Who are these guys?

My ridin' buddies:

An introduction and welcome to TFR

Y'all may have seen this sneaky little post on the Ridin' Tunes comments:

'The sound of 12K RPM at 160mph...'

TFR

This guy is a buddy of mine whom Nate has met (he was one of the erstwhile plumbers when we picked up that AC unit in Lexington) and he's not kidding about the 160mph. But he means 160 in the 1/4 mile!

See, TFR went out and bought the baddest bike then on the planet, the Suzuki Hayabusa, (the baddest bike is now the ZX10R) upon which the combined knowledge, reasoning, innovation, sweat, and overtime of a thousand Japanese engineers was lavished too make it the ultimate pull your arms out of their sockets, blurr the scenery fast. All the while still being capable of touring, daily driving, or shooting the twisties with aplomb.

That's not fast enough for TFR.

9.6 seconds in the 1/4 mile just won't do!
Gotta do it in 9.0!

So what's TFR do? He takes it apart. Seriously, new bike. Incredible bike. Nothing wrong with it! He takes it apart. Sets it up for drag racing and goes around runinng it on weekends. Extended swingarm, high compression pistons, the whole bit.

Somewhere some Japanese Project Engineering Team Leader is thinking,

"We make perfect motorcycle! Spend billion yen on design and testing! Motorcycle fastest in whole world! Still dependable! Ride to work! Take wife on holiday! You fuck up motorcycle! Only go straight line. Stupid American!"

In TFR's defense he did win a race this past weekend. But, ya' can't get him to go ridin' with ya'.

Unless you agree to stop every 1/4 mile.

Happiness is Two Bikes

Here's the way it works;

Got up yesterday mornin' - Didn't feel like workin', checked the weather and saw it was gonna warm up in the early morning so......... Ridin' time!

It was still a bit cool so I broke out the Mothership (a Voyager by Kawasaki Heavy Industries) and rode the chill out the morning. Something about that cool crisp autumn air makes me breathe a little deeper, see a little farther down the road. I had the roads pretty much to myself so I stretched her legs a bit. Don't get excited - she's only a 1200 an weighs in around 1100 pounds, but she'll cruise at 95 all day. All was well 'til I decided to stop at Walmart.

Old men want my motorcycle. The Viagra/ Depends crowd look at it with undisguised lust, hell, they'll come right out and say it. 'That could be a show bike!', 'I can't believe it's 20 years old', 'Would you consider selling it?' I feel like I'm bein' hit on for christ sake! I just wanna ride. Leave me the hell be. I've told three geezers in the past week that my geezerglide is NOT for sale.
Sure enough one starts up. I hate to be rude... no I don't, but I was taught better so I grin and wait for an opportunity to split. And I do.

Next I pull to a stoplight and I hear a chick voice, 'Nice bike!'. Now we're gettin' somewhere!
AHHHHHHHHHHH! FAT CHICK!
Um, Uh, Thanks. (Push volume UP, Channel surf the radio!) RUN AWAY!

The ride home was nice, if a little nervous. So I pull in and there is poor Big Red. Forlorn. Jealous? Big Red needs to stretch her legs, too, I'm thinkin'. Long legs....

Now, Big Red is a Kawasaki Heavy Industries GPz1100. She's red as a whore's fingernails, one wicked bitch, and she can show ya' God if ya' got the balls to look. The kind of bike that makes one do 'Bad Things'. Lou Reed has a song about her...... nuff said.

So I presto chango from young blue-hair magnet to elder hooligan and turn the key. The rumble of 120 horse brings my blood up. Oh boy, is this gonna be fun! I give her some time and just enjoy the sound. O.K. - out onto the tarmac.... Man she sounds good..... Twist-release-lean-TWIST OH Yeah! Up comes the front wheel (she loves me). 105 is too fast in a residential area, so I ease off and make for my favorite country road. I won't bore you with the details of desserted two lane curvacious, hilly, perfectly paved roads other than to say I was airborne only once.

That's a two bike day.

Break 'em down

Looks like we need to separate the Hard ridin' tunes from the cruising tunes. I will NOT be posting cruising tunes since the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Voyager is equipped with an entertainment system and I just channel surf.

Since y'all gave w/o regard for the razzin' you're gonna get I guess I'll come clean, too. Some of these tunes I don't know the titles of or the band so I posted the hook.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries GPz1100 riding tunes list:


Get the Party Started - Pink
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns and F*****' Roses (Dnagerous tune.....)
What it's like - Everlast
Stacey's Mom - ?
Make it alright - ?
Here without you -
Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
Cowboy - Kid Rock
Picture - ^ and Sheryl Crowe
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Senorita - " "
Where Would You Be Now - Martina McBride
Figured You Out - Nickleback
I Hate Everything About You - Three Days Grace
Holy Water - Bad Company
Man In the Box - Alice in Chains
Touch Too Much AC/DC
Wild West Show - Big and Rich (Iron Butt inspiration tune for west Texas!)
Saved - B&R
Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy - (B&R)
Deadwood Mountain - B&R
Live This Life - B&R
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash
Even Flow - Pearl Jam
Wish You Were Here - Rednex
Smoke Rings in the Dark - Gary Allan

Ridin' tunes

What's on your playlist?

Give.

We all have a list of tunes that help us concentrate on the task at hand. Which ones help you get that extra twist of the wrist. I expect the goods from Nate and WellDigger.

Any cagers can post their 'excercise' list.

Wisdom from Paris

Paris Kentucky that is.......

You know, sometimes the smartest things come from the most unlikely places. Let me lay this out for ya';

On election eve a buddy of mine, Biscuit Boy - not his real name - a coast to coast rider (from the drainage ditch on the east side of the walmart parking lot to the ditch on the west side of the lot) on his cruiser was having trouble explaining to some congenital democrats he works with that the Iraq invasion was a part prosecuting the war on jihadists. Here is how he explained it:

A bunch of ragheads break into your home rape and kill your wife and cut off your children's heads. Now, you survive and when you gather your wits about you, what do you do? Do you go after just the ragheads who did this? No. You go after every raghead you can find. That's what GW is doing in Iraq.

GW knows where some ragheads are and he's got a good excuse to kill some of 'em.

Simple ain't it? Pretty impressive for a fella who keeps a pink hairbrush in his tailpack .

You must take the northeast, too....

Can you imagine anyone objecting to this? The guy worries of war if they try to leave. Not in this world, Pal. Just go, and agree to NEVER come back.

Check it out!

Beef Seasoning

I am looking for the perfect 'rub'. All good backyard cooks have a shaker full of spices mixed into a special concoction that they use on the grill/smoker.

Here's one that looks promising:

2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup kosher salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup garlic seasoning
1/4 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 cup lemon pepper
1/4 cup onion salt
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
2 tablespoons coarse ground black pepper
2 tablespoons whole celery seeds
1 teaspoon crushed cloves
1 tablespoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon Mrs. Dash original blend
1/4 cup salt


!Fair Warning!

Any yankee ketchup 'BBQ' sauces will be ridiculed.

We have been here before....

Once upon a time , a lot of little countries decided to have an overall limited governing body to prevent conflagration of disputes among themselves. Now this all worked out fine until the officers and officials of the governing body began taking liberties with the limited power given them.

Initially the little countries ignored edicts and proclamations of the governing body that were ridiculous or blatantly violated the parameters of power that had been placed upon it. By the time the little countries realized this was getting to be a problem the governing body had become more powerful than any of the little countries is was supposed to serve. In fact it had become more powerful than any group of countries from the whole it was supposed to serve.

Eventually the governing body solidified its control over the little countries through force of arms.

Of course I am speaking the American 'Civil War', but does this not apply to the dynamic of the United Nations and its member 'States'? Or is it 'states' already?

Haloscsan up

This is good news, but the downside is all your insightful posts are gone.

Sorry folks, you'll just have to come up w/ new ones.