Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / April 2009

Preferrably with high reliability.
I'm interested in building a 2 stroke engine.  I saw some sand-casting
wooden molds on eBay a few months ago, so I'm looking for the dimensions
of those, enough detail to build one.

Stopped by Nicholson Power Sports in Ann Arbor, MI.  Wanted to see an actual
Wee-Strom and sit on it.  Unfortunately, they had sold both of theirs, but
they had a Kawasaki Versys in the back room that they let me sit on (with
hopes of selling it to me, naturally).  Told the sales ...

Rode to the local bar a couple miles away, had one beer, rode back.
(Marshall, Michigan)
Wasn't concerned about a DUI or anything, as at my body mass one beer
wouldn't do it.

Do they give they best bl.wj.bs?  With or without teeth?
Oh my, I should know better than to drink and post. :)

What a betrayal of public trust!
NYPD Officers Charged With Rape
NEW YORK (April 28) - A police officer called to help a drunken woman
get home safely instead raped her as she lay semiconscious and

(I forgot to include my new friends)
This may have been missed because it was announced in one of the troll
posts. Try to post your entries in this thread so that more people
will see them and they can be better judged for originality.

Just finish that ham sandwhich and ride. If eating pork would give you
swine flu or kill you I'd be dead. <thud>
--
Keith

The exact same amount of inane questions David Ashley is going to ask.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/26/swine.flu/index.html
In the U.S., 11 swine flu cases have been confirmed; and in New
Zealand, 22 students and three teachers who traveled to Mexico may
have been infected. full story

Here it is:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682
I'm going to update my match.com profile to indicate I don't have swine flu
(as well as other diseases).

#1:  This year it comes in gray and orange.  Which is better for safety?
I'm thinking the orange would be better, but the gray seems to be actually
more reflective (i.e. technically lighter color).  Any scientific opinions?
#2:  What is the best luggage (I rarely carry a passenger, ...

Saw some interesting (to me, at least) figures out from the Colorado
DOT in an AP article in this morning's paper.
Colorado saw a record number of motorcycle rider/passenger
fatalities in 2008: 98.  The previous record year was 2007

I'm going to look at an '85 Virago 1000 I found on Craigs, but don't
have much experience with older bikes. It's got 14k miles and has new
tires from last season. The seller told me it'll need front brake pads
and has some pitting in the chrome, but in the photos it looks pretty

It came with this frame too.  I rode it yesterday for about an hour.  It
did the job in 3 times less time than I did with my tractor.
http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/HO/servlet/com.deere.u90785.cce.produc
tcatalog.view.servlets.ProdCatProduct?pNbr=SKU22566&tM=HO&link=enav

I went on a ride with my SO today, He on his VTX1300 and me on my
Vulcan900LT.
It was beautiful day for a ride with lots of other riders out enjoying
the spring weather.