Uncle Punk

I thought you were going to cut some shots of me into a video but speed up the action to make me look like a much younger, prettier, cooler, better version of myself.

Once you go black you never go back.

Pass me on the inside with people there when I'm not riding with you and d'bag will be the nicest thing you will be calling me.

I am trying to get all of these sinners to repent and see things my way. Get off of them there crotch rockets and get you a cool scooter while there is still time.

How did you learn to keep the video from fogging up? Nice editing, you do good work and make everyone look like a rock star.

I was at Pride of Cleveland and got to sit on Roy's new scooter before he rode it. He bought a BV500 just to make me jealous.

I don't think they ever really work out if you count your time toward any value. Now as a retirement project you may come out ahead but it might not be worth the risk, unless it is something you intend to keep and enjoy for yourself. If you have cash and come across the right person you can buy bikes at trade-in prices without any work and turn more profit. Dealers buy bikes all the time from people who need money and they don't give them trade in pricing either when they do this.

I have one of these suits, paid more for it than the advertised price here and supposedly paid cost. This is a great deal guys. I love the descriptions of the items you sell. Your description of this suit told me about features it has that I didn't know about and I have had it for four years.

Hey look ma, I is on video!

This is good to hear, sorry it took witnessing good gear working for you to get to this point but no animals were hurt in the process. This really was a spectacular crash and I can't believe that the bike is rideable. I have seen a lot of crashes and have never seen a bike tumble and flip so many times and still ride away, unbelievable.

I think those other guys were riding too fast and should slow down if they wanted to be in videos.

You shouldn't have gotten that impression. A group ride is a group ride and it wasn't mine to decide how it should go. You did fine and with your history I would expect you to be cautious. Damn, I wanted to see the video of the get off to see how well I remembered it in real time, it was quite spectacular for no one getting hurt and the bike remaining rideable.

I have seen that second video and I don't have a problem with it. I think he should have his teeth kicked in for the first one but the second one is not very damning. It's probably not the way I would handle a stop but it works for him. If I had only seen the older video without the newer one I would have wanted him on my team, probably not the spokesperson for the team more like the grunt to do the heavy lifting.

At this point I am not thrilled with any of the prospects. I am closely aligned with Newt but am enough of a realist to understand that his baggage is insurmountable. His knowledge of our current political climate, how to work around it along with his knowledge of our history and his interpretation of its meaning makes him my guy but sadly not a viable candidate. It's kind of funny I can look past his baggage but I can't get by Palin's. I hate to hear her mentioned as a viable candidate.

His vision of being pro military and mine are not the same, in my opinion he is not pro military. Saying you are pro military and not utilizing it properly are not the same. I am aware of his military experience and am thankful for his service but it doesn't make him any more right than it did John Kerry. I have military service myself and that fact shouldn’t make my views any more correct for the rest of you either. We could afford to do the things our military is doing if we spent more on our military and less on the things the government shouldn't be involved in. I wouldn't have an issue with us spending another 10% of our GDP on our military. We could do that and still be ahead if we didn't have so many other unnecessary budget draining programs in the coffers.

I have too many conflicting factors to commit to a ride so it looks like a solo ride is what I will end up with. I don't even know what day it will be. I am starting to question why I even have a street bike this year. I really don't want to plan around any closures so if I go out it will be 83 to 78 to 260 turn around and head home on the same route.

We occupy other countries for strategic reasons from logistics to monitoring. I doubt Japan or Germany will be starting any more shit while we are occupying them while we remain one of the worlds super powers and I am okay with that. I like Ron Pauls stance on a lot of issues but they do not outweigh my dislike of his views on the military. I view him to be too much of an isolationist. Stating rhetoric that sounds good to get support from people who don't know any better feels too much like a democrat to me. While popular in times of war it takes away from the true sacrifices our military endures to keep the wolves at bay, whether or not you can see the wisdom in it or not. There have always been people who didn't agree with any military action we have ever taken but our military is one of the reasons we are the greatest nation on earth so I have a hard time giving those who don’t agree much regard. We would have never become the United States of America if it wasn’t for military action yet those who supported it and were involved with our independence were in the minority at the time. Our military is something that is all about our existence and besides infrastructure it is one of the core obligations of our federal government. I consider the rest of the issues I agree with him on to be issues that shouldn't exist. If he can get that one major issue so wrong he will never get my support.

They were there to free those who were being held for ransoms among others mission goals. It was in our interests to maintain free trade even though it wasn't affecting us by being a threat to our mainland. There are many more instances of this over the years and a definition of our best interests is not clear. I view the simple explanation of Ron Pauls views as being an isolationist. What you see as a police action I see as a means to protect our vital interests and to protect our world standing. We see the same thing and come to a different conclusion. A mindset to conquer the world needs to have a plan for interrupting it and a strategy toward that goal is to spread democracy. I see that as being vital to our self interests. When tyranny exists we need to extinguish it because it is in our best interest weather it brings us an ally or opens the door for our safety regardless of it being a direct threat at that time.

Let's start with the Navy being sent to the Barbary Coast; do we need a complete history lesson?

I have two, you can borrow one, but keep away from Innya he's all mine.

I ride my scooter all the time without a helmet or glasses. Obeying stupid laws is kind of a waste of my time and those who choose to enforce them.

That's all I need to know. Thanks. He is a dumb ass who has no idea about how the military is to be used or how it was used by our founding fathers. If he wants to change its role he will never get my support even if I agree with him on every other issue.

Can someone give me some information about him that actually comes from him about the military? I don't mean how he feels about the actions that have taken place I mean what does he think the military’s role is and how would he intend to use it.

Just kind of putting this out there because I don't really have a definite feel for the answer. If on my best day with what I believe to be good equipment I run a 1:39 and Brian runs a 1:31 with his optimum conditions shouldn't I expect to see an eight second difference in times when we are on the same bike? That would put me it a 1:44 if you are running a 1:36 or am I missing something? Do street tires start to equalize things and make the faster guys slower?

Yes, I know what you mean. I am expecting to run in the 44 to 42 range though with the layoff, tires and learning a new platform (Twins). Unless the big motor makes up for lost time over my old 600. I am looking at doing the 10th now and just need to decide how early to sign up to not get shut out and not do a rain day. I hate Mid-Ohio even with morning dew on the track and really don't want much of a chance for rain.