Random Thought Thread

Matthew Gregory said:
Buffalo is a tough sports town. I’m not a sports fan by any stretch of the imagination, but you can’t help but sense the pent-up angst just waiting to explode into raging joy when the Bills or Sabres win - or dangerous, feral despair when they lose. Christine Baranski, another Buffalo native, put it perfectly:


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For us it’s the opposite, the heat and humidity. They built the stadium so the visiting team gets direct sunlight, and we get the shade. 😆
 
The FK1 is a great tool when under car or bike.

Yesterday, my 99 Fatboy got a "post-pandemic" service.

Fuel-valve was stuck, and the carburator was beyond service ... so I replaced both. The "new" carburator (on the right below) came from ebay, $200 taken off another softtail with 7k miles on it.

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For you Harley guys out there, I like a loud horn on my bikes ... for safety purposes :)

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That 80 cubic inch softtail has an aluminum "primary chaincase", that runs wet. Every few years, I check the case for integrity, check the starter (after some years of use, the starter destroys the large gear wheel (on the right) behind the clutch - happened three times so far on that 24 year old bike).

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A few years back, the bike sat a couple of inches lower; one day, the chaincase touched the ground in a curve. Just a cosmetic issue though. All good with it yesterday.

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pease said:
What a day was 70 miles from the house dealing with some family stuff while waiting for the wife. I saw the MC up for sale I said yes at 2:41 had it a couple hours later, in his home town he delivered it to the restaurant we were at. It really made my day.

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That's some real fast service there! Glad it all went well. 😊
 
SwarthyGnome said:
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Alright. I’m thinkin’ I am out of the knife-buying world for the time being …
Will update… eventually .
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Made a little maroon micarta key fob for myself.
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Alright. Here it is.
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Apparently you need to know the special technique of turning one of these things off. Just sat in the exhaust filled garage furiously googling how to turn off a 1970 corvette.
Got lots of learnin’ to do here.
 
pease said:
What a day was 70 miles from the house dealing with some family stuff while waiting for the wife. I saw the MC up for sale I said yes at 2:41 had it a couple hours later, in his home town he delivered it to the restaurant we were at. It really made my day.

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That is amazing service indeed. Knife is gorgeous. Enjoy the chop!
 
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