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Your history lesson for the day. Robert E Lee was married to George Washington's step granddaughter. He worked with Grant during the Mexican-American war and became a decorated war hero defending this country He believed slavery was a great evil and his wife broke the law by teaching slaves to read and write. After the civil war he worked with Andrew Johnson's program of reconstruction. He became very popular with the northern states and the Barracks at West Point were named in his honor in 1962. He was a great man who served this country his entire life in some form or other. His memorial is now being called a blight. No American military veteran should be treated as such. People keep yelling, "You can't change history." Sadly you can. This is no better than book burnings. ISIS tried rewriting history by destroying historical artifacts. Is that really who we want to emulate? As they tear down this "blight" keep these few historical facts in your mind. No military veteran and highly decorated war hero should ever be treated as such. This is not Iraq and that is not a statue of Sadam. IN ADDITION:: Lee was also very torn about the prospect of the South leaving the Union. His wifes grandfather George Washington was a huge influence on him. He believed that ultimately, states rights trumped the federal government and chose to lead the Southern army. His estate, Arlington, near Washington DC was his home and while away fighting the war, the federal government demanded that Lee himself pay his taxes in person. He sent his wife but the money was not accepted from a woman. When he could not pay the taxes, the government began burying dead Union soldiers on his land. The government is still burying people there today. It is now called Arlington National Cemetery. DO THEY WANT TO TEAR THAT UP ALSO ??

This. I'll add if the DNC wouldn't have made a mockery of their own process by gifting the nomination to hilldog, Trump probably wouldn't be the president.

Not anymore.

Again science, maybe only 3" of shade to you. That however is magnified at our height. In actuality that feels like we lost 9.66" of shade at our stance. That is truly a vast difference especially when you factor in the close proximity of our balls to the asphalt we are literally being baked from all angles when we set up the extra height.

I'm a product of this myself. My grandfather (dad's dad) was an orphen grew up homeless most of his young life, while he was a hard working man later on he made almost nothing. He was a violent and an alcoholic father. My grandmother of 9 kids died at a early age of cancer. So my dad and his siblings were raised literally dirt floor broke.(dad said a shack they lived in for 10 years had no floor) being raised by a widowed alcoholic father that beat them with on inches of thier lives some times. My dad and a few other of his sibling raised up and cleaned them selves off and they (not society) made a life for themselves. Now a few of my other aunt's and uncles chose not to do this and are stuck in what you call is the cycle Jim. While we grew up on a limited income. My dad worked hard and treated us good, so me and my wife took that one step further and said our kids would have it even better. On a side note story my wife grew up a carni kid and dumpster dived for her food some nights. Never had a place she could call home for more than a few months at a time. Now she is a college educated professional. Never claimed to be a victim or ask for help or even expected any.

Tearing down statues & monuments is in the same vein as burning books. I thought it was unfortunate when ISIS did it in the middle East. I don't much care for it here.

Not at all Dan. I'm very open to opposing ideas. I value an educated debate. I just don't value alarmism, fear mongering, or clinging to either party like they give a fuck about any of us. They both manipulate and misdirect to protect their power and vast fortunes. Like I've said 100 times, I have far too much self respect to call myself either a Democrat or a Republican.

I finally understand When someone disagrees with you about anything ever, immediately call them a racist. This is especially encouraged when race is not the issue. Don't forget that you are far too tolerant to be bothered with trying to understand an opposing point of view. Developing an informed opinion is not required. They're probably just a racist anyway. Congratulate yourself for outing the racist on social media (for example, see the entire state of California). If your bravery is not immediately recognized refer to yourself as a social justice warrior. This will produce the desired effect. Blame Republicans while patting yourself on the back for occupying moral high ground. Remember, you know what is best for everyone.

Like the title says, I'm getting to post here for the first time. I rode on the street for the first time on my new (to me) bike - a 2009 Suzuki Boulevard s40! Absolutely love the bike. 7,800 miles, picked it up for $1,350, and it runs & looks like a charm. I couldn't be happier with my first purchase. Not that anyone cares, but here's a picture of me on it. Happy riding!

1) No B) I'm fat and don't get cold to need this shit III) my apologies, didn't realize I couldn't make a helpful post because I don't ride anymore. I'll stick to post whoring, talking shit and taking strolls down memory lane

Wtf. You don't even ride man. First thing to get cold is the hands. Get a f'n bike & ride chump.

The worst part of this story is that someone would actually pay 42k for a Harley trike

HAH! First truck stop I see...... @Jester_ My first advice to you is to only use your rear brake.............

I head back to teaching Monday. Today was essentially my last free day to ride before I have to go back to the joys of teaching teenagers. I ran my usual route of 164-9 into Cadiz. Then I decided to run down 250 to WV250 to WV7 and then hit 536-556-145-148-9. The new pavement on WV250 is already getting beat up. By no means is it terrible, but they have already had to do some patch work. On a positive note there was very little gravel, probably the cleanest I've ever seen 250. I had a blast. I need to ride that road more often. I basically used WV7 to get me to 536. To start my ride on 536 I ran into mowing. Not exactly how I wanted to start things off, but eventually things cleared up in time for me to run up on Bambi staring at me. Thankfully I spotted him early, and with a few honks of the horn he headed up the hill into the woods. After those distractions I focused on getting comfortable on 536. Definitely felt better today compared to when I ran it a couple weeks ago with Doc. I was not squeezing the bars and puckering around every corner. I still need to spend more time on that road. My plan was to run it north then south and back up again. When I stopped, however, I could smell plastic melting. My lower fairings were getting cooked from running at 10-12k rpms. I decided it was best to make my way to 556, plus I got some looks from home owners as I went by. I figured they would not be pleased to see and hear me 3 times. The rest of ride home was great. The only issue was I saw a car smashed into the guardrail on 164. Nothing like 450 miles for 9 hours to prepare me for the real world again. Took 1 pic (stole the idea from Doc) Note: sign said 536 would be closed 8/22/2017 for 3 days

Tore the little bastard down and sent the carburetor off to California to get reworked and an adapter put on it. Slapped the new rings on the piston, replace the gaskets and bolted the engine back together yesterday. Then I realized I didn't check the direction of the rings ( turns out there's a top and bottom) so will be tearing it back down hopefully tonight. So far the biggest pain in the ass was cleaning the gasket mating surfaces. Oh, and finding out after you put it back together that there's a top and bottom on the rings. It's a learning process.

I HAVE TO SHARE THIS Goodbye Democrats. Amazing how over a century of party existence came tumbling down in just a few months. Thanks for the racism. Thanks for the war on police. Thanks for the rekindling of the red-scare. Thanks for the corruption of the justice system and the media. Thanks for loving money and Hollywood more than voters. Thanks for assassination inciting. Thanks for the violence inciting. Thanks for the explosion in the cost of healthcare. Thanks for choosing the sides of Iran, Pakistan and North Korea over the United States. Your slow death... is well deserved. By Shawn McDermott

I submitted my resume to transfer, same position I currently hold, but the way the company is structured I still have to apply. So now it's a waiting game.

Rarely do I find anything of value on OR,but that link is definitely worthwhile reading.Thank you.

Don’t discard those solar eclipse glasses after August 21st. Keep them to view the nuclear flash and fireball.

I love you man.

I haven't abandoned logic. The country has.

Read Bonhoeffer's "On Stupidity". It applies to all sides. People have abandoned logic in favor of the party ideals fed to them. They no longer think for themselves. And they no longer empathize because they consider anyone that doesn't think like them to be an enemy, or an appeaser. The Left is intentionally trying to destroy this President. It's disgusting. And the Right shouldn't have elected the moron in the first place. I have come to the realization recently that there is no fixing this and it's all going to end in violence and pain. https://www.google.com/amp/s/religiousgrounds.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/bonhoeffer-on-stupidity-entire-quote/amp/

It's been a couple days since I updated this so my apologies on that. I didn't get the first s40 I looked at because the engine had a low end knock in it. I went to look at another one the next day. 2009 with 7,800 miles. Rides like an absolute dream. Absolutely nothing wrong with it. Picked it up for $1,350 too so I got an amazing deal on it! The tires on the s40 I got are pretty much brand new. They grip fairly well too! That's what my dad said too (that I'll want to sell it). Probably right! luckily, I got a good deal so hopefully, if I decide to sell, I won't lose much (or any) money. I ended up getting the s40, as seen above, but I absolutely love it. I'm probably going to do a little to it in the future....no ape hangers though. Thank you! Spent $1,350 on the bike and actually had all of my gear before I had the bike. I'd really like to get my hands on some riding jeans, but for now I'm just wearing regular jeans. Other than that, I have a nice leather jacket, good leather riding gloves, and a helmet I wear. I would have loved to get a sv650, budget just didn't permit it :/ the s40 I got though is amazing!

It's like an annoying dog that shows up out of nowhere and licks your face when you didn't even know it was there thus scaring the living piss out of you.

Yep. His hands were tied with the illegal amnesty thing. That deficit spending helped to "tear down that wall", and the trickle down economics paved the way for balanced budget later under Slick willy. You're welcome!

@NinjaDoc I have a full spare rearset for my daytona. Same year, probably same rearsets and at least the shift lever. Get. Out. Here.

You mean like the girl here at the school I work at. Whose dad is in the slammer for 30 years for selling heroin...and whose mom just died from heroin so now she is being raised by her alcoholic grandmother. Explain what system of rewards caused that to happen to this child? And better yet, explain why we should abandon her and sentence her to a life of shit because of her parents. Sorry, I work in a ghetoish school and I don't think people really get what is happening down here. We are talking generation after generation of this shit. Neither your platitude nor Tim's will fix this issue. We step up and help these kids or we continue the cycle.

I'm 99% sure i have a spare shift peddle from a 07 daytona 675 that i have no use for. I bent back the peddle on my old street bike and got the spare in case it broke off later at some point. I sold the bike so i don't need it anymore; track bike has aftermarket rearsets. No idea if it's the same or not. If it is, you can have it just to repair your bike (if i can find it).

Ok, that's a pile of poo too. There is nobody in the ghetto to teach these kids just WTF that means. They are kids, and they have no idea, no parents and no leadership. They are not refusing to do anything because they have no idea what is expected of them. While that is not our fault we have a choice here. We can help them, or we can toss out platitudes like the above and then later out toss out cash to keep them in jail.

Poor Tracy has permanent brain damage from that weekend as well as a fear of Ron.

@NinjaDoc Give me the bike details so I can see if I can find something..

Shame they are only set up for midgets.

I started on an EX-500. It was the perfect first bike. Cheap, reliable, quick but not too fast. That being said, I still wish to this day I had started on an SV650. I never would have had to sell it. As far as gear goes, Justin has the right idea. If I had bought quality products from riders discount when I started, I wouldn't be replacing it now. Class saved my life, and i recommend it to anyone who will listen. Keep the the rubber side down!

@TimTheAzn ---- don't forget your umbrella!!!

When this thing first started, nobody showed up to group rides in anything more than a jacket gloves and a helmet. The more gear the better but no one will shit on you for showing up in jeans. A helmet gloves and motorcycle jacket (not Fonzie jacket) are heavily recommended.

Don't let the fact that you're riding in jeans hold you back from showing up to a group ride. The first time I ever rode with OR was at an epic ride. I showed up in jeans and a pair of Sketchers. I did have a jacket,helmet, and gloves of course. Nobody said a word to me. I rode in the medium group with Hellmutt that year. It was an awesome day of riding and I met quite a few guys and 1 gal. As far as jeans or textile. I prefer textile. To me they are more comfortable. I'm cheap so you may find a more quality jean comfortable. I bought a pair of jeans from Iron Pony for $60, and then found a pair of vented textile pants for $60 at Motorcycle Superstore. Hope to see you at a group ride someday.

Well, at least you and I are safe!!

So the wife sent this to me this morning. I think that means I should use this in any and all future bike purchase decisions.

I'm gonna guess that being a slave to Washington or Jefferson was a better life than 95% of the people in the country at the time. It's also funny how people automatically think black when they thing slavery. There were also plenty of Irish, Asian, native american, etc slaves in the country.

600 a year for. Sport tourer? Ouch....

When you've convinced yourself that you are correct, it becomes increasingly easy to not value opposing opinions or the people they belong to.

My concern is they are on a roll. Washington and Jefferson monuments are next. They won't stop. Today the Nazi's lost their website. The private company that hosts them decided they were assholes and shut them down. Certainly they are assholes but who decides that and where does it stop? We are in a tuff spot right now. Censorship may be needed, just like we have some restrictions on guns. All rights come with limits.

I have an '09 FJR that I addressed this issue a long time ago. I ran my own grounds for the fans because they are high load items. Then I installed a "Brodie harness" that connects all the ground spiders together and adds two very good ground paths directly to the engine case. That was over 100,000 miles ago and all-season riding. No spider problems. For you, stop fooling around with the dielectric grease, it doesn't fix the problem. Cut the bad terminal off and solder all 6 wires together along with another 18 ga wire that you can attach to the engine case somewhere. You should also consider grounding the fans separately, like mine. Better yet, just ride up to Toledo next week and I'll fix you up. No charge.

You of all people should know cops lie. https://patch.com/ohio/strongsville/deer-hunting-permits-now-available-strongsville

Yes it is the saddleman wide sport tunnel bag and I was wrong that thing is plenty big enough for anything I want to bring. Hell it fit gallon of milk and some other groceries one night. I did add straps to the bottom rings underneath and ran to the subframe because with weight it was shifting side to side but now seems very stable. They do make a smaller version that might fit.

Well, sadly, we apparently have a few more kinks to work out. Only made it about 4 miles on Saturday then had to do the trailer ride of shame. It was fun to ride though. Neat and very different than my other bike. The kick start is kind of cool too. Battery won't hold a charge or something related to that. Looking at relay/regulator, maybe stater. We will see.

I am in for this. Approved for the time off. Will be my first ever track day. Hopefully someone will help show me the ropes. @TimTheAzn

It's all part of the ritual. This track day has been foretold for a thousand years.