Posts by Edward Neal

  • Thought I'd pass this on (helmet argument)

    oh - almost forgot, in California motorcycles are 100% exempt from the mandatory seatbelt laws so if you are worried about the risk of a helmet with a seatbelt you are free not to wear the seatbelt


    I actually added a simply lap belt to my slingshot that I use instead of the factory belt because when its 110 degrees out that strap across the chest gets very uncomfortable - - I carry a printout of the law in my glove box where it specifically says that motorcycles are exempt and I have asked some LEO friends who have told me they would never ticket anyone in a slingshot for a seatbelt violation - -said its legally a motorcycle and the exemption applies


    here is the first part of the CA seatbelt law: look at the third paragraph (c)


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    7315.

    (a) The Legislature finds that a mandatory seatbelt law will contribute to reducing highway deaths and injuries by encouraging greater usage of existing manual seatbelts, that automatic crash protection systems that require no action by vehicle occupants offer the best hope of reducing deaths and injuries, and that encouraging the use of manual safety belts is only a partial remedy for addressing this major cause of death and injury. The Legislature declares that the enactment of this section is intended to be compatible with support for federal motor vehicle safety standards requiring automatic crash protection systems and should not be used in any manner to rescind federal requirements for installation of automatic restraints in new cars.


    (b) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.


    (c) (1) As used in this section, “motor vehicle” means a passenger vehicle, a motortruck, or a truck tractor, but does not include a motorcycle.


    (2) For purposes of this section, a “motor vehicle” also means a farm labor vehicle, regardless of the date of certification under Section 31401.


    (d) (1) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or over are properly restrained by a safety belt. This paragraph does not apply to the operator of a taxicab, as defined in Section 27908, when the taxicab is driven on a city street and is engaged in the transportation of a fare-paying passenger. The safety belt requirement established by this paragraph is the minimum safety standard applicable to employees being transported in a motor vehicle. This paragraph does not preempt more stringent or restrictive standards imposed by the Labor Code or another state or federal regulation regarding the transportation of employees in a motor vehicle.

  • Thought I'd pass this on (helmet argument)

    Here in California there is not much ambiguity in the law - the Slingshot is legally classified as a motorcycle and when on or in a motorcycle riders/occupants are required to wear a helmet - - there is an exception for a "fully enclosed" three wheeled motorcycle, but what qualifies as "fully enclosed" is left up to the interpretation of the judge.


    I have a friend who has a slingshot with a top he made himself that is metal and encloses more than just about any other top I have seen - and despite this and documentation of the "fully enclosed" section of the law in his glovebox that he showed to the officer who pulled him over he was still given a ticket - - he did fight it and did win, but it took him 2 days off work to go to court (one to enter a not guilt plea and the second for the hearing) I suspect it cost him more to fight it in lost pay and time then it would have to simply have paid it


    for me its just not worth the trouble - so much easier just to use a small 1/2 helmet than to argue with police or go to court

  • Report your current weather here.

    Quote from Boomer

    Edward Neal , I can truthfully say I don’t miss that one little bit. But I have to say that we got 3 1/2 inches of rain in two and a half hours. There was NO riding at that time. Enjoy your day.

    I love it when its hot - just so long as its not humid and just so long as I remember to leave the slings seat tilted forward when I park it out front here at work - - burn my ass off if I forget =O

  • BigDog’s Delusional Rants

    look on the bright side, at least you didnt get "stuck" with the Chinese Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccines or perhaps the Russian Sputnik V vaccine - - lord only knows whats in those


    :00008674:

  • What helmet do you use?

    Right now I have 2 helmets that I am using a Bell vortex full helmet for the winter months when its cold and I just got a Daytona skull cap 1/2 helmet for the majority of the time - - As I said I just recently got the Daytona and I must say it really fits well - my head is slightly oval shaped and this helmet is the first one I have had that actually seems to be a perfect match.


    helmets dont seem to come in any standard shape, each company does their own thing and some are better for round heads and others slightly oval like me and even others for more oval shapes - - very hard to find a perfect match unless you can try them on in a store - - frankly I think I got very lucky in finding the daytona

  • What was today's Sling project-Mods , goodies....?

    Quote from 3GunSteve

    I really like those fumoto plugs... but dang it's a 1-2 beer wait on those suckers to drain.... 6 pack of time on my 2500 diesel it seems!


    Drain ports need to be enlarged a bit in my opinion!

    no doubt its very slow. Normally I do my oil changes in the morning so after I open the fumoto and see that its draining I usually just go back into the house and have my coffee and read the news. I will admit that it would be nice if it were faster, but I think it is really mostly psychological because when I really think about it I have to ask myself why I really care - - its not like would ever decide to change my oil when I am in a hurry to take the slingshot out

  • BigDog’s Delusional Rants

    The problem here is that Bigdog needs to spread conspiracy theories - Bigdog will say anything to try to scare people into thinking everyone is out to get them. BigDog thrives on trying to frighten people and spreading whatever it takes to do so.


    Seriously do some searches here on the forum and if you look back to when the pandemic started you will find post after post where BigDog said this virus was manufactured as a weapon by china to kill Americans, or that it was created by the "one world order" people along with Bill Gates to control population


    Now I guess he has changed his mind (or his fear based conspiracy sites have) because now its the vaccine that was created to control the population size or to turn us all into zombies that they can control


    and on top of that he doesn't even tell us which vaccine - - China has 2, Russia has their own, Europe and the US have 3 or 4 and others are in the process of being added into use - - - so are ALL these vaccines made in different countries, by completely different methods by different manufactures ALL part of Bigdogs government plot to control people?


    and if so does that mean that ALL of the worlds countries and Governments are some how plotting together when they can't even agree on things like controlling their borders? - - - world wide cooperation - - seriously?


    The problem with the conspiracy theories is that the only way people who spread them like BigDog can make them sound legitimate is by constantly changing their stories every time the facts change so that their lies can be adjusted to fit with todays narrative - - and the easiest way to know these people are making things up as they go is to compare what they say today to what they said before and what they say next week


    Before BigDog said the plot against people was a man made weaponized virus - - and now that there are several vaccines to stop the virus and the threat of the virus is no longer as frightening the story has to change - - so now its the vaccine that is the horrible plot against the people - - - - - heck for some time a few weeks back bigdog was saying that the virus was man made specifically so that they would have a way to push the vaccine - - - but the problem here is that there are so many different vaccines - - so which one is it?


    if a story needs to constantly be changed and adjusted there is an almost 100% chance it was never the truth - that's the beauty of telling the truth - its always true and the story never needs to change


    And now Birddog will reply by trying to justify why his stories have constantly changed - - but isn't that what people do when caught trying to sell BS???

  • BigDog’s Delusional Rants

    in the end I feel that the risk of health problems, or worse, is higher from getting the virus than it is from getting the vaccination


    I also truly believe that so long as there are more than perhaps 20% of the population in my state or my country that the government will use that as an excuse to continue limiting my freedoms


    I also firmly believe that on an international level there is an extremely higher chance that my travel will not be limited and that in some cases my comfort when traveling will be much higher - - just yesterday on the news I heard about an airline that was planning on having a section on their flights where only fully vaccinated people would be seated and that the people in that section would not be required to wear a mask


    now I know travel does not matter to Bigdog - doesn't even have a passport and considering his fears my not have even been on a plane, but I do travel and if my time on an airplane can be a bit more comfortable that alone is worth having the vaccine

  • New Product - Slingshot Action Camera Mount

    my GoPro is a hero 7 like the 6 and 5 before it the camera fits in a frame that opens from the back. you open it slide the camera in and snap it shut - really works great except with this mount I have to loosen the mount so that it can be tilted forward to remove the camera from the frame - - not a big deal, but a tad inconvenient


    Well today I received this great little frame that I ordered from Amazon - Skylight frame


    This frame opens from the top and I think I am going to really like it. I can put the frame in my ZZP mount and really tighten it down so that it doesn't move and when I park someplace I can flip the latch, open the top and lift the camera out to stash away in a safe place or take with me - - - much easier than having to either loosen the frame to get the camera out or having to remove the entire frame. - - instead of using the standard plastic knob to secure the frame in the ZZP mount I am going to just use a short bolt of the same thread size and when I put the frame in the mount I will tighten it with a nut driver - keep people from messing with it :thumbsup:

  • BigDog’s Delusional Rants

    You are making up your own "facts" - - please back up what you say - link a post or a story where any doctor says EVERY death is Covid related


    you can't because it a lie made up by conspiracy nuts like you - - people who are doing nothing but harm and trying to scare people


    You Bigdog - you are the one deceiving people and spreading untruths that you can not back up except by linking crazy conspiracy sites


    My Doctor, a man I have trusted with my life for years, said I should be vaccinated - now please tell me why I should believe you and not him???

  • BigDog’s Delusional Rants

    Quote from EnjoyLifeToday

    Zero-COVID, obviously, is the ‘goal’ of the psychopaths who want to use this pandemic to impose their twisted policy aims on society, and people like Fauci and others who advise CCP puppet Biden are increasingly looking like they adhere to this ridiculous notion. If ZERO COVID is the impossible goal now, this insane 'New Normal’ we’ve been experiencing for nary on a year will NEVER go away. Not without a fight anyway.


    We are living in a time when most people seem to believe that appalling (in any era) assaults on individual liberties are completely worth it if they provide the off-chance that SOME lives could maybe, possibly, conceivably be prolonged by a few weeks or a few months. The irrational fear these hypochondriacs can’t let go of has made life intolerable for the living in countless places worldwide. Consequently, we’ve been watching the world die a slow, self-inflicted death. It’s time to choose life. It's past time to fight back against the fear and the fearmongers, assess the risk, and live our lives to the fullest. Because COVID or not, none of us are guaranteed tomorrow.


    EnjoyLifeToday


    have you considered that if you are right the people who are refusing to get vaccinated are playing right into "psychopaths" hands?


    If a large % of people refuse to get vaccinated wouldn't that give those people more reasons and excuses to keep setting limits on what people should do, wouldn't it give them even more power?


    also you say they are fear mongering, but isn't that in fact exactly what you are doing right in this post of yours - trying to use fear to convince people not to get vaccinated - using fear to convince people like me that others are out to get me? - - your post is the definition of "fear mongering"


    So I and others have 2 choices:


    1: Listen to you and BigDog and believe the fear that you push telling us that all of the doctors and all of the people who have provided this world with life saving medical miracles for our entire lives are now involved in some world wide conspiracy involving every single country working together to control us


    or


    2: Listen to them, the Drs who have treated us and our families, the scientists who have made amazing medical breakthroughs that have greatly extended life expectancies, and the producers of vaccines that in the case of many, many prior diseases have succeeded in eradicating those diseases from this country.


    Considering the fantastic track record of modern medicine


    please tell me one good reason why anyone should believe you conspiracy theory and stop trusting the doctors who have cared for them and the medical profession that has accomplished so much to improve the quality of life for countless millions of people?


    Seriously - Why do you think people should trust you & BigDog and not their personal physician and the medical community that eradicated Polio, Smallpox, Malaria, Rubella, Rabies, and countless others?


    My doctors over the years have probably kept me alive and on this planet enjoying my life and my slingshot much longer than I would have been here if not for them - - and now you are trying to frighten me into either believing they are part of a giant conspiracy to hurt me or if not that they are just stupid and being used - - seriously - you want to frighten people into thinking that BigDog and You are smarter and know better than they do


    Really?

  • BigDog’s Delusional Rants

    Quote from Bigdog


    Artificial global warming with bill Gates name associated to the plan..... but he loves us... just another billionaire that thinks they have a right to run the planet and kill us for sucking up “his” air. Buying up all the farm land.... melting the ice caps... eliminating 10-15% of the population with vaccines... he certainly gets the humanitarian of the decade award.

    the most frightening thing I have ever heard!!!!


    Oh - not what you posted, that's actually funny - - what's frightening is that you actually believe it


    I am seriously starting to think that you are so far gone mentally that even owning a slingshot cant redeem you