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The designer can't possibly have a designer, that'd be circular reasoning. I mean if the designers designer had one then who designed him...and so on and so on and so on................to infinity and beyond!!!!!

Yea, that's true, however it's like wearing a helmet. It may be no guarantee, but it reduces the chances. It's like you're making it sound like there's no use in wearing it, in that case why use any gear.

I'd rather wear that than get T-boned.

Yup, I love my KLR, it'll go just about anywhere, but nowhere fast.

I guess this is a cautionary story. On Oct 1st I was heading home after a good leg/shoulder day at the gym and was thinking about making some skyline chili for a tasty protein & carb refill. I took a curvy road that headed toward out of town, because you know, curves are fun. Well, on the last one it Ts into another road and those cars turning from it tend to pull right into the middle of this one, so I usually take that last curve a bit wide, since I don't like the idea of being a hood ornament. So as I took it wide, I saw that my line was going to take me over a manhole cover, not the greatest thing to ride over on a curve, so I went wider still. That's where the shit started hitting the fan, for some damn reason I can't explain, I target fixated on the outside of the curve. I knew it would lead to bad things and tried to look toward the inside of the turn, but just couldn't. I ended up catching a mailbox or two on the right side that swung my left side forward just in time to hit a lamppost dead square sideways and smashed my leg between the bike & post. I remember looking left and seeing the post getting closer in almost slow motion and thinking "this isn't good..it's gonna hurt" and remember knowing as soon as I hit that my leg was broken. I went flying toward a driveway and the edge of it ripped off my visor.....it's a weird feeling to see concrete moving rapidly less than 2" from your eyes. I ended up in a pile on the driveway and looked down and saw the left leg in 3 different directions, not good. That's about the time the pain started kicking in. A lady that heard the commotion dialed 911 and got the rescue squad on the way, whoever you are, thanks. The squad got there and did their thing, asking me my name, cutting off the gear...I didn't know there was anything wrong with my arm until one of them said it's a compound...great. They rolled me onto the stretcher and transported the mess to Wilson hospital in what seemed like a couple of days with all the bumps jarring all the broken bones, but was only a few minutes. They took x-rays and found I'd broken the tibia in multiple places, the fibula once, the femur once, the ulna and radius in multiple places and separated the pelvis. They didn't have the facilities to treat the pelvis so I got a carefilght to Miami Valley Hospital. You know, I always though riding in that helicopter would be kind of neat, flying low and looking out the window. Nope, it viberates like a mofo and each break felt every viberation, I'm just glad they shot my full of morphine before the ride. At MVH, they took more x-rays then sent me in for on operation. They put a pair of plates and bunch of screws in the forearm, a rod in the femur & screws, and a rod and plate in/on the tibia with screws, they left the fibula alone, most of this went through the knee. The second operation on the 6th cut into the abdomen & put a plate & screws on the pelvis. Morphine is pretty good at keeping the pain down and they gave me a button for it, and I made sure to use it. Well after a week and a half at the hospital, the insurance said I needed to go, so I was transferred to the "care facility"(aka old folks home) at Upper Valley in Troy. A damn depressing place if there ever was one. Old people using one good foot to scoot past at 1/4mph while wheezing, coulghing or crying, stroke victims that could only say "NANANA!" and the food.... But the physical therapy people were good, they got me to do transfers from the wheelchair to the bed, stand on one foot for minutes at a time, and grab things while almost off balance, just trying to get me ready for home life. After a week and a half there the insurance company said no more and I got to go home!!! Ahh, I'm telling you what, there's nothing quite like getting to lay in your own bed after something like that. So, I've been home for a while now, physical and occupational therapy have been doing the home visits and we've been making progress, the wrist is going to need a lot of work, though as there's not much motion in it. I asked the Dr. when he thought I'd be able to go back to work and he said probably Feb., oh well. It could be worse I guess, at least I have the short term disability insurance for a paycheck, but that's only half of my regular pay, things may get tight. Final thoughts; the Dr said my gear saved my life, there's a good chance of it. I know my head hit the post and if it weren't for the helmet, my face would be gone. My JR riding pants along with the muscle mass from being in shape(yay big squats & deadlifts) may have saved my leg. I'm sure the pants & jacket kept me from getting road rash. The closest thing I got to that was from smacking the inside of the left boot & glove hard enough to scab up all the knuckles of the foot & hand. The bike came out better than I did....since my leg was the cushion. I guess it'll take about $400 to get it back to street condition as long as the frame's ok. KLR plastic is pretty cheap. So you don't end up like me, wear your gear and watch where you want to go, please. Ah, the gratuitus x-ray porn..

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Now you can buy used for only $5500. http://columbus.craigslist.org/mcy/762631102.html

Were your parents retarded? Cause you're special. You're pretty cute for a fat chick. Me:Would you fuck me for a million dollars? Her:Umm yea Me:How about 10? Her:What the fuck do you think I am? Me:We've already established that, now we're just haggling over the price.

So you're comparing a car that was designed to sell at $60K+ and one that was designed to sell at $10K. Well hell, lets compare a Caddy CTS-V with a Fiat 500 while we're at it.

http://www.newenough.com/closeouts/boots/teknic/sturgis_motorcycle_boots.html Try this if you don't mind the style.

If it came to a vote I'd vote for one, sometimes people can't learn from others mistakes and common sense need to be legislated. Although, it's nice to know who's trying to Darwin themselves out of the population.

It looks like it... "Under the agreement, Harley-Davidson will acquire 100% of the MV Agusta Group shares for a total consideration of approximately $109 million, which includes the fulfilment of existing bank debt for approximately $70 million." http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1755561/

The buyers are often inbreds, but their engineers are pretty top notch at what they do, catering to what those said inbreds(and yuppies) want, a traditional looking and sounding bike without the hassle of owning a traditional bike...setting valves, chain maint, re torquing bolts. Now they've got hydraulic lifters, not a bad thing for a 5500 rpm bike, belt drive on a 60 hp engine and the quality has gone from horrendous in the AMF years to being about on par with any of the top brands. The paint, chrome plating, fit and finish are the best in the industry, the wiring is great and they've done wonders with the EFI. Their advances in design are usually the invisible things that won't upset the "purists" that make things seamless. I have no doubt that if they set their engineering teams to it they could build a liquid cooled OHC triple, four or even opposite six that you could put 100K trouble free miles on, it just wouldn't sell. Bitch and whine about all you want about the type of engine and style, but that's what sells for now and they make that as well as anyone.

It'll do her to, the PO put on a Metzler dualsport knobbie on it too and we can dig a trench. Funny story, my neighbor has a 1200 Sportster and we rode to the Harley shop so he could talk to one of the service guys about an issue he had, as we were getting ready to leave there were 2 or 3 couples hanging around their bikes in the parking lot, typical looking Harley owners, old guys with beards and bellies, leather on the ladies...clothes and skin, all wearing the official Harleytm jackets. I was facing the front window and could see them in the reflection when I started her up, they all turned when I fired her up. pop pop pop pop popopopopopop, blipped the gas then let off for a few cackles then a bang or two. The look of bewilderment they had from wondering how this damn Jap dirtbike could sound like an open pipe Harley filled me with joy.

I think I'm gonna keep him maw. 08 KLR650 It might not go anywhere fast, but it'll go anywhere. The PO put on a Jardine pipe and is it loud... she pops, cackles and sounds pissed.

Did she have a yeast infection?

It takes a lot of time and effort to get it to sound like that and still run. They even had to remap the Vrod's efi to get it to idle "incorrectly".

Who wants to ride around southeast Ohio for a few days? I have no definite plans on where to go yet, just that I'm off for a few weeks(yea summer shutdown and unemployment checks!) and am going down that way to find some of these good riding roads that I've been reading about. If anyone's up for it, they're more than welcome to come along. The week of the 7th looks best for me anyway, as my parents are coming home on the 17th and going back on the 24th.

Those magnets don't do any more than blocks of metal of the same mass, the loop can't tell the difference between one or the other. I've had some luck putting the kickstand down until it touches, it works on the ones with the sensitivity set just out of reach normally. On the really insensitive ones I run.

What's the word on the 1125? Any good?

Sup. Troy's not too far, maybe we can hook up sometime and go ridind.

Wow, that must have been a really strong storm to blow that apostrophe into the thread title. jk Nothing like that here, you guys have a lot coming too if the radar's right.

You mean like giving corporations the same rights as people? Yea, I don't think they were for that. I'm pretty sure they were against starting wars of aggression too, but that went out the door in the 1840's in Mexico.

Are you talking about the transverse V-twin CX engine?

Sup