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I decided to pivot my for sale add.

The link below was provided by my cousin (PhD Pharmacology, FDA) and his wife (PhD Microbiology, CDC) they were professors at USC before moving to Washington a couple years ago. I trust him to provide truthful and reasonable information. His message was spot on with @NinjaDoc message. Watch if you have the patience... https://special.croi.capitalreach.com/

I just thought about something. The only bike I have that isn't stock is the Whale. It IS a fuckin' race bike! I wish I had it now. Sunny and 80⁰ in Houston this week.

Very happy for you. Ivan is a genius.

Ivan’s performance finally finished the FJR1300 Gen 2 ECU (2006-2012) flash. Installed Sunday and have made a few shakedown rides... Wow it’s a different bike! Not sure how Yamaha let this bike hit the market with such shitty fueling, and then let it ride for 6 years. Highly recommended, makes it fuel like a carbureted motor.

Amazon needs boxes for all the stuff we are ordering now that we can't go out. Get your ass to work. TIA.

The cool fresh water streams of the region are my Bidets, All my wilderness rides are adventure in all activities. Enjoy that Trout on the grill.

The market was due to be shaken... The auto industry has been unstable for a couple of years, a large percentage of car loans were past due before this. Lots were over stuffed with inventory. Jobs were starting to decline in automotive factories. People spend a lot of money on dumb stuff instead of paying bills. If this forces them to save a little from not going "shopping" or shipping taking 3 times longer, so be it. When all the games continue and life starts again beyond our homes, people will be ready to start sending again. The market will bounce back. Maybe, just maybe this will teach us how to work together, how to help each other, not just as a country but as the World. Maybe people will learn basic hygiene and proper disinfecting to prevent the spread of other diseases... Maybe people will vaccinate their kids again. One fact, motorcycle season is coming. Get your bikes and gear ready (while you are working from home).

I think the government actions like travel bans and limiting gathering sizes are justified. The point is containment...incremental, half measures would be pointless. The over-prepared-ness and panic is absolutely causing significant economic collateral damage. I am not worried about corporate America, it s very likely that the stock market will bounce back. OTOH, many small businesses (restaurants, bars, shops, barbers, etc ) and people living paycheck to paycheck will not bounce back. Businesses will be shuttered and houses will be foreclosed over this panic. That will ripple through our economy for years and have a greater effect than the virus itself. Panic and herd mentality over 6 thousanths of a percent will have a lasting impact on large swaths of the population.

Just a bit of perspective.... China's population is approx 1.4 Billion. In 3 months, there have about 81,000 cases which equates to 0.006% of the Chinese Population (1% of China's population would be 14,000,000) US population is about 327 Million. About 1,300 cases in the US which equates to 0.0004% of the US Population (1% of the US population would be 3.2 million). That's cases not deaths. Reason to be concerned...absolutely. Reason to lose your fucking minds and cause an economic meltdown...absolutely fucking not. Feel free to check my math. Probably the most accurate data source available: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html?fbclid=IwAR2B5QOYzmsIVK8KjrziR6idZgbXNFqT1xkUb2NtUD9a1gcWYpk4FJ_BmuY

I got out for some dirt yesterday. Nice day!