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Reply #15 - 02/28/16 at 15:05:34

Should people get learning and jobs for respect, or should they get them to find something enjoyable to do for happiness and self-respect?

Perhaps climbing the ladder just so others respect you causes a lot of problems in mankind.

"Pride cometh before a fall."

How many white-collar crimes are committed in the name of keeping one's good name or pride? It's not just money. It's pride too.

Be proud of what you do, yourself, and others, but don't let it turn into that evil pride.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5496 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: About the "entitled" generation AKA millienial Reply #16 - 02/28/16 at 17:09:59 Got issues too. Just venting. Im sure you a good person. None of that was meant to insult or belittle you. If you own a savage you have to be ok.
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cheapnewb24 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1373 Virginia Gender:	Re: About the "entitled" generation AKA millienial Reply #17 - 02/28/16 at 20:50:41 Hmmm... That last statement was interesting. Does that mean the bike makes the man? Hmmm... Don't worry, its all cool. Just continuing this interesting conversation.
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Reply #18 - 02/28/16 at 21:40:59

Not so much makes the man , but helps define him. It's not so much that it's a savage as that it is a big single. A stock bike is a bike , once modified it becomes artwork of the builder. Big singles are just cool, part of the past still with us still evolving. I just love building & riding big singles and that's part of what defines me.

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Reply #19 - 02/28/16 at 22:00:45

Savages are primitive, simple, down-to-earth, and cheap. Humble too, I guess.

I guess some of that can change with mods, but still...

It's my first bike, so there's room for change. Might settle in to liking something else as the years go by... who knows? Kinda like the idea of a v-twin. Riding on the back of that old Shadow 750 with it's previous owner was pretty cool. Those V-twins seem to have an exhilarating feel and sound, and they rev higher than the Savage (the old 750 does at least). In a way, the Savage is too smooth! Shocked

(Or maybe I just need the Dyna muffler... Undecided

Awww! I don't know what I'm talking about! Undecided

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Never got the opportunity to ride a Harley. I'd probably go for a Sporty with my budget and conditions.

On the other hand, if I were to buy another bike soon, it would probably be an old 350 dual sport. Yep, another thumper!

Why? Because I want a light, rough weather commuter that will go anywhere and do anything, including giving me a chance to enter the dirt bike world with a road-legal machine.

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Reply #20 - 02/28/16 at 22:29:32

I own a sportster too , it's cool but it's a five hundred pound sled on wheels. My other six bikes are all singles. I think the sportster is cool but still love the singles. At times I want to build a old twin but I guess thumpers are my thing. It's good your first bike is a single , you will always remember it no matter what bikes you own in the future. My savage is a RYCA street tracker , my artwork! Still in progress but nearing completion. You may wind up like me someday with a garage full of singles. Yes a Harley muffler and jet the carb will take some of that smooth away a give it a good exhaust note. RYCA has a jet kit for it!

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Reply #21 - 02/28/16 at 23:30:23

Already jetted it. Made it smoother Grin

I wouldn't buy Ryca stuff... Too expensive. Go find some #4 washers and buy some $3 jets (+shipping) off Ebay. I got my washers from a local Fastenal dealer, I think, for free. I didn't buy the pilot jet, but I got the same 3 jet sizes (Mikuni brand) for a grand total of 15 bucks, including shipping. Took awhile to get here, though. Must have gotten stuck in shipment. Now compare that to 49 bucks (might not include shipping Undecided

). That's a lot of cash Ryca makes for simply providing a pre-arranged kit.

The spacer mod, by the way, was one of the best things for smoothing the engine and giving it a good onset jolt. I do appreciate a quiet muffler, to a degree. The gentle, low throttle purr of my well-muffled thumper is peaceful, and I would like to not go deaf. Roll Eyes

Might just do the Dyna, though, especially considering that I put a 150 main in it, and I already have the muffler.

Yeah, Sporty's are heavy. I appreciate the lightness of my Savage. You can take those light bikes into situations where heavier bikes would be troublesome, if not impossible, to negotiate.

Try pushing a sporty up a steep hill in the snow. Grin

Pushing a Savage is enough of a chore. Moving a Sporty like that would probably require help. Shocked

I'd probably be careful about buying from Ryca. Sure, if you need what they've got.... and if you're concerned about the RYCA name... but, if it's something you can get elsewhere (do your homework first), I'd go cheaper.

But, of course... I'm the Cheap Newb. Wink

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5496 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: About the "entitled" generation AKA millienial Reply #22 - 02/29/16 at 16:34:03 Cheap is smart. Don't forget new exhaust may require new jetting. Yes that was a interesting conversation. Don't sell yourself short your no dummy, I was just testing your resolve. You pass !
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Reply #23 - 02/29/16 at 22:03:04

Back to the OP.

The discourses obvious winner used macro-econ principles and math only available in collegiate level mathematics, unless you're in "special/advanced" classes in H.S.

Just to add, STANFORD and many other colleges had FREE tuition once upon a time.

I have 5 months to graduation with my Business degree. I started looking for 1 year MBA programs this past weekend. And OMFG WTF? 20-30 credit hour, 1 year programs for only $100,000 plus. Oh what a crappity smacking great deal, with ABSOLUTELY NO GUARANTEE OF WORK/JOB/CAREER after graduation. Not to mention I have to support myself WHILE attending.

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Reply #25 - 03/01/16 at 05:22:10

I have 5 months to graduation with my Business degree. I started looking for 1 year MBA programs this past weekend. And OMFG WTF? 20-30 credit hour, 1 year programs for only $100,000 plus. Oh what a crappity smacking great deal, with ABSOLUTELY NO GUARANTEE OF WORK/JOB/CAREER after graduation. Not to mention I have to support myself WHILE attending.

Desert, get a job first. Become "the expert" in whatever functions that job requires. Make your bosses problems go away. Make yourself invaluable to your department, deliver value and you'll be able to make someone else pay for your Masters.

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Reply #26 - 03/01/16 at 07:40:16

My daughter wanted an MBA. She looked everywhere and found that Liberty University's on line MBA is a real degree from a real university. Liberty, while a Christian school, doesn't require any particular religious affiliation to enroll in the on line MBA program.
I have always been skeptical of on line programs, but this one is for real. The work has been difficult. Liberty is a huge school in Virginia, tens of thousands of residential, on campus students, and they even play in Division 1 football.
If she holds her own this last semester, she'll graduate in May with a perfect 4.0 in the MBA, all while working full time in her own insurance agency. Liberty's doctoral program is a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and she's going for that next.
Her MBA program has not been expensive at all. If you want an MBA, check it out.

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Reply #27 - 03/01/16 at 07:50:45

Ruttly wrote on 02/29/16 at 23:53:47:

And going up as soon as they start paying their football teams !

Yup, we just received notice of ANOTHER rate hike, 3%, to begin with the summer semester. This is a school who's yearly budget is around $1.4 billion and the CAFRs exposed a "slush" fund of $500 million plus. Which administrators claimed was needed for "emergencies". Sad

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Reply #28 - 03/01/16 at 08:00:46

Jerry Eichenberger wrote on 03/01/16 at 07:40:16:

Liberty University's on line MBA

Liberty's MBA program is 36-45 credit hours at $465 per credit, with a minimum time requirement of 24 months. The costs are 16% of what I've seen in the market. NICE.

The majority of schools are pushing more and more of their courses online. It's less expensive for the schools and easier to proctor a class online than to "profess" it in-person. The stigma of online diploma mills has disappeared in academia as administrators realized they can make a nuts load more money.

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Reply #29 - 03/01/16 at 08:03:20

WebsterMark wrote on 03/01/16 at 05:22:10:

Desert, get a job first. Become "the expert" in whatever functions that job requires. Make your bosses problems go away. Make yourself invaluable to your department, deliver value and you'll be able to make someone else pay for your Masters.

Good idea. Thanks.

I've had only one company, in the past, offer to pay for my schooling. They're gone now, sold out to a Chinese firm and shuttered operations here in the U.S.

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