Grand Prix Off-Topic Thread (Closed)

Hey wylie, I'm going good. We've barely gotten any snow here this year, most of goes around us. Other than the last couple of days, it's been bitterly cold the last few weeks (wind chills in the -15F to -20 F). I guess it's to make up for the fact that I was still riding my Harley in January. I hate when winter is like this, no snow but bitterly cold.

Yeah Rich someone needs to kill that ground hog for giving bad advice for you guys up North. :lol: But he was on target for the South. I'm in short sleeves and we have been mid 60s - 70s. I took the Honda out this past weekend. Going to start early and get the GTP tuned for the drag strip. Maybe I can break the record I set for myself last August. Nice being able to use a low 13 second dial in for ET bracket racing when it is actually quicker.

I Cant Wait For Spring And Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hear you Bob, anybody know any good recipes for ground hog?? I know your Honda is a dirt bike, but riding is riding, so enjoy a couple twists of the wrists for me too!!

Hey wylie, I'm going good. We've barely gotten any snow here this year, most of goes around us. Other than the last couple of days, it's been bitterly cold the last few weeks (wind chills in the -15F to -20 F). I guess it's to make up for the fact that I was still riding my Harley in January. I hate when winter is like this, no snow but bitterly cold.
Good to hear, I thought we were out of it yesterday but back into the deep freeze today.
We didn't get the snow here ether.
Hey who let that bnaylor guy in here,short sleeves and 70's give me a break.

I heard through the grapevine from the boys from New Jersey that a hit was ordered on Punxsutawney Phil, the ground hog. :lol:

Hey I'm wearing short sleeves today too. :smokin:

OK rub it in.
I'm off to Miami next month so I should be able to thaw out then.
Hey B it'd nice if you post some vid of your car at the track I'd love to see it.

OK rub it in.
I'm off to Miami next month so I should be able to thaw out then.
Hey B it'd nice if you post some vid of your car at the track I'd love to see it.

I'll see what I can do this year Wylie. I have been under manned on my pit crew the last two years. Boys grew up and left home. However, you could always come down here and see it first hand. Nothing like the sights, sound and smell of a drag strip and real competition. Plus lots of other things to do here so it would make for a nice vacation. :wink:

Right now, the weather there in Texas sounds great. We're expecting another monster storm here over the next couple of days, but it'll probably miss us like all the others did. The last time we had a winter storm warning and they called for 8"-10" of snow, we got maybe an inch. I wouldn't mind one last big snowfall, then let spring arrive.

If I ever get to El Paso Bob, I'll be looking you up. The first round (or 2) will be on me. Too bad we're all so spread out, it'd be cool to have an AF get-together.

Well, I noticed we got some sort of effect down South from the cold weather up North.....higher gas prices. :banghead: Or at least that is the excuse. :shakehead

gas price shot up tp $2.38...guess that's our punishment for having 60 degree weather

gas price shot up tp $2.38...guess that's our punishment for having 60 degree weather

Yeah that really blows!

Yesterday top tier gas like Chevron was at $2.39/gal regular unleaded and today it is at $2.45. :shakehead

I still can't figure out how they come up with the gas prices. Do they use a "wheel of prices" or something? :screwy: Could you imagine if everything else was that way? AM, milk $2.29/gal, pm milk $2.69/gal, nest day $1.99/gal. It makes absolutely no sense. All we know for sure is that it's NOT price gouging according to our government. :rolleyes:

I still can't figure out how they come up with the gas prices. Do they use a "wheel of prices" or something? :screwy: Could you imagine if everything else was that way? AM, milk $2.29/gal, pm milk $2.69/gal, nest day $1.99/gal. It makes absolutely no sense. All we know for sure is that it's NOT price gouging according to our government. :rolleyes:

I really don't know Rich and it is fighting a losing battle. These oil companies better start making some new refineries with those excess profits. :grinyes:

No inflation my a&$! :lol:

The oil companies don't bitch when everything is peachy and they're raking in the dough, but let something happen and they jack prices to compensate. What gives???

Also, when is the government going to step in and limit these CEO salaries/bonuses, when the company they run is going under, laying off workers and shutting factories?

How is the weather where you are at? Warm, sunny and 80s here. I had to turn the A/C on.

Gas is up to $2.49 for unleaded regular. :rolleyes:

you suck Bob, keep rubbing it in :lol: . It's actually snowing this morning, temps in the high 20's, supposed to warm to 40'ish today, and by Thursday it should be in the 60's. Gotta love March in Michigan. There are days you could smowmobile in the morning and ride your motorcycle in the afternoon (temp wise anyway).

I just talked to people in Toronto and its the same there richtazz.
BUT here in Miami its sunny and warm,theres some very nice scenery on the beach.
OOoo Ya.

gas is 2.49-2.63$ depending on wat station you go to. I only use SHELL 87 octane gas in my Grand Prix SE and i believe iv been paying 2.53 Dollors. Not to bad

How about Kobe going for 115pts in the last 2 games.

wylie, you suck too, but you'll be back to reality soon! :p If you get any pics of that "scenery", let me know and send them to my e-mail address, :cwm27:

Ya I will as soon as I get some online.
I'll be back Thursday,hoping the snow will be gone by then.

It's supposed to creep near/into the 60's by Thursday up here wylie, so keep your fingers crossed!

Rain the rest of the damn week here in Chicago :banghead:

wylie, you suck too, but you'll be back to reality soon! :p If you get any pics of that "scenery", let me know and send them to my e-mail address, :cwm27:

Back to reality....lol. :lol:

Anyone see "The Departed". I loved that "reality TV" comment by Jack Nicholson. He's great.

:useless:

Preferably hot babes in bikinis Wylie. :naughty:

Well, the weather people were correct on the temps here today, but its raining like a Monsoon (not sunny like originally forecasted). I was looking for a guy named Noah building a big boat on my way into work today. Anyone ever try attaching out-riggers to their GP? :cwm27:

I just got back, the rain has stopped but they said it was pretty bad earlier.

Back to the weather again, today (April 3rd), rain and heavy t-storms, 3 inches of rain possible, high temp near 70. Tomorrow, snow developing, high of 36, with 30-40 mph winds. Gotta love Michigan weather in April.

Hey richtazz: Good to hear you guys are still out there.
The sun was shining here but its just starting to cloud over.
I've been so dam busy lately haven't had a chance to post.
I guess I won't be out on the bike this weekend.

"Bike" as in motorcycle Wylie? If so, what do you ride?

"Bike" as in motorcycle Wylie? If so, what do you ride?

I can't remember now if its a 2000 or a 2001 I think 1.
Any how here it is the Night Train.
http://img274.echo.cx/img274/17/p10101137cm.jpg

very sharp, come over to the motorcycle section of the forums and help me defend H-D against all these rice-burner/crotch rocket riders, :lol: I need to get some new pics of my Fatboy too, the one in my signature is old. I have a new windshield, bags, took the fringe off, etc...

Careful Rich. I ride a rice burner. :uhoh:

Let me take a guess. One of the Mods over there can be a bit feisty when it comes to H-Ds. Member of the opposite sex? Member name starts with a "S". :lol:

BTW - The dirt bike forum is soooooo dead that I've given up on it. :rolleyes:

Hey B: good to see ya.
What motorcycle form? What the hell how did I miss that.
I grew up on the rice rockets my friends raced them.
Now I'm old and live in the country so farting around on a Hog is just fine for me.

Hey Wylie...whats up? Speaking of old rice rockets I saw a cream puff 1971 Kawasaki 500 Mach III on a for sale forum. It was in a museum the past 30 years. Still looks new. Worth $20K now, collectors item. I bought mine for $999 off the showroom floor. It was the quickest bike back in those days until the Kawa 750 Mach IV came out.

Anyways here is the link to the AF Motorcycle forums. Choice of 3.

Click here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=787)

Hey Wylie...whats up? Speaking of old rice rockets I saw a cream puff 1971 Kawasaki 500 Mach III on a for sale forum. It was in a museum the past 30 years. Still looks new. Worth $20K now, collectors item. I bought mine for $999 off the showroom floor. It was the quickest bike back in those days until the Kawa 750 Mach IV came out.

Anyways here is the link to the AF Motorcycle forums. Choice of 3.

Click here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=787)

Funny those are the exact old two strokes my buddies use to race.
My last one was a Kawi 650 4 stroke over sized cams, headers and a bunch of other stuff its amazing I survived those days.

Yeah Wylie they were popular back in the old days. Was that Kawa 650 the one that copied the Triumph/BSA 650 or was that the Yamaha 650? Can't remember. :dunno:

That comment was just a joke Bob. I wave to every bike I pass, regardless of make, and I recommend many Japanese bikes to new riders and loved my Honda Magna. They just pick on me with all their Harley jokes over there (many of them very funny and regrettably true from the Harley-AMF years), and I'm on my own to reply!! It's all in fun of course (an even "s" moderator girl has eased up on Harleys). Plus your "rice burner" is a dirt bike (and a VERY sharp one I might add), so it's an oil burner too, and is exempt. IF I could afford two bikes, I'd love to get my hands on a Honda VFR750/800 sport. They have the Sportbike look without the back breaking ergonomics, plus the single sided swingarm is way tech-cool. That Kawi Mach was a killer fast bike in it's day. A neighbor had one back in the day, and it was stupid fast, especially considering it's antique suspension and brakes. My dream "muscle bikes" back in those days (read pre-sportbike era) was the Kawi KZ900/1000, and later the Suzuki ES1150es. Both sharp looking, stupid fast machines with that attitude-look just sitting there. I also miss my CR250 dirt bike (it was an ex-factory tuned racer once owned and ridden by Ricky Johnson). Can't ride in the dirt anymore since I have a metal plate and 9 screws holding my right arm together, but I sure miss it.

Kawi KZ900/1000
Now that I think about it I remember when the Kawi LTD1000 came out that was a sweet ride.
My buddy just about killed himself on a R1000,those old Kawi 1000s where get motors.
I'd still like to have a 175 for the dirt but for the same reason I sold my snow machine I don't have one.No free time.

That comment was just a joke Bob.


I know it was a joke Rich. :wink:

But I know what you mean by the idiots that ride these croch rockets and most of the time irresponsibly. That is why many die on the road nowadays. :shakehead At least I'm still alive to tell about my old and current bike stories.

Yeah Wylie they were popular back in the old days. Was that Kawa 650 the one that copied the Triumph/BSA 650 or was that the Yamaha 650? Can't remember. :dunno:

It was a Yami the Kawi was 4 cylinders.

I'm amazed over there about how many of these guys go buy a liter-class uber-bike for there first ride. I just don't see the sense in a novice rider on a 160+ hp twitchy crotch rocket. I guess the organ donor people are excited!! I watched a guy here on one of our warm days do a wheelie all the way up the expressway on-ramp, pushing 110mph then realizing there was a lot of traffic and he couldn't merge. Luckily for him, there wasn't a semi-truck tire carcass laying on the shoulder, and he stayed there until he could slow down enough to merge. When I caught him in traffic, he glanced over and shrugged, then cut 3 lanes of traffic and raced off, stupid squid!! I bet in his little pea brain, he thought I was impressed.....NOT!!

I saw a guy get killed a couple of years ago right in front of me and it was the same thing,he opened up the throttle and all of a sudden ran out of room to stop when someone made a right.
And your right allot of it is to much power and no experience.

Hey richtazz: if you see any bikes on the road tomorrow their probably on their way here http://www.pd13.com/
It will the dye hards that go to this one but still their on the hwy's by the hundreds.
Theres another one July 13th I'm going to try to make that one.

It's a lot too cold for me still Wylie. I'm seriously thinking about going to the one in July myself as you sent me that info once before. It appears it would be about a 3 hour or so ride for me and the little mrs. If we decide to go, I'll let you know. It would be cool to meet you face to face. Another deciding factor is the border situation. It appears the US is going to require visas and passports to cross the Canadian border here soon.

Another deciding factor is the border situation. It appears the US is going to require visas and passports to cross the Canadian border here soon.

You know that really suxs but I guess it has something to do with anti-terrorism and illegal immgration or so they say. I believe you will need a passport by Jan '08 to cross both borders. The Federal government sure is making a killing on the passport fees. Plus I heard it may take up to 16 weeks to process. :rolleyes:

For example you will be able go across the southern border to Mexico but without a passport won't be able to come back into the U.S. The Mexicans really don't care whether you go to or from they just want your dinero.

I needed one to go to Miami you can't fly between US and Canada any more without it.
They were even talking about needing it for points between Canada if the route took you over the US.
Good thing we give them all this tax money so they can come up these crazy ideas.

Good thing we give them all this tax money so they can come up these crazy ideas.

There is probably more crazy stuff to come Wylie especially if the screwed up immigration system ever gets reformed in the U.S. Keeping illegals and terrorists out is one thing but screwing with legals is another. :rolleyes:

its unfortunate that the so called legals have to pay the price as they whittle away at our rights.
Hopefully they don't mess with my beer or I may just snap.
Hey we're finely getting some nice weather here.
Also B if you get a minute can you answer this for me
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=691961&page=2
Have a good weekend.

its unfortunate that the so called legals have to pay the price as they whittle away at our rights.
Hopefully they don't mess with my beer or I may just snap.
Hey we're finely getting some nice weather here.
Also B if you get a minute can you answer this for me
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=691961&page=2
Have a good weekend.

PM sent.

Yeah Wylie, if they screw with the beer it is time for a revolution. :grinyes:

I've got 6 bottles of Corona and Samuel Adams I need to finish this weekend. I got the garage cleaned out last weekend but I'm heading out trail riding this weekend. Weather has been great down here. Not as dusty (wind storms) as usual.

I'm still trying to figure out why we are getting ripped on gasoline. The stupid British hostage thing is over. Rumor has it we are looking at well over $3/gal this summer in the U.S. as an average price. California doesn't count. :lol:

gas prices are over $3 in some places here in Chapel Hill

its well over 3 here closer to 4.
Funny thing is they want you to conserve then they jack up the prices because profits are down.

They do it because they CAN! There is no real reason for it other than greed. I'd like to get my hands on the "gas futures" people. Better yet, maybe if we get the little geeks laid, they'll stop screwing all of us!!!

April 21, 2007- "Hey Norbert, put down the Captain Kirk action figure and the oil price forcasting guide and come meet "Fantasia", she's gonna show you something you've never seen before!"

April 22, 2007- In a shocking turn of events, oil prices dropped to $25 a barrel and the nation rejoices. Thanks Fantasia!

They rasied price twice in two days maybe even in one day I can't remember... here Prem is 3.189 Reg is 2.989 10% blend is 2.899 A$$holes :evillol:

I hear you Troy. It's $2.99 for 87 octane, $3.09 for mid, and $3.19 for premium here too. The Harley prefers premium, so now I feel you GTP guys pain (although not as often, it gets around 55-60 MPG). HAve you all heard the recent study about Ethanol? Now their saying wide spread use would contribute more to the greenhouse effect than gasoline does! At least it's a renewable resource, but I'm sure big business will find a way to export it's production to 3rd world countries too. Profit over employee well being, it's the new American way!!!

Yeah this really blows. We're up to a range of $2.89 to $2.95 for top tier regular unleaded. Speaking of ethanol I didn't know this until one of our local TV stations aired it on the evening news but this oxygenated fuel we have to use in my county from October - March has at least 5% ethanol. Instead of reducing the cost of gas they charged us more for it. :screwy:

Anyways, someone passed this info to me. Chevron has come out with a unique performance optimizer or octane booster? called Purescape. I really wonder if it works.

http://www.chevron.com/products/purescape/

Hmmm... if it's as good as their Chevron Techron fuel cleaner, it should be the cat's meow.

Hey Bob, did any of those big tornadic storms hit your area? I heard they went along theTexas/Mexico border. I hope you and your's are all ok.

Hmmm... if it's as good as their Chevron Techron fuel cleaner, it should be the cat's meow.

I really don't know Rich. Some say it may be a substitute to using race gas but I'd have to test it.


Hey Bob, did any of those big tornadic storms hit your area? I heard they went along theTexas/Mexico border. I hope you and your's are all ok.

I'm OK. The tornadoes were North and East of me. We're in a quasi-mountainous area with 4000 feet elevation so seeing twisters is unusual. Plenty of dust devils. We did get about two days rain on and off which was needed.

HAve you all heard the recent study about Ethanol? Now their saying wide spread use would contribute more to the greenhouse effect than gasoline does!


Do you have a link to that study? I'm from the ethanol producing heartland. (but I don't use it.) Ethanol is not realy suited for low compression engines. Ethanol would be great for a high compression direct injected gasoline engine.

Another thing, the ethanol industry is backwards in the US, we need to be more like Brazil. They use every part of the fuel source what they can't use to make ethanol and the left over by-product they burn and use the steam to power a generator to power the plant. Where he in the US we use NG to power the plant and corn kernal (the most important part) instead of using the stalk to make ethanol.