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General Category => General Announcements => Topic started by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 10:01:16 PM

Title: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 10:01:16 PM
In these days of being environmentally aware, it is always Politically Correct to recycle broken or unusable r 65 parts - Here is my solution for saving the world!
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 10:02:18 PM
or this......................
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 05, 2008, 10:10:09 PM
[size=12]Marlboros in Bali?!

What do they cost?  (Your other imports being so expensive...)


Thanks for the hint, BTW.  I have 1 1/2 rocker covers coming off the bike soon.


Maybe I could use the cover that [most likely] has holes in it in some kind of water feature?[/size]
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 10:19:31 PM
At current exchange rates, about 85 cents US per packet - Locally made. The copies from china are cheaper but are COPIES, a black industry that costs Phillip Morris about US $ 4 billion per year!
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 10:22:43 PM
Maybe I could use the cover that [most likely] has holes in it in some kind of water feature?

I had a buddy in Morocco who made a (very small) lampshade with one......
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 10:23:45 PM
Or cut it in half and donate to a Harley owner as a helmet.......................
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 05, 2008, 10:31:10 PM
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At current exchange rates, about 85 cents US per packet - Locally made. The copies from china are cheaper but are COPIES, a black industry that costs Phillip Morris about US $ 4 billion per year!


Incredible!  I don't do tobacco myself, but I used to do road trips with a friend who would travel 2+ hours 1-way to save on their Marlboros.  Finally, Kentucky (next state down) changed their tax laws that caused the trip to be not worthwhile.

It seems a pack of "American cigarettes" as they used to say in the war movies, costs around $3.75/pack for the Marlboros.

I don't think ANY brand is sold here for less than $1.  (taxed for cancer research and government anti-smoking propaganda)
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Justin B. on November 05, 2008, 10:34:28 PM
I quit a couple of years ago after the state decided to add another $10/carton tax to 'em.  I think they are in the $4-$5 range for single packs , now...  >:(  
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 05, 2008, 10:35:46 PM
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I quit a couple of years ago after the state decided to add another $10/carton tax to 'em.  I think they are in the $4-$5 range for single packs , now...  >:(  


But you are putting that $5/day in your secret hiding place, right?
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Justin B. on November 05, 2008, 10:55:14 PM
My decrease in salary has more than taken care of the $5/day savings...
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 05, 2008, 11:09:25 PM
The Indonesian government regards smoking related diseases and death by Yamaha, Honda et al to be a form of population control..........It used to be the responsibility of the armed forces but they do not have very reliable ammo!
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 05, 2008, 11:32:25 PM
I have always said the U.S. needs to concentrate on thinning the herd, instead of spending billions so the rich folks can live longer.
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: jusgus on November 06, 2008, 09:38:25 PM
I quit smoking several years ago, but I never smoked one that I did not enjoy and I still like the way they smell.
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 06, 2008, 09:50:28 PM
I like the smell of a freshly opened pack!

I used to go get my dad a new pack from his den.  I would open them up, and tap the cigs out a little, and arrange them in a 'proper' fashion (http://www.old-ads.com/images/2007/05/19/newport_cig_ad_reduced.jpg) like I learned from the ads!
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: aussie on November 07, 2008, 04:12:17 AM
I'm trying to give up - I smoke a pipe and it costs $27.00 for a packet of tobacco - now I'm not sure - but I think it could probably put the money to better use...by my estimate I could save approx $A4 500 a year.... [smiley=furious3.gif] that's a LOT of money
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Darwin_R65 on November 07, 2008, 04:13:05 AM
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It used to be the responsibility of the armed forces but they do not have very reliable ammo!

reminds me of when i was Clarke Air Base in the Phillipines, the local police were trying to round up a crowd of Bakala (otherwise known as Shims, Billy Boys, Transexuals)

And weren't having too much success until one policeman fired a warning shot at head height into the crowd.
Not that these lot would breed but they treated EVERYONE like that.

John
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Danie on November 07, 2008, 10:41:37 AM
I stopped smoking just over  30 years ago - on the same day the doctor informed us that our first "child" would be  twins . They were born 5 days later.

My wife usually tells everybody that I was so shocked about the news, that I gave up smoking immediately!    ::)
Title: Re: Ashtrays
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 08, 2008, 10:45:28 PM
I'm not sure mine will work...


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Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: balibeemer on November 09, 2008, 05:09:56 AM
Not a problem - cut it in half, rivet on a handle and be the only owner of the worlds smallest air cooled saucepan!
If it is not an impolite question, how did it get like that?
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: aussie on November 09, 2008, 05:21:33 AM
 <Danie

Full Member

Life is an echo - give the world your best, and the best will come back to you>

Strange - I coulda sworn that life was like a box of chocolates....  ;)
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on November 09, 2008, 02:11:18 PM
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If it is not an impolite question, how did it get like that?


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Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: nhmaf on November 09, 2008, 07:31:43 PM
If you were in Texas, I'd say make it into a belt buckle
 ;)

But since you are not, hmmm.   Maybe you could decontaminate it and turn it into a coffee cup somehow.
Coffee wouldn't stay hot in it for very long, though, with that alloy..  maybe better for iced tea !
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: suecanada on November 10, 2008, 01:44:53 PM
Cigs cost at least $8.50 CDN and must be $65-70 per carton now plus tax at 13 per cent. Derek and I heard from a English friend that a carton must be about $148.00 now!!! D. still smokes but I quit 2 years ago. Just maybe stopping for a smoke while riding is a good break. But, then again...what will kill ya first?? The bike or smoking? Bike's are a lot more fun but I did enjoy the break that cig smoking provided. Now I go into a Blue Ridge scenic outlook and never hardly get off the bike!! Just ride in, look, "that's really nice", and ride out!  Even with all the stress of the accident I never thought about having a smoke...they are right when they say you'll know when it's just your time to quit.
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Semper Gumby on November 11, 2008, 07:27:36 PM
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[size=12]Marlboros in Bali?!

What do they cost?  (Your other imports being so expensive...)


Thanks for the hint, BTW.  I have 1 1/2 rocker covers coming off the bike soon.


Maybe I could use the cover that [most likely] has holes in it in some kind of water feature?[/size]

Rob

I think you should use J-B Weld on your covers and bolt them back on.  Just think of the patina!!!! ::)

TTFN,
Title: Re: Recycling rocker covers!
Post by: Justin B. on November 11, 2008, 09:48:26 PM
Damn!  I was gonna suggest that!!!!!  but I have been accused of using JB Weld for practically everything! ;D  The junkyard LS has a carb float bowl with a few holes that so far  (after a couple of years) the JB is holding just fine! :-/