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Well, there's a first time for everything... I've never done a cut-and-paste post before, but this one seemed relevant enough that I think the conversation will be interesting. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3019/are-poor-spellers-stupid

Well, bleh. I'm without a bike again. Plate is 20V5234. It was stolen from in front of my house here in San Jose. :| EDIT: What are the fucking odds? San Jose PD found the thing, and the only thing wrong with it is a broken ignition. So...not stolen anymore! :)

I'm trying to fix my friend's 02 SV650S. The inner fork tubes are pitted and corroded. They've ruined the fork seals that the previous owner installed. I need a pair of them. If you have them, and they're are straight and shiny, PM me! ANY first generation SV650 will do, S or non-S model...

Hello all, I was cited for 22101(d) (No left) in SF, at about 8PM last Thursday. Driving my '06 Subaru STI, I made a left from 16th St. onto northbound Mission. That's verboten and I'm not arguing with that. The area was choked with several buses, both the tour bus variety and city bus variety...

On my girlfriend's '07 Ninja 250, I pulled the brakes apart. I did some cleaning of the pistons, but was only able to get this far as you see in the picture. What is that stuff? How do I get it off? Solvents don't touch it. Plastic brush won't touch it. Bronze brush won't touch it. I'm extremely...

Does anyone have a 43mm fork seal driver roughly in the south bay that I might borrow? I tried ordering one, but it appears that the silly thing is back ordered everywhere. Motion Pro had a run on them? Who knows. Waiting three weeks to get my bike working again is going to drive me nuts.

I'm finally dropping new springs, cartridge emulator, fork seals, fork oil and the rest onto my FZ6. The right fork seal finally blew after almost 30k miles, which is what started this. Upon disassembling the mess and taking a peek in the outer fork tube, it looks less than ideal. There are...

Hey all, Need an alignment on my car, an STI. I have the numbers I'd like it set to, and they aren't the stock numbers. I know the holy grail of custom alignments in the south bay is Custom Alignment. They rock...but they also charge a lot. I don't need quite that level of support. I would also...

Okay, so my brother is getting married and I'm the best man. The bachelor party, per my brother's request, will be low-key and local. The wedding is in San Jose, in the Rose Garden. So, there's five of us I need to feed, and feed very nicely. I've got the rest of the night figured out, but I'm...

Ah, the classic how-screwed-am-I thread... And no, I'm not actually that stupid. The jack slipped off the crossmember on my Mom's 2004 Impala and straight into the bottom radiator support. :cry I bent the radiator support and radiator. I cracked the fan shroud. And I punctured the A/C...

Sometimes ya just can't believe what you see... (Took this pic just a moment ago while visiting Safeway. This is on the Well's Fargo counter inside.)

It appears helimot.com has been hacked. Some asshole calling himself Spammer has apparently cracked into the databases backing the website and installed himself a banner page looking for extortion money. I was just popping over there to look at the gloves he's got, since my Helds have worn out...

So, I'm in middle of doing a valve adjustment for the first time on my 2004 FZ6. Out of 16 valves, 15 are nicely in spec. One, the left intake valve on the #2 cylinder, is loose. Maybe. The loose spec on the intake side is 0.20mm (0.0079 in.) My feelers are in inches. 0.008 passes with drag...

Dammit! I rounded off a 10mm flare fitting when attempting to install steel braided lines in my car. Yes, before you ask, I was using a flare wrench. And the damn thing still did not budge. The stupid flare wrench went right ahead and popped from one set of flats to the next. I've never had that...

Dammit! :( I do almost all my own plumbing, but this one is beyond me. I think my 40 year old cast iron sewer lateral is cracked. I'm smelling whiffs of sewer gas in my front yard, right about where the lateral is. I need a video inspection, the, probably an internal patch. No blockage yet...

So I was recently browsing Eclipse forums, trying to figure out a divide by zero in its update manager, when I ran into this blast from the past: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way As I perused it again, I realized that the stuff in it doesn't just apply to programmers like myself, it really...

Heh...didn't want to create two threads, but I need two recommendations: First, I need a house painter for my house in San Jose. Anyone had a good experience? The paint is in bad shape, so I need someone who knows what they're doing and won't just throw good paint on bad. I know I have to pay...

Man, lots of threads about other BARFers in the sink. One on influence. One on first. Can I play too? :teeth How many BARFers have you guys met? In person? I once sat down and started a list in a bored moment. I got a ways in and realized the number was so high that I couldn't possibly complete...

racergirl's Farewell Get Together - Alice's, Sunday, July 9th, noon-5 p.m. Okay, most of this message is cribbed direct from Tyler's thread on SBR... Time to get together to send Farah (racergirl) off to boot camp. Come and send her off with your best two-wheel wishes!! Farah's Farewell Party...

Okay. A while back, I had some trouble with my steering head bearings. I took it to the dealer, thinking it was warranty work. Story here. The bike is a 2004 Yamaha FZ-6, California model. Yeah...I can pretty much guarantee now that I got screwed. They tightened up the bearings, and left it at...