Sunday, February 15, 2009

Work on the 79 FLH

I have had a problem with the gas tanks on the 79 for the past 2 years; the liner has come loose and has plugged everything up. I have talked to several people and the best suggestion has been to put gravel in the tank, wrap it up with many towels and duck tape then run it in the dryer, cool cycle for 30 minutes! Kim is not happy about this but I'm going to give it a try. Phot's and resaults to follow.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Sorry, have to do something until it's warm enough to ride!

Elections Have Consequences

The commentary below is an insightful analysis of how Iran is responding to President Obama’s clear signals as to what his Iran policy will be. One week ago Iran launched a domestically manufactured satellite on a ballistic missile that has a range of up to 3,000 kilometers. In other words, Iran has demonstrated it has the capability to launch conventional and nuclear warheads with a range of as much as 3,000 kilometers. During the presidential campaign, at times candidate Barack Obama made it clear that a nuclear Iran was “unacceptable.” But these statements were wrapped in his broader foreign policy theme – that it was time for the U.S. to change course and diplomatically engage countries like Iran. Anyone who even remotely appreciates the horrors of war hopes that diplomatic efforts and/or various non-military sanctions will be successful in “persuading” Iran to abort its nuclear weapons program. But let’s be realistic here. There is little evidence that existing sanctions have had any impact in changing the Iranian government’s behavior. The Islamist regime continues to move full-speed ahead toward the acquisition of nuclear weaponry. As Iran moves ever closer to achieving this goal, will the Obama administration be willing to do what is necessary to prevent a nuclear Iran, what Obama has termed “unacceptable”?