Posts by Andy Hatch

This is a great cause and I have done it here in Culpeper County since 2000, and the relationships I have made with local law enforcement had been priceless since I got the Sling two years ago, LOL.

For the benefit of Tazman8005 and others, carbon monoxide is completely odorless so any objectionable odors are something else.

John,

Let Velma drive it on the trailer so it doesn't go off the side.

Take a sample of each to your local Fastenal store and they will fix you up. If it isn't in stock they have fixed me up the next day.

Question-
Are the HP and torque figures crank or rear wheel?

Tell her you bought a new supercharger and will powder coat her name on it.

I'm confused here. If the recall says that "blah, blah, blah doesn't meet"Polaris quality standards", my thinking after two years of ownership is that blah blah blah should be in excellent condition.

I hope that sling owners in other regions enjoy the kinship our Crew does. I think of the friends we would never know without the commonality of ownership. In our group everyone jumps at the chance to help out wrenching and in my case supplying great meals when I was laid low with Lyme. Those of a certain age might recall the surfing documentary "Endless Summer". Rides like yesterdays sure make me wish for that weather year round. Let's keep an eye on the weekend forecasts to take advantage of those days around here between now and spring that allow these rides. When the weather isn't friendly wrench days or brunches are still in order.

No plan, discussing at lunch and winging it.

Let me see the brake handle John.

V-SHOT
The top one is what I have and works great.

ATTENTION WRECKING CREW-CHANGE OF PLANS FOR SUNDAY

Those of you who have been to my humble abode realize that it just won't host 15-20 people, no matter how much we love each other.
I have talked this over with Ethermion and we are going back to my original suggestion and meeting at
McAlisters Deli
70 Riverton Commons Plaza
Front Royal, VA
It is on the right immediately after you get off RT 66 at the Front Royal exit.
time-11:30
Because of the shorter days and the distance some of you might drive, this makes more sense, get the meal out of the way and then ride, no muss, no fuss. I am grateful for the work Eric has planned cooking and this applies to anyone else giving so generously but this plan took on a life of its own. For Rock, JDin this is a halfway point we used last time. For NOVA crew it is much more convenient. For DocG and anyone else that might be coming north, please consider meeting at my house around 10:30 to convoy up there. Anyone who needs my address or who has questions PM or call me.
Expect temps around 55-60 max as it is a little cooler up that way so layer accordingly. Great riding weather.
Crew-please make sure that those who were planning on coming to my place are aware of the change.
DocG-if you know of anyone coming from your direction, I believe Eric mentioned Cliff from Quantico, try to coordinate with them if they wish to convoy with you to my place.
So looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones, the thought of it makes me feel much better.

I got what seem to be indestructible rubber chocks from Harbor Freight. You could use a small ratchet strap to snug them on both sides of a tire in lieu on a permanent install.

More thanks to the brotherhood. Ethermion is working with us to get a crew ride on Sunday. I suggested meeting in Front Royal, about 45 minutes from my house since it is pretty central with RT66 for most of us, plus there are numerous sweet rides some of us have done before. Guys like DocG should think about meeting at my place elevenish so all get to McAlisters deli immediately off 66 at the
Front Royal/Winchester exit. Early in the planning stages so any and all ideas welcome. Let's make it happen.

I want to thank all my friends here, including the ones I haven't met yet, for the good wishes. You can't know how much this show of support means to me. It has helped to restore my appetite and my general feeling of getting better. Other than an out of nowhere rotator cuff pain, for which I am trying to get an appointment to get checked out, I am itching to ride with the Crew before mother nature puts a crimp on things. Those of you that have met me know that I am quite the homebody, content to stay close to home and other than a sling ride or canoe camping trip am very happy to be in my own bed every night. The Smokies trip and Mitch's jamboree in Clarksville are not my style but the brotherhood of sling owners just might expand my comfort zone. I have owned my sling coming on two years now, and the crew I have wrenched or ridden with are brothers (and sisters). In this toxic politic season, where anger and resentment get the headlines, My DMV Wrecking Crew and the rest of the sling community represent in microcosm the overwhelming majority of the vast center of our country. We are a great example of how politics, race and just about anything you can think of that is divisive are so insignificant in the lives of good hearted people in our great country.
Thanks for your good hearts.

Because I had a couple of posts in the Politics Suck thread I get notifications of new ones. About six weeks ago I just clicked on the green check mark and stopped looking there. I think it was the dyed in the wool birthers who finally did it for me. It seems like the same posters are lurking in the shadows waiting to pounce on a comment they disagree with and things have gotten just a little rabid. Two years ago I was visiting old friends and went with them when they took their grandkids to the zoo. At the primate house we witnessed the monkeys split into two tribes/teams hurling feces at each other and shrieking increasingly louder. When another one came out of the sleeping enclosure he got bombarded. It seemed hilarious at the time, but the Politics Suck thread sure has become slam dunk evidence for evolution.

You've come a long way baby-since I watched Wraith finish up your radio connections on Sunday. Whatever you do, don't let me drive it like you did so I could hear your exhaust since I can't spring for it yet.

Thanks to Greg and his better half, it was a fine day, fine food, and most important, fine friends.

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's it your butt?

If you have sex with a prostitute against her will is that rape or shoplifting?