Cotton eyed Joe

Take it to a machine shop, and have them put it between centers (preferably dead centers. Live centers can have up to .010 run out or more) using the centers (little holes) in the end of the axle. Then they can put a dial indicator on the bearing journals and tell you the TIR. Thats how I've checked mine.

If you like, I can fire up the ol MSPaint.... Seriously, there are a few people running around with stuff I drew way back in the day, but anymore I don't have time for much. Keep us updated with what you get done.

I'm a fish, so don't try to eat me.

It will be nice to see how this turns out.

This one.

I'd love to see someone run a 10mil on the dunes...but I'm wondering is how long of a swingarm are they using? +6 is about it before you run into problems jumping, cresting dunes, traversing razors ect. It would be a running son of a bitch either way though.

oops you made a repeat.

I've been by the dunes in Oregon about 15 years ago on a road trip, and have wanted to go play there, but because of what you just wrote, that I've heard from other people...I'm not so sure I'd like to. Isn't the sound restriction only because there are houses built next to the sand? I can't imagine its to preserve some sort of butterfly, or to perhaps ease the stress on the trees or something. They need to just pass out earplugs on weekends to the people in the houses. Here, people have built houses next to 1) the city/county garbage burn plant, 2) the city/county garbage dump, and 3) Hill Air Force Base, then they have the fuckin balls to complain about the noise and or the smell. If you have a house next to some sand dunes, chances are its going to get noisy.

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Remind me to not line up with you at the base of the mountain.

I found a frame stamp!! Holy shit. Never even thought about that... It says "MFG BY AMF INC" I've been searching but I can't find shit. And those John Deere tractors...I saw some show a few months ago, and those tractors are worth some money.

It may not be a RF bike then. The handle bars and some of the frame is identical to this: http://www.radioflyer.com/trikes/bikes_36.html But not entirely. I'll do some more searching to see if I can find it again. I found it once. I wish the fuckin metal tag on the bike wasn't all busted up. Probably has some info on that I could use.

If Nick is hung like a mouse, she's probably still a virgin. At least her esophogus.

Thats pretty cool. Mine says I'm 29. Thats not exactly right. I wouldn't doubt I fucked up my math somewhere. As you know, I rarely have time to check my math. Its not like I build freestyle ramps all day.

Awesome news. Hope it all works out for you. Like the others axed, what kind of business are you starting?

Answers: Yes, no, 14, The Deleware, Winnona Ryder, yellow potatoes, middle class, New Jersey Turn Pike, 200 spoke rims, and finally chopsticks.

That would be fuckin insane to have factory paint for it. I've wanted to restore it for a while being it is my first bike.

Bike or Orange Bike.

The frame WAS a bright red (before my parents handed it down to my nephew, whos stupid dad painted it a shitty green) the seat is hard plastic, red, with white "trim" around it. The wheels are also the smaller white spoke wheels (8"?? Not the bigger wheels) with the hard rubber tires. The hand grips are some sort of rubber/plastic red. No brakes, just a direct drive.

I just went and bought a box of 100 nylock nuts. It was cheaper than buying 6 nuts at the dealer.

That or you open your mailbox one day and there are 54354329543295 credit card applications stuffed in there, along with a card from the post office saying "get your ass down here and pick up the rest."

What about a 1979 Radio Flyer bicycle? Looking for parts/paint scheme, and I've seen a few different models, so I'm not sure which one I have.

It does sound like you and your buddies ran into a few guys that 1) needed to jusitfy their jobs and 2) were raising money for the great state of California. Although I agree that rangers are needed, they need to take things a little less personal. I've only ever had one run in with a ranger here in Utah and he was out to prove something...to anyone that would listen. Whats funny is later that weekend (there were quite a few people there as well)we were standing around a fire at night when a ranger got stuck. He walks over to our camp and asks the guy with the huge truck if he can pull him out. While he's snapping the fuck out of this chain trying to get this ranger out of the sand, an inebriated member of our group (not me) says.."I can't believe he's helping these fuckers. You think they'd stop to help one of us?"....with another uniformed ranger standing to his immediate right. We didn't know whether or not to laugh, so we didn't until they left. I think with any group you'll find a few bad apples. It just shitty to hear the stuff you've put up. People out to have a good time, not doing anything thats going to get someone killed or put in the hospital..not infringing on anyones rights etc... especially when you know they could bust 100's of people out there drunk and riding.

Yeah, but my balls are enormous.

I agree. I just hope I get something done over the winter. I got one bike that doesn't run yet, and the other up on jack stands.