Live to Ride Ride to Live

So, took the Yamaha out for her maiden voyage(short drive down our dead end road.She went along quite nicely.Thanks Levi for the third hand bleeding the front brakes!

Man, bikes are just cool, and are even more so when they're free.

Chicken & Head Gaskets

SndWlkrS: hows the beamer today?
CelticPiping: home
CelticPiping: I think the alternaotr is good
CelticPiping: which is good
CelticPiping: but,
CelticPiping: the bad thing is:
CelticPiping: where the bleep did all my coolant go:
CelticPiping: most likely,
CelticPiping: it got burned up by the engine
SndWlkrS: why would it do that?
CelticPiping: whcih means, of course, that it got INTO the engine
CelticPiping: which is bad
CelticPiping: we'll see
CelticPiping: im gonna keep a real close eye on it(my one good one)
SndWlkrS: so oil in the engine is bad.
CelticPiping: oooh no
CelticPiping: oil is very good for the health of an engine
CelticPiping: coolant is bad
SndWlkrS: OHHH!!!
SndWlkrS: how would coolant get in the engine?
CelticPiping: coolant travels in & around the engine through channels it's supposed to stay in
CelticPiping: but, if the head gasket blows,
CelticPiping: or some other passageway is compromised,
CelticPiping: it gets in there
CelticPiping: & consequently, usually turns the oil a sludgy muck
CelticPiping: kinda whiteish in color..
CelticPiping: however, in this case,
CelticPiping: the oil, so fay anyway looks fine
CelticPiping: which though good, means,
SndWlkrS: hmmmmm
CelticPiping: that the coolant is getting most likely burned up by the engine meaning:
CelticPiping: it's probably leaking into the head
SndWlkrS: did that hmmmmm make it appear as tho i was contemplating what the problem might be, because I was actually thinking about fried chicken.
CelticPiping: & getting burned along with the fuel/air mixture
CelticPiping: u rok man
SndWlkrS: and thats bad...
SndWlkrS: dude, I do hope the best for ya, and I really wish I could help.
SndWlkrS: i just open a hood and see wires, hoses and steel.
CelticPiping: nice

2003 NorthEast IT Salaries

NorthEast 2003 IT Salaries

BMW...parts....ugh

Well lads, a sad chapter in the BMW book.
;-(

Carbs

Hah!
You thought I was gonna talk about carbohydrates!
NOT
We're talking REAL carbs.
As in, Carburetors
I pulled the carb rack off the Yamaha last night so my buddy can do his magic.

:-)

mini-pooper as opposed to a cooper....(a rant)

So, one little social anomaly that has increasingly bugged me, is this annoying use of a particular opening line of most phone conversations. Typically it will proceed as follows:

Receiver: "Hello?"
Initiating caller: "Hello? Hi , Claire here, how are you?"
Receiver: "good"

The "how are you" part kills me.
It's now become the standard opener, and it wouldn't be such a lame thing if it held any real meaning.
But it doesn't.
I hear people start phone conversations here where I work (IT), and it just sounds so lame, like the person placing the call is really just getting something out of the way.

Boy, I guess this perhaps reaveals the idealist in me, where I want words to actually mean something.
Alas!

BikerBoy...well, not exactly

See Yamaha Link Here