superhawk996

Well duh. You can't just go and cut a strap willy nilly, you'd need a hot knife cutter which will require lots of input. But seriously, not having a bunch of strap to have to secure makes life easier. A less permanent alternative is to roll up the excess and zip tie it...and figuring that out 'should' only take two pages and three failed attempts.

Are you going to commit and cut the excess off the straps?

Take note of the chain guard RXX, I think someone here has been holding out.

Crash protectors? All I see is a large round pillow for a proper nap.

Thanks, I feel better.

I got the 403 recently when I quoted Dave including the thread title. Then the site seemed to go down so I assumed that the 403 happened because the site was crashing...and hoped I wasn't the cause of the crash. Tried the next day, same 403, but the site didn't crash.

I'm so accustomed to every sale being half way across the country that I didn't bother getting excited about it, and just noticed that he's local, dammit.

And in case you don't know, if you have multiple codes or an intermittent code you probably have a failing test connector.

Carlos and I texted about it and I almost suggested asking you about helping them. And I suggested telling them about Jeff's shop. I have no idea how they are, but figured that they probably wouldn't bone family.

I no longer smile at cops, just a friendly wave.

I've heard many cops say that if they can't find a violation on someone that they're not trying, luckily they usually only try when they've already profiled someone as looking like a criminal. Our local LEOs give almost no fucks about traffic infractions. On the rare occasion that I see them on a traffic stop it's never a 'normal' stop...occupants out, car search, handcuffs, etc. The occupants are always a darker shade of brown than I, except for the occasional crackhead looking white ones.

So the law requires proper plate lighting, but also states that it's unenforceable? What other trailer requirements fall into this non-enforcement thing? And is this actually written law, or just something you've heard or assume that a cop would ignore? I've pretty well proven that CA cops don't care about trailer license plates at all, I've done thousands of miles without one on any of my trailers. But I won't tow one that's actually unregistered because it would be my luck that that's when I'll find the no-leniency cop that cites me and impounds my trailer.

Well hell, it's a bummer that nobody predicted these problems and that they didn't suggest the solution before you went through the trouble of trying to do it your way. I find it extraordinarily hard to believe that Virginia cops can't stop someone for an equipment violation.

From my understanding, Tags don't hold value or appreciate like Rolex and some other brands, but some vintage ones might bring decent money.

The metal rings aren't a bad idea for the straps, but they're often a bad idea for use with a bike. One of you has issues with strapping his bike, one does not; one of you understands how things work. I've never seen or heard of a hook cutting through a soft strap and have never been worried about it happening. The hooks on one set of straps you showed had hard edges which isn't ideal for a soft loop, but even those would be very unlikely to cut them.