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09 Aug 2011 09:39 #467956 by hal0tw0
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I dig this build man. Rearsets are on my shortlist too. Being 6'4 I need to stretch my legs a bit more than the stock position lets me. I hope this mod helps

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09 Aug 2011 10:27 #467973 by 531blackbanshee
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porchev914 wrote: Yeah Leon, "kinda sorta skilled" about sums it up for me!



:P


yeah comon josh blown out finger pics!!!!!!!!!!!

where they at?

i want to use them for my next safety meeting :pinch: .

leon

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09 Aug 2011 13:57 #468017 by testarossa
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I didn't have the foresight to take a picture at the time. I was too concerned with getting the bleeding stopped so I could get back to work. It doesn't look like much now since it scabbed over. The hole in my finger was small but deep. Kinda just looks like a typical boo-boo for me now.

My bud at work tells a story about his brother in law who had a similar accident with a high pressure paint sprayer. In his case, his hand filled up with house paint. The ER doc had to lance his hand in a couple of places to drain the paint out. :sick:

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09 Aug 2011 17:39 - 09 Aug 2011 17:40 #468046 by 531blackbanshee
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we forgive you for not thinking,

"hey i just wounded myself and am bleeding,i better grab my camera and get some pics for those sadistic ba$tards on kzrider" :silly:

shoot i hate to even talk about when i screw up and hurt myself,much less tell others about it.

at least the dude that got the paint injection didn't lose his hand.

being as i work for a forklift dealership we are around high pressure hydraulics and it can be very nasty when injected into the skin.

According to the "Occupational Injuries Handbook," oil can penetrate the skin at pressures as low as 100 PSI -
"The force of injection, which can range from 100 to 1000 pounds per square inch, causes the fluid to track along the planes of the tissue and flexor tendon sheath. In this way, it can travel from the fingertip throughout the hand and even proximally into the forearm."

bad,bad,bad.

leon

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09 Aug 2011 21:40 #468089 by Nelson
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When I was in high school shop class we heard a story of a kid who jammed a blowgun up the butt of another kid. Supposedly blew up his colon!! :sick: The story was not confirmed however...

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09 Aug 2011 21:45 #468090 by Marneman
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Nelson wrote: When I was in high school shop class we heard a story of a kid who jammed a blowgun up the butt of another kid. Supposedly blew up his colon!! :sick: The story was not confirmed however...


Awww kids....baseball, swimming, fishing, rock throwing, and sodomizing each other. Those were the days :laugh: :woohoo: :blink:

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You know what, I don't have a one to some other number of douche-bag scale. So.. Six!

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09 Aug 2011 23:23 #468116 by trianglelaguna
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hal0tw0 wrote: I dig this build man. Rearsets are on my shortlist too. Being 6'4 I need to stretch my legs a bit more than the stock position lets me. I hope this mod helps


it will ....and it wont...not to side track but ..it unlocks your hips and splays you out to unload the seat some...but it kinda bends the knee a tad..not so bad unless you are older....you still will be stretching your legs when able....much better on that numb hip tall guys get sitting in stock pegs..super cool control wise as you use your heels when hauling ass more now....cause now the heels are near the swingarm pivot..rear end influence point..imo

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09 Aug 2011 23:27 #468118 by trianglelaguna
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mark1122 wrote: Man ur gonna have your hands full with all of these new project bikes.
Have fun with them bud.
what did u use for the shifter linkage ? the part that atatches to the shifter shaft. 83 GPZ ?


oh man i hate you so bad...i all but forgot he found a 750F..bastard......

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09 Aug 2011 23:36 #468123 by trianglelaguna
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testarossa wrote:

Nelson wrote: crap. I'm still trying to figure out why I don't own a pressure washer... sure woulda been handy but too late now.


I should have posted a picture of myself after I cleaned the cases. I knew it would be bad, so I donned my bathing suit. No better way to cool off on an August day in Texas than to get the kickback from a pressure washer in all those little cavities in those cases. 99 and 44/100 % of that grunge was on me. Oh yeah, I earned the single strangest injury for me on this one. The pressure hose touched the muffler during this exercise which promptly burned a hole in the hose. It sent a jet of water out the side of the hose headed for my legs. I knew the potential disaster at hand so I quickly grabbed for the damaged hose. Well the hose slipped through my hand and the hole crossed over my right index finger, and blew a hole in my hand.


Amy: thats not so bad it's just water??

Craig: water that washed half the paint off your gpz550 frame and peeled the rust away, remember that day?....

Amy: Oh yeah

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10 Aug 2011 00:06 #468134 by hal0tw0
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trianglelaguna wrote:

hal0tw0 wrote: I dig this build man. Rearsets are on my shortlist too. Being 6'4 I need to stretch my legs a bit more than the stock position lets me. I hope this mod helps


it will ....and it wont...not to side track but ..it unlocks your hips and splays you out to unload the seat some...but it kinda bends the knee a tad..not so bad unless you are older....you still will be stretching your legs when able....much better on that numb hip tall guys get sitting in stock pegs..super cool control wise as you use your heels when hauling ass more now....cause now the heels are near the swingarm pivot..rear end influence point..imo

jack over


Thanks, good info there! I definitely find myself shifting my weight around the seat a lot.

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10 Aug 2011 00:59 #468151 by trianglelaguna
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Marneman wrote:

Nelson wrote: When I was in high school shop class we heard a story of a kid who jammed a blowgun up the butt of another kid. Supposedly blew up his colon!! :sick: The story was not confirmed however...


Awww kids....baseball, swimming, fishing, rock throwing, and sodomizing each other. Those were the days :laugh: :woohoo: :blink:



there i think we all will be pleased..it now can not be cleaned up....:P

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12 Aug 2011 17:11 #468645 by T_Dub
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I like the rearsets too!

Thats right kids, he's not dead!!

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