ReconRat

Ok, I promised myself I'd replace the weak 10 year old battery really soon. But apparently not soon enough for a dork move. I left the key on for 5 minutes with the kill switch engaged, and yup, no start. Let it sit a couple of minutes, and still weak, no start. (Unplugging the headlight and tail light is a cool move, but I wasn't in the mood.) Enough juice there to pressurize the fuel pump. Ok, get ready, get the gear on, get on bike, back up, walk uphill, downhill, enter street (still walking), turn left, turn right, and enter a really long gentle downhill parking lot I knew would be there. Still walking, but now pushing with both feet at same time. Get feet up and coast for a while, pop clutch in second gear and start engine. Turn around and go home. I'm getting too old for this... I used to run along side holding the clutch in, and jump on side saddle and pop the clutch. Wasn't feeling the balance act for that move today. Shoot, we used to kill batteries so hard the kick starter wouldn't work. Pushing always works if there's anything left of the battery at all.

stop that! I R older than that... and no walker... hint, that '76 was my sixth or seventh motorcycle

Apple owns the patent for the rectangle... we're so screwed... Apple drops 'thermonuclear' patent bombshell What Steve Jobs threatened, Tim Cook delivers

dang, I should read fine print... the $200 is only a "leg fee", if you want to ride one section from a given pit stop to another.

All my computers do this, it's just the way I set them up for firefox. It might be a script blocker or something. I can see normal stuffs in IE.

Says it will be around a few days due to demand. Also will be available as an option on monthly subscription. I can't see cats on the free edition.

Thinkgeek stuff. Some of it's april fool http://www.thinkgeek.com/

Obama's new plan B for economy: “Weak Economy Recovery Double Or Nothing Emergency” Act or "WE R DONE" Act, which calls for another $5 trillion worth of new spending. http://www.policymic.com/articles/6336/april-fool-s-day-fun-president-obama-unveils-plan-b-for-economy

Google April Fools of the past = Foogle http://3d-car-shows.com/2012/april-fools-jokes-by-google/

I'm reading that Google has at least 19 "april fools" out so far. Google Racing: http://www.google.com/racing/ Google 8-bit Maps for NES: http://google-latlong.blogspot.fr/2012/03/begin-your-quest-with-google-maps-8-bit.html Google Tap for phones (Uses morse code) https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html edit: sneaky under the radar google trick: Google TV click (interactive control) http://googletv.blogspot.ca/2012/04/introducing-google-tv-click-real.html Google China launches underwater image search (it's in Chinese, forgetaboutit) Google Japan also makes morse code input available in Japanese (it's in Japanese, forgetaboutit) New Google search options hidden in Google search: Tomorrow Enlightenment Past 5.391e-44 seconds Hadean Era Victorian Era New Kingdom Era Cretaceous Era The Gilded Age Jurassic Era Once upon a time Google Australia has Google Street Roo to outfit kangaroos with street view cameras: "exploring the outback one bounce at a time" http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/01040/Kangaroo_with_head_1040382f.jpg

Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic announce new company endeavors: Virgin Volcanic (Journey to the center of the Earth) Virgin Holidays (issues their own currency) Virgin Active (exercise naked)

New amphibious Mini Cooper announced by BMW: New Amphibious MINI Cooper Yachtsman to Launch in New York…Beside the Hudson River New Cadbury UK helium chocolate bar, watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekROC7u8S6w

Rebate for 3D Ultra Sport, Supersport and Xtreme. Avon Motorcycle Tyres Announces Consumer Rebate Program For The New 3D Ultra April 1 Through June 30 Avon rebate information

I've often wondered about the old "Slick 50". It had a lot of graphite in it. I knew a couple of people that used it and had engines fail. But as near as we could tell, they had pretty good engine oil leaks, and the graphite made it leak faster. Causing simply an unexpected engine failure from oil loss. edit: good grief it's still being sold as an oil/engine treatment. It used to be sold in quarts for oil changes. http://www.slick50.com/products/AdvFormulaEngineTrt.htm edit again: a little reading, and Slick 50 isn't graphite anymore, it's now PTFE, which is teflon, invented by DuPont, who say that "Teflon is not useful as an ingredient in oil additives or oils used for internal combustion engines." edit more: I thought of one more back in the day. Kendall sold a bad batch of oil, and it failed prematurely. Lost all of it's viscosity quickly. In my bike, it lasted only hours, and the engine was making noise. They weaseled on that one, but too many people saw what happened.

might be just a downdraft if there was no rotation. But that's often just as dangerous from high winds.

nevermind... this news says a vehicle was stopped on the road. Completely different story. http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/news/news/local/man-dies-motorcycle-crash-near-piqua/nLgbJ/

919 gets 45mpg consistently, mostly daily city riding. Higher speeds on the open roads seems to get a bit better, but not always. Haven't checked the new 919, it's geared up on the front sprocket to run lower rpms. I need to do that.

Here's your adventure. New American Motorcycle Rally departing from AD Farrow in Columbus Ohio on June 13 - 23. 7000 miles in 9 days! $500,000 in prizes and cash for participants. Open to anyone in the world with a stock motorcycle. Riders and bikes wear tracking devices, and can be followed on line. official website: The American Motorcycle Rally news article: American Motorcycle Rally Departs from A.D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson edit: This is a non-profit adventure " AMR has decided to donate all proceeds to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio" edit: $200 entry fee deductible as charitable. edit: 21 riders are signed up so far, all Harley with one BMW and one VFR800.

Sheriff's looking at possibility of a stuck throttle causing a crash. I wouldn't want to be that repair shop. I wonder which one. Happened in the Piqua area. Oh, and remind me to check my throttle (and brakes) after repair, even if it's me doing the work.... Test drive takes a dangerous turn http://media2.wdtn.com//photo/2012/03/29/Piqua_motorcycle_crash_1_20120329212445_320_240.JPG

more stats... as a collective group, people have now paid in $1.46 billion in an attempt to win 640 million individually... edit: since the state keeps a large portion, this is in essence a voluntary tax. The annual average paid in 2010 was $58 per person in the United States.

I used to do this stuff. But all of these are better than what I could do. Guess I need time and practice...

I use these all the time. And lately have been finishing off with a restoring spray that I found sitting around at work. It puts the clarity back in clear plastics, not sure how, but it works pretty good. I'll have to look at work and post what it is. I used to use a two step mil-spec similar to the Novus. If I ever find those, I'll post up what the mil-specs are for that. Used on old style flight helmets and aircraft canopies. One of the two was aggressive, and would darn near chemically melt scratches away in plastics.

meh, would rather have this: http://www.henryrepeating.com/rifle-survival-ar7.cfm http://www.henryrepeating.com/images/rifles/h002b-survival-main.jpg

Never done a tubeless tire and rim. All the tube tires I just throw the wheel assembly on the front lawn and have at it.