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Bike Help / Re: Gear changes, tire sizes
« on: February 20, 2013, 09:45:06 AM »
Wow - That speedord thing looks cool!

Here's site for rpm/speed/etc calculation information:

http://www.gearingcommander.com//

Steve   ;)

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Off Topic / Re: What trumps riding?
« on: February 05, 2013, 11:08:50 AM »
All three kids around the dinner table with my wife & I on Christmas Eve.

Simple pleasures for me now that the kids are grown - waiting to add their significant others in the future.

Now if there was a ride on great roads at the same time I don' know - but living in MN makes the decision simpler.... ;-).  It's fortunate Christams Eve only happens one day a year.

Steve

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Off Topic / Re: It's time for a mini-van
« on: January 24, 2013, 09:41:43 AM »
My wife always had a lot of fun at Home Depot putting in 4X8 sheets of whatever flat in the back of our '98 Grand Voyager while the pickup truck guys were struggling to even get them in their micro box let alone lay flat. She even said to one macho guy that he should of gotten a mini van instead of the truck he had.... :o

Have had three of them in the past/present.  '89 Grand Caravan - sold it with 250K, one transmission and two head repairs for sliding valve guides (3.0 Mitsu) not to mention numerous sets of front rotors, '98 Grand Voyager - sold with 200K, one transmission, one AC compressor and one PS pump not to mention numerous sets for front rotors - 3.3L Chrysler.  Now I have a '09 Odyssey with 50K on it, only a set of front rotors, rear wheel bearing (warranty) and a SW update for the trans. - so far so good. 

I know it seems I am hard on front rotors but mini vans seem to eat them.... ???

All my kids are gone now but I still have the Ody for work.  Easy to get customers in and out and I am not a small man myself so the extra space is nice.

Practicality trumps the perception stigma in my opinion.....

Steve

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General Banter / Re: My BIG Motorcycle Crash!!!
« on: October 30, 2012, 01:56:39 PM »
Vince - Viagra just gives me a stiff neck....  ;)

Bill was doing the most important thing right at the point of the crash - ATGATT...... :)

I for one am extremely pleased to hear of his excellent prognosis after coming upon his crash roughly 5 minutes or so after it happened.  It was extremely troubling to see a friend in potentially a fatal condition.  Thank God this was not the case!

We all know that medication changes/additions can affect us and in different ways.  What I take away from this is a keener eye for such a thing in my life.  As I get older the pharmacy I need to carry with me seems to keep growing so management becomes more important.

I also will start watching my hydration more carefully.  The issue with us old guys is that our "pee stops" seem to get closer together the older we get.  But - better to stop a few more times to relieve one self  (and to hydrate too) than to risk an "event".

Again - Bill - glad to hear you are on the mend and hope to catch you on a ride in the future!

Best regards,

Steve M.

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