vf1000ride

I'm an aircraft mechanic for a living. Here is my toolbox, you can assume (and would be correct) that there have been many purchases over the years on tools that have only one purpose and used very few times.

Not a fan coconut cream but will admit I've ridden 150miles each way for a hotdog. 😁

Reminds me of the classic tank fail.

The problem with this is I would love to run my GrandNational on the track even knowing it's the wrong car for it. Gotta wonder if I can get enough body roll to see the driveshaft while still having all 4 tires on the ground. I would think by the end of the first lap, maybe half way through lap 2 my brakes would be gone as well. 😁

Being we are getting engine bay shots. Here's the dirty inside on my GN. It's as close to stock in the engine bay as I can afford to make it. Still spinning the same turbo that was bolted to the engine by someone in Detroit back in '87.

We need more turbo cars in this thread. My '87 Buick Grand National.

Not to diminish what you are saying and I do agree with your statement of many people needing proper training, but so far most of the gun owners that I know who have not gotten their CCW up to this point the reasoning wasn't only about the requirement to take a training class. Their reason for not getting the CCW was that they also didn't want to get fingerprinted and have their info in a state database or to deal with the hassle of all the steps and expenses required. In their minds it is an undue burden. The other things you need to think of for the average person that is on the fence about first time concealed carry is the cost and hassle involved in the process. $67 to apply, $10 for fingerprints, cost for your 2x2 passport photos ($17 from CVS) Scheduling and taking said training classes from around $75 or more. The fact that most places to apply and get your actual card from the state are Mon-Fri daytime only, and that the average working person would need to take off time from work to complete the process. The cash outlay doesn't seem like a huge amount of money for people that already have 5-10-20 guns but a first time owner will take that $170ish dollars for a CCW into account when they are trying to justify the process and time put into getting the CCW vs buying the equivalent amount of ammo. I know that sounds awfully conspiracy theorist of me but for some people those items are a legit concern that was holding them back. Me personally, I have had my CCW for the entire 14 years so far that I have lived in OH and will continue to keep it current so I can carry in other states so please don't think I am talking about myself in the third person Just wanted to throw this out there because like anything in life the complexity of this topic is much more in depth than just getting hung up on a single portion of it.

😒Way to bring unneeded politics into a conversation. I guess I should throw out my Russian guns because of their terrible politics, my German guns because Nazi's, my British guns because of the colonial atrocities they have committed over the past thousand + years. Chinese guns, nope. You better throw away that USA made hi-point because of our own human rights violations for the past 245 years. If you can't separate the quality of a product made by a corporation from the politics of the country it's located in I don't know what to tell ya. @serpentracer, You'll have to let us know how it shoots. I haven't had a chance to see one in person yet but at that price it's an interesting find. Good luck with it and a big thumbs up on the deal you got.

Well isn't that awkward.

I can't bring myself to try an iron butt, that takes it to the next level.

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I would be interested but it would depend on the day if I could make it. There are times that working second shift crushes all the best made plans.

It took a couple weeks to complete everything but this is the latest updates on my bike. I added some bar end mirrors and crash bars to the handlebars and than I got rid of the RH side case and put a clean cover on so you can watch the clutch go around. No dry clutch rattle but at least you can still see it.

I'm offended because I finally gave in and got hearing aids. I now realize how annoying all the things I couldn't hear really are.

I bought a military style leather shoulder holster for my 1911. Those old guns have feelings and they get grumpy when you don't store them in crusty old leather. 😁

True, true. But for every attempted ban people go out and empty every gun and ammo shelf they can find regardless of the outcome.

I kinda feel bad for anyone that has recently gotten into guns/shooting in the past 2-5 years or so. I reload for pretty much everything in my collection but the 22lr/22magnum and haven't paid retail in over a decade. I can't imagine how much worst it's going to get in the next few years as the bans continue to roll in from the government.

Getting new tires put on and doing some quick maintenance stuff before getting it out for the season. Sat inside all last year due to Covid. Not gonna let that happen again this year.

55 or 62GR?

I had a chance to shoot an older PPQ and the Match version of the same gun a few years ago. I thought they were pretty nice guns. Hopefully you will find the same when ammo is available again. I haven't been to a gun store in probably 6 months but the stuff I have seen online is too friggin expensive and borderline price gouging to even consider buying anything right now. I hope things settle down after the change of power in the oval office and prices start to fall but if Biden continues to saber rattle about bans it may be a long 4 years till we get someone more 2A friendly in office and ammo comes back in stock.

If you don't want people to buy it all before you can, why bother posting about it and just sounding like a jerk?

Better not be voting for Biden if you think that. If he gets in I think you will see the end of the 2nd amendment before his first term is up.