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An apparent Drunken Cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats in a posh Amarillo Theater. When the Usher came by and noticed him, he whispered to the Cowboy, "Sorry, Sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The Cowboy just groaned but didn't even budge. The Usher became more impatient and insistent: "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager." Once again, the cowboy just groaned. The Usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment he returned with the manager. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the cowboy, but without success. He just laid there in a dazed stupor. Finally they had enough and summoned the police. A Texas Ranger arrived, surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "Alright buddy what's your name?" "Sam," the Cowboy moaned. "Where ya all from, Sam?" asked the Ranger. With terrible pain in his voice, a grim expression and without moving a muscle, Sam said, "The Balcony."

Also check to make sure the vent hoses coming out of the carb aren't kinked or clogged.

The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the city's most successful lawyer. So a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office. The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through the United Way?" The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, "First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?" Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, "Uh . . . no, I didn't know that." "Second," says the lawyer, "did it show that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children?" The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again. "Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died in dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children, one of whom is disabled and another who has learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?" The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, "I'm so sorry, I had no idea." And the lawyer says, "So ... if I didn't give any money to them, what the makes you think I'd give any to you?"

Bubba and Johnny Ray, two good ole boys from Eastern Kentucky, were sittin' on the front porch drinking "shine" when a large truck hauling rolls and rolls of sod went by. "I'm gonna do that when I win the lottery," said Bubba. "Do what?" asked Johnny Ray. "Send my grass out to be mowed," answered Bubba.

Curious as to why you felt the need to remove the flywheel?

Cletus is passing by Billy Bob's hay barn one day when, through a gap in the door, he sees Billy Bob doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old green John Deere tractor. Buttocks clenched, he performs a slow pirouette, and gently slides off first the right strap of his overalls, followed by the left. He then hunches his shoulders forward and in a classic striptease move, lets his overalls fall down to his hips, revealing a torn and frayed plaid shirt. Then, grabbing both sides of his shirt, he rips it apart to reveal his stained T-shirt underneath. With a final flourish, he tears the T-shirt from his body, and hurls his baseball cap onto a pile of hay. Having seen enough, Cletus rushes in and says, "What the heck're ya doing, Billy Bob?" "Good Lord, Cletus, ya scared the bejeezers out of me," says an obviously embarrassed Billy Bob. "But me 'n the Ol' Lady been havin trouble lately in the bedroom d'partment, and the therapist suggested I do something sexy to a tractor."

You might want to have a looksee at this thread from another site: http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=721204&highlight=knee+replacement

Sensitivity............................... The room was full of pregnant women with their partners. The class was in full swing. The instructor was teaching the women how to breathe and was telling the men how to give the necessary assurance to their partners at this stage of the pregnancy. She said "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles and will make delivery that much easier." Just make several stops and stay on a soft surface like grass or a path. She looked at the men in the room, "and Gentlemen, remember you're in this together It wouldn't hurt you to go walking with her. The room suddenly got very quiet as the men absorbed this information. Then a man at the back of the room slowly raised his hand. "Yes, answered the Instructor. "I was just wondering if it would be all right if she carries a golf bag while we walk?? This kind of sensitivity just can't be taught.

I had mine apart for the first time last night checking as above. Start to finish it was about 45 minutes and I'd bet it'd only take about 1/2 hour next time......not really a lengthy process As to your question, everything is so small I'd be hesitant to drill holes for the fittings.

Thanks for the reply, those are my thoughts as well but I just wanted to check with someone else. This feels about normal for an MX bike of 10-15 years ago, but the newer ones are tight with no play at all and my only other modern trials bike experiance has been with a Rev3.

Curious how much play (slop) there is in the rear suspension of everyone's EVO? Mine's a 2011, about as close to new as it gets, and when I pulled everything apart all the bearings and bushings look factory new with plenty of grease......with that there seems to be a goodly bit of play. When laying on the floor under the bike and moving the swingarm by hand, I'd say I have about 5mm of up/down wheel movement with nothing in particular seeming to be the issue. It just looks like the cumulation of all the small amounts of clearance at each pivot. Is this about normal for this design/these parts? Thanks Joe

It is. It's also a bit different from anything I've run across in that there are two collars that press into the shock eye itself. On mine, te best way to get them out was to use a blind bearing puller that fixed in the collars and straddled the shock body itself.

Check and see if the shock is rubbing on the airbox. Sometimes after a more creative line selection the aluminum bracket that holds the airbox on gets bent enough to allow the shock to rub/squeak. If so, some "persuasion" with a rubber mallet will cure the issue.

Does anyone know the stock spring rate on the 2011 EVO? I know there are others available, but I'm not sure which one to get to hold up my 200 pounds worth of um....largeness (apparently too many tacos)

My guess would be water in the carb. Being sucked up into the pilot jet and getting dislodged enough to run again while you're kicking the bike.

Very cool, way to go Eddie!

On a related "we all need to keep this from continuing to happen" kinda note are you: Using the stock kill button switches? Using a "it doesn't react to mag" formula of coolent?

Just a question....it sounds like the bike sat for a bit from the last time you had it out until the latest adventure. Any chance the gas has been in the bike long enough to go bad?

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I have a set of the fiber ones in my '06 200. They made the bike smoother and easier to ride. More powerful? No, but certainly easier power to use.

You might want to try asking the question here: http://www.gasgasrider.org/

When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Heaven, God appeared and said, "I want the men to make two lines: one line for the men who were true heads of their household and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all the women to report to St Peter." Soon, the women were gone and there were two lines of men. The line of the men who were dominated by their wives was 100 miles long, and in the line of men who truly were heads of their household, there was only one man. God spoke to the men, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you to be the head of your household. You have been disobedient and did not fulfill your purpose. I told you to be the spiritual leader in your family. Of all of you only one obeyed. Learn from him. Tell them, my son, how did you manage to be the only one in this line?" The man replied, "I don't know, my wife told me to stand here."

Just had mine done by Lewisport. They did an excellent job and the price was very reasonable. I've done a fair amount of MX shocks in the past, but these are a bit tricky and you might be ahead to have someone do the work who's experianced with these shocks. Joe

"Well, Angus," said the Englishman, "At my local in London , the Red Lion, the barman will buy you your third drink after you buy the first two." "Ahhh, dat's nothin'," said the Irishman, "back home in my favorite pub, the moment you set foot in the place, they'll buy you a drink, then another, all the drinks you like, actually. Then, when you've had enough drinks, they'll take you upstairs and see that you get laid, all on the house!" The Englishman and Scotsman were suspicious of the claims. The Irishman swore every word was true. "Did this actually happen to you?" "Not me self, personally, no," admitted the Irishman, "but it did happen to me sister quite a few times."

Here's a link to a pretty good how-to....Also they sell a slightly better fluid for doing this at hardware stores that you normally use when installing window tint. The Windex works in a pinch though. http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=406463