Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

oil pressure milestone Christmas Eve on my way to Springfield.

congrats!

i watched for 1k miles, 2k miles, and 3k miles. now i'm closing in on 40k, and don't know where the time went. come to think of it, it's how i've aged as well...

do you normally cruise in 3rd like that? just curious. i feel the motor gets a little whiney to maintain a constant speed at high revs.

or it's just my boredom kicking in, and when i go longer than 10 seconds in any gear, feel the desperate need to change to satisfy my own desire to be doing something.

[Captain Snooze]

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[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by HaXx

it might surprise you that the frs cluster and s1000rr cluster are essentially identical

Have you had your vision checked recently?

[soundman98]

try this one for a comparison:

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Chef knives I made are done & shipped out today (person who bought it is member here). Man! It took very long time to make it. It was a custom ordered. One of em was 10.5” long blade! That’s more like machetes than chef knife lol Even w all the remodeling & holiday happening, it gave 120%. It took me almost 3 months to finish it, but I didn’t cut any corners.

With that said, time for a next blacksmith project. This time around, it’s Talisman sword for my daughter. It’s due early March, so I gotta finish it quickly, but gotta make sure to do it correctly. Never done short sword/tanto, so interested to see how far I can do it.

Damn you are getting good at that. I cut some blanks to make a hunting knife but I have.......misplaced them I guess I will have to dig through the 2 tons of scrap I have and cut some more pieces.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Damn you are getting good at that. I cut some blanks to make a hunting knife but I have.......misplaced them I guess I will have to dig through the 2 tons of scrap I have and cut some more pieces.

Thanks! Those are knife #6 & #7. I still got long way to go. Local blacksmith has won Forge & Fire (show I still haven’t seen). He makes ridiculously good knives. Of course, that’s why his knives sells instantly lol

At least you got free scrap metals to make more... metals ain’t cheap. Correction, metal aren’t expensive, they’re damn expensive to ship! lol

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

At least you got free scrap metals to make more... metals ain’t cheap. Correction, metal aren’t expensive, they’re damn expensive to ship! lol

Yeah, I know what I have(5160H) is not the easiest to work with but who cares when it is free.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Yeah, I know what I have(5160H) is not the easiest to work with but who cares when it is free.

At least 5160 the most of the process is same as 1080, 1095, 80crv2 or 15n20. Just few extra steps... but that could said the same for all the metals.

[HaXx]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Got a Honda today.

After turning down the first few offers, their Final offer was 9k for my FR-S. We could not come to an agreement on my trade value, so I still have my car. Anyway, I didn't really want to trade, but if they had offered me enough... Idk... I am rambling a bit now...

2019 sport with 9k miles - clean title.

my dad has a 2006 ridgeline with 230,000 miles. its an amazing vehicle. good choice.

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by HaXx

my dad has a 2006 ridgeline with 230,000 miles. its an amazing vehicle. good choice.

Nice! I also have a 2006 Ridgeline with 213000 miles that I bought in 2005. It's been the best vehicle I have ever had.

It has a rebuilt title now though, which is why I didn't trade it in either.

Yay! Two Ridgelines!

Edit: pic.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by soundman98

congrats!

i watched for 1k miles, 2k miles, and 3k miles. now i'm closing in on 40k, and don't know where the time went. come to think of it, it's how i've aged as well...

Every year we rack up is a little shorter than the previous in the context of our life experience. @humfrz years are probably like his naps.

do you normally cruise in 3rd like that? just curious. i feel the motor gets a little whiney to maintain a constant speed at high revs.

or it's just my boredom kicking in, and when i go longer than 10 seconds in any gear, feel the desperate need to change to satisfy my own desire to be doing something.

It's a carryover from my motocross days. At some point I realized how closely I tied running in the power band to "going fast." I made it a point to practice riding/driving at high rpm smoothly without a hint of aggression. The payoff was huge. I got MUCH smoother and more relaxed. Double clutching downshifts and gentle upshifts are key for syncro preservation because the input speed delta is huge (for street gearing).

Try it! It's super hard at first to keep in mind "I'm not racing. I'm not racing."

But, no. I don't normally cruise like that, and I wouldn't do it for any length of time without an oil cooler.

[soundman98]

i ran a version of the water cup for years before i knew about initial d. always felt a need to have something hang off the rearview mirror, so over the years it progressed from items like hats to a simple necklace and charm.

it works wonders to have something in my line of sight that rough inputs will disturb. it gets unsettled more now, being that i take a pickup truck to work during the week and leave the car for weekend play. but when i drove the car every day, it made a huge difference in my overall smoothness.

[p1l0t]

The only thing that gets wet when I take a turn is the girl in the passenger seat.

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[gen3v8]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

The only thing that gets wet when I take a turn is the girl in the passenger seat.

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Well don`t take a turn on the driver when you`re in the passenger seat