Posts by BKL

  • Some Funny Comics I recently received in emails

    Got this from a former co-worker -


    Dead Crows



    Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found


    over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there


    was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu.



    A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows,


    and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was


    definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be


    vehicular impacts.



    However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that


    varying colors of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and


    claws.



    By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98%


    of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while


    only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.



    MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist (😳) to determine if


    there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of


    truck kills versus car kills.



    He very quickly concluded the cause: When crows eat road


    kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to


    warn of impending danger.



    They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout


    "Cah!," not a single one could shout "Truck!"

  • Wing ?

    Due to the spacing of the Aluminum rear frame, to mount a generic Wing like the one shown above, it is absolutely necessary to remove the rear deck and install some sturdy metal to support the Wing. It may also be necessary to cut an opening thru the rear deck to prevent vibrations causing in possible tears of the plastic deck..

  • Some Funny Comics I recently received in emails

    Got this from one of my Brothers -


    A Farmer's story -


    I recently spent $6500 on a registered Black Angus Bull, but when I put him with the other cows, he completely ignored the females. I began to worry I had paid too much, so I called the Vet and he told me the bull was very healthy and gave me some pills he said should help.

    The bull started to service the cows within 2 days and then broke thru the fence and serviced my neighbor's cows, too. He's a real stud machine now.

    Still don't know what was in those pills, but they taste like peppermint!

  • Full windshield

    I experienced windshield fogging on my 2007 Suzuki 650 naked bike and on my 2008 Suzuki V-Strom 650, both with tall windshields that allowed me to hunker down if caught in rain. Never experienced fogging on 2015 Slingshot with the original Blade windshield, my MadStad Single Adjustable 13" windshield or with my NASCAR style Tallboy Plus 2 windshield. I had a TD Top with the MadStad and added a rear wind deflector with the NASCAR style windshield. Don't know if that made a difference in fogging or not.

  • Improving Power Steering

    here's links to the Steering assembly parts diagrams. I chose 2017 as an average for the Gen 1 and 2022 for the Gen 2. The most significant difference I could see is the Gen can be purchased in individual parts while the Gen 2 is a single assembly. Hard to tell if the 2 are interchangeable. It looks like the 2 assemblies have different mountings.


    https://www.partshark.com/oemp…-steering-asm-all-options


    https://www.partshark.com/oemp…b-lhdar-br-cr-lgdar-br-cr

  • Some Funny Comics I recently received in emails

    I have the same problem. No matter where I buy Lottery tickets, they are always DEFECTIVE, meaning I never seem to hit the BIG one! I'd happily settle for just 5 out of 6 on the main section!;)

  • Report your current weather here.

    Quote from Edward Neal

    Florida is a big state like California and the weather can be very different from one end to the other. I have a Sister in law and her husband who live if Ft Walton Beach in the pan handle and their weather can be much different that what they might have down in Orlando


    Heck here in California they have been having torrential rains and flooding up near the Bay Area and down here I have yet to miss a ride due to poor weather

    When we worked for the military outside Washington, DC, we bought a house about 1.5 miles from my home growing up and where my Dad still lived. We would often get a rain storm either at our place or my Dad's and it wouldn't rain at all at the other house. They say all weather is local and that certainly applied to us.

  • Classic Car Pricing: - Who's Got 'Em and Who Wants to Sell?

    Quote from SlingLow

    BKL are you any closer to replacing your Sling?

    At the moment, I do not have a Driver's License. Went to renew my DL and the TX DMV Medical Advisory Board placed a new request for my medical history due to my crash in Sep 21 in which I totaled my Wife's car and 3 cars parked side-by-side in a driveway due to extremely low blood sugar. I currently have the case appealed in local court, but the DMV claims they can prevent me renewing my DL while they review whether or not to revoke my DL.

    Once I get everything worked out, hopefully favorable for my DL, I must admit that I'm a little gun-shy of getting another Slingshot and am thinking about a Pontiac Solstice GXP or a Saturn Sky Redline, either of which has basically the same HP I had with my Slingshot and about the same 0-60 times.

    I hope to soon clean out my garage and try to get rid of any old Slingshot parts.

  • Report your current weather here.

    Quote from DJohnson

    8:32 pm and down to 37 blowing 10 mph but don't know the wind chill. Pipes don't feel wind chill but by midnight it will be in the 20s. I got to go out and set spickets to drip. Dumb builders but the outside spickets on top of 3 foot stand up iron pipes. I guess they didn't know how cold this pert of Florida can get. 11 degrees for Christmas one year. Guess I am going to have to put on long pants and suck it up and go out and do it.

    Here in Texas, the main shutoff valve for water entering most houses is OUTSIDE, exposed to weather and potential pranksters! I still haven't gotten used to that. I built little insulated houses to fit over the exposed exterior pipes and faucets and have a work light with a heat-generating halogen bulb thermostatically controlled inside each little house. As long as there's power, the pipes should be Ok.

  • Some Funny Comics I recently received in emails

    From my Funnies Pusher -

    The Years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down." T.S. Elliot

    "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us; at age 40, we don’t care what they think of us; ...at age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all." Ann Landers

    "The important thing to remember is that I’m probably going to forget." Unknown

    “It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.” Andy Rooney

    “The older I get, the better I used to be.” Lee Trevino

    "I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me — they’re cramming for their final exam." George Carlin

    "Grandchildren don’t make a man feel old, it’s the knowledge that he’s married to a grandmother that does." J. Norman Collie

    "To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except exercise, get up early, or be respectable." Oscar Wilde

    "The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for." Will Rogers

    "We must recognize that, as we grow older, we become like old cars – more and more repairs and replacements are necessary." C.S. Lewis

    "Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened." Jennifer Yane

    "I’m so old that my blood type is discontinued." Bill Dana

    "The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. Mark Twain

    “Old people shouldn’t eat healthy foods. They need all the preservatives they can get.” Robert Orben