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Title: Cross your fingers... Post by WD on 04/15/05 at 01:38:23 I go to the "quack shack" (doctor's office) this afternoon. Should find out what the next step is in this ongoing nightmare with my lower back. Vocational rehabilitation hasn't started, physical therapy isn't doing much, if any, good. My stepson and his girlfriend intend to head for northern California the end of the month, and buy crotch rockets once they've gotten settled in. Looks like I'm getting my Savage back by default. It is not a Cal spec bike, he refuses to retrofit the pollution control stuff, and has no way to get it down there (he has no bike license and his car has no towing provisions). I just finished the seat restitch and retension, and have started the repaint...hope I can go more than a couple miles at a time on it. My doctor rides (a BMW touring rig, but, it is still a bike) and I'm getting my bike back. Coincedence? I hope not, our car (deceased) and truck (one of 3, dying rapidly) are both on the collector market. If they go, I'm back to two wheels 100% of the time. I was cleared to ride starting in early December, and forgot... ::) -WD With gas in the Seattle area starting to top $3.25 a gallon, time to ditch the collector cars and break out the bikes. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Frost on 04/15/05 at 01:43:34 I hope all goes well with your back..take it easy ;) |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by PerrydaSavage on 04/15/05 at 03:53:54 As a "lower back" sufferer myself, I'm keepin' my fingers crossed for ya WD ... hope Dr. McCoy gives ya a clean bill. Geez $3.25USD/gal? Wow, that's about what we're payin' at $1.01CAD/litre given the currency & capacity conversions ... and the taxation level on gasoline is much higher here than Washinton I'm sure ... |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by WD on 04/15/05 at 04:07:40 I'm an hour south of the city proper. It's still about $2.40 USD average in my area. But, when seattle talks, the crooks in office take note. So I expect gas to top $3 a gallon where I live soon... still better than highway diesel around here, $2.70 a gallon and rising daily. And, I read in yesterdays paper that in 2009, Washington is going to California emissions. If they try to make me refit the bike, I'm moving. I've left this state before, never expected to come back, and I'll do it again. If I have to put up with the emissions junk, I ought as well move to Cali, at least it's warm there...it's typical late November weather here right now. Early February it was in the 60s and 70s. :'( Ruined the paint on the bike, the stuff sprayed in February was perfect, the stuff sprayed this month, from the same can, is a different color. If the Savage doesn't work for me anymore ergonomically, I'll just have to get a scoot that will. Gas is too high to justify having my fullsized trucks anymore. -WD |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by sluggo on 04/15/05 at 04:50:01 WD wrote:
it's just for new cars, not older machines |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by shawn_b on 04/15/05 at 11:49:52 hey good luck with your back i know your pain :-/ btw gas in cincinnati is 2.09 a gallon today ::) :o shawn |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by gazab44 on 04/15/05 at 12:08:05 good luck and take care....why did mother nature give us such weak bodies?? AND please dodn't mention petrol prices...remember some of us are from the uk 3.90 GBP per gallon = 7.37620 USD :'( |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Paladin on 04/15/05 at 12:30:19 I switched to reserve on the way into work this morning. Unless the guy changes the price before 4pm I'll get getting Mobil regular at $2.559 -- about the lowest price around. For your new scooter have you considered a "dual purpose" bike? I came from dirt to street and picked the Savage mainly because it is thin between the legs and light. But it is a bit stiff in the suspension department. I don't know what the suspension travel of the Savage is, but a KLR650 has 9.1 inches of travel front and rear. The KLR's 35" seat height is a stopper for me with my 30" inseam. The Bergman 650 looks to be cushy on the tushy if you really get desperate. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Savage_Rob on 04/15/05 at 12:50:58 Crossin' my fingers for ya. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Greg_650 on 04/15/05 at 14:16:41 WD wrote:
You ARE out of the loop.... It isn't that just Washington is going to CA emissions. ALL of the US is going to CA emissions standards by 2006. This only concerns NEW motorcycles for sale in the US, and there is no grandfathering, retrofit or anything. So no need to move. All of this started a few years ago and is the result of new EPA guidelines that were approved early this year. If you go to the AMA website you can find all the info you want. And it gets better....there is another set of standards that not only go into effect for CA, but will become mandatory in the other 49 states in either 2008 or 2010. It all started with an EPA proposal to apply emissions standards to small gasoline engines, and somewhere they managed to add motorcycles since popularity has increased so much...yep, government at its best. Didn't you all see it on the nightly news? No? Surprise, surprise, surprise!!! There was little or no publicity. I wrote the EPA and argued back and forth with some stuffed shirt in several emails. I also wrote a few congressmen back in 2003, but never heard anything back. The AMA was very involved and did have a good influence on the outcome. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Jazzdude on 04/15/05 at 18:48:32 Here's to a great recovery, WD. :) Where in Northern CA is your stepson and his GF moving to? I'm in San Jose [South bay area] |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by WD on 04/15/05 at 19:12:25 To answer the questons: Yes, I'm out of the news loop. No, I don't read anything by the AMA. Permission to ride has been yanked. The kids are moving to Oak Grove, where ever that is, somewhere around Sacramento. Stepson is still buying the new paint and new battery for the chop, so he'll have something to ride up here when he comes to visit. Goodnight, I'm going to bed. Started intramuscular lidocaine injections this afternoon. I feel like death warmed over. -WD |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Greg_650 on 04/16/05 at 07:20:21 WD wrote:
Well, now you know some of the answers, and if you chose to be informed about some things, you do have to read from time to time...The MRF was also involved in the process. But if you really want to know what it is all about....go directly to the horse's mouth. This is what happened on Jan 15, 2004 and very few people ever heard anything about it. The EPA Sticks it to Bikes (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2004/January/Day-15/a006.htm) |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Paladin on 04/16/05 at 07:50:12 That is definitely a mood depressor. :( The best may not be that good, but I do wish you the best. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Red_Wine on 04/18/05 at 11:38:30 WD wrote:
WD, I'm very sorry to read about that, and that your back keeps giving you pain and trouble... :( I do hope that whatever your doc says or does may lead to you riding again, even if for short trips... Take care, RW |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by WD on 04/18/05 at 18:15:11 The new injection is working, so I'm hopeful. Maybe if I hire on at the shop that wants me (REALLY wants me) to work for them, I can get an employee discount on a nice used CBxxxF or such...I loved my 73 CB350F I had (and killed) in college. My kind of shop, my tattoos can be visible, I can grow back my beard, and, best of all, I don't have to cut my hair! Salary, plus commission, plus health insurance, and it's less than 20 minutes away via the backroads. What could be better? Getting paid to be a longhaired greaseball! Life is looking up! -WD |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by bobo383 on 04/18/05 at 19:24:26 I wish I could get paid to be a long-haired greaseball. Go for it! |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by gazab44 on 04/21/05 at 02:48:59 MEMORIES......HAIR LOL |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Ed_L. on 04/21/05 at 09:34:52 Being paid to work on motorcycles, grow you hair long and show off you tats. Man that's heaven, good luck with it WD. I'll pray to whatever dark Gods I worship for your fortune :D. Ed L. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Oklahoma_Mike on 04/21/05 at 09:59:50 sounds like the perfect place WD 8) |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Red_Wine on 04/21/05 at 12:36:30 WD, I hope you are getting better and my suggestion is... GET THAT JOB !!!! Your knowledge and experience will be always needed an appreciated.... My glass goes up for you... RW |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Bluejeanz on 04/22/05 at 07:03:48 Ha! I hope you get the job...sounds great! I had to go look at your profile to see where you were located cuz you sound exactly like the guys where I take my bike when I need help. I love the atmosphere there...I'm a bit of a wallflower and it's easy to disappear among the tires and tool boxes and just listen to them banter and talk shop. I love watching them work. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by WD on 04/23/05 at 01:31:58 I'll find out in the next few days, Wednesday at the latest. Shop was so busy the manager didn't have much time to spend with me Thursday. I'll still be on worker's comp for up to a year post-hire, so, the state will pay for my gas. I went dressed like a normal person, long shirt, hair tied back...the manager was wearing a t-shirt that would have barely qualified as rags around my house. ;D Perfect. Maybe I should have worn one of my battery acid ruines t-shirts and roe the bike instead of taking the truck. Probably would have started same day. If it doesn't pan out, I'll just try some of the other shops oin the area. Even the authorized HD stealership wants me. Funny, since I don't know diddly about latemodel HDs. And I don't fit the current HD "image". ::) -WD |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by Greg_650 on 04/23/05 at 07:44:55 WD wrote:
Do they need a second greaseball? I could handle that too, even though I just shaved off my beard again....But I am growing my hair (?) and have a couple tats, too. Good luck. |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by PerrydaSavage on 04/23/05 at 08:18:02 WD ... still got my fingers crossed for ya man ... both on luck with the job and for you to be back in the saddle in the near future ... keep yer hope up man ... it really is amazing what miracles a positive outlook can initiate!! |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by rkutzner on 04/23/05 at 14:30:13 I'll pray for your back! Now to get your mind off the pain, tell me about your 'collector' cars over the years! I'm currently down to none myself, though I've had a few desirable beaters and daily drivers over the years...yep, daily as long as there wasn't salt on the roads: 69 GTO 69 Falcon Mustangs: 66 vert 66 fastback (total beater rustbucket) 68 vert 71 and 73 Mach1 68 390 GT vert 68 GT500KR fastback Got rid of the last cause I couldn't pass up an offer. Sold all but the first one for more than I paid for them and the last 2 for more than I had in 'em...including gas, insurance and chilidogs at the track !!! Wife still has her 92 Summer Special. Which one do I wish I hadn't got rid of? Even though the the KR was awesome (burnouts as long as you wish), I couldn't mod it much without destroying it's value, I miss the rustbucket the most! Rich |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by WD on 04/23/05 at 14:55:57 Collector cars? You have a couple hours? I've had 75 cages and over 100 bikes in the last 18 years. Buy them cheap, clean them up, auction, trade or straight sell them off. Gave a few away as well. The only ones I still have are 2 Bugs, a 1946 CJ2A, a 1949 Dodge 1/2 ton truck, a 69 dodge 1/2 ton truck, and an 85 Celica GT-S (basically a 4 banger Supra). Current bikes are 96 Intruder 800 and 98 LS 650, both cutomized to some degree. Wish I still had : 57 Chrysler 300 Hemi, 65 GTO convertible, 1919 HD board tracker with fore and aft flat twin (stolen), both Chiefs 1936 and 1938 (both stolen), and both 1928 Scout hillclimbers (one stolen, one auctioned to help a downed rider's family). I made a list of what I'd had back in 1995 when I was bored at Navy "A" school. -WD |
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Title: Re: Cross your fingers... Post by rkutzner on 04/24/05 at 04:34:24 My daughters want the bugs, my wife wants the 65 Goat vert and I'll take the CJ2A !!! I currently wheel a heavily built 01 TJ, love Jeeps.....though I find it confined more and more to bad weather and 'it MIGHT rain today' weather. The doors are off for the year but the top hardly goes down anymore cause the 'Savage' is more 'open' ! Unless I'm out with the family, of course..... Keep us up on your back. |
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