I'm picking up a friend of mines civic that needs some valves. I might have a ported and polished head w/ oversized valves lined up to go in it, just wondering if anyone in or around the burg has a garage and likes workin' on $hit. Well, I assume most everyone that joines MM likes to work on cars, but you never know. Don't worry, I'd provide the beer for some garage space. I might be putting some pistons in too, so I don't really feel like tearing down a motor in the parking lot.

C'mon..... beer, greasy hands, busted knuckles, who's down?

I'm opening up an old stunt spot to everyone..Newbies welcome. Sunday 28th PM me for directions. I'm gonna lug my grill out there, we'll cook some weenies, listen to some music, ride some wheelies and drink some beer. Im gonna bring my 3 wheeler for anyone that wants to play/learn.
id like to keep it to people that just wanna ride/learn wheelies, a lot of drag racing and general squidlyness tends to mess things up.

Wonder if we could rent this for some T&T?

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I'm going to an autox there this weekend, not on the course though, in the adjacent parking lot

We've got the Merkur Manuals and a Chevy Small Block (block, crank, pan ~70's 1 peice rear main 4 bolt mains) that belong to MM, and we're moving to a 1 bedroom in Manassas so we've got no place to put 'em.

So, let me know what to do with this stuff.

Well, as you can see somehow the time got off on the forum..... damn it

whee! Bling ftw!

I am looking at buying a 77 Corvette. However in DC it appears that even 29 year old cars need to pass emissions. Any ideas? It's got a custom built LT1 motor with a 4 barrel 600cfm carb. Should I try leaning it out or what? Any other tricks?

Awesome. The Dems and Pubs finally agree. They don't want to be humilated infront of their constituencies when one of their members is caught on tape for accepting 100K. So now it's settled, the Democrats are every bit as greedy as Republicans, and they too have a "Culture of Corruption." So the real question is, what's going to happen to our beloved leaders?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...01080.html

When I finally made the decision to get the bike I knew there were some things that came with the territory. Being honest with myself and my personality I knew it was only a matter of time...

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CALIFORNIA SUPERBIKE SCHOOL!!!


I've only put about 1000 miles on the CBR thus far but I figured I might as well get professional instruction sooner than later so that I can build the proper habits and be able to handle the bike properly on the street. So I decided to sign up for the best school I know of; Keith Code's California Superbike School. They travel around the country (much the same as Skip Barber) giving their track school and they provide Kawasaki ZX-6R's to rent if you don't want to ride your own bike or if slots for riding your own bike are filled (I wanted to take the CBR but the slots were full).

Classroom
The major thing that stuck out about the classroom instruction (from Keith himself) was that he put things in stupid simple turns. "What are you trying to do in the turn? Get the motorcycle as stable as possible." From some very simple concepts he just built a few more simple concepts on top of that. Another thing that was kinda funny was that he talked a little bit about some of the pro riders he's coached and some of the common mistakes they make that hold them back. He even talked about why John Hopkins crashed out of the Moto GP race on Sunday.

On Track
When it came to get on track and ride I was a little surprised to find out that we could pass anywhere right off the bat (as long as we left 6 ft of room). But our first drill was the right around the entire track in 4th gear with no brakes so there wasn't a whole lot of passing anyway unless you really took a turn well.

For the next 2 sessions we still didn't use any brakes, we just worked on different aspects of cornering (turn in points and leaning in quickly). It wasn't until the 4th session that we got to use the brakes at all, then in the 5th we were allowed full usage.

During each session each 2 or 3 students was assigned a riding coach that would ride with us and observe us and lead sometimes. I was very lucky to get the chief ride instructor. After each session he gave us a debrief on how we did and what we need to be doing. Overall I got good marks but on a few occasions I did the wrong thing and he corrected me right away.

The only really hairy moments I felt were coming into turn 7 (uphill right) and I leaned it, then realizing I didn't have enough lean angle, leaned more while continuing to roll onto the throttle. The instructor was behind me and said that that maneuver left a long black mark on the pavement :oops:. My other mistake was blasting down the front straight in 5th and just not braking hard enough. I didn't really panic at all though, I just kept the bike up and just made sure I slowed down in a straight line in the event I had to go off. Tell you what, tipping it over for the front straight kink at 130-140 is um...a nut clencher

The End
In all my instructor was pretty happy with my pace and what I'd learned and I was extremely happy that I was able to build confidence and understand more about controlling the bike. I am really glad and went through and did this and I recommend it to anyone who rides, it can never hurt to be a better rider.

When the Cali SBK school comes back in September I plan to take at least the Level 2 course and maybe Level 3 as well. I've gotta say the instruction was top notch and well worth the money ($420 + $200 for bike rental. You can also rent leathers for $75).

$25
I literally know nothing about this unit. I have never plugged it in or tried to make it work. Lindsey's Mom gave it to us, and we really just don't need it. I assume that it works, I just don't have time to put it all together. I'm moving out on the 31st so I want it gone yesterday.

Has two bi-directional speakers, remote control, and I'm sure it has many functions. For $20, it's worth a shot, right? Come and get it!