Holyman

I got the bumper and it was as expected and the shipping was cheap. I am happy with the deal and would do more business without hesitation.

Need any trades for one of those clutch covers?

I've got a -2 Laeger Chrome direct link swingarm for sale right now. I'll sell it to you for 1/2 the cost of a new painted Laeger swinger. Send me an email... [email protected]

Well the first thing about SS that needs to be understood is that it's like insurance and not a savings plan. On insurance, you pay a premium that gives you coverage for a specified amount of time. Once that time is up, you are no longer covered. So even if you are a homeowner that pays your insurance on time for 30 years, if your policy is expired, you are not covered. SS payments that are pulled from your check don't go into a Holyman fund for me to pull out when I need them. They are to issue payments for people who qualify for those benefits. So just like insurance, you may pay in for a lifetime and never have a claim, you may also pay into SS and never get out what you put in. What makes it beneficial is that in the event something happens that is covered by the benefits offered, you paid in a relatively small amount compared to the benefits you may receive. I pay about $500 a year to insure my house against certain major losses. If I have a loss of $5000, that is 10 years worth of my premium. Most people realize that it is better for me to spend the $500 than to have to come up with the $5000. This principle of alot of people paying small amounts to cover a large group against unexpected losses makes it appealing to more people and so coverage can be extended to more people. The problem comes in when you try to cover everyone for everything or you don't keep enough cash on hand to cover unexpected or unforseeable expenses. SS was intended to cover people against unexpected loss or difficulty. It then began to become so broad in scope that there was a chance of everyone at one time or another becoming a recipient. The funds were also not managed to allow for the baby boomers {as brooke had mentioned}. So basically the policy was pretty much stripped of funding and mismanaged. Now for the benefits. As a wealthy Democratic nation and one who, at best sets an example in the world and at least pretends to be a compassionate nation, I feel that it would be a smudge on this countries reputation to allow the under educated and unintentionally misguided some form of support. For example. I know of 2 families with these situations. Family 1- Man and Woman married young and had had several children. He was a hard worker and did construction and got pretty good pay. They weren't getting rich, they were doing OK. The wife stayed home with the 5 kids and the husband worked. He was a smoker {cigarettes} and casual drinker {not a drunk}. While working his job, he hurt his back severely. He was out of work for quite some time. Their small savings disappeared. The youngest child had a severe asthma problem and the doctors recommended a move to a dryer climate. They move to southern Cal. on borrowed money. They did OK in Cali, the Dad got work and they recovered somewhat. During this time the Dad developed heart trouble. They moved back to Chicago to be closer to family and better health care. He struggled to get work and she had no marketable skills because of staying home with all of the kids. He was able to get SS but unfortunately died at 52. Now because the SS benefits were extended to his wife and surviving juvenile son, they did not have to become homeless and she was able to at least develop some usable skills. But who wants to hire a 55 year old with fresh secretary skills? Whatever the case, SS prevented them from being homeless. She to this day has no money to invest. Family 2- Man and Woman get married... hard workers... smoked weed and drank but loved their 3 kids. Husband dies of cancer not even 40 years old. Wife was stay at home mom as much as she could but also worked and cared for dying husband because they didn't have health insurance and only a bare minimum life policy which couldn't even cover their bills let alone the medical expenses. He died in her arms at their home. Because she received SS benefits for the kids, she was able to keep their family home and eventually take enough classes to get some marketable skills but to this day has no nest egg. I could go on but the fact remains that you only hear about the abuses and not the good. 16 year old punks who think they can just bring another baby in the world with the country to foot the bill is wrong. But it's not the baby's fault the parent was an idiot or died too young or didn't get a degree.

I think I'd turn up the thermostat, stop by the gas station for a fresh 5 gallon can of gas and head to the hardware store for a couple hundred sheetmetal screws It's time to go ridin'. Be a good time to unleash the "street" shee.

My boss was looking over the phone bill and found some weird numbers that don't relate to work that are now disconnected or unavailable. Does anyone have access to REAL phone ID and not just a Google search. We want to know who these numbers were connected to.

You weren't kidding. The HD's are 20 lbs and the Bandits, Razr2's and Knarly's are 13-14lbs.

I know the bandits are heavy but I don't remember how much. I'll be running them on my banshee. Basically I'm looking for these 3 in order #1 Durability, #2 Lightness, #3 Grip.

Which ones weigh more? The Holeshots or The Razr2's? The Bandits I have wear really well but don't grip very well. The kind of riding I do is on "ground" just like that good ol' Missouri rock.

Your crank could also be twisted allowing only the one side to be advanced too much.

The problem with using a regular bolt is that it will have too mant threads. The stock bolt only hase enough threads for the nut so that the unthreaded part will come thru the frame. If you use a regular bolt, the threads will be supporting the swingarm in the hole in the frame and the threads will most likely crush down or egg out the hole in the frame. A grade 8 bolt should work just fine.

I'm thinking about getting some new tires. I run Bandit 6 ply's right now but would like to try something new. I rides harsh trails, rocks, and junk in the ditches. I think these are my best options. I really have no complaints with the Bandits but thought I'd try some of the newer tires. I need grip on the loose rocks and muddy trails and puncture resistance. Any other options would be great too. I will be running a 20" tall tire and can run either a 9 or 10 in rear rim.

Clean out the threads in the flywheel with a dental pick or a small wire brush in your dremel tool and make sure the threads on the puller are good. It should screw right in.

So is that 1 operation or 2 ?

I'll trade you a set of A arm earings for it.

How much does one weigh without the rim? I was thinking of getting some of those. Are they 6 ply?

I had a boat and traded it for a Banshee That was an awesome day.

Boosting compression is a good thing but like most engine mods, there are issues. A shaved head will give improved compression but you get what you got when it's done. An aftermarket head allows you to select the compression and change it whenever you want. It also gives you improved cooling. The down side is the money they cost. Keep in mind too that significantly increasing the compression will effect your jetting and even fuel choice. So build your banshee to your riding style and not to make it like the magazines. Some guys on here ride alot of dunes and who wouldn't want a stretched dune runner. But for the trails I ride, it would be a mistake. The best thing to do is let us know what kind of riding you do and where you think you want improvement and the guys who ride like that can give you specific help.

In my experience the big ones are like that and alot of the little ones too. I'm not saying they are cheating on their taxes, I'm saying they know how to work the system. And when the money dried up a couple years later from the company's mismanagement, then the layoffs came and they dumped people who were literally months from retirement and screwed them royally out of their benefits. I must have missed something. How does the abuse and mismanagement of millions of dollars help a poverty level guy put his kids thru college? I admire you for your dedication and the only thing I would change is that if you know you love this girl and want to spend the rest of your life together and produce children together, then why wait to get married. These are admirable qualities that more should immitate. The fact that your company still has manufacturing facilities in a country that produces inferior products shows me that the company is more concerned with profits than the product or the purchasers. In my view, requiring the big companies to actually pay taxes by reducing the loopholes they are throwing their cash thru would be a great start. I also feel that the small businesses that people would like to start would be more successful if they were given some of the breaks that the big fish get now. This would require less travel just to get employment since jobs would tend to be more localized. The third area is promoting cutting edge technology that would stay in this country. If you commit to being global on every level, you commit to tipping your hand to the competition. You are right that there are many machines that can be watched by a retard. So the competitive edge has been who can hire the cheapest retard. I say that an educated workforce can still do things that machines can't do. But most kids today are trained to use the machines that someone else made. Creativity needs to be encouraged. Right now there are alot of Americans who say "why should I make it or even think about making it when I can get a cheap one for xxx$". So these third world contries who have forced labor can churn out widgets and we keep buying 'em up. People really need to know the difference between quality and low price but since the economy is based on consuption, it really doesn't matter the quality of the item, it matters that you spent the money. PS Kicker's done and I'm gonna try to remember to ship it out tomorrow

I finally got a reply and the tracking number is good. I should have my bumper by the 1st

First of all the comment about Bush not be able to count was tongue-in-cheek and the statement that the more you make the less you pay was pure sarcasm. However, the laws are made so that the investments/puchases/expenditures you make as a business owner are tax deductible. So yes you well drilling buddy may be able to write off a $100,000 rig so that $100,000 worth of taxes he doesn't pay. The insurance company I worked for needs the vehicles to go make inspections. But who got taxed for the use of the vehicle? Me. The shmuck making $45k a year. Just a side point, my wife stays home and home schools my 16 year old cousin we are guardian for so it's not like we're "upper class" DINK's. {Dual Income No Kids} The huge companies can "invest" in almost anything including executive retreats, limousines, banquets etc. and write it all off. In fact the insurance company I worked for was required to spend millions of dollars of "profit" or refund it to the policy holders. So what did they do with the money? There were more useless meetings than you could shake a stick at. There was even a 2 day meeting at the Hilton in Chicago that everyone was required to attend. They had free jet boat rides in Lake Michigan 1/2 a day of "free time" and then some ridiculous "we're here to have fun" party where they gave us a sob story about how the company needs to make more money. This insanity cost tens of thousands of dollars but because it was an easy write off, they blew it on these lavish parties instead of returning it to the policy holders. The government will allow a company to operate at a "loss" for 2 years out of 5 and they will often tolerate more if it "looks like you are trying to make money" {according to my tax guy who used to be an IRS auditor}. The only people who don't get the write offs are the middle class who get 30% or more of their check taken away and have no way of getting a write off. Well there is the child credit and uhhh that's about it. And the middle income folks who have alot of kids sure aren't rolling in the greenbacks from the child credit. So if I make $75K and you make $250K, you still make 3x as much as I do and chances are you get more company perks than I do and better legal help than I do because I am busy scraping to have a college fund for the kids and get a reliable car to get to work. Your company will just send out the limo. That's an easy one. They are losing jobs because there is less money in the pockets of the middle class to blow on frivolous Chinese goods. I'm willing to bet that basic needs markets like clothes are not hurting. You nailed it right there. Instead of the US having the majority of the purchasing power in the world which was the result of well paid skilled workers, the US has now taken the back seat to other "Global" players who can now dictate to the US how much they will pay for our products. Yes there is some manufacturing coming back to the us but it's not because of the know how, it's because of the price. The US companies that buy from China, India, Mexico etc. are not buying there because their engineers are better, it's because it's cheaper to make things over there and the dollar used to be strong. Now that the economy of this country is in the toilet, heck why not just make it in the US. The US can now compete globally on the wages. It all comes down to cost vss benefit. This can also explain the slight increase in jobs. And Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan and the Congress and Senate are all greedy manipulators so I hold none of them in a higher position than any of the others.

I think it's because profit sharing is considered a bonus and not regular income. You get taxed higher on bonuses. On my last job I was provided with a company car because we often left directly from home and went to the claims we saw. Then some idiot politician decided to prevent the company from writing that off. So what does the company do??? Charge us for using the company car to do our jobs and then paying us for the extra expense of using the car. The pay received from the company to pay for using the car was taxed at a higher rate because it was seen as a bonus. How screwed up is that... your company has to pay you to use their own car and then you get taxed extra for taking the pay Push... The reason bush is paying more tax than the previous presidents is because he's too stupid to count and he {as you stated} wasn't nearly as rich as the other. The more you make, the less you pay. That's the rule. The lack of the Governments concern for jobs at home as compared to profits for the high rollers is proven by the stats you showed. How many times has globalization been promoted as a good thing? Every day. Yet all it has done is cripled the American worker. So why promote it? Because the huge corporations will mutiply their profits, pay some token taxes {the tax rate shrinks but because of the volume the profit goes up}, and the average idiot American continues to buy cheaper and cheaper products because they are trained from infancy to consume or they are trying to stretch their unemployment money as far as it will go. And for those who say to invest in the market, what about all the folks who invested in one of the most secure and profitable companies of all time and lost it all? Enron. So you don't want to be on Social Security or you'd rather invest it yourself. Fine. Who will you invest in? Some Mega Company who just took more American jobs and sent them to China. Does that make sense? No. China is an "axis of evil" nation. Yet how many products are made there that Americans buy every day? Millions. So the rhetoric about evil nation this and that is BS. We have a great country but if China can turn out 700,000 trained and educated engineers, then what's wrong with this country? It's greed for the mighty dollar. But if you look at the big picture, the dollar isn't so great either. It is worth about 1/2 of a Euro. So you can complain about other countries not having what we have and you're right, they have a stronger currency and better schools. And here's where I want the proof to start kicking in. Bush says he's better than Clinton, Clinton says he's better than Bush, Bush said he could improve on Reagan. I want to see these Bozo's stop pounding their chest and do some friggin' work. They always say they can do this or that, it's about time to PROVE IT!!!

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