicely when the time is right
love oysterjar's bikes. Here's mine. Since this is the opinion thread.....feel free to rip it, chad
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I have been fortunate enough to never drop a bike at a high speed. My brother wrecked his pretty good and needed some skin graphing, wear leather kids! I don't necessarily miss riding all that much. I don't have much time so it would just be mostly for commuting, ala small single seat bike for me.
I don't know if I would get back on after a big crash or dropping of the bike. I have had a few scares but nothing serious. I really love the looks and styles of some bikes but as I said I just don't miss it that much now and don't have a lot of time for it.
I have read that you were working daily through some pains, is it mostly due to your wrecks?
Iraq/Kuwait for both deployments. All three are boys. No damage to the bike, story: so when bikes are shipped they are not fully assembled. We have technicians assemble them and then give them a good cleaning for the show room. After the bath they are supposed to be air hose dried to not leave streaks. One of the wash guys wheels this baby down to the showroom and leaves it in the middle some where because he hasn't a clue where us sales assholes want this thing. MY boss being a hard ass always made us move the bikes around and change the setup of the showroom and we had just finished arranging the bikes. While doing this on hardwood floors you can push a bike backwards while it is on its kickstand by pressing the handle bars from the front end of the bike. He wanted all the bikes packed in so tight you couldn't walk between the hogs. So here is this new bike and I have to fit it in some where. You always move bikes from the left hand side because it is the kickstand side and if it falls it lands on the kickstand. Well I had to parallel park this pig up tight on the left hand side where I was supposed to be standing. So I walked over to the other side, lifted it to balance by holding the handle bars and started moving it. Well with a bike that has all of the accessories that this one does there is bound to be some spots missed by the wash guys. There was a puddle of water that I hadn't seen that dripped out of the bike. So while holding the bike at center balance and maneuvering it backwards my left leg slid out from beneath me and I hit the ground while holding the handle bars. I quickly got to a knee before the bike slammed and "eased" it down to the ground because there was no stopping that chopped tree. Mind you this is right in front of my bosses office that has a big window overlooking the showroom. I had worked there for 2 months and I was half of every ones age. He flew out while a customer ran over and started to help me pick it up. My boss said "WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED" and the customer and I told him how I slipped and he asked why I was moving the bike from the left and I said "BECAUSE YOU ARE A FUCKING ASSHOLE AND WANT THESE FUCKING THINGS SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THAT I HAD NO CHOICE AND THE STUPID SHIT THAT BROUGHT IT DOWN HERE DIDNT DRY IT OFF ALL THE WAY AND THERE IS A BIG PUDDLE OF OYSTERJAR SLIPPING SAUCE RIGHT SMACK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HERE SHOWROOM" "because I had to due to them being so close." No damage and he wasn't mad. I never moved another bike again without my balls in my throat the whole time.
As far as the military goes. I am over it but have some years left for retirement. It consumed my life so much and took so much away from my kids. I used to want to be doing cool fun stuff with the seals, or SF or whatever but now I just want to stay home and watch M*A*S*H reruns.
love oysterjar's bikes. Here's mine. Since this is the opinion thread.....feel free to rip it, chad
That is a very nice bike. I really like the color/sticker combo. I have never ridden a CBR but I have heard a lot of good things about them. There is a reason there is many different styles of bikes. I would be in jail if I owned your bike.
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Love the bike pics. I burned the only bike I had -- no drainoff tube from the gas tank when it was rebuilt and so the gas spilled went dripping down onto the engine. What a friggin idiot, right? Luckily no harm came of it except that old rebuilt Honda.
Chad --- most fucked up story you read about from the weekend in the world? (A number to choose from, especially those poor bastards with the mud in WA!)
Love the bike pics. I burned the only bike I had -- no drainoff tube from the gas tank when it was rebuilt and so the gas spilled went dripping down onto the engine. What a friggin idiot, right? Luckily no harm came of it except that old rebuilt Honda.
Chad --- most fucked up story you read about from the weekend in the world? (A number to choose from, especially those poor bastards with the mud in WA!)
wow that is so horrible news. unfortunetly mudslides & the northwest are part of the deal i guess. the place is drenched, hilly, mountainous & ridiculously fantastic & before ya know it, roads & homes are installed. the trees out there have shallow root systems because why would roots need to go deep to get a drink? the water's right there. massive trees fall over quite easily actually with some wind & heavy rains. i just read 8 died, 8 injured & 18 others have up & vanished. plus the mudslide stopped the flowing river. WTF!?
that is some small ass river or one incredibly massive mudslide
but the most fucked up story i read this weekend goes to oklahoma native america indians living amongst some pretty belligerent sasquatches way back in the 1800's & recent times. & if they were going at it in the 1800's they surely had conflicts prior to the 1800's. so without any further delay, here is a second hand write up of the old accounts as well as the author's own experience of supposed actual events at the same locale.
"I was camping at the base of the Ouachita mountains in Oklahoma, which was one of the disappearances listed in the 411 book. I had a violent encounter with a 15 foot tall sasquatch and barely escaped with my life. There have been several people disappear without a trace in this area and my cousin and I would have been added to the list if we would have run away. Instead of running away, I ran toward the creature and started rocking it. We went back and started hunting the thing with assault rifles and had a violent confrontation with 3 creatures that encircled us. The Choctaw Indians have a documented story of a battle with Sasquatches in the 1800's in SE OK. that were kidnapping kids and eating them. They located where the Squatches were at in the mountains and went on the attack with guns. According to the story several creatures were on a mound littered with human bones and partially eaten bodies of children. When the indian lighthorsemen police approached, many of the creatures ran away, but several stayed and fought the indian police. They eventually killed the creatures, but during the battle one of the creatures flanked their leader,Captain Leflore, and ripped his head off. I'm personally convinced that these creatures or actually these giants are responsible for many of the disappearances like the 411 book you mentioned infers." - jim
love oysterjar's bikes. Here's mine. Since this is the opinion thread.....feel free to rip it, chad
beautifully done bike. crotch rockets! not my cup of tea. my groin & back aches looking at them.
i once stood with some pals on the shoulder of a back country farming bullshit lost highway with a decent little straight-away. these two doorknobs (one owned the bike) would take turns wrapping the thing up. they were zooming by tight as shit at 185mph. not me, im good
i've been 120 something on a bike been 140ish in a car
i can barelly drive over 55 today 65? not really on these bullshit nowhere highways im 50 & throughly pleased
did you know i can tell you how fast i am moving without looking at the speedometer? i know what the fuck is going on i guess
yeah believe it or not these fools are exactly that. talk about a enormous waste of resources, holy shit! with a who gives a bloody hoot attitude towards wasting fuel, tires, the whole nine yards, yeah they are pretty self important, goofy & useless in my book. it is a massive waste of time, space & a whole fucking list of things. it may have been cool decades ago. wasting resources today like fuel is quite simple for simpletons
that is my opinion on auto racing & i'd enjoy being proven wrong
Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen and his wife, Dagmar Freuchen-Gale
arctic explorer..........or Chadwick?? :-O
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
she has a satisfied look on her face....does she not?
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
pepper, garlic, ginger, cayenne pepper, onion, paprika, lemon & orange frig a bunch of salt hard to beat a salty french fry
so you take the french fries baked in the oven rub them all over your sweaty body sweat is salty
set
so....low sodium or not?
yeah uh probably not doesn't sound natural to me try putting some low sodium in someone's eye, like that bat shit crazy neighbor of yours tell him, "its low sodium," when it stings.... if it stings
all children should take piano lessons. my middle brother & i had to take piano lessons. he was more advanced than i was. i thought what the fuck is this list of notes, they look drunk & they say i need my ritalin or something, can i go outside now? got any cartoons? what's for dinner - meaning lunch, what's over there? hey piano teacher you might wanna be in your 20's or 30's or even 40's or 50's or even 60's & have have a low cut tank top on without a bra & wear your tiny underwears, why am i here? i want my bike, where is your swimming pool? do you go camping, do you go fishing, why? what? yeah that's great. my shoes are untied, my zipper is down, i forgot to comb my hair, uh, uh, um... yeah this fucking blows. i'll be over here doing push ups & sit ups & running in place
then as they get a bit older they can pick another instrument to play maybe a cello or a didgeridoo or a ranat ek or a ranat ek lek or a ranat thum lek or a grajabpi or a saw duang or a saw u or a taphon or a khong wong lek or a jakhe or a deze or a pair of hosho or a matepe or a mbira/sanza
sometimes i mess around on a greg bennett acoustic guitar or a yamaha classical guitar. do i know what i am even doing? no i do not have a clue.
http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=857646 something like this here but mine's a darker color & has pearl jam stickers on it i picked it up where kurt cobain's star is (in the sidewalk) in front of the musical instruments store in aberdeen, wa.
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http://www.10degreeslatitude.com/2007/09/interesting-statistics-about-the-english-channel/
http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/04/mount-everest-vs-english-channel-which.html
open water swimming... i'd enjoy trying the english channel's 21 miles, england to france. cold water training, cold water showers, long hrs in the drink training for it, educate one's self on water currents as different times of the month or year may make one's swim easier or more difficult.
no sharks but maybe some jelly fish of some kind & ship traffic
calm endurance is key & it can happen
mind over matter
piece of cake
it's only a swim, it's only some water
even if it takes two days, that's not all that bad... & success
one is allowed a escort boat to pass food & drinks from a stick of some kind or fishing net
i'm pretty sure you can not touch the boat
i personally feel i can do this.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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what kinda bikes have you all had, oysterjar?
i've had a handfulla bikes over the years. my most recent was a honda goldwing that i picked up used. the very evening on the day i bought the thing the stator went to shit on me.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu152/dude152369/IMG_0502.jpg
http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Motosport/ELS-STAT-406_is?$productdetail264$
this is a 1994 honda 1200 goldwing's stator
these bastards are costly to replace
im no mechanic so bike shops enjoy the wallets of idiots like me
http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic-bikes-2/dr400s.jpg
1980 suzuki dr 400
i've purchased several of my motorcycles when i was young & had a summer job detasseling corn
this here is one of my favorite badass powerful bikes
trails through the woods, creeks fulla water, hill climbs, street, highway, fields, mud, sand, chased by the law often & im a idiot for ruining things. after awhile it had no brakes & never replaced them as the thing has gears for brakes, burnt oil like a mad man & after years of abuse, wrecklessness & neglect the thing up & quit on me & was torn apart & used for parts
one cubic metric ton of compression in these here things as they have a compression release cable thing up next to the clutch
pull it to make for easier (kick) starting or pull it when running to kill the engine
http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/1975-CB360.jpg
another bike i bought from summer working under the blazing sun & rain clouds.
honda cb 360
have no idea the year but this bike here look pretty much exactly like it
i've had two honda 360's
honda 360's are capable of 120+mph easily & can be red lined all day long... that's what 10,000 or more rpm's?
here i am age 15 or some shit flyin down the highway, no license, no nothing & gettin it
pretty ridiculous
http://vintagebikeads.alp-sys.com/public/img-1350745901.jpg
the green honda 360 i had
mine didn't have the carrying rack back there
http://www.cyclechaos.com/images/thumb/3/36/Hodaka_175SL.jpg/250px-Hodaka_175SL.jpg
here we have another bike bought with my summer hours spent working
seems i may have bought more than one bike with my summer jobs
i know i even bought my brothers each a bike too
i think the old man fucked me over as he was my banker holding on to my funds
i think he used my money to buy my brothers each a bike instead of his own money
the hodaka 250
i have no idea the year but this one here is pretty close to resembling mine
a 2 stroke plug fouling, over heating, irritating, heavy ass prick
but it was fun climbing up hills out in the woods on trails being an idiot with my pals
the old man had something like this but black
harley 1200 sportster
he'd let me borrow it often to take my girl friends for rides
http://www.cmsnl.com/img/community/vehicles/5/51/510/510761/201208220140470.moto honda 002.jpg
my middle brother had one & i'd use it all the time
just a wonderful bike
it's been a good 10 yrs since i've had a bike or even got on one
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
That is a lot of bikes! I particularly like the green Honda cl360. Those high pipes are cool. That Goldwing is a monster, such a big bike. My father had many bikes as a kid and bought his last bike the year I was born. He bought it brand new and never got rid of it. My old man likes to keep stuff and never let it go and so it is with his bike that he hasn't rode in over a decade.
I have heard of the stators going bad often enough. That might be what is wrong with my old mans
I am terrible with saving pictures but I will post likenesses of the bikes I have owned:
My old mans bike (exact replica)
My first bike (close enough before I added some stuff to it)
My second bike (similar handle bars, different color)
My last bike that I owned for a total of 3 months before selling to by a house (exact replica)
I have since changed tastes and I prefer the looks of these bikes:
I bought my first bike, sportster 883, when I came home from my first deployment. I loved that thing and should have never given it up. I started working as a salesman for a local Harley Dealer and that started to cure the brainwashing of Harley only riders. A lot of people don't own or know anything about Harleys but they buy a $500 leather jacket that says Harley. I pretty much stopped purchasing anything HD after working there. As for riding as a kid I could never convince the old man to let me get a bike. I would say well you had one at 16 in which he would reply "yes but I never did this, this or this (all the bad things I did as a kid) and you aren't responsible enough" My kids are really want a dirt bike but I haven't purchased them one yet.
Wind this thing up.
http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/4969_20091129163254_L.jpg
i know a guy with a buell very much like this one here
frickin wow, man! rad fucker
how old are your kids? you were in the the military. you know what work ethic is all about. summer job = motorcycle $$$
stick a boot up someone's rear end @ 4am. they'll wake up & before they know it, bam... they have cash for a bike
doesn't have to be new. there isn't a kid on the planet who deserves a brand new motorcycle.
same with cars -
drive a pile, get the girls...
enjoy your afternoon, sir
by the way, which military were you in?
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
loading & unloading one into the bed of a pick up truck isn't exactly a good time either. your dad's goldwing is fantastic
i like a kawasaki 900
80's-90's maybe even late 70's models
those bikes scream
what are the 3rd from last & last bikes you posted up there?
the very last bike is just wonderful
i've only ever ridden a bicycle with ape hanger handle bars & the only chopper bike i ever rode was a chopper bicycle.
they were both not my cup of tea
strap a motor between my legs & it may have been great
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Soon enough for them I guess. They will learn the extra benefits of working hard and having wheels.
I have been in the Army National Guard for 12 years now. 2 deployments and I was on active duty with the national guard for over 9 years.
I dropped a Harley ultra classic on the showroom floor in front of my boss. That was heavy and he wasn't happy. I couldn't imagine trying to lift something like that on my own. I got to ride a new gold wing full dressed and fully accessorized and it balanced like a dream. I was impressed but was very nervous of dropping it too.
Eric Buell took Harley technology and improved the performance of it. Air cooled v twin rockets. Quite a machine. I rode one that was a demo at the shop and loved it. The frames on the later ones was the fuel tank to. To much plastic for my taste though in the later models but great machines. I liked his earlier models.
1996ish buell
The bikes are:
1. 1978ish Honda CB750 remade into a kind of café racer. This model bike is currently my favorite older style bike.
2. 2014 BMW R nineT. Cool looking little hot rod.
3. 1970's Harley shovelhead I believe completely made over. I really like this one two although the handle bars look like they would be tiring.
I like a more stripped down bike now. Not a fan of the flash and chrome as I was before. I have been looking for a 1970's Honda cb750 to strip down and make similar to the green one above. Take all the crap off that it doesn't need to move forward.
I can't see a chopper bicycle or ape hanger bicycle being conducive to the riding experience. I would agree that that would be a turn off. As far as for moto-bikes they are ok. Too high and away from the rider becomes horrible but at just below shoulder height and tilted just enough back towards the rider they aren't bad. I hope you have enjoyed your weekend.
I also really like this one:
Wind this thing up.
one day i'm getting another scooter of some kind. i am also a bit hesitant as i don't like hurting myself like that anymore. i've rolled, slid, tumbled & rolled, slid & tumbled down the highway or street or trail a few times. highway being not good.
culvert meeting 3-wheeler front end... not nice. today im a walking painful pile of junk. heck i can't even sleep decently because it hurts to lie there. shoulders, back, knees, neck. so i think im quite apprehensive but could get over that real nicely when the time is right
where did you do your two deployments?
all three of your kids boys?
was the showroom bike damaged much?
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I don't know if I would get back on after a big crash or dropping of the bike. I have had a few scares but nothing serious. I really love the looks and styles of some bikes but as I said I just don't miss it that much now and don't have a lot of time for it.
I have read that you were working daily through some pains, is it mostly due to your wrecks?
Iraq/Kuwait for both deployments. All three are boys. No damage to the bike, story: so when bikes are shipped they are not fully assembled. We have technicians assemble them and then give them a good cleaning for the show room. After the bath they are supposed to be air hose dried to not leave streaks. One of the wash guys wheels this baby down to the showroom and leaves it in the middle some where because he hasn't a clue where us sales assholes want this thing. MY boss being a hard ass always made us move the bikes around and change the setup of the showroom and we had just finished arranging the bikes. While doing this on hardwood floors you can push a bike backwards while it is on its kickstand by pressing the handle bars from the front end of the bike. He wanted all the bikes packed in so tight you couldn't walk between the hogs. So here is this new bike and I have to fit it in some where. You always move bikes from the left hand side because it is the kickstand side and if it falls it lands on the kickstand. Well I had to parallel park this pig up tight on the left hand side where I was supposed to be standing. So I walked over to the other side, lifted it to balance by holding the handle bars and started moving it. Well with a bike that has all of the accessories that this one does there is bound to be some spots missed by the wash guys. There was a puddle of water that I hadn't seen that dripped out of the bike. So while holding the bike at center balance and maneuvering it backwards my left leg slid out from beneath me and I hit the ground while holding the handle bars. I quickly got to a knee before the bike slammed and "eased" it down to the ground because there was no stopping that chopped tree. Mind you this is right in front of my bosses office that has a big window overlooking the showroom. I had worked there for 2 months and I was half of every ones age. He flew out while a customer ran over and started to help me pick it up. My boss said "WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED" and the customer and I told him how I slipped and he asked why I was moving the bike from the left and I said
"BECAUSE YOU ARE A FUCKING ASSHOLE AND WANT THESE FUCKING THINGS SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THAT I HAD NO CHOICE AND THE STUPID SHIT THAT BROUGHT IT DOWN HERE DIDNT DRY IT OFF ALL THE WAY AND THERE IS A BIG PUDDLE OF OYSTERJAR SLIPPING SAUCE RIGHT SMACK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HERE SHOWROOM""because I had to due to them being so close." No damage and he wasn't mad. I never moved another bike again without my balls in my throat the whole time.As far as the military goes. I am over it but have some years left for retirement. It consumed my life so much and took so much away from my kids. I used to want to be doing cool fun stuff with the seals, or SF or whatever but now I just want to stay home and watch M*A*S*H reruns.
Wind this thing up.
Wind this thing up.
Chad --- most fucked up story you read about from the weekend in the world? (A number to choose from, especially those poor bastards with the mud in WA!)
frig a bunch of salt
hard to beat a salty french fry
so you take the french fries baked in the oven
rub them all over your sweaty body
sweat is salty
set
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
that is some small ass river or one incredibly massive mudslide
but the most fucked up story i read this weekend goes to oklahoma native america indians living amongst some pretty belligerent sasquatches way back in the 1800's & recent times. & if they were going at it in the 1800's they surely had conflicts prior to the 1800's. so without any further delay, here is a second hand write up of the old accounts as well as the author's own experience of supposed actual events at the same locale.
"I was camping at the base of the Ouachita mountains in Oklahoma, which was one of the disappearances listed in the 411 book. I had a violent encounter with a 15 foot tall sasquatch and barely escaped with my life. There have been several people disappear without a trace in this area and my cousin and I would have been added to the list if we would have run away. Instead of running away, I ran toward the creature and started rocking it. We went back and started hunting the thing with assault rifles and had a violent confrontation with 3 creatures that encircled us. The Choctaw Indians have a documented story of a battle with Sasquatches in the 1800's in SE OK. that were kidnapping kids and eating them. They located where the Squatches were at in the mountains and went on the attack with guns. According to the story several creatures were on a mound littered with human bones and partially eaten bodies of children. When the indian lighthorsemen police approached, many of the creatures ran away, but several stayed and fought the indian police. They eventually killed the creatures, but during the battle one of the creatures flanked their leader,Captain Leflore, and ripped his head off. I'm personally convinced that these creatures or actually these giants are responsible for many of the disappearances like the 411 book you mentioned infers." - jim
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
i once stood with some pals on the shoulder of a back country farming bullshit lost highway with a decent little straight-away.
these two doorknobs (one owned the bike) would take turns wrapping the thing up. they were zooming by tight as shit at 185mph. not me, im good
i've been 120 something on a bike
been 140ish in a car
i can barelly drive over 55 today
65? not really
on these bullshit nowhere highways im 50 & throughly pleased
did you know i can tell you how fast i am moving without looking at the speedometer?
i know what the fuck is going on i guess
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
yeah believe it or not these fools are exactly that. talk about a enormous waste of resources, holy shit! with a who gives a bloody hoot attitude towards wasting fuel, tires, the whole nine yards, yeah they are pretty self important, goofy & useless in my book. it is a massive waste of time, space & a whole fucking list of things. it may have been cool decades ago. wasting resources today like fuel is quite simple for simpletons
that is my opinion on auto racing & i'd enjoy being proven wrong
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen and his wife, Dagmar Freuchen-Gale
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
that is some guy
thank you, shortstack
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Do you play any musical instruments? If not what would you play?
Wind this thing up.
doesn't sound natural to me
try putting some low sodium in someone's eye, like that bat shit crazy neighbor of yours
tell him, "its low sodium," when it stings.... if it stings
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
then as they get a bit older they can pick another instrument to play
maybe a cello or a didgeridoo or a ranat ek or a ranat ek lek or a ranat thum lek or a grajabpi or a saw duang or a saw u or a taphon or a khong wong lek or a jakhe or a deze or a pair of hosho or a matepe or a mbira/sanza
sometimes i mess around on a greg bennett acoustic guitar or a yamaha classical guitar. do i know what i am even doing? no i do not have a clue.
http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=857646
something like this here but mine's a darker color & has pearl jam stickers on it
i picked it up where kurt cobain's star is (in the sidewalk) in front of the musical instruments store in aberdeen, wa.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
1. Why do the hairs that grow on the medial portion of my inner nose promote infinitely greater tears than the ones on the lateral portion?
2. Why am I so motivated to pull nose hairs while I drive?