BOXERWORKS AIRHEAD BMW MOTORCYCLE FORUM <h1 style="margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; color: #B20D2D; border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;">August 2, 2010</h1> <p><span style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em; color: #9c0110; border-bottom: 1px solid #333;">This Phorum is currently READ ONLY.</span><br /><br />This Phorum and the older Phorum Board is for reference only as Boxerworks has upgraded the bulletin board to phpBB. <br /><br /> We are still attempting to convert the previous Phorum data and hope to have that integrated in the new phpBB board. <br /><br />Until then, please <a href="http://boxerworks.com/phpBB">CLICK HERE to post in the new Boxerworks Forum.</a></p> <p>Thank you!!</p> <p>Want to contribute to the cause? Use this link: </p><div align="center"> <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="6219786"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"> <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> </form></div>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/index.phpTue, 07 Sep 2010 16:58:06 -0500 Phorum 5.2.15a http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73180,73192#msg-73192 Re: The vanishing U-Turnhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73180,73192#msg-73192
The freedom to u-turn is quickly disappearing almost everywhere in the country.

My presumption has been that it has to do with over zealous traffic engineers but whatever the cause is, it results in much longer drives (And sometimes through residential neighborhoods.) just to change directions.

In NJ they've added dividers to most of the main routes and the result is that you can literally drive for miles before having an opportunity to change directions! Of course, in NJ most of the inhabitants cant drive anyway, so the barriers make sense.

NJ is the only state I've ever been in where folks will intentionally try to run a motorcyclist off the road and smile while doing it.

During my ride up to Redmond Or. I also noticed that the cities of Bend and Redmond are infested with speed cams and red light cams. They actually warn you of that fact as you leave the interstate but i didn't take notice until I began to wonder why everyone was driving so slowly (Like exactly 40 mph in a 40 mph zone.), when no cops were in sight. Then I looked up and saw the cameras everywhere.

Now I'm worrying about having 8 or 9 speeding and right turn hesitation tickets arriving in the mail!]]> kenwhitehawk The Open RoadMon, 26 Jul 2010 14:12:23 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73191#msg-73191 Re: " a nation the USA can actually win a war against"http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73191#msg-73191-------------------------------------------------------
> I think we should invade Iraq for the oil. Oh
> yeah, we tried that. Where's the oil?


No we should go in for weapons of mass destruction. Oh yeah, we tried that first. No WMD's.]]> Jeff in W.C. the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 13:50:47 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73190#msg-73190 Re: Mystery Racerhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73190#msg-73190
If thats a woman, shes done a lot of farm work but that doesn't mean that that isn't an interesting engine.]]> kenwhitehawk MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 13:45:14 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73189,73189#msg-73189 A New System For Eliminating Tubeshttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73189,73189#msg-73189
I just picked up this link through the "Airlist" and thought it would interest some of you.

This company Nuetech, has come up with a way of going tubeless, while still running tube-type rims.

[www.nuetech.com]

If this really works and works well, I'd eliminate my tubes in a heartbeat but since it would involve drilling a set of vintage Lester rims, I'm leery.

Anyone have any experience with this system? Do you see any downsides?]]> kenwhitehawk General BMW DiscussionMon, 26 Jul 2010 13:32:52 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73188#msg-73188 I'm telling you, my dear That it can't happen here Because I been checkin' it out, baby ...http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73188#msg-73188Interesting to note that we will be so quick to assume
that the rider is male, not female.

Prejudice will be a harsh mistress, eh ?



The engine design, in spite of having 2 cranks at each end
rather than a shared crank in the middle,
is not far removed from 1/2 of the Ecomotor
presented in Ron Moss's "interesting engine" thread.]]> vanzen MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 13:18:12 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73187,73187#msg-73187 No tin foil hat necessaryhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73187,73187#msg-73187


Professor Returns From Vacation, Gets 'Foiled'

What a waste of perfectly good tin foil.]]> Steve in Golden the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 12:47:57 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73186#msg-73186 Re: " a nation the USA can actually win a war against"http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73186#msg-73186 George in Minneapolis the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 12:36:23 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73180,73185#msg-73185 Re: The vanishing U-Turnhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73180,73185#msg-73185
I live in a rural area. Actually we only have one traffic signal so if you need to turn into the town from the hiway that runs by it you have a controlled light to do so. As a matter of fact our upper grade school has a cement sidewalk in front of it. Our town has cement sidewalks on both sides and is block long. But that is it for cement sidewalks tho. Altho on my travels into LA or recently on my 2,500 mile ride thru Ca. and Oregon I didnt notice anything different. But I guess on my trip to Redmond I didnt spend anytime in large towns as I stayed mostly on the back roads.

When I have been in WC and surrounding areas it wouldnt surprise me that this is happening to aid traffic flow and accident prone areas.

What we are seeing more and more in surrounding areas in the Santa Barbara County are round-a-bouts which very few get the concept of how to enter,merge or exit from.

Maybe it is time to move to Galt? I hear there is a vacant home for free use while the owner is in Europe to get the feel of no sidewalks and rabbits in the yard.]]> 00weel The Open RoadMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:58:47 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73184#msg-73184 Re: "Operation Invincible Spirit" ... or, America's Endless Stupidity.http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73184#msg-73184
I like that analogy. Luckily I'm not in that bar. I'm thousands of miles away from it. We're all footing the bill though.]]> enigmaT120 the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:29:34 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73183#msg-73183 Re: "shouldn't we practice on Poland first?"http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73183#msg-73183 enigmaT120 the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:24:42 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73040,73182#msg-73182 Re: Significance?http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73040,73182#msg-73182 Jeff in W.C. the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:22:54 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73181#msg-73181 Re: "Operation Invincible Spirit" ... or, America's Endless Stupidity.http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73181#msg-73181-------------------------------------------------------
> You're just jealous Sunbeem.
>
> "America's Endless Stupidity." I would submit that
> it's "Humanity's Endless Stupidity." If it wasn't
> the US who is the dominant player in the world due
> to having lots of very big guns & bombs, it would
> be someone else

Steve, I'm impressed with the train of thought here. It makes good sense. Of course, that doesn't mean we shouldn't say anything about the situation just because the play would be the same even if the cast were changed.. So I'm cool with Sunbeem calling it like he sees it. By the way, I realize you're kidding when you say Sunbeem is jealous but there may be some here who don't.

> N Korea knows the current exercises are just saber
> rattling and don't mean much. They are just
> posturing, just as we are.

Saber rattling, maybe, but it is risky considering the state of mind of Kim Jong il.

Let's say you were at a bar. Two guys are arguing. Pretty soon, they're squaring off and each of them has a gun. You know one of them is crazy, really, certifiably crazy. The other one is a cop and figures anything he does is sanctioned by all that is good. You gonna hang around? I'd say it's a standoff between two desperadoes and I'm not digging it at all. Though, I'm easily dismissed due to being against war.

Chuey]]> chuey the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:14:51 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73180,73180#msg-73180 The vanishing U-Turnhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73180,73180#msg-73180 Jeff in W.C. The Open RoadMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:09:24 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73125,73179#msg-73179 Re: Turn signalshttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73125,73179#msg-73179
I think we would need a huge societal shift in order for things to change. I'm not very optimist.]]> Jeff in W.C. The Open RoadMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:05:23 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73177#msg-73177 Re: Who is Keira Knightlyhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73177#msg-73177Who is Keira Knightly?

Among other things, she's a major hotty of course.



Would she be worth invading England over? Hell yeah.

Quote
Lord of the Bings
I'm sure doing Keira nightly sounds good but you'd surely tire of her after a coupla months.
Who is she anyway?
]]> Steve in Golden the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 10:07:33 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73176#msg-73176 Hey!http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73176#msg-73176 rob valdez '79 r65 MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:40:35 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73173#msg-73173 Re: "first objective, Motobins!"http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73173#msg-73173-------------------------------------------------------
> I'm sure doing Keira nightly sounds good but you'd
> surely tire of her after a coupla months.
> Who is she anyway?

[www.youtube.com]]]> Godot the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:31:58 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73172#msg-73172 Re: Mystery Racerhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73172#msg-73172
Chuey]]> chuey MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:31:44 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73171#msg-73171 Re: "Operation Invincible Spirit" ... or, America's Endless Stupidity.http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73171#msg-73171
"America's Endless Stupidity." I would submit that it's "Humanity's Endless Stupidity." If it wasn't the US who is the dominant player in the world due to having lots of very big guns & bombs, it would be someone else manning the bully pulpit. And they might be even worse than us. I 'spose we might not be for much longer though; we've overextended ourselves with the current two wars, the great recession, massive deficit spending, the world's worse oil spill, etc, etc.

Who will step up to the plate to run the world when we fall? Whoever has the biggest guns of course. Won't be China 'cause their economy will go down with ours. Maybe Russia? Do you think they'd be nicer folks than us?

N Korea knows the current exercises are just saber rattling and don't mean much. They are just posturing, just as we are.]]> Steve in Golden the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:31:28 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73125,73170#msg-73170 Re: Turn signalshttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73125,73170#msg-73170
Chuey]]> chuey The Open RoadMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:30:14 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73169#msg-73169 Englands biggest loserhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73169#msg-73169
“Somewhere where they aren't too fierce for the drug-raddled goons who form the major part of the American forces?

OR this

“C'mon America ... bomb your bloody self into the stone age ..............”

Clearly it shows his hatred towards America’s Armed Forces and of America.

This is pervasive in all of his thought process!
(not a plural process, just one agenda he spews at every available opportunity)

Anyone who spews the hatred of the people and country he has never been to or even really understands, leaves little room for readers to find his posts holding any type of validity, let alone a reasonable thought process!

Seems sunbeem keeps banging the drum that many just hear as the same tired old dude spewing his typed words that leave the readers seeing nothing but they wasted a few minutes of their time reading his posts!]]> 00weel the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:29:08 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73125,73168#msg-73168 Re: Turn signalshttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?9,73125,73168#msg-73168 CVA-42 The Open RoadMon, 26 Jul 2010 08:00:10 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,71724,73167#msg-73167 Re: next Ox-boxerworks rallyhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,71724,73167#msg-73167-------------------------------------------------------
> As soon as I read your last post Jeff, I thought
> of that bloke standing by your bike, When I first
> looked at your youtube vid's a few years ago I've
> always wondered who he was...that quick vid of him
> as always stuck in my mind for some reason...

Jack Mustard was his name. From a pioneering family in the Bonang/Bendoc/ area of far east Gippsland, Victoria.
Jim and I met him and his wife Meg and son Murray in 1982 when we spent 10 days trail riding, rabbit shooting and trout fishing at Mc.Killops bridge. At that time Jack was managing a sheep station near Mc Killops bridge.
We were so taken by this down to earth family and the surrounding rugged mountainous area that we went back 'at least' once a year for the next 25 years.
The hospitality shown by these people was just amazing. Jack would say "don't bother ringing, just come on down. The door's always open"
We got just as much of a kick out of these bush folk as they did from two young blokes from the city. The yarns and recounts of amazing feats told around the kitchen table were golden.
There is a rich history from the surrounding district of gold mines, timber cutting, sheep and cattle, personal hardships and bushfires.
There wasn't much of that area that jack didn't know like the back of his hand.
All these experiences have had such a profound effect on Jim and me, which is why we are still the best of mates after all these years. (tu)

Here's a short vid taken about 5 years ago, where Jim asked Murray whether he was doing much shooting. I felt prompted to add to the conversation.

[www.youtube.com]

Jack died about 3 years ago from liver cancer aged 81, and Meg died about seven years ago from breast cancer. She was only 64. Meg was as tough as nails and had a heart of gold. I used to love saying and doing things that would have her standing there with her hands on her hips frowning at me.
Murray is 48 and still lives at Bonang.]]> ME 109 MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 06:58:35 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73166#msg-73166 Mystery Racerhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,73166,73166#msg-73166

click
[thevintagent.blogspot.com]]]> Boertjie MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 06:57:46 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,71724,73165#msg-73165 Re: 11th 12th September then? Vote now!!http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?6,71724,73165#msg-73165 SteveD MotorcyclingMon, 26 Jul 2010 06:09:43 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73149,73164#msg-73164 Re: gearbox leakhttp://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73149,73164#msg-73164
1. Ensure the breathers are clear. a) at speedo cable end. b) at final drive filler.

2. I'd replace all 3 transmission fluid areas, measuring what you drained and document the replacement. Ride 500ks then check all 3 again.

3. Read this. One of his shorter essays. Snowbum on oil transfer.]]> SteveD General BMW DiscussionMon, 26 Jul 2010 06:06:05 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73147,73163#msg-73163 Re: GS LOW MOUNT MUFFLER (AGAIN)http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73147,73163#msg-73163 SteveD General BMW DiscussionMon, 26 Jul 2010 05:55:49 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73147,73162#msg-73162 Re: GS LOW MOUNT MUFFLER (AGAIN)http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?3,73147,73162#msg-73162
Would be nice if someone made a short pipe including the peg mount that would let you fit a low level can - most any Jap wrecker has a bin full for $50- or less, compared to the Eu600- that most ask for a BMW specific item.]]> Roy Gavin General BMW DiscussionMon, 26 Jul 2010 05:45:53 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73161#msg-73161 Re: " a nation the USA can actually win a war against"http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73161#msg-73161-------------------------------------------------------


> That's my problem as well.

I think maybe their mummy din love them. (dictators)

I don't wonder so much 'why' they are bad men, I wonder why they are not taken out.

Perhaps on the eve of an all out with north korea, a civil uprising would result.
I'm sure all the folk of north korea would like to see the end of Kim.]]> ME 109 the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 04:58:07 -0500 http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73160#msg-73160 Re: "first objective, Motobins!"http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73160#msg-73160Who is she anyway?]]> ME 109 the SpeakeasyMon, 26 Jul 2010 04:47:08 -0500