I had a few 2 stroke triple 500's and they were a blast..
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Yomama wrote:I saw gas at several stations going over toward Mobile and the price was $3.50 or so. It is around $3.70 in Pensacola, I believe.
TEOTWAWKI wrote:Sorry Rice but bikes may be the transpo of the future. Right now I have an old Honda Shadow VLX. I had a couple others but I gave one to a girl friend and another, a Kawasaki 500 still in my garage is slated to go to the helping hands mission. By this time next year I want a brand new Iron 883 Harley...a buddy of mine got one and now I am smitten....
Here's me and my little Honda....
https://www.youtube
I am a walking video camera..so I got video of everything...
Lurch wrote:I had a few 2 stroke triple 500's and they were a blast..
riceme wrote:TEOTWAWKI wrote:Sorry Rice but bikes may be the transpo of the future. Right now I have an old Honda Shadow VLX. I had a couple others but I gave one to a girl friend and another, a Kawasaki 500 still in my garage is slated to go to the helping hands mission. By this time next year I want a brand new Iron 883 Harley...a buddy of mine got one and now I am smitten....
Here's me and my little Honda....
https://www.youtube
I am a walking video camera..so I got video of everything...
As I've mentioned to Lurch on several occasions, no matter how many Harley-owners I know and love, I know nothing of street bikes unless it's a dual-sport, leaning very heavily toward the "dirt" part in the word "dual." However, I looked up your Honda and your Kawi and they both look like pretty sweet rides! I am particularly partial to the Honda, although that could just be the picture and model I read about online. I'm a huge fan of both Kawasaki and Honda dirtbikes, and I've no doubt they both also make very fine street bikes.
Geez, you GAVE one of your bikes to a girlfriend and your Kawi is going to the mission?? Talk about Mister Generosity! Whooee!
TEOTWAWKI wrote:MY first bike was in Hawaii ..a Honda 50 which almost got me run over often...so I learned on it and then brought a brand new two stroke Bridgestone 175 which I rode all over that Island. I went a lot of places a car couldn't think about going...loved it.
TEOTWAWKI wrote:
As I get older stuff becomes more of a weight hanging around my neck. In these unpromised years I may have left I intend to get rid of everything down to what I just need to live and enjoy my life as simply and uncluttered as possible...I have never missed a thing I have given away. Fact is the freedom and savings of not having to pay licenses and maintenance is well worth it...I used up half a day of life cleaning the carbs on the Vulcan and getting it running. That is time lost.
TEOTWAWKI wrote:
riceme wrote:Of course, the flip-side is putting it in neutral and getting ~10+ on the down-grade (empty, of course)... provided you've got confidence in your brakes and a solid manual transmission.
Your truck is gasoline, I take it... What year?
Yomama wrote:riceme wrote:Of course, the flip-side is putting it in neutral and getting ~10+ on the down-grade (empty, of course)... provided you've got confidence in your brakes and a solid manual transmission.
Your truck is gasoline, I take it... What year?
I never go down a hill in neutral. It is hard on the brakes and on some models, the fuel pump will turn off when you are coasting in gear. You run the risk of burning out your brakes cruising down a mountain, then, whatcha going to do??? Look for a runaway truck ramp? Not fun.
Nekochan wrote:Riceme, we have old friends who live in your town. When our friends first moved there, the wife started crying on the drive up, right up until they got into town, because there were no trees and it was so desolate looking. Then as they got near or into town, they finally saw trees! They now like it and said it's a nice place to raise a family. But the husband was here visiting with us earlier this year and he seemed amazed at all the trees in our north Alabama yard.
Gas is around $3.45 here in Huntsville, at the inexpensive stations.
TEOTWAWKI wrote:Riceme I would like to openly thank you and hallmarkgrad for your efforts in being good forum posters that are both civil and entertaining in your posts.
Nekochan wrote:The husband is a test engineer at Edwards. He said that it's a long drive into work but he takes a commuter van of some sort.
ZVUGKTUBM wrote:I don't miss California at all, even though my very aged (and sickly) father lives in Fresno, and my three sibblings are living in Fresno, Bakersfield, and Cherry Valley.
The cost of living out there is not worth any of the pleasantry that might be available there.
My bones will one day be buried right here (likely in Barrancas Cemetery).
riceme wrote:ZVUGKTUBM wrote:I don't miss California at all, even though my very aged (and sickly) father lives in Fresno, and my three sibblings are living in Fresno, Bakersfield, and Cherry Valley.
The cost of living out there is not worth any of the pleasantry that might be available there.
My bones will one day be buried right here (likely in Barrancas Cemetery).
For all the times we've discussed "home" I don't blame you one bit, man. But you've got to admit that you miss the drive-in movie show, right?? Didn't there used to be one right off the 58, sorta near Chester?? I've been wracking my brain trying to remember where that was, and I guess I just need to ask my dad.
Nekochan wrote:
California is like a lot of places..great place to visit but not so great to live. I will never forget the drive along the Pacific Coast Highway. Beautiful. Still wished we had stopped at the Hearst Castle...but maybe someday.
riceme wrote:Nekochan wrote:
California is like a lot of places..great place to visit but not so great to live. I will never forget the drive along the Pacific Coast Highway. Beautiful. Still wished we had stopped at the Hearst Castle...but maybe someday.
Hearst Castle is one of the many, many AMAZING places in California that should be visited, if that sort of thing is up your alley. My laundry-list is very long and varied, and after living and traveling here my whole life, I still have many places on my bucket list. I have to admit that I get irritated when people think that California is like one big giant Los Angeles / Hollywood. Most of the state is mountains, deserts, lakes, rivers, forests, valleys, rolling hills, beaches, etc... It is a truly gorgeous and amazing state, geologically speaking, and one can simply not grasp its size unless you have driven its length.
I know I've been bitching today about the price of gas and the politics here, but I really am very fortunate to live where I do. It is unbelievably beautiful, quiet, private... Herds of deer in my yard several times a day, coveys of quail in my yard nearly all day, a resident bobcat who comes through on a regular basis, a herd of elk who's down in the valley at the moment, but who are usually up on the mountain which is my primary view. Hell, I've got the life... aside from the price of gas and dumbass California politics. LOL Ahh, it ain't all that bad, I guess.
riceme wrote:Nekochan wrote:
California is like a lot of places..great place to visit but not so great to live. I will never forget the drive along the Pacific Coast Highway. Beautiful. Still wished we had stopped at the Hearst Castle...but maybe someday.
Hearst Castle is one of the many, many AMAZING places in California that should be visited, if that sort of thing is up your alley. My laundry-list is very long and varied, and after living and traveling here my whole life, I still have many places on my bucket list. I have to admit that I get irritated when people think that California is like one big giant Los Angeles / Hollywood. Most of the state is mountains, deserts, lakes, rivers, forests, valleys, rolling hills, beaches, etc... It is a truly gorgeous and amazing state, geologically speaking, and one can simply not grasp its size unless you have driven its length.
I know I've been bitching today about the price of gas and the politics here, but I really am very fortunate to live where I do. It is unbelievably beautiful, quiet, private... Herds of deer in my yard several times a day, coveys of quail in my yard nearly all day, a resident bobcat who comes through on a regular basis, a herd of elk who's down in the valley at the moment, but who are usually up on the mountain which is my primary view. Hell, I've got the life... aside from the price of gas and dumbass California politics. LOL Ahh, it ain't all that bad, I guess.
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