#4069887 - 01/27/15 12:58 AM
OT Personal Rides
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I was all ready to fly a mission today but then real life interceded with 70 degrees worth of temperature... So I decided to take my single seat scout out for a spin! Didn't see any Huns, but got to feel the wind in my hair! I know some of you are actual pilots and some of you just have interesting rides (MFair's even poops!) Let's see 'em!
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4069982 - 01/27/15 05:10 AM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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Wow, nice stuff, guys, keep 'em coming!
MFair, I've ridden back east and out here. Back east there are more bugs, but here in the desert, they are bigger with a hard carapace. The tradeoff is, out here you get hit less but it hurts more!
Raine, those are both super sweet! I used to have a crappy convertible, nothing nice like those, but they sure are fun to bomb around in. My Aunt also had a series of MGs back in the early 80's that we would go everywhere in!
nbryant, I bet you sneak up on people and leave them in the dust with that little covert operation! Where will the spoiler attach when you get it installed? I've also been to Baltimore a few times, had probably the best cheese steak ever down on the waterfront...
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4070084 - 01/27/15 02:39 PM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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Ooh, nice, OvStachel, love how the tank flames are echoed in the seat! Is that a stock seat or custom?
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4070097 - 01/27/15 03:23 PM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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OvStachel
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Thanks Rick. It's a custom seat from C&C Customs in California. The Sissy bar from Ginz Choppers in Cali as well.
The bike came with all kinds of stuff blacked out, which I personally don't like. I wanted the 'old skool' look from the 90's with everything chromed. So I did a mix. I left some things blacked out, others I bought all new chrome. I think it picked up the color and lines of the bike just right.
I eventually want to get some custom rims as well... not for a while though. That's all brand new rubber... 200 Metzeler on the rear.
Last edited by OvStachel; 01/27/15 03:26 PM.
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#4070196 - 01/27/15 07:18 PM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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That's what I was waiting for, MFair, good old solid one horsepower! What are their names? OvStachel, I was thinking that was the chromiest chrome I have ever seen, you can see it is way shinier than mine, which is stock. loftyc, Yikes! that looks painful! Did your fibula grow back correctly? I guess a bone that thin would be hard to pin. Of course, it's a good thing it was an enemy aircraft and not a fence, you'd be dead...
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4070379 - 01/28/15 02:18 AM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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. Rich, your '64 is where I want mine to be one day. It is currently up on work stands in my barn as I slowly pick away at the bodywork. Someday ... someday. .
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#4070387 - 01/28/15 02:53 AM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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Rick, OvS, loftyc, nice bikes Gents. And loftyc, I feel your pain Sir. Bikes and I came to an understanding many moons ago: I don’t try to ride them and they don’t try to kill me.
nbryant, that is quite the wagon.
Raine, love the BMW, but love the ’34 Lagonda more.
Paarma, hope you can get your Porsche again soon.
MFair, I haven't ridden a horse in about 35 years. Wouldn't mind riding again, provided it was a horse with a laid-back disposition.
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Three RFC Brass Hats were strolling down a street in London. Two walked into a bar, the third one ducked._________________________________________________________________________ Former Cold War Warrior, USAF Security Service 1974-1978, E-4, Morse Systems Intercept, England, Europe, and points above. "pippy-pahpah-pippy pah-pip-pah"
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#4070445 - 01/28/15 07:00 AM
Re: OT Personal Rides
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Nice MGs, they are like the ones my Aunt had. My brother and I had to ride on the back "bump" (there is no back seat...)
MFair, gelding? Yikes! Hope you don't give him any cause for complaint...
Sweet Porsche, Paarma! That color scheme gives it a James Bond kind of look! I've never owned a Porsche even long enough to let it go, so I'm jealous!
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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