Tuesday, March 3, 2009

dirtbiking

Dirtbikes come in many different years, models and makes. The four main dirtbike producers are Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, and Kawasaki. I own a Honda. The models of dirtbikes constantly change with the years as they continue to get better and better. My bike is a 2004 crf250x. The 2004 is the year of the model, and the crf250x is the model and the 250 stands for a 250cc engine. Dirtbikes have many different parts. There is the clutch which most dirtbikes have. Most bikes have clutches except for small dirtbikes like 50cc engines and such. The clutch is used for switching gears and is often difficult for beginners to learn to use. Most people who haven't used one struggle with it. Basically a dirtbikes engine is a carburator, a piston and a gear box. Thats basically it to a simple dirtbike engine. They are obviously more complicated and have more parts. They way the bike works is pretty easy to understand. First gas is brought into the carburator from the gas tank where it mixes with air from the airbox. Then the gas moves into the piston chamber where it is ignited by the spark plug. The force of the explosion pushes the piston head downward turning the crankshaft. This causes the gears to move and it turns a samll sprocket on the outside of the dirbike which is attached to a chain. On the other end of the chain is a larger sprocket attached to the rear wheel. The small sprocket turns, moving the chain which moves the large sprocket causing the tiures to move and therfore the bike moves. The throttle, which controls the flow of gas to the carburator is on the handlebars. Obviously the more gas going in the larger the explosions and more explosions means the piston goes faster and the gears and sprockets too so therefore the bike goes faster. Dirtbikes are most often started with kickstarts. They are sort of shaped like an L. Basically what it does is cause the spark plug to spark trying to igniote the gas. The way a dirbike is set up is with the gas tank up on top of the bike. The seat is right behind it and behind that is the rear fender. In front of the gas tank are the forkswith shocks with handle bars on top. On the bottom is the wheel with the front fender hovering over the front wheel. The dirtbike frame is under the gastank and seat and house all the engine parts like the carburator,piston and gearbox. These are at the front of the frame under the gas tank. Then the airbox is connected to the carburator and is under the seat. There is an exhaust pipe coming out of the front of the engine and it runs down to the end of the dirtbike and ends under the rear fender. Under that is the rear tire which is attached to a large arm with shocks on it. There is a chain running from the rear tire's left side running to mid-way through the bike to the small sprocket on the gear box. Larger bikes have coolant and ferrings on the sides of their gas tanks if they are not air-cooled. Mostly smaller bikes are air-cooled. There are front and rear brakes as well and a gear shifter too. There are many small parts of a dirbike but those are mainly the essentials. To ride a dirbike you have to get good with the clutch. What you do is kick over the bike when it is in neutral. neutral is typically located between first and second gear. The gear shifter is located by your left foot. Started off in neutral the gear shifting would be one down and four or five up usually. It depends on the bike but thats pretty much standard. So the bike is running in neutral so what you need to do is pull in the clutch, downshift into first gear and slowly let out the clutch. Now while letting it out just give it a little gas by twisting the throttle a little bit. Now what happens to most beginners is they either let out the clutch too fast and not enought gas and they stall the bike, too fast clutch and too much gas and they flip the bike or too much gas while letting the clutch out and they panic and lose control. It happens all the time. People panic and lose control causing it to flip or crash. Riding a dirbike requires the user to have to know how to use the clutch well. Unless you are riding circles in an open field you will need to shift a lot like coming to a stop or taking corners and whatnot. Shifting gears does get easier once your moving because you can let out the clutch much faster. You can even power shift which is shifting without the clutch. It is not highly recommended though because it isn't good for your gears and whatnot. Also while riding a helmet would probably a decent idea. Whether you aint good at riding or you are, wiping out don't take much. Even if you are better at riding, usually the better you get the crazier you get. I can't count the number of times that i have smoked my head off the ground while wearing a helmet doing stupid stuff.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Prison thing

I don't relly think that a woman who has a child in prison should be able to raise it while she is in prison. I don't really see anything wrong with her raising it once she gets out but she should not do it while in prison. Raising the child in prison could only disturb it and possibly ruin it's life. Prison is not a good environment to have children. While the mother is in prison the child should go to a foster home to wait for the mother to come out and claim the child if she wants to. I really don't see how she even possibly could keep it with her in prison. It doesn't seem likely that the child would live in the cell with her. I think that she could send the child to live with family at least assuming there is some. Even if she could raise it in prison that would be a bad environment for it to live.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Gun Control

I think that gun control is an inane proposition. Guns play an important roll in many peoples lives. People say that guns kill people and that they're dangerous weapons. First off they are more so tools than weapons. Sure guns can be dangerous and in the wrong hands they can end lives but that is a small price to pay for keeping guns. Some people believe that gun control or taking guns away all together will greatly decrease crime but i disagree. Criminals will not stop just because they can't legally get guns. Criminals will still have access to illegal firearms and when they do, innocent citizens will have no means to protect themselves. Even if criminals couldn't get guns, then they would switch to another weapon like knives. Taking away guns won't decrease crime but more likely increase. Criminals will see people sleeping in their homes as easy targets because they don't have the good ol' twelve gauge under their bed anymore. Often the thought of homeowners with a gun in their hands may be enough to deter anyone from breaking in. There is also the more obvious reason for us to have guns and that is the 2nd amendment. It basically states that the people of the United States have the right to bear arms and those rights will not be infringed. It is perfectly clear as a right and can't be taken away. Gun control should not even be discussed for any citizen should have the right to any firearm he or she chooses.

Friday, December 12, 2008

which is wealthier

basically what it comes down to is where your morals lie. If you love money more than anything else, well then, i imagine you would select Bob as the wealthier of the two. But if you believe that family and friends are more important you'd have to say Bill is wealthier. Bill does not make tons of money but he survives. He does have a wife and children that love him and that may be enough for him. Then there is bob. Bob works all the time and he is divorced from his wife and has two kids that don't live with him. Now bob makes a lot of money, a lot of income but he works all the time. What good is the money without time to spend it. Bob doesn't see his kids hardly ever but spoils them on christmas eve. Bob doesn't have anyone else to share his money with. From looking at the different situations it seems pretty obvious that Bill is wealthier for obvious reasons

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

why are people poor?

I think that people are poor for several reasons. One is because, they are lazy and don't want to work. Or it is possible that they don't have any quality traits to offer employees. They may not be top quality employees that they are looking for. I also think though that someone who got it easy and was spoiled as a child could turn out to be poor when they're older. They grow soft and expect the world to be handed too them and when it gets hard they don't know what to do. People who do not learn how to survive earlier on in life, are not going to be rich. People who're poor are most often people with no work ethic, that don't seem to care too much about anything in life. Thats what i think anyway.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

election stuff

obama is the president. i really dont care for him at all. there isn't anything really special about him getting elected anyway. i can't stand the guy and cannot believe he was elected. what were people thinking when they were voting. He was a horrible choice.

marijuana is now legal for medical purposes in michigan. i think that its pretty dumb idea. sure it may help some people with pain but there will be others who will be getting it when they dont even need it.

stem cell research is now legal in michigan too. i think that is one of the most messed up things ever. thats a little too weird to take embryos and experimenting with them. Some people try to claim that embryos aint alive but they're full of it. Its pretty obvious they're alive. Its basically killing a tiny baby. Yah its pretty messed up

Tuesday, October 14, 2008