Ceptorman Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 1 hour ago, BigStewMan said: Hey Bill ... are those training wheels That bike probably doesn't have any kick stand, 200k doesn't always get what you want. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Just now, Ceptorman said: That bike probably doesn't have any kick stand, 200k doesn't always get what you want. for that price, they probably send someone over to hold it up for you. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Just now, BigStewMan said: for that price, they probably send someone over to hold it up for you. Yes they should. It's detuned for the US market. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 26 minutes ago, Ceptorman said: Yes they should. It's detuned for the US market. --- yep, way down on power. Suspension and handling closer to the "real thing", not power. Although I believe you can buy a kit to unlock more HP, still not near GP power. If I remember around $13K extra?!? She's a beauty -- 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 No coffee this morning. Don’t want to interfere with Red Cross double reds donation at 8:15 am. Last time I was rejected due to more than six early beats in a minute. Only time in 50 years I’ve been rejected, at least by the Red Cross. Second day in a row to awaken to snow on the ground. Yesterday’s was probably considered “measurable” (at least 1/10”). Today is merely a dusting. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I don't think they would take from me. A pint would be about 1% of my body weight. DizRotus, you could have stayed down here .... 90` today 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Just heard from a good friend from high school. We were inseparable for a couple of years but when we got to college he met a young lady and it was love at first site. Dropped me like a hot potato. Anyway Buddy was very smart about cars and pulled the motor out of my Triumph TR-3A and rebuilt it when he was 18 y/o. He also fixed a problem on the transmission (broken tooth on the cluster gear). Parts were ordered from J.C. Whitney of course and lacking a gasket for the transmission cover he used a spiral note book and a ball peen hammer to make one We were young then and like most of you knew no limits. The confidence of youth...... So fifty years later, he's married to the same lady, retires from a job in IT, joins FB and sends me a message...... meet me at the south inlet of Wrightsville Beach. I'll be there with rod & reel, and a cooler". It will be great to see the old codger 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I have to admit that the net is good for that. It will have a good time drowning bait and telling big story. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 7, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 7, 2018 7 hours ago, Tarheel said: It will be great to see the old codger Probably what he said, it's going to be good to see each other again, have fun. It might be a little shocking, you don't feel your age so when you see someone from that long ago they appear much older than you would think, like when you see a pic of an old friend, but your right there with him in age. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Yes I saw his FB cover photo and he is holding up pretty well. Not as good looking as me mind you........ 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 you will look at each other and say "You got OLD!" They're having a benefit for out town vet. He works CHEAP. $40 for a neuter, 70 for a spay... Bar was jammin'. Bikers, locals, cowboys, "hippies"... Figured I would take a look.... in my sarong. had some fun. The bikers said I needed some leather HaHaHa 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 looked safe enough for a guy in a sarong. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I don't like the looks of those mini vans. Must be a bad area. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Was quite a mix of peoples. Fun little town. Everyone gets along. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, WillyBob said: They're having a benefit for out town vet. He works CHEAP. $40 for a neuter, 70 for a spay... Bar was jammin'. Bikers, locals, cowboys, "hippies"... Figured I would take a look.... in my sarong. You shouldn't need a neuter at your age no matter how cheap it is, just say no thanks. Looks like a fun place, I could get lit up in there. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Tarheel said: Yes I saw his FB cover photo and he is holding up pretty well. Not as good looking as me mind you........ All that matters is the LF's think so. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 As loco as I am ... I am pretty near "mainstream". close to being "a respected member" of the community. Crazy, but harmless. We set the bar pretty low. I did a ForrestGump at the park for a while [several years]. Nobody asked me. I just did it because it needed to be done. The old schoolhouse is the one thing that would bring tourists to town, and I thought it would be nice if they could see it w/o fighting their way to it. And one of the Baptist churches met there while their church was being built. I teased Pastor Rick about losing his flock en route to the door... I did use the park. That was where I flew broke my helicopters and flew kites. Not at the same time. Some of the kites are a handful. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 On 4/7/2018 at 6:03 AM, Tarheel said: Just heard from a good friend from high school. We were inseparable for a couple of years but when we got to college he met a young lady and it was love at first site. Dropped me like a hot potato. . 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 minute ago, BigStewMan said: i’m in contact with exactly zero friends from my youth. I normally don't follow this thread but saw Big Stew's anecdote on the timeline and felt similarly until I joined Facebook a couple of months ago. @Mallette is the only FB Friend whom I've never met and 20 of the 30 people I limited myself to "friend" I hadn't had personal contact since there was an internet. That said, you mentioned earlier that you hadn't had a substantive conversation on the Forum and it reminded me that most of the important conversations I've had in the last 15 years actually had been here. {Of course not here in the Lounge. ;)} 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 please don't expect "substantive conversation" from me I'm about as deep as a teaspoon. I am the same IRL crazy enough to walk into a bar full of biker while wearing a sarong... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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