Hoblick

i just bought this on ebay about 2 days ago, another jacket turned up i wanted. so im gonna sell this one. ill take less than what i paid on ebay for it. its a size 42 us 52 euro. ill take $180.. if i get no bites im gonna put it back on ebay.

drinks if you want. maybe a chair

2 o clock broski

i buy my gear when and where i can get it cheaper. i usually browse motorcycle-superstore.com newenough.com and others.. but 99% of the time i can get the best deal on ebay. i have bought everything but my shift paants from ebay.. and have paid at minimum 30% cheaper than it goes for at IP. i love "best offer" option on ebay

saturday bump..

just would like to say again.. the HTC HERO is the shit.. i love this phone. i suggest anyone who thought about it to go pick one up.. its all that and more. even if you are a slide out keyboard guy, this phone will impress you. just re calibrate the keyboard, and give it a few days and youll be set.

ok well got to play with the TP2 today a bit. and im not all that impressed. bigger screen is a big plus, but after having the hero in my hands for the last couple of days, the touch pro 2 is just bulking and cumbersome. the TP2's screen makes its stand out better to me than the hero, but the wow factor of the function of the phone is gone after having the hero. and the virtual keyboard is actually growing on me.in just a day or so i am not mis spelling nearly as many words when texting and the biggest stand out to me is the hero is just plain faster. and its because its an android phone. I love what you can do with winmo, but it just cant beat the speed of android. TP2 has shittier battery life as well, and the camera, still being a 3.2mp, isnt anywhere near that of the hero's 5mp in quality. the keyboard on the TP2 is awesome, but took a bit of getting used to cause the buttons are bigger and spread out more.. and arranged a tad different then on my original TP. the TP2 has some nice upgrades over the TP, but im still like the hero in function. i can do things and do things fast on the hero. and again.. i still hate that on the TP2 it wont get email notifications as soon as they hit (like a text message) it has a schedule it runs on that you select.. from every 5 min to every 5 hours and everywhere in between. why cant it jsut get them when it gets them. this puts the Hero in front big time for me. also... yes you can put a wallpaper on the TP2 of whatever photo you choose, but to get it on there how you like, you gotta crop it or whatever on the PC first, then bring it on the phone and add it in your album and then choose it as your wallpaper. on the hero, you do it all in one step.. the cropping and everything. and you get more of the picture cause its a panoramic wallpaper layout. the tp2 doesnt have a lock screen. on my TP with the phone in my pocket , sometimes when i would pull it out of my pocket it would be on god knows what, editing a contact or something. i know i can get a cab file for the phone to fi it, but it should have came like that out of the box. for some reason after using the android phone im just fed up with WinMo. the hero does everything the TP2 does and more besides doesnt have a hard keyboard. i really wanted to like the TP2, but i think im gonan have to say fairwell... i think the hero is my new phone!

lol told ya. with sprint you always have to make 2 calls

Paul has been nothing but good to me, and i know he is busy. thats why the contact issue to me isnt a big deal. but people should know it in advance. just so they dont get their panties in a bunch when he cant get right back to them. like i said before, paul is the man, and i wont go anywhere else for paint work.

yeah by the way, they are replacing the touch pro now with a touch pro 2

you dont have to have your phone inspected. just call it in, and have them put the insurance on it. i have had several phones, and only 2 of them were brand new, never had one inspected. just called them in to switch the plan over, and the insurance carries over to the new phone

Rick i may have 2 friends coming that are not on the board so you could add that in.. plus my wife.

thats sick jeremy

well getting out of my car the other night i dropped my HTC touch pro and it broke. wouldnt turn on at all. i went to sprint, they looked it over (told them it jsut wouldnt turn on) and they actually sent me out a new touch pro 2 for free.. should be here today actually. but i was kicking around grabbing up a HTC Hero, and said hell with it and got one. this thing is impressive, but also i kinda dont like it. PROS first off, its very fast compared to my touch pro. smooth transitions, screen resolution is beautiful. you can customize the background and lock screen and it just looks amazing. you can drag and drop icons, and widgets, and shortcuts anywhere on the screen and it has multiple screens to scroll through, but its seamless. and your background is like a panoramic background. the push email is awesome. on the winmo devices like the touch pro, it will check your email depending when you have it scheduled to check every 10 min, 30 min, hour and so on. apps.. and alot of free ones. no there isnt as many as iphone, but there is some good ones on the market place for DL and most are free. i have a facebook app installed, a very nice ebay app, and a few other little things. camera... 5mp camera for the WIN! and uploading them to facebook is a sinch. web browser.. works pretty well actually.. its just like safari, only better. my reception has been alot better on this phone than on my TP. the phone feels great in the hand. slim and perfect fit. CONS on screen keyboard. now im coming form a slide out keyboard, that i could jsut type away with. you can calibrate the keyboard, but it only goes so far. and there is predictable tet as well, but again that only goes so far. i miss my slide out keyboard already.. this is probably my biggest gripe about the phone. screen size. its big, but not quite big enough i think. the touch pro 2 im getting has a slightly larger screen, and i think the hero should have been the same size. contacts.. when i addded my gmail account to the phone it automatically transported every email address i ever sent or received in my email into my contacts. so now i have to go through and delete a shit ton of contacts. the android OS is nice and useful, but its still a baby. there isnt a ton of apps for it yet, and it hasnt really hit baller status like the iphone where there is an app for everything. i think it will get there, but it may be a while. and i dont know if im willing to wait. with that said. ill be writing another review on the Touch Pro 2 after i get it. then i see what phone ill be keeping

nice looking helmet. i have been thinking of having paul do my 11 and the wifes rf1000. what did he charge you? pual has always been great with giving me a good price, he painted my bike and 2 friends bikes, and he is currently redoing my hard bags i got for my VFR. and yes.. he is a hard man to get ahold of, and he probably gets annoyed that i call him so much lol. I know he is a busy man though. The best painters are always a bitch to get ahold of. but paul is bar none the best paint guy i have came across, his work is unmatched, prices unbeatable, and he is just a damn good guy. +1 for paul and i want 614paintwor sticker!

that sucks.. where they shinko tires lol

on my way home from work on rt 33 at about 1:40 am.. im getting close to my exit when i see a single tail light on the burm. i get closer i see its moving, but not fast at all. as i slowly go by i see its a bike. i stop up ahead and wait for him to get to me. a blue zx14. thought the guy had a flat tire, turns out he was out of gas. he was from sandusky visiting a friend in columbus. he asked where the next gas station is.. well its about 1.5 miles or so away, and his bike wont even start. i told him to just pull it off the exit we were nearest to and id gladly take him to get some gas. so we got his bike parked, went to my house grabbed a gas can and hit the gas station and got back and filled him up. he offered money, but i declined... just wanting to help a fellow biker out. real nice guy, we talked bikes a bit and told me he used to ride buells and drag race them, and now he drag races his z14.. at norwalk of course. i wrote down the website and told him to join the board.

so who is in for sunday?

why was he standing up on the bike at one point? regardless that sucks to see.

thats awesome rick.. ill have something set out for donations

that shit is fucking funny as hell! i cant stop laughing.. especially at the end when he is trying to get out the door aaaaahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6oGwOMVeY

nice bike, saw you out at IP the other day with antwon. too bad you lowered it. but to each there own.

alright ben i think we should just go ahead and close the poll. and just make the date this sunday the 18th. ill edit my first post to include the date and time and what not Hoblick's Garage Day Sunday October 18th 2 p.m. meet at HNW at 1:30 then follow me up to my place.work on bikes, detail bikes, just bullshit whatever... Thanks to Rick, we will have Pizza and what not form his shop. feel free to bring any drinks you would like. and if you would like a donation for rick for being so generous. i know ill pitch in a few bucks for sure! i will have a 24 pack of Mt. Dew and some coronas (had some left over like 10 or so) and if its stil good i have a fridge keg of coors light. if you feel the need to bring any other tools go for it. also i have wifi in the garage so if you wanna bring a laptop or whatever you will have internet access. i have a ton of tools, cable tv, a mini fridge, and some seating, you may want to bring a chair but its not necessary. enough room to fit quite a few bikes in there as well.