What do you do (for work) when you're not riding?

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12 Nov 2007 06:46 #180650 by ltdrider
themachine wrote:

i buff/detail/inspect new cirrus aircraft at the factory.

Small world.
We supply fuel pumps to Cirrus. We're also supplying pneumatic components to your new Jet.

'76 KZ900 LTD (Blaze)
'96 Voyager XII (Dark Star)
'79 KZ650 Cafe Project (Dirty Kurt)
Greensboro, NC

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12 Nov 2007 08:24 #180665 by Link14
scumbag wrote:

I teach kids how to snowboard and go to school in the off season for a degree in English...Almost done too


Hey Scumbag! (gotta love that name :P )

Where do you teach snowboarding? I'm hoping for a great season here in CO but right now there's no snow :( . I'm really bummed 'cause I have a condo already at Breck for Thanksgiving. Looks like I'll be taking my rock board.

My daughter's getting her degrees in English and Secondary English Education too at University of Wyoming.

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12 Nov 2007 13:21 #180722 by arobsum
i work on military aircraft as a contractor...avionics (communications, navigation and general instruments) electronics and the environmental systems.

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12 Nov 2007 15:36 #180741 by kzluke750
KZLuke,

What do you consider Upstate NY? I always found it interesting that the more south one goes in NY the more south people consider "upstate". Growing up in Rockland County, people in Long Island considered that Upstate. Going to undergrad way up in Clinton County I learned what "Upstate" really is.[/quote]

Talman, I was born and raised in a very small town near Binghantom NY. Currently I live in the Ithaca area. About 45 miles south of Syracuse. So that is what I consider upstate. With all the influx of "city" people coming into the area I find it dire to point out that upstate is not any where near NYC.
I went to college in Jefferson County which is very upstate. I also spend alot of time in the northern parts of the Adirondacks. Again upstate.

1980 750 LTD Stock


Motors run on electricity, engines run on fuel.
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12 Nov 2007 16:15 #180754 by Talman
I agree with you. I don't think of central NY when I think of upstate only because I spent so little time there as opposed to Eastern "Upstate", but it's definitely still upstate. Of course, I moved to NJ out of love (for a woman, not the state). As such pretty soon I'll be considering Poughkeepsie upstate!

1976 KZ 400 (Free, free, free...needs major work)
2004 Intruder Volusia
ex- 1976 KZ 400 Hot rod (Owned by return2ridin before me and Wolfencopter after me. Does anyone have it now
?)
ex- 1978 KZ 200
Bergen County, NJ

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12 Nov 2007 16:45 #180756 by roy-b-boy-b
Replied by roy-b-boy-b on topic What do you do (for work) when you're not riding?
Started driving in 1969 for Uncle Sam. Started delivering garments in Manhattan in 1979.
I wanna quit but i can't make any money doing anything legal and i don't aim to do any thing illegal.
I mostly try and find the scenic route.
This old rig will out pull most cagers.
The boss gave me a load this week that paid me $0.97 a mile. I probably made more than the owner of the truck.

Post edited by: roy-b-boy-b, at: 2007/11/12 19:46

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12 Nov 2007 17:52 #180767 by kawsakiman
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kzluke750 wrote:

KZLuke,

What do you consider Upstate NY? I always found it interesting that the more south one goes in NY the more south people consider "upstate". Growing up in Rockland County, people in Long Island considered that Upstate. Going to undergrad way up in Clinton County I learned what "Upstate" really is.


Talman, I was born and raised in a very small town near Binghantom NY. Currently I live in the Ithaca area. About 45 miles south of Syracuse. So that is what I consider upstate. With all the influx of "city" people coming into the area I find it dire to point out that upstate is not any where near NYC.
I went to college in Jefferson County which is very upstate. I also spend alot of time in the northern parts of the Adirondacks. Again upstate.[/quote]


i'm midway ny.
rochester is about 90 miles east of buffalo, right on lake ontario.

most new yorkers call anything north of new york city upstate.

btw, being an auto tech (mechanic) really stinks in the winter, snow and slush falling on your head and down your back.
but i love it and wouldn't trade it for anything.

good thread!
i guess as long as we all love our jobs it's all good.

someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.

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13 Nov 2007 04:53 #180819 by Talman
kawsakiman wrote:

kzluke750 wrote:

KZLuke,


btw, being an auto tech (mechanic) really stinks in the winter, snow and slush falling on your head and down your back.
but i love it and wouldn't trade it for anything.

good thread!
i guess as long as we all love our jobs it's all good.


Being (originally) from just North of NYC I never had to deal with the cold temperatures of the "real" upstate". Fast forward to 1989, Plattsburgh, NY. I see all these cars with wires hanging out of the front grille. Engine block warmers.....who knew?


1976 KZ 400 (Free, free, free...needs major work)
2004 Intruder Volusia
ex- 1976 KZ 400 Hot rod (Owned by return2ridin before me and Wolfencopter after me. Does anyone have it now
?)
ex- 1978 KZ 200
Bergen County, NJ

Aint no time to hate....barely time to wait

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15 Nov 2007 07:43 #181160 by Bluemeanie
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I started this same thread way back and it got purged. I enjoy it so I'm bumping it to keep it around!

1980 KZ650F1, Bought new out the door for $2,162.98!

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15 Nov 2007 09:03 #181181 by apeman
I have been a lawyer in private practice here in San Francisco for 28 years. I do both litigation and transactional matters, a combination which is rare these days. I have been a partner in some of the largest law firms in the world, but 4 years ago I ditched that in favor of opening my own shop (again). I am at the point in my career where I only take the cases I want for the clients I want to work with.

Everybody complains about lawyers, until they need one.

I enjoy the practice of law -- every day is different.

As a younger man I worked in steel construction (building tanks for oil refineries in NJ and NY), then I joined the US Navy and became a nuclear power plant operator and instructor for 6 years under (way under) Admiral Rickover. Between that, and many years as a youngster learning by the side of my father (the smartest shade-tree mechanic I have ever known), I learned enough to tear down and rebuild my KZs.
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Petaluma and Truckee, CA -- member since Jan. 23, 2003;
PREVIOUS KZs: 1980 KZ750H with 108,000 miles; 1980 KZ750E with 28,000 miles; and KZ750H street/cafe project, all sold a few years back.

This is what I do for fun, not for work. It is art, with a little engineering thrown in.

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15 Nov 2007 12:25 #181206 by riverroad
Quality Auditor for a major defense contractor.
My job is so secret, I don't even know what I'm doing.

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15 Nov 2007 14:36 #181217 by BSKZ650
I have done a few things over the life span,
Automotive machinest, worked on industrial engines cooper bessmer worthingtons etc, was a repair tech for fitness equipment, sold cutting tools in the machining industry.
My current home is a GM for a general contractor, keeps you busy

77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
77 ltd1000, current rider
76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
piglet, leggero harley davidson
SR, Ride captian, S.E.Texas Patriot Guard Riders.. AKA KawaBob

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