tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69402592024-03-12T17:00:23.361-07:00John's BlogThe Blog of John KinistonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-43413550697697200322013-03-05T16:57:00.004-07:002013-03-05T16:59:55.916-07:00Skunk in Public 2013 Moped RallyI went to a Moped Rally this weekend in San Diego.<br />
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I had a lot of fun despite breaking my bike on Saturday.<br />
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Before the bike broke it ran Great and my 64cc Kit kept up quite nicely with the other bikes, I didn't need to Pedal assist at all even on hills which was nice. I do think I want to put a better saddle on it as my sit bones were pretty sore.<br />
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This was my first rally that I didn't help run, it was nice to go and enjoy myself without any worries about how things were going.<br />
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I'm looking forward to doing more Moped rallies in the future.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-13528983871851199882012-11-24T00:45:00.001-07:002012-11-24T00:45:34.642-07:00TronSaw Tron at the loft tonight in their new theater.<br />
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It's interesting, You can definitely tell it was a Garage in a prior life.<br />
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Seats feel smaller than usual.<br />
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Tron was awesome to watch on the big screen, I noticed several things I hadn't before.<br />
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Pacman<br />
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How Big Alan's glasses are.<br />
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Yori's butt.<br />
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A good night was had :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-69270453432500541252012-11-23T19:49:00.001-07:002012-11-23T19:49:39.246-07:00Today is my 33rd Birthday and a great day.<p>I worked today altho we didnt have a lot to do at the office. </p>
<p>My coworker Joe took me out to lunch to the Canyons Crown which was nice as I had not been there in ages.</p>
<p>After work My friends the Rains family made me a delicious meal of Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy and a Abigail made me a Chocolate Cake from scratch which her sister Harmony frosted.</p>
<p>I was given a personalized bible and three pairs sweet boot socks.</p>
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Previously I used Monitor() Now I'm using MixMonitor()<br />
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exten => _nxxxxxx,1,Set(CALLFILENAME=/var/spool/asterisk/monitor/${CDR(accountcode)}-${EXTEN}-${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},,%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)})<br />
exten => _nxxxxxx,n,Set(MONITOR_EXEC_ARGS=${peeremail} ${EXTEN} ${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},,%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)})<br />
exten => _nxxxxxx,n,Set(MONITOR_EXEC=mymix)<br />
exten => _nxxxxxx,n,Monitor(wav,${CALLFILENAME},m) <br />
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exten => _nxxxxxx,1,Set(CALLFILENAME=/var/spool/asterisk/monitor/${CDR(accountcode)}-${EXTEN}-${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},,%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)}.wav)<br />exten => _nxxxxxx,n,MixMonitor(${CALLFILENAME}|b|/usr/sbin/wav2mp3 ${CALLFILENAME} ${peeremail} ${EXTEN} ${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},,%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)} email)<br />
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Switching to MixMonitor saves me from having to manually mix the two call legs together with SOX before converting to MP3.<br />
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I was also having a problem with calls that were Parked, With Montior() the two call legs would be different lengths causing the final mp3 file I emailed to be a confusing as you would hear one party responding to the other parties yet unasked questions and then you would hear the question get asked by the second party. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-63242049552737875082012-08-14T12:33:00.001-07:002012-08-14T12:33:07.128-07:00Banana part 2.OK, so it was a even worse idea to put the frozen banana in the fridge to thaw.<br />
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This morning I had a banana shaped balloon of liquid.<br />
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I threw it away, Didn't even try to open it.<br />
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I've got a frozen unpeelable banana now. Guess I should have peeled and chopped up the Banana first.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-3211414511046656572012-08-07T17:52:00.000-07:002012-08-07T17:52:23.585-07:00Dusting off the old Blog.I've decided to dust off my blog and start updating here again.<br />
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It was too much work to maintain my Wordpress installation and I've found I want to occasionally post something longer than what I would on Google Plus.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-62282643059991758952010-03-07T22:00:00.000-07:002010-03-09T16:10:35.087-07:00Friki Tiki Scooter RallyThis weekend was the first Friki Tiki Scooter Rally put on by Tucsons Mary Janes scooter club.<br />
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It was a fun rally, Registration went well, The Rides were interesting for me and I won some stuff after buying a whole bunch of Raffle tickets.<br />
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I brought out both my Atomic Fireball Stella and my Yamaha Riva 180 for the Rally. The Riva was used for the Sunset Tour and the Sunday Morning ride while the Atomic Fireball was used on Friday and early Saturday.<br />
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I drove my F150 for the Sag Wagon on the Mount Lemmon ride Saturday morning, I had a lot of fun for not being on a scooter.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-34811649205045263412010-03-02T00:38:00.000-07:002010-03-09T16:21:49.850-07:00The Red Elvises @ The HutSaw Igor and The Red Elvises tonight at The Hut.<br />
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Wow what a show!<br />
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I bought a bunch of merch, Four CD's, a Sticker and a Patch for my Scootering Jacket.<br />
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I was way impressed by their sound live and how much energy they put into their show. The crowd participation was great with Clapping, Singing, and even a Conga line at one point in time.<br />
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They will be back in Tucson twice more this year, I plan to make both shows.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-21250100175422497692010-02-26T17:00:00.000-07:002010-03-09T16:13:55.972-07:00Parallels Summit 2010This year I went to my first Parallels Summit in Miami Beach Florida.<br />
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It was a great event, I attended a day of training and got certified in Plesk Panel 9 for Linux, Went to Numerous panels about Hosting, Cloud Computing and Virtuilization, as well as met with the Developers and Support Staff for Parallels.<br />
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Also on this trip I visited the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in my life.<br />
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I'm very glad my Employer sent me on this trip and I hope to go back again next year.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-723085864968335132009-10-20T13:50:00.000-07:002009-10-20T13:52:16.942-07:00Astricon 2009Astricon 2009 was a blast last week, this was my first year attending and I really Enjoyed it<br /><br />Here are a few pics. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/johnkiniston/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCLDyxNG4ze2YEQ#5394787863470985250'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/St4i-qDG0CI/AAAAAAAAASU/oT2cJ4EgM8Q/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/johnkiniston/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCLDyxNG4ze2YEQ#5394787880188361058'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/St4i_oU1uWI/AAAAAAAAASY/xeApXoeN1os/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted from my iPhone<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-33710772552222162982009-10-02T22:14:00.000-07:002009-10-02T22:14:36.916-07:00Scooter @ The Drive in.Tonight I rode my Stella to the De Anza for the night before last screening of Inglorious Bastards.<br />
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The movie was Alright, It was full of shootings, explosions, nazi's, etc. Your usual fare.<br />
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My portable radio worked OK once they started the show, Before they turned up the power to their transmitter I was worried I wouldnt be able to hear it as my radio was locking onto other signals.<br />
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I sat on my bike for maybe the first 1/2 of the movie, It was OK but starting to get uncomfortable.<br />
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I tried to pull off a trick Robert in the local club told me of turning the bike around and sitting backwards on it leaning on the handlebars and nearly dumped the bike. I am not Robert.<br />
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I finished the movie sitting on the ground which was still OK.<br />
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It rained lightly which was kinda refreshing.<br />
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Sadly no other scooterists showed up, I did see one of the local Moped Guys and his wife but they brought a car to the movie.<br />
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Oh, And I got asked if I had anyone hiding in the trunk when I paid for my ticket :P Win.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-1604222141190732852009-10-01T14:58:00.001-07:002009-10-01T14:58:11.588-07:00Lunch @ NimbusWent to the new Nimbus location on Wilmont for Lunch today. <br /><br />The beer was good, The food was good, And the prices were resonable. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/johnkiniston/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCLDyxNG4ze2YEQ#5387754249703697202'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/SsUl8c6wqzI/AAAAAAAAASQ/v9kKydQUR4Y/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted from my iPhone<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-9319008341337070882009-09-29T23:47:00.002-07:002009-09-29T23:47:46.689-07:00Stella RepairsI put a new head on the Stella.<br />
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Bald John had one at GGR, It was as easy as he said to replace it.<br />
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I need to do one minor modification to the install as I missed a couple washers when re-installing it. Otherwise it was a simple repair.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-85986993054312262732009-09-27T12:40:00.000-07:002009-09-27T12:40:43.876-07:00Home Again.I'm back from <a href="http://sfnflag.blogspot.com/">Something for Nothing</a>.<br />
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I had a great time!<br />
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Camping was pretty fun, The rally was fun, The ride was beautiful and I met some cool new people.<br />
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Friday we left Tucson about 2PM from the GGR Garage.<br />
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Went up to the Rally with 4 guys from <a href="http://www.ggrscooters.com/">GGR Scooters</a>, Bald John, Chris, Ian and Ernie in Bald John's Suburban.<br />
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We hauled Three Stella's, a Rally 200 and a P200E with us for bikes on a U-Haul trailer and had a trouble free drive from Tucson to Prescott Valley where we grabbed some food and beer before heading up to the Mingus Mountain Camp Site.<br />
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I camped for the first time Friday, I brought most of the correct stuff but forgot a couple things like a Lantern which I swear I bought but forgot to pack, and a warm hat to keep my head warm. Also a airbed would have been very welcome as everyone else had one in the GGR Camp I think and I got stuck sleeping on a small exercise mat under my Sleeping bag.<br />
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I don't think I slept all that great but apparently I was snoring and between Ernie and my sawing logs it was enough that Ian moved to the Suburban to sleep the rest of the night, Sorry Ian!<br />
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We met a bunch of people Friday from various groups, cities and even States. Hi New Mexico people!<br />
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Saturday was the Ride down to Flagstaff for the start of the official ride from Flagstaff back to the Mingus Mountain camp site.<br />
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The ride was beautiful, We must have had nearly 30 bikes at the Mingus Mountain camp site and we started out as a big pack, As riders proceeded at their own pace we ended up splitting off into little sub groups based on how fast we were riding.<br />
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I hung with the GGR Guys for a long time but when I lost them I stuck with a pair of really nice scooterists from Phoenix who's names I can not recall :( They both had newer Stella's than mine with some minor tuning so I had no problem running with them.<br />
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John's Bike broke down on the ride from the Mingus Mountain camp site to Flagstaff, I dont think he made it to Sedona.<br />
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I broke my bike at our destination in Flagstaff, I swapped plugs and while doing so cross-threaded the spark plug.<br />
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Met some great people, a new GGR Member Bryant, Got to hang out with GGR Steve who's in the band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/eurovox">Eurovox</a> and who I don't see often as He's up in Phoenix, Same with GGR Ryan.<br />
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On the way back from Flagstaff John and I rode in the back of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycling_terminology#SAG_wagon">Sag Wagon</a> as they were low on seating, When we started there were two trucks, One had a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambretta">Lambretta</a> in it and the other had a trailer with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambretta">Lambretta</a> and our two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_(scooter)">Stella's</a> on it. By the time we got to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedona,_Arizona">Sedona</a> the trailer was nearly full and I think the truck had two bikes in it.<br />
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John and I at that point ended up taking Hank's Truck so that his wife Michelle who had been driving it with her operational scooter in the back could ride her scooter from Sedona to the Mingus Mountain camp site.<br />
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Hank's Truck is a Huge Cummings powered Diesel that's quite tall, Driving it we made four stops between Sedona and the Mingus Mountain site to assist broken down scooterists. Three of the broken bikes ended up in the other two vehicles but for the last bike the other trucks were full so we ended up moving it.<br />
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Thankfully the last bike was a <a href="http://www.smallframes.com/">Small Frame Vespa</a> so it was relatively light for a Scooter And the owner loaded it without us needing to assemble the multi-stage ramps needed to get bikes in and out of Hank's Truck.<br />
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GGR Chris made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carne_asada">Carne Asada</a> on our grill and we had a good time drinking and hanging out late into the night.<br />
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It was cool talking to Hank and his wife Michelle whom I'd met in Tucson briefly once or twice as they are both obviously Scooterists and they have a number of cool scooters,<br />
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My good friend Sean made a surprise visit to our Camp Early Sunday morning (like 1AM maybe), He was driving home from a weekend spent hanging out with a couple friends in Vegas.<br />
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Sean was awesome and brought me a Hat and brought the camp some Pancake mix so we could have Pancakes in the morning.<br />
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Sadly I never got to try them as Bald John asked that I travel back to Tucson with Sean as it was very late at night and Sean had been on the road for hours just getting to the camp site and we had a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Mingus+Mountain&daddr=Tucson+Arizona&hl=en&geocode=CZT_PLsxChdyFRdQEQId5EFR-SGQXwPN9ajQ7A%3B&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=33.362862,-111.41486&sspn=6.814662,14.27124&ie=UTF8&z=8">4+ hour trip</a> yet to Tucson so off I went taking my Jacket, Helmet and one of my bags with me back to Tucson with Sean.<br />
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We made it home about 5AM with a couple brief stops for Fuel & Drinks, and to check on our non human passenger who Sean was delivering for one of his friends from Vegas.<br />
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Pictures up at <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/johnkiniston/SomethingForNothingScooterRally2009#">Picasa</a>, I apologize for not taking more but in a bone-headed move I bought AAA Batteries for my Camera by Mistake when it took AA Batteries and the pair in the camera ran out before I got to take a Single Picture with it so all I had was my iPhone.<br />
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I've learned a lot, I think I've decided I enjoy camping and will be doing it again and I look forward to upcoming Scooter Rallies in the next few months.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-16047312247150819872009-09-25T00:21:00.004-07:002009-09-27T13:07:18.498-07:00Crazy late night Scooter trip? Sure!Thursday night after work Sean calls and lays out the plan.<br />
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His friends Tom and Kara are in Town visiting him on their way to Las Vegas for a restaurant opening and Tom is driving his Porche.<br />
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Tom want's to drive his Porche up to the top of M<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lemmon">ount Lemmon </a>for fun via <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=Tucson+AZ+to+Summerhaven+AZ&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&z=11">Catalina Highway</a> as he on a previous trip drove Sean's Audi Coupe up and really enjoyed it.<br />
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Sean wants to go with him but the Porche only holds two people so Tom and Kara are riding in it, So Sean decides to ride his Vespa P-200 E up the mountain and he wants me to come with the three of them on my Stella.<br />
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So I run home and grab my helmet and winter riding jacket and hop on the Stella.<br />
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I made a brief fuel stop at the place I always go right before you turn onto Catalina Highway from Tanque Verde, Sean missed the gas station and He and Tom doubled back to the Chevron further up Tanque Verde to gas up.<br />
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We obviously got separated here but thinking they just didnt need Gas I continued up Catalina Highway alone thinking I might catch them at one of the stop signs / stop lights.<br />
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Sean calls me and they are well behind me so I wait for them and together we proceed up the mountain.<br />
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It was a fun and kinda challenging ride in the dark as the lighting on my Stella is about as bright as a 12 year old's Birthday cake candles output wise.<br />
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We learned that my Stella isn't quite a match for Sean's P-200E, He has 33% more engine than I do and he can run away from me in his top gear. Until he hits 4th gear we are fairly matched and my bike has good pickup with its new Pipe and Jetting.<br />
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Sean and I swapped who was leading a couple times going up to Windy Point.<br />
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Both bikes had some issues bogging down as we got higher and higher in Elevation due to the thinner air affecting our Carburetors. We are jetted for Tucson which is at about 2000 feet altitude wise and Windy Point is at about 7000 feet so we didnt have the optimum fuel to air mixture.<br />
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Tom and Kara continued up the mountain to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhaven,_Arizona">Summerhaven</a> while Sean and I waited for them at Windy Point, When they returned to us we all continued down the mountain with the Porche leading this time so they could have fun with their greater speed capabilities.<br />
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The ride down was actually much more challenging as the ride up as it was very dark and due to the steepness of the mountain and the number of curves we had to work to keep our lines and keep the speed down low enough that we could safely navigate.<br />
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After we got off the mountain I asked that we take a car for the rest of the evening as I was wore out from riding so we switched to Sean's Camry for a trip down town so Tom could have some uniquely Tucson food.<br />
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We went to Grill for dinner.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-49121440536088465092009-09-22T14:16:00.002-07:002009-09-22T14:23:47.306-07:00Somehow I thought they would be bigger.Got the brake pads for my Stella today. I know its irrational but I thought they would be a bit more substantial for what I paid for them.<br />
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- Posted from my iPhoneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-47185158993384351002009-09-20T00:10:00.000-07:002009-09-20T00:10:32.550-07:00Busy DayToday was a long day.<br />
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I got a new battery for my Stella along with some sparkplugs.<br />
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I charged and installed the battery.<br />
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I installed my new feet for the kickstand.<br />
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I installed the new clutch cable barrel up at the headset.<br />
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I re-jetted and and put a new carb box seal on the bike<br />
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I fixed the left cowl's wiring so now the rear turn signal works.<br />
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I changed the fuse so now the battery works to provide power to the bike.<br />
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I put a pipe on the bike.<br />
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Wow does the bike ride different now, There's power where I didnt have it before. The bike is also louder and now you hear the engine doing things a lot more.<br />
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I also rode Seans P200E for the first time today, I was expecting it to feel like my bike but its a world different. His bike feels Firmer, Sturdier, Heavier. It doesnt rattle like mine does and the power band feels very different.<br />
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His brakes suck, He's got front and rear drum compared to my front disc rear drum. It's kinda scary stopping his bike in a hurry.<br />
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Also his shifts a lot different than mine, The clutch doesnt release until its nearly full open where mine starts close to the grip. His shifting action is very different too. His is a lot more Solid. The bike Clunks into gear more firmly and you know when you have hit a gear vs mine that gets stuck between gears frequently because you cant feel the different positions very well.<br />
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Well, That's all for now. Maybe I'll shoot a video of my bike tomorrow.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-60089388649529621012009-09-14T22:55:00.000-07:002009-09-14T22:55:37.449-07:00Pager BluesMy 7 days of wearing the pager have started.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-49290586433860211542009-09-13T20:58:00.000-07:002009-09-13T20:58:22.366-07:00At the Car Wash.Took the Fit down to Metro for a washing Yesterday.<br />
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I think I may poke around fitfreak.net and learn how to properly hand-wash a car as I want to keep it nice as long as I can.<br />
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Fittingly (har har har) it rained last night so I need to go take the car back and use my rain guarantee to get it cleaned again.<br />
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Saturday morning I went to the junk yard and got the pieces needed to rebuild the door handle hardware on mom's Volvo 740.<br />
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Saturday Afternoon Sean came by and helped me change out the broken turn signals on the Volvo, It turned out to be a much more involved thing than expected.<br />
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Then we delivered the car to Mom and she's quite pleased to have a reliable comfortable vehicle.<br />
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Next was a Birthday dinner for my friend Tyler, It was nice to see him and his wife along with my old friend Jon and his Wife. It feels like its been years since I've seen Jon.<br />
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After the birthday dinner I showed off my Honda Fit for a little bit and then it was a drive out to Cheryl's house to watch Babylon 5 with the Tucson Scifi & Fantasy meetup group. I got there just in time to see War Without End parts 1 and 2. Ahh how everyone loves Zathras.<br />
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Today I woke early to return to the junkyard to get more door parts for mom's Volvo. I got the stuff to rebuild the two rear doors. Now all four doors have new hardware and work great. I also got the power windows to work altho the driver can not presently control any windows other than their own, I think its a switch problem.<br />
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After leaving my parents I went down to the GGR Garage and hung out with Chris for a bit tinkering on my Stella. The rear brake has been adjusted and the bike rides entirely different now with the brake adjustment + the new shock on the front and other work that we have done to it over the past two weeks.<br />
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That's about it for the weekend, Later I may go over to Sean's house and work with him on repairing Bald John's iMac.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-68167201718513538222009-09-09T23:31:00.005-07:002009-09-10T15:46:06.006-07:00Looking for Info Motorola T-1380<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/SqidioQXQ8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/tYR22W225_A/s1600-h/IMG_0276.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379722973141222338" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/SqidioQXQ8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/tYR22W225_A/s400/IMG_0276.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
I picked up a Motorola T-1380 DC Remote from a junk pile today, I'm looking for information on it as I'd like to try to interface it to something.<br />
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T-1380AE/T1380/T1380AE.</div><br />
I found a picture of one on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T1380_remote.png">Wikipedia</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-28987223619644973732009-09-09T17:39:00.003-07:002009-09-09T17:44:44.168-07:00Batman Line One, Batman Line One.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/SqhK8Sg5yPI/AAAAAAAAAMM/3m00HuZ23VA/s1600-h/photo%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RYbOeJbc-sQ/SqhK8Sg5yPI/AAAAAAAAAMM/3m00HuZ23VA/s320/photo%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379632154516506866" border="0" /></a><br />Call for you on the Bat Phone.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://community.developer.motorola.com/mtrl/i/icons/Motorola_Badge__Motorola/black_batwings.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 36px; height: 36px;" src="http://community.developer.motorola.com/mtrl/i/icons/Motorola_Badge__Motorola/black_batwings.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057267241080791069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940259.post-53675948895825130442009-09-05T20:19:00.000-07:002009-09-13T20:23:40.478-07:00September Ride (Foothills Madness 2)Today was another ride with The Sky Island Riders.<br />
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Howard called the ride Foodhill Madness 2.<br />
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I rode it on my Stella, Sean was there on his Riva 180.<br />
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Howard led on his Stella, It was nice riding with another hand-shift bike.<br />
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I have to say this was one of the more difficult rides that I've done, There was a lot of technically challenging riding due to the constant changes in elevation and all the curves. The Stella ran like a Champ for it altho at one point in time it started to smell a little funny. Later I learned that Howard had the same problem, We think it was because we were both coasting with the clutch in and may not have been getting enough oil into the engine or were wearing the clutch.<br />
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Pictures!<br />
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