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    Pulled over by CSI

    Coming into work this morning on I-25 in New Mexico, just N of Tramway Blvd; not in the double-fine construstion zone, not at warp-speed, I passed a black SUV-looking thing; no external lights; no government plate; no markings of any kind. I notice he immediately gooses it and jumps in the far...
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    Strep Throat, oh dear God.....

    Hello, strep throat. I haven't had a good case of you since I was a kid... :( Red and white polka dotted tonsils: Check Swollen glands: Check Fever: Check Extreme sore throat: Check General Malaise: Check (Sergeant and Captain Malaise as well...) Iesu Christu my throat is killing...
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    Stupid Undergrounds

    You can talk politics, but stay away from: Apocalyptic cults and youth gangs, garage bands and wolfpacks, alternative colleges and phalansteries, espionage networks trading in vaporous facts and networks of home shoppers for illicit goods; monastic, penological, mutant-biomorphic, and anarcho-...
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    ABS? Grab a Handful!

    I ran across this study while researching stuff for another thread. This study is so good and so definitive on the goodness and use of ABS on motorcycles that it demands its own thread. Yeah, it opens in PDF.... Austrian ABS Study It has some really interesting conclusions--particularly for...
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    Running Lights

    Hey, I hope this isn't a dumb question: I have to replace the rt side turn signal/running light. Turn signal works fine--the running light just isn't lit. Is that one bulb with two filaments or a separate bulb? All other lights are fine. I understand from another thread that I just have to...
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    FJR Sighting--Albuquerque

    Saw a feller on a silver 2004, 1427hrs, 6 Jan 2206 : He was Northbound I-25 on the frontage road just South of the Tramway off-ramp (Sandia Pueblo). No side bags. Bike was clean. Rider dressed in blaze-yellow textile jacket with reflective strip across shoulders. Full face helmet in a...
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    Cupping

    OK, I take good care of my tires--inspect and check the pressure before every ride. I could tell if anything looked odd, or worn out. That being said, what the hell is 'cupping'. I see this a lot on the forum here, and beyond guessing it is some kind of odd and undesirable wear pattern, I...
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