Rod38um

Nice Bike!

That is such a sexy statement! For some strange reason I find it extremely attractive. I think I may have a problem! lol

Uh.........ok.......... you just go with that one!

Very sharp bike. Lotta hard work there obviously.... it definately paid off for you though!

Or you could impose the death penalty for the worst offenders, if we apply assembly line techniques we can get to 40% pretty quickly....

Here in Portsmouth we have "the nations oldest motorcycle club".... all harleys. The club is located on front street next to the flood wall which has all the murals on it. Its sort of a tourist drawl...... Anyway, Last year while just cruising around town on my RR I decided to cruise by the murals a couple times. I passed by the club and some members are sitting out on their picnic tables just killing time. They just stare me down with this bad ass look on their face..... lol, I wave at them anyway, heck I dont care.... A few days later I drive by in the truck, all the guys are sitting out there again, I look over and nod my head, they all throw a hand up, lol..... nothing but attitude. I know some of these guys are good guys but I almost think jealousy thing...... here's their page: http://www.portsmouthmc.net/index.shtml

I had red for weeks.....

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I had the hardest time with my current girlfriend as a passenger. She said she knew how to ride already but when I took her on a ride, every curve we approached, she would lean before we got there causing me to re-adjust. I put up with it for a few rides and then I tried to explain to her (talk#2) not to do it..... well then she sorta did the opposite, she tried to stay upright even though the bike was leaning.... just as bad...... Talk #3..... I asked her to just stay in line with bike, do nothing...... and I asked her to do the hands on the tank thing..... that is SO much better. It gets her center of gravity down some and keeps her still. I had no idea it would be so hard for some people...... Good luck and be careful.

Been too many people look at this and say he was born here..... I'm not gonna dispute it but I dont mind anyone else trying it..... more power to you.........I even wish you luck....

I imagine we will just raise taxes on everyone like California has done.... and each time they have done this, their total revenue has gone down. Thats what liberals never get....... they think they can keep on taxing and people will keep right on being being as productive as ever..... the reality is if people cant see enough profit margin in their ideas or their work..... they wont bother with it. At some point, China is going to cut us off and then we will really see what a depression is!!!

It may not take as much energy to roll the car as you think. I've seen an accident where a small car barely impacted a large delivery van in an intersection in town. Niether one was going fast the when the van driver saw the car coming, he jerked the steering wheel toward the oncoming car and gave it a bit of gas trying to move out of the way.... what happened was the impact side suspension was elongated and the opposite side was bottomed out during the impact...... the van rolled right over on its top amazingly easy!

They all look the same to me and to be honest, kinda plain and old fashioned..... I like them after someone has spent $10,000 on it with custom parts but I can buy 3 RR's for that price. Once in a while I'd like to kick back and just cruise but I'm not paying 3 times the price for a bike I would put one fifth the miles on as my honda....

Pictures say a lot! Glad its no worse..... thats as bad as anyone needs....

Thanks guys, I will check it out! Hey, we could use some sort of map that you can inter-activly put a pushpin in or something and write a description about must see ohio places that other members could look at and plan rides.....

Thanks for posting.... my vote just relieved a bit of stress!

Prepare yourself, we are all about to be bent over: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_economy;_ylt=AstjeXMe7SK8GbwiLA7fhVGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJzNWR2amwwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAzL3VzX2Vjb25vbXkEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMyBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDb2JhbWFvZmZpY2lh

Thanks guys for the calls, It is very appreciated! . As far as the republican party goes. I think they really need to put on an education campaign. There are so many people, especially young people that have no idea about economics. They are all too willing to believe that the government can and will make life better...... and for free. I think someone needs to go into the universities and even high schools and put on a little seminar, something fun, basic but educational. I think it would make a difference. Face it, our country is in a financial hole we cant dig out of..... we need to change our tax policy, our trade policy and especially our spending policies. We simply have to promote business and exportation of american products. Thats the only way we can get dollars flowing in the right direction!

Appreciate any help in calling....... it directly affects my livelyhood....

Still have to try.........

Jean Schmidt requested that each of us call this # at least 10 times Thursday, Friday and Today. You will be on hold for a couple minutes but they are calculating the volume of these calls. Please call if you can We’re trying to flood the White House with phone calls this morning beginning at 9am EST. Phone # 202-456-1414 Leave message asking Obama to honor his commitment to loan guarantee for USEC Inc.

This company has spent a fortune developing this technology in Ohio. Everything is ready to go. The DOE promised a loan guarantee if they met certain criteria, which they did. Obama promised to support the project when he campaigned here and now is silent. The DOE decided to shit can their promise b4 they even got the evaluation report back. By the way, a loan guarentee is like a co-signer and USEC even offered to put up an additional 1 billion of their own assets as colatteral.... still Doe says no If you would like to keep thousands of Ohio jobs.... call the white house in support of this company. Ask Obama to keep his promise..... call our senators and congressmen. They say they want clean emmissions free energy..... here is a company that does that and its ours.... not some foriegn outfit...... here is an article.... Backers of Piketon uranium project push for federal loan guarantee Friday, July 31, 2009 1:54 PM By Jonathan Riskind THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH WASHINGTON -- After losing his job of 17 years at a Chillicothe paper mill and suffering through nine months of unemployment, Scott Barker hoped he was set for decades when he landed a job in February with USEC to do mechanical maintenance at the company's uranium-enrichment site in Piketon, Ohio. But Barker, 38 of Kingston, came to Capitol Hill today to protest an Obama administration decision he fears is about to land him right back on the unemployment line. Barker was one of dozens of USEC employees from Ohio who rode a bus overnight to attend a part news conference, part rally thrown by Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, asking the White House to reverse a decision by the Department of Energy to reject USEC's application for a $2 billion loan guarantee the company says it needs to complete financing of the $3.5 billion project. "I thought I was good until retirement," Barker said, standing next to his 11-year-old daughter, Sydnee. "We have proven that it (the enrichment technology) will work." The about 150 USEC workers at the event held signs reminding Obama that when he was a presidential candidate campaigning in Ohio last fall he promised support for the loan guarantee in a letter to Gov. Ted Strickland, a fellow Democrat. "Obama, keep your promise to Ohio," read one. "Not a bailout ... just a loan," read another. "Ohio needs jobs. Save USEC," pleaded a third. Barker and other workers face layoffs this month when USEC begins "demobilization" of the project and says it will let go some 2,000 direct or contract employees -- out of about 5,700 -- in Ohio, Tennessee and 10 other states where research and manufacturing work is being done. It isn't clear how many of USEC's approximately 600 current Piketon workers will be affected. The Department of Energy says that USEC's centrifuge technology to enrich uranium for use as nuclear power plant fuel hasn't proved itself commercially viable and that the federal government can't put taxpayers at risk with a loan guarantee. But energy department officials say the technology has promise and they want the company to accept $45 million in additional research funding and reapply for the loan guarantee in 12 to 18 months. "USEC simply did not meet the legal requirements to qualify for the loan guarantee and therefore by law the Department of Energy is unable to grant the guarantee at this time. But because we believe in the workers at Piketon and the promise of ACP, we have offered $45 million over the next 18 months to advance its research and development, which will give USEC a chance to reapply for the loan guarantee in the future," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage today. The Energy Department and also says it is going to expand cleanup efforts at the Piketon site, where USEC in 2001 shuttered an older technology enrichment plant that for decades produced first weapons-grade, then commercial-grade material. That expansion, worth $150 million to $200 million a year for four years, will mean an additional 800 to 1,000 extra jobs, the department says. But USEC says without the loan guarantee now it cannot get the financing it needs and sustain the enrichment project. However, USEC and the energy department apparently are talking behind closed doors about whether there is a possible compromise or way forward short of an immediate granting of the entire loan guarantee. But the company and its workers insist the "American Centrifuge" technology already is working in a test plant and has shown itself to be commercially viable, and that the energy department isn't properly weighing all the facts. Barker and other workers at the rally said the proposed cleanup jobs would last for a few years, while enrichment plant jobs would be there for their entire careers. "These men and women have devoted their lives to making America better, more secure and more independent," said Schmidt, who was joined on the House floor earlier this week by Democratic Rep. Zack Space of Dover in a bipartisan exchange criticizing the administration. But now, she said, the workers are on "the doorstep of economic catastrophe."

I thought about a tank bag but couldnt convince myself I wouldnt just hate it sticking up in front of me... I looked for a tail bag but either didnt like the way it fastened on or I didnt like the price. About that time I was walking thru WalMart and saw a black kids expandable back pack for $7.00, I bought it, took it home and it fit perfectly on my rear seat. It straps to the seat itself so its removable with the seat. it sits flat if there is nothing in it yet expands to hold shirts, gloves, jacket liner and stuff I need .... I love it and you just cant beat the price!

Folks we can debate this all day.... it wont change anything.... This will happen, Democrats have the majority. Obama is pushing it..... they are all desperate to get something passed so he has something to brag about come re-election time. The only way this doesnt get passed is if we the people start calling our congressmen. And anyone with a brain needs to get out and VOTE.........