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[///M5 2,833]

Only thing left to do is break-in the new belt and adjust its deflection post break-in.

Have 300 miles on her and hopefully will have over 500 by Friday.

[///M5 2,833]

Installed some custom registration numbers as well. Vinyl guy here will cut single color any font for $8.

[///M5 2,833]

Hopefully pictures in the snow soon

[///M5 2,833]

If I had no kids as soon as the snow was gone I'd polish the tunnel and powder coat the rails, but alas it'll probably go in storage and be pulled out as it is....perhaps with an upgraded track though. Dieing to put a Cobra on it.

[///M5 2,833]

Better paddles for deeper snow than the Ripsaw I have on it.

[nem 2,019]

How do you clean the exhaust valves with out tearing the head off?

[nem 2,019]

2 TOPS in a row!

[nem 2,019]

If I had no kids as soon as the snow was gone I'd polish the tunnel and powder coat the rails, but alas it'll probably go in storage and be pulled out as it is....perhaps with an upgraded track though. Dieing to put a Cobra on it.

This track looks like it will dig!

[nem 2,019]

Just don't lick the purple frogs.

[///M5 2,833]

These Cake Batter Crispy Treats are mighty damned good; the cake mix makes a subtle but noticeable improvement. Mmmmmmmmmm

Cake mix? What is that?

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Damned tasty, that's what

[///M5 2,833]

How do you clean the exhaust valves with out tearing the head off?

Its a two stroke, it doesn't have those kind of valves

Basically its a valve that controls the amount of opening for the exhaust stroke. Otherwise you have to choose an rpm on two stroke where it makes power, this allows a much broader range. They are bolted to the side of the cylinder head and come off with two bolts. Depending on the oil you use they tend to get gunked up rather fast and require cleaning every 1000 miles or so. A little brake cleaner and some fine steel wool and bam.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Damned tasty, that's what

Seriously though, this is probably the only use for yellow cake mix that I know of

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Surprised she hasn't said this already

[///M5 2,833]

Damned tasty, that's what

Seriously though, this is probably the only use for yellow cake mix that I know of

<-- has never bought a yellow cake mix

Was going to say cake mix, but I bought an Angel food at one time.

[nem 2,019]

How do you clean the exhaust valves with out tearing the head off?

Its a two stroke, it doesn't have those kind of valves

Basically its a valve that controls the amount of opening for the exhaust stroke. Otherwise you have to choose an rpm on two stroke where it makes power, this allows a much broader range. They are bolted to the side of the cylinder head and come off with two bolts. Depending on the oil you use they tend to get gunked up rather fast and require cleaning every 1000 miles or so. A little brake cleaner and some fine steel wool and bam.

Ok kinda like the my old kx250 with the KIPS exhaust power valve.

I thought they quit making 2 strokes.

[///M5 2,833]

How do you clean the exhaust valves with out tearing the head off?

Its a two stroke, it doesn't have those kind of valves

Basically its a valve that controls the amount of opening for the exhaust stroke. Otherwise you have to choose an rpm on two stroke where it makes power, this allows a much broader range. They are bolted to the side of the cylinder head and come off with two bolts. Depending on the oil you use they tend to get gunked up rather fast and require cleaning every 1000 miles or so. A little brake cleaner and some fine steel wool and bam.

Ok kinda like the my old kx250 with the KIPS exhaust power valve.

I thought they quit making 2 strokes.

4 strokes still suck in snowmobiles. Yammy followers will say differently, but once you ride both you will really not want the 4 stroke. Everyone else makes both.

[///M5 2,833]

A little more help and a better powertrain and they might have something to rock the minivan world.

[///M5 2,833]

I want to see the campertop option, although if we had one it'd be a 23 window

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

pretty sure I caught a fish or two that looked similar to this

[Tirefryr 1,742]

IS that the Zonda replacement?

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

supposed to be

[lithium 358]

Lithium, I know you're a MUCH smarter than average guy. I probably could have been more gentle in the way you asked your questions but I was making a point. I have a TON of personal history on both sides of the union line. Not once yet have I seen the union help the people who actually do the work. Even when they "help" the employee, 90% of the time it's actually a new way of controlling them, and taking the focus off of the fact that unions are now for political issues and making crap loads of money for people who want to appear giving, and righteous.

my only experience with unions has been what i've heard from my dad. he's kind of an interesting guy in terms of politics, he would probably agree with alot of the opinions made by M5 (socially liberal,fiscal conservative) but less educated haha... besides being an active union member. i cant put a number on it but i would have to say his experience with the union has been a bit more positive then yours. i wont go into details and shit but it seems personal opinions/observations are sometime a bit more subjective.

The liberal media has a way of helping young undecideds lean the wrong way.

i think the problem is that the media is complete shit and most young people dont educate themselves.

but like i said my view of unions has mostly been in favor of them due to my dad's relatively positive experience.

i think alot of support is based on the past success of unions. they now tend to assume that they need to exist in order keep a balance. so i guess the debate is whether or not cooperations would/do take advantage of non-union workers?

I would question your dad's positive experience, not to him per se, but in reality if it is a positive experience it is because he was getting paid above his level. That NEVER makes sense. You think the UAW workers that are getting nearly 6 digits for barely lifting a finger have ANYTHING bad to say about the unions? Then realize that those unions exclusively have destroyed the American automobile manufacturers. Without them we would not see so many imports, not even close. Government subsidies are also whacked and similar. Look at how many dairy farms there are in CA where it is extremely inefficient to grow dairy cows. Thank price fixing for that.

ill get back to guys if i talk to him about it sometime. i certainly dont want to speak for him. but for a federal employee i dont think his salary is outrageous (definitely not 6 figures haha) given the work environment. federal employment probably has too many perks and it seems cuts are being made, pay freeze and employment freeze. the extent of his education is a high school degree and some military time however the job he does now would require a college degree. he in his mid 50's and can retire next year, and probably will do so but plans to get a part time job to keep busy. his career certainly wasn't stagnant but maybe he's just an anomaly, although to really move up would require moving our family around all over the country multiple times like his father did (btw, im pretty sure my grandfather wasn't a union guy, my understanding was that he was the guy they would bring in to fire a bunch of fuckers and get shit running right haha). my grandfather who wasn't even a high school grad was making 6 figures when he retired. my grandparents spent the last 20 years living either here in Pa or in Tx, traveling in around in their sick ass motor home, and vacationing in mexico (they would stay in there motor home right on the beach for weeks at a time). definitely a perfect example of someone who really worked his ass off.

[lithium 358]

General question.

Has anybody noticed a lot more drama in your area or place of employment? My past two days were consumed dealing with people whinning about everthing and how bad their life sucks!

i've spent the last 5 years working with mostly women... :facepalm: <<<whats the emoticon for face palm... ohhh its doh

[Adrian_D 520]

Working on trying to teach myself LabVIEW.

Last time we worked with it at school it seemed fun...what we did wasn't very in-depth though...