Leaf blower madness
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 983
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From: Indiana
With the high priced dryer the air is filtered and with the attachments the air velocity is a lot more that my leaf blower and more easily directed into nooks and crannies.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 404
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From: Northshore in Massachusetts
I use a "pet dryer" blow dryer made for dogs, they cost half of what they charge for the bike only dryers and they are the same units with diffent paint and labels... I have the Metro Air Force Commander Pet Dryer, works great..
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 338
Likes: 2
From: North Central CT
I applaud your wife for cleaning the garage...sweeping it or leaf blowing it....can't get mine to sweep the kitchen! lol Next time don't get the one with the mulching attachment. I laughed out loud on this one, thanks.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 309
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So I am sure some of you use the trick of using a hi speed leaf blower to dry the water out of the nooks after washing your scooters. Especially useful living in a locale with hard water that leaves that impossible to remove lime scale on your chrome and black paint.
Last week I grabbed my B&D hedge hog leaf blower to do just that after giving my Ultra a good detail wash. It is one of those leaf blowers that can be reconfigured to act also as a leaf sucker/mulcher-bagger too.
Here is the trouble with marrying the really hot chick who may have "danced" her way thru college.......
I turn on the leaf blower and aim it at the heart of my freshly washed scooter and it makes this funny hi pitched squeek.....just as I start to realize what is happening ......KABLURPFH! 10 lbs of leaves, dirt and powdered dog **** hit my bike at 200 MPH.
Seems she did a little yard work for me and, it is beyond me how, managed to get the leaf blower more impacted than a 80 year old on a diet of MRE's and chalk.
OK.... that sucked.
couple of days later.... I have my 77 Ironhead chopper opened up in the garage. Busted a clutch cable which on the ironhead neccesitates removing the primary cover, exposing the wet primary clutch etc. Had to leave it whilst waiting for parts. I come home from work, wifey says "hey i cleaned out the garage, you know it is way better to use the leaf blower than sweeping it"..... UH... Oh, thanks babe...
Sure enough, she has managed to blow every single bit of dirt, dog food, and spent primers into my engine cases. "its OK babe, I needed to do a bottom end rebuild on that thing anyways"
Leafblower then met up with a 5lb block of tannerite....
Problem solved...
Problem stayin solved.
Last week I grabbed my B&D hedge hog leaf blower to do just that after giving my Ultra a good detail wash. It is one of those leaf blowers that can be reconfigured to act also as a leaf sucker/mulcher-bagger too.
Here is the trouble with marrying the really hot chick who may have "danced" her way thru college.......
I turn on the leaf blower and aim it at the heart of my freshly washed scooter and it makes this funny hi pitched squeek.....just as I start to realize what is happening ......KABLURPFH! 10 lbs of leaves, dirt and powdered dog **** hit my bike at 200 MPH.
Seems she did a little yard work for me and, it is beyond me how, managed to get the leaf blower more impacted than a 80 year old on a diet of MRE's and chalk.
OK.... that sucked.
couple of days later.... I have my 77 Ironhead chopper opened up in the garage. Busted a clutch cable which on the ironhead neccesitates removing the primary cover, exposing the wet primary clutch etc. Had to leave it whilst waiting for parts. I come home from work, wifey says "hey i cleaned out the garage, you know it is way better to use the leaf blower than sweeping it"..... UH... Oh, thanks babe...
Sure enough, she has managed to blow every single bit of dirt, dog food, and spent primers into my engine cases. "its OK babe, I needed to do a bottom end rebuild on that thing anyways"
Leafblower then met up with a 5lb block of tannerite....
Problem solved...
Problem stayin solved.
Thanks for the laugh! That's some funny ****!
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,006
Likes: 1,240
From: On the Front Range, CO
Funny story right there...and she's cute enough to not be mad very long!
Agreed!
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