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    Another new hobby

    In addition to a few small bike projects, I have taken a bent toward a new hobby:



    This was my first ever jump, and I am hooked on this rush!!! Terminal velocity in freefall is near the speeds of a couple of my bikes, but STRAIGHT AT THE GROUND! Then when the chute opens, it is very, very peaceful and almost relaxing. I am working on getting started on my AFF now... and saving for a parachute!
    Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

    Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson
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    I am waiting for the day I have a chance to do that!
    Nathan
    KD9ARL

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    1978 XS1100E
    K&N Filter
    #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
    OEM Exhaust
    ATK Fork Brace
    LED Dash lights
    Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
    Green Monster Coils
    SS Brake Lines
    Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

    In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

    Theodore Roosevelt

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    • #3
      Did you yell GERONIMO when you went out of the door?
      Mike Giroir
      79 XS-1100 Special

      Once you un-can a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is with a bigger can.

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      • #4
        Ha, not Geronimo... but I yelled!

        Nate, don't wait to do it, go now! You will be glad you did!
        Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

        Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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        • #5
          Remember to learn well the art of packing a chute. In the Navy, the guys packing my chute were the same ones going out drinking with me. In my case it didn't matter, because we couldn't bail out of our planes any way.
          1980 XS1100LG Midnight
          1991 Honda CBR1000F Hurricane


          "The hand is almost valueless at one end of the arm if there be not a brain at the other"

          Here's to a long life and a happy one.
          A quick death and an easy one.
          A pretty girl and an honest one.
          A cold beer and another one!

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          • #6
            did this 3 years a go but i had to have a person attached to me (or i was attached to him) it was a rush but i would like to know how u can do it by your self. i always liked the winged suits. watch them all the time on youtube. it would be crazy to travel like that. question when u pulled that cord did your back pop? mine did and boy it fell amazing. but after he pulled our cord it was beautiful getting to look at the earth at that perspective.
            _____________________________________________ 1979 XS 1100 Special "The judge" mods- K&N air pods, 4-1 mac, 147.5 pilots, 57.5 mains, LED turn signal, cafe bars, HEL translucent yellow stainless steel brake line, dyna coil (dc2-1), raptor 660 mc, r6 controls..(sold)

            1982 gs1100e "all business" cafe project
            1980 gs1000g "stock"
            1982 honda express "stretched 10 inch(my daughters scooter)
            2008 jmstar 150cc Chinese scooter ( wife's bike)

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            • #7
              Hey Ford!

              Yeah, it looks like fun....
              as long as YOU'RE doin' it...

              There's now proof... you DO have a few screws loose!!!
              Anybody that jumps out of a perfectly good flying airplane... on purpose... has got to have a few loose!

              Course, I always expected that... after all... you do ride motorcycles, right?


              Just don't get yer cords twisted up in a knot...
              '82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)

              '79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby.... (Sold back to Maximan)

              2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS

              In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
              "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

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