photo essay

[will pattison]

i've learned in 30 years of riding that...

...some days, you're the bug, and some days you're the goggle lens.

on the good days, things look like this:

but do enough of that, and eventually, things look like this:

sometimes o-rings fail on the space shuttle, and just about as rarely, a countershaft bearing fails:

that's what it looks like when your balls are in the wrong place, and this is the result:

 

[will pattison]

and here are a few more views, for those of you who have never seen the inside of your 05 crf450 motor...

i'm tired.

wp.

 

[Okiewan]

DAMN!
Sorry about that will! Now I know what you meant about "not much of a ride". :(

 

[Chili]

Ouch!

 

[biglou]

Damn dude, you're hard on bikes!

 

[will pattison]

Damn dude, you're hard on bikes!

:|

not cool. not cool at all. them are fightin' words!! the gravest of slights, and since this is pirate tuesday, i challenge ye to an exchange of the blades, for yer lower than a sea urchin, ya are!

:ohmy:

wp.

 

[biglou]

Actually, I am a trusty shellback (for ye military types). But aye, if yer buckles need swashed, I'm a drawin' me cutlass!

 

[Rich Rohrich]

I'm a drawin' me cutlass!

.... and in the background Lou grabs the BIG box of crayons and proceeds to draw a picture of a mid 70's Oldsmobile. :coocoo:

 

[Chili]

Sounds like the makings of a Predcasso.

 

[IndyMX]

you guys need hobbies!

 

[mdkuder]

Arrrrh ye bein south the equatr aye? That was bad!

 

[Moose]

.... and in the background Lou grabs the BIG box of crayons and proceeds to draw a picture of a mid 70's Oldsmobile. :coocoo:

Hahaha!!! :rotfl:

 

[FruDaddy]

you guys need hobbies!

THey do have hobbies, on of those hobbies is talking like pirates every tuesday. Apparently there is some big secret inside joke involved, but alas, I am not in on it. Arrghh.

 

[biglou]

Yes you are! Just talk/type like a pirate on Tuesdays. We do it most other days too, just to be sure. :)

 

[Rich Rohrich]

THey do have hobbies, on of those hobbies is talking like pirates every tuesday. Apparently there is some big secret inside joke involved, but alas, I am not in on it. Arrghh.

The secret inside joke is they are all nutjobs :whoa: and they are trying to suck you into their personal dementia. If they offer you the special koolaid (it's really Captain Morgan), run like hell, and don't fall for Lou's old line "if you reach in my pocket you can pet my parrot" . After the fifth time I realized that was NOT A PARROT. :yikes:

 

[biglou]

The secret inside joke is they are all nutjobs :whoa:

"You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!" :nod:

 

[IndyMX]

"You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!" :nod:

Or will be soon??