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No, it is an Alfa Romeo V6, but I think 2ndclasscitizen cheated. I like the intake stack going right through the middle of the gas tank, and those exposed timing wheels spinning like 2 inches away from your knees.
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Slim Pickens posted:If I ever hit the lotto, Suter 500 here I come. You're being too narrow minded. If you hit the lotto you should throw a Supercharged Saab Sonnet engine in a Harley frame with narrow tires and a decent suspension. You'd not only change pop culture, you'd explode minds in the process. Sagebrush posted:All of those links claim that actually yes, it is malpractice insurance premiums skyrocketing (20 to 25 percent per year says one site) that is raising healthcare fees to those idiotic levels. They then point out that jury awards have actually not grown very much, so really it's just massive profiteering by the insurance companies. Which are just a big a pile of poo poo as the worst ambulance-chasers out there. http://crossbreedcycles.co.uk/aboutus.aspx Edit: it wasn't technically running when that picture was taken. In fact, I'm not entirely certain it's actually "running" now. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 08:13 on May 15, 2012 |
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Some sort of V4? VFR800 maybe? edit: oh well, maybe not then!
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front wing flexing posted:Was the adjustment for VA insurance? VA will cover you outside of VA facilities only in an emergency (which this sounds like it is). VA itself didn't do any adjustments though, which is weird. Usually you get a bill from the hospital and they charge say 1000 bucks, then the insurance company says, no gently caress that, the poo poo you did was only worth 600 bucks. Then they pay say 550 and you're only left with 50. It doesn't seem like any of that is going on here, which is something your friend should look into. I don't believe he's medically retired at all, dude just got out when he got sick of it. He was pretty roughed up from what would seem like a small accident, getting several tubes jabbed into his side, a lung nearly collapsing, CT scans etc. during the course of the month he stayed there. I could ask him more about it, maybe see if I can post pictures of him laid up.
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Olde Weird Tip posted:That bike is basically the Louis CK of bikes, so it works His facial expression matches perfectly too.
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Sagebrush posted:All of those links claim that actually yes, it is malpractice insurance premiums skyrocketing (20 to 25 percent per year says one site) that is raising healthcare fees to those idiotic levels. They then point out that jury awards have actually not grown very much, so really it's just massive profiteering by the insurance companies. Which are just a big a pile of poo poo as the worst ambulance-chasers out there. This was not your claim. Your claim was "expensive civil malpractice suits" were the cause for increased insurance premiums. The cost of suits (as measured by jury awards) has not grown very much. If you'd like to revise your claim, that it is malpractice insurance costs rising disproportionately to the costs incurred by malpractice suits that accounts for some of the rising costs of healthcare, that would be fine 
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I don't see how it makes that much of a difference. I didn't have the specific cause correct, but my point was that the fees aren't rising because of anything to do with treatment or the actual healthcare workers, but because of profiteering by secondary industries that glom themselves onto the healthcare system. Wheeeeeee 
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May 15, 2012 16:49
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Slim Pickens posted:I don't believe he's medically retired at all, dude just got out when he got sick of it. He was pretty roughed up from what would seem like a small accident, getting several tubes jabbed into his side, a lung nearly collapsing, CT scans etc. during the course of the month he stayed there. I could ask him more about it, maybe see if I can post pictures of him laid up. That's weird that the VA would cover him at all then. You should tell him to look into everything and push hard.
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Sagebrush posted:Wheeeeeee  Here's a cool retro collection of celebrities on bieks: http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/when-all-else-fails/ John Lennon, looking uncommonly B.A.:  Daniel Day Lewis, still menacing w/out a big mustache:  The link above has tons others, including the requisite butt-load of Steve McQueen.
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front wing flexing posted:That's weird that the VA would cover him at all then. You should tell him to look into everything and push hard. You can get partial VA coverage if you get out with any 'disability' you acquire during your service. The criteria are very different from civilian disability, it can be everything from having all your limbs blown off to a bad case of snoring, and unless you had a very pampered (or short) military career you probably qualify. How useful the medical coverage is could be debated, but you often get a monthly cash check and it counts towards affirmative action hiring practices so it could make it easier to get a civilian job.
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Snowdens Secret posted:You can get partial VA coverage if you get out with any 'disability' you acquire during your service. The criteria are very different from civilian disability, it can be everything from having all your limbs blown off to a bad case of snoring, and unless you had a very pampered (or short) military career you probably qualify. How useful the medical coverage is could be debated, but you often get a monthly cash check and it counts towards affirmative action hiring practices so it could make it easier to get a civilian job. I'm aware. I'm medically retired and receive VA healthcare and Tricare. That's why his entire bill should be covered. He would have to fall into an extremely rare category to only have partial VA coverage up to 80% but no Tricare. Basically, if he's a disabled veteran stuck with almost 100k in medical bills, there's an error. somewhere that he can correct. And even the final bill can be covered if you apply to certain non-profit veteran's organizations. Edit: sorry about the insurance/vet derail chat. I'm just trying to be helpful on an important subject.
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Olde Weird Tip posted:New DRZ SM I don't understand what the ramp is for.
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invision posted:I don't understand what the ramp is for. Complimentary stretcher, keeps the spine stable.
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Stunters are EVERYWHERE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J4fdc_G2cA
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Gullous posted:Stunters are EVERYWHERE! 
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Gullous posted:Stunters are EVERYWHERE! HOLY poo poo
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R. Lee Ermey: low on safety gear, high on bad-assery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWewV88Tszc EDIT: Quick 'n dirty screencap:  (that's Ermey on the bike) Lanky_Nibz fucked around with this message at 20:54 on May 16, 2012 |
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May 16, 2012 20:50
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Don't mind me, just out ridin' my busa in shorts. Hope my pulled up socks will keep me from rashing up my shins!
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Picture time because i am very about my new DRZ, havent even had it for 24 hours yet.   
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SaNChEzZ posted:Don't mind me, just out ridin' my busa in shorts. Hope my pulled up socks will keep me from rashing up my shins! Gotta have that insulation on your calves so they don't get burned on the exhaust.
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Gullous posted:Stunters are EVERYWHERE! He pulled the "full Randy"
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:He pulled the "full Randy" This piece of awesome was in the related videos. I wish they still ripped wheelies like this in MotoGP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_WAeCe8oE
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Boru posted:R. Lee Ermey: low on safety gear, high on bad-assery. Tsk, tsk...the spokesperson for Victory rolling on an HD trashwagon.
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Typical Harley rider in southern alberta. 250+ lbs overweight, 5-XL T-shirt and a skullcap. I'm not the smallest guy either, but jesus christ man I actually felt sorry for that harley. Edit: Sorry about the bugs on the windshield. Was a very impromptu photo. slidebite fucked around with this message at 01:16 on May 17, 2012 |
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It doesn't matter so much that you ride an overweight bike when you weigh more than it does.
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Marv Hushman posted:Tsk, tsk...the spokesperson for Victory rolling on an HD trashwagon.  They must have missed that part of his resume.
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Ola posted:It doesn't matter so much that you ride an overweight bike when you weigh more than it does. Is... is that the sissy bar that's being enveloped by his backside? He's rider and passenger.
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toolshed posted:Is... is that the sissy bar that's being enveloped by his backside? He's rider and passenger. It's so he can ride in the carpool lane! 
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slidebite posted:Typical Harley rider in southern alberta. 250+ lbs overweight, 5-XL T-shirt and a skullcap. If you can read this I ate the bitch (he takes up the passenger part of the seat too)
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slidebite posted:
I can't wait to get my ct70's on the road, just for the confused looks from people when they see my fat rear end buzzing around town.
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 Wish they still made Indians or bikes in general like that. Older cars and bikes have a certain rugged utility that newer vehicles lack, even if the newer vehicles are more capable.
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Armyman25 posted:
I could strap that much poo poo to my ninja 250 if I really wanted to and it's probably more reliable too.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:I could strap that much poo poo to my ninja 250 if I really wanted to and it's probably more reliable too. Yeah, but it doesn't have soul.
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Armyman25 posted:Yeah, but it doesn't have soul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz03sQeX02c edit: came off sounding like a dick, video is awesome. BaKESAL3 fucked around with this message at 08:33 on May 17, 2012 |
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There's also the fact that you can fix everything on the bike with the contents of the toolkit on a roadside a hundred miles from civilization. With an older Ninja 250 you -might- be able to do this, but it's certainly got higher tolerances for important moving parts, whereas the bikes like in the pic can be smashed all to heck and still run enough to get you into town. I recall one of the complaints of the more modern BMW 1200GS was that when the local mechanic in whatever backwater hole in South America you wrecked in tried to weld your frame back together it would zorch your high-techy-tech ECU. Not really an issue on an old Indian.
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Armyman25 posted:
Huh a Coast Guard bike, with a decent paint job AND the goddammed racing stripe? That owns.
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Probably Hates You posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz03sQeX02c Holy LOL at that guy reeling the big bikes in in the corners
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Snowdens Secret posted:I recall one of the complaints of the more modern BMW 1200GS was that when the local mechanic in whatever backwater hole in South America you wrecked in tried to weld your frame back together it would zorch your high-techy-tech ECU. Not really an issue on an old Indian. That was just a thing that happened in The Long Way Round. But that's not really a problem with the bike...Ewan McGregor just didn't think it through. It should be pretty obvious that if you're going to be arc welding on what is essentially the ground plane of all your bike's electronics, you should disconnect anything sensitive first. That said, you still need an AC TIG to repair your BMW frame, while you could probably fix the Indian with an oxyacetylene torch and a coat hanger, so there's that.
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Sagebrush posted:That was just a thing that happened in The Long Way Round. But that's not really a problem with the bike...Ewan McGregor just didn't think it through. It should be pretty obvious that if you're going to be arc welding on what is essentially the ground plane of all your bike's electronics, you should disconnect anything sensitive first.
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