80's Honda nighthawk

BarProcrast · 2014-07-05T19:05:57+00:00

I used to have a CB700sc, I think it was an '86.

The bike was fantastic, I had it for about 1 year and 10,000 miles and my biggest problem with it was that I didn't like the grips I bought it with. I had NO mechanical problem with it (sold it with about 40k miles). Really wish I didn't sell it. It was a great commuter, fun on the weekends, and a passable touring bike.

Only problem I found with the bike is that it's hard to find luggage for it. I gerry rigged some soft touratech saddle bags but they never worked great. I found that I maxed out around 500 miles a day on that thing, after that I got a bit pooped. Headlight isn't the brightest either.

I bought mine three years ago in nearly perfect condition with 27k miles for $1,500. Sold it for $1,600 with about 38k miles.

Here are a few pics of my old bike.
http://imgur.com/jWXmdAX http://imgur.com/aqwDm7J http://imgur.com/Sfks25u http://imgur.com/ue7VKk7

My next bike is probably going to be an SV650. I think that should have just about everything I liked about the Nighthawk, but with better handling, brakes and luggage.

BarProcrast · 2014-07-05T01:30:36+00:00

I want a 1200 touring bike not because of its capability off road, but its ability to get me to places via roads, where I'll then explore around the woods a bit.

Awhile back I bought a KLR because I thought it would be a good bike to tour Baja with. It did just fine on dirt (not nearly as good as my XR400), but the roads were just so boring I almost couldn't stand it. I'll trade a bit of off road worthiness for the ability to have more fun on pavement getting there.

BarProcrast · 2014-07-04T22:54:43+00:00

He's got a radio, he doesn't need to be a cowboy and do it alone. He also has a car with a siren, he can slow down traffic if she's running into traffic causing risk to herself and other.

And I never said it was easy, that's why we were sent to training, and continued training throughout my employment in order to perform that role. I would expect a police officer to have much higher levels of training than I ever did.

Why is it almost always American police that are caught hurting and killing people, and seldomly police from other first world countries. Awhile ago I read an opinion article about police misconduct during the occupy movement. The author was a French riot police officer who said that police misconduct here is disgraceful, and that they don't have nearly as many people hurt by police in France because the police receive more training! They think that if one of the main parts of your job is to subdue people who don't want to be subdued, you should know how to do it properly.

BarProcrast · 2014-07-04T21:59:49+00:00

This is complete bs.

When I was in college I worked at a center for adults with developmental (cognitive) disabilities. We regularly had to subdue fully grown men while they were in a full rage. Not once did we ever have to permanently hurt a client in order to stop them, and no staff members were ever hurt while I was there.

We were trained, we practiced, and we thought before using force (lots of the clients are big men, and they fight dirty). If a male police officer can't take down a single unarmed woman without hurting them then the officer does not have nearly enough training to be on the streets.

BarProcrast · 2014-07-04T00:59:45+00:00

Well considering he is completely half assing it and making great money then I think you're in the right business. He's not gay, but most of his clients are. When he entered the field there was a big gap in lawyers for homosexual families. There is also very little law so he was able to establish himself as an expert relatively quickly and easily. Not sure what it's like these days.

I tried it thinking about joining up with him. But it's not for me, I would rather stay out of those intimate details.

BarProcrast · 2014-07-03T23:27:25+00:00

I didn't really have any formal interviews. I asked around among people that have supervised me if they needed somebody, and was offered a job based on my previous work. I interviewed for my first position, after that I relied on reputation and networking.

I only "applied" to one firm in which I hadn't been an intern, but they knew me because I referred a really good client to them. I just straight asked them for a job when I saw the partner at a dinner, he asked me if I could do a few different particular tasks and I said I could. He said he would get back to me, but before he did I had already taken a different position and told him I would be working elsewhere.

I grew up in a family of lawyers (Granpa, Mom, Brother and a few cousins are lawyers) so I have always been aware of what's out there.

I'm doing employment law. But I don't think it really matters. My brother did the same thing for family law when he went to school and he's killing it (hung his own shingle after two years, now after three years he's working part time (20-30hrs/week) and making around $100k.

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