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     Buells Rule! (Dyna in disguise) |
On Sunday Rossi cheated the win and I don't think it will show well for his diplomacy in the long run. I disagree. Its a racing deal & its win at any & all costs. Funny how people always want to kick the man who is on top right in the nutz. I hope Rossi sweeps every race this season. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Oh boy, someone pass the popcorn please....  | ||
| Smokedaddy |
@ss Holes ... got just about everything that wasn't nailed down. Must of had a U-Haul to get as much •••• as they did. No one saw a freaking thing either. This is the second time too. All I can say, is there are some lucky dudes out there somewhere, I shoot first and talk later, at least when they're in my home. -SD:    -SD: | ||
| Orngm2 |
hey guys, have any of you ever found what looks like small white pieces of plastic in your oil filter? i have a perf-form oil filter/cooler whith a replacable filter element and when i changed my oil yesterday, i saw in the filter media what looked like to me small pieces of white, translucent plastic. the pieces were very small. if my tensioner is of the old problemetic variety could the pieces somehow end up in my oil filter? since this is the primary how would it get i the oil filter? according to buell customer service my vin shows that i have the new type tensioner. to lazy to check myself.i may have to now. thanx for the info, any and all help is appreciated. orngm2 | ||
| Court |
>>>>gray haired, waistline enhanced, arthritic knee'd, semi-retired Buell sport touring Jonesin' person of questionable genetic background? Wait?...not all of us at once! | ||
| Jlnance |
Smokedaddy - That sucks. Perhaps it would make you feel better to get a cute little pit bull puppy? | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Smokedaddy, list some of the more recognizeable items in the AZ section along with those pics, not all of us read other sections of the board, but with me having time off, I would be more then happy to hit a few of the pawn shops in search of... | ||
| Ara |
Smokedaddy, I'm really sorry this has happened to you. I hope you can recover your possessions. When you repair that door and doorjam, I recommend you install an armored striker plate and bolt pocket in the doorjam with 4 inch steel screws. It makes it a LOT harder to force the door if the striker plate and bolt pocked are armored and screwed into the framing. I also recommend a steel door. | ||
| Mikej |
Yep, post any pics you have showing the missing items. It's a small world at times. Sorry to hear about the theft, and doubly-sorry to hear it's the second time it's happened. Sounds almost like you have a repeat customer. | ||
| Smokedaddy |
Jim suggested: Perhaps it would make you feel better to get a cute little pit bull puppy? You mean one of these?  -SD: | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Smoke, Major bummer. I say shooting is too god for those bastards. Only bright side is no one was home and got hurt. | ||
| Smokedaddy |
Ara, Thanks, there's no way I'll recover the items. Nothing was marked in the first place. I'd rather find the guys than the property. I have a way of dealing with folks like this. Did I mention they took a big $hit right in front of the roll up door? The police mentioned that was typical, marking their territory. They broke in the roll up door. The door you see all chewed up is inside the garage. You right about all the suggestions, the steel door etc., but it wouldn't make any difference. There are numerous sliding doors and windows on the back side of the house they could break into.  -SD: | ||
| Ccryder |
Smoke: They at least left plenty of DNA  Time2Work | ||
| Buelliedan |
Get some rattlesnakes and keep them in a few drawers throughout the house. When a would be thief opens a drawer to see whats inside they will be in for a big surprise! Plus they are native so if anybody tries to say you did something wrong you can just claim they must have migrated inside to get out of the cold!! Yes, I have a very evil mind when it comes to making criminals pay!!  (Message edited by buelliedan on April 12, 2005) | ||
| Jlnance |
Smokedaddy - Yea, thats what I had in mind. Was he home when they broke in? Did I mention they took a big $hit right in front of the roll up door? Well, that shows they are too stupid to worry about DNA samples. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Do you honestly think the cops are going to bother with a DNA sample for a house burglery? If they did it would be us taxpayers getting robbed. I am sure when these guys are caught, Smokedaddy will have no problems finding anyone to help with the paybacks...this little piggy went to market...How many other neighbors were hit or were you the only one SD? | ||
| Buelluk |
I was thinking that Rossi got into the corner to hot , literally in the heat of the moment with his foot of the left peg, I'm not sure he even realized where he was ,I thought he was going for the second place , he's a well known proponent of the "too finish first, first you have to finish" maxim. I don't have a great deal of sympathy for Gibernau , he spent so much time last year bleating about Rossi , when in reality Rossi stuck it to both him and Honda in a big way, for me Gibernau is just getting ready to take Moanin' Max Biaggi's place when that overated doofus finally retires...latin temperaments..bahh. | ||
| Smokedaddy |
I was the only one hit. The cops aren't going to take a DNA sample either. The majority of the folks in my area are rich dudes and are seldom home. Only visiting a few times a year, mostly in the summer. What pisses me off is last time, when it was being built, they took all of my wood siding, the beams, all the wood for framing and all the plywood. No one saw a damn thing, as always, and I footed the bill. No wonder I'm freaking broke. If it wasn't for my Sister and her husband, I'd never would of gotten this far with the house. I could tell you stories you wouldn't believe about this freaking flucked up house adventure. Done whinning, -SD: Oh, one more thing ... when the cop(s) were "trying" to take finger prints, they couldn't even get the tape off 2 of their rolls. Prolly to old. <grin> Felt like I was in Mayberry all of the sudden, with old Barney on the sceen. (Message edited by smokedaddy on April 12, 2005) | ||
| Jlnance |
Do you honestly think the cops are going to bother with a DNA sample for a house burglery? Nope, but I still think it's stupid to give them the chance. | ||
| Ocbueller |
Smoke, I feel your pain. Consider some of those motion activated game watching cameras located around the property. If those morons are stupid enough to come back. SteveH | ||
| Phillyblast |
JW- If'n that's yours, you know they make lousy watch dogs. Only thing mine would do is watch the thieves take your stuff. Problem is, you train the dog to take out the perp and they sue you (but that's a wholenother discussion). Sucks man. Never had the house robbed - none of the morons in the crack-head neighborhoods I've lived has ever been able to separate the "fiction" of pits from "fact" so they steered clear. Had a guy try to take my Blast from in front of my old house in Philly a few years ago - he met with an unfortunate face/cinderblock wall accident shortly thereafter, dunno I guess it was karma The damm dog slept through the entire thing  | ||
| Rocketman |
Jim the dump is the mark of someone who does this often. It's common for burglars to empty their bowels out of fear of being caught. Even some seasoned for years in the filth of it all can't help themselves except for taking arse wiping paper along with them. Chances are this burglar is already on file with the cops. Sorry man. Rocket | ||
| Rocketman |
I agree, Rossi was in a league of his own last season and Gibernau was the moaning looser. That said I think Gibernau lost the plot as he lost the battle off the track too. No question though, he has the talent and he was fast on Sunday. The last corner and Rossi. I'm sorry but there's no way that move could be considered legitimate. Accidental, unavoidable, excusable, let off, whatever. Either way in my opinion Gibernau was unlucky and once again Rossi seems never to be able to put a foot wrong. Tell you what though, if it were to happen often there'd be rules enforced. Me I'd have kicked Rossi off the top step of the podium if I'd have come home second to him in similar fashion. Greg let's be honest. The only reason you want to see Rossi win every race is because he's on a Yamaha. As much as they might make some great bikes at Yamaha bragging about their accolades on a Buell forum is like walking into a Ferrari dealers and arguing the merits of your Ford. And yes I know all about the GT40 story but at least that was something out of the ordinary - unlike an R1 then. Fickle's the word  Rocket | ||
| BadS1 |
LOL!!!! | ||
| M1combat |
I don't mind seeing Rossi win, but wins like that remind me of Andre Ribero or Gil De-Ferran. Maybe a little Schumacher sometimes? | ||
| Ccryder |
Smoke, have you seen this: NEW YORK - U.S. troops in Iraq will soon be able to lace their defensive perimeters with a high-tech, multi-pronged version of one of the most effective weapons in their enemy's playbook: the remote-controlled bomb. By June, soldiers in the Army's Stryker Brigade, which operates mainly in and around the northern city of Mosul, will be able to pick out an individual anti-personnel munition from a minefield of hundreds and explode it by pushing a computer's touch screen from many yards away. The system, known as Matrix, is part of the Army's emerging arsenal of "smart" land mines that military officials say are meant to do away with the accidental deaths and maimings caused by their not-so-smart brethren. Twenty-five sets of mines, including M18 Claymores, and the laptops that trigger them over a wireless network are being rushed into the field after the system was successfully tested in September. Activists who have campaigned to rid the world of land mines are worried about the Matrix system's potential for havoc. "We're concerned the United States is going to field something that has the capability of taking the man out of the loop when engaging the target," said senior researcher Mark Hiznay of Human Rights Watch. "Or that we're putting a 19-year-old soldier in the position of pushing a button when a blip shows up on a computer screen." Hiznay also worries that if need be, the smart land mines can be turned into plain old "dumb" anti-personnel mines. The Landmine Survivors Network, based in Washington, D.C., and other activist groups have started a campaign asking supporters to write to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to voice their concerns. Activists are questioning how soldiers will be able to identify a target from many yards away, and whether civilians could accidentally set off a mine. The Claymores being used in the system have been around since the Vietnam War, and have traditionally been camouflaged and set off by a tripwire. They sit above the ground and are meant to be picked up and removed after an operation is complete. That's not easing activists' minds. "It seems obvious that these remote-control anti-personnel mines, however carefully monitored, will present new dangers to innocent Iraqi civilians for years to come," the landmine survivors' group says in a statement on its Web site. Users of the system will be able to choose between blasting their enemies with Claymores, which spit out hundreds of steel balls propelled by plastic explosives, or with the M5 Modular Crowd Control Munition, a non-lethal take on the Claymore that sprays rubber balls instead of steel. Activists' questions — about how soldiers will identify targets, and exactly how far away they can operate the system — have largely gone unanswered because the Army has released little information about Matrix. "We don't know enough about how this thing operates to say whether this is a good or a bad idea," Hiznay said. Representatives from the Pentagon and the Army's Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, which developed Matrix along with contractors Alliant Techsystems Inc. of Edina, Minn., and Textron Systems of Wilmington, Mass., would not comment for this story. Alliant Techsystems spokesman Bryce Hallowell said, "We're very pleased with the rapid development and fielding of Matrix and look forward to its deployment in support of our troops." He would not comment further. In a January statement e-mailed to reporters to announce the planned deployment of Matrix, Picatinny said the system was meant for "firebase security, landing zone security, remote offensive attack and both infrastructure and check point protection." "The system is user friendly and a soldier will require a minimal amount of training in order to safely employ and use the system," Army Maj. Joe Hitt, the Matrix project's leader, said in the prepared statement. Military analyst John Pike of Globalsecurity.org believes the system could be used to attack enemies who are encroaching on a base but are too far away to hit with sniper fire, which he says can only reach out about a mile. "You can see much farther than that. If you wanted to set up a perimeter security so that the enemy could not sneak up and mortar you, you could do it by putting out a mess of these things," he said. "And then with motion detectors or something, if somebody's sneaking up on you, you can look up in their direction." Added Pike: "If you've got 500 of these mines out there, trying to figure out which one you want to detonate, when the clock's ticking, well that could be a brain teaser." The Matrix system is an offshoot of a more ambitious smart-mine program called Spider that would incorporate other types of munitions. But Spider is not expected to be fielded for a few more years. When Army officials saw what could be done with the Matrix system, they said, "This is good enough for right now. Let's get it fielded," Alliant's chief executive Daniel Murphy said in a conference call with Wall Street analysts in February. He said the initial order is "not in excess of $10 million, I don't believe," but added: "I think they're both (Matrix and Spider) going to be deep programs over the long haul." New way to "reach out and touch someone". The little rubber balls are a nice touch. Later Neil S. Hey have you seen the video montage at Motogp.com of the Rossi/ Sete last lap pass (M/C content)  | ||
| Pammy |
Cycle-Rama is now accepting applications for employment. Resume's may be sent to 7200 73rd Street N, Pinellas Park, Fl.33781. Please include references. We are looking for qualified help in parts and mechanics. Must be experienced and self motivated(no babysitters here). Organizational skills are a big plus as we are growing faster than we can keep up. This is an opportunity to work with some of the best folks in the business. | ||
| Mikej |
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/apr05/318053.asp
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| M1combat |
Sounds like now is the time to buy HD stock... | ||
| José_quiñones |
The MotherShip's view of the first quarter of 2005 |
