Hank

^ road rock on the testicles, eh? OUCH! I'm sure a rock to the testicles causes more pain than a rock to the VAG. hahahahah

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I like when Bill Gates reacted to this one:

I'll tell you how many firearms I have if you tell me which room I'm standing in at my house. It varies.

I came away with a non-tearful mindset of "hell yeah!" instead. Kudos to those men for training and accomplishing that.

I like rollcages that stick ABOVE my head thankyouverymuch. And if you hit just the right way (think Murphy and his law here) that cage will bend over and snap your head off.

I hope there's a woman posting in here somewhere. If not, god help all of you.

Hummer H1 Alpha. One day...

So I took a test drive today. Holy cow! She belches pretty good fireballs from time to time on the upshifts. Took a few tries to set the base idle with the downshift blipper. Kinda neat watching the manual shifter move when I hit the paddles. Makes me want to put a turbo on now...

Awesome feat by pretty ladies. The rules should require them to drive 5 miles or so. Now THAT would be even better.

No paddle shift no care.

Hell no. It's been raining since I finished the install. :banghead:

After almost 2 years of being boxed up in the garage I finally got off my ass and installed the paddle shift kit in my Megabusa. Many thanks to Jason Wood at Wizard Racing for help along the way. I get to test it tomorrow if it isn't raining! So what is it? It is a kit that allows me to upshift or downshift without using the clutch on the Suzuki Hayabusa drivetrain in the Megabusa. It utilizes an electric solenoid (cylinder?) to push or pull the existing manual shift linkage. Before an upshift the ignition is killed for 50 ms so torque is removed from the dogs in the tranny. For a downshift the diaphragm installed in place of the base idle set screw pushes the throttle cable when needed to rev match the tranny. I now will only use the clutch to pull away or come to a complete stop. I kept the manual shifter to find neutral and for the "ghost factor" of having the shifter move by itself when I hit the paddles. :eek3: Here is a video of a race car (Radical PR6) in Colorado with the exact same kit as mine: http://www.quickshifters.com/videos/popups/RadicalMaxProPaddles.htm Here is a video of a Megabusa in Sweden with a kit similar to mine except he uses the factory manual shifter instead of paddles. It works exactly the same way (no clutch), but he has to move his right hand off the steering wheel and grab the shifter to get another gear. I can keep both hands on the wheel the entire race. Warning: crappy iPhone 4 pics below. Videos and better pictures will be posted in daylight conditions coming soon... http://www.hanksmegabusa.com/images/ps01.jpg http://www.hanksmegabusa.com/images/ps02.jpg http://www.hanksmegabusa.com/images/ps03.jpg

Actually, the 15,000 gallons per acre is much better than the production of ethanol. Currently an acre of corn (at 162 bushels an acre) can only produce about 450 gallons of ethanol.

I will never understand how someone tries to sell a $38,000 car on the internet with just one picture. :toetap05:

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How cute. I'd still take that over a Miata!:leaving: Seriously, I want to put a GSX-R1000 engine in it.

Love the inboard suspension and triangulation in the front. She's going to be a blast to drive with that powertrain! Keep us updated.

Welcome to the States as well as the forum.

I like the 2 girls in the front row. Yowza!

My Megabusa doesn't have any boot storage (only a flat carbon fiber boot top). I have a fire extinguisher, 1 quart of Mobil 1 Racing 4T 10W-40, flashlight, registration/insurance/inspection sticker in a double ziplock, spare fuses, and my Glock 30.

I'd get the Civic. At least it would keep you from getting hit on by the homos at stop lights and truck stops.

He might be a lawyer. :ack:

http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org/content/46-nembo-super-32.html Do you think it burns oil? http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org/content/attachments/22250d1294085189-nembo-super-32_02.jpg.html

Not work safe because of foul language. Love it! http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/uncle_teaches_his_nephew_a_lesson_about_lying_on_facebook