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PROM Obviously a function driven by women, competing with the Jones's. Complete waste of money to stand around in a overpriced dress for 3 hours. Simply ridiculous.

Big deal. I get free software all the time from Nigerian princes, winning contests I never entered, and sometimes for no reason at all. I'm not sure what these programs do, because I don't see anything when I run a lot of them, but my CPU fan kicks into high gear when I run them, so they must be working.

a man after my own heart. whats the purpose in modifying a bike to ride like shit? i'll go further: whats the purpose in modifying a bike, for performance gain, if you're just going to cruise to bike night? what really grinds my gears: when the shop gets calls from people with a 198x yamahondasuzisaki who bought it for a couple hundred, and wants us to clean and "go through" the carbs. we'll come back with estimates, usually near $1000, and they get shocked that a pile of crap bike thats been sitting in a field for 20 years, hasn't run in 30 years, requires a significant amount of work to start towards making it road worthy. we've actually had to start turning people away unless they 1: can ride it there, or 2: ok an estimate for $500 before we even start. saying all that though... i'll gladly install any of these parts for any customer willing to pay

Ok, so I have not been on in awhile. I was on vacation a few weeks ago in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Decided to go pawn shop lurking. Ended up buying a blue Fender Squier Bullet guitar. I have always wanted a blue Fender Strat. I know, it is an entry level Squier, but you have to start some where. The strings were rusty, so i found information on Fender's site on replacing string and setting up the action. I never played an instrument before, so I has some learning to do. This is also at the same time I just finished building my darkroom, so I will not really have alot of freetime.

We have State Farm, and am looked at USAA, as I am a banking member there. Just about everyone is double when you add the teenager so far that I've seen. Which is why if our boy wants added, he will have to use his provided car to acquire gainful employment to pay for said doubling of insurance.

Shit you just made me realize another thing I'm going to have double to worry about

Well she passed with a perfect score, time to start shopping for insurance I guess. I'll add her to my current policy till I make a decision, don't have a payment due for a couple weeks.

The hours just fly by when your in photoshop all day. Good thing my office doesn't have windows. I'd be staring at my bike in the parking lot.

Chinese fan and probably meant to run without oil on the bearings. oiling the bearings attracts dirt which will gum up the bearings causing power loss and lock up. replace the bearing or get a new fan and blow it out with air once in a while but do not oil it.

From Millersburge to Beverly, 83 is just an awesome road. Clean, wide, decent site lines, and from Coshockton south very little traffic.

Well I totally don't mind covering the cost of the insurance because. My kid is involved in many after school activities(marching band, cross country, drama club, pep band, and some other crap) that if she dosn't have her own wheels I have to do all that running around and play taxi after working 50 to 60 hours a week. So it's a small price to pay to get some of my free time back. Plus she can take the youngest child to all his crap as well.

i'll be glad to service anyone's motorcycle, because anyone's money is green. unfortunately we get a lot of calls wanting advice, favors, and general help... which actually doesn't spend as easily. multiple factors that go into monthly overhead that don't allow me to perform services on vehicles without charging labor for such services. somehow, theres folks out there that believe this is unfair practice. to these folks: i invite you to open your own business and try this out for yourself. i could go further into describing day to day operations and profit/loss, but i feel its a lesson best learned through experience. most people just show up at work and punch in. no performance based system in place, no risk for lack of performance. so generally theres a misunderstanding of how profit is generated. do i think about a 9-5 behind some desk where i make a crappy salary... all day long actually... lol. but its fun when you get a truly awesome customer whom you service their bike, and make them genuinely happy. a certain satisfaction, if you will. all of this.

You should call every insurance company you can think of.

Pretty sure his issue is with people coming and wasting his time and money getting the estimate, then not wanting to shell out the money for quality work. I'm sure his $1000 estimate is to make the bike road worthy. That means fluids, brake linings, fork oil, tires, carb clean and sync and replacing whatever stock parts the previous owner deemed unnecessary. As a bike mechanic I can tell you that shit adds up quick and these hipsters generally don't understand the labor that goes into bringing an old bike back to a serviceable condition.

It's good to see someone is awake .It's that whole he who doesn't know history is doomed to relive it thing.

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Looks like Friday will be a no go for me, I have to work Saturday morning. Will all depend on how late I have to work Saturday on if I'll be down at all. If I do I'll just ride the bike down for some Beer and Camp Fire time and crash in the Hiltin.

Soft Scrub with bleach.

You need to break down and buy a 4x4 (because that is what will make you happy) and get out and ride with us! Hell sense we are practicality neighbors now i can even help you get it to the Wayne and back.

John Mcaffe yo.

So it pisses you off that potential customers are calling you for work. Would you be happy if the phone never rang?? you have a shop that fixes motorcycles and there is a craze of people buying motorcycles that need repairs and they can't do it themselves. You should be profiting, not bitching. Not charging $1,000 to clean carbs. Hell, you can buy a set of new flat sides for a CB750 for $750. buy some rat bikes, fix them up and sell them to these guys. Then sell them the $35 t-shirts that they love so much. Treat them fair, and you will get some loyal customers out if it. Even if you can't stand them.