I don't need to tow my house....
On Jun 16, 8:50 pm, "Creative Residential Designs"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> THAT'S not a truck...THIS is a truck! HotrodMamma....
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aldo" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:56 PM
> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day
>
> I don't think so... we all share an appreciation for Japanese machines or
> else we wouldn't be here. :p
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of NytWing
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:46 PM
> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!
> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day
>
> I'm about to take delivery on a 2001 Tundra, TRD package, leather, 6
> disk CD changer, the works!!! 140K on the dial but that doesn't worry
> me. I'm buying it from my Father-in-law who has been the only
> owner... I can't wait.... Best thing of all, I'm stealing it at
> $5,000.... I know American pickups are supposed to be the end-all-be-
> all but Toyota has got them all beat... (I'm going to really stir
> the sh*t storm with that comment)
>
> On Jun 16, 2:23 pm, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I can't sell it, I can't tell them I don't want it, even more they want to
> > charge me $90/mo to use it, so far I'm just "forgetting" to go pick it up
> > and seeing how long I get away with that. I'm getting $.55/mile for
> driving
> > my personal vehicle right now, that's why they want me out of it and into
> > the impala. I can't say that my taco has been trouble free, I broke the
> > timing chain at 150K (non-interference engine so no bent valves!), wore
> out
> > two exhaust valves and had the head rebuilt at 210K, replaced the clutch
> at
> > that same time and it still had meat on it! I've replaced the front brake
> > pads several times, on my 5th set of tires, on my second set of rotors,
> > replaced all the bushings up front. I've also had to replace the damn
> > catalytic converters and O2 sensors a couple of times, stupid OBDII.
> > My wife's corolla has 80K on it, and so far all I've replaced is the
> window
> > washer fluid reservoir and one set of tires.
> > Toyotas rock for reliability.
>
> > -Kyle
>
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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
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