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Made a radiator guard for the wifes scout. Turned out way nicer than i thought it would. Used a old screen door protector, left over paint, silicone adhesive and a lot of time and patience. Total out of pocket cost $0 This is why it was needed...only 2500 miles on this bike.

I saw this while on a call in GA. Sign says, "BORN TO BE SEEN, LOOK FOR MOTORCYCLES" Irony is delicious.

Gas sooner, brake later. I didn't want to shove Shorty out or run over the guy in front. Kind of a tough spot and once I did get on it, I just didn't have enough juice to keep ahead.

I live in the sticks and refuse to pay $60/mo for 1mbps, so phone it is. Besides, sitting at the computer is like sitting in front of a tv. Who the hell, except for retired ol geezers, has time for that?

Our buddy Kevin took this video on Sunday. I just couldn't get around our other buddy Shorty in front of me. Great battle all race long. Last lap starts around 9:55. One of my favorite races I've been in, wish I came out on top, but there's always next time. Huge fun.

Behold, the pain train behind someone who parks it in every corner but swoops across the entire track on every entry and exit -- and is a rocket ship on every straight. The final boss for any rider over 230lbs.

Bags, rear seat and windshield mounted that we picked up this weekend in NC for less than half price.

These are so true! AZ is exactly the same way. Last time I went to LA I ended up cruising home in a big pack of cars averaging 95-105 for a couple of hours. Even blew past a cop at 90ish at one point, though I think the speed limit was 75 where I was. Soon as you hit Cali, the speed limit drops, but in AZ its 75 outside the cities. It's not that the cops aren't out there looking, people just don't seem to care.

Just ordered a JIS screwdriver a few weeks ago. Every Japanese motorcycle owner should have one

Incomplete sentences, crap punctuation. Because not cuz. Now we know why no one can English.

VACUUM, not vaccum. Teaching English even while off for the summer--cuz the world needs it.

“I made a fake laptop for my cat and it actually worked!”

Not too sure about some of that "engineer" list. Kinda strange. Aerospace has it's own rules. The list of rules was long (Two big manuals full of rules and requirements). We didn't use common lock washers. We did sometimes use inside or outside star washers, in electronics, for grounding. We used a lot of safety wire. We used self locking nuts, especially self locking nutplates that rivet into place on sheet metal. No one puts threads in shear, that's a failure waiting to happen. A minimum of 4 threads in bearing required, 6 to 8 preferred. We never ever put a bolt (some types of bolts are ok), nut or lock washer against a part without a plain washer in-between. Plain washers are punched out of sheet metal, and have a sharp side vs a rounded side; put the rounded side against your part and the sharp side up in the air. (edit: Backwards! sharp side goes down, and the rounded side goes under the bolt or machine screw to prevent contact at the radius under the head and trying to break it.) The torque from the bolt side isn't the same as the nut side, if it's a through bolt with a nut, torque the nut. Torque requirements are strict, and doesn't include "torquing to yield" or " turn it an extra 90 degrees". Hardware of all types is never re-used more than 4 times, and then it's replaced with new. It slowly deforms to failure. Zero cadmium plate, we used zinc plate. All steel hardware was zinc plated. Certain metals never contact each other, it generates di-electric corrosion. The common error is stainless steel and aluminum in contact. Titanium and aluminum in contact is a disaster. I don't remember using chromed hardware anywhere. That's a few of the highlights. Note: Japanese motorcycles use a different type of Phillips (JIS). Striping (cam-out) is common, when using SAE phillips tools. There's special JIS screwdrivers and bits for them. I don't always use them, but I've got them. You can find them on Amazon, or motorcycle tool websites. Or replace them all with socket head cap screws. Read aircraft hardware: https://www.flight-mechanic.com/category/aircraft-materials-processes-and-hardware/

It’s in the other thread but since you’re not as tech savvy as your other Asian brethren I’ll post here 😂