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Lum posted:Apparently taken on the M4 motorway in South Wales, UK The elusive burka driver strikes again.
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Jan 19, 2013 20:45
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Being he's got a new driver sticker, is he still royally hosed with ICBC if it is a mechanical issue?
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Jan 19, 2013 22:01
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slidebite posted:Being he's got a new driver sticker, is he still royally hosed with ICBC if it is a mechanical issue? Yes, There is going to be a full inspection on the car and it will most certainly get a VI. I don't think it is going to see the road again and my friend will have multiple icbc fists up the rear end. E: The ignition barrel was punched out and jammed the steering on the corner.
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Jan 19, 2013 22:09
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eberbs posted:E: The ignition barrel was punched out and jammed the steering on the corner. Oh Christ. 
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Jan 19, 2013 23:10
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Carteret posted:That Ruckus looks terrifying. By terrifying you mean awesome. That looks like silly amounts of fun. I've always wanted a Ruckus and a ski kit may seal the deal.
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Jan 20, 2013 00:15
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MrChips posted:Audi Panzerkampfwagen A.IV It could just be the way the snow fell or the way it blew off the front, but I'd like to think the driver was thinking, "poo poo, I'm in a big hurry. Just gotta remove the essential bits of snow. A little slit in the windshield so I can see, and then dust off the Audi badge so everyone sees I'm driving an Audi."
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Jan 20, 2013 00:27
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That block of snow is also likely to blow off on the highway in one big explosion once he gets enough speed to break it loose. Sucks for the people behind him when it goes.
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Jan 20, 2013 00:32
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EightBit posted:That block of snow is also likely to blow off on the highway in one big explosion once he gets enough speed to break it loose. Sucks for the people behind him when it goes. I was about to post that I'm impressed this hadn't happened already if they're already up to motorway speed. I got hit by huge chunks of snow blowing off cars twice last year in my MX-5 and in a car that small it feels like you've just driven headlong into a snowdrift.
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Jan 20, 2013 00:34
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:By terrifying you mean awesome. That looks like silly amounts of fun. I've always wanted a Ruckus and a ski kit may seal the deal. I sold my Ruckus last year. It was fun and useful for Kansas City, useless and life threatening for Eastern North Carolina.
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Jan 20, 2013 01:10
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Carteret posted:I sold my Ruckus last year. It was fun and useful for Kansas City, useless and life threatening for Eastern North Carolina. I have an almost 40 mile commute, in Pennsylvania. Unless I got that ski thing I'd be garaging it for 4-5 months out of the year. Maybe not though, as we haven't really been having winter here. I also live in a sprawling suburban wasteland thats at least five miles of highway from anything. It'd be incredibly impractical for me in every way, but I still want one. They look like so much fun. I'm a big guy too so I'd definitely look like a tool. There's a couple in the area in the $1k to $1.5k range. Curse me for spending my tax return money in my head before I've even got it. Somebody talk me out of this please.
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Jan 20, 2013 04:24
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I have an almost 40 mile commute, in Pennsylvania. Unless I got that ski thing I'd be garaging it for 4-5 months out of the year. Maybe not though, as we haven't really been having winter here. You say big... how big? cause if you are over 200 lbs, and there are any hills at all in your part of PA, good luck. 49cc is fun as long as you are built like a girl, or it's flat as hell. (see: Kansas) As a former big guy owner, it would be more fun for you to just get a cheap rear end bike/enduro-thing.
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Jan 20, 2013 04:57
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I'm about 6'1" and 250 lbs. I can imagine the poor thing straining beneath my bulk. Would it really be that bad for a fatso like me? I have fond memories of the old Honda Passport scooter I had as a kid. I get all nostalgic and start wanting a tiny motorcycle sometimes.
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Jan 20, 2013 06:31
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I'm about 6'1" and 250 lbs. I can imagine the poor thing straining beneath my bulk. Would it really be that bad for a fatso like me? It doesn't have gears. That Variator Belt on the CVCC will be your downfall. I was 6' and 215 and a lazy Kansas hill slowed me down to 25-30 mph. It tops out at 45. Your old Passport was probably more of a beast then a Ruckus.  ALTHOUGH the Ruckus looks sweet as poo poo 
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Jan 20, 2013 06:35
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Pretty sure this fits here. Hit the junkyard, saw this. I think it was on a Ford Escort GT? Not sure.   Porthole? check. Criminally poor fiberglass work? YUP More of the same bondo work? You bet! And to top it all off, some almost-matches rattlecan paint. The other 3 fenders were rolled (significantly) and had been repainted with the same almost-matching rattlecan.
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Jan 20, 2013 06:46
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I wasn't aware of that. Its really hilly around here. Probably why there aren't many for sale nearby. Also explains why they are so cheap. 15 years and 100 lbs ago that little Passport hauled rear end. I regularly carted friends around on the back of it too. The poor thing succumbed to a couple summers of brutal abuse before it just gave up the ghost. The fact that the Ruckus looks tough as hell is the #1 reason I want one so bad. Those dual headlights make it look all road warrior and poo poo. I just have to remind myself that I'll look like a clown tooling around on one.
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Jan 20, 2013 06:54
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I wasn't aware of that. Its really hilly around here. Probably why there aren't many for sale nearby. Also explains why they are so cheap. Look like less of a tool, and actually hit 60mph!  Honda Big Ruckus
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Jan 20, 2013 06:59
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eberbs posted:My friend just got into a accident in his 89 Isuzu I-mark. He came around a corner and the steering locked causing him to jump a curb and crash into 2 parked cars. No one was hurt. Why did the roadsense people show up, with a camera crew? Also, I was trying to figure out where you were based on the code on the RCMP cruisers' fender, and didn't get it until you posted that it happened in Langford. 'WSXXXX'...West Shore (Langford), haha.
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Jan 20, 2013 09:40
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Carteret posted:Look like less of a tool, and actually hit 60mph! I really wish we had cool poo poo like that here. Or even affordable scooters.
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Jan 20, 2013 09:53
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I'm about 6'1" and 250 lbs. I can imagine the poor thing straining beneath my bulk. Would it really be that bad for a fatso like me?
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Jan 20, 2013 13:16
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Carteret posted:Look like less of a tool, and actually hit 60mph!
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Jan 20, 2013 15:06
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I'm about 6'1" and 250 lbs. I can imagine the poor thing straining beneath my bulk. Would it really be that bad for a fatso like me? Oh then you want:  Edit: Yamaha Chappy, appears to be a late-70s LB50 (50cc) model. Carteret posted:[timg]http://www.motorstown.com/images/honda-big-ruckus-04.jpg[/timg That looks like it was taken about .05-sec before lowsiding on wet leaves. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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Jan 20, 2013 19:01
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Captain McAllister posted:Why did the roadsense people show up, with a camera crew? Also, I was trying to figure out where you were based on the code on the RCMP cruisers' fender, and didn't get it until you posted that it happened in Langford. 'WSXXXX'...West Shore (Langford), haha. The guy with the roadsense vest is actually just the camera guy for CTV, I have no idea why he has an ICBC vest. A few friends saw the news report on CTV 2 that night but I cant find it anywhere.
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Jan 20, 2013 19:33
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Collateral Damage posted:Didn't they make a 125cc Ruckus as well? Or has that just been custom swaps? 125cc is a Chinese Motorswap that's pretty popular. edit: google GY6 motor. comes in 125 and 150cc varieties. You could always do a custom swap... or go insane with a Silver Wing Swap:   Impractically long, but 600cc is stupid fun. Rode this thing once in KC and it was a monster. Carteret fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jan 20, 2013 |
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Jan 20, 2013 19:38
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Holy loving deathtrap!
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Jan 20, 2013 20:53
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Carteret posted:125cc is a Chinese Motorswap that's pretty popular. I feel tempted to do a FEA on that spine, but I'd rather stay out of this and pretend I've never heard of it.
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Jan 20, 2013 21:41
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kastein posted:Pretty sure this fits here. As the resident Escort GT fanboy, that makes me cry inside.
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Jan 20, 2013 21:53
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Sir Cornelius posted:I feel tempted to do a FEA on that spine, but I'd rather stay out of this and pretend I've never heard of it. I don't know what that means  but I don't even know if he still drives/owns it. Last time I talked to the owner was in 2008? Maybe? It was tagged and everything. Registered as a 49cc Ruckus
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Jan 20, 2013 22:44
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Rhyno posted:As the resident Escort GT fanboy, that makes me cry inside. As someone who doesn't give a poo poo about Escorts it still makes me cringe. What the hell were they aiming for?
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Jan 20, 2013 23:23
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I'm pretty sure it was one of those car-idiot "brilliant ideas" gone awry. The other 3 were rolled to cover ridiculously low backspacing (or ridiculously wide, not sure) wheels/tires, that one was terribly botched with an assortment of bodywork products. I'm reasonably certain that it was some ratty craigslist buy that someone thought they'd turn into a ~~~RACECAR~~~, and it had a horribly rotted front left fender, a common issue here in the rust belt. They probably didn't think ahead, rolled the rest of the fenders, got to that one and said "hurr durr what do we do now" and then someone came up with the brilliant idea to do a custom bondo and fiberglass widebody conversion. On just the one fender.
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Jan 20, 2013 23:32
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PainterofCrap posted:Oh then you want: Whoa, what the hell is that? It looks like fun. Big or little Ruckus I doubt I'll actually drop the cash for one. I have too much stuff I need to take care of with my GTP before I do something dumb like buy a stupid and awesome scooter. I'll just have to settle with fantasizing about tooling around on one wearing full leathers and an old school ghetto blaster strapped to my back playing Motorhead at full volume.  I just remembered my minibike I had before the passport. It was a cheap lovely '70s frame I dug out of a barn. Dropped a 2.5hp Briggs and Stratton on it with a centrifugal clutch. Dropped the skid brakes for disc and ran the throttle with a length of speaker wire. By that I mean there was a 3' length of wire tied to the carb that I had to yank straight back to make it go. I eventually got a twist throttle and that thing was my primary form of locomotion through middle school until some shitheel stole it out of my garage. I made many road trips in that with a jerry can strapped to the handlebars, a backpack full of whatever swill beer I could procure and of course that boom box. It blared Nirvana, Rancid and Tool most days. I'd almost settle for an old lawnmower powered mini to sport around the trailer parks and developments. I could even strap my Stampede on the back and make trips to the bmx park and go bash for a day. My little toy monster truck would, sadly be way faster that any itty bitty bike I would buy.
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Jan 21, 2013 03:48
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http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/mcy/3555666427.html Look at this bad boy. Looks exactly like my old one but with a 5hp Briggs. Mine had a purple and white glittery banana seat with a sissy bar though.  I could afford this. And it would be terrible.
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Jan 21, 2013 04:03
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 Not shown: very very poor bodywork on the front clip, complete with cockeyed headlights and a hood that doesn't line up at all. Also, every wheel had a vinyl die-cut sticker of the same logo that's on the back window.
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Jan 21, 2013 04:24
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My sister has problems dealing with the trend towards factory-slammed Hondas: Hitting the yards tomorrow to see if I can locate a new bumper cover. It's sprung in several places, and cracked; both inner fender wells were eaten by the tires. It's lost too many attachment points for me to be able to, uh, creatively restore structural integrity. She says she beached on a steep driveway apex in Seattle in August, and that things went downhill from there. Although the cats are fascinated. 
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Jan 21, 2013 04:31
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Ouch. Silver is a bitch to match/blend too. At least the cats are happy.
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Jan 21, 2013 07:24
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 Someone thought this cage was a good idea
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Jan 21, 2013 07:40
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Octopus Magic posted:
To be fair, on the driver's side it doesn't look that heinous to have to step over. However, shouldn't there be some kind of bar from the top to the bottom in more of a straight line?
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Jan 21, 2013 08:12
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I think that's what he was getting at, yeah. At the bare minimum the side intrusion bar should meet the A pillar bar at the bend, not below it, and I'd prefer to put a diagonal bar leading from that bend back down toward the floor as well. Or just make the A pillar bar bend down before the dash and go straight to the floor/unirail load plate from there instead of bending forward again. I've never build a cage though, that's just my gut feeling from what I understand of how they're put together. Basically, in a rollover, one or both of those A pillar bends will kink, probably the bottom one downward, the side intrusion bars will buckle downward, and the roof will cave in. The bends severely weaken the cage because they aren't supported / triangulated by any other tubes.
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Jan 21, 2013 08:20
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Cenodoxus posted:Between that terrible car and what looks to be a dorm in the background, I'm guessing it's a college campus. That explains the poo poo parking. All the cars in the picture are Subarus. It's a dealer. oddspelling posted:Video related:
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Jan 21, 2013 08:33
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Not only are those door and a-pillar bars useless, it doesn't have a diagonal in the main hoop, which is the most basic requirement for a roll bar. requirements for a basic cage on page 43 here: http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/ccr.pdf jamal fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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Jan 21, 2013 08:50
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SaNChEzZ posted:To be fair, on the driver's side it doesn't look that heinous to have to step over. However, shouldn't there be some kind of bar from the top to the bottom in more of a straight line? Owning an S15, I can tell you that would be an utter oval office to get in and out of. The seats are mounted really low, I'm six foot one and have to crane my neck pretty crazily just to get in the thing. Plenty of room once your in but just a pinch to get in. E: from where that bar sits in line with the inner door skin, there's like 2 feet at a stretch that you would have to slide in on a really sharp angle. I don't know a lot about cages, but I would think that you want your every piece to be as straight as possible right. Puddin fucked around with this message at 12:53 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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