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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 15, 2013 16:37:49 GMT -5
Thank god I have lived a better life than those who live in fear. When you don't follow the same little maze everyone else does through their life you'll learn what freedom really is and quit being scared of breaking the little fence you're following through the hamster maze. The same people who will never take a chance in their life. It's depressing..... well for some, not me. I've lived 3 lives and have 3 more to go. If I get skinned along the way it's just another story I have to tell. The people who did nothing will have to sit in the corner of the nursing home and play bingo while I whip out the pictures of this awesome summer I had. I can't imagine certain ones of you have ever had a day of fun in your whole life. Well, what you think is fun. "they let me out of my cell to go play in the fenced yard, it's sort of like freedom".
Enjoy that cage.......... I'm not the one being counter productive and riding something for freedom then doing everything in my power not to enjoy it properly because I'm afraid I might fall off. LOL What a huge leap of faith! Ever been skydiving? I have; twice. Jumped from 12.5k, opened chutes at 5k; full freefall for 60 seconds or so. I've jumped off bridges, played all 4 years of high school football (always on the edge with big hits), swam distances that should have drowned me, and 1,000 other things that my little "maze" let me do. Tell me, if I'M confined and can do all that, what are you? I'm not afraid to crash my skull on the concrete--all it means is it will take too long (or forever) to heal and I can't be on my scooter because I was a blithering idiot who wouldn't wear safety gear. Your "Give me liberty or give me death" argument here is a straw man argument; protective gear just keeps your hobby from killing you, ideally. So, should mountain climbers not use reserve hooks (or whatever they're called)? Should Navy Seals just skip the scuba gear and hold their breath? I mean, an air tank is awful confining. Maybe astronauts should skip that whole pesky spacesuit. What could go wrong? At least they would die free, right?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 15, 2013 16:21:26 GMT -5
My friend drilled down the center of the exhaust hole with a large long bit, it worked for him, i just bought a performance exhaust Question; what did your friend gain by doing this and on what model/year?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 15, 2013 14:45:40 GMT -5
That's another good reason to always have a camera with you and on, scoot.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 15, 2013 14:39:28 GMT -5
awesome job, Mills; what paint did you use? I'm thinking about trying plasti-dip again (the first can I got sucked; spray was loaded with air bubbles and not misty enough).
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 15, 2013 14:36:41 GMT -5
In my situation, it wouldn't make sense for the lead rider to be in the center; the rear rider, in this case, will need the most space in an emergency, not only because it's harder to stop but because the bike is so huge, so if he got even a little squirelly on it, he would need a lot of space and being next to dirt/gravel wouldn't serve well. Plus, my riding position really doesn't change--I always stay to the far right except at night. But it is important to stagger and give ample following distance.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 15, 2013 1:57:24 GMT -5
My riding partner has a Goldwing, so part of out positioning is about his bike's weight (around 900 lbs, or 1200 with him on it) and how bad it would be if he ran into me; he rides behind, nearest the center since I'm the slower one so he doesn't have to constantly check his rearview to see if he lost me, and I ride ahead and to the road-side, so that if I do have to suddenly stop, we aren't relying on his brakes--he would just zoom right past me. He stays two car lengths back.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 14, 2013 4:10:24 GMT -5
Because I'm going relatively slow and most roads around here are two-lane 25, 35, and 45 (occasional 55mph) I stay far to the right and just let 'em pass as they like til they get disrespectful (haven't yet). At night, I go toward the middle for more animal warning darting in from the sides, with a quick dart back to the left if a car is coming from behind. Then if they don't pass in like 15 seconds, I turn to physically look so they see me and then I take my place back on the left. I don't ride too close to the side with wind or rain, though.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 14, 2013 1:43:04 GMT -5
What did you do to it, willy?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 13, 2013 21:45:32 GMT -5
The chamber ball is close to the INTAKE SIDE so you can get a long drill to drill through the chamber ball. Alleyoop I can't even find that on the Google; can you point the way, sire?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 13, 2013 18:39:42 GMT -5
My friend drilled down the center of the exhaust hole with a large long bit, it worked for him, i just bought a performance exhaust That's what I'm thinking about doing now; I'd like to go under the plate so I could still dampen some of the noise but that's about a 50 degree angle and I don't know if I'll have a bit long enough; may just have to go right through the side and possibly re-cover the external hole (allowing exhaust to spill out and be forced through those other 3 holes I drilled).
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 13, 2013 16:03:12 GMT -5
For those with slower scoots, how far to the right do you ride with traffic behind you? Does it change with conditions?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 13, 2013 16:02:00 GMT -5
If I've opened up my air flow and upjetted, exhaust would be the only thing left in the restriction formula (with unlimited CDI), right? I drilled three small holes in the rear of the muffler, right around the exhaust outlet, but I have read that inside these mufflers is a pipe shaped like an hourglass, and that that is where the real bottleneck is, which would make my drill holes meaningless. Does anybody know if the new Chinese scoots all have this muffler design? I don't have a machine shop where I could tear it apart but I could drill down in through the part of the muffler before the bottleneck.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 13, 2013 15:58:36 GMT -5
Had to pee last week. There is a portapotty down at the beach. Left a house with a perfectly functional bathroom to go pee; no joke.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 13, 2013 0:44:56 GMT -5
The tool kit is an art. It's about reducing a necessary group of items to its smallest, effective form. If you're the aware type, your kit will change over time as needs and environment change as well as the likelihood of failure for certain components.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 12, 2013 23:16:05 GMT -5
Just drill the brass plug out; easy as pie.
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