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GENERAL => DRAG RACING => Topic started by: EXTREMEFUN1300 on August 18, 2016, 08:47:04 PM
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Wanted to check in and say HEY to the old-school crew still stumbling around here! Been a long time since I poked my head in, I enjoy catching up on the latest news and see some old faces.
It'll be a year next month I've been street bike-less, that's the longest in 27yrs! I get the itch when guys like Canadian Mike send me pics of his badass projects, thanks buddy! :)
Just wanted to say hi, miss everyone!
Matt
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Damn,look what the dog drug in. :lol:Howdy Matt!
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What's shaking Mr. Diver!
I'm going to start things off here...lets see some pics of the old rides, or current rides if it's still the old ride! :)
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8.86
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My last ride I sold last September
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Not a bike, but the only thing keeping me sane the past year without one! LOL
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Nice boat bro,you're livin' large! :lol:
Still have the same turd here,threw an arm on it a few months ago but that's about it(at the shop right now for new fork seals).
(http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd353/piratediverjefff/Busa%202-26-2016%20005_zpsa4m7650u.jpg) (http://s531.photobucket.com/user/piratediverjefff/media/Busa%202-26-2016%20005_zpsa4m7650u.jpg.html)
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If thats a turd its a very classy turd :lol:
Ello mate.
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What's shaking Mr. Diver!
I'm going to start things off here...lets see some pics of the old rides, or current rides if it's still the old ride! :)
That was a stunning bike and of course blue and black are the fastest colors :D :lol:
Welcome home.
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I am sorry that the response is so pathetic apart from two of us.
Almost 800 visitors a day and no one can be arsed to post anything or reply when someone does.
A sad state of affairs.
Needs some PMA round here.
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I came back to the board a year ago after been bike less for a few years, I did notice that a lot of the old crew were no longer around...I remember when you could post a pic or had a question, and by the time you hit post and grab a beer you would have two or three response waiting...lol
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Definitely gotten a little slow around here,I usually check out the board a dozen times during the day and may go a day or two without seeing a new post.
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If thats a turd its a very classy turd :lol:
Ello mate.
:lol:
Howdy big HOS.
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If thats a turd its a very classy turd :lol:
Ello mate.
:lol:
Howdy big HOS.
Hi not so big guy ! :D
You still losing some?
I am off into Birmingham city centre any minute.
We will be going into the new Grand Central shopping centre...... sounds ghey hu?
My face will no doubt be scanned by the all seeing eye they've got there. I hope I break it :P
I stand out in a shopping centre like a Rottie in a poodle show, but my litte lady is having her hair done and I'm her minder for the day.
We will no doubt have to walk through the mulsamics ranting on street corners opposite the christains ranting on other steet corners.
Just STFU?
Have a good day whatever you are doing 8)
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Still hovering around the 233 lb. mark but I don't mind all that much. :lol:Had new fork seals installed in the bike and go pick it up at 10:00 this morning,and mama's off to a friend's wedding and won't be back 'til tomorrow afternoon so it's just me and the dog...I'm stoked. :lol:
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Still hovering around the 233 lb. mark but I don't mind all that much. :lol:Had new fork seals installed in the bike and go pick it up at 10:00 this morning,and mama's off to a friend's wedding and won't be back 'til tomorrow afternoon so it's just me and the dog...I'm stoked. :lol:
Take out and beers then !! :lol:
I picked up the exhaust collars for my K*w*s*k* from the machine shop yesterday.
Going to paint them in the morning and then hope to have the pipes fully fitted very soon after.
They are on and new gaskets in place, just need to fit the collars and flanged nuts.
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Picked the bike up this morning,$375 poorer but no more leaky fork seals($315 for parts and labor and $60 for them to pick it up and haul it to the shop).
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Picked the bike up this morning,$375 poorer but no more leaky fork seals($315 for parts and labor and $60 for them to pick it up and haul it to the shop).
Dam, I almost wish I could say screw the cars and fix bikes :|
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I hear ya bro,I think the labor was $240 and $52 in seals,fork oil,etc.
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That's why I do my own work on bikes.
They sting you on labour and parts prices.
Nearly $400 just for fork seals. Dick Turpin style! :lol:
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Glad to see some of the older members still here
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Blame the damn book of face!
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I hear ya bro,I think the labor was $240 and $52 in seals,fork oil,etc.
You know I did some checking and for a reg bike shop or a dealer, with there shop labor rates $100+ dollars a hour thats not really out of line, I did my own, home made tools, and it was a pain in the ass, and honestly if I did it for someone I would have charged dam near that, in fact in dude at work, he was a salesman, needed his Honda done (fork seals) he asked and I told $200 if he supplyed the seals and oil, he never did get it done, ???
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That's pretty much the way I saw it too bro,by the time I got the tools and parts,then dealt with the aggravation(especially if I got shit all back together and they still leaked and would have to tear it apart again :lol:)I guess the $240 for labor is on par about anywhere and I know they're done right.I don't mind helpin' to support a small/good shop every now and then,everybody has to eat. :lol:
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Still a lot of the same old faces on here from time to time.
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Yea been buss less for a few years .. Been riding Harley's for the last 3 picked up another BUSA and def can tell the difference in the board .. Not the activity of the past ... Good to see some of the old guys posting on the board
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Has definitely slowed down considerably bro,hoping it will somewhat pick back up. :thumb:
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We try and keep things rolling :thumb:
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Whaddup HOS! :bike:
BLUUUUUUUUU88!
:P
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Here they come! :lol: :thumb:
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And come they will! :D
Hey, where's Greg and Mike? :bike:
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I think they went out back to take a dump a few months ago and the hogs ate 'em. :lol:
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I think they went out back to take a dump a few months ago and the hogs ate 'em. :lol:
:lol: :lol:
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Whaddup HOS! :bike:
BLUUUUUUUUU88!
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Ello mate :D I'm sound taa.
Still tooling around with bikes.
Never will get it out of my system. :thumb:
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Definitely gotten a little slow around here,
I usually check out the board a dozen times during the day and may go a day or two without seeing a new post.
I know that you didn't forget how to ride that Hayabusa ~ and you should remember how to get over here . . .
(http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/d/6/1/600_435491617.jpeg)
Only reason it's slow here ~ we're out riding our bikes !
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Just got back home,rode a total of 10.4 miles(Tom's and back). :lol:
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Just got back home,
rode a total of 10.4 miles
(Tom's and back).
:lol:
:eek: We had a pretty good turnout @ mountain center ~ only one highway man & a chick cop with cones . . .
(http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/c/c/e/600_454488334.jpeg)
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And come they will! :D
Hey, where's Greg and Mike? :bike:
You summoned good sir???
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what up... all... only way to get it back to for us all to be active.... so here we are :thumb:
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What up . . .
All . . .
Only way to get it back to for us all to be active . . . .
So here we are.
:thumb:
And it's always FUN to go on a ride with your friends that like to ride the same way that you like to ride . . .
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kRsd_XyBxS4/maxresdefault.jpg)
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BLUUUUUUUUUUUU....look what I got for you brotha!
Who's next? :0)
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You know I am brother,sent you an e-mail about an hour ago. :lol:I'll e-mail you again right now as to what I need and to get a total cost/amount to send. :thumb:
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Way to go BLU! :lol: :thumb:
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I'm in Matt,just placed my order! :thumb:
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Right on brotha!
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Hey, why don't my emoji's work anymore! :(
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What's up guys, hope all of u r well.
I stop in to look around every so often.
No Busa right now, but here is a pic
of my new toy. I might get another
Busa later 👍
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Hey, why don't my emoji's work anymore! :(
Now that you and BLU are back maybe this joint will liven up some. :lol: :thumb:
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What's up guys, hope all of u r well.
I stop in to look around every so often.
No Busa right now, but here is a pic
of my new toy. I might get another
Busa later 👍
Always good to see you around Dave,and nice ride bro! :thumb:
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What's up guys, hope all of u r well.
I stop in to look around every so often.
No Busa right now, but here is a pic
of my new toy. I might get another
Busa later 👍
Yeah buddy!!!!! Great to see you still around too! We're like a bunch of old bears, hibernating till someone pokes us! :)
Nice looking ride, LOVE that blue!!!
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No Busa...no bike at all right now! Been spending more time on the water with the family past few years. Just picked up this Super Air...I call it my Smithabusa special! :)
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Thanks guys, I hear that Matt :tu: I'm looking to make this thing a ProStreet. It has a 383 stroker.
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Nothing wrong with family time :thumb:
Nice boat :tu:
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Nice rig Matt! :thumb:
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Thanks broham!
Look ma, no skis! LOL :)
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:tu:
I tried barefoot a few times(about 45 years ago behind our old Rayson Craft :lol:)from the tow rope and kicking off of one ski...never ended well. :hys:
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I tried barefoot a few times(about 45 years ago behind our old Rayson Craft :lol:)from the tow rope and kicking off of one ski...never ended well. :hys:
It NEVER ends well for me either...ever! :lol:
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:hys: :thumb:
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no water sports for me ... never ended well for me either... lol
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:tu:
I tried barefoot a few times
(about 45 years ago behind our old Rayson Craft :lol:)
from the tow rope and kicking off of one ski . . .
Never ended well.
:hys:
It NEVER ends well for me either . . .
Ever !
:lol:
Perhaps you guys should give a personal watercraft a try ~ that bare foot type of skiing just doesn't look FUN to me . . .
(http://motos.autocity.com/imagenes/motos/200x125/sea-doo-gtx-215-155-jetski-2009-1.jpg)
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It's the challenge Red. :lol:I started skiing on 2 at around 12,then on 1 by 13(or 14,hard to remember that far back :lol:)and tried barefoot a few times after that but don't think my legs were strong enough.We had a place on Lake Shafer in Monticello,Indiana from the time I was a baby until I was around 16,spent every summer weekend there but pops finally sold it.Last boat was a flat bottom Rayson Craft SK with a Hemi,dual quads,etc.Had a lot of fun in that boat,even outran the water cops a few times in it.Pops bought it at the boat races in Kankakee(IL)when I was about 13 and I ran the snot outta that thing,was clocked at 92 mph when raced(which was fast for a boat back in the late '60's).Had chrome straight stacks,Casale V-drive(neutral and forward,no reverse :lol:)the old Moon gas tanks and foot pedal,etc.Pipes were so loud the cops eventually told us we couldn't run it until after 10:00AM on the weekends,guess it rattled everyone's windows. :lol:
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What's up guys, hope all of u r well.
I stop in to look around every so often.
No Busa right now, but here is a pic
of my new toy. I might get another
Busa later 👍
Nice looking ride Dave, however for the first mod I would go with a nice chrome blower sticking out of the hood :lol:
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Everytime I get behind a boat, I end up a little rough the next day.
I am not very good, but I also just don't seem to know when to let go. Tube, knee board, wake board, doesn't matter.
I've all but worn the skin off of the tops of my feet from being on a tube behind an Axis Wake boat to stay on. Basically end up barefoot skiing while holding the handles of a tube (tube pretty much completely in the air), just not with the bottoms of my feet.
Matt, have you looked at Wake Surfing? No rope at all, just set the boat up to make a smooth wake off of one side and let go of the rope on a short surfboard. Then ride the wake behind the boat. Nothing too dramatic, pretty calm actually, but pretty cool. People that have never seen it before give the weirdest look when you roll by with no rope. Pretty much need to have either a special wake setup for the boat or add on a "fin" off the side and have everyone in the boat sit on the "fin side" to let it dig and make a smooth curl.
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I've all but worn the skin off of the tops of my feet from being on a tube behind an Axis Wake boat to stay on. Basically end up barefoot skiing while holding the handles of a tube (tube pretty much completely in the air), just not with the bottoms of my feet.
LOL That sounds like a scene out of an episode of Tom and Jerry! I'm cracking up! :)
Surfing's a blast, so casual after a day on the water boarding or skiing. I haven't surfed behind the new boat yet, but it throws a little bit higher wake than Kents Malibu so I'm looking forward to next season. The guy I bought the new boat from threw in a wake-shaper, I can't wait to try it out!
It's great buying a boat at the end of the season as you get the best deal, but it sucks buying a boat at the end of the season because...IT'S THE END OF THE SEASON! :( LOL
What's even better than seeing the look on someones face when you go by surfing behind a boat, is when you glide by 2' above the surface on a Sky Ski. I don't think there's anything I've had more fun doing, and it's especially fun watching someone try for the first time. OMG hilarious! HaHa :) First time I tried a backflip on the Sky Ski I did a 1-1/2 and landed upside down right on my head. It's nice because you don't need flat water at all, if you ride the foil just below the surface you could be going through major rollers and not feel a thing. Also nice at the end of the day as it doesn't take any energy at all.
Damn, all this water talk has me jonesing now! Put the boat away week before last :(
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Perhaps you guys should give a personal watercraft a try ~ that bare foot type of skiing just doesn't look FUN to me . . .
(http://motos.autocity.com/imagenes/motos/200x125/sea-doo-gtx-215-155-jetski-2009-1.jpg)
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Red, can I put an air shifter on that thing? :)
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What's up guys, hope all of u r well.
I stop in to look around every so often.
No Busa right now, but here is a pic
of my new toy. I might get another
Busa later 👍
Nice looking ride Dave, however for the first mod I would go with a nice chrome blower sticking out of the hood :lol:
+1 :)
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Until next season...
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BLU...how's that install going brother?
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One and only Busa I have owned, have had it now since 2007. Has gone through many changes over the years. I recognize that pic PirateDiverJeff. Was a great time.
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BLU...how's that install going brother?
going good still gathering parts for the build... :thumb: