on my way to work today I passed one of those "keep MD beautiful. No littering" signs on the side of the road. it had about 40 trash bags piled up around the post. I laughed

 

hey people how things goin on around yall areas?.

 

Motorcycle permit!

 

i have to stick with my original dates for the class cuz i got stuff to do on the other weekend. will have to schedule with you so both of us can take the test the same day as i'll have to borrow yer bike for it.

 

Anyone know of a good place around here to have a engine taken out and put in my 88 turbo needs a transplant and dont have the time once i sell the accord then i can get my engine and pay for the drop in. The guy i bought it from had 3 engines put in one year put in at this little shop in glen burnie and they put in the engine but they guy only broke the engine in for 500 miles and was racing it but wanted to see what your reccomendations were? And a price range? Thanks

 

thats like a weekend at most with an engine lift.

 

yea i know i really dont want to mess it up though.I pulled the engine out of my 10th anniversary my self but the place in GB has a warranty on their work so if they mess something up it is on them.

 

My garage. I could work on it on the weekends ( I have a full time and part time job on top of the fixing rx7's on the side).

It'd run between 800 and 1000 depending on how much **** is broken/hoses needing to be replaced and how much troubleshooting I'd have to do to get it running. But that price would include fluids and so-forth.

Most shops start at 1000 and thats you bringing the engine already out of the donor car.

 

Yea i know everything under the hood is good and i was looking at some engines that only have a few thousand miles so it would save me a little money. The car runs but on one rotor and turbo spools and all the other crap is funtional and all the hoses seem good because the engine was only replaced 7000mi ago and was the 3rd time. I might have the clutch replaced because he said he did not have it done through all of the engines and the car has like 107,000mi so i might as well just get a act street clutch and put it in there too. Thanks for the offer i might hit you up on that and will look around and get some estimites done. The accord should be gone this weekend hopefully so i can find a engine and would like to have the car done before mid may. I miss having a rx7 to drive.

 

For an additional charge I can also pick up your car and tow it here.

 

The MSF course _IS_ the test :P

You don't need to borrow SQUAT :P

 

Well it ran good enough to come down from va to my house so i could just get the 30 day tags and drive it, but think my friend fong will help me out. He is helping me with my 10th anniversary project and he has a friend that could help also. Thanks

 

no its not. its the road safety course. its drivers ed. you still have to goto the DMV and take the test. realistically us being over 21 we dont even have to take the class and can take the test directly.

and the Motorcycle permit is useless unless you have someone whos over 21 and has a motorcycle license near you supervising. cant go out on yer own.

yer 0 for 3 on the count so far

 

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im reading about the actual test, if you do it with an automatic transmission bike, you automatically get 2 points to start as you cant do the upshift/downshift part. also if the course is wet, you get another 2 instant points for being unable to do a quickstop. theres also an instant 4 points if you do it with a sidecar or a trike.

so worst case, yer starting the test with 8 points already out of the 12 allowed before you even get on the bike.


i reread the course description and you were right in that it is the test. get a certificate at the end to take to DMV towards the license.

so yer still 1 in 3 on it all.

 

for those that heard about my stereo system getting jacked and wanted to see what was left http://supras.dynalias.org/Insurance/

those are the pics Insurance needed to finish the claim so i can get replacement equipment. still waiting to hear back from them.

 

Hey Im in MD now from VA. I may no thave my 7 yet, I have to pick it up from where I was before. Im in Lexinton Park if anyone else is near there. I own a 1st Gen any other 1st Gen owners I seen a lot of 2nd Gen owners. Peace out!

 

I doubt many people use a bike with an automatic transmission (I've never even seen one besides a scooter) or with a trike or sidecar.

The skills test is pretty easy, even if you don't take the MSF course (I never took it). I passed it in the rain, including sliding fifteen feet at the point where you accelerate through two upshifts than have to panic brake.

Anyone who hasn't been riding for many years without a permit, I'd recommend take the MSF course. I've heard from several participants it makes getting your permit quite simple, with the added benefit of teaching you a few things you're guaranteed not to know unless you're a seasoned rider.

I don't recommend going the route I took - I rode for YEARS and had put 12k miles on my 4th bike when I finally took the test

 

like i said, rereading the site. after the class, you just give the DMV the certificate of completion and thats it. the class is 3 days of hands on so theres plenty of time to learn and practice

 

HAHAHA


The Washington Times (4/19, Kralev, 88K) reports the US "has agreed to take in 200 of the hundreds of asylum-seekers who are interdicted at sea every year trying to reach Australia's shores, in an unusual deal under which 200 Cubans and Haitians attempting to get to the United States will be sent to Australia." US and Australian officials said the accord was "aimed at discouraging people from undertaking the sea voyage by warning them that they might end up in a country half a world away, where they have no cultural links." However, the State Department "said the fact that the same number of people are to be resettled in the countries annually" does not mean the operation is "an exchange or swap."


cubans in the outback, interresting idea.

 

got off phone with insurance. i got approved for full replacement of my system, and since im doing the install myself, they upgraded my subwoofer system from 400 watts to 1000 watts. fun part will be wiring it all up in my new car.

 

sean, why haven't you just gotten a 1JZ instead of rebiulding your engine a billion times?

EDIT: or a 1GZ

 

Welp, finally took posession of my TII... anybody need a TII brake swap?

 

for the cost of a full 1jz swap, i got a much better condition turbo car that should make 500 RWHP.

as for the 1GZ....i dont do downgrades.

 

1jzs seem to be a lot more reliable than the 7m. I don't see the point of making 500 rwhp if the engine just blows up again.

and I don't see how a v12 would be a downgrade.