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I guess Indianan is passing a law about this... Ohio needs to do the same, ASAP!

It must be the time of the month for idiots on the road. 3 times on the way home from work, I got cut off, having to brake HARD to avoid collisions. It's a good thing I don't have any brake lines ready to blow (that was a couple years ago) or it would have been BAD. Jbot - I would claim that the Tour-rag is a Cayenne, since it pretty much is! Or an All-road, at least! ( It's a yuppie-mobile anyway you look at it...) I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be getting a dash cam soon.

Not here! We're done! 4 is enough! Mom is going to KILL you over that pic of her... (And I know she can take you!) Congrats, and welcome to the world of having multiple children! If you guys need anything, you know our numbers.

No need. I've seen it happen too many times!

Hmmm... Maybe because a jack is typically on wheels and can move (unless it's a bottle jack which has a small footprint that wouldn't be very stable)? There's also the (HUGE) possibility of the jack slipping on the frame or body and not being over the jackstands any longer. Not all, by far. Also, not everyone drives a vehicle that's 5 years or newer.

Woah... Duane... PLEASE stop! I truly don't want to hear that a jack fails and pins you under a car. I do this for a living, and I get paid flat rate, the quicker I get a job done the better, and I will NOT compromise on properly supporting a vehicle. Read the manual that came with you jack. I'm SURE it say that it is only a lifting device, to properly support it after lifting it.

Rule #1 NEVER get under a vehicle supported only only a jack (I think we can all agree on this one) Rule #2 Shake the vehicle, lean on it, put it to the test with whatever you have supporting it. This includes jackstands, lifts, ramps, etc... Rule #2.5 if only raising one end of the vehicle, block the front and rear of the other axle, on AT LEAST one wheel. I will admit to being a little lax on #2 because I lift the same 10 or so vehicle models/platforms every day, and I know exactly where to lift them on a twin post lift. I equate rule #1 to one of the cardinal rules for firearms: don't point the gun at anything that you don't want to destroy, don't put anything under a car supported only with a jack that you don't care if it gets destroyed. The more supports you have to back up what ever you have supporting the vehicle the better.

I prefer this option:

I was looking at the route you posted, it showed coming up through Newark, then to Johnstown for some reason!

You're going to be passing within a couple miles of my house, it looks like! Hope the ride was fun, and everybody stays safe!

I can't believe nobody has made a comment on the thread title... Y'all are slackin'!

Holy schnikies! I NEED one of those!

Nice bike! When it's hot, the pavement is softer...

No need for a front stand, the bike has a center stand (unless it has been removed.) I'll be over that way tomorrow, and should be free in the early afternoon, as I head back home. If you have any other Ninja 250 questions, post up, PM me, or check out ninja250.org I've read through most of the technical info pages over the past 6 years, which are LOADED with LOTS of good information!

Oh yeah, Everything else>Glock.

MSF taught to mount/dismount on the left, while grabbing the front brake lever. That's what I do MOST of the time. I always park the bike in first gear. For all the other "arguments": Bridgestone BT45's, Valvoline 10w40 conventional, weights not beads, but thinking about switching with the next tire change, no wax, JP1 blue label for the chain, and sportbikes>HD's.

I found this about 514: http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D05/newsreleases/Pages/SR-514-in-Knox-County-to-Close-Next-Week.aspx I was looking because I have to drive up to North Canton for GM training 2 times in June. I will probably just go up through Mt Vernon and take 3 to 30, but I sometimes like taking 514 to 226 to 3 to 30. All the twists and turns in a Caddy will keep ya awake! I remember the first time that I went up there last year, 3 was closed somewhere, detour sent me backtracking across 205 to 514, right in Danville! I still made it in plenty of time.

Yeah, my 239,7xx mile 1998 Dodge Intrepid WAS holding it's own until last week when the crank sensor went bad (I already had one, long story) then yesterday, the water pump decided that it doesn't want to pump anymore (I'm pretty sure the plastic impeller came loose or broke.) I'm still more comfortable driving it than most newer cars (and I drive Cadillacs at work every day!) About $100 or so for the parts, and probably about 6-8 hours to do the work (since I will be doing it in home, in the gravel driveway without air tools) and it'll be running again. Gotta love Daimler/Chrysler's idea of running the water pump by the timing chain.

I'm a pretty big fan of Sam Adams Chocolate Bock. However, you can only get it in their winter sampler pack, and you only get 2 bottles that way.

I'm curious about the reasoning, since I have some friends that have them in their house, pointed toward the doors.

The company that I worked for before doing what I do now went through the process of six sigma, lean, and ISO 900x. It SOUNDED painful at the beginning, but at the end of it all, it was actually not a big deal, and made big improvements in efficiency. From my view of it all, it was more of learning how to think efficient, compared to "just get it done," if that makes any sense. I'm sure it will be a nice addition to a resume, especially in manufacturing or distribution.

SO much fail/win in this thread, ASIDE FROM CSC's blunder!

WOW! Great to hear that the outcome was so good! It just sucks that this post didn't take the usual OR path of hilarity...

Until my last job and my current job, I never realized the importance of the culture. The place where I work now is much more "corporate" and many levels of management. Ironically, the culture is MUCH better, laid back, but yet professional!

I hate you.