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OK. I'm feeling nostalgic here. Some of these questions go back to the 'early' days of the board, which also were the early days of our bike. So here goes...

1) What is the sound that our horns make?

2) What piece of machinery does the sound of our engine most closely resemble? (stock mufflers on of course...)

3) What cartoon characters ears are the mirrors on our bike compared to?

4) What single topic about our bikes has caused the most amount of flames/discussion?

5) Who the hell is Patrick?

Any others that some of you old timers remember?

I can answer #5.

"I'll take kill switches for $400, Alex".....

1--- "MEeeeep"
2--- An airplane engine or a typewriter.
3-- Don't remember that one, but with the handguards on, it is exactly BullWinkle.
4--- Kill switch. I was one of the few Right minority against what is a very popular but irrational habit instituted by fearful liability lawyers. Held my ground even though as a dealer selling M/C batteries I could have benefited with the opposing view.
5--- He's someone I know well enough to say this board lost a chunk of it's entertainment value when he left. His wrenching, financial, dating and dietary advice, on the other hand, should be totally ignored.

About #4, if you want to keep using the kill switch to turn your bike off . . . . . . keep right on doing it. When it happens, remember this: You want (another?) PC-680.

1) - not sure what the 'old board' answer was
2) sewing machine
3) Mickey Mouse?
4) I think it's a three way tie between oil type/kill switch/ABS
5) Patrick is the bike-wh0re that lives in northern Cal. Who knows what he's currently riding?! The poor guy's always in debt, and always riding a different bike. I miss his posts.

1-fart
2-ditto R4R&R
3-ditto R4R&R
4-ABS & Dallara
5-A good guy, who rides a bunch. Not real tall

#1-Not just any fart...A wet fart.
#2-Yes, the sewing machine is my best memory.
#3-Yep! Mickey
#4-Had to be the kill switch in the early days. Later it was ABS with Dallara.
#5-Patrick? Whozat?

I miss Dallara. I even miss Gort. And Dean.

#1, not loud enough to scare a toad off the road.

sjbmw wrote:I can answer #5.

I have kids, so I can relate. ME.

Dean? If it is this one, he is busy!
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1) What is the sound that our horns make? ..The same sound as the Road Runner.

2) What piece of machinery does the sound of our engine most closely resemble? (stock mufflers on of course...) ..Sewing machine.

3) What cartoon characters ears are the mirrors on our bike compared to? ..Micky Mouse.

4) What single topic about our bikes has caused the most amount of flames/discussion?..Oil.

5) Who the hell is Patrick?..A great guy..imo..(even greater when he had his black 50R and contributed here).

DJ

For #4 I'd say it's the BEAK!!!

1) the horn goes: "meep meep"
2) sewing machine.. or as Patrick once pointed out.. "a Bernina sewing machine"
3) Mickey Mouse
4) ABS or not ABS... of course!!!!
5) Patrick is a 5'6" former member...original miscreant...and what was his trademark? Some kind of purple underwear or something...I forget...

Heliotrope thong

purple underwear? lol. yes, it was the heliotrope thong! (that's fluoro orange if ya didn't know!)



I have a few 'pieces' of pat still with me. He made me some stickers way back when, and i bought his city lids from him.

1. It used to be 'meeeeeeeeeeep' but now it's http://www.stebel.it/stebel/index2007_1.htm -see Products/Nautilus Compact
2. Hedge-trimmer
3. Mickey Mouse
4. Oil
5. Who is he?!

I remember Patrick,, wish he would pop in once in a while.

Always thought our machines sounded like my Mom's old Singer (which is still in the family by the way!)

After I do a valve adjustment on my bike I make an audio recording of the engine idling. I then make a similar recording of the old Singer "idling". I display them both on my computer one superimposed on the other and compare the waveforms. Depending on where the peaks and valleys meet I can determine if I have the valves too tight or too loose and then make the appropriate "adjustments"! (like maybe have another beer)


TW

1) Meeeek and Meeeker. I changed that.......
2) A slider for the pundits
3) Dumbo
4) What to post on the thread, which almost brought this site into Civil War.....
5) A rotund, highly oppinionated, experimenter, clear of mind good friend. He was also furry and from time to time rode his BMW butt naked......

Scott, I also have a set of stickers and the modified Napoleon bar end mirrors from him.....great mirrors.

en aqua nautamus, preferably w/soap

MartinW wrote:1. It used to be 'meeeeeeeeeeep' but now it's http://www.stebel.it/stebel/index2007_1.htm -see Products/Nautilus Compact
2. Hedge-trimmer
3. Mickey Mouse
4. Oil
5. Who is he?!

+1 on the Stebel Nautilus , cheap and loud!