DE ODDS

+5 for good intentions

-3 for being inside 20 days trying to put the bike together for the first time
(it is always Rex's first time together in any particular configuration -- you did catch Lancer's comment about "aligning the rotors to the calipers so they actually work" didn't you?

-1 for getting distracted by GF's and grandkids  
(fer losing all his awshit response time -- see -1 listed above and -1s listed below)

-1 for residual damage left from last year's squeal out (never heard a root cause for that nor the corrective actions taken to keep it from doing it again)

-2 for the historical creation of new issues coming up due to yet MORE NEW STUFF (example, did that head gasket actually fit that huge new bore, or did you have a metal lip hanging out into the jug "out in the air" with the crinkle pressure hump right at the edge of the new 97mm bore?)

.....   remember, it is a HIGH COMPRESSION 12:1 piston you are using now, do you have a high compression head gasket to go with it, or are you jest using a slightly mis-fitted 7.5:1 Suzuki stock head gasket?  

                       <stage 2 cam vs 12:1 piston vs valve float at high rpms?>

BTW, good point about the starter motor and battery power  -- you may need to bump start her in 4th gear.

-1 for untested fer the mountains running gear (I'm with Verslagen, those duallys with multiple pucks per disk hooked up to ???which??? master cylinder may result in unpredictably strong front wheel braking response = ??? instant lowside potential ??? up in the twisties)

      (betcha he can do him a hellacious wicked stoppie though)

+2 because he's pissed now -- that cranky b*tch is gonna get slapped into shape no matter what she comes up with.

+1 the crow factor -- reward for success includes watching us chew stringy sour crow meat and spit out them black feathers.


 


DE ODDS is offically "neutral" at this point in time, but she ain't fired up yet so any of the negatives could pick up a few points as soon as he hits the starter button.



In any case, his ultimate fall back bike is up running good up in Fayetteville, NC so he's got no excuse not to come -- drive on up, dump the car,  tranfer his stuff to the big bags on the XV535 and RIDE !!!

I'm packing me an over/under Benelli 20 gage skeet gun 'cause that 4 station double pass action skeet range they got set up in back of the tennis courts shure looked mighty appealing to me ....

Plus both my fly rods fer some mountain trout fishin' and my elbow, belly and knee skates for doing the Downhill Dragon flat style ...

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 05/17/10 at 07:51:29:


Has Any one ever done the dragon on one of those Luge (sp) things?

Southpaw wrote on 05/17/10 at 12:06:17:


Don't worry You can use mine. they are in the shape of ? mark. trees will do that to them..... they are fine tuned I can make it around any dogleg you want.  
Just don't ask me to hit it streight

I propose that we have a party on Saturday, June 26th

And that we invite the entire list ....

Theme for the party will be the INCREDIBLE REX

we will either celebrate him

  .....  or bury him

(depending on if he is there or not)

We will commission a headstone for if he is not ....

..... and a banner for if he is .....

 and have a killer party either way

and all the girls can either recline all over him while we take pics

or weep in his memory and say sad poems

     depending on how it goes


Tombstone has been written, printed, laminated to plywood and is

          ALL READY TO GO

Banner is awaiting for further inspiration

as  "GO REX" seems kinda lame to me

and we can do better than that

            surely


           

Southpaw

I was checking to see if I might meet ya on Hwy 27 out of nashville...well what I found is 27 comes down east TN and is a long way east of Nashville but I can see how it could work for ya.

Nashville is about 1.5 hrs north of my place, but then Chattonoga is the easist route.

Only about a Month to go !!

I hope he gets his new girl friend to help with the wiring.
Last time he couldn't figure out why the house lights would go out when ever he flipped it to run.  

Southpaw

Hy 24 is interstate direct shot from nashville to chattanoga

I live on Hwy 129,(middle TN) ---- "Dragon's on Hwy 129,(east TN)"
At Murfreesboro pick-up hwy 231 south , left turn on Hwy 129 , right turn to MM Ranch rd (my driveway) ,
Then
Hwy 129 to Lynchburg and Hwy 50 to Winchster ,  Hwy 41A back to I-24 and on to chattonga.
You interested in Hambuger off the grill middle of the day (+/-) Thursday ?
check you map and let me know.

OR

It may be to early in the day for lunch so just as easy.     I can meet you at Moneagle on I-24  its about 1.5 hrs.  south of Nashville  ----- There is Gas and Food at that exit.  I can hang out at the McDonalds for a bit and bite till you get there.  I'll bet ours would be the only two Savages in the parking lot.