| The 'ol SV for Sale... |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|10:31 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | San Jose, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  blah | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Ambient Radio | ] |
I'm selling my '03 SV650, if anyone's interested. I'm making room for the bike I just got, financially and physically. Below is basically the ad that I'm gonna post to Craigslist, if I don't get any nibbles otherwise.
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For Sale: 2003 Suzuki SV650 Naked, $4200
For sale is my beloved 2003 Suzuki SV650, my beginner bike. I've put
a little over 20,000 miles on this guy, and still love it to this day.
In order to better suit my commute, and my desire to wander long
distances away, I recently purchased a Triumph Sprint ST, so in light
of not being able to ride two bikes with the frequency that I think is
deserved.
This bike has had all of it's maintenance done on time or long before
needed. I'm a big advocate of prevent-or-repair, so I prevent all the
time. I do all of my own work, except mounting and unmounting tires
and balancing wheels.
Oil changes have happened every 3k, or in the rare case when it gets a
few months instead of 3k, I change it.
The price reflects how much money and how many extras come with this
bike. Below is the list:
- Pazzo Shorty Clutch/Brake Levers
- Factory Pro Shift Star Kit
- Suzuki Tank Bra
- Sargent Seat
- Rizoma Mirrors
- Rizoma Solid Aluminum Bar Ends
- Slightly Lower Aluminum Bars
- Cobra Fi2000R Engine Management (3-pot fuel adjustment)
- Scorpion Shorty Exhaust
- Lightweight Exhaust Hanger
- K&N Air Filter
- Stainless Steel Front Brake Lines
- Galfer HH Brake Pads, Front and Rear
- .90 Racetech Springs
- 20 Weight Fork Oil
- Revalved Kawasaki Ninja 636 Rear Shock
- Fender Eliminator Kit
- TRE (Timing Retard Eliminator)
- Rear Seat Eliminator Cowl
- Rear Seat Mount with Trunk (HUGE, holds quite a bit of stuff!)
- Metzler Sportec M3 Tyres (Front and Rear, of course)
( Current Pictures of the SV ) |
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| Mid-week Blab |
[Sep. 3rd, 2008|10:12 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | San Jose, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | blah | ] |
| [ | music |
| | XBox Live Arcade - Ticket To Ride (Roomies are playing it) | ] |
Fuckin' Comcast, let-me-tell-you... Had several hours of internet outage, and they were giving me the run-around after ascertaining that the old cable modem had taken a giant crap, likely due to heat/power fluctuations. New cable modem, some bitching and threats over the phone later, and it's resolved.
My front derailleur came for my bike today. Switching it from a single front/seven rear to a fourteen speed (Compact double front/seven rear.) My new crank and chainrings come Friday. 34/50t.
I downloaded Google Chrome yesterday, and played around with it for an hour or so. Some formatting flaws with asx, and bizarre formatting 'standards.' You know what they say about standards; The great ting is that there's so many of them. Oy. Anyway, first impressions were favorable. Good and quick. Light, unobtrusive UI. Seemed plenty stable for light web browsing, but I haven't hit many media heavy sites with it. I hate using my Windows machine, though, so 'till a Mac port comes out, I probably won't be using it in practicum regularly.
That is all.
- Eddie |
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| Dingo Tattoo |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|01:09 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Palo Alto, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  mellow | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Blue Man Group & DMB - Sing Along | ] |
It's on my right thigh, almost up on my hip, facing forward. It's awesome.
Also, I've got the WRX back, and it's just fine. And am almost done building my new-old bicycle that was donated to me from a friend.
- Eddie |
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| PowerBook G4 |
[Jul. 15th, 2008|02:48 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Palo Alto, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  blank | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Warming Up The Brain Farm | ] |
15" PowerBook G4 that I wanna sell.
1.5Ghz G4, 1GB of RAM, 60GB HDD, SuperDrive, Airport Card. It's certainly seen it's use, but is in perfect working order. The case is a little banged up and bent, as the aluminum ones tend to get, but as mentioned previously, works just fine.
I'm looking for $400 for it. If y'all might be interested, let me know. If not, I'll just drop it on eBay.
- E |
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| Well! Back from vacation. |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|04:56 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Palo Alto, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | chipper | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Weird Al - Why Does This Always Happen To Me? | ] |
Nine days of vacation did a WORLD of good for my mood and overall well-being. That being said, being rearended in my car... Twenty feet from where I was going to have lunch... Right out in front of a body shop... All do not do much for my pleasant demeanor.
I'm uninjured, it was a fairly low speed accident. I was setting up to parallel park, and got rearended but good by a auto glass delivery truck. Was quite jarring, to tell the truth. I've never been in an accident with another car, but I'll tell you, I wouldn't suggest it to anyone.
Pictures of the horrible, bloody carnage behind the cut. Well, okay, they're not really bloody at all. Or all that horrible.
( Beware, carnage within... )
It's been pretty awesome lately, other than the accident. Been bicycling a lot, lately, for fun and exercise, as well as general in-town transit. Haven't been riding my motorcycle nearly as much, lately, but I'm gonna try and rectify that as much as I can. Enjoyed my Vegas trip quite a bit! Uhm, that's about all there is to report, I suppose!
Oh, if anyone wants to buy a 15.4" Apple PowerBook G4, 1.5Ghz, 1G of RAM, 60G HDD, et al, let me know! I'm trying to find a new home for the poor, neglected guy. =) My MacBook Pro gets all the love, these days. |
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| 26 |
[Jun. 30th, 2008|08:27 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | San Jose, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tori Amos - Ireland | ] |
Who knew I'd survive this long? I'm pretty sure the doctor who put stitches in my head after I fell on a vacuum cleaner didn't think I would.
But really, who can blame him?
- Eddie |
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| Lazy-Ass Week |
[May. 29th, 2008|02:06 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Palo Alto, CA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (Fran Mix) | ] |
I haven't been riding the motorcycle in lately. And you'd think I wouldn't be all that lazy, given that traffic sucks horribly out here, especially during the early summer/late spring months, but all this week I've been driving in, even in this increasingly motorist-inclement pattern of steadily raising gas prices. It's generally because I've been getting up late, and haven't had enough of a chance to wake up before getting on my motorcycle, but that's a pretty piss-poor excuse; When I first got my bike license, a week later, the rainy season started, and I still rode in, groggy as hell, up 280 to Brisbane, so I'm just being a whiny bitch. =)
I need to get back into the habit of getting up early, doing the gym thing, then going to work straight away. The gym takes such a big chunk of time out of my morning, though, and it's really hard to go when I don't go with Aaron, and if I try and go as early as I want Aaron doesn't want to get up that early. I can't blame him, since I think no human wants to be out the door by six every morning. And it's difficult for us to go in the evening, since we're both of the variety who likes to stay home-ish in the evening.
Maybe I'll swap cardio out for climbing in the evenings, instead. That'll at least make two of the five days easier. Hrmm.
So, either way, Friday, hell or high-water, the bike will be ridden in, damnit.
- Eddie |
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| Hah... |
[May. 27th, 2008|11:20 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Laying in bed | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  apathetic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | KQED (NPR) | ] |
I finally remembered my password. Go me. =P |
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| Mmm, Long Island |
[Apr. 1st, 2008|10:43 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  drunk | ] |
| [ | music |
| | M*A*S*H | ] |
Iced tea, that is.
1j Vodka
1j Rum
1j Tequila
1j Gin
1j Triple Sec
1p Lemon Juice
1p Simple Syrup
dash Coke
j = Jigger
p = Pony
Combine all components over ice in a mixer, and shake for a few seconds to combine well. Strain into two glasses, or a single highball glass with some more ice. Garnish as you see fit, and enjoy.
- E |
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| Soooo... |
[Mar. 31st, 2007|05:30 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
What has been going on?
Well, the Buell was dead, then was revived, then dead again. Nothing particularly interesting, but it did involve tearing down the whole transmission (Which I took perverse amounts of pleasure in.)
Other than that, I've determined it's time, again, to start back into one of the more neglected hobbies of my younger youth; Astronomy.
This relates closely to an aching desire to work in the Aerospace industry at some point. I'm not sure what I'd do, being that I'm a systems administrator, but I do have a particular penchant for physics and the sciences in general. Maybe it's time to go back to school. My two particular fields, combined with a strong working mechanical knowledge may lead to something amazing! I'd like to think I'd not squander any of those given skills in my optimal job situation.
Maybe I'll become mystically rich, and start my own aerospace organization! =) If I'm aiming high, I may as well dream as much as is possible.
I'll figure out a way to make it happen. I hope.
- E |
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| Aaron okay. |
[Jan. 15th, 2007|03:42 am] |
Just letting everyone know, Aaron is okay. More details tomorrow.
-E |
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| The state of healthcare today... |
[Jan. 15th, 2007|01:20 am] |
I'm in the ER with Aaron right now, and I can't help but think that, man, social and health services in this country have gone to shit, despite BEING shit for so long.
I hope Aaron's going to be okay, though. News as events warrant. |
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| It lives... |
[Oct. 25th, 2006|10:59 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | motorcycles buell | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Steve Reich - Different Trains: I. America-Before the War | ] |
One of my friends and myself were working on his old '96 Buell S1 Lightning 1200 recently. The primary goal was to get the rear brakes working, so after hunting for a rear caliper rebuild kit, it turns out Buell's $150 version of a caliper rebuild kit actually consists of... A brand new loaded caliper! I also had to get a new rear brake line, which ended up being the wrong one, a bunch of washer, and a new rear master cylinder. Aside from the multitude of mess-ups by the Harley/Buell dealership, the experience with them was great. They were very nice, very professional, and seemed intent on making me happy. Which made me happy in and of itself. =)
After all that, we had to get a new battery for it, due to the fact that the old one is well beyond it's reasonable service date, and accordingly needed to be replaced. The aftermarket replacement didn't fit too well, but I have a fix in mind for that, but it involves a little more rewiring. No biggie, just need to get it done. That's a nice segway to my next point.
Well, after a little fiddling with the carb, and a botched install thereof, then a reinstall thereof, and leveling off the oil, and... *ponders* A lot of other crap done simultaniously, we got it running! Since then, Aaron made an offer to buy the bike, after we rode it around a bit, with a totally exposed carb. =) We have an intake coming for it, which is little more than a velocity stack, and I need to source up some plugs for the PCV system that will allow me to run a breather-on-tank setup. The stock airbox is ridiculous, and very goofy looking.
Anyway, ( here's the picture of the monstrous bike. )
And yes, to answer your question, you should be scared.
- Eddie |
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| Pliskin |
[Jul. 22nd, 2006|11:53 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tori Amos - Leather | ] |
Pliskin (Not to be confused with this guy.) is our new pet snake. Aaron picked him out. He's cute! A blonde ball python, for those wondering what species.
( Snake Pictures ) |
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| Feh |
[Jul. 8th, 2006|10:00 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | listless | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Dave Matthews Band - Rapunzel | ] |
The guy who was supposed to be oncall this weekend, in leiu of me, couldn't take the rotation, so I'll be oncall all weekend. No trip for me. Lame.
- E |
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| Birthday come and gone, and a bike ride in the future |
[Jul. 6th, 2006|01:27 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | peaceful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Gorillaz - Last Living Souls | ] |
Twenty-four. Still have eleven years to get rich and retire.
Riding home today, two guys, one on a CBR, one on a Triumph Speed Four, fell in line behind me, and we cruised down to Woodside, where I had to get off to get home. They waved to me, and I waved to them. I felt very warm-and-fuzzy inside, after this.
I've decided that I'll take a trip, sometime this weekend, up Highway 1 on the coast. I'm trying to decide if I want to stop in at a hotel, and stay overnight in Random-Town, and see the sights. Yes, I think this would be terrific. We shall see.
- Eddie |
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| My first group ride |
[May. 14th, 2006|11:13 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | SV650 - The Lumpy Growl of a V-Twin | ] |
Today was my first group ride. Went with four others, two of whom were riding bitch (neither with me, since I've never ridden with anyone two-up before). We went from San Jose to Gilroy and back, had breakfast at a nice place down there, then cooled off back at our base of operations before I headed back to Redwood City, where I got a haircut, then came home and napped for a bit.
It was a fun ride, and I handled it pretty well. I kind of wish it had been longer, but as it stands, I rode about 130 miles today. All-in-all, very productive, good practice, and some nice scenery. I might even take up my neighbor on the offer to go riding with him sometime. He owns a very lovely Triumph.
- Eddie |
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| The New Bike! |
[Apr. 27th, 2006|05:16 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Audioslave - Shadow On The Sun | ] |
Well, here's my new bike. Just got some new pictures if anyone wanted to see. Oh, also, I'm home now! As is my bike. =)
Since this picture, I've actually removed the excess stickers. 3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover removes ANYthing.
Also, the Sharks have been doing pretty darn well! They lost one in the playoffs, so far, but since then have won the last two, Sunday's game in a shutout, and Tuesday's, 4-1. =) Keep it up!
( Big image, behind a cut ) |
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