Recent content by Gnarly Cranium

Yesterday at Folsom, I had the chance to talk to Nemo Brinker, who expressed to me some concern over my long silence here on BARF. It is true that riders here sometimes go silent because they've had some kind of accident that never gets posted about, and I cringe at the idea of leaving anyone in...

I have a construction project here at home, and I'm looking into picking some stuff up from like Home Depot. A total of 8 poles, 6 of em 2" in diameter, two more like 3". Bamboo, if I can find it-- that, or some 2x2s and some larger pipe. But I've never attached something like this to my bike...

A good friend of mine has been working in a restaurant for a crazy, crazy bitch for a couple of months now. The health inspector is descending on the place due to some reports against crazy bitch, and as the crazy bitch's favorite scapegoat my friend is dealing with a lot of the fallout. When...

Dammit when does the next expansion to Starcraft 2 come out?? I'm big on RTS games, but between Warcraft/Starcraft updates I always find myself lost in a depressing wasteland. I keep trying other games and ending up disappointed and it's starting to get to me, as these can be expensive...

Finally got around to watching this one, and got pretty thoroughly hooked. The dudes really remind me of barfers! I was not expecting that. If anything though, they're about 10x as dysfunctional and insane. I sorta want to hang out with them. :p I don't even eat crab, I can't afford the stuff...

I miss my old class! I'm out of shape now, and I've been trying to go to the gym to get back to the point where I can start martial arts again without passing out, but it's very slow going. It's just tough to get motivated alone, doing lame repetitive crap and not learning anything along the...

:wow I... didn't realize that was actually possible. I have seen videos of people trying to tow motorcycles with other vehicles, and it always ends BADLY. I was on my way home, and approaching the exit off the bridge to Treasure Island, my lane of traffic suddenly slows to a crawl. Headed down...

Car hit a tree on Embarcadero. Nest full of wild parrots fall down go boom. Main rehabber for the local conures was out of town for the weekend, so my roomie ended up with the 2 survivors for a couple days till the rehabber gets back tomorrow morning. One (all green) had a broken leg +...

I have. Twice. I feel like a cleaner fish picking at something on a shark. :laughing First guy thought it was hilarious. Not sure that the second one ever realized I was there. I am oddly proud of myself. :cool

Somebody let the air out of my back tire tonight while I was at work. There is apparently some kind of nasty astrological bullshit thing going on, and I'm starting to wonder if I should just stay indoors till it blows over. A couple days ago, my exhaust can broke loose from my engine. When I...

A friend of mine just got up in the morning to find his bike totally mutilated. 1990ish CB1, down on the ground, chain gone, battery gone, seat torn off, all sorts of parts missing. He stands it back up, goes to work, comes back-- to find the bike GONE, with both locks (some kind of U-lock I...

I was poking randomly around the internet and on this page came across a post I found very interesting to read, figured you guys might dig it... The points about training are interesting, and not a way I'd thought about it before. I especially like the bit about how the plane wants to fly...

This was my first bike, and pretty trusty up until the engine sortof imploded. :cry Current theory is that the cam chain probably jumped a few teeth, and she will never run again. If you happen to have an engine laying around, or you need older Nighthawk parts, this bike may do you some good...

I live on Treasure Island, and I have a carport but no garage. I'm about to bring home a pretty new bike (probably a Ninja 650r), which is actually still shiny. How can I try to keep it that way, as much as I can? Do I just douse the whole bike with WD-40 every day, or what? I know this issue...

My Nighthawk died a while ago and I'm on the eve of acquiring a new(er) bike. The last time I rode someone else's bike, I lasted about 1.5min before flopping over at a stop sign like an idiot. Granted that was quite a while ago, but that DR650 was the first bike I started practicing on, I...