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Smack_doogle
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 03:06 pm: | 
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The insignia is a British crest (I forget which King but supposed to be from the time of the Revolutionary war) Basically, when the ship was first launched (Oct. 21, 1797) the order for the guns being made for the ship at Furnace Hope, Rhode Island wasn't completed so they had to get guns on the ship so we borrowed 14 18lb. and 12 16lb. long guns from Castle Island (Commonwealth of Mass.) Those guns we borrowed were actually left from the British after the Revolutionary War but no, we never used British guns against the British in the war of 1812. They were off the ship long before 1812 actually but that is why the re-casts on board have them on, to represent our ties with the British. They are an inaccurate representation though because the guns we have now are 24lb.er's, they should be 16 or 18lb.ers but nobody ever knows unless we tell them. |
Damnut
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:05 am: |
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Jack,
Thanks a bunch for that tour!!!! My nephews were excited about it and thought that it was really cool. I can't thank you enough. Whenever you want to go riding with us just let me know, you can take my Triumph. |
Damnut
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:04 pm: |
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Oh and Greg..... sorry I didn't make it to your house yesterday. I can stop by on Thursday night if that's OK with you. I can drop off the payment as well that night. |
Ducxl
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:25 pm: |
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Cool,Jim.So I can move the bike into the garage now then? So i can clear room for the Christmas tree and more room for my 996 project? |
Damnut
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 01:00 pm: |
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Yea Greg no problem. Tonight through Wednesday night I want to keep open to do the tuning w/firemanjim. |
Ducxl
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 02:05 pm: |
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Cool,and thanks. |
Scotty_j
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 08:38 am: |
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Anyone know where I can get some stock Buell tank badges? American Sport Bike and Trojan Horse both came up dry... |
Damnut
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 09:14 am: |
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Scotty..... I have a couple of them laying around. I have a set of red ones and a set of black/graphite colored ones. Let me know if these work for you.
Oh and do you have any of those Iraq HD shirts left? I found a HD Northern Ireland shirt that I'll trade you.
Let me know. |
Scotty_j
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 11:53 am: |
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Just what I was looking for, Jim. What do you want for the black/graphite ones? And these are badges, right? Not just decals?
And I was holding a Baghdad HD shirt in reserve for you. Mind you, they're what we call "Hadji shirts" (anything made in country is generally, derogatorily referred to as "Hadji...") so they're not the best quality but they do say "HD Baghdad" on 'em. |
Jpb
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 11:57 am: |
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Scotty - how is that new tank project coming along? I'm guessing almost done if you're looking for the badges to put on... |
Scotty_j
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 12:31 pm: |
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Nah- I just got it in the mail the other day. I had to trim it a bit to clear the frame pucks and I've got a shop lined up for the paintwork (FMS in Franklin-- they're also powder coating my can), but it probably won't get done till after the holidays.
Just looking for badges b/c I wanted it to look a little stock. I think I'm going to go for black with VERY faint ghost flames. |
Damnut
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 01:29 pm: |
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Scotty.... no charge, just let me look for them. I was going to put them on my bike, you know the whole black theme thing, but found that I liked the bike better without them. As soon as I find them their yours. |
Tripp
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 08:00 am: |
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paint it black! that's what i'm talking about, i'm painting my forks next week! |
Scotty_j
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 04:52 pm: |
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I figure if I'm having some professional paint laid down, I might as well do something fancy with it... But it'll be subtle; like you'll have to be right up on the bike before you notice it.
The Micron can came from the factory in a beautiful polished stainless finish. It wasn't chrome, but it was still way too shiny for me so off it went for powder coat: flat black, the only color for an exhaust. |
Tripp
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 05:20 pm: |
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and how! |
Scott_in_nh
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 07:40 pm: |
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flat black, the only color for an exhaust on a Uly..... |
Scotty_j
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 08:18 am: |
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Oh, you tubers and your shiny bits. I can rarely bring myself to wash the bike, much less polish it. |
Ducxl
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 11:03 am: |
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Oh, you tubers and your shiny bits
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Jpb
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 11:49 am: |
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Dido on the cleaning and polishing - I bought the bike to ride it...not clean it.
That said...it will be getting a full detailing while it's in the basement for the winter. But hey thats a yearly thing, not an every ride thing. |
Scott_in_nh
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 12:03 pm: |
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Spending about 2 hours a week cleaning my bike while drinking beer and listening to music is not exactly a chore!
If I'm cleaning it, it means I've already finished riding it or I'm killing time while I wait for my out of state riding friends to arrive (no beer then) - not that I'm cleaning it instead of riding it!
(but to each his own - I guess you all own beige cars too.....) |
Ducxl
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 12:26 pm: |
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That said...it will be getting a full detailing while it's in the basement for the winter.
The story of my life |
Scotty_j
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 02:53 pm: |
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So what if my car's beige?! I mean, if I washed it, you would see that it's actually silver!
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Scott_in_nh
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 03:02 pm: |
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Silver is the new beige!
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Scott_in_nh
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 03:06 pm: |
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I wouldn't put any "shiny bits" on a Uly either, but if I had black rims and a black exhaust on my bike it would look like a lump of coal! |
Tripp
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 11:19 am: |
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15% off at precision this weekend, call me if you guys need anything! |
Jpb
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 01:26 pm: |
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Tripp - What we need is to see that new bike when it roles in...Any word on that? |
Tripp
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 01:35 pm: |
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it should be any day now, we have a vin#, folks in ct., nh. etc. already have theirs so it's got to be soon! |
Firebolteric_ma
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 01:57 pm: |
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15% + 10% Badweb Discount?
If so, I can put an order in for that deal....
I need:
New battery
Head bearings
Motor Mount
Gaskets..(primary,inspection, Cam cover & Heads)
Got NGK iridium Plugs?
Maybe some shirts too!! |
Tripp
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 02:58 pm: |
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i wish, that would be better than my employee discount! |
Firebolteric_ma
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 03:31 pm: |
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So 15% + Your Employee Discount?...What's that work to?
Man you guys make it hard for me to buy there.... |
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