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03-11-24, 12:05 PM
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My Dad used to take me slot car racing. I won a Honda S65 there (sweepstakes, not from skill). My Mom said no way your riding a motorcycle. A few years later she OK'd that ^.
At 18 I started racing motocross. My first bike was a Maico 400, back when there were no mufflers. First time I started it in the driveway, it scared the crap out of her.
At 18 I started racing motocross. My first bike was a Maico 400, back when there were no mufflers. First time I started it in the driveway, it scared the crap out of her.
03-11-24, 12:10 PM
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My first was a Sears 106. My next, and last, was a 68 Honda 305. I sheared the shift lever off, riding it through a vacant lot. After a long rebuild, the fork got wiped out in an illegal left turn very shortly thereafter. I didn’t have the heart and parked it in the garage I was living in and left it behind when I left.
Those were the days. Sigh.
03-11-24, 12:11 PM
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03-11-24, 12:12 PM
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The chiropractor I visited last week also teaches Pilates. She encouraged me to take it up, which I have done, using the free videos she has posted on YouTube, and my cycling mojo has left me once again. Hopefully when it is again light at 0500 I can manage both.
03-11-24, 12:17 PM
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Not what you could call a "car guy", but I follow what is a (very common) practice up here in the snow belt. Summers are on (the stock) 18" alloy wheels; winters are on 16" steel wheels w/a second set of pressure sensors installed. Dealer swaps 'em for us Fall and Spring, and takes care of storage.
03-11-24, 12:44 PM
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That's the road I was descending on my bike when the rim got hot and a glueless patch came off.
03-11-24, 12:45 PM
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03-11-24, 12:55 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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We'd live the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose, those were the days, oh yes, those were the days!
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03-11-24, 01:12 PM
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03-11-24, 01:13 PM
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03-11-24, 01:16 PM
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03-11-24, 02:53 PM
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Wine with my name written all over it.
03-11-24, 04:25 PM
#9813
Not actually Tmonk
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A 10 dollar Tuscan Sangio - yes please sign me right up. Non DOCG either, I wonder if there is some funky/funny winemaking involved
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03-11-24, 04:53 PM
#9814
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03-11-24, 04:59 PM
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03-11-24, 06:15 PM
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03-11-24, 06:31 PM
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We made an offer on a house today. Will know more tomorrow.
reminds me of this silliness from I don't know where BITD:
"She offered her honor, he honored her offer and all night long he was on her and off her."
reminds me of this silliness from I don't know where BITD:
"She offered her honor, he honored her offer and all night long he was on her and off her."
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03-11-24, 06:44 PM
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03-11-24, 06:48 PM
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03-11-24, 07:09 PM
#9820
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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03-11-24, 07:10 PM
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Sorry. I've been watching The Godfather.
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03-11-24, 07:11 PM
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Has a plane ever left MIA on time?
03-11-24, 07:13 PM
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03-11-24, 07:14 PM
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03-11-24, 07:29 PM
#9825
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