Cotton eyed Joe

So I take it no one in the area got some "new" equipment, and no one has noticed your stuff anywhere?? A tree trimming service next to my shop had a truck stolen one night. My dad noticed a couple of guys in a late 70's ford pick up driving up and down the street (its a dead end street btw), and lo and behold, thats exactly what was stolen that night. A 1978 Ford pick up. My dad thinks they might have taken it for parts or something. He had 3 new chain saws and a new weed eater in the back of it too. Never have found it and that was 3 years ago. Theives should have their balls tarred and feathered then they should have their throats slit.

I wouldn't bother with any dunes in Utah or Idaho right now. Its been nothing but rain and snow for 3 weeks. Who the hell knows when its going to stop.

This is awesome. Its like the Jerry Springer show in text.

Sadly Wallrat, GM hired him and how Chevrolet has a TADA!!!!! A 40's-50's style "truck/panel wagon" with front wheel drive (the exact same wheel base as the PT C), but this one has running boards. WOOOO!!! Gimme a 32 Ford High Boy and I'll be happy. Some company is reproducing a similar car as the 32 FHB but I can't remember who it is right now. Its tough as hell, and it isn't Chevy, Dodge or Ford.

I'm not 100% on this, but some time ago so crazy assed machinist made a running scale model of a viper v-10. This one is just as cool though. And I don't know why he's using BOBCad. I've used it, it sucks imho. MasterCAM is the shit!

http://www.kawasaki.com/html/mainframe.asp.../zx6r_frame.asp

My buddy loves his 636. And, Kawasaki is providing the insurance. They don't require full coverage, so his insurance isn't a whole lot.

Yup.

You get that by not getting enough Vitamin C

God damnit Led..... we don't have a barfing emoticon...

I can totally understand the shrieking like a girl thing. I didn't exactly shriek, but I screamed "HOLY SHIT!" Heres what happened: I was hiking up on the mountain side on a set of trails they have up here. As I approached a puddle of water I saw the tall grass move and thought there was some sort of critter getting a drink. I walk over, kneel down next to the grassy edge to get a peek at what ever it was, and as I did a fucking rattle popped up with about 8 balls on it, and all of this was about 18 inches from my leg. I never jumped so fucking high in my life. It was about a 1/2 mile back to my truck, so if I would have been bitten I'm sure the venom would have made its course through my body before I got there. I made sure to tell everyone on the trail coming the other way that it was snake season. I hate snakes. Good to hear ypu beat it to death with a golf club. You need to bring a club just for that so you don't trash your Big Bertha next time.

.0001 resolution is standard in our shop for close tolerance bores. On the grinding side of things we measure with .000005 resolution mics, so .00001 is the smallest we can accuritely measure. Got to love being able to do the close tolerance shit.

LOL I hoping it doesnt! It just seems like clock work and it sucks to see it on the news nearly every year. This year Utah has been the flood capitol of the west. In my area, up north and down south. Its probably going to get worse before it gets better.

LOL I always check the dates on these posts. But, being california, it will be burning again in a few months unfortunately.

LOL God damn Jim, seeing your studio again makes me almost wish I was still playin. The only studio I was in was some little home grown outfit that was 2 rooms total with a very very very small, really really really hot booth. 2 days and 400 dollars later we had a crappy little demo CD. That was back when CD's were $90 each to burn.

Drain your gas tank then hit your valve with a hammer. OOPS! Time to get a pingle.

What about Hi Karate? All this has been fun to read btw. Here's what I do: I dont smoke, my friends that smoke know it. They don't smoke around me because they know it feels like needles in my sinuses and even the slightest smoke gives me a sore throat. The smoke in the shop from the lathe doesn't really bother me as bad, dunno why. I don't make a big deal out of it if someone lights up next to me when we are out, I just do my best to move out of the smoke. I have yet to have someone be an asshole about it, and I respect them for respecting me and vice versa. If they want to smoke fine. I don't think its the best thing in the world to do, but oh well. Alot of people do alot of things alot of people don't agree with. You can't please 100% of the people 100% of the time. And honestly their smoking is about them and what they want, not about me and what I want. I could have been killed on my banshee 3 years ago, and I haven't quit riding. Some people don't think riding out in the sand is the best thing I could do. I've had about 80% of the people that come into the shop call me "nuts" when they see my project drag bike, and about half of them state that they "wouldn't ride it". Live and let live.

When I saw the picture of the piston debris that you got out of your exhaust my exact words were "WHAT THE FUCK??" My wife came over and said "Oh my god." Hope everything works out.

JESUS CHRIST MAN! You are pullin in some serious cash. Can't wait until I can move out of this fuckin glorified chicken coop and into some digs where I don't have to worry about my chocolate lab being ripped off or poisoned while I'm at work, or this fucker running around my city pulling off home invasions and slapping around the occupants of the houses he targets.

I was talking with my sheet metal guy last week about fabbing an aluminum tank for my project bike. He said on something that shakes as much as these bikes do with the terrain they travel on, he said stainless is a much better choice for a tank if its going to be welded together. I have no experience with either a stainless or aluminum tank. All I know is this guy knows his shit. 35+ years in the fab/welding business and its the guy that welds my swingarms.

I love how you just kind of rambled on there. You should have thrown some shit out there like "sw33t" and "tHaT bIkE kIcKs So MuCh A$$!!!!11!!11one!"

Yep. I think money could be better spent on some Sunoco or VP.

This is with me sitting in a "neutral" position on the bike. Wound it up and let it fly with my fingers basically resting on the front brakes. Didn't know quite what to expect, so I was prepared. Drag struts all the way around with a stock swingarm and stock knobbies. Its was fun but I got no where fast.

LOL I want my Banshee to look like a Peterbuilt.