ReconRat
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I woulda coulda shoulda gone, I've done 555 four or more times this Summer. Changed oil and filter on the bike instead. AND the trashed out rear pads I just put in, geez... they were toast, broken on the inside pad and 1mm or less left on the outside pad, and obvious scorching of the rotor. There has to be better brake pads than that, they were only a month old. They were EBC standard or HD, dunno...
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555 is a state route that runs from Zanesville to the South, all the way to the river. It's twisty, a bit rough in some parts just South of Zanesville, particularly South-bound. It's basically one of the earliest roads in Ohio. I call it a paved wagon trail, but it's a lot of fun to ride.
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Hell, I thought rude was a requirement to be on the forum. I was thinking I'd have to drop out because I just aren't rude enough...
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Hell, I thought annoying was a requirement to be on the forum. I was thinking I'd have to drop out because I just aren't annoying enough...
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Check mine when it gets here, a couple of days.
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Yes, the H4 is one of the hi/lo bulbs. You have to check, like in the owner's manual or shop manual. There are lots of different headlight bulbs.
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Amazon.com has the H4ST Sylvania headlight bulb for sale on line for 16.18 each, with free shipping and a 5 or 10 buck rebate if you buy two. Print the rebate form.
The H4ST is the heavy duty anti-vibration motorcycle bulb, if your bike uses the H4. About 35% - 50% more light than the stock bulb. I bought two.
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I'm still waiting for one or the other to screw up and say or do something incredibly stupid. Plenty of time left for that. Not to mention the media is holding back the big guns for the day before and the day of voting... We'll see...
Remember, half (more or less) of everything you hear and read is false.
Only half have it right, the other half is wrong.
And remember it's not over till all the screaming, crying, threats, suits, claims, counter-claims, investigations, gloating, and pay-offs are done...Which, considering the American political climate, is almost never.
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I would never buy a camera on eBay! Despite the tons of stuff I've bought on eBay.
At my last airshow, two pros sat nearby, probably shooting for magazines. One had Canon, the other had Nikon. It's just what makes you comfortable, like already said. What you want, comes with using cameras for a while, and gaining experience. Both cameras appeared to have excellent burst capability. And right after that, excellent review and delete of the unwanted shots.
Lenses have gotten so much better over the years, with computer design, that a basic auto-focus zoom performs extremely well. Going up one notch to better glass in the lens is a must if affordable. Even if it means buying the next level up body to use it. And from the sounds of it, you're headed toward a long sports lens, and you better keep that in mind when buying the camera. The long lens ability will be the most demanding. Planning ahead is good.
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Ok, so I can remember that happening. He was a super hero, and he was OUR super hero. Go USA. Would you want SuperMan there for SuperBoy? Sure. In the Olympics, events like that are events of a century. It seldom, if ever, happens.
And on the other hand, I think the Olympics is about current events, not so much about history. Despite all the history behind the event.
Wars have been fought and NOT fought, based on the results of Olympic events. It's a showing of the strength of a nation.
Another one to remember is Jean-Claude Killy, the Frenchman who won all three skiing events in 1968. The world was impressed.
And a favorite, USA hockey team beating the Russian hockey team in 1976.
And if you really want history, look up Jesse Owens in the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
All these events are like landing on the Moon for the first time, you remember where you were when it happened.
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Use these links:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/
Check these lists of best cameras:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_cameras.html
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/default.asp?view=rating
A word of warning: the smaller Nikons, the ones that do not have removable lenses, have a history of lense problems. It's the movement back and forth when they focus and zoom. They jam up, stop working, and break. Best avoided. The bigger Nikons, with auto focus removable lenses, are ok, and are still some of the best available. Any Canon is good to excellent. Check for prices on pricegrabber.com, pricescan.com, and amazon.com because amazon often has free shipping. I usually wind up buying from amazon.com, or newegg.com.
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I bought a Canon S3, 12x optical zoom, image stabilization.
It will reach out there. It has a sports setting.
Works best, I think, if manually set to focus on infinity, for moving objects.
Otherwise the auto focus gets confused trying to focus on fast moving stuff.
I added tele and wide adapters, lense barrels, and a little side mount flash.
Digital is new to me, I used Nikons for years. Film is out. Except for black and white film, which is back in.
But anyway, the 12x optical zoom (not digital zoom) with image stabilization are the two features I like the best.
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So the guy leading the group wants to see a covered bridge. Which was missing when we got there; don't ask. It's in a valley on a gravel road. Just a short stretch of gravel, some of it deep. Washboard style, and uphill, it wasn't much fun. Stood up on pegs and rode like a cowboy. Front wheel drifting left and right, skidding about. Bouncing up and down on the ruts. We lost half the pack right there. Guess they forgot how to keep the momentum and traction going to get through conditions like that. Dunno, maybe they had to get out and push. They never said what took so long, but they made it out ok.
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and the weekend before, around Central Ohio:
in addition to the one on I-70 at 256
crash in Heath, rider from Hebron, passenger from Newark
lost control and hit fire hydrant, rider dies
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-08-03-0006.html
crash in Licking county, rider and passenger from Reynoldsburg
car turns in front of bike, passenger dies, rider gets run over by second car
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-08-03-0019.html
Thursday, July 31, on Route 95 in Knox County, Harley hits a cow, passenger dies
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/search.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-07-31-0017.html
Wednesday, July 30, Franklin County, Bike tries to run from speeding ticket and crashes (pic)
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/search.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-07-30-0008.html
and then the one or two North of Columbus a couple of days later...one dies, the other unknown? And then some crash scene photos I saw of an recent unknown crash, South of Columbus in the hills somewhere...
Two of these links haven't been listed here before... just sayin'
Ride Safe, Ride Defensive, Ride To Live
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There was a Raider in front of the Pony on Saturday...omg...
This type...
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I was in Germany and Austria two years ago. There are speed limits imposed automatically when the traffic gets dense. Big overhead freeway type light boards announce the change. As the traffic picks up, the speed limit drops. Not a problem except during rush hours. And they all take vacation at the same time. No, really, all of them. The freeways just absolutely pack up and come to a dead stop at that time of year. I REALLY like the German thing of no passing in the right-hand lane. Never. A very good idea. You never see a semi or truck in the left lane either. Not on the freeway or in the city.
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Yeah, ok. But for a computer geek I don't really know much about editing and posting to YouTube. It will take a while. Or maybe I can get one of the other guys to do it for me. Usually a great deal of the footage is wasted stuff. Have to cut it all out, and stitch the pieces together, add music. Got a nice shot of your shifter hanging down.
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Yup, was fun. I got a few flicks on the nickel. Didn't turn out too bad. Better than YouTube quality, but won't matter after it's uploaded to YouTube anyway. Too bad the flicks I took the week before didn't work out. I don't know if I want to go try that again, at a high rate of speed, just to make a movie. Maybe with a better camera. Taking flicks and pics while moving is a series of attempts and errors. Oh well.
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You're kiddin', right? Asking who that was?
That's Ben Spies from Longview, TX...2nd place in Race One, AMA Superbike. 2nd place in Race Two, AMA Superbike.
2nd race near identical, but 6.357sec off leader.
Currently leading the points race, Defending and two-time AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies was recovering from a recent appendectomy.
Race One, AMA Superbike:
finished 2nd; #1; Ben Spies; Longview, TX; Suzuki GSX-R1000; 19 laps; 1.966 off leader;
sponsers: Rockstar / Makita / American Suzuki / Yoshimura / Motorex / Dunlop / RK Chain / VP / Galfer / NGK / Sharkskinz / Showa
Team Suzuki website photo http://www.suzuki-racing.com/
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I think there is a big gray zone between vehicles and toys. What is a mini-bike, or an electric car for the kids? What would we call a motorized skate board... a car? It's got four wheels. I think the problem solves itself, most of these cheap scoots won't last long, and aren't really repairable.
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The official Trunk Monkey website:
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Yeah, the cop saw him do it. That kinda makes it easier to figure out "who" to give the ticket to.
Come to think of it... about that same time, somebody had run from a stop, by going between houses and getting away, in that same area. Maybe they thought it was him. Maybe they were right.
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Gosh, I used to park on the sidewalk all the time. The only time I got a ticket, I was hiding the bike behind some shrubbery next to a brick wall, on the OSU campus, lol. Didn't care, I kept parking there anyway.
While living on campus, a big story about a ticket got around. Guy on Chittenden or similar, would turn, go up the curb, cross the public sidewalk, up his sidewalk, up his front stairs, and park on his front porch. He got a ticket. Duh, we used to do that stuff all the time, always wondered why they picked on him. Maybe we looked first, to make sure the coast was clear.
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Geez, Lost... that just ain't right. On her part or the administration. And you can tell them I said so.
The correct thing to do:
Make a police report. (In the jurisdiction it happened in, at the local PD) Take pictures. Repair the motorcycle. Send her the bill. Have lawyer send letter requesting payment if no response. If lawyer thinks case is good to win, go to court. (Was there a witness, or admission of guilt in front of witnesses, etc) Or variations of the above.
The administration... well, it's none of their business. Also known as harassment in the work place. (Also requires, witness, e-mail, something, etc) I wonder what would have happened if her scooter had fallen over on HIS car! I'd say ask the State Attorney General's office, except they have their own problems right now.
Still could piss the Boss off royal tho, could even wind up looking for a new job. Fair warning.
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Sounds like Todd is on track.
Personal opinion based on personal experience on a borrowed bike.... heavy weight oil in the front forks will throw you over the handlebars if or when you hit a bad bump in the road. Yeah, it hurt, it knocked me out. I flushed it out with correct oil, and replaced it with correct amount of correct oil.
I'd buy some better fork springs, like Progressive Springs or better, and follow the install instructions for fluid type and quantity. I'm not familiar with the newer fork springs available, I just remember Progressive as being a great replacement for stock springs.