Spoke with the shop owner Tuesday and without any welshing owned up to it being the shop’s responsibility. He indicated that if he were to find a set of used wheels for me as replacements if I wasn’t happy with them then he’d be in the same boat and out $300-400. He’s right. So he [...]
All the talk over Iraq and the war seems to be eclipsing things like the Russian army testing big bombs, mounting bomber patrols and Putin’s dissolving of the government. The media and politicians are complicit.
Tobacco, seat belts, bike helmets, unhealthy eating – when you start down the road of legislating how your neighbor lives his life don’t be surprised when eventually one of your own sacred cows comes to the altar of legislation and taxation. Everything has come down to “it’s costing me $$ on my medical insurance!”. Well [...]
I just got back from the shop and swapping out for a good set of used wheels isn’t an option. Seems the shop is broke. But at least they let the mechanic go, seems he was new. I hate to think this way but the fact they let him go that quickly improves my chances [...]
I dropped the wheels off my VTX today and took them to a local independent shop a few miles down the road to put on the new Avon’s from Direct Line. I came back in a couple hours to pick them up and the edges of the rims are beat to hell like the guy [...]
… if while driving to work you see a guy out on his front porch in his skivvies with a rifle shooting something out of a tree in his yard. Glad I don’t live right on a state highway, that could have been me
With the high cost of gasoline many including myself have been using motorcycles to take advantage of 40-60mpg. But as I hit 9k on the VTX and order a set of tires I started crunching a few numbers. Motorcycle tires have incredibly short lifespans compared to car tires. So taking the average cost of a [...]
As if I needed a reason to stay clear of Circuit City or Ohio Michael Righi’s arrest at Circuit City further emphasizes them. How can we any longer claim to be a law and order society when the police enforce non-existent laws? Considering the conditions on most interstates, immigration and the way politically incorrect hobbiests [...]
America, to no one’s surprise, is the most heavily armed society at 90 guns per 100 people. What is surprising is that the normal anti-American spin seems missing from this article and actually makes a few surprising notes. First the correlation between a disarmed citizenry and poverty: …while many poorer countries often associated with violence [...]
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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