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Old 08-04-2008, 08:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I am going to like this place

Hello everyone, i just joined a couple of days ago (took a couple of days to figure out how to post). I am retired, live in southern Illinois, been bored to tears since they "put me out to pasture",. Spent over 20 years as a mechanic (primarily in the motorcycle industry) until i got enough education to teach school. I am very impressed with what i see some of you guys doing - makes me feel like a kid of 60 again - I have a couple of motorcycles laying around that are just begging to be turned into EV (electric vehicles) or would that be EM (electric motorcycles). I still have my tools and my knowledge just don't have the body that i used to have - can't lift anything much heavier than a gallon of milk - took me a couple of days to change the water pump on my ford but i just stay with it and plug along. I have a Kawasaki GPZ 550 that i think will make a good platform so i will be bugging you guys about motors and controllers and stuff like that <vbg>
Once again let me say i am very impressed with you guys, reminds me of a bunch of people i knew back in the early 1950's (only difference is we did not call it "modding" back then - it was called "hot rod" same difference only we were after power and performance - not mileage)

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Old 08-04-2008, 10:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi, silverfox, welcome to the forum.

Funny you mention hot rodding. When we were brainstorming a name for this forum, I proposed "eco rodder". But that only earned a big "HUH?" from any younger person I bounced the name off.

Looking forward to seeing where you go with the "EM" idea.
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Old 08-04-2008, 10:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Curious... what is the demographic range of this site?
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Old 08-04-2008, 12:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 08-04-2008, 01:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Welcome to EM. It would be great to see another member doing some EV conversions.
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Old 08-05-2008, 01:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Welcome, You came to right place, Glad to see you found us.
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Old 08-05-2008, 10:16 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Hey there 'ol timer! Welcome to the site! Looking forward to any projects you decide to tackle!
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Old 08-05-2008, 10:33 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Curious... what is the demographic range of this site?
We don't know for sure. Time for an age poll? I'll go start one now...

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-you-4383.html

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Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



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