Sell the Impala! Tacos are awesome. I love mine. I'm going to run it into the ground (around the 300k mark), have my brother rebuild it and then do it again.
-Kyle KK On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > I was, and still am, hell on 4-wheels. I'm a bit more grannyish on 2. The > mitzes were alot of fun, but I got tired of them always falling apart. Cathy > had a corolla and it always ran great so when I finally got fed up with the > '97 eclipse I traded it in on an '03 tacoma, brand new. I'm never going to > buy another new car off the lot, but I bought it because it looked reliable, > not because I wanted a truck. It's got 248K on it now and it's still more > likely to go around a corner sideways than otherwise. Work keeps trying to > give me an '08 impalla, I don't want it but if they finally make me take it > I'll prolly sell the taco. > > -Kyle > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmmmm...let me see. >> Vehicles I have owned: >> 85 blazer w/ 2.8 v6 (pissed oil, went about 60 @ top speed) >> 95 tacoma w/ 2.7 I4 (great running, love it, goes about 80) >> 92 Corsica w/ 3.1 v6 (engine's great, does about 110) >> 83 Nighthawk 550 I4 (engine's great, does about 120) >> 02 VTX 1800 v2 (fantastic, don't know top speed: had it at 125) >> >> None of them are really speed demons, but the Nighthawk is great up to 45 >> (which is where 1st runs out) and the VTX's second gear is neck snapping >> fun. >> >> -Kyle KK >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Creative Residential Designs < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ...there's all of his cars, then there's all of mine...OH MY!!! We like >>> fast things on two wheels Or four... >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:53 PM >>> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >>> >>> Ouch. >>> wait...all of your cars? curious, what have you owned? >>> >>> -Kyle KK >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> V45, nice bike, almost, but not quite, as nice as my nighthawk ;) All of >>>> my cars up to this point have been turbocharged so I'm usually careful of >>>> puddles. I don't want to see what happens when a hot turbo tries to >>>> compress >>>> cold water. >>>> >>>> -Kyle >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ouch other Kyle. That sucks. >>>>> I knew a guy who had a hypercharger on his bike and he hit a 6" puddle >>>>> doing something stupid like 30mph. He thought it was shallower. Turned >>>>> out, >>>>> a hypercharger acts like a huge funnel and he hydrolocked his engine. >>>>> >>>>> Glad that didn't happen to you. >>>>> >>>>> what size was the sabre? v65? >>>>> >>>>> -Kyle KK >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Last November I was on my buddy's 83 Sabre and got caught at a >>>>>> customer's house during the rain. Being a chicken I waited until it was >>>>>> over >>>>>> then snuck out on the still wet streets. At one point I came up on a >>>>>> significant puddle. About 6" deep in the middle, and about 20' long >>>>>> taking >>>>>> up all 3 lanes from curb to curb. I slowed waaaaaaay down, made sure I >>>>>> had >>>>>> the bike lined up straight and proceeded through the puddle >>>>>> carefully...about halfway through a #...@!$@@!$ in a FedEx truck goes >>>>>> crashing >>>>>> through the same puddle in the lane next to me. A tidalwave of nasty oily >>>>>> water completely engulfed me from the side and nearly knocked me off of >>>>>> the >>>>>> bike. To say I was pissed off is an understatement. Sometimes it doesn't >>>>>> matter how careful you are but that's the closest I've come to drowning >>>>>> on a >>>>>> bike ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> -Kyle >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Creative Residential Designs < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I was riding in my Caddy to town yesterday afternoon. I hit a storm >>>>>>> so bad that I hydroplaned. It was solid water... I had to slow down >>>>>>> considerably. It was like going thru the car wash minus the cute swishy >>>>>>> things that wash the car....my bike and I would have drowned! LOL! (Has >>>>>>> anyone drowned while driving a bike thru pouring rain? No? There's >>>>>>> always a >>>>>>> first time...) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> *From:* Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> >>>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:37 AM >>>>>>> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Storms are fun. They're refreshing as long as you can change when you >>>>>>> get to your destination. >>>>>>> And you have an open face helmet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> NEEDLES IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Kyle KK >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Creative Residential Designs < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It did nothing except storm here yesterday, not that it would have >>>>>>>> mattered...I work out of my home ;) HotrodMamma. >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> From: "Marco" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:14 AM >>>>>>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I work a fair distance away from home and haven't ridden the full >>>>>>>> trip >>>>>>>> yet (about 60km, all superslab, very heavy traffic), so I bailed on >>>>>>>> it. Not a bad idea in the end; we had rain and lightning forecast, >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> we got a big thunderstorm. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If it doesn't rain one weekday - any weekday - I'm on it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Now I have to fix my upholstery so as to not embarrass myself too >>>>>>>> much >>>>>>>> with my rough-looking '93 NH :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Marco >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 8, 4:42 pm, wrenchman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> > every day should be ride to work day for all of us! god made us >>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>> > waterproof and we can buy jackets and pants for the cold. >>>>>>>> > people , owning an older 'hawk is like being married, you have to >>>>>>>> love >>>>>>>> > her ALL the time, not just when weather permits >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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