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Well I'm glad we went. Gave a few bucks for the pics and some raffle tickets. Got a call awhile ago saying we won Crew tickets. Thanks Iron Pony and Defenders for supporting a good cause.

We stopped by got some pics and bought some stuff. Had a pretty good raffle there too if you get the time yall should stop by.

Cool thanks. We'll have to do that while we are there for Santa pics.

Just for the week. My wife's grandfather is pretty sick and had surgery the other day and it didn't go so well. We bought tickets and flew in friday night so our son could spend some time with him. We are leaving Sunday morning.

Is it any picture and a random drawing or is it a prize for the best picture?

I'll probably bring my son and nephew down.

I can see bored high school kids going out and speeding just to piss people off.

You would be amazed at the amount of people who do 50+ down 35 mph streets. Speeding on the freeway is acceptable, but speeding in rural areas is not.

 

I'm guessing there will be a bit more people running orange lights.

Awesome thanks man.

I'd be willing to sell my 1997 E350 van.  It has been so damn great to own that I am wanting a newer one with a diesel.  So, I may sell this one. 

 

I have a couple of options. 

 

1) I sell it as is and would be asking about $10k.  Pretty fair as the components on this thing are NOT just springs and spacers.  It is a legit lift that was well designed and looked to as being the best pre-runner setup you can buy.  Specs are below.  Again...  maybe less...

 

2) buy it as stock with the new components from the new van I buy and essentially take it back to stock.  I would sell it for $6k OBO.

 

 

 

Specs:

 

-130k miles

-Auto

-SCT Tuner for mapping

-Pre-runner (NOT 4x4 like it appears)

-Action Van lift that has control arms, blocks, springs, bushings, Bilsteins, brackets, and Bilstein steerin damper.  Kit cost $3k

-Teflon coated American Racing 17" wheels wrapped in Hankook tires with a full size spare.

-Bushwhacker fender flares

-Aluminess rear spare tire carrier

-Aluminess front brush and light bar

-Curtis tow package

-full exhaust with Magna Flow muffler

-Limo tint all the way around.  NOBODY can see inside what you are hauling.

-Removed carpet in back and replaced with 1/2 marine grade plywood that has been stained black to avoid chips and visible gouges.

-Rubber truck bed mat to protect the wood and provide sound deadening.

-E-Track front and rear to haul bikes

-Pit Bull removable front wheel chock

-Pit Bull trailer Restraint base for TRS

-Kenwood DVD/stereo with iPod connect, Navigation and movie play on the go setup

 

Had the following done recently:

 

-Plugs replaced at 100k

-New battery at about 120k

-New transmission lines (T-line at side of tranny) replaced about 5k ago

-New brake lines replaced about 10k ago

-Transmission fluid and filter change at 5k ago

 

Basically, she is solid and runs great.  HAS SOME RUST as all these vans do.  You will not find a pre-2000 without the rust where this one is showing it.  Several 2000-2004s are rusted to hell and back actually.  It's tough finding them...

 

Anyways, if you're interested.  If not, take a look at the pics below and at least you will see what I did.  All the seats are still here, but I remove them in order to use the back.

 

I appreciate the offer but that's more than I'm looking to pay I'm just going to use it to haul a bike or 2 a handfull of times a year. Plus getting that from you to me is easily going to cost a grand in gas. But have you ever fit a bike inside the back? If so do you have any pics?

I need a bike hauler since i sold my truck awhile back. Trucks out here are expensive but vans are pretty easy to come by. I've known a few people who have hauled bikes in cargo vans and others who have hauled dirtbikes in conversion vans. I have found a couple of decent vans around $1k which seem to be close to nada rough value.

The one I'm leaning towards most is a 99 e-150 econoline conversion van with 189,000 miles. Supposedly great condition. It's one of the ones with carpet all over captains chairs and the back seat turns into a bed. Does anyone know how hard it is to remove the seats in one of these? Does anyone know if a sportbike will fit thru the rear opening? I don't mind if I've got to remove the windshield. If not it has a tow package so I can pick up a small trailer. I think it would be convenient to

be able to haul the bike and be able to sleep in the same area.

Are there any issues that the 99 e150's are know to have? Any idea on what normal gas mileage is for these? Does anyone know how hard it is to mount the pitbull tie down system(i think its called the trs) in a van? Any advice about using a van for hauling a bike?

I think this is the same one a buddy of mine sent pictures of some of the bikes from. Pretty bad from what I saw. He said a van pulled out infront of them.

I was shopping for helmets a couple weeks ago and came across an icon helmet I liked, the icon airmada with the chainbrain graphic. I was nervous about ordering a helmet online due to the fact I'm inbetween most helmet sizes. Nate answered all of the hundred some questions I asked him and helped me size the helmet. The price was way better than advertised and I doubt anyone can come close to the price riders discount is selling these for. I was pretty excited that when I put the helmet on it was snug but a perfect fit no pressure points or loose spots. I'm definitely glad these guys @ riders discount hook us up so well. Glad to have them around and will happily use them again. Thanks guys.

It's all good until July August when the temps are around 114* Then the rain starts and screws up all the good roads.

There was an 80's movie that had a chase scene filmed on this road. The movie was called The Wraith had some cool cars and awesome 80's acting.

Heres the down hill video. Im working on the mirror mounted video now. It looks pretty cool with the lean angles but it is really shaky.

http://youtu.be/ycErmWgNADg

Mt.Lemmon its on the north east side of Tucson

Got together for a ride the other day with some friends. It got a little chilly at the top of the Mountain @52* F but it was a fun ride. It just sucks that this is one of the only local roads that has curves.

I'd be down to send some $ via PayPal or whatever.

I really liked when we got together at Walmart a few years back and bought a bunch of stuff to send to the troops.

I have a plasma it has a good picture for a 720p tv. Walmart had a sale on 74in smart tv vizios for $1645. A week or so ago.

Well, it was about a tenth quicker than ever. 9.66.

 

SWB 1k with my fat ass on it.

Out of curiosity what all have you done to the bike? What gearing are you running?

It's not so much the question, it's that a few people that are close to me have expressed disdain toward the practice.  I'm mostly gathering voices to prove that I'm not the only one that gets impatient enough to pass a car, dashed lines or not.

 

So how many of you have done this: passed multiple cars (like 3-5) in established passing zones with a wide open road ahead?  I did this a few times in Yellowstone.  No critters in site, clear road ahead, wankers in cars traveling at 35 in a 45 zone.

I always pass if its clear. Most peoples self preservation kicks in and they often give you plenty of room if you've misjudged the room needed for a pass allowing you to squeeze between opposing traffic and them on the line if need be. But when i pass its normally at a very quick rate especially on the double yellow. I recently posted a video on here that shows me passing multiple times on the double yellow.

Yeah I screwed up mounting them and they are fixed. I'd buy new ones but apparently contour, the camera company, went outta business so their mounts are really expensive. Also some shit bag stole my suction cup mount off my bike the other day in Tombstone while I was getting lunch. So I'm down a few mounts.

My ride up a local mountain Oct. 14th with some country music.

From the local dragstrip On Oct. 12th. Temps. started at 80 degrees and got up to 94. Elevation is 3500ft. My best time was 10.7 sec which is pretty quick at that track for a bike with K&N street filter, Dyno tuned, Slipon and -1F/+2R (16tF/41tR) gearing. Stock ride height, wheel base and tires. To put it in perspective Busas that have similar mods lighter riders quick shifters and lowered are running 10.7's also. There was a new corvette stingray there that was running mid 13's. I added some Rock Music to the videos. This is the first video I've put together.