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My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."

Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace?
That story is true, I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A.

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up.
That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders; uses them all.
It's got overdrive, just won't stall.

With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
With 4.11 gears you can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared.
The brakes are good, tires fair.

Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still.

All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
By then the taillight was all you could see.

Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind,
So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and man alive,
I shoved it on down into overdrive.

Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end.
My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.

Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!
The lines on the road just look like dots."

Took a corner; sideswiped a truck,
Crossed my fingers just for luck.
My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts.
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.

Smoke was comin' from out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass.
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?

We had flames comin' from out of the side.
Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.

Now all of a sudden she started to knockin',
And down in the dips she started to rockin'.
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!

They arrested me and they put me in jail.
And called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln!"

they are still available at AliExpress: www.aliexpress.com/item/waase-Tail-Brake-Turn-Signals-License-Plate-Led-Light-For-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013-2014/32837185041.html

You can always sign a petition.
Part of being in a democracy.
Here's just one: petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-ethanol

Why thanks Leo for the kudos! Here is a before/after comparison. 



and here is a link to download the high-res photo:

• www.flickr.com/photos/mjsfoto1956/43133977962/sizes/o/
  

N.B. Lot's of little enhancements aren't obvious in the above photo. I plan on doing a video "walk around" later this summer -- just need a sweet location (and a video gimbal) to pull it off.

In theory yes. In practice no. The difference is that the bar is set much higher in Japan. If you are going to succeed, at the very least you need to match the bar wherever you are. In China, the bar is much lower. Eventually they may catch up... or maybe not. It remains to be seen. It took a long time for Japan to embrace quality as job #1. Much thanks can go to an American by the name of Deming. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming_Prize. Ironically, Deming was pooh pooh'd by American manufacturers after the war, whereas he was seen as a savior in Japan.

so I think the Bintelli-specific rear caliper is what I need. The attached images show the difference.

Quick question: I'm installing a rear caliper on my GY6 (same as yours) but I need to add a washer as a spacer between the arm and the caliper in order to center the caliper on the disk. Is that what you had to do? Or does your rear caliper mount flush to the rear swingarm?

Michael