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The National Motorcycle Museum is having a raffle to raise money. The prize is an Indian Chieftain motorcycle. Each ticket is $5.

That's an oldie goldie for sure.

An Olympic athlete has a resting heart beat of about 40 beats per minute. So that's it!! You are an Olympic Motorcycle Tourer, unmatched in all the land!!!

If it is indeed stuck, I think I would try lightly tapping on it with an impact driver. You don't have to use a BFH. Yes Dingy, I have a BS in chem eng. All of my work experience has been working in a mechanical engineering job at nuclear power plants, usually as a Mech Design Engineer, sometimes as a Project Manager, or Project Engineer. My first job was startup and test engineer checking out and getting the systems to work and running properational tests on the equipment at the Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant. Prior to getting my degree, I spent a tour in the US Army where I went to school for 40 weeks to learn how to repair the target tracking, target ranging, and missile tracking radars for the Nike Hercules Missile System. I also repaired the analog computer that received information from all 3 radars and guided the missile to its target. Got to spend about 16 months in South Korea on a missile site way out in the middle of the rice paddies. The Army experience has served me well in my career.

Florida where I got my permit amended their CC law so that is not illegal if someone accidentally sees your weapon in your pocket or whatever. I believe NC is the same. You can also draw the weapon to deescalate a dangerous situation. I would hesitate to do this though since the other person(s) may be carrying and they might could legally fire on you. It's a responsibility for sure.

Have you tried an impact driver? Every motorcycle owner should have one of those miracle devices!

My wife noticed that one wifi in our area was named FBI Surveillance Van too. Our son who is a computer science graduate dismissed it saying that you can name your wifi connection anything you want and it was a joke. If there was FBI surveillance, I doubt they would be so obvious.

Things are getting scary. I saw an article this week that said the guvment is requiring banks to notify law enforcement if you take as much as $5k cash from the bank so they can investigate you as to why you need that much cash. Cash confiscation was mentioned. I was one of those people who was passing along negative emails on obamacare and I got several emails from David Axlerod and Obama trying to explain to me why it was a great thing. The Republicans made such a stink about that list that supposedly the list of names was destroyed. When you go get your medicare checkup, they ask you if you have firearms in the house. Then they ask you if you are depressed. If you don't answer correctly, they confiscate you gvns.

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I was curious too so I googled it. Yep, looks like it's about 40 miles to Sioux city, the closest city. I lived in Auburn, Nebraska working at the Cooper Nuclear plant for a about a year and a half. I liked working there but I had to drive 1 1/2 hours to Omaha on the weekends to find some good bars! Not much but corn fields around the little town of Auburn.

I bought a 1998 18' Boston Whaler in 2007 with a Yamaha OX66 150. It's been fairly reliable so far. We haven't used it that much but since I am retired now, I plan to change that scenario.

Congrats for hanging in there!

Condition means everything! Seems a little high but dealers always ask as much as the market will bear.

I've only driven it home from the body shop so far and it appears to be just like before the accident. It is quiet and the steering/handling appears to be the same. The doors fit well so I don't expect any leaks. The original repair estimate was just under $4k. It ended up costing the insurance co. just under $6k plus a month of rental car.

I bought my 4 brush starter from Pinwall through ebay and it arrived quickly. One of these days, I'll install it!!!

Well, I finally got it back from the body shop! The repair appears to be excellent!

Sorry about the ticket. About 26 years ago, I found out the hard way that they can clock a motorcycle with radar just as easily as a car.

When I ride around town, I especially watch my mirrors when stopping at a stop light. I also stop where my bike can go between the cars ahead of me if someone behind me doesn't look like they are stopping. I usually keep the bike in gear ready to go until everybody has stopped for the same reason. Can't be too observant on a two wheeler.

Hows about posting some more pics of that baby!?

The green people want all of us to drive tiny car boxes. It's all in the plan.

Congratulations on a good job! The Gen 1s and Gen 2s are entirely different motorcycles.

Political correctness is killing us. Yeah, I get the senior discount now without asking quite often. Of course they call it the "young man's discount". Is the senior discount discriminatory? Probably! You get an extra tax deduction if you are past 65. Is that discriminatory? Probably! I love my discriminatory $10 lifetime senior pass to the national parks. Medicare? Probably. I'm all for testing seniors at the DL renewal. I'm almost 71. Test me!

Every mechanics dream! To build that extra garage! In my area, thick footings are required, the top of the floor has to be 8" above ground, and anchors for the walls imbedded in the concrete are required to keep it from blowing away in a hurricane. This applies to anything as large as a 12'x12' or larger. Or you can use anchor straps for portable utility sheds.

And the 82 year old ladies driving Lincoln Town cars like the one who t-boned my cage.

Don't cha just love new technology. More and more of my clocks re-set themselves!