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A previous teacher of mine lived in Germany as a kid and then went back for a decade as an adult. We talked about the health care system in Germany versus the US health care. It was a very interesting discussion. And yes, in the US, money is often a factor when it comes to health care decisions.

I shouldn't be surprised that it seemed fast to me. I'm on a cruiser with 30+ sport bikes. Nice meeting everyone. Nick, a big thank you to leading and planning the ride. And a big thanks to our sweepers and traffic handlers! Redrocket04, perhaps we can ride together in the future. -b

After the first few zooms past me, I figured out what you were doing and almost started expecting it. ;-)

It was a fast ride. The accidents happened near the front of the pack, I think. I had to work to keep up (cruiser + low curve/turn skills), but it was a great experience and definitely great meeting those of you I got to chat with. To the person with the white cruiser, thanks for the company at the back! ;-) -b

There's a Phillips Gravel company near me that has scales. It's $15. I"m not sure where you bought your trailer from, but my story is that I got mine from Harbor Freight. Long story short, They sent me a bill of sale with the shipping weight and the VIN, and I used the Bill of Sale plus the Certificate of Origin (which didn't have shipping weight on it) to get my plates.

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I'll probably have my GPS... If the route gets posted, I can put it in... -b

I can't make it today; family stuff going on, but it's gonna be a really nice day. It's already warm outside.

Hooray!

I think I'm gonna bring my dualsport instead of the cruiser since others are going to bring their Sumos. Sounds like it's going to be a fun ride with either bike though.

I'm in! See you then. -b

I've heard of occasions where the throwers try that and screw it up on purpose, not that they admit it to the ref or anyone else who counts. Takes out the opposing team's member sometimes, or at least intimidates them. Hardball....

Mind if I join you two or would I be a 3rd wheel? ;-) (I'm waiting on confirmation from my wife that she'll be home about 5p and not later than that.)

Thanks for spelling it out for me. I truly appreciate it (my name is noob sometimes). Now I understand why some folks go to Perry (state riding is free for plated bikes) and some go to Wayne (daily cost for plated bikes in national forest area but more trails). Cheers, -b

I understand that I wouldn't need to get anything for a plated bike before I ride. However, don't I still need some kind of daily riding pass? Or is that just Wayne's trails?

Y'all are seriously armed. I think I'll call someone on here for backup if I ever need it... ;-) But yea, I agree that most of the time people can't be trusted until given reason to be trusted.

:-) I'd think so too if there were more than just two food items I know of that have that effect. Spicy foods don't cause that. I love Thai, Indian, and other spicy and foreign foods, not to mention homemade spicy chili.

The marathon at 35 & orchard lane is the one I meant. No overwhelming response to this post, so I'm gonna grab the DS instead of the cruiser and take it out for a bit. I need to break in some boots.

Anyone up for riding today? I'm thinking about leaving at noon from the gas station. -b

There's something in Domino's pizza that used to give me an upset stomach, so I stopped eating their 'food'.

Yea, it does make me poop. I dislike Marion's business, but am neutral about the rest of their pizzas. Donatos is good, Papa John's is best.

Wierd kids, kids with control issues, kids with wierd parents. I still remember riding my bicycle from my gma's house to my mom's place and along the way one day were these kids that were raking leaves to the street. They blocked the sidewalk and had me ride around in the street and said something about their mom not liking people riding in her grass and leaves.

I had an acquaintance (he was too creepy-scary to be called a friend) who was P.O'd due to me twisting the throttle on his Honda XR650L. At the time, I didn't know any better about bikes and he wasn't a patient person so no explanation was offered of why. Thanks Y'all. I've now learned about accelerator pumps. When starting my dual sport (xt225) I've never noticed that it helped if I twisted the throttle before starting it and never thought it should matter either. -b

So far I've heard the same answer to my question, but I don't agree with the answer and I don't understand the mechanical -why- of it, so I either have a misconception or am missing some vital piece of info about how carbs work. I have been told to fully twist the throttle and let it return to resting position before I push the e-start button on a hard-to-start bike. Others have told me not to twist the throttle if I'm "playing" on their bike while it is off because it would give the bike too much fuel and make it harder to start. This doesn't make sense to me based on what I understand of carbs and throttle interaction. I know there are different types of carbs and fuel feeds (gravity feed where fuel flows unless the fuel petcock is turned to "off" and suction feed where fuel flows only when there is a suction force making the fuel move into the carb). My understanding of carbs is that when you twist the throttle, it moves the carb plunger (for sliding carbs) up, which changes the venturi so that fuel is sucked from the float bowl from differently sized holes (aka thru the main jet, pilot jet, or needle jet). Given that, it shouldn't matter if I twist the throttle with a suction feed setup since no fuel should flow due to lack of suction. It also shouldn't matter if I twist the throttle on a gravity feed since fuel will always be going to the float bowl and the limiting factor of floats & the fuel inlet valve needle (the thing that changes level based on the float position) shouldn't let more fuel in than will fit in the bowl, plus there is still no venturi to suck fuel up from the float bowl. So where am I misunderstanding how carbs work? Or, what am I missing that explains why twisting the throttle of a bike that is off will cause fuel to go into the engine section and flood the engine? Thanks, -b

Wtf, did you cry and wet your pants to get out of that??? Lucky you! I've never gotten out of anything involving a cop.