Well let’s here about this Hayabusa beater’s mods. Years ago I used to ride a modded Suzuki V Twin 4 speed that beat every Harley I ran across. Wasn’t quite a 10 second bike though. What have you done with yours?
Why is it?
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Well let’s here about this Hayabusa beater’s mods. Years ago I used to ride a modded Suzuki V Twin 4 speed that beat every Harley I ran across. Wasn’t quite a 10 second bike though. What have you done with yours?
Whoaaaaa I didn’t say Hayabusa beater, any average size average skill dude should be low 10’s, high 9’s on a Busa lol
It’s a 124” we built, lock up clutch, street bike. Road king, nothing fancy but runs hard. Won’t beat a Busa unless it’s a heavyweight guy that’s new to drag racing lol
It’s a 124” we built, lock up clutch, street bike. Road king, nothing fancy but runs hard. Won’t beat a Busa unless it’s a heavyweight guy that’s new to drag racing lol
Why is it drivers are not adjusting their driving habits even though the price of fuel is sky rocketing. My wife and I were sitting in our gazebo and the sound of vehicles revving hard seemed to be the theme.
When we went out for ice cream, it was kind of amazing at how many people were doing rabbit starts and slamming on brakes...it's almost like nobody cares about fuel economy and proper driving techniques anymore...
When we went out for ice cream, it was kind of amazing at how many people were doing rabbit starts and slamming on brakes...it's almost like nobody cares about fuel economy and proper driving techniques anymore...
....but I bet they can text faster than you...And kick your ass at video games!
So...yeah...
lmao
They'd win that contest hands down....I suck at both.
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Don't get me started on driver habits! I am doing medical transports. Requiring the use of big vans.
Part of what they are is a heavy duty hydraulic ramp. Depending on year and who outfitted it, the vehicles have various safety interlocks. My newest one has to have the engine running (not technically, but if you say ignition on it adds confusion). The ramp literally will not work unless it has a hot ignition run position detected. And it is a safety feature to protect the heavy duty battery and charging system.
So I train my drivers to go through the same procedure, whether the van they are using has the same interlocks or not.
It's just easier to train to a single procedure.
So in the course of making a pick up, we may have to wait on a patient. It's normal and it could be 2 mins or 32 minutes.
I can look at fuel cost per vehicle and know when I need to pay a visit to a driver.
So I roll up and see them at idle in the parking lot.
So now I ask questions. So how long have you had to wait? Is it a pattern here or an exception?
Well I got here a bit ahead of schedule. So I find a parking spot so I can monitor and deploy the ramp (As they have been trained). It's very possible if they are ahead of schedule they can park 30 mins before pick up time. And be waiting even more if the patient is late.
Why don't you go inside and wait? Oh.....I thought I could stay in the van. Well you can.
They often prefer that. It supports the non congregation policies. They can catch up on the phone, listen to the stereo, maybe eat lunch etc. They are doing nothing specifically wrong. It's just thier adopted habits. Of course the van is on Max A/C. I don't fault it. But A/C anywhere besides the van is cheaper.
So I instituted a monthly bonus. Whoever used the least amount of fuel per miles travelled in revenue, gets a $50 bonus.
Instantly they changed their habits.
It was amounting to $130ish/mth higher cost just sitting and idling, or pouring on the gas to make a yellow light. Despite teaching them that the van liked and is geared for a range of RPM that is the most efficient, they think the more they push the accelerator and hear a faster engine, the faster it goes. That sucks gas like a train when they do that. Around town it is killing me.
Now they keep the RPMs down, plan ahead for less stopping and starting. They shut off the engines in parking lots.
It has become a fun competition. It only cost me $50 to pay the winner. I save about $300/mth in fuel cost.
I also have a cleanest van contest. Cleanest overall van gets $30 bonus, paid once each week. I do no notice inspections.
And one of our frequent customer feedbacks is we have the cleanest, best smelling vans they have ever been in. They keep them spotless. Now they smell of Coconuts, Lemons, Oranges, Winter pine needles. Lol. One driver even puts tire shine on the tires......lol.
Otherwise I end up spending $200 getting a good van cleaning done by a pro.
Amazing how well cash incentives work!!!!
Great idea...in the end you will probably get more business as your company will look more professional...
Many taxi companies should adopt this concept.
Speaking of idling.....
Last Thursday I was going for a 8km walk.....I noted a vehicle sitting at one of the kid's bus stop being used as a portable bus shelter and I could see the exhaust coming off it....
I went for my walk (can't remember how long it took but not too long) and when I came back home, I noted the same vehicle sitting there idling....it took around 10 mins for the bus to come along so the van was idling longer than 30 mins most likely....
People don't realize how much fuel a vehicle uses when it idles...
But then again all the coffee shop drive throughs are lined up all morning with idling vehicles.....sure must need a coffee real bad to have to line up for it....especially when coffee makers are so advanced these days.
Last Thursday I was going for a 8km walk.....I noted a vehicle sitting at one of the kid's bus stop being used as a portable bus shelter and I could see the exhaust coming off it....
I went for my walk (can't remember how long it took but not too long) and when I came back home, I noted the same vehicle sitting there idling....it took around 10 mins for the bus to come along so the van was idling longer than 30 mins most likely....
People don't realize how much fuel a vehicle uses when it idles...
But then again all the coffee shop drive throughs are lined up all morning with idling vehicles.....sure must need a coffee real bad to have to line up for it....especially when coffee makers are so advanced these days.
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So this is sort of related to the stop everyone is focusing on.
Here we are in FLA with a vehicle registration issue. And the interactions between LE and alleged bad guy.
Here we are in FLA with a vehicle registration issue. And the interactions between LE and alleged bad guy.
The issue seems to be that there is a real challenge to differentiate between a good and bad actor from the initial offset...( I know that first hand).So this is sort of related to the stop everyone is focusing on.
Here we are in FLA with a vehicle registration issue. And the interactions between LE and alleged bad guy.
If the police officer goes in too soft, there is the potential they don't go home at the end of their shift, if they go in too hard, there is public outcry and in this day and age, the outcry outweighs the life of the officer.
Training standards for police officers are all over the place...they need to be standardized and ongoing as well as monitored....the police have dash cams, in car cams, body cams and in many cases public domain cameras as well as every private citizen with a cell phone filming their every move yet they still think they are operating covertly under the wire...
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And to be truthful. Some neighborhoods are inherently more dangerous before the stop is ever made.
In this case, the cop was never confronted with the idea that the the perp was going to run, come at him or be disrespectful. The cop even administered Miranda in Spanish. Should an officer be expected to learn multiple languages so as not to "disrespect" the public?
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The ridiculousness of having to cater to every citizens special needs a dose of reality. If you live here, you need to speak the language of that countries dominant language. If I move to a foreign nation like Italy, then, I need to learn Italian and be fluent enough to conduct normal interactions and read the traffic signs if I drive.
“The ridiculousness of having to cater to every citizens special needs a dose of reality.”
Manomanoman…
To ‘Serve the People’ but only English speakers huh? So, white is right, love it or leave it, the south will rise again, stop the steal…..anything else while you’re at it?
Manomanoman…
To ‘Serve the People’ but only English speakers huh? So, white is right, love it or leave it, the south will rise again, stop the steal…..anything else while you’re at it?
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Yep. Someone in some leg of sensitivity relations board will report they have 47 Afghans that are part of the community now. You will provide officers trained to speak Afghan.
Or Congolese. Or Urdu. Or Laotian. Or etc. Because, well we have to serve them properly.
What cop will ever want a job if that is expected?
Exactly this is what is being discussed in the idea of forcing social workers into the law enforcement culture. They speak whatever language needed and can help the community better.
I know in Toronto which is a very diverse and non-integrated city, the police have been actively recruiting from within the communities for ethnic police officers to patrol their own...
I'm on the fence with all this diversity....I know it is the foundation of many nations but there has to be some sort of expectation for the people who come to a new country to make an attempt to integrate themselves into the culture and language of that country...
The big issue with not having this is the country loses it's unique identity and many of the immigrants will try and impose their own ideology and beliefs on the entire country. For example-try moving to Turkey and erecting a Christian church in Istanbul and see how long that lasts...you'd be sent packing in minutes.
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You are touching on the core of the problem. We have adopted a "We must accommodate for their culture" instead of "Welcome to America. You are welcome to join in our success. As long as you contribute to our success you will be successful.
People have immigrated here from many languages and cultures. For hundreds of years. Within a generation MOST have learned how to speak English, and incorporate into our society.
Until about the 1990s. Then we started to hear, your kids must learn Spanish. We must provide housing. We must provide healthcare. We must educate them. But with sensitivity to their culture.
We are turning into the type places they came here to get away from.
I have spent several years exploring other countries to live in. None accommodate me as American. This is who we are. If you want to live like us, you have to fit into us.
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The way things are headed now is.... Its as if we have given up our uniqueness as the self evident words we use to express who we are as a nation. We are the United States of America. Pretty simple to understand where we are now as compared to when those words were used to define our nation. Those founding documents is what made us unique as a self governing country with rights and freedoms never granted by a government before at the level you were seeing for more than 2 centuries.
Now we have people that have developed the personal power to rise up and hold positions of leadership with an ideology they embrace and want to ram down our collective throats. This is where the leftist, marxist, communistic thinking types live.
Honesty is not much of a virtue anymore... now... its just whatever "they", the globalist billionaire club that congregate at Davos and other places can get away with by working the system. As Reagan said paraphrased... "Its a mentality where they think they know better how to run your life than you do" .
Now we have people that have developed the personal power to rise up and hold positions of leadership with an ideology they embrace and want to ram down our collective throats. This is where the leftist, marxist, communistic thinking types live.
Honesty is not much of a virtue anymore... now... its just whatever "they", the globalist billionaire club that congregate at Davos and other places can get away with by working the system. As Reagan said paraphrased... "Its a mentality where they think they know better how to run your life than you do" .
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No country can accommodate all the special needs of all the other countries... but... you could buy an island for cheap down by the Philippines and give it a shot. Just kidding, however, what level of accommodation do you suggest for the USA to incorporate into its laws of governance to handle the diversity of people coming to our nation from all over the world?
My attempting to formulate the most perfect points isn't alway a success. Try post 38 and see what you think.
Why is it people buy land of which has a farm for a neighbor then complain about the smell of manure??
Did these people not see the large farm fields when they decided to buy their property? I just read an article on these people complaining to the county saying how horrible the smell is and the noise from the farm equipment is causing them distress...this farmer operated some of this machinery at night and did long before these houses were built, now he has to abide by the noise codes which is causing him a lot of grief.
All around our largest city (Toronto) there is a thing called "the green belt" where there is no development allowed as it is for farming...now there is talk of eliminating the restriction on the green belt allowing development...some of these farms have been in families for generations upon generations and the financial figures being thrown at them will eventually tempt them to the point of selling. Some of this farm land is the most fertile in our country....I remember as a kid going to Toronto and it was a 3 hr drive and all we saw were farms the whole way......now most of the drive one sees subdivisions..
Then we roll out to BC where the lumber industry is foaming at the mouth to go clear cut all the old growth forests...trees that have been around for hundreds of years and the planet will never see their like again...indigenous peoples with help from non-indigenous are desperately trying to stop this clear cutting but in the end will fail because the all mighty buck is stronger than ethics and morality..
Did these people not see the large farm fields when they decided to buy their property? I just read an article on these people complaining to the county saying how horrible the smell is and the noise from the farm equipment is causing them distress...this farmer operated some of this machinery at night and did long before these houses were built, now he has to abide by the noise codes which is causing him a lot of grief.
All around our largest city (Toronto) there is a thing called "the green belt" where there is no development allowed as it is for farming...now there is talk of eliminating the restriction on the green belt allowing development...some of these farms have been in families for generations upon generations and the financial figures being thrown at them will eventually tempt them to the point of selling. Some of this farm land is the most fertile in our country....I remember as a kid going to Toronto and it was a 3 hr drive and all we saw were farms the whole way......now most of the drive one sees subdivisions..
Then we roll out to BC where the lumber industry is foaming at the mouth to go clear cut all the old growth forests...trees that have been around for hundreds of years and the planet will never see their like again...indigenous peoples with help from non-indigenous are desperately trying to stop this clear cutting but in the end will fail because the all mighty buck is stronger than ethics and morality..
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