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RE: [ST] Re: A Lurker Steps Out of the Shadows...



Nate,
My wife is the structural engineer in our family.  She got lucky on the fist
try too.  I took the dirt section.  My testing ability was pure skill.
Well, ok, it was pure dumb luck and the last test for HP48's (with no
programming).  Now I work in transportation for The Evergreen State.  For
those of you still awake, we are talking about the professional engineer
licensing exam.  It's a miserable 8 hour, 80 question exam.  It's open book
and open notes.  The restrictions come in the form of calculator
restrictions.  The average first time passing rate is around 50% and the
average repeat taker rate is about 26%.  Once you finally get that happy
letter you can legally ad the letters P.E. to the end of your name.  Not
that that means anything.  There are dumb engineers too.

I've been thinking about the factory can.  I might go with the stainless one
though.  We ride with the bags on all the time so the SS would probably fit
the touring theme better.

I kept my battery on the tender from the end of October until the middle of
January.  Then I couldn't stand it any more and fired it up for a
quarter-mile ride in the rain.  We have had a really mild winter but I
haven't had much time to ride.  Like the typical dumb engineer I am I just
hooked up the battery after several months and cycled the key a few times to
get the fuel pump to cycle some fuel and hit the button.  A couple of cranks
and the sweet sound of Triumph!  No winterization other than some fuel
stabilizer.

RoB Brown
Kent, WA
04 ST


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Nathan Maher
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 06:19
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ST] Re: A Lurker Steps Out of the Shadows...


Rob,

Glad that my post got you to open up.  I took the Structural I exam and
thankfully the first time was the charm :).  I believe that I celebrated
passing with a nice glass of Glenlevit.

If you haven't done so already I strongly suggest looking into an after
market exhaust for your triple.  I personally prefer the somewhat
subdued sound of the triumph "carbon can".  Not only will it shave about
10lbs off the weight of the bike it'll make it really sing.  Nothing
puts a smile on my face quite like the yowl of that triple hitting it's
stride around 5 grand.  As a side benefit the can and tune cleared up a
little lean-surge that my RS had with the stock pipe.

And in protest of all the recent snow and cold I fired up Leeloo
yesterday to see how she was surviving the winter.  A little longer
crank than normal but fired on the first try and man, I miss her...

*sigh* If you're lucky enough to be riding keep the rubber side down,

Nate
00SprintRS


Rob Brown wrote:
> I've been meaning to step out of the shadows for a while.  This email from
> Nate Maher about the contents of his desk finally gave me the push I
needed.
>
> Rob Brown
> Kent, WA
> 04 ST
>

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