From the way you folks are acting, one would think that this month's special includes window pane for any participating members of this tread. Don't forget kids safety first! Oh ya and also don't forget to use feeler gauges when restoring those set ups. You also will want to record your measurements and climate conditions for future reference. ARk ARK
 
Alert! This just in... From your Radio Dinner Hour....
   There appears to have been a large number of high jacking's on the road to Sturgis South Dakota. An enormous number of pizza boxes have been seen driving Harley motorcycles leaving Deadwood...  Oh wait... I am being told that it really isn't a high jacking after all.  It would appear that a local pizza parlor was the site of a rather large lottery winning. This has lead to the acquirement of brand new  Harley Davidson motorcycles for all the pizza boxes in the parlor... All this just in time for the nations most famous Rally. What an exciting time this is for sure... You certainly won't want to miss this one. With such a large amount of winnings, these Brand new custom bikes and thier proud owners are bound to create the most competitive loud pipe contests seen in years at the famous Broke Spoke Saloon... Back to you Turnip.

John, Sturgis is Aug 7-13.

Thanks.  One day I'll check my fears and pre-conceived notions at the door and pay it a visit.  Whenever there's a day or two in the summer with lots of Harleys headed west I always wonder if it's Sturgis time.  I wonder if Kevin has been able to make a decision about playing or not playing it..
 
John

why are we talking Sturgis in this thread ?
you would think this thread was about Bikes or somthing

Du'oh!

I thought it was about exercise. I ride my bike and it makes me weak.

I'm going to propose Bradley's Bromide:
 
Any thread of sufficient length on the Alembic club will be hijacked by someone wanting to talk about motorcycles or beer or both.
 
And the corrolary:
 
Any thread about beer or motorcycles or both is free game.
 
Turnabout is fair play.
 
Bradley

Lets Roll

Bradley,
I never knew you were a chemist.
 
 Mike

I think I'm gonna make my own pizza....

Like Zappa said: Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar (and ride your scoot)! LOL!

All what we got here's
American made
It's a little bit cheesey
But it's nicely displayed
 
'Flakes' from Sheik Yerbouti (Zappa)

Actually, being titled Bike Week, I don't think this thread got hijacked nearly so badly as has been implied, especially given that Kevin (Rockbassist) hasn't complained as far as I can tell.  Add the bonus that Kevin's issues/concerns have been discussed by the group as Kevin intended (by creating and posting to the Bike Week thread).  Now we're pretty much having a good laugh (or six) while waiting to hear how things are going with Kevin and whether or not he's doing the gigs, some of the allure of which must surely be all the bikes...
 
As far as I'm concerned (and until Dave suggests to me otherwise), ALL discussions are exactly that.  It's the difference between talking *with* someone and talking *at* someone, and ANY interesting discussion is going to take a turn or two down an unexpected path.  If the initiator of a thread doesn't like the topic-drift, that's one thing, because it's still his or her thread (somewhat).  If one of us who simply chimes-in doesn't like where it's going, then tough teabags!  It's the Internets, people!  
 
For myself, the perfect thread:
a) glorifies me and everything I do or say
b) mentions how awesome my Alembic is
c) has offers to buy me dark dark beer
d) notes the simplistic beauty of the KLR650
e) contains pictures I find appealing
f) glorifies me and everything I do or say
 
John (who still needs coffee this morning)

HERE HERE John, I agree 100%.

Bike week?  
 
Watch out, Sheryl Crow's lookin' for ya, and she's pissed!
 
Bill, tgo