Cotton eyed Joe

That guy is a Level 4 Douchebag.

I think PS7 is around $650-$700

Holy crap. Thanks for explaining that to me. I'm going to be re reading it a few times though.

Here's your solution On a related note, what the hell is the difference between a DVD+R and a DVD-R ?? I haven't procured a DVD burner yet but my next computer will have all the latest gadgetry.

Peanut M&M's are the shit. I've been hooked on those little bastards since I was about 4. At Christmas, my family has tried to kill me with them. I've eaten a 3 lb Christmas Size Super Deluxe bag in 2 days. I didn't feel so great, but I've never gotten sick of them. Egg Nog on the other hand my other Christmas favorite.....drink nearly a quart of that in one night and you'll avoid the shit like the plague. Going on 4 years of just the smell of egg nog making me sick.

GOOD GOD. Thats some serious dedication. Thats like placing your balls on a stump and saying "BASH EM WITH A HICKORY STICK IF I SMOKE" ..... you are a brave man. There is no way I'd wager my banshee. I'd wager cash before I'd go all in like that.

Friday and Saturday it was doing that to me, and I kept getting a site busy error. I just clicked refresh or something and it came right up. Had me a bit worried as someone had paid for parts.

I never picked up the habit, but just about everyone in my family has at one point or another smoked. Now, my father is the only one that still smokes. Probably about 3-5 cigarettes per day, which is a hell of a lot better than 2 packs per day. My mom quit cold turkey because she was diagnosed with chronic bronchitis that can hit at anytime. Seeing her being rushed to the emergency room at just about any hour of the night was enough to convince me it wasn't something I wanted to try, being I have enough upper respitory problems such as allergys year round, and I get colds in my lungs pretty easy. Plus working in the shop, we ventillate it as much as we can, but we don't get it all, and some days I feel like I fish out of water. Going to the gym helps with that though. Get some adrenaline pumping and the lungs open up a bit. Good luck to you quitting, probably one of the smartest choices you can make.

LOL

Honestly I think the best way is to adjust it as you ride. I get motion sick easily, so out in the dunes, if I get a little nausiated, I know my compression is too soft, but if my kidneys start to ache, I know its too stiff. On the rebound, I mess with that a little too...I have it come up kind of quick, but not at the max rate. I did it so the wheels will follow the troughs in the whoops rather than not come down quick enough and the bike starts to follow.

Thanks for your service to this country!!!!

If we keep doing this, the shiesters will get the hint and go pawn their garbage off on someone else. Good to hear about another positive transaction. And yes....I'm finding more and more its easier, and just a better overall experience buying from HQ members than from eBay or my local Yamaha dealers.

Fucked On Race Day Fix Or Repair Daily Drive a Ford drive the best Drive a mile, walk the rest. I kid.....

I'd like to meet the people that make those aluminum stock style rear carriers. I've seen them up close and personal as Oilsmoke has one, and that thing is pretty damned impressive from my point of view considering what they sell for. And on a side note this is how tired I am....I'm looking at DuneDemons bike thinking...that grab bar looks familiar...he has lights in it like I do..... I need a day off.

Eh..you could find someone heading back from the dunes.... I hear there are a few crazy people that drive 6000 miles round trip to go ride in some sand. I think if you break the bike down to the frame with all the guts n stuff still attatched, and then take the rear end off, and the front end off, you might be able to ship it via a shipping company such as AFB, Forward Air, etc. You just have to drain all the fluids, and have it essentially crated. K&T ship their bikes to Cali to go ride out there from time to time from what I hear. and their crates are essentially steel tube frames that the bike bolts to.

Thats cool. When I was trying to decide what I wanted to do back when I was about 18 I considered law enforcement, and SWAT was a direction I would have taken. My pops knew a few people at the local level, and I had friends at the county level, and they said it was a tough job, but rewarding. At my parents house, actually across the street, the city condemned a few houses, and the local SWAT did simulated hostage rescues with the dummies n stuff. They were launching the flash bangs and had their guns loaded with blanks too. They came and told my parents before they started so they wouldn't flip out and think the neighborhood was being invaded.... Then the fire department came in and burned the houses down. It was a busy week that week.

stan is a supporter of tree huggin hippies taking away our riding areas??? Loco are you trying to get me in trouble with Stan? Are you still upset cause I fucked up you name? Don't go putting words in my mouth. After seeing his picture a few months ago the last thing I need is that dude pissed off at me Don't worry, I've heard stan is just a big teddy bear haha yes DEMON, im tryin to get stan to put on his wife beater, take a swig of some hard liquor, then pound you into the ground yea ive heard stan is like a big squeezable teddy bear. he just looks like a grizzly bear that would rip off your arms and legs and eat your body for an appatizer. LMFAO You guys are crazy. I needed that laugh. Yes I'd probably shake someones hand before I laid the smack down. LOL as a matter of fact I haven't had to lay the smack down since I was 15.....maybe my perrinial grin has something to do with it...(I've had to bark a few times though.) Anyhoo...The job we did for Strauss was through another machine shop about 10 years ago. I had no idea they were tree huggin hippies.... Makes me sad, as Levi's are about the only pants I can stand to wear. Everyone else is making those fucking cargo pants and those god damned stupid carpenters pants. I won't wear carpenters pants because the LAST thing I need is a handle on a machine, or something sticking out some where to catch on a loop or those big rediculous pockets. If I were a carpenter....I'd probably wear them. I might be switching back to Dickies for work clothes soon. I just like them better for working.

LMFAO drunk dick sucks.

SO THATS YOUR AVATAR! i thought it was a sports bar for the longest time. LOL There's probably a sports bar in there somewhere. no, look at it. the stools are well stools. but the monitors look lik tv's and the mix board looks like a bar. behind the stools it look like one of them shuffle board type games. Dueces Sports Bar and Grill. I can't find anything that looks like buffalo wings....photoshop time.

SO THATS YOUR AVATAR! i thought it was a sports bar for the longest time. LOL There's probably a sports bar in there somewhere.

I'm pretty sure Gary uses FireBall MFG carriers.

I'm a self employed machinist. My parents started S&S MFG back in 1979 when I was almost 5. I've been working there full time since I was 18, so I'm 1/2 way through my 12th year. Over the years we have done just about everything, but have yet to make enough to retire...lol... Some of our customers have been (some we have only done a job once for, others are repeat customers): Levi Strauss, Delta Air lines, the Greek and Tawianese Airforce, US Airforce, US Army, Hostess, Dryers Ice Cream, Kroger, Weber State needed some parts for a satillite about 6 years ago, Kennecott Mining, Levelor blinds, a local Budweiser bottling plant, and a ton others that I can't remember. We've made parts that I've seen in McCammon Airport in LV even. (I think thats the name of the airport..) We do just about anything we can from production, fabrication, protoyping... We are kind of known for doing the "shit" no one else wants to. 3 weeks ago we repaired a countershaft for a D-7 (I think...) CAT from around 1940. They couldn't get the part anymore, so we had them weld the teeth up, and we roughed them out for them. We just picked up a customer making the handle bars and the derailur system for a recumbent bicycle manufacturer here just last week. We're always trying to come up with our own products as we know several shops that have done this and made their money. We have done this particular part twice now with pretty good success. Back in 1986 my dad started making billet rims for radio controlled cars. He was making the payments on a $60,000 lathe with those parts. Of course everyone else jumped in on it, and cut us out. Back in 1998 we started making billet rims again for the Traxxas T-Maxx and E-Maxx, and the Nitro Stampede. We got our rims featured in the centerfold of the Christmas issue of RC Car Action. We sold more rims in the next 3 months than we did the previous year. THATS when my distributor decided to steal my designs and have their own machine shop make them. Now every one is making rims again and the market won't support what I have to offer. No big deal. Another one will come along. In the mean time I've started building billet and swingarms for the Banshee. I'm hoping to start expanding it to street bikes and other ATV's as well. AND Depending on how things go this winter I might start a 3rd business building ornamental iron. The first project we are going to tackle is building a remote controlled sliding iron gate and fence for the shop. We've built a free standing swinging wood gate for my parents house. Works great and its nice not having to get out and manually open the gate to get in the back yard. I'm also going to be building stuff such as railings and more "foo foo" shit that people like such as chandeliers and things like headboards and bed frames. I've got a design for a coffee table/end tables as well. I'm going to try to talk to a few housing GC's to see if I can't get a chance to fabricate some items for their houses. My sister (conveniently) just started selling houses, so that shouldn't be too hard to get ahold of someone. I love my job, but the thing I hate is when something turns to shit I can't blame anyone. When there isn't any work (we've gone as long as 8 months with out one single job) I get to worry what I'm going to do. Thats the main reason for me trying to come up with my own products. I hate waiting and worrying. Some people think you get to take a vacation when the work dries up, but in my business the competition can be fierce so you have to take it serious. My ultimate goal is to be able to either open my own gym, or build a couple 50 unit blocks of storage sheds. I would love to own a piece of real estate, but there aint no way in hell I'm going to be a landlord. With a storage shed, someone doesn't pay their bill, legally I can slap a padlock on the door, and notify them. After 90 days or so I can auction off anything inside to pay the back dues. An 8 x 30 bay is going for around .30 per square foot. My shop would bring in around .80 per square foot. BUT there is almost no maintainence involved with the storage shed, no untilites like water or sewage, and little power other than whats used for security lighting. Just have to make it secure and offer something like 24 hour CC surveilance.

I could see that picture last night, and now its a blur for me too....the sun is just coming up, in about 1 hour, the sun should be up enough to see ST. Helens. (its 7:30am my time by the way and they are an hour behind me.)

Same here. 2 qts every time. I usually change it every 5-10 rides or every spring which ever comes first.