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  1. 4 hours ago, CoDAF said:

    Easiest miles I have ever done. The ride quality of that giant bike is unreal. I left my house at 7, took 77S to 800 in Urichsville to the river, and was parked at the Certified in St. Marys at 9:30. It just goes without so much as a wiggle or shimmy. 

    I've been super impressed by BMW's adaptive suspension.  It feels comfortable, sporty, and planted all at the same time.  It soaks up the bumps  then sticks like glue in corners...other bikes are usually one or the other or a compromise.  It's confidence inspiring and the lack of getting bounced around prevents fatigue.

  2. 23 minutes ago, serpentracer said:

    I think they do have one. 2 doors but only 3 remotes for the car.  One is missing.  First thing I did was reset the codes and reprogrammed the remaining 3 openers. Thankfully genie has that as a feature on these models if you lose one.  And I reprogrammed the keypads with new passwords

    Honestly, I think that is something that is supposed to be disclosed on the sales agreement.  ALL keys/openers are supposed to be turned over to the new owners.  

    Any access that is granted to the property should have been disclosed also.

    I'd call your agent on those.

  3. When I moved into my old house, the neighbor came over and told me that the previous owners would cut their grass for them and they didn't even own a lawn mower.

    I told them them that I don't even like cutting my own grass, so they should buy one or hire a lawn service.

    Point = new owner, shit changes.

  4. 5 minutes ago, CBBaron said:

     

    I'm more worried about the severe economic impact of the lock down than I am of the disease. My family is most likely going to be OK, but there are going to be many who are really going really impacted by this. The foreclosures, bankruptcies and business closures is going to be a severe drain on the economy for a long time.

     

    Financial distress like bankruptcy is a major factor behind suicide.  If bankruptcies double or triple I wonder if the suicide rate would be impacted.  It's something else to factor into all this.

  5. 47 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:

    Okay, is there anyone here who thinks Kim Jong-Un is really on his deathbed as the media alleges? Granted, he IS obese, and I have seen video clips that show him smoking cigarettes, but . . . 

    Maybe a surgeon botched his operation intentionally?  Or he had all his fat sucked out and will come back skinny Ina few weeks?

  6. 1 hour ago, TimTheAzn said:

    This is my frustration lol. Hard to ride with friends with bigger bikes. I can keep up in the corners for the most part, as soon as any bit of straight comes into play I'll get gapped and over a session of that happening I'm not riding with friends anymore lol.

    Last year I took the Ninja 400 on a 3 day WV trip.  It was super fun pacing @Pauly on the Hyper Duc. 

    On tight technical roads I was absolutely having a blast riding that 400 at it's limits.  But if he gapped me, I really couldn't reel him back in. 

     

     

  7. 13 minutes ago, what said:

    99.9% of emails from CL are bots or scammers. Eventually they will all circle around to "do you have a VIN report?" and then try to get you to use their VIN service, or try to get you to send them more photos so they can scam other people using photos of your bike.

     

    Insist that you speak to anyone you're talking to on the phone, or get some sort of proof they are a person before you give out any info. Selling bikes online sucks.

    This is true.

    But...I have sold a number of bikes on CL.  PITA, yes.  But for $5 you do get in front of a good number of actual buyers.

    Online options are few.  FB Marketplace pretty limited, and you are subject to Facebook rules, they cancelled the add for my Vulcan twice because it "an inappropriate item to sell on Facebook."

  8. 22 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    Look, CNN sucks. Saying Fox is better than CNN is certainly true. But that does not make Fox good. CNN is better than MSNBC for example.

    Come on, Fox was calling Covid a hoax just a few weeks ago.

     

    If your point is that national cable news outlets suck, I'm on board.  The thing that burns me up about CNN specifically is that it used to be a pretty reliable source.  Now that Zucker runs it they are basically Democratic State Media.  He's had a personal history (vendetta) with Trump long before he ran for office.

    CNN in 2001 vs CNN today = Olympic Wrestling vs WWE.

  9. 3 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

    I think the question is whether the outbreak originated straight from an animal or a petri dish they previously grew from an infected animal.

    Agree.

    If it was from a lab, that would be pretty terrible, but not as bad as trying to cover it up afterward.

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  10. 1 hour ago, Tonik said:

    Interesting, but going to need more than unnamed sources and Fox News.

    FWIW

    I know people love to bash Foxnews, and I've never read Foxnews articles until about 2 months ago.  I've read CNN articles for a long time.

    Lately, I've been watching the Trump/Covid updates then compare the FOX/CNN articles vs what I saw with my own eyes.  9/10 times Fox has been more accurate. 

    CNN posts headlines like "Trump Throws Presidential Tantrum During Corona Update" after refusing to air the actual press conference, where nothing like that actually occurred.

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  11. 8 minutes ago, what said:

    Here's a fun question - what the hell happens if it does come out that China manufactured this virus in a lab for research and it accidentally got out? There's no way every country on the planet says "don't worry about it man, it happens."

    Many nations would pull manufacturing out of China (this is already going to happen for medical supplies).  

    Nations would also demand restitution, which of course China would refuse.

    International tensions would rise, China would likely drop their charade of "Communists playing Capitalist" and there would either be a cold war or an actual war.

     

  12. 27 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    Interesting, but going to need more than unnamed sources and Fox News.

    Just to be clear I'm not claiming the story is true, but it does seem to be worth investigating.

    I believe China is capable of letting a virus out in the wild, their lack of precise standards & quality in manufacturing is ingrained in their culture, unlike Japan or Korea.  I also believe China is capable of this scale of cover up...but that doesn't mean this story is true.

    I believe this will be one of the items that is investigated in the upcoming WHO inquiry.

    Honestly if this story was true, anyone in China that could prove it is likely dead or imprisoned already.

    Edit..

    It's also a strange coincidence that there is a Lab in Wuhan, near that particular wet market that just happens to research Corona Viruses.

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  13. 13 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:

    I certainly hope that you have found a way to heat the water until the weather becomes warmer, although the bourbon should take the edge off. Also, you should look into one of those floating waterproof radios.

    It came with a solar cover.  It's about 1600 gallons... figure I can dump a few 5 gallon buckets of hot water into it before I get in 😀

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