STLBILL

Everyone wants one, but I don't think the big fat recording studio people are likely to let it happen anytime in our lifetime. If they it there way before long you'll be paying royalties for humming a tune "stuck in your head".

Is it not sad how America is suddenly happy to see $2.95 a gallon? Prices here also dropped a dime to $3.09. However, when cleaning out my vehicle tonight I found a receipt for $2.08 a gallon. It was from mid July.

Oh sure, but what will they name it? New New Orleans? Newer Orleans? I guess it doesn't matter cause the people of the area will still shorten it to "N'Orlans".

I am not sure if this is accurate, but someone went to great lengths to buy the domain name and setup the animated web site. http://costofwar.com/ -Bill

Hey Loco - where are there organized hillclimbs around here? I'd pay $3 a gallon and admission to see some. I can almost stand on my tip toes and see Kansas City from Saint Louis. Although for a midwestern town North of I-70 Saint Joe is surprisingly hilly and the Ozarks region South of the Missouri river is moderately hilly, but I didn't think there was any events there. Chadwick is about the best place I've seen for hills here, but it it seems close to being shutdown by the tree huggers. I know the people who go to the nature park adjacent to Finger Lakes would like to shut down the OHV area of the park too. -Bill

My money says nobody can answer that question because it has never seen any.

If you are married to those specifications you need a 254/40/14. I suspect you'll want to vary it a little unless you own a tire manufacturing facility... :-) 254 / 25.4 = 10 inches wide (25.4 is the number of mm in an inch) 254 x .40 = 101.6 or exactly 4 inches of sidewall 14 inch wheel + 4 inch sidewall X 2 sidewalls = 22 inches tall and 10 inches wide on a 14 inch rim. There is no other combination that will meet the specification you stated. -Bill

Sounds an awful lot like a '80s era movie in video stores... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086443/ -Bill

Someone find a way to put these on a Banshee! http://www.litefootatv.com/html/video_clips.htm I know people have said they aren't the holy grail, but they sure do look like it - for mud and loose surfaces.

I have always found http://www.pricewatch.com a descent barometer for computer and computer parts prices. Just be careful you don't get what you're paying for. -Bill

Bad Movie. Those of us old enough to remember the original know what I mean: The competant and aggressive Rosco and skinny Boss Hogg characters were just wrong. Enos was Hispanic in a small Southern arguably inbred town where the lead characters drive around in a car named after a pro-slavery civil war general. Jessica belongs on the Simpsons except the humor on that show requires an IQ she'll never attain. Bud Bundy on Married With Children says it best to his on-screen sister Kelly, "When your looks are gone you're dead!" At least they honored the late Waylon Jennings by getting Willie Nelson to play his role. Overall: I think Congress should pass legislation that requires Hollywood to STOP WITH THE REMAKES and come up with some new movie ideas. ... and NO MORE CARTOON OR COMIC-TO-MOVIE MOVIES... -Bill

The Google Earth package used to be called Keyhole. It is named after the now de-classified spy satellite program operated by the NSA a few decades ago. Kind of makes you wonder... if they declassified this technology what did they replace it with?

I wouldn't say that, but I'll say that it doesn't compare to the time and money Lee has put into the HQ. It still takes a little bit of geek magic to make an Internet site. A whole lot less than it did six-ten years ago before things like Frontpage and website building tools became available. There are definately a lot more teenage geeks today then in the 20th century.

Not true. I just went and looked at some of the other sites on there. I'm thinking there is a little foul play going on. Considering the current #1 site - entitled "Mudcon" - is a personal home page from some high-speed Internet customer. I mean if you are so cheap to not even buy a domain name or a web hosting plan and you're beating the HQ... hmm... -Bill

Leave it to California to impose emissions testing on cattle...

If anyone comes together I'd like to take pictures. I cannot seem to find Banshees anymore at the races. There aren't any sand drags near here. Just hare scrambles and motorcross. The four-pokes seem to own those types of races. Out of 100+ ATVs at a hare scramble today not even one Banshee could be found! -Bill

Congratulations on the purchase! Now cancel your cable, telephone and all other non-essentials to save your money. The Banshee has more add-ons than any other ATV ever made (not sure if I can still say "in production" since this is the last year of the Banshee). If the Banshee ever dies the tombstone should read, "Poor sales didn't kill it. Tree huggers did."

I read your post a few times to be sure. It sounds the hesitation was before you tried to turn the wheels. That means you were either in neutral or had the clutch disengaged. I don't see how that can be a clutch issue. Hesitation is pretty normal until they warm up. Two-strokes are also very moody. I noticed you are in Colorado. Altitude affects jetting big time. A bike adjusted for the mountains probably won't run right in the plains. Sometimes a simple fouled plug manifests itself as something a lot worse to a two-stroke newbie. I am not sure if they had it in 1999, but beware of the parking break rev-limiter on the 2003 and later models. That is just annoying to almost anyone. When the parking break rev-limiter is on it will idle like a dream but the moment you give it any gas it dies, bogs or acts funny. You are in the right place for Banshee information, help and assistance... -Bill

Well, you probably don't have your 'Shee, but if you do Little Sahara a nice hassle-free three hour drive South and West of there. I know... a bit much for a business trip detour, but someone had to say it. If you are in sales and a really good salesman, maybe you could get the company to buy a couple of 2006 Banshees and go have fun for a few hours... If they don't go for it... suggest they move to someplace where you wouldn't have to ask this question... -Bill

I just upgraded to a 1-stroke engine. My $hit rips because it is all intake and power. Got rid of 180 degrees of "crankshaft coast" time, shaved a few pounds by getting rid of the flywheel and it's all pollution free - because after all there is no exhaust stroke.

What? You ONLY got the single cheeseburger?

Burned $47 worth of fuel in my waverunner on Saturday in about three hours. I just laugh when I see one of those off-shore boats and think of their fuel costs! Someone on the radio the other morning said George W. Bush passed some kind of law that prevents gas wars. All stations are required to charge *about* the same price these days. I think it was intended to stop price gouging in the expensive direction around 9/11, but has had the effect of keeping stations from undercutting each other all the same. Note:I have heard or seen nothing to substantiate this claim except the fact that George W stands to gain from his oil investments in Texas. The radio hosts were asking for people to substantiate it as well and nobody did so maybe it's liberal politics at work? Personally, I think Illinois is going to be the new Saudi Arabia. They are already selling corn-based Ethanol at a few pumps in the Saint Louis area for the few cars that can use it. These cars are called "flex fuel" and I just traded my flex fuel Ranger last fall...

And he does it all with just one testicle! Maybe that's his secret? Someone chop one off and let me know... 'kay?

I was just thinking how hard it is to enjoy a computer if you aren't a freaking geek-a-zoid brainiac with no social life. I'm allowed to say that because I've been one for a real long time. Brooke: I'm with you and the Linux guy. If only they would "catch on" the way Windows has. I'm afraid the new "Apple-Intel alliance" is going to make things worse.

The scary part is they defined incest, but expected everyone to know what beastiality and necrophilia are. I would love to analyze the scoring process, but it would take approximately a septtillion (that's 1 with 21 zeros) tries to map out every possible answer of a 79 question test. However, I noticed if you answer "yes" to every question on the male over 24 from the United States test it yields a 100% every time I tried it.