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+1 Scrappers just might be dumb enough to think that shit would be trash... I would still kick some ass and get the bikes back if possible, but parking stripped down bikes by the curb and leaving them is poor planning. Dublin has been pretty good on crime, mostly teenagers without enough supervision doing minor vandalism and such. But I see the scrappers running around picking up old appliances all the time. Nothing sits on our street for more than a few hours. I try to keep mine parked where it is more difficult to load them into trucks without looking extremely suspicious. People take more notice if you have to back a truck into a yard or carry a locked bike around cars by hand to load it into the back. Also the nearer to the house doors the criminals are forced to work the more nervous it typically makes them. The easy snatch is too much temptation for the opportunistic criminal type and very hard to catch after the fact. Not really, works sometimes but I have had people lie to me under simple threat of a quick death. Not that they are macho, but they watch movies and TV a lot and don't think you will really blow their brains out. This is no good for getting information since if you prove your point, they can't answer anyway and you can only cock the hammer back dramatically so many times before you just appear unable to operate the firearm. Torture is unreliable, messy and takes effort to do correctly. Plus, more evidence gets left behind.... If you really want to pump them, make them dig their own six by six. The physical labor and time to think has a profound psychological effect. Negotiation will start immediately, but don't get baited in just yet. Continue to make them dig as if you are only interested in saving the labor yourself and soon they will stop negotiating and start spilling everything they know in desperation. If they refuse to dig, explain that if you have to dig it, they will be lying on the ground screaming their death from a gut shot but if they dig it they can die tired, but swiftly. Anger does not typically play well, shows a lack of control on the part of the interrogator and weakens your position. Do this calmly, methodically, but without discussion or apparent mercy. Once they believe you, the work is already done. I can tell you that this method has never failed to get me truthful answers, and the sight of a grown man crying....

Fuck that, have you crossed Broad on Hague in the Hilltop? For the last few months they have taken their sweet fucking time digging that shit up and it as been ragged, steel plated, running water on the road surface goodness ever since they started. Fucking useless unionized communist city workers are worse than ODOT. I hope they all die tragically.

Poor HD... Still an American Icon, except now it reads: "Douche bag with too much money and a small dick."

+1 Yeah, besides, if your tent mate wakes up with a sore asshole, you need a good excuse!! Gotta bring liquor... can't carry enough beer on bike AND girlfriend... Actually, can't carry enough without her either, damn lush.

Yep. Must be the LEFT mirror also... And the lights must be attached AND turned ON if your bike was made after 1978. I remember the law being specific on this matter. (mostly because I was riding last year for a few months with only the RIGHT mirror and on a bike that was old enough to turn the lights off.) They only impound your bike if you have some other circumstances to boot... (generally more than mere inadequate equipment, more like drugs/alcohol/fictitious tags or registration/etc) you should have the option to tow it yourself without extenuating circumstances. Of course, some cops are just dickless assholes with a badge and an authority complex, so maybe not...

Yeah, kinda a big ragged hole, wouldn't trust a patch, especially to ride aggressively on a sport bike... Good job on keeping a cool head and the rubber up though. Gotta watch out for that road debris, the simplest things can fuck your tire up. Lots of kids out home learn this the hard way when they have to replace tires after running over road kill.... nothing like a groundhog femur through the old radials on dad's truck...

Oh, hell yeah. There is a really cool one out in Knox where I am from, but not open to public and not on the map I think... If we go near it we can always take a detour. I can tell you that out there we have a good 20minutes minimum to hang out and look around before any law enforcement will arrive, and they will just tell us to fuck off as long as we don't do damage... Country cops that are miles away and don't really care what you do outside of city limits and off the roads. I'm so in, and hopefully my GF is too... if can get her on the back of my cruiser for 200+mi that is. (she prefers the posture on a sport bike and bitches incessantly at me about "riding a fucking armchair down the road.") I just won't give her a distance figure and tell here there is ice cream on the way... that should work... I vote for meeting up on the south leg of the circuit, near Dublin/Worthington. I don't live in Dublin anymore, but that is the easiest from anywhere in 270 I think.

Well that IS a really nice street view....

Hmm..... did anyone else get flashbacks from Star Trek? Kahn, earwigs, slavic helmsmen doing his bidding... And I knew I didn't like cats for a reason...

Welcome, sharp ride!

+100 I was thinking laser pointers too, but probably less effective during the day. Oh, and +1 for the violence too. LAWZ Great episode... don't forget the part where he takes his old lady and uses her up too... lol

pics of my new "anti-walk" pin for the axle... It should keep it from walking much when I flog that bitch into the twisties. And now I have some clearance... Going for test ride (yes, I connected the brakes now) and will post again if I survive... LOL Now, lets see if I can shear off that pin... Edit: I beat her for about 50 miles and it didn't budge a bit. Still got clearance, now I just need a new tire! Grrr... Pony is gonna rape my asshole.

Pretty much. I ride very hard pretty much all the time and I think the pinch bolt might have been a bit loose. It pulled the axle through until it was flush with the pinch.... Now that I have it reassembled, the axle protrudes a good inch and the tire has plenty of clearance. All better, bolts tighter, added a very heavy cotter pin through the hole in the end of the axle in case it tries to walk on me again... (since I won't stop riding it like a sport bike... )

Pics of said problem and resulting damage. I noted that all spacers are present and accounted for, bearings seem fine and the splines have no appreciable wear at all. Everything is well greased and clean enough. However, I believe the axle shaft may have pulled loose from the pinch bolt when I was riding her hard the other day and I may be able to just reassemble and re-torque the bolts and get everything aligned back. Of course, I should definitely get myself a new rear tire before I act the fool anymore...

I will join that group. I need a hippie cause to make chicks think I'm sensitive and animals are too handy for product testing, plus they taste great!! If I'm not supposed to eat them, stop making the things out of meat. Shadows = not useful unless you are a ninja or trying to skulk + not made of anything tasty

Of course, how else would I scare the shit out of myself! Pencil me down for one of those psycho rides, maybe two if I survive the first one...

Must... not... start... on... this... thread... arggg... I have too much shit to do, no time to tell you how bad I want to beat just everyone in sight... god damn pussies... They are even having "kinder, gentler" basic training for infantry because we can't be hurting any feelings while we prepare soldiers to die and kill. damnit damnit damnit... must leave now... Oh, and I got beaten more than most for less than most... There is no excuse for misusing or abusing your authority and my parents sucked at raising me, but I still learned, even from the beatings I didn't deserve. The consequences of and potential misapplication of a perfectly good tool is no excuse not to use it appropriately. (much like firearms and drugs) Beat the little bastards when they earn it, as much as they earn it. It varies person to person how much and how often to apply it, but corporal punishment is a useful tool. See, I still got sucked in....

That was what my girlfriend suggested (I'm not making fun, she is a mechanic and a rider) and I am taking the assembly apart as soon as I get back to Dublin in an hour or so to check. That would mean it has been rubbing this whole time though and I don't like that for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that I didn't notice earlier!! Fail.

Sorry to hear about your father. There has been a lot of this in my family lately, I can sympathize. Keep your head up!

I don't know if I want to own one, but I would certainly like to scare the fuck out of myself with one a few times... I wanna do 180+ on the highway too!

damnit... I edited it to add pics, but it posted a new thread for some reason. I believe it is stock tire size, i planned to double check, but like I said I don't think it could have been rubbing this whole time, perhaps, but unlikely. It definitely just started with the sidewalls... scary fucking shit considering how I typically ride. Side wall lets go when I'm laid into it and that might just hurt a bit.

My Yamaha shaft driven bike is rubbing the tire on the swing arm!! I just noticed this yesterday and I can't imagine it has been going on long. I have put 1500+ mi on this thing since buying it two months ago, and I hope I would have noticed the tire rubbing before now.... LOL The tire is now worn to the point that the side wall is rubbing. (that's how I noticed the damage, I saw the ring on my side wall and thought, "no fucking way I was getting THAT low and sideways"...) It appears to have eaten off the side of the tread first, then made contact with the sidewall. Sorry, I forgot to snap a pic before I left Dublin last night and I spent the night here in Obetz. Heading back soon to wrench on it and I will post some then. So, here is my quandary... Assuming that the bike wasn't purchased this way, wasn't wrecked, and the rear tire has not been off the bike since I bought it, how the hell does this happen to a shaft driven bike??? My first two thoughts are damaged (bent) swing arm from a wreck or missing shims from the hub/spindle assembly. However, I think I can rule those out... WTF? Also, no notable play in the wheel bearings or anything else as far as I can tell. Up on center stand the wheel is very rigidly in place when I attempt to twist/torque it side to side. I would expect to feel play in the bearings or hear grinding/chunky noises if they were to blame. It's an 82 Yamaha Virago XV92 920 v-twin shaftie Here are the microfiche for the swing and hub.

+1 Beat me to it.. Don't forget that we may have transitioned from nomadic tribes into settled civilizations in Europe mainly out of the desire to tend grain crops for beer... hehehehe Of course, then the climate/weather changes made it more difficult to grow grain so we went to more hardy crops like the potato... so you can think of Vodka as food too, though it severely lacks caloric content. I depend on a strict regimen of Hookers and Blow to keep my figure in shape. It is great for strength, endurance and cardio-vascular health!! I get lots of rigorous exercise not only using up the whores, but then I get strength training when hauling their corpses to the dumpster!! All the while my heart rate stays at it's target level for exercise because of the exertion and, of course, the drugs. Oh, and extreme paranoia helps you sweat out toxins just like in a fancy sauna!! Some nights I run, mostly from the cops, sometimes from a pimp. But mostly just hookers and blow. Actually, I eat right and exercise regularly for two reasons: 1: to offset all the damage I have inflicted and will inflict upon my body (both through bodily injury and recreational chemicals) 2: to look good naked Some people treat their body like a temple, I treat mine like an amusement park. I party like a rockstar, work like a mule and still look 5 years younger than my peers. Plus, chicks dig abs...

My Yamaha shaft driven bike is rubbing the tire on the swing arm!! I just noticed this yesterday and I can't imagine it has been going on long. I have put 1500+ mi on this thing since buying it two months ago, and I hope I would have noticed the tire rubbing before now.... LOL The tire is now worn to the point that the side wall is rubbing. (that's how I noticed the damage, I saw the ring on my side wall and thought, "no fucking way I was getting THAT low and sideways"...) It appears to have eaten off the side of the tread first, then made contact with the sidewall. Sorry, I forgot to snap a pic before I left Dublin last night and I spent the night here in Obetz. Heading back soon to wrench on it and I will post some then. So, here is my quandary... Assuming that the bike wasn't purchased this way, wasn't wrecked, and the rear tire has not been off the bike since I bought it, how the hell does this happen to a shaft driven bike??? My first two thoughts are damaged (bent) swing arm from a wreck or missing shims from the hub/spindle assembly. However, I think I can rule those out... WTF?

God damn it Blake!! You just made me snort morning beer out my nose!! Now I need another...