Car and Bike Talk

[cosmo1]

I hope you didn't have to go far with that overload.

18 miles

I went to get some 2b gravel for my stepfather when I had my Nissan 4wd Hardbody.

They loaded it with the big loader, and I guess the operator was waiting for it to squat, but it didn't. When I got on the scales, I had 2750 lbs of stone in a truck rated for 1500 lbs.

Luckily, I didn't have to drive far.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I went to get some 2b gravel for my stepfather when I had my Nissan 4wd Hardbody.

They loaded it with the big loader, and I guess the operator was waiting for it to squat, but it didn't. When I got on the scales, I had 2750 lbs of stone in a truck rated for 1500 lbs.

Luckily, I didn't have to drive far.

I always run out of truck before saw on those days. At least there's room still left for my gear by then.

 

[rod]

I went to get some 2b gravel for my stepfather when I had my Nissan 4wd Hardbody.

They loaded it with the big loader, and I guess the operator was waiting for it to squat, but it didn't. When I got on the scales, I had 2750 lbs of stone in a truck rated for 1500 lbs.

Luckily, I didn't have to drive far.

My brother burned up the rear wheel bearings hauling a heavy load in his Ranger. Literally fried them.

 

[sailfish]

Funny you should mention this in this context. My phone keeps trying to turn Zrx in "sex". I'd take the FZ there over the Ducati.

Tough pick for me. FZ if I could only have one but if I could keep my current one it'd be the Duc.

 

[cosmo1]

My brother burned up the rear wheel bearings hauling a heavy load in his Ranger. Literally fried them.

I only drove a couple miles with that load on it.

The truck did crap out on me later, but that was rust and electrical gremlins.

 

[oldngray]

Harley recalls over 250K bikes globally; brakes can fail

 

[rod]

Harley recalls over 250K bikes globally; brakes can fail

I'll be waiting for my recall notice

 

[rod]

Harley recalls over 250K bikes globally; brakes can fail

One of my old center manager's always told us a good driver don't need brakes

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Tough pick for me. FZ if I could only have one but if I could keep my current one it'd be the Duc.

Ducatis are a grenade with the pin pulled. Never saw one finish the Daytona 200 under normal circumstances.

 

[rod]

Ducatis are a grenade with the pin pulled. Never saw one finish the Daytona 200 under normal circumstances.

I once did a funeral (with the Patriot Guard) where the deceased was a member of a Kansas City Ducati Club. The club (about 20 of them) biked the 9 1/2 hours up from KC, did the half hour funeral and then biked 9 1/2 back. I'm sure they probably did it in less time. The casket was brought up in an enclosed M/C trailer pulled by a pickup. As they left the cemetery they all did burn-outs in honor of their friend. That was the neatest funeral I've ever been a part of.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Ducatis are cool, but they are the supermodels of the motorcycle world. High maintenance and they make the people in their lives crazy.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Would like to try a Moto Guzzi for a while.

 

[oldngray]

Ducatis are cool, but they are the supermodels of the motorcycle world. High maintenance and they make the people in their lives crazy.

Agreed. Pretty bikes but too many headaches to have as a reliable daily ride.

 

[sandwich]

I've got a question. I put a new alternator in my 82 gmc 1 ton with a 454. Now the volt meter bounces all over the place and the lights flicker. What gives? Battery is good and it didn't do this before I changed the alternator. I only changed the alternator because the bearing in the pulley went bad.

 

[rod]

Now I see Jeep is in trouble for that ad they ran during the Super Bowl that showed a Jeep driving down a stream. The environmental people are saying they probably ruined all kinds of fish spawning structure.

 

[rod]

I've got a question. I put a new alternator in my 82 gmc 1 ton with a 454. Now the volt meter bounces all over the place and the lights flicker. What gives? Battery is good and it didn't do this before I changed the alternator. I only changed the alternator because the bearing in the pulley went bad.

One video on Youtube says it could be a bad inline fuse.

 

[BSWALKS]

Would like to try a Moto Guzzi for a while.

Not your thing, but I'd love to try their MGX-21.

 

[burrheadd]

Now I see Jeep is in trouble for that ad they ran during the Super Bowl that showed a Jeep driving down a stream. The environmental people are saying they probably ruined all kinds of fish spawning structure.

When I saw that Jeep going thru the Madison river I knew the Sierra Club folks would be getting all worked up

Rightly so if they were actually driving across The Madison

 

[sailfish]

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When I saw that Jeep going thru the Madison river I knew the Sierra Club folks would be getting all worked up

Rightly so if they were actually driving across The Madison

Allegedly it was a privately owned man-made lake.

 

[cosmo1]

Allegedly it was a privately owned man-made lake.

The one with the Wrangler.

The one with the Cherokee, there was no disclaimer. Could have been anywhere.