keeping it quiet
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From: Marina del Rey
I need to find a way to tempararly making my bike quit just long enough to get out of my adishion in the morning. I was thinking that I mite be able to put some steal wool in the pipes just barley then when I get out on the road stop let bike finish warming up and pull it out. Has anyone done this or have any other suggestions.
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So how does criticizing someone you know nothing about solve the problem? Seems to me that you may be more of the problem with society than he is. If you really cared about illiteracy, you'd privately reach out to him and offer help/advice instead of trying to humiliate him on a public forum. If you don't care and it just makes you feel better about yourself to take jabs at people who don't meet your standards, well then, you just may be an a-hole.
OP, you might just want to put some baffles in until the child gets older. The neighbors will just have to get over it.
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From: Greeley, CO
If the word is spelled really badly, spell-check has no idea what you are shooting for and gives only bad suggestions.
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Oh hell, some bitch!!
I can't sit back and not say anything.
First off, I agree with you guys who say "bullying the guy because he can't spell" is BS
But at the same time, I believe there is a cut off point between misspelling and down right illiterate! In this case, the OP does not deserve any picking on.
But the fact that he posted this the way he did, leaves him self WIDE OPEN for what was to come.
I have no sympathy, sorry. Maybe this will help him learn that education is good and it would be a good idea to get one!
Second: Op, I would not worry about the noise. I have a bud who runs straight pipes on a stock 88" it it can get pretty damn loud when he wants.
But he has rode up my driveway before idling and I could just barely hear him.
I have somewhat loud pipes on my limited and I live in a subdivision too. It's about 1.5 miles to get to a main road and I just idle thru it.
I have asked my neighbors before if they can here me take off at 5:30am every morning and they say only sometimes but it's only if they are already awake, it's not loud enough to wake them up.
And I would like to thank "spell check" for it's contribution to my post, thank you..........LOL
I can't sit back and not say anything.
First off, I agree with you guys who say "bullying the guy because he can't spell" is BS
But at the same time, I believe there is a cut off point between misspelling and down right illiterate! In this case, the OP does not deserve any picking on.
But the fact that he posted this the way he did, leaves him self WIDE OPEN for what was to come.
I have no sympathy, sorry. Maybe this will help him learn that education is good and it would be a good idea to get one!
Second: Op, I would not worry about the noise. I have a bud who runs straight pipes on a stock 88" it it can get pretty damn loud when he wants.
But he has rode up my driveway before idling and I could just barely hear him.
I have somewhat loud pipes on my limited and I live in a subdivision too. It's about 1.5 miles to get to a main road and I just idle thru it.
I have asked my neighbors before if they can here me take off at 5:30am every morning and they say only sometimes but it's only if they are already awake, it's not loud enough to wake them up.
And I would like to thank "spell check" for it's contribution to my post, thank you..........LOL
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Urrgh, this forum IS filled with thin-skinned liberals!
Take it easy guys, it's an internet forum. I found his internet spelling humorous, so I commented. Figured others would get a giggle.
It's not like we're throwing stones at a mentally challenged child. He's a grown *** man with internet access. I'm sure you guys are getting more bent about this than he is.
Take it easy guys, it's an internet forum. I found his internet spelling humorous, so I commented. Figured others would get a giggle.
It's not like we're throwing stones at a mentally challenged child. He's a grown *** man with internet access. I'm sure you guys are getting more bent about this than he is.
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When I was a kid, I had a chevelle with cherry bombs on it,
couldn't get a sticker anywhere, it was pretty loud. So, I used the old steel wool trick, stuffed a decent
amount in both tailpipes, and idled the car very slowly into the service station inspection bay.
They looked it over pretty good, check the tires, brakes, lights, all that stuff,
I barley revved the car at all, so they passed it, and gave me a sticker.
Then leaving the parking lot I floored it, and both wads of wool shot out of the pipes like
a couple of missal launches, followed by the roar of the good old cherry bombs!
Oh ya, my kid used to cry when I started my bike, but he got used to it.
I think that covers both topics
couldn't get a sticker anywhere, it was pretty loud. So, I used the old steel wool trick, stuffed a decent
amount in both tailpipes, and idled the car very slowly into the service station inspection bay.
They looked it over pretty good, check the tires, brakes, lights, all that stuff,
I barley revved the car at all, so they passed it, and gave me a sticker.
Then leaving the parking lot I floored it, and both wads of wool shot out of the pipes like
a couple of missal launches, followed by the roar of the good old cherry bombs!
Oh ya, my kid used to cry when I started my bike, but he got used to it.
I think that covers both topics
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Urrgh, this forum IS filled with thin-skinned liberals!
Take it easy guys, it's an internet forum. I found his internet spelling humorous, so I commented. Figured others would get a giggle.
It's not like we're throwing stones at a mentally challenged child. He's a grown *** man with internet access. I'm sure you guys are getting more bent about this than he is.
Take it easy guys, it's an internet forum. I found his internet spelling humorous, so I commented. Figured others would get a giggle.
It's not like we're throwing stones at a mentally challenged child. He's a grown *** man with internet access. I'm sure you guys are getting more bent about this than he is.