Anyone wanna go see Cars somewhere in Nova?

Yet another dumbass athlete riding around without a helmet...

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"Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger suffered a serious head injury this morning after his motorcycle collided with a car on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge, police said.

Roethlisberger, 24, who was not wearing a helmet, collided with a Chrysler New Yorker shortly before 11:25 a.m. and was thrown off his motorcycle, flying head-first into the car's windshield "with a pretty good force," said a veteran city police officer.

Roethlisberger was talking and moving his arms and legs after the accident. He suffered injuries to his face and lost several teeth, according to city firefighters.

The injured quarterback was taken to Mercy Hospital, said a Steelers spokesman, who declined to provide other information.

The car, which has Maine license plates, was heading west on Second Avenue and was turning left onto the 10th Street Bridge. Roethlisberger was driving east on Second Avenue riding a Suzuki Hayabusa and collided with the car at the intersection of the bridge and the Armstrong Tunnels.

Roethlisberger, who led the Steelers to a Super Bowl championship this year, slammed into the windshield, rolled over the car and landed on the pavement, striking his head again, said a woman who witnessed the accident.

The witness, who declined to give her name, asked Roethlisberger several times if he was OK. He eventually replied, "My name is Ben."

He asked: "Where am I?"

"You're at the Armstrong Tunnel," the witness said.

"What city is that in?" he said.

"Pittsburgh," the woman replied.

Roethlisberger fell silent for about a minute and then tried to stand up.

"I'm OK," he said.

"No you're not," said the woman, who instructed him to stay still.

Pittsburgh homicide detectives are investigating the accident, which is standard procedure when critical injuries are involved, said city police Lt. Kevin Kraus.

Roethlisberger's 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa, which is named after a Japanese bird of prey, was totaled. The front wheel was broken in half. The handle bars were broken. The left pedal was shattered. The 170-horsepower bike, which weighs 500 pounds fully loaded, was targeted by law enforcement agencies worldwide after its 1998 debut because it could reach a top speed of 189 mph. targeted!

Suzuki Motorcycles of North America gave Roethlisberger the bike as part of a promotional deal in exchange for him appearing at several Suzuki dealerships in the area, including Andrews Cycle in Salem, Ohio where he picked up the motorcycle last summer. Andrews' sales staff declined comment.

The motorcycle is popular among first-time buyers, said Steve Stiller, a salesman at Northgate Motorcycles in Cranberry, Butler County.

Roethlisberger has said in the past that he prefers not to wear a helmet when riding his motorcycle. He has pointed out Pennsylvania's 35-year-old state law requiring helmets to be worn was amended to make helmets optional.

In May 2005, Steelers coach Bill Cowher lectured Roethlisberger on the dangers of riding without a helmet.

"He talked about being a risktaker and I'm not really a risktaker. I'm pretty conservative and laid back, but the big thing is to just be careful," Roethlisberger said at the time. "I'll just continue to be careful. I told him we don't ever ride alone, we always ride in a group of people, and I think it makes it even more safe."

Earlier this year, Roethlisberger led the Steelers to the NFL title, giving the team the fifth Super Bowl win they had been chasing since 1980."

I went to cycle sport on Rt 1 to pick up my battery early saturday morning... and there is an LE getting dragged in on the back of a wrecker.... the owner... an apparent squid... still making payments on it... parked it nose first... DOWN HILL... put the stand down and walked away.

the entire left side is jacked up... and yes that side touched the curb

to quote the sales guy: "I knew we shouldnt have sold that bike to him..." I really thought the sales guy was going to cry when it pulled in.

Hey this is Chris, BlairÔÇÖs roommate. Does anyone thatÔÇÖs still down here in Harrisonburg have a truck? I just need to move some wood from the front yard of a house on Cantrell, less than a mile to the Studio Center on Grace Street. It should only take about five to ten minutes and I will be happy to provide gas money or a six pack. If possible, sometime tonight would be best or if not, than sometime this week. Feel free to reply to this post or IM me (eurospeed951). Thanks

Early B-day present...





Great starter set of shit. Things that are missing that would be nice, but I think I can spring for myself:

3/8" Breaker bar
1/2" Driver
Socketing box wrenches (looked at them..the 12 points are made of plastic..wtf?)
Various specialty tools

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Found this on a Subaru site, there are tons of saved pictures there of STIs, WRXs, BMWs, Ferraris, everything.

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I keep getting this little pop-up asking for password and username to log on to the JMU something or other, sometimes it says something else. It is only when I visit this site from my home computer. Also, anyone else thing it is time to loose the "MM Elections" until next year?

Ok, I'm going down to the lake house saturday night and staying until wednesday.

I've got a 5.7L GM V8 powered Mastercraft and 2 jetskis.

Everyone is welcome... PM me for directions.

Sup Andrew / James / Russell etc.!

Not that I condone such things but I thought this was kinda cool.

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