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Good help is hard to find. I finally found a partner to help clean up the property. He will work all day and still beg for more. Rarely takes a sick day and works for a six pack of diesel. Pictures later.
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Forgive if already posted, but I thought this was interresting. A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist - it uses two wheels but they are positioned right next to each other, giving it the illusion of being a powered unicycle. And even better, it might help save the planet.Ben Gulak has spent several years building the electric Uno that uses gyroscopic technology - like the infamous Segway commuter device - to stay upright. The bizarre-looking contraption has only one switch - on or off - and is controlled entirely by body movement. The rider leans forwards to accelerate to speeds of 25mph and back to slow down. It has two wheels side-by-side and has been turning heads wherever it has been ridden. Ben Gulak designed the Uno himself with the help of a simple 3D programThe green machine is so small and light it can be taken indoors and carriedinto lifts - and is recharged by being plugged into the mains.The wheels are completely independent, allowing the bike to turn on a sixpence and the technology takes the balance and guesswork out of riding a unicycle. Its 18-year-old creator is now looking for investors to get the Uno into production and onto the streets.Ben, from Ontario , Canada , said: 'I was inspired to make the bike after visiting China a few years ago and seeing all the smog.'They all drive little bikes that are really polluting and I wanted to make something to combat that.'I started with the concept because if something doesn't look cool people just won't be interested. The Uno works like a Segway - just tilt your body forward to start moving Ben Gulak turns heads from onlookers as he rides past them'After coming up with the concept I started to build it and now have the first prototype and the reaction has been amazing. 'It has two wheels side by side and that means it is easier to turn as they are completely independent and have their own suspension. 'The bike has a 'neutral point' and when you lean forward it accelerates to keep the neutral point in the right place.'It has a couple of gyros and is basically self-balancing - it takes the guesswork out of riding a unicycle.'The bike takes a bit of getting used to because you have to learn to trust it. But it doesn't take long. 'It takes any weight and weighs 120 lbs and can fit into a lift so you can take it indoors to charge it up.'Currently it has a top speed of 25mph, but that will be increased greatly with bigger motors. 'It has a range of about 2.5 hours and it is designed for the commute to work through busy towns. I believe this could be electrical alternative to the car. I'm just looking for an investor to help me get it into production. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXO4Ki8qsvk]Uno[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UtlUy65KRc&feature=related]YouTube - Honda FALCON 750cc[/ame]
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Takes all kinds, I guess??
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Is anyone getting the following message at times,not all the time,in the banner area at the top of the page on the home page.........."Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing or mismatched.If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error" .......This is coming up again in the banner area and it also takes me back to the home page that was active on 6/17/08. When I refresh it takes me to the cureent home page..Now it IS NOT doing it all the time but a few times every hour. Strange.
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What are they there for? I heard somewhere that they were weights for balance. I was riding today and think I figured it out. While you are cruising with the cruise on just slide your hands to the end over those tips and it is like having risers or extensions. It takes lots of pressure off he shoulders and more relaxing. On long trips you can do this and not have the stabbing pain between your shoulders.
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That has been circulating as an email for a while now and even though it is legitimate, the fact that there are so many links within it, it tends to hang some peoples computers up. They all share a common link... http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/ and you can get to all those recipes from there without the mess of all the links listed one after the other and that each link opens in a new window, takes longer to load than accessing them from the actual web site. I posted this separate just in case the original thread did lock someone's PC up.
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If this isn't a poor man's tip, I don't know what is. I read on another motorcycle forum about this method that someone uses to get rid of old motorcycle tires, one that I doubt anyone here would see. He takes a postage paid return envelope from an unsolicited credit card offer, tapes it to the tire, and takes it to the post office. Postage and tire disposal expenses paid by the credit card company. To read that discussion, it sounds like he's serious. It doesn't sound like a joke. How hilarious. I'll be asking my postmaster if this can really be done.
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Ok... I'm sure someone has the answer... How do I hook up my cell phone to run thru the headset on my bike. I have a 1st Gen with Chatterbox headsets and it seems like it only takes minutes after I start riding that people need to get ahold of me... What are you guys doing?
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I had put this on the site before it crashed. An inexpensive way to add some chrome to your bike. Takes a little practice at cutting but works good.
