fazer1sniper

True words.

speedytripple: Sounds like the Ranger was on the ball. Professional, respectfull and paying attention to the little details. I'd like to work with more guys like him. I fell into LEO work, I still see myself as a displaced GI. My worst fear is loosing my professionalism ansd "military bearing" on a traffic stop. Don't get me wrong. I speak fluant asshole, but a person has to take actions to bring that type of responce. I had an old SWAT guy tell me "be nice and polite untill it's time not to be". For as many cops there are out there who want to just act hard and intimidate people, there are just as many who have a sence of duty and profesionalism.

As far as the duty to inform aspect I agree it needs to stay. I also think punk (again) is right in the spirt of the statement he made............ Wait for the "BUT" The CCW class and issued license in Ohio is not all that restrictive. Hey, I know most of us who show the social reponsibilty to even discus this stuff know the law and the ideas behind it. Those of us who grew up repecting firearms are becomming a minority. I don't mind the idea of the class and regulation. Call it my beleif in a "well regulated militia" and reponsible gun owners.

Also an LEO, I took the job becase the local GM plant was'nt hiring former sniper-spec ops guys. My one academy instuctor (later one of my bosses) called me "somewhere right wing of Atilla the Hun". I am VERRY PRO Concelled Carry. I may be a bit spoiled, my dispatch is VERRY good at informing me of drivers with CCW. I have had a couple occasions where drivers failed to inform me that they had CCW and I corrected them in a professional manor. Now I work as a Deputy and my patrol area is rural but I was SWAT and Violent Crimes TF for several years in the city of Youngstown so I know the stess that is felt in that enviornment. That being said... Wiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over?!?!?? For a LEO that is so coincerned over "officer safety" he seemed rather cool approching a unsecured vehicle with his light in his gun hand. I know its stressfull. It's dangerous and thankless more than its fullfilling. But damn, dude. Did the driver make a dumb call on who he hangs with, where he is and what time? Sure. But he DID follow all orders. I'd be willing to rack alot of it up to officer stress, but my gut screams "dickhead"

Damn! Heal fast. I have a bike like yours in the shop now, for paint & clutch, sprockets. No spares save for maybe the factory wind screen if the owner dont want it.

& as a "gift" to the Airborne, Ranger & SF units we get thisback 10 years after us "Earned- Not Issued" guys get the last word. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/06/army-combat-uniform-patrol-cap-replaces-beret-061311w/

Of the 3 I'd jump on gen5 Viffer (800cc & no V-Tec). The SuperHawk and SVs are damn good too. Think it would come down to what "feels" right at the time

This was talked about several yars ago. Ohio Troopers agued to keep them for a slew of reasons. The one that stuck in my mind was that the state meter maids liked front plates to reflect the old gen LIDAR at farther range to write more speeders. Today speed stuff is gonna get a hit anyway. i vote dump the front. If the troopers get bored they can come back us up on gang crime stuff.

http://redlinemotorsportspro.com/ From these guys they came in at $257.99 Shipped.

With the word of riders on several forums, I got a set of Pirelli Angel ST's on my '04 FZ1. My FZ has allways been rough on tires. In past seasons I have had DumpLaps (hated them) BattLax (decent wear but poor grip) Lasst yeat Metzler M3's ( loved them, but not the 3K i got out of them. I was able to put my first 100 miles on the angels Saturday. With every intention of taking it "easy" on brand new rubber... That lasted till I got to the "fun" roads. I did most of the miles on two state routes here in east Ohio. Rt 170 (south and north and south again, and Rt 7 south and north. Pirelli's replacent for the Diablo Strada has me all smiles so far. Great grip on the launch and stop. No skid in hard downshifting. No worries in the corners. Pirelli claims 7500 mile life. Some riders claimimg even more. My FZ is far from a geat "knee-dragging" bike, but I find myself getting more confident all the time. If the long term is as good as my first impressions of this rubber I plan on alot more time in the corners.

If cleaning the wheels start to drive me nuts I can allway go back to black or go ahead and clear coat 'em. Right now I just wanna get to riding and less wrenching for a few months anyway.

I plan on it. There still brand spankin new so the season will tell. So far, in the 2 mile testride before the storms, I love them as much as my M3 Metzlers. Now if they last more than 3K miles...

After thinking hard of going back to the fairing and headlights I decided to stay as it is. I did get a few things knocked out. The first was a WTF mistake. After having my new perreli Angel ST's mounted I tried to remove the glue from the old weights. It was giving me a hard time so I put some acitone on a rag to remove it, well it worked too well. Took the black finish off the wheel.... Screw it. I took it all off the smooth outside part of the wheel, used some Mothers and Brasso and went two tone. Then I decided to run with it. My shop made pipe was cool but it being all black made me wanna try something new. I took my stock, dented pipe, and cur it down 7 inches ( at the dent) and salveged one baffle I welded back in, shot the strap in high heat black & welded it back together, also shot my front lower forks in black gun epoxy. Minor changes but I like it as of now. Hell it was raining alot anyway.

I'd be happy to have the old PVS7's I used to wear.

+1:cool:

+1, that is way cool.

Just beware the moss 500. I gotta back you up on the new 870 issues... Operation rails on the new ones seem a bit soft. Remington is backing them up but a fail to feed is a fail to feed. Mine is old shcool enough that it's been great.

PLEASE GO REMINGTON 870.... Mossburg drives me nuts over the years. Steel internals racking against aluminum receivers.... nothing but tore up metal over a couple years of heavy shooting

Is this gonna be one of them gun treads gone wrong? If Ringo is a young kid in to fire arms, maybe we should point him in good directions, training tips, suggest ranges or training programs and spend less time busting his balls. .... OK we bust his balls a little. "gun"? Seriously, I got a safe of firearms, only 2 "guns" an 870 and a lil stevens .410. Ok that's outta my system. .... As long as he don't call a mag a clip.

Thanks Matt. With any luck the only bikes in the shop here are mine, the wife's or my kid's. I want the bikes to be on the road, not waiting in my shop. The Kat is gonna be here for a week or 2 due to a cash flow problem of the owner getting the parts. I got no problem with a couple weeks, its the over a year bike like the TL1000 that get on my nerves.

Thinking of staying nakid for the year and using spare time on my CB750 project... Been too damn busy with other peoples toys and the chopper to work on my primary bike. Getting rubber on it tomorrow and hope to have it all knocked out, oil change, new front brakes pads and on the road by monday.

nope, all stock lines and it works great. BUT! I know the gen 2 has higher risers and a lower bar. May or may not work for you. A big plus to that bar was vibration reduction too. It's alot thicker and made from aluminum vs steel bars, was easy to tap them for the stock bar ends.

Pro Taper School Boy-Hi. Same dementions as the stock bar with less pullback.