That's awfully (and deliciously) large!  ;)

Some interesting 22 round translucent magazines there as well for under $22

This is a tough one for everyone.

But the bottom line is, if the LEO's are acting within the confines of the law, I'd side with them. I'm sure the killing was not vindictive on the Officers part, but there is a lot of tension there. And a lot of rumor and mystique over Militia being there. If I was deployed there as say, a national guard adviser, and someone charged me given the situation up there, I'd shoot to defend myself as well.

The bad part for LEO's is that they are clearly stuck in the middle. The BLM and the crooked justice (Court) system are the bad guys here whom the folks occupying the refuge building are protesting against. The FBI, State troopers and Deputies are just doing their job. I doubt any of them save for perhaps one or two Rambo types, really wants to assault fellow citizens protesting against a very unfair situation. But those officers have a job, a badge, and an oath. They need to do their job. The people occupying the wildlife refuge should have engaged the BLM and courts through the legal process.

But now that it's done, the place is an armed fortress. I'd just leave it alone. So what if they live out their lives there. As long as they don't threaten anyone, is it really worth getting our police officers shot? I say no. Back off, leave it alone. Build a 15 foot anchor fence around it, put a gate on it and check the lock once every 5 years.

The seats are really well constructed. On their underside is a moveable bar which adjusts seat height for "regular" sized riders, or tall guys like me

This screen is all the selectable and programmable stuff. This top of the line model has custom modes I can create for traction control and throttle crispness and anti-lock braking depending if I'm on dry road, in the rain or off road.

Front and rear suspension is full adjustable

The engine looks great, is all black

Starting to go together

That's one fine looking piece of hardware.

I don't see the white lasting...

You could be on to something...

That thing looks sweet, with a ton of attitude!!

It is really nice...

Truth is the frau was wanting me to grab a big Harley bagger, but I just couldn't commit to something that big. I may get one some day, but it wouldn't get used much, not when I have the fun dirt bikes. So this will sort of force the issue to her riding on this with me.

So now that you brought another bike home the green one is going to get jealous.

The green one is gonna get ridden! Heck, you ever come down, you can ride it!

Anyone hearing anything about this?


Turkish Downing Of US Marine Helicopters Killing 12 American Soldiers Stuns Russia

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A grim Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials were “stunned” last week after a Turkish Air Force fighter jet operating within its own airspace fired upon and downed two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters being flown by the US Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) over Kurdish held territory in the eastern Syrian “department” of the Levant War Zone killing all 12 of the American military troops on board.

According to this report, on 14 January, these two MARSOC helicopters departed from Ayn al-Asad Airbase in Iraq for a “normal/routine” re-supply mission of US Marine and British Special Forces troops currently embedded with Kurdish Peoples Protection Unit (YPG) fighters battling Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/Daesh) terrorists near the Turkish border in north eastern Syria near the city of Raqqa when this “war crime” occurred.

Immediately upon Federation Aerospace Forces detecting this Turkish “unprovoked” attack upon these two MARSOC helicopters, this report continues, Russian commanders notified the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar advising the American’s of their willingness to assist in search and rescues missions, but which the US commanders stated they did not need as their own TRAP forces (tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel) had already been alerted.

Most outlandishly, this report notes, is that within 5 hours of Turkey shooting down these two MARSOC helicopters in Syria, Aerospace Forces satellites monitoring the Pacific Ocean region detected what they believed at the time to be an unannounced test of a US Navy RIM-8 Talos missile in the waters surrounding the Hawaii Islands—but which within two hours of its firing and exploding the US Navy announced two of its CH-53 helicopters had “crashed”, and just yesterday announced they had ceased attempting to find either these aircraft or its crew members.

As to why the Obama regime would deliberately conceal from the American people this “deliberate war crime”, this report explains, is due to their fears of what the reactions of their citizens would be upon learning that these 12 brave US Marines were killed by their own NATO ally Turkey—who at the exact same time the US is fighting with and assisting the Kurdish peoples in fighting Islamic State terrorists, Turkey is doing everything it can to destroy them.

So bitter have relations deteriorated between the Obama regime and Turkey over America’s support for the Kurdish peoples, this report notes, Turkish officials even openly warned the American’s again yesterday that they won't even tolerate the inclusion of Kurdish groups at the upcoming peace talks aimed at ending the war in Syria—with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu bluntly telling the US: “We will never accept that YPG is being seen as a legitimate power on the opposition side. We will never allow this to happen because it is a direct threat to Turkey.”

8 arrested in burns, several shot, one deceased. Ammon Bundy in custody...

Love Triumphs.  My last bike was not so offroad capable.  A Daytona 955i super tricked out....in......you guessed it.....blood red!

That is a cool bike.

I'm not so much into the street or superbike scene, used to be, but since I started this adventure touring/riding, I'm all the way in and not lookin' back.

That white paint is messin' with me some. Not a white paint sort of guy I guess. Have to start covering that up!

And its free!

Very comfy seats...and they are heated!

We all have heard of coming out of the closet...

Well this is "Coming out of the box!"

The Cincinnati Triumph dealership is definitely a cool place to hangout!  Shawn did the paperwork and even gave me a Triumph T-Shirt

Well as if I'm not knee deep in other projects I have been quietly behind the scenes putting my Adventure-Bike together for fun times, not necessarily the implosion of planet America.
The DR-650 is definitely the bike to take snakin' around the wood and the hood, but I really love adventure riding with my friends and by my lonesome..

For years I have looked at the BMW offerings, often vacillating from the big GS 1200 back to the twin cylinder German twin, the GS 800 bike. Knowing that I want to tour back roads to dirt roads, to two tracks and the occasional across field running, the big bikes were just too big, bulky, and heavy.

So as I settled in on a mid sized bike, and knowing that I had a "big-small" bike in the DR-650, a water cooled euro bike in the 100 horsepower class would still be light enough to hit the trails but could also cross the continent.

While looking at the BMW, I one day strayed upon the Triumph Tiger. An adventure bike in it's own right, it had "That certain look" I was after. So I started to learn more. The reviews were usually split over which was the better bike, the GS or the Tiger, but they were always at the very top of the heap.

Turns out the Tiger had a road variant, the XR, and a trail oriented bike, the XC. So, as I started to focus in on the Tiger, I ran across a left over 2014 Tiger XC at the Harley store of all places! The sales guy there had sold me a Harley in years past and when he saw me, he said he had something really cool in the back to show me, since I liked all that dirt riding crazy stuff. Well, there sat a brand new 2014 Triumph Tiger XC in white. The asking price was a give away, so I became intrigued.

A call to the Triumph store which the Harley guys also owned, intro'd me to a Shawn, a sales woman I knew from before. She went on to tell me they had them in OD green and one was on the showroom. That bike was a 2015 Explorer, a 1200, which sure did look cool, but was just too big. We started talking and they got to learn a bit of what interested me, and would you know it, Triumph had just created a super off roader, the Tiger XCA, and they had one in the crate still.

I researched it, just loved what I was reading, so I bought it sight unseen!

He looked good in a pic you posted some time ago.

Get him in front of some spirit filled faith healer pastor if one cruises through. Saw it just today. Old woman went forward with a cane, barely moving and walked away like nothing was wrong. A second woman who was scheduled to have a nerve ablation on Tuesday for severe back pain, was healed...completely, while we all watched. We know this woman, been in the church forever. Could barely move type person, but right in front of us she bent over and almost touched her toes! It was absolutely amazing to see.

Trust and believe in that, you have nothing to loose and Weston just may have everything to gain!

That dog'll hunt!

Very nice work there RN

Too bad you aren't local, we could start building up some custom bumper!

Or. .....
Maybe stuck with Chebby.. 

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Not unless it is stuck in the front yard!

We can tell!

Get your Glock!

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I have an older Torin box I got at costco sometime back. Solid as a rock. What about the HF boxes? They get good reviews and Don likes his.

And since you mentioned it, my boxes are still 100%. I have had zero problems out of them. I plan to purchase more for the farm

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Showdown coming up?

I can't help but think the feds, whichever fool may be in charge is trying to escalate this to a shooting event.

Little do they know, that if they do tens of thousands of militia folks will go active. I wouldn't want to be a FBI or state police guy up there if there is a Waco type response by government officials.

The Hammons have been delt with harshly and illegally. All these folks occupying this abandoned fed building are trying to do is raise awareness of this injustice. They are willing to risk their personal safety and freedom to get the situation righted.

If I were in command the first thing I would do is to order my "Forces" to stand down and go home. A few old guys in an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere pose zero threat to anyone.

However by escalating, what the federal government is saying is that you "The People" will shut up and do as you're told. We'll do any darned thing we want and if you question you, we'll crush you and salt the ground where you stood.

If the government assaults that building, people will get killed and the retribution that follows will, well, could light off a revolution. It wouldn't be all at once, but just like the Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan you'd start to see escalating attacks, sniping's, bombs and it would get worse and worse, and likely spiral out of control.

I'd pack my bags and go home and get ready for the super bowl game if I were the feds.