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PetroleumJunkie412

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Your mechanical abilities look an awful lot like Dirtman's mechanic abilities...





Which look an awful lot like my mechanical abilities....


I think you just won TRS.
 


4.0blue98

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I can fling my poop way better than a monkey...
 

PetroleumJunkie412

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You bring the monkey I'll bring the poop!

Man, we gotta have a contest for most de-railed thread... this went from discussing old technology to monkey poop fights.
 

snoranger

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You bring the monkey I'll bring the poop!

Man, we gotta have a contest for most de-railed thread... this went from discussing old technology to monkey poop fights.
Every thread goes down hill by the second page... they usually come back around to close enough to the original intent.
 

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Speaking of monkeys and old technology... who here remembers trunk monkey!

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ericbphoto

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Trunk monkey is great.
 

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What could possibly go wrong?
 

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What could possibly go wrong?
Do you really want a list?

Actually, I saw that a while back. The concept is really cool. If everything stays lubricated, I guess it should last a long time.
 

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Do you really want a list?

Actually, I saw that a while back. The concept is really cool. If everything stays lubricated, I guess it should last a long time.
I heard them talking about it on the radio this morning like it is the next big thing.
 

ericbphoto

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The harmonic drive reduction gear fails or sticks, you get way too high of a compression ratio, crack a head, and start burning coolant??



We should have recorded a video like that at the trail ride. It would be fun to use.
 

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