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A little bit of time on a Scout

Posted by Jim on June 25, 2017
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I was lucky enough to find an Indian Motorcycle Demo Event near me, and headed to North Star Polaris (Facebook) in St. Clairsville, Ohio to test ride a Scout.

There was a chance for rain that day, so I didn’t take my trusty Magna. My plan is to find a bike to be my daily rider and put an antique plate on my Magna so I can still do some joyriding with it. Being that the ’88 Magna is made of mostly unobtanium, I don’t want to risk it getting damaged in day to day use and me not be able to get parts to repair it.

While at North Star, I was able to get some saddle time on the new Scout, and absolutely loved it! It took me almost a full 2 minutes to go from that weird feeling of sitting on a strange bike for the first time, to it feeling like it was an extension of me. The ergonomics are perfect for my 6’2″ over 100 pound (shut up) frame.

And the way it handles.. just perfect. It goes exactly where you want, when you want. Stable in the straights, but incredibly nimble in the turns.

http://imgur.com/a/A94XM

I still want to ride the Triumph T100, but I think my decision has been made. The race is on, can Honda come out with a forward control package for the Rebel 500 before I buy a Scout? Time will tell.

I was also fortunate to get a spin on a classically styled red & cream 2017 Chief Vintage (but didn’t think to take a picture). Nice bike, but that Scout was just what I was looking for.

Jim says: “If you need me, I’ll be somewhere on two wheels.”

An election lost, and much more..

Posted by Jim on July 26, 2016
Posted in: Politics. Tagged: , , , , .
I think I might be able to clear up a point of contention amongst Democrats who seem to be upset at Bernie supporters who refuse to vote for Hillary.
 
Many of us Bernie supporters (certainly myself), are NOT Democrats.
We are Independents and registered as such.
 
Let that sink in for a moment.
 
Here’s what actually happened in our eyes. We came to the Democratic party to support a specific candidate that we believed in. When we got to the Democrats, it was the old “Bait and Switch” routine. We found a corrupt committee propping up Hillary, blatantly so, with VERY strong indications of fraud. (Stop reading and flip a coin until you get heads seven times in a row. Go ahead, it’s important that you understand.)
 
Next add in the whole “super delegate” shenanigans, and we’ve already had enough.
 
The party chose to break its own rules, failed to recognize the 13 million extra supporters in the room, and push a candidate that most people simply don’t trust. And it’s no surprise that we didn’t trust her. There are hundreds of polls and research data showing that Hillary is not trusted, perceived as criminal, and unwilling to do something as simple as release speech transcripts even as a show of good will. (I don’t even need to mention the whole “lying to the FBI” debacle, etc.)
 
So, Democratic Party, you blew it, and most likely, the election. And you have no-one but yourselves to blame.
 hillary
Jim Says:”With American politics, we usually get what we need, sometimes get what we want, but always get what we deserve.”