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See the kayak at 3:12?

That bike took about 3 or swipes at him as he slid. Could have been horrific.

I have AmFam. I am 6 miles from the fire dept and my insurance was $700/yr. This spring they installed a hydrant in my neighbor's front yard and my insurance dropped by $20/mo.

And I thought I was badass using a BB gun to shoot a dry ice bomb that didn't go off.

So, of course no bullet is goignt omake the explosions we saw. What did they put in the portapotty and the truck to make them explode like that?

This is your clue that you are not dealing with an American. Notice it's no 8,747 miles. (Many European countries use a period as the thousands seperator)

People fall for this stuff all the time (otherwise they'd quit doing it). Any time the seller references God it's a bad sign. Deployed with the Military? Bad sign. Shipping the bike? Bad sign. Randomly capitalized words? Bad sign. Craiglist post that does not want to deal locally in cash? Don't do it. I tried messing around with a couple of these scammers. I saw an ebaymotors ad for an Escalade that was supposedly at a dealership in Sweden, but the pics showed it was parked outside at dealership in the US. US plates in the background, "SERVICE" written on the wall behind it. Offered overnight shipping for free (!) and wanted about half of the book value. I took an image of the escalade, highlighted what looked like a blemish on the fender, hosted it on my own webserver (where I had access to the iis logs) and send the guy an email saying; "Could I get a closeup of this, just want to make sure it's not rust." Not long after that I got a hit on the image (the scammer opened the email) on my webserver which came back from an anonymizer proxy in Spain. I gave up at that point, though. Reported it as fraud to ebay and the auction went away the same day. Another time the address that the vehicle was located was in England, again offering free shipping to the US. Talked to him a couple tie via email, of course getting pressured to pay quickly via western union. I went on google earth streetview and "looked around the area". I saw the name of store within 1/4 mile of the address where the vehicle supposedly was. I sent an email saying; "Smithies Road? Sweet, I'm a uk expat and my brother works at Ladbrokes on the high street just 2 minutes from you. I'll have him stop by after work tonight and check it out for me." Never heard back from him and the listing went away shortly after my email.

Well, at least you get to ride a Santa Claus bike until you paint the tank. Good luck and ride safe.

I can definitely see how a smaller bike could feel confined enough by freeway traffic to be 'stuck'. Just lane-split, though, and get over into the next lane, then onto the shoulder and stop. Seems most likely to me that the truck will be 'swept away' with the traffic flow. If the truck also stops then you call the police. I have a bluethooth intercom for when I'm 2-up with my son - and it has a phone connection too but I've resisted hooking that up because i want to avoid distraction as much as possible. Stories like this make me wanna hook it up, tho. If you could all the police while he's following you then the police could observe and stop him. Or murphy's law states that he quits following before the police arrive, which is also an acceptable outcome.

You'd need some manpower to corral 17 robbery victims and keep them under control. TB I think it's some kid who knows nothing abot selling on CL hoping to create an impromptu auction, or to have someone offer him 3k sight unseen. I'm sure a couple of people will show up and he'll sell the bike. That's assuming he's really living at the house, and the bike really exists. Do you have his full name? I took a hunch on Joe Knisely and found this: http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Knisley/12303636#!/people/Joe-Knisley/12303636?sk=info His profile is locked down but his profile pic is him geared up for a ride. If it was me I'd look up the number fro the house and call it asking to speak with Joe. If they don't know a joe then walk away.

The house he is sending you to is owner-occupied* and belongs to Jack Knisely. Is Joe his son, maybe? * = Listed as owner occupied by the Franklin County Auditor, for a discount on property taxes. If this is a rental then the auditor would be very interested in back-taxes.

Is the guy's name Jack?

You just did.

If you're on less than 4 wheels then you share a common enemy with me. I'll wave. I'd rather wave at a scooter than a shorts&t-shirt harley rider who looks at my gear, decides he's better than me becusue he's closer to death, and gives me that "WTF are you waving at?" look. If only I had time to repond; "Riding like that you'll be dead soon, and I just wanted the last person you see to be a friendly person."

SShhhh. The British are re-taking the Colonies slowly by lobbying silently for removing helmet and seatbelt laws and spreading scary misinformation about "spring-loaded rusty death-trap helmets" We're hoping all the rabid "USA FREEDOM!" people die in accidents as they exercise their right to choose to stupid things. Then when the only people left are socialists and liberals the transition to the UK government will be pretty seamless. Turn in your guns and banjos and we'll give you a bag of fish and chips.

Also I believe the duty of care that you have when you are in posession of other people's property is proportionate to the amount of benefit you derive from the posession of that property. - If I put your bike in my garage for free over winter and the only person who benefits is you then I am only really on the hook for damage due to negligence etc. If it gets stolen becuase I leave the door open, etc. If I lock it up and someone breaks in then you're SOL. (insurance claims aside) - If I am working on your bike and you are paying me then we both benefit and my duty of care would be similar to how I would treat it if it were my own. - If I am borrowing your bike and you aren't chargin me then my duty of care is very high, I would be expected to treat it as if it was a prized posession.

Jinx.

No fair - I beat him to that smilie and you respond to HIM? This is discrimination against British people .

At first I thought you were talking about the big woman in the pic posted above.

Good God... I'm half expecting to see the Sea Shepherd circling that thing keeping the Japanese at bay.

I am *SO* gonna cybersquat on Bluehairbabes.com "Home of the most Buick-tiful older girls!"

That was YOU who didn't wave at me in my Park Avenue.

And you have to admit, it did sound like it might have been a good way to get stuff from Lambo-guy...