Quoted from curban:Last day at OBX after prepping for another rental season…a few hours and a little sunshine to enjoy before heading back to PA.
You'll be feeling right as rain after a few of those...
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Woolgoolga
Gig Harbor, WA
Quoted from Sputnik:Oh yeah, I used to have Kawaski triple wobble rocket. In the late 70`s they were wicked.
With the Denco setup (pipes, bored, carbs, porting), once you hit that sweet spot on the RPM...it's like flipping a light switch on the HP and you better have a firm grip on the handle bars. Despite being a '74, it can do a good job of holding it's own. Should be 110hp, but at only ~400 lbs.
Back in the day, I remember racing what I think was a 1100 (not sure what make). He never even got close. 
I use to race it in the 1/8th mile - lot's of fun.
But the triples were definitely ill-behaved if you ever wanted to turn!
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:A friend of mine is hiking out west and sent me this. I forget where he was.
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Kind of looks like Utah but I could be wrong.
Quoted from Grayman_EM:Kind of looks like Utah but I could be wrong.
You are correct. It’s Bryce Canyon. Here are a couple more.
8F1FA7CE-7138-4D0C-8D0B-5A11C702EBED (resized).jpegFA4B322A-AD47-48BF-9F5A-37C164AEB304 (resized).jpegThat's a dangerous stretch of road. So many people stopping and then trying to get moving again. But amazing view none the less.
Quoted from Sputnik:I know that I had a few this afternoon. But, a pink ship?
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Its the only one.
Quoted from Bud:Hood coming into Portland.
Quoted from EJS:Which building is your office
pretty much all of them!
So 
pinballplusMN was over tonight destroying my high score on demolition man and noticed something odd about the Big Deal I’m storing for DavidLee I helped pick up last week and test play and everything and look what I overlooked. Minty fresh Flash caps. I wonder if there’s a 3rd in the cabinet. Talk about a positive spin on having the wrong parts installed
2E1E37E8-633B-4E40-9B04-9E0AE0780954 (resized).jpegQuoted from EJS:I wonder if there’s a 3rd in the cabinet.
Nah. Those two caps are just a flash in the pan.
Quoted from BorgDog:Spring here too![quoted image]
Ugh!
Quoted from jaytrem:Time to get to work...
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That’s a big job, I don’t envy you!
Be careful
Quoted from Nikrox2:Someone relaxing!
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I love animals of all shapes and sizes but this is the first thing that comes to mind….
BB9920C4-CD73-4AD5-88BB-E95C16AF1200 (resized).jpegThe old warehouse that I use for a garage and storage is only 30 feet from a major freight railway owned by CSX. My black-and-white avatar shows how it looked in the 1950s. It's not much different today.
Here is how it looks from a window on the 3rd floor, where I'm working on motorcycles right now.
The locomotive is a General Electric ES44AC-H, which is a 73-foot-long beast with 4400 horsepower and 6 powered axles.
These large locomotives are necessary to get long, heavy freight trains up the 17 Mile Grade that begins here in Piedmont WV. There will often be 3 to 8 of those giant ES44ACs with another 2-3 of them somewhere in the middle of the train or at the end.
Quite impressive to hear and feel 20 or 30 thousand horsepower thundering by, pulling 8-10 thousand tons of freight or coal through town.
It's easy train-watching territory, especially since the speed limit is only 25 mph here. I enjoy the trains and all the maintenance equipment and hirails (cars and trucks with retractable railroad wheels) that are here every day.
Quoted from DCP:The old warehouse that I use for a garage and storage is only 30 feet from a major freight railway owned by CSX. My black-and-white avatar shows how it looked in the 1950s. It's not much different today.[quoted image]
My first house I bought and lived in for about 15 years the back property line is at Conrail's tracks. The house was built in 1927 and I was only the third owner. The guy before me owned it for three so you can do the math. The house had the single pane wood windows that shook when the train would run by. Someone asked me if the planes from the airport bothered me and I always said no the trains drown them out. Indianapolis airport is close by also and sometimes the planes flightpaths are near.
I am in the process of selling the place to my brother in 2008 but I also liked the place. By the way I also changed the windows so they don't shake and it is quieter in the house.
Quoted from LTG:High winds. Hail. Tornado warning. Cell phone went off encouraging going to safety immediately.
LTG : )
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Be safe over there. Grabbing the flashlight now whatever you got will be my way soon.
Quoted from EJS:Be safe over there. Grabbing the flashlight now whatever you got will be my way soon.
It isn't weakening heading your way. You stay safe too my friend.
I'll have some video up shortly.
LTG : )
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