Cotton eyed Joe

Led, I should be gettin down there around the same time as you... prolly unloading when you pull up. I was gonna head out this mooning but a lady friend wants to come so... Mike ..........so its going to take 5 hours to get packed....

LMAO! Is that picture ironic?

I agree with that. My nephew was up at the shop last week, and we were bullshitting about everything. Then it turned to the subject of ATV's, and my banshee. The he sort of grins, looks at his shoes and said "You're probably going to laugh at me, but I'm thinking of getting an EX" lol....I told him "Naw I aint gonna laugh. They're great for trails. Check out the Yamaha-450 while your shopping around. Get used to riding it then when you want to shit your pants, I'll let you borrow my Banshee." After seeing the 450 Ash was riding at Roostfest, I think I'd have one for the sand too.

Yeah...class D is all I've ever needed. Technically I'm supposed to have a fork lift operators license, but f*ck it..... I'd only need a class c if I was hauling 5 axles or more (I think) and over 28,000 lbs.... not too sure. And in Utah for the motorcycle endorsement, if you test on something 90cc or less thats all you can ride. 90cc and over your can ride anything. If I ever do it I'mm get a 125 or something stupid. My neighbor did his on a Harley.

My wife is an accountant (getting her BA in 2 months) and I'm self employed, so she knows how to run a business, and I know how to be broke. It just comes with the territory. First off, every dollar has a place. This might sound stupid, but do this. Write out your entire monthly expenses. NOT your trips to McDonalds, gas for your 70 chevelle (funnest damned car I ever owned btw....70 SS 396 400TH 12 bolt) and the strip clubs. Then add up what it takes to get by each and every month. Subtract that amount from what your net income is each month. It should have a positive number. Take that number and decide how much you need for gas to work, and maybe a few extras. THIS number is your allowance, the rest goes into savings. If you run out of personal money too damned bad. Me and my wife have done this for the last 3 years, and she was unemployed for 1.5 years, and we made it through pretty damned easy. Now that she has a job, we have our budget "forecasted" until next summer where we sell this fucking chicken coop we are living in, and buy a new house that isn't in a ghetto. It takes a bit to stick to it, and i used to run out of cash by wednesday, but that happens when you're buying shit you don't really need. Now, I can survive the week on 1/2 of what I get because I stopped buying a drink here and there, or a sandwich or what ever... and I just pocket that now. I put it into a "drag bike fund" for this winter and thats all its there for. I even have a change jar that typically has around $150 in it every 6-8 months. That doesn't sound like much over 6-8-months, but go cash that shit in, and you have $150 in your hands right there. Budgeting is trickey, and you have to stick to it. If you waiver, it won't work. Have your wife become an accountant. lol....

I used to have a certification in CPR, but it expired like 3 years ago. Now if someone were to have a fit I'd just have to kick them real hard in the ribs to see if that would do the trick. Being that I've learned everything from my dad in the shop, I can't say that I'm a Journeyman, or a janitor for that matter. OOO I have a Class D drivers license, no endorsements Thats it.

OrgName: Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc OrgID: CCCH-3 Address: 1800 Bishops Gate Blvd City: Mt Laurel StateProv: NJ PostalCode: 08054 Country: US I can always take it one step further and contact them. I have done it a few times in the past. haha that little bitch got owned. LMFAO I wish I knew how to do that.

Coo...Thanks for the info!

Let me finish off this box of Lucky Charms, and you can make all the head gaskets you need.

They do that here. They make you be a pretend cop for a few months, a mall cop, or a fucken prison guard. Then you get your badge and gun. In some cities, they don't have batons though....they have nunchucks. I talked to a cop once about it. He said there wasn't much difference to him, except he had a little bit better reach than with the baton.

killing snow men was a past time of ours about 10-15 years ago. I had a buddy that built a bat in his shop class that was about 3x a normal bat. We'd pull up, he'd get out and then smash the shit out of a snowman. One day he tackled one (he was a big guy-240+ and less than 5'10, and solid as hell...) grabbed his bat and started smashing...then he looks up, and the whole family is watching him through their window. lol.

With the batteries in it I think you could kill someone with one. I have a 3 cell mag, and some of the flat foots here carry the huge...I do'nt know how many cell...10 for all I know...They're like a Louisville slugger.

WHEW! I knew who he was after his first couple of posts. He TOTALLY gave himself away with a few things he was talking about. I'm sure he'll be back though.

Any responsible rider will KNOW that its no contest when it comes to man vs machine. Force = mass x velocity. You can do the math yourself. Any responsible rider will not race if there is any type of obstruction on the track. If someone steps out during a race then the responsible rider should do anything possible to shut it down with out harming himself, or losing control of his machine, or hurting any spectators, which means USING THE FUCKIN BRAKES!!!!!! Go to any NHRA race. If there is any small debris on the track they stop the race and move it. If its a spectator they are ejected. There is no fucking around when you're talking that much mass and that much speed versus a human being. If the kid jumped out, yeah he's a moron. Someone should have talked to him before running him over however. The reason this pisses me off so bad is the apparent arrogance and ignorace of the persons involved. (BOTH the rider and the guy that got hit) Its shit like this that gives dick weeds like the Sierra Club fodder to shut the dunes down, and/or restrict other riding areas as well. Blatant irresponsibility just pisses me off.

Granted, the kid shouldn't have been playing or messing around near the drag strip, but if someone hit one of my friends on purpose because they were messing around too close to the track, they had better have a fucking really fast bike and have his helmet on tight. To me, that is an intent to cause severe bodily harm or even intent to kill. I'd beat the fucker senseless when I caught him.

Youre right on. At Sand Mountain Ut during Easter, there are assholes blasting through camp literally feet from peoples tents. What they aren't thinking about is the poor bastard climbing out of his tent to go take a piss or get something to eat after hammering on his old lady for the last 30 minutes. Hell I've seen some seriously close calls by people racing through the camps and people walking with their kids to the shitters. Common sense seems to be a misnomer as most major holidays out there it isn't all that common.

Looking for some info from the drag crowd. How wide do most people run drag bars, or is it dependant on the person?? Also, are all drag bars straight? I've seen tons of pics, and they're all straight, but one never knows. Thanks.

about the motor mounts i mean just cut off the exposed ends and weld up the hole. I get it...that would make it look all smooth n shit. Go for it!

I wouldn't cut anything motor mount related. But you can get rid of the stock pipe tabs at the bottom, the air box mounts and tabs, and the 2 bulges where your stock silencers used to mount. If you were going to gusset anything I'd say gusset the steering loop.

word. Any punk man enough to swing at you is man enough to get swung at. Unless its some wanna be gansta 13 year old like I have here. 15-16...yeah its time for an ass kicking to straighten things out.

Er..no. I can "engrave" stuff with a 1/32 ball mill, but I'm still kind of getting an eye for flames. Drawing them on the CAD is tough, and getting them to the point where I'm satisfied is even harder.

Even if I ride once per year I'll never sell. Even if I ride once every two years. I like being able to take the opportunity when it arises. If I don't have a banshee it doesn't matter how often I get the chance to go ride...I would have nothing to ride. I think about riding every single day. I can admit I'm obsessed with it, but at this point in time, I'm not able to fulfill every whim I have. Now, next summer.....I should be out every weekend or every other weekend. (I think the wife is gonna buy a new banshee)

If I had the cash to support an engine like that I'd run it at the drags for sure. I got nothing against a motor that has to be rebuilt often if I got the cash to do it. Performace costs thats for sure. I can't wait to see it.

With my Tag-2's my ressy and clutch perch are set out a bit more than stock, but since I use my billet grips, I lock them down, and they hang over the bars by about 1/2 inch or so. Just the way it worked out. I do love my Tag-2 lo bend, but the chrome is flaking off, and from what SRedish said, they quit chroming the bars and replaced it with a silver finish.

I think its Monsterquads.com that builds those, but they also build them in 4 cylinder configurations. Pipes on a twin aint got shit on a motor like that. Maybe one day if I'm real good I can get one of those.