Darrell
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I've always wanted to do a cross-country bike trip, but the years passed by without ever doing it. I did a couple of west-coast trips, north to south, and those were fun.
I hope you have a great time!
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I rode my BMW S1000XR to the Dragon yesterday and made a couple of runs. It was pretty hot on the way home, but what a lot of fun! Comfy AND quick.
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Man! For a minute there I thought you were selling special mosquito rounds! JK, good luck with your sale.
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I set off on my motorsickle this morning to ride to Cookeville to play some racquetball, as I do most every Monday. I wasn't too far from home when I crested a hill and there stood a big ol' black bear in the road. I stopped 75 feet or so from him. I was on a black bike with a black helmet, and he may have mistaken me for another bear, as he took a few steps in my direction. Let me tell you, guys, a black bear looks a lot different when you're sitting on a motorbike than it does when you're inside your pickup truck. Especially when he seems to have no particular concern about your presence. I've been close to bears in the woods a few times, but I always had a rifle or a bow in-hand.
But I tootled my horn and flashed the high beams at him and he decided he wanted no part of me and headed into the woods that border the road. (The Catoosa Wildlife Area) It's amazing how hard they are to see once they're in the woods. I looked hard as I rode past where he left the road, and didn't see a thing.
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13 hours ago, gregintenn said:
My wife wants me to get an ElectraGlide. I like the bike I have now. Would a touring bike really be that much more comfortable for her than the Fat Boy we’re riding now?
See if you can rent one for a day or weekend before you buy. I bought an Ultra (though this was 15 or 20 years ago) and HATED it. The thing was a pig. I was worried about dropping it every time I had to turn it at very low speeds and it just wallowed in the high-speed stuff. But to be fair, it was a very plush ride going in a straight line on a good road.
I've owned and enjoyed many Harleys, and I've got nothing against the brand, but I got rid of that particular bike after only five or six months. But I ride for the curvy bits, and that Ultra sucked in that environment.
I've owned a BMW R1200RT for ten or twelve years now, and I really like it. It's comfortable two-up, has a lot of storage space, and it's fast and nimble on the back roads. It's more a "sport tour" bike than a tourer. I recently sold my S1000RR sport bike and replaced it with an S1000XR, which so far seems to be the best bike I've ever ridden. Same engine block as the RR, very fast, but without the Ricky Racer riding position. It's good enough that I'm considering selling the RT.
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It was a nice day for a motorcycle ride yesterday, and I came across this near Georgetown. Sorry about the poor pic, I didn't have a "real" phone with me and had to use my phone, with which I have NO practice. Still, I thought the car and the service station were really cool.
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9 hours ago, TripleGGG said:
My favorite part of the hobby is testing antennas.
I keep trying to find a compact, portable QRP antenna that works as well as a five-element yagi tri-bander at 60 feet. No luck so far, though.
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3 hours ago, tercel89 said:
Last night, the storm came over and blew down trees and signs but nothing like the damage it did to Sommerset Ky and London Ky.
Thank you for posting this. My brother's widow lives in London, and I didn't even know about that damage. I've heard from her and she's okay, but she knows a couple of people who were killed. Very sad!
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PM on the way.
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And for me, HF is way more interesting than VHF. I enjoy talking to people in Europe or Asia, but if I want to talk to someone nearby I can call them on the phone. That's one of the cool things about Ham radio: there are avenues to persue a wide variety of interests.
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There's a sporterized Argentine Mauser listed in the classifieds that's in your price range. But as you mentioned, it's pretty tough to find bargain milsurps anymore.
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4 hours ago, Grand Torino said:
We had hail the size of ping pong balls yesterday afternoon.
Holy Cow! I hope that didn't do any damage. We got a bit of hail, but it was just little ice-pellet stuff.
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I walked through some knee-high grass a few days ago, realizing as I walked that it was prime tick habitat. I thought I'd checked myself out pretty carefully when I showered, but that night I pulled two off my body. Whenever I remove a tick I get a welt that itches for two or three days, but so far nothing worse than that. Knock on wood.
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17 hours ago, MEGASTAR said:
Cinco De Mayo as a holiday outside of the province of Puebla was invented, like Kwanzaa, by Leftists making up History, in, OF COURSE, California.
Aren't all holidays invented?
Cinco De Mayo has morphed over the years, as you know. It's become a festival that celebrates Hispanic culture, and just about nobody knows about the battle you mentioned, nor do they care. I've been to some pretty great Cinco de Mayo celebrations and enjoyed some pretty great Mexican food and music. Live and let live.
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@Grand Torino does excellent work and prices his knives very reasonably. I've bought a couple from him, and they're genuinely nice knives that I'll keep until I die. You need to be quick, though, when he advertises a couple of new knives for sale. They usually go very quickly.
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Keep us informed, please. I load 30 carbine for a Blackhawk and a rifle, and have never had the problem you describe. I do have to be careful, though, as my Blackhawk is much more particular than the rifle, and sometimes a reload won't fit fully into the Blackhawk cylinder when it will work just fine in the rifle. I found that the Lee Factory Crimp die solved the problem for me, but that's not going to help with your situation.
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I have a few dozen RC airplanes, including a couple of drones, a few of which have cameras. I don't use any of them professionally, and I often fly my drones over my own rural property. I'm sure that my drones have often flown over my neighbors' properties, but I doubt if any of them have ever noticed. The vast majority of RC pilots are just having fun, not "spying" on anyone, and not doing any harm. I do recognize, of course, that the potential for misuse is there and the sound of a drone can be annoying. (It sure is to my dog, Katy!) But then I find the sound of loud exhausts annoying, and I often hear them passing on the road near my house.
Shooting at a flying drone in a populated area would be a cure far worse than the disease itself. I'm pretty sure my neighbors would be a lot more concerned about shot falling on their heads than they would be about a drone passing overhead. At least I would be.
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Ill take #1. Great looking knife!
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I ride with an Arai full-face helmet. If you have a round punkin like mine, Arai is the best fit. For people with an oval head the Shoei's seem to be better. When I was racing I always wore AGV helmets, which I really like, too.
Two things you should never go cheap on: your helmet and your tires.
I've had a few KLR's over the years, and they're fantastic bikes! Since you're planning to use it to commute you might consider a pair of hard panniers for it. I see you already have a top-box!
Congratulations on the new bike! Be sure to test that ABS so you know how it feels. Start with the rear brake and then work up to getting the front to activate. It'll definitely startle you when it activates unexpectedly, so it's wise to practice with it regularly.
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1 hour ago, maroonandwhite said:
How are these things in the rain?
Modern tires are amazingly good in the rain, regardless of which bike they're on. So long as you stay away from track-day oriented tires, and you wouldn't be putting those on a DL anyway, you'll be fine. Just keep in mind that your stopping distances will be higher, and your lean angles will be a limited to a bit less than dry-weather riding.
One thing to note about riding in the rain: even though your bike will handle it just fine, people on four wheels are going to have a MUCH tougher time seeing you. I've been stuck riding in some real gully-washers, and while the bike handled everything easily, I was in constant fear of being hit. Cars and trucks throw up a lot of spray from a wet road, and visibility goes way down. Just as bad is if it's raining lightly when the sun is shining brightly. The glare from the road will make you really hard to see.
BTW, I'm selling my Ducati 749. Now, it's not exactly a commuter bike, but it'll make the trip a lot faster and a lot more fun than that DL.
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I hope you didn't purchase too much, because if it were mine I would pull every bullet, throw away the powder, and reload them with known powder. I would also carefully inspect every case, including running them through a go-no-go gage. 7% is an awful failure rate, and if 7% are failing you may find one that's going to do damage to your firearm or to you.
It's been so long since you purchased the ammo that there is virtually no chance of finding the vendor. If it were me I'd cut my losses and not take the risk.
Good luck!
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