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Post by rockynv on Jul 19, 2016 4:18:30 GMT -5
Only VGA resolution but for less than $10 beats purchasing the Harbor Freight model that can cost 10 to 20 times that amount.
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Post by rockynv on Jul 19, 2016 4:08:54 GMT -5
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Post by rockynv on Jul 18, 2016 23:19:59 GMT -5
The last time I called the cops due to being in danger, the two that showed engaged in a criminal conspiracy with my father, and told him "don't leave too many bruises." He beat me unconscious, broke several ribs, and probably fractured my skull when he threw me down a flight of stairs Sure, there are good cops...but the  % that are crooked and/or evil spoil it for the honest ones. Most are basically gangbangers, with badges standing in for facial tattoos. You have a very off kilter warped perspective of things Jar. I worked for years as a Police and Prison Consultant with agencies in various parts of the country and the real number are over 99.99% of the officers are good decent folks that want to make a difference however its the less than one hundredth of one percent of bad officers that people take notice of. I know this as an absolute and feel sorry that your father was a corrupt abuser and he knew a few crooked cops that aided in the abuse. We were just going over the numbers locally and of the thousands of confrontations with armed suspects around here yet there were relatively few confrontations every year where police have had to use force or return fire. The reality its not the falsely perceived wild uncontrolled mayhem that makes for bleeding news and sensational cinema that so many appear to cling too. Police are by and large inherently good people who's love for neighbor prompts them to go out and safeguard our communities. I have met, come to know and worked with too many officers to agree with any other view on the matter. Even the inmates that I have worked with in the prison system agree with this even though they don't like having been caught. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 18, 2016 23:01:46 GMT -5
FYI- Parking in plain view of a video camera doesn't help. At work we had perfect video on two cameras of a thief who stole one of my employee's scooters. My nephew had the scooter I handed down to him stolen at school while parked next to the principle's car under a camera, with police on campus full time. The police in most jurisdictions don't have the time to investigate a scooter theft anyway, no matter what assurances they may give you to shut you up. Now if you have a tracking device, this means the police don't have to spend time/effort investigating, they can just catch the thief with the stolen scooter. The key words were a secured parking garage. That means no public access, is regularly patrolled by guards who maintain a constant 24 hour a day visible presence and immediately note/respond to suspicious activity. They work hard to provide a secure environment for 3,000+ people and their personal property. An old cell phone on a annual low usage pay as you go plan can be hidden on the bike and can provide GPS recovery tracking for very cheap too. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 18, 2016 12:21:51 GMT -5
Same here Kat. Without my full faced modular and CE Level3 Mesh Armored gear I would not have walked away from my only off in over 40 years. The left side of the helmet from the temples down from the ears to the front of the chin bar was all gouged and ground up including the face shield. Could have turned the embarrassment of dropping the bike when some sugar sand blew across the road into a life altering or life ending event. You know how much it took to push me to revisit getting full gear appropriate for riding in the Deep South however it was the biggest favor I every received. Your kind admonitions to gear up really saved me from major injury. Between Leather Up and Cycle Gear there are plenty of choices in gear and optically correct helmets with many options being less than $100. Gosh rocky, you're welcome. I recall how surprised I was when you finally understood and flipped your stand against gear. * * * * * Folks while I agree that it's your life to live how you want including sans gear, I also know that gear is best and all the excuses for not wearing gear are just that--excuses. It doesn't have to be that expensive, nor that hot (a mesh jacket will actually keep you cooler than no jacket. Hopefully you'll never put its protection to use, but if you should happen to go down then it's immediately worth having it. Even a slow slide can tear you up--my sr year in hs, I pushed too hard in a 100-yard race (I am so NOT a sprinter!) and ended up going down and sliding a few feet on the asphalt track. At that time I could run 2 miles in about 15 minutes, so my fastest short-sprint speed was maybe 10 miles an hour. I still remember how much it suxed having the school nurse pick out bits of asphalt from my knee. And I still have the scar 30 years later. >'Kat I was trying to wear Northern Style Cool Looking Gear instead of the appropriate Cooler Mesh or Perforated Gear for riding in the Deep Humid South. The Silver Ignitor Mesh Jacket from Leather Up barely got roughed up from a 45 mph spill and protected me 100% from upper body injury while the $99 Bilt Apollo Modular Helmet did its job too. Both pieces of gear are totally appropriate for riding in the Deep South and keep you cooler than riding without. The Bilt HeatOut Base Layers keep you cooler that running about buck tooth naked however I am not going to run around outside doing a comparison to prove it. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 18, 2016 4:15:21 GMT -5
Don't you just love this ask a question and when you answer no reply. Either the question was answered or they found out how to tighten the loose brake lever or flopping caliper mount they may have been asking about somewhere else. I they were asking about brake bleeding safest way is with a vacuum bleeder especially if the brakes are linked or have some sort of ABS/one way flow valve. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 18, 2016 4:05:55 GMT -5
The Royal Enfields sit nice and still hold true to that tradition. Nice thing is that they still make them today and are reasonably priced.
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Post by rockynv on Jul 18, 2016 0:28:50 GMT -5
That's why my bike at home is in a closed and locked garage when its not being ridden. At work its in a secure parking garage right in front of the main camera monitored live by 24 hour security and backed up on and off site.
Hate thieves myself especially after they invaded my Dad's home and tried to beat him up when he was in his mid eighties. Big body builder type tried to give him a martial arts beating and ended up finding out what a WWII Army Ranger was trained to do.
Postman related to me what he saw as the guy picked himself up from the face plant he received after he had a crippler torquing his short ribs and liver along with flattening his wind pipe put on him before getting pile driven head first into the lawn. He said my 5' 7" Dad at eighty five actually held the guy in a crippler and bounced out of the front door on his left leg, flipped him over his knee and drove him face first into the ground with the thieves right forearm held across his own throat and right leg bent up behind him. Thieve hobbled off in tears crying about the mean old man.
Dad said he was being kind making the extra effort to drive him into the lawn instead of on the concrete. Plus he did not want to have to clean up the mess afterwards and have to deal with the legal issues that could have brought if he accidentally killed the guy.
Yes its sometime hard to make oneself less of a target. Sometimes a really obvious super sized lock and chain can backfire on you and be perceived as a challenge that some thieves will go out of their way to accept.
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Post by rockynv on Jul 17, 2016 23:49:02 GMT -5
Same here Kat. Without my full faced modular and CE Level3 Mesh Armored gear I would not have walked away from my only off in over 40 years. The left side of the helmet from the temples down from the ears to the front of the chin bar was all gouged and ground up including the face shield. Could have turned the embarrassment of dropping the bike when some sugar sand blew across the road into a life altering or life ending event.
You know how much it took to push me to revisit getting full gear appropriate for riding in the Deep South however it was the biggest favor I every received. Your kind admonitions to gear up really saved me from major injury. Between Leather Up and Cycle Gear there are plenty of choices in gear and optically correct helmets with many options being less than $100.
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Post by rockynv on Jul 14, 2016 11:33:59 GMT -5
Sorry but I disliked it so much I didn't bother to even start it up. The gas tanks on the better balanced ones are actually below the seat while what looks like a gas tank is actually a glove box/helmet compartment on some of them. So they made several models of it? OMG!!!!! IT HAS A GLOVE BOX?  ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know, I'd probably buy one and he'd (they all surely MUST be "he"s) mostly sit parked in the garage (yeah, right there next to poor Peej who's STILL waiting on a dry day or not-busy day to take me to work!) and only come out for some rally or another. You know, something where you want folks to notice your bike. Oh boy howdy, they'd notice my Sharky for sure! Sigh. Maybe some day I'll win the super-lottery and can splurge.... >'Kat Many times bikes I thought looked realy great were so lousy to sit on that they were intollerable. Play Goldylocks for kicks and grins before setting your sights to tightly on one particular model. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 14, 2016 4:15:58 GMT -5
Yep it's handlebar straps and I'd run a ratchet strap on the two bars for the rear box and I would also run another one thru a wheel to the platform the bike sits on so there's no chance for it to roll Yep regardless of how one secures the top you still have to lock the wheels down. My carrier has a clamp for the front wheel however I still strap both wheels. It only takes a few extra moments however I have put on many thousands of miles over some pretty rough roads without a single mishap or close call. Just be mindful that most luggage racks are only rated for 10 or 20 lbs while the pegs are designed to support the full weight of a rider over rough terrain. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 14, 2016 4:04:22 GMT -5
On a motorcycle you can overdo it with the topside weight and the DN-01 was beyond that limit for me. You really felt it wanting to keel over at stops especially if there was a dip in the road that required you to lean to get one foot down. Could be Honda overcompensating for their last mistake but both bikes I have found far too extreme in top heaviness were Honda's.
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Post by rockynv on Jul 13, 2016 23:12:42 GMT -5
OMG, YOU GOT TO DRIVE A SHARK? I am SO!!! jealous, rocky! I wouldn't think they'd be too top heavy since the all the runnings are low and only the gas tank sits at top. But I'm almost as much a physicist as I am a mechanic  ! All I know is I've loved that shark-style since the first pic I saw. I'd seriously slobber if I could see one real life. So let me live vicariously--what was it like besides top heavy? Huh? Huh? Give me all the yummy about my Shark, please! >'Kat Sorry but I disliked it so much I didn't bother to even start it up. The gas tanks on the better balanced ones are actually below the seat while what looks like a gas tank is actually a glove box/helmet compartment on some of them. |
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Post by rockynv on Jul 13, 2016 23:05:48 GMT -5
We fairly recently had a few motorists open their mouths and had it end up in a news worthy manner. One shot, one chased down and another knocked/run over along with his wife.
Yes we are free however this is what the instructor told us in our big rig safety class. "Don't confront and mouth off to someone who is being stupid or irritating, potentially developing a really bad life long or life ending relationship with them, when you will most likely never see them again for the rest of your life. Why make a momentary irritation and tale to tell over the dinner table or a campfire into something you may potentially pay dearly for with your life?". Call it in and drop the dime on them when its safe for you to do so if the situation really warrants it.
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Post by rockynv on Jul 10, 2016 22:03:52 GMT -5
They have a nice looking 2001 Savage for $1,000 with around 7,000 miles on it locally. Seller says it will have the battery cover on it when its sold:  |
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% that are crooked and/or evil spoil it for the honest ones. Most are basically gangbangers, with badges standing in for facial tattoos.
