Does anyone else do this?

[Bob Denman]

Roger,
I think that your pain meds might need a bit of "tweaking"... :shocked: :roflblack:


Jim,
No laws up here; just neighbors with deer rifles, and an overwhelming desire to sight them in on a moment's notice! :yikes:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

I do it.

Sometimes (like tonight) when it is cold, damp, and dark...


I will just go out to the garage and start the trike and run it a while. Maybe a few little revs.


No, not for any mechanical or preventative maintenance reason...


I just do it so we can have a brief "man to machine" conversation.


Then, I sigh, shut the engine off and come back in the house. :doorag:

...but I usually don't start it up. I just sit on it and make motor noises like a seven year old kid. You know, "Rrruuunnnnn...uuuuunnnnn....whuuuuuuuurrrrrr."

 

[C3517C]

...but I usually don't start it up. I just sit on it and make motor noises like a seven year old kid. You know, "Rrruuunnnnn...uuuuunnnnn....whuuuuuuuurrrrrr."

Dan, are you crazy ???!!! Don't you realize you are starting a chain of serious consequences when you do this ? They are, but not limited to :

1.Premature wearing on all of the shocks, as fluid is broken down by being forced through small holes, and coils are being senselessly compressed, causing irreversible metal fatigue.
2.Destruction of tire integrity, as your body weight is being forced downward by gravity. This creates un unequal distribution of force, causing flatness on the bottom of the tires, while the rest of the tire remains round.
3.Crushing of the seat. Your seat contains foam which has millions of small air pockets. These pockets are destroyed each time weight is applied, and bounce back when weight is removed. However, at a cellular level, these pockets are incapable of returning to 100 % of their original shape each and every time.
I hope you feel good about yourself. Why don't you just give your spyder to a proper home rather than ruining it with your childish antics.

 

[Netminder]

Now at least we're having some fun with this, which I think was SteveMac's original intention!:joke::joke:

 

[Dan McNally]

Roger,
I think that your pain meds might need a bit of "tweaking"... :shocked: :roflblack: . . .

And here I was, thinking that he must have great meds and wondering how could get the same ones . . . :roflblack:

 

[SteveMac]

Now at least we're having some fun with this, which I think was SteveMac's original intention!:joke::joke:

I love the fact that I get to use the BINGO logo twice in one thread!

 

[Bob Denman]

And here I was, thinking that he must have great meds and wondering how could get the same ones . . . :roflblack:

I think that it requires a serious re-discovery of gravity, at an inopportune time... :shocked:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Dan, are you crazy ???!!! Don't you realize you are starting a chain of serious consequences when you do this ? They are, but not limited to :

1.Premature wearing on all of the shocks, as fluid is broken down by being forced through small holes, and coils are being senselessly compressed, causing irreversible metal fatigue.
2.Destruction of tire integrity, as your body weight is being forced downward by gravity. This creates un unequal distribution of force, causing flatness on the bottom of the tires, while the rest of the tire remains round.
3.Crushing of the seat. Your seat contains foam which has millions of small air pockets. These pockets are destroyed each time weight is applied, and bounce back when weight is removed. However, at a cellular level, these pockets are incapable of returning to 100 % of their original shape each and every time.
I hope you feel good about yourself. Why don't you just give your spyder to a proper home rather than ruining it with your childish antics.

i know....but I can't help it...I'm OCD Spyder-nut.

 

[Kmort44]

Correct me if I'm wrong

NOOOOOOOO!!!
LOL. No more thoughts from me tonight. Just this!

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I'm confused with this picture, everyone is posting that water will destroy your engine if you don't warm it up fully but this picture of a plane on fire has to be fully warmed up but I still think the water in the engine would be a bad thing. Is that your point?:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:
Keep posting you'll catch up with the "post-a-matics":banghead:

Did someone say "apple pie"

Hi Connie.

This post could have been 4 different post but I'm not an over achiever.:clap:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

I'm confused with this picture, everyone is posting that water will destroy your engine if you don't warm it up fully but this picture of a plane on fire has to be fully warmed up but I still think the water in the engine would be a bad thing. Is that your point?:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:
Keep posting you'll catch up with the "post-a-matics":banghead:

Did someone say "apple pie"

Hi Connie.

This post could have been 4 different post but I'm not an over achiever.:clap:

Water won't destroy the engine. Water is a good thing. I even put it into the engine. The manufacturer even put a tank in the right front to hold water. It is up near the frunk, on the right. Some people use water mixed with other chemicals in that tank. I do too.

I also use water when I wash the engine. You DO wash your engine, don't you. If you don't, you should. Otherwise the nanny can slap you with a dirty engine limp mode. Never happened to me--but to others I know. It was NOT pretty. nojoke

 

[Mo Lee]

Water won't destroy the engine. Water is a good thing. I even put it into the engine. The manufacturer even put a tank in the right front to hold water. It is up near the frunk, on the right. Some people use water mixed with other chemicals in that tank. I do too.

I also use water when I wash the engine. You DO wash your engine, don't you. If you don't, you should. Otherwise the nanny can slap you with a dirty engine limp mode. Never happened to me--but to others I know. It was NOT pretty. nojoke

I agree water is good, after all that is the main fault with HD they don't have water in their engine! I guess I am wrong, but I always have to start a bike up for a short period of time when I need to move it to get another bike out of the shop to ride. I just don't see how I would ever get anything done if every time I start an engine I took it for a 5 mile ride.

 

[Bob Denman]

Water is good...
If it's ice, and is swimming in Scotch!

 

[bullant12]

So this got me to thinking. I do not want to wear out my engine prematurely, so how do I warm my engine before I start it up?

Is it too late in the thread to say:

"Give the engine a polar bear hug?"

:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[bullant12]

Water is good...
If it's ice, and is swimming in Scotch!

In water there are bacteria... Also, fish make love and crap in water (likely were the bacteria comes from)!

Alcohol is clean, it kills bacteria and make fish more drunk to have more lovemaking and defficate in it!

:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[rpatsh]

NOOOOOOOO!!!
LOL. No more thoughts from me tonight. Just this!

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That's gonna leave a mark!!
LOL

 

[Bob Denman]

In water there are bacteria... Also, fish make love and crap in water (likely were the bacteria comes from)!

Alcohol is clean, it kills bacteria and make fish more drunk to have more lovemaking and defficate in it!

:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[TexAmRider]

I know what your saying

Sometimes (like tonight) when it is cold, damp, and dark...


I will just go out to the garage and start the trike and run it a while. Maybe a few little revs.


No, not for any mechanical or preventative maintenance reason...


I just do it so we can have a brief "man to machine" conversation.


Then, I sigh, shut the engine off and come back in the house. :doorag:

I will sometimes go out and uncover my Spyder, and look at it for a while. Might even dust it off a bit. My Honda VTX stays on my Patio and I see it everytime I let the dogs out in the back yard.

I know we have better weather out here in west texas, but there are occassions when I can't ride as I would like to, and I sure miss my bike. :sour:

I did get to take my Spyder out Sunday Evening for a spin and a wash. Rode a while then put in back in the garage and covered it again. Helps a little with the Jitters.

 

[Bob Denman]

Parked
Motorcycle
Syndrome

can be a real bugger; can't it? :shocked: