| Author | Message | ||
     Aesquire |
https://9gag.com/gag/a852eEQ | ||
| Ourdee |
That one is funny. | ||
| Hootowl |
New to me. Apologies if it’s a repost. | ||
| Torquehd |
YES!!! John Britten has been a huge inspiration to me. I posted some of his stuff here a long time ago, and it was met with hostility. People said he stole patents and treated his crew like crap. That may be true, but I can't find any evidence of it. For several years, I took on a handful of new projects, because I thought, if some skinny nerd in NZ can make a world-class carbon fiber race bike in his garage, I can do this. John Britten is why I got into making my own carbon fiber and casting aluminum. Granted, neither of those hobbies got past amateur level. But I'm glad I've played with them, and look forward to the next reason to play with engineering and manufacturing my own parts. As I said many years ago, I wish John Britten and Erik Buell had teamed up to develop some radical new single-track invention. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/01/12/amorou s-2020-olympic-athletes-beware-recyclable-cardboar d-beds-not-for-threesomes/ Cardboard bed frames! 440 pounds. 450,000 condoms. Japan may expect earthquakes.  | ||
| Hootowl |
I didn’t know he cast his own engine cases. Or maybe I did. I seem to be forgetful as of late. I think. | ||
| Shoggin |
I'm also a BIG John Britten fan. A true inspiration for me to try new things as well. Theres always someone who just has to have an alternate view, whether it's truth based or not. I would think someone that 'special' and driven, had his bad days too. Heck, I'm not half that smart and I'm still an A-h0le somedays  I would be curios to have that discussion on here. Lots of smart guys on this board who know Erik from the beginning. The similarities would be interesting. They'd either be the best of friends or the worst enemies,  haha. My Guy Martin/ John Britten tribute helmet: He's another inspiration of mine. I wish I could understand what he says!  Heres the V1000 at Barber, theres one right near me in Solvang, CA as well!  | ||
| 86129squids |
I was sent to Barber along with 2 others from Smoky Mountain HD/BUELL for the debriefing seminars and track testing of the 1125R when it was about to be released. Best two "work" days EVAAAARRR. The day after, before coming home, we hit the museum at 10AM when it opens. Took us til 330 to look at everything. LOVE that place. As I stood drooling and admiring the Britten in the "flesh", my two buddies happened to run into George Barber himself and chatted with him a bit. Always regretted that a little, but hey. What if. What if John Britten and Michael Cysz were still with us, and they teamed up with Erik? What. If. | ||
| Crusty |
What if... If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs... | ||
| Ourdee |
I have ham. What if my eggs are already boiled, do they count in the eggs and ham scenario? But, what if I already got full on refried beans? | ||
| 1313 |
But what if they are deviled eggs? | ||
| 86129squids |
Don't tell Patches! | ||
| Crusty |
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| Ourdee |
They could be deviled in 6 minutes | ||
| Glitch |
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| Hootowl |
Couple of seasons of this. It’s an amazing time. Anyone can put themselves on a worldwide platform, and, for not much money, film it with cameras traditional media would have killed for 20 years ago. Oh, and bring along your own aerial camera to boot. | ||
| 86129squids |
Dammit I thought I won the Internet a minute ago. | ||
| Ducbsa |
Oh, no, a new trend to catch up on! https://nypost.com/2020/01/12/fashionable-millenni al-men-are-all-about-nail-art/ | ||
| Ratbuell |
...I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit... | ||
| Ourdee |
....thought I won the Internet a minute ago. Internet victories are fleeting. | ||
| Aesquire |
Thank you for posting that! It may have saved me the embarrassment of telling some dude how proud I was of his courage coming out of the closet. Seriously. I was raised to say something nice or not at all. It didn't take, but it's another ideal I fail to live up to. Now I can just point & laugh. Unless... what if they are going public with their sexuality? Darn. Still, thanks. | ||
| Sifo |
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| Ourdee |
.....going public with their sexuality? That is their bad. | ||
| Hootowl |
He was a little bullish on that wheelie. | ||
| Ourdee |
I don't think those pipes saved him. | ||
| 86129squids |
I call bullshit. | ||
| Crusty |
Are you into the 3 Stooges? Then check this out: I can think of two that are missing, but that's OK. | ||
| Glitch |
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| Crusty |
We stopped at a service area the highway today and bought four Krispy Kreme donuts. This is the box they came in.   I don't know why the pics have been rotated. They're properly orientated when I click on them, but they rotate when I try to post them. | ||
| Glitch |
I'd be lying if I didn't say, Crusty had a golden gaytime. Good on ya Crusty, well done! |
