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^^^^ jeez, this guy have a wish to mess up his engine and starter? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm running one of these Lithium Iron polmer batteries.

It’s about the only thing I do that puts me in the moment. No crap from job stress or money matters or stupid fight with a GF. All that goes away while riding. The only thing that matters is now. I can only absorb the action of now, of wind, of speed, of power. What I do now controls to whether I live or die, in the moment, in this second.

I'd like to ride Leno's jet bike.... pin it on Bonneville....

CCT ---Known to be crap on (add honda mc here) --- I'm a Honda guy, but I dont know what it is, but Honda doesnt know how to design a reliable cam chain tensioner. - makes me glad I have gear driven cams on my 5th gen viffer.... -yeah Mags, I would put money on the CCT.

Since this on being beer fooles ---- bottle or draught? I am a dedicated bottle beer guy. Something about draught tastes a bit watered down or flatter, and doesnt have that crispness you get out of the bottle. Its winter - dark beer time...

I dont have a lot of space to work, so its one bike at a time for me and funds are limited since I'm not working at the moment. Plan A - Valkyrie -------- Pull rear wheel off (its a shaft, bleah, PIA) and get moving on the upgrade to bling up the rear brakes/brackets and wheel polish. -VFR800 '98 ----------Finish the research and decide method for a slam dunk overkill permafix on the charging system. (chronic engineers disease.. ) ----------Rework heat shielding around rear cylinders, under seat wires and fuses, maybe around the header and shock too. Posible PC fan in there to get some airflow. Mbe some shielding under the tank too. -The thing gets the seat warm and cooks my ass. It's getting old. --------- Upgrade the horn circuit with an Eastern Beaver horn relay kit, relocate horn itself. Plan B -- Crank up the garage heater and blast the radio, park my butt in a chair and consume lots of Becks dark beer. Repeat often......

The Ferrari is badazz, but this vid shows why I love motorcycles. The Ferrari did "only" 11.1 in the quarter, jeez, a lot of us own bikes that will slam that and doesnt have to be a Duc either. And a lot of bikes for $10k will stomp that too.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Fat Tire. Good stuff. Havent had it in years but the last time I did I got severly wasted on it in Denver. Um, I think I remember I liked it. - lol

mmmmm, beer - lol Summertime -- Corona, Perioni, Becks regular, Stella, Warsteiner Fall/Winter - Sam Adams Oktoberfest, Warsteiner regular and dark, Becks Dark, Bass

Truly sick.

Good info - thank you

Wow - good stuff.... Thanks

So the computing power is in the "cloud" i.e. "web" and possibly any of your storage requirements. It would replace the need for crazy fast chip speeds or a large mega terabite storage server "in house". Hmmm, wouldnt that be a hackers field day?

I saw the term in a trade journal and wonder if one of you pros could 'splain it. Cloud Computing? Never heard of it. What is it? Thanks

I buy older used Honda Accords. I like to get 'em around 100k and sell before 190k - 200k. Stone cold reliable and relatively cheap. The perfect example.... http://columbus.craigslist.org/ctd/2056266182.html (not wild about a used car dealer, but this is the idea .. - always buy from a private party.) There's more out there......

Comp A has some amazing prices on closeout Shoei RF-1000. (Jeez I paid $370 for a solid silver when they first came out) Great helmet... http://www.compacc.com/Shoei-RF-1000

Ok, I'm in.......

Wow, have you ever seen that tower? It was massive. - Some employee will probly get their butt kick over that one.

I had an '88 - love that car. The T - top feature was awesome. - Still have a set of new factory mudgards that I have tryed to get rid off

Have had a few Yamaha's and lots of Honda's. Would like to try a Triumph, mbe a Ducati or Aprilia. That's a ways off, my current bikes are paid for and I dont flip bikes that often.

Quoted from CalSci...... Draw your own conclusions. My conclusions: 1) yet another example of gross incompetence on the part of the government, 2) if your wife weighs less than about 140 pounds and you like her, you want the airbags in her car disabled, and 3) you want your passenger side airbag disabled pretty much at all times. The exception would be if your passengers nearly always weigh more than 150 pounds and are nearly always taller than about 5'6". more 2 cents.... -- I dont think the conclusion is really up to date.......... Airbag design has evolved quite a bit since the mid 90's to point of having 2 and 3 stages and sensing the size/weight of the person in the seat. Still though, I cringe at anybody who drives sitting up close to the steering wheel, its could be nasty in a wreck. If your wearing a seatbelt you have a better shot. The industry is working on gas blead off for situation like that and may be in current model cars, but older models are still just fire on impact. For the passenger side, 2 stage started going in around 2004, so just as long as anybody doesnt sit way close to the instrument panel, it should be ok. On kids, always always put them in the back seat!

The choice is minor injuries off the airbag or severe trama or death. Tough choice...... - Each airbag design is custom tuned to each car environment. The speed of the bag, the size of the bag, and the dynamics of how the bag is filled before human impact is a few parameters you have to work with for a design. It really is both a science and a bit of an art.

I used to design and develop airbags for a living. That guy was lucky he didnt end up parralized. The inflator in those things are based on rocket fuel and its a controled explosion when they get set off. It's nothing to mess with for a prank. Take the same care with them as you would a handgun.

yes - check out the MOTY website for more info..........