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so they can arrest you and impound your vehicle until they decide whether or not they can prove intent? I don't like that.

I'm not sure this will stand up to constitutional challenges. I feel like this is really just a means of facilitating lazy police work, and making it illegal to modify your car in a suspicious, but not inherently criminal manner...

Smaller places just allow smoking and ask patrons to chip in when they get a violation. My roommate and I used to stop at every bar on our way to the good bar. (Winter. Snow. Cold). All of them but the good bar had people smoking in them.

I agree, but that doesn't mean that them making the attempt is reckless. It just means their likelihood of success is low. Low is better than nonexistent.The fact that the vehicle wasn't actually hit seems to show that his actions really weren't that dangerous, no?

Every department has their own policies on when it's appropriate to discharge firearms. Locally, I know that virtually all of the Northeastern Ohio departments are instructed to never fire AT or FROM a moving vehicle, unless it is necessary to prevent loss of life (like when a car is charging toward an officer). According to radio reports, that is not the policy in New Mexico. While I tend to agree that it's not worth shooting at a fleeing vehicle, I believe the officer's position is (or will be) that he was shooting at the tires in an attempt to avoid a high-speed chase. A chase is inherently dangerous for all of the vehicle's occupants, so there is some merit to preventing one before it starts. Additionally, chases tend to end with the police performing a pit maneuver - also pretty dangerous for the vehicle's occupants. Arguably much more dangerous than shots being fired at the wheels below 25 mph. That would be my theory of the case if I were defending the officer anyway. But without breaking any protocol, he's unlikely to face any charges or disciplinary action. The occupants of the vehicle on the other hand... Just off the top of my head: Mom should be charged with: - felony fleeing - obstruction of official police business - resisting arrest - possession of drug paraphernalia - child endangerment - contributing to the delinquency of a minor The 14 yr old son should be charged with: - assaulting an officer (that's a felony of the fifth degree) - obstruction of official police business and a handful of lesser offenses, if they feel like it...

Smoke free Ohio is/was exactly the same thing. It takes away business owners' choice of whether or not they want to allow smoking in their establishments. I hated smoke in bars, but that doesn't mean I think there needs to be a law to accommodate me. No one forces me to patronize such establishments. No one forces anyone to apply to work at them either. I think smoking is less dumb than riding without a helmet, really, but which one is regulated in private businesses?

This is why I voted against "smoke free Ohio."

not sure what industry you're in now, but my buddy who used to work in drilling said the bit welders make disgusting money. Every job is a rush-job, and the drilling companies pay accordingly. So it's crazy hours that kill your social-life, but an excellent living. He worked in drilling for 4 or 5 years. Lived in Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Dubai, and Oklahoma over that stretch.

Somebody needs to buy this so I can stop wanting to.

I don't think we're anywhere near a federal helmet law. Even a pretty liberal Supreme Court would hold that to be unconstitutional. What's much more plausible is that the federal government will make state-wide helmet laws a condition to receiving federal DOT money. That's how the Fed rolls - they blackmail the states into compliance. Thus why the less-populous states are generally more "free." They don't need the Fed's money, and have a more legitimate choice of whether or not to comply.

Nice work. What's your hourly rate for OR members? Or is it more "depends on the project?" If I ever find a project bike, I would probably have some simple welding projects to outsource. Things like sub-frames, maybe a custom luggage rack, etc. Nothing that would have to be as pretty as the work above, but I understand the need to do it well and not just well enough.

the cost is usually reasonable at trackdays, but DIY tire changes are more about convenience for me... I definitely don't enjoy mounting tires with spoons, but wrestling with spoons for a few hours is still quicker than making a special trip to a MC shop or to a track day. If you're already going to be at the track, then sure, but that never seems to be the case for me... Plus I always got stressed about changing tires the morning of a track day. wrenching on a deadline (real or imaginary) is never fun, and I think it encourages mistakes.

Nyra has seen :57's Maybe not with MotoSeries, or in a sanctioned race, but I am sure he's broken the :58 mark. I know a few others have as well with WERA. That's impressive that SV's are in the 3's and 4's, but I guess it stands to reason when the experts will still able to pass me on the brakes during open practice.

I don't remember what the XR's were running on the Wilson Circuit, but 1:08 on the big track is pretty quick for a bike that probably tops out under 120mph. I want to say the fast SV riders will do 1:05's and 1:06's on the North track ...which is what I run on a 600. The fast 600 riders will turn :58's all day long, and dip into the :57's in ideal conditions. I need to re-gear before we go back to the Wilson circuit. My poor XR was bouncing off the rev limiter before the chicane Bigger tires may be more appropriate than shorter gearing though.

You sure on 200 dry? I have moved multiple 125 gallon tanks that didn't feel like 200 dry. Or maybe I'm just stronger than I think...

Search for Hoblick's thread. I am 90% sure he linked to the site he bought bearings from.

Agreed. I HAVE 3 cards, but we only really use one of them, and that's for the sake of convenience (i.e. not carrying large amounts of cash for bigger purchases). I haven't paid interest on a card in 7 years, and that was an accident where I simply forgot to make a payment. That's the only time I've ever given the credit card company a dime. As far as I'm concerned, MasterCard and Visa are providing me with completely free services - why wouldn't I use them? with the points, I put a $10,000 down-payment on our last car by using my Visa. That was a lot of points, and we were going to pay the same amount to the dealership in cash anyway. I see the harm in abusing credit cards, but there's no reason not to use them responsibly.

I'm surprised that some have had issues with their Samsung TV's. There aren't many "manufacturers" who actually make their own displays - LG supplies a LOT of displays for the mid-to-lower end TV's. The difference is how they're packaged by each manufacturer, which means that the quality of the electronics vary, but the picture quality is relatively consistent across several brands. The guy at Best Buy (when I bought my TV like 7 years ago...) was actually useful in pointing this out, and showing me that a Magnavox, Polaroid, LG, and RCA 32" HDTV were all the same screen, but with different electronics powering it. I bought the cheapest one... Samsung was one who made their own displays, to the best of my knowledge...

only "a" beer? ...I suppose it is awkward to say, "now for 5 beers."

Why can't they do both?

I am quite possibly very interested. PM coming.

For a passenger, I could see this being a viable complaint, but I've never seen a bike where the pipe is routed under the rider's seat. Could you have just been feeling engine heat? I tend to think of "standard" exhaust cans as burning hazards as well... I never once burned my leg (or anything else) on my 600RR's pipe. Did so multiple times on my EX500, and would have on my F2, if I hadn't been wearing full leathers every time I touched it. I also crashed my F2 and bent up the exhaust a bit. Never had that issue low-siding the 600RR with the under-tail.

...because if his circumstances change, and he can't afford it, the people who have come to depend on him are screwed. My wife's grandmother (god rest her soul) gambled away over $400,000 in a couple of years. In hindsight, she was depressed that her husband died, and a few grand on some counseling could have saved her a few hundred grand in coping - but my point was that my father-in-law supported her financially for the last decade of her life. That was fine until the economy shit the bed. He was still financially stable enough that they weren't losing their house or anything, but he couldn't afford to pay HER mortgage on top of his own expenses. Grandma had to get a job as a toll booth worker for a few months. That put things in perspective for grandma, who stopped gambling and got a roommate to help with expenses. It also put a huge strain on their relationship. My father-in-law was as much relieved as sad when his mother died. That's not how anyone should be remembered.

a radiator and dual disk brakes up front? Dare I say, "progress?"

I've never had family members approach me about money - but I've never had much to lend either. In my mind, there's a big difference between loaning someone a few hundred bucks, and a few thousand. I'm not going to sweat a few hundred. I don't think i'd loan family money. I'd just assume give them money if they need it badly enough to ask. Lending is a funny thing though - it's got to be one of the only scenarios where you can do something to help another person, and THEY get mad at YOU when you expect them to pay you back, as you agreed upon when the loan was given. No good deed goes un punished.