I think your truck has gear shift envy Aldo...snicker.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aldo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day
>I went ahead and parked my truck right next to it... g'day m8! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Creative > Residential > Designs > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day > > 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 >> >>>>>>>>> > her ALL the time, not just when weather permits- Hide quoted > text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.71/2178 - Release Date: 06/15/09 > 17:54:00 > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.75/2182 - Release Date: 06/16/09 > 21:23:00 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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