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    how do you tolerate long rides

    One of the things that has helped me to learn to relax has been the high winds that we get here. Today seemed to be particularly bad for me, two examples: I was in long line of traffic and was pushed form inside to the outside of the lane by a wind gust, I was doing about 4 mph at the time...
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    All in a NAME

    My name came from the first public internet site at MIT, actually just a bulletin board, as there was no real internet at the time. I liked the name and have kept it ever since.
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    Red lights... Green lights...

    This was one of the concerns I had when I was looking to buy (cheep Kansas roads). The guy at the dealer said that the all steel frame was going to help allot. I have not had a problem with a light yet. But I'm still looking.
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    Anti-Theft Alarm

    I use a gun lock that I got with one of my auto pistols its a steel cable wrapped in a steel flex band with a plastic outer layer to keep the pistol slide and frame from getting damaged. It's a bit bulky but you can still lock the seat, or use the passenger hand grips. It takes a bit more...
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    Finally broke her...

    This is an interesting observation, now that I look back on the people that I know that have bought cruisers, and the people I know who are looking to buy one. It seems that riding gear is more of an accessory, than as I see it a necessity. My wife wants her own bike, but wants a cruiser...
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    I work at Ft. Riley in the BCTC and this is the Old Trooper logo that we use. Ft. Riley is the...

    I work at Ft. Riley in the BCTC and this is the Old Trooper logo that we use. Ft. Riley is the home of the Cav so this is the Old Trooper Logo. I was Air Force but everyone I workwith is Army as was my Father, Brothers, and Son
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    What honked/ticked/you off today?

    Coming to work this morning the cage ahead of me turned on its flashers and comes to a stop in the middle of the road fortunately the person behind me was paying attention and stop too. This is a very busy highway with no way to get by the car due to traffic on the left and four or five deer to...
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    Where you at???

    Integrated Avionics Systems on F-111’s from 1974 to 1994, currently at the Battle Command Training Center at Fort Riley

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