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It's all in the prep work and the finishing work. Course, all my power tools are in storage, so lots of elbow grease in this job. Started off looking like this: Anyway, I felt the need to brag. :thumbup:

So, it's been awhile. Been kinda busy with getting a medical discharge and all. I loved my monster, but it burned my wife's legs so I finally got rid of it. (Seriously, Ducati, exhaust cans are not good heel plates for a passenger). Anyway, I picked up an '04 GSX-R750 and I am so glad I waited...

So... :ban: lol. First of all I'm getting discharged from the military soon on a medical (Depression and "significagant autistic personality traits", which is a way of saying "we think you have Asbergers, but we're not going to label you for no benifit"). I have a pretty solid job offer...

So, I went and picked up my new ride today. She's a beauty, just seriously needed a bath. PO had all the maintenance records and everything. The only thing missing was the extra key. But 2009 is the year Ducati did away with the red key, so I can just take mine to Pop-a-Lock or something and get...

SOLD: Bi-Xenon Morimoto Mini Kit, $200 OBO I'm selling my HID kit from TheRetrofitSource.com. I pulled it off my FZ6 before they totaled it hoping to put it on my next bike, but it won't fit in the headlight assembly of the bike I'm buying. It's all there and worked perfectly when I pulled it...

So, my bike is most likely going to be totaled. Well, based on past experience anyway. I was talking to one of my coworkers and he mentioned that he's selling his '08 GSXR-1000. He had a minor low-side not too long ago and it scared him. Classic case of a liter bike for your first bike...

So, the other thread kind of... went south. I thought I'd post the pics in a new thread. So, somehow this is the only hole in my jacket, but I still have road rash over my whole left forearm. :confused: My glove. I've learned in the past few days that leather breaks down over time...

And I learned that if you're going to go down, on a military base is probably the best place to do so. The police and ambulance were there and I was off to the ER in under 5 minutes. That and almost everyone that saw actually stopped to help and give witness. As to what happened: I was on...

A buddy of mine that I work with was hit today. He was crossing the last intersection before getting to work and was hit from behind. Apparently the young lady (trying to be nice, see?) that hit him rolled through a stop sign to hit him in the intersection and showed no signs of slowing. She...

Tactical Bacon!

So I was riding back home this morning and saw a guy riding a harley. As usual I looked at his gear to laugh at him, but this guy threw me for a loop. He had old man shorts, house shoes, no helmet, and a fully armored HD jacket... At first I Then I Finally I And I...

People ask me all the time why I carry a gun for self defense and defense of others. Statements like "you just want to be a vigilate" or "you're just looking to shoot someone" couldn't be farther from the truth. People that just wanted to shoot someone would just go do that, not go through the...

Of Commanding Officers fired in one year. Navy Tops 2010 with 18th CO Firing Surely this isn't because the Navy is undermanned and underfunded and yet has more responsibilty than ever. I mean, why would a operational tempo bordering on visious have anything to do with this? I mean, a lot...

Got to go shooting again, (finally) and I did fairly well. I kept most shots from my Mosin in an 8" group at 50yds. Iron sights and that I don't practice with it much meant that was fairly good for me. The real fun stuff was on the .22-250, .22 LR, and my 7mm-08. I kept all the .22-250 rounds...

At my daughter's psycology appointment on wednesday she was diagnosed as having asperger like symptoms. Although the way it happened gave me plenty of reason to take pause. At any rate, this is how it happened. I was staring out the window looking at the way the clouds were formed. It was...

Sometimes you still screw up the fundamentals. Today riding into work I was riding with my buddy like I always do. There's this one turn right after the gate into base where it's a 90* about 25' radius turn. So it's a faster 90* turn. Today there wasn't any cagers and we took it faster than...

While I was at it, I changed the spark plugs. Due at 8,000 miles. Oops. Anyway, as I was putting the bike back together I gave her a test fire. I thought to myself, "Man I love that throaty twin sound, its just so... :eek: " So I pulled it apart and noticed one of the leads to the coils was off...

So, the family and I are going camping in Cherokee next week. If you don't know, Cherokee, NC is about an hour from the dragon. But, I'm going to be the only bike rider there. And we don't have a truck or a trailer to get the bike up there. I'd have to ride it 480 miles or so in a day to get...

Cause my shifter rod screw totally fell out when I was on the highway somewhere. I hit the offramp and was slowing down for the light; when I went to shift, nothing was there. So I looked down and saw this: Sweet. So I'm trying to figure out how to get home and it hit me. I reached down...

That's what I learned today. It's stupid easy to push start. I was in a rush and just going to run in to work for a minute. You guessed it, I came out an hour later and the key was still on and my lights were dim. :spank: Granted, I've never push started a bike before, but I was amazed. So were...