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  • Where are the budding Gurus?"

    I see that Mason79 is about to be "Reborn", too.
    (And whatever happened to XSChop?)
    "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

  • #2
    Hi Prom I am trying to work up to guru status but I type so slow it will take a lifetime I spent some time up in your neck of the woods in 1968 with a view of Mt Olymlpus out the back door. Ft Lewis and surounding area is buitful. I would like to ride out there again with some time to ride around.

    Trapper
    81 SH (SHotgun Special)
    110 mains
    idle jets 2.5 turns
    floats at 24mm

    You live, You learn, then Die and Forget it all

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    • #3
      Prom, I’ve been at this for 2 years and only 300+ posts. Guess that makes me more of a taker than a giver but then again who wants advice from a XS moron. Mine and the 2 other 80s Yamahas I've rebuilt run great through
      wingnut
      81 SH (Daily Ride)
      81 650XJ (Brother in laws bike, Delivered)
      81 650XJ Jane Doe (Son's Ride)
      82 750XJ Project bike (Son in law's future ride)
      81 XS 400

      No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”

      A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.

      Thomas Jefferson

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      • #4
        Mason and XSChop were both sitting at 999 posts, and then suddenly went silent.
        Yes, the universal fear of responsibility, I suppose.
        Or is it... wishing to remain on the side lines... anonymous... a Shrinking Violet... staying out of the public view for fear of ridicule?
        The main attribute of a Guru, other than he may/or may not know a few things, is his ability to constantly run his mouth as if he does.
        I have perfected this to an artform.
        "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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        • #5
          Prom

          Chop is truly a guru in his own class. The guy never stops trying new stuff. But I understand he does have a business to run and is limited to the amount of time he can spend here.

          Unlike me...Chop is actually working on his Eleven's instead of just talking about working on them.

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          • #6
            this is my first forum that i spent alot of time in, i don't know how other places operate, if there is status to the nice round number of a thou.

            no i don't innovate here, i just imitate, i like these bikes, and the conversation here, and i have learned quite a bit, i could scan the posts and lend my 2 cents, when appropriate when i'm confident as to veracity ( triggering debate) or lack therof (triggering yet again debate) of any statements that i may make, it may be a contribution of sorts.

            this is not life nor death, or maybe; some info here can keep one from the reaper, outside of that, this is fun and a past time not a time for passing, live and let live, until death do we part from 2 wheels.
            "a good man knows his limitations" dirty harry
            History
            85 Yamaha FJ 1100
            79 yamaha xs1100f
            03 honda cbr 600 f4
            91 yamaha fzr 600
            84 yamaha fj 1100
            82 yamaha seca 750
            87 yamaha fazer
            86 yamaha maxim x
            82 yamaha vision
            78 yamaha rd 400

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            • #7
              "There's nothing I enjoy more than a healthy debate..."

              ...especially when the other guy is wrong!
              "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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              • #8
                you know prom, your i q is very high, no doubt about that, your style of instigation is very well camouflaged, making for a nice rally.
                "a good man knows his limitations" dirty harry
                History
                85 Yamaha FJ 1100
                79 yamaha xs1100f
                03 honda cbr 600 f4
                91 yamaha fzr 600
                84 yamaha fj 1100
                82 yamaha seca 750
                87 yamaha fazer
                86 yamaha maxim x
                82 yamaha vision
                78 yamaha rd 400

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                • #9
                  "I may have my moments..."

                  I am smart enough to chose my opponents wisely.
                  (Just for general information: Do not get in a dispute with WildKat... unless you enjoy being humiliated)
                  "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                  • #10
                    main attribute of a Guru is his ability to constantly run his mouth

                    Guru Prometheus I know you're there
                    show me the way
                    watch over my XS
                    be with me when I tune the carbs
                    take away my fears and worries of second gear
                    Please keep the fire lit to help me find my way home
                    keep me from over torquing the cam chain tensioner
                    temper your fire so I have not pre-ignition
                    help me avoid the skunk in the road
                    I feel your presence all around
                    and I want to thank you for showing me
                    that although I was lost, now I'm Xsive


                    mro
                    BTW,
                    please check the oil and clean the windshield too

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                    • #11
                      "...especially when the other guy is wrong!"
                      C'mon Pro,
                      the other guy is ALWAYS wrong, right?
                      Fred Hill, S'toon
                      XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                      "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                      • #12
                        ALWAYS!


                        Truth be told... One only learns by being exposed to differing opinions.
                        Intellegence isn't so much what one knows, but how wisely one uses the information.

                        I only tolerate MRO as he once had knowlege on a subject of which I was lacking. Aside from that, I have no use for him. (other than a source of amusement and target for ridicule)
                        "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                        • #13
                          Aside from that

                          oh...I'm hurt
                          And after I posted such "guru praise"

                          as he once had knowlege
                          Only once?
                          In my business have meet/socialized with people from every strata of our society. From janitors to CEO's, scientists at Berkley and SRI labs to general contractors, a politician here and there and their flunkies. (even a few MC techs) Would be a much better world if intelligence and common sense were more prevalent than the multitude of cunning SOB's out there. Most amazing to me is when you point out a fatal flaw in there reasoning and you get that blank empty look in return....begin to wonder how they got where they are. Of course there are XSeptions, Prom for XSample


                          mro
                          BTW, it's raining right now
                          Sorta feels like Organ/Washington

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                          • #14
                            "Insults, now?"

                            (even a few MC techs)
                            Oh, so now I'm a Mc-tech, am I?
                            Just 'cause the company went out of business and I'm out of my "Mc-job"?
                            "I'd like an oil change and a rear tire mounted."
                            "You want fries with that?"
                            McTech... I've been called worse.

                            And yes, women still call me "The Organ from Washington."

                            How can I have flaws in my reasoning, when most of what I write has no reasoning behind it?
                            Flaws... indeed!
                            "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                            • #15
                              Makes McSense now

                              And yes, women still call me "The Organ from Washington."
                              Had wondered where your reasoning "power" came from

                              mro
                              -------
                              Hey WildKat...could use some help here
                              Prom's getting frisky

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