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3 minutes ago, Gixxus Christ! said:
The times of our youth always seem simpler because nostalgia. We are always nostalgic for the good things we remember. Nobody is romanticizing having to adjust the valves or clean and sync the shitty aluminum piston CV, accelerator pump kehien carbs that the CBX came with. Nobody.
Point acknowledged. Some non-bike-related analysis:
I'm 63 now, and life just seems to get better and better with the passing of the years--but in decidedly different ways.
When I was in my 20s, sexual conquests were important and hitting on women at work was not yet at the "@meetoo" point it is now. I was focused on making lots of money back then, too. Built a nice house in the neighborhood in which I grew up, married my girlfriend, worked insane hours . . .
Now . . . I spent nearly $10,000 on the restomoded/15 HP Honda CT70 HK0 that I ride to work each day but could not afford as a teenage pizza shop employee during my senior year in high school--I think they went for about $400 back then, new.
Love my wife, house is paid in full, no kids (maybe regrettably--my wife is 12 years younger than me, and we could have had kids), and I'm still working at a job I love (teaching.) Life is just more satisfying as time progresses. End of unsolicited memoir . . .
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11 minutes ago, Gixxus Christ! said:
Washed my bike this morning. Used my new foam sprayer. It sprays foam. Also applied Maguire's quick detail spray liberally all over the plastic, headlights and windscreen and I'll be damned, no fucking damage!
Dat shine doe....
Gixxus, I think you decisively won this rather juvenile and exhaustive bike bath "throw-down."
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2 minutes ago, Gixxus Christ! said:
Yeah, I've seen a few in the wild. Cool bikes but well, it does with 6 cyls and 1100cc what you can do with 4 cyl and 600cc today at about 200 lbs less. Still that sound tho....
Agreed. The sound of that bike in the video combined with my romanticized memories from back in the day give me arm chills. It was nice to be young at that time in history. Such simpler times . . . or am I romanticizing THAT too???
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Mello, you brought a smile to my face with your cannabis blast. The weed we smoked back then was so weak a baby couldn't cop a buzz off of a fat spliff 😆 Good times, though . . .
Speaking of restomods, my prized ride is a 1970 Honda Mini Trail CT70 HKO. It's my daily commuter (I'm a high school teacher) and tops out at just under 70 mph with street tires and lots of other mods to make it roadworthy and safe at speeds it was definitely NOT designed for.
26 minutes ago, mello dude said:There are some really great resto-mod bikes there, bike lust indeed. The sounds give me goosebumps... .. Dont remember? Lots of cannabis was passed around back then...
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I don't remember this bike at all. Was in college when it came into production. Probably a good thing, too, as I would likely have bought one and promptly killed myself on it.
Anyone remember this machine? It sounds incredible--like a wild animal.
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Oh, what the hell: "fuck clean bikes." There . . .
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22 minutes ago, Tonik said:
I don't know whether to lock this or pin it to the top.
Tonik, why not end the tedium and simply delete it? Gixxus had good intentions, but somehow it all just went rapidly south . . .
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12 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:
Splitting hairs???
This thread is extra dumb.
"THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!!!"
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2 minutes ago, Bad324 said:
Why don't you just roll with it and let us know what happens?
. . . if you live to tell us.
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4 minutes ago, Gixxus Christ! said:
Do you feel bad doing it?
Play it safe and just hum along with the music 😅
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1 hour ago, Gixxus Christ! said:
Thought about it, know any good ones?
I take my bike to the spa ladies from the Wizard of Oz movie--y'know, the gals who buffed up the Cowardly Lion . . .
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17 hours ago, Gixxus Christ! said:
No, not your cheese-encrusted yambag, talking about your bike. Never been a big bike washer in the past because most of my bikes weren't really worth the effort, but since I bought the gixxus I've been trying to bathe her regularly.
Started out with just a hose, some armor all carwash soap, a sponge and some turtle wax. Lately I'm going down the rabbit hole tho, with duragloss 902 car wash, chenille wash mitts that look like muppet scrotum, Maguire's pure polymer liquid wax, quick detailer spray, mother's back to black for the plastic trim pieces and all kinds of microfiber towels and applicators. Recently bought a hand-pump foam sprayer for pre-soak to soften up the bugs. I like purple power degreaser for my wheels followed by a soapy microfiber towel and a hose off.
So what is your go-to when its bath time for your bike? I understand many of you give her the once over maybe annually, and that's fine, I used to do the same, but I really love the way my bike looks and I especially love it after shes had a full wash and wax. Before you chime in with the 'rather be riding it than washing it' dreck, it only takes me maybe half an hour to do a full clean, dry and wax, so it's not like I'm wasting hours of potential riding time rubbing my bike with a diaper.
For fuck's sake! Why not just drop the damned bike off at a day spa? Cheaper and less time consuming.
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8 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:
Ain't gonna let no expired https certificate silence me.
Tonic, steak (rare) and eggs is my absolute favorite breakfast; only thing missing in yer photo is the mimosas, but obviously you had to ride home.
Made killer baby back ribs last night: brined them for 8 hours in apple cider, 2 cloves garlic, 1/4 cup kosher salt, many turns of the pepper mill. Rinsed/dried 'em off, shook on equal parts Coleman's dry mustard, cayenne powder, dark brown sugar, and covered with Montgomery's BBQ sauce. Wrapped in foil. Baked in toaster oven at 250° for 2 hours. Magnificent!
Whoops: forgot to include cold-smoking the ribs for about 20 minutes with mesquite chips after removing from the marinade.
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2 hours ago, Tonik said:
Damn Casper and his broke shit.
Ain't gonna let no expired https certificate silence me.
Tonic, steak (rare) and eggs is my absolute favorite breakfast; only thing missing in yer photo is the mimosas, but obviously you had to ride home.
Made killer baby back ribs last night: brined them for 8 hours in apple cider, 2 cloves garlic, 1/4 cup kosher salt, many turns of the pepper mill. Rinsed/dried 'em off, shook on equal parts Coleman's dry mustard, cayenne powder, dark brown sugar, and covered with Montgomery's BBQ sauce. Wrapped in foil. Baked in toaster oven at 250° for 2 hours. Magnificent!
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6 hours ago, theroamr said:
Anybody remove them and put a torch to them and bend an inch or so purposely. Reason I’m asking finding adjustable levers for the super tenere is hard enough and then there from China which takes nearly a month. Don’t wanna spend $ 200 either
Please remember that these controls are basically your lifelines! Why would you willingly (potentially) compromise them? Just sayin'.
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26 minutes ago, Tonik said:
Someone call for a ban?
Yup. Jim, this is obviously a matter of national security. You have experience working with with local government. The time to act is NOW.
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9 minutes ago, ricer1 said:
Welcome to the OR, hope you have THICK skin! Are you near Wright Patterson, everyone knows the Roswell aliens were taken there, maybe on a GE UFO?
Remember that hard-hitting documentary Alien Autopsy from 1995? It was filmed at Wright Pat--and there WAS a production model GE UFO included in the footage. Now is the time to come clean, Jim. No more chatty bullshit.
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17 hours ago, goldenpony said:
Quiet, it's a big secret. We just tell everybody we make weather balloons.
One second while I call the CIA . . . I'm a mandated reporter.
Oh, and you're banned.
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52 minutes ago, theroamr said:
Anybody remove them and put a torch to them and bend an inch or so purposely. Reason I’m asking finding adjustable levers for the super tenere is hard enough and then there from China which takes nearly a month. Don’t wanna spend $ 200 either
Personally, I would keep looking/spend the money. Taking a chance that your clutch lever may fail will likely make every ride less enjoyable; the possibility of the front brake lever becoming inoperable is, to me, at least, unacceptable.
My two cents . . .
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Very sorry for your loss, and happy this thoughtful person's kind, respectful gesture lifted your spirits.
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12 hours ago, goldenpony said:
My name is Jim. I am 73 yrs. old. I am retired after 35 years at GE Aviation. My first bike was a Sears MoPed. Since then I have had a number of bikes. My current ride is a 2006 Suzuki Boulevard C50. My wife has her own bike, a 1982 Honda Ascot FT 500. Glad to have found this web site. We have 3 grandsons, and soon a great grandson, and 5 indoor cats. I am a UFO freak.
Hello all.
Welcome! I was totally unaware that GE Aviation manufactures UFOs . . . 👽
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10 hours ago, hiro said:
Wow... Sorry for inconveniencing the woman by almost being injured or killed by her. What was I thinking??
Her attorney called me at work the next day and offered me a settlement of $600 😤
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Yesssssss! Those and the uber-excessive usage of the word "FUUUUUUUUUCK," which is the de facto currency on OR. I'm beginning to love all of youse guyz.