Bighanded

I was just talking about this the other day...it's what they did back in the 70s gas panic. course the limit here is already 65 and if you ain't doing 80, you best not be in the left two lanes

will be remembered as the day she "almost caught...." LOL honestly though. I'm sure they are both fine, upstanding characters of the highest moral standing.

she's since sold her house , remarried, and moved away, but for years, we had a single mom across the street with a young daughter. she'd call late at night..worried about a snake or some strange car that had pulled on the road. we knew if there was a shtf event, that it would be less than 12 hours before she'd show up on our front porch, kid in hand, tears and panic in her eyes...so we literally built a care package tub for her..so that we could say "here" and send her back across the street...keeping good neighbors so when times got better, she'd remember that. but we never let her know how well stocked our closets are. Other neighbors are very self reliant...have plenty of acreage themselves...like I said..garden, chickens, horse pasture that could hold some cattle if need be... we know each other for 20 years and trust to help one another. then there's other folks down the road, that you simply place your hand on your holstered pistol if you see them coming.

got it...thanks for sharing... so, no real surprises...mostly appeasement of his voting base. for some folks with brace platforms, i expect "the letter" will be once again rewritten or clarified to simply include more features or how the product is used "shouldered" to cover more products out there. The Red flag law is about carving deeper into the family home and trying to get family/neghbors to snitch on guns in the home. For example, we live in the country, it's common on any given weekend to hear gun range practice all around..including my backyard. Now an irritated neighbor who doesn't like the noise can simply call in a report, say whatever they want and the gun owners would have a headache on their hands. gun ownership will simply hunker down and be more discrete...just like food ownership. My neighbors have no clue how provisioned we are. That way they don't come looking for a handout when times get tough. Mine is for me and my family. it'll be hard enough to keep poachers off the property, out of the garden and the pond. heck, we have that in normal times.

I havent' caught up on the news this morning...will be interesting to see where his handlers want to go with this.

love these pics !!!! man some of them are beyond creative...others are just flat out cool. looks like more of these might be needed at today's gas prices. My Trail 90 gets an oil change this weekend and hopefully a little time spinning in the country. I'm definitely a few lbs over the recommended Japanese weight limit...so I'm sure I'm not getting the full 100mpg they spec..but then I don't ask it to work that hard and the little motor is only going to do what it can.

yep...well...the carb on there right now is a japan made replacement...but I do have the original carb.. I just never seem to get around to doing the rebuild on it. so , yeah, about 9k miles on it..other than tires and a battery...that's the bike.

there ya go....amazing machines...and yes, campground, small tourist town cruising...that' where i enjoy mine the most...but a few more CCs and a 12volt system would sure be nice... I just don't want to modify my current bike with the chinese Lifan engine upgrades...if mine was a rough old barn bike..yeah...but it's in really great original shape... I'll enjoy it for a couple more years and sell it for the premium $ they are bringing... guy asked me about mine last year and I casually said I'd probably sell it for about $1800...he said he was on the way... I had to stop him and clarify that I "would" if I decided to ....not that I was offering it to him...but man he didn't blink at that price for one with a clean title.

yeah..underpowered, slow, girl bike style support, etc. mine has original title so it is tagged and street legal...but I don't dare take it out around town...folks drive 50+ on the 35mph roads and perceive me as a moped so they blow me off the road. But on back country 2 lanes, it's a joy to cruise around and on trails...with that low transmission option...it'll climb a tree. at my age, it goes fast enough and when I'm tooling through small tourist towns on our various road trips, everyone smiles and wants to come talk about remembering those old bikes "ya meet the nicest people on a honda..." the new 125 looks great...same vibe, but 12volts and that extra bit of hp. still if I want a dual sport these days, at a minimum it would be 350cc

still have my first love bike..it's the lil red wonder here in the pic...1979. Had it out of the garage just last week in fact...

this kid needs to be hired as a top exec of ANY US motorcycle or automotive company. Anyone with enough spunk to put that together, is ready to change the world.

jeeez guys !!! I think my first 3 wheel experience was a Kawi or yamaha...can't remember...200 or 250cc? friend got one for his cattle farm...did adjust the lower back verts a few times jumping the tiered pasture levels but I could tell first moment on it, that a tricycle would be happy to nose dive me...so I was very cautious.... I think I still prefer the feeling of a single wheel up front for a ride, than the 4 but I guess uncle sam knew better than to let us kids keep riding them.

I miss my old sparkle zodiac naugha fabric banana seat. some of those bikes are serious builds !! nice

man the bikes that were coming out in the late 60s...ie 1968-69...the rich neighbor kids were getting the super cool Schwinn stringrays...hard the 5 speed shifter mounted on the center cross bar, etc... I was more poor boy...so I took my old single speed coaster brake full frame bike, added a banana seat and a set of high rise ram's horn handlebars and called it done. but that was a rad as things got in my hood...if a kid had pulled up in that Orange County rig.. I'm not sure how we would have reacted back then...perspective of a 12yr old...mighta thought it was crazy cool, or might have laughed him down the road... but it is a heckuva rig love it or list it...either way.

somehow this one is very disturbing...just wrong !!

thanks for the confirmation Fish...yeah, the cost of batteries is still painful and has kept me away from dabbling in the market. as I've gotten older, I sure wouldn't mind a little assist on occasion climbing a hill but for now....can't justify it.

yep.. I remember the 380 thing as well, as that is my primary "every day" carry gun...old 1980s Colt Mustang. but keeping a couple hundred rounds of it is enough since it's not a range gun.. I might run 50 rds through it in a year...whereas any given saturday on 9mm is seeing a couple hundred. I made sure a few years back to grab those items that tend to disappear...16ga for my Dad's old winchester model12 and some Lever-evolution 30-30 for the old model 94. other than some 39spl for my yard work snake gun... I standardized so I'm able to get 9mm, 5.56, 7.62x51, 12ga, 45acp. I sat on it for a year or so until I could start seeing prices getting closer to reasonable. but I've been able to buy Blazer 9mm for $15 (no tax or shipping) and PMC X-tax 5.56 for $9.99/box of 20...not the most accurate, but good enough for zombie plinkin. most stores still want 30% more than these prices for the same exact brand...and some places are more like 40% more...they can keep it. As for "hoarding".. i guess... when I used to train a lot...a 500rd saturday was normal...so having a thousand rds in the closet wasn't hoarding. but over the years...different politicals etc gave me cause to buy more ammo...little at a time...so it wasn't an impact on market availability. I'm not saying I've got 5k rounds of 9mm for example... but if I do...most of it was bought when it was $10/box not $22 in panic times. I buy now, for what I want to shoot at the range...not to stock for zombie times...that supply was long ago stacked deep.

I handed the keys to my son-in-law and enjoyed watching him ride off down the trail with my grandaughter. Feels good to see the next two generations enjoying my 30 yr old machine.

man you guys really get it down that way ! expecting some rough stuff here today in the carolinas...worried more about family up near Pigeon Forge TN....the winds will really move that fire across the hill. family can see it from their house...likely not impacted, but still, to be able to know it's just a few miles over the next hilltop.

I used my Honda as a bribe yesterday...we were visiting one of my daughters and the topic of coming over for Easter came up. We always get the entire gang together (18 of us)...but regardless of food etc, the focus seems to be on the egg hunt (which most of the grands have outgrown) and family pictures. My daughter let me know she didn't plan to come and spend "hours" (exageration) doing pictures. But in the end she did say they would come. I sealed the deal by mentioning that the hondas would be out and wanting to be ridden.. my grandaughter LOVES the old blue fourtrax. so she lit up when I mentioned some ride time...that bribe will ensure that she makes her parents come. (grin) of all of my 8 grands, she's the one that the Fourtrax will have to be passed on to. The kid will plant her butt on that bike 5 times longer than anyone..including me....actually, for now, I always ride with her...so I guess that means I get as much saddle time. But yeah...Hondas make great bribes !

man I miss my sparkle naugha banana seat from my bike back when i was in Jr. High...my grandpap bought it for me to upgrade my full size touring bike..that and a set of high rise goat horn handlebars and I was almost as cool as the neighbors that bought the shorty Schwinn stingrays..they had the stick shift 5 speed center bar...me.. still a single speed coaster brake...but i was happy.

awww boo-hoo...oh the "pain" that a sticker causes...ignore the price...it's all about hurt feelings with a sticker.

my wife insists that we grow old and die in our home...and we have been blessed for sure..but the kids (adults) keep telling us to sell our place...we'd get triple what we originally paid for it. if I was a widower.. yeah.. I'd sell, move into my travel trailer and wait for the housing market to tank again and then buy on the low...but since we're talking real life.. i'll just ride out this imagined equity profit that I'll never reap..and continue to live and be blessed where we are...knowing that to buy a similar place today would easily be in the $800s

when I used to own my concert biz, we'd work at lot of the Nascar events...long days..early mornings and then basically hanging out all day in the infield. I'd take a pedal bike with me on the truck..and just cruise around looking at all the crazy rigs..roof top sofas etc...was the most entertaining part of the race for me.