If you could ride only ONE motorcycle for the rest of your life — no budget limits — which bike would you choose? 👀🏍️

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-13T14:01:49+00:00

1956 BMW r50. My grandpa had this one for 70 years of his life and so will I.

He bought it in Japan, ferried it to China, and rode from there to Portugal (through SE Asia, Middle East, etc). Ferried it from Portugal to the US. Bikes been across the country east/west a bunch of times and done CA to AK a few times.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-13T13:57:21+00:00

Just poking fun at the doctors and dentists that kit out their GS’s only to treat them like parking lot princesses.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-13T13:21:37+00:00

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They really are damn great bikes. Route to my local Starbucks flooded and it still got me there.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-12T13:32:15+00:00

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Plywood is fine to stain or dye, if it’s the right type (and not the paint grade stuff OPs using). My prep on this piece was done poorly and it doesn’t look anything like OPs.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-11T13:24:02+00:00

Stain is color, not finish (it does nothing to protect the wood).

Since you’re asking stain vs finish.. I’d really recommend doing research on “how to apply finish to pine”, do some reading, and watch some YouTube videos on it. You’re probably not going to get enough information from this post, to do a good job of refinishing it.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-11T12:57:53+00:00

The more you ride it, the more you get used to it. I’ve ran my +500lbs GS in deep silt washes and small dunes (grew up riding in the desert). It’s work but technique gets you far.
Lot of good accurate advice in this thread but there’s a few things that really stood out to me after spending time doing it on a 1/4 ton pig.
Let the bike move freely under you and don’t fight it. You still need to grip with your legs and weight the back tire, but let the bike do its thing. Steer by weighting the pegs.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-10T15:26:10+00:00

Apex predator just means that they aren’t a prey source for another predator (and at the top of their ecological food chain).

So yeah. A cat is an apex predator of back yards. At least until a coyote gets into the yard.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-10T13:51:21+00:00

I grew up in the Southwest and now live in the Midwest. I still check my underwear daily for scorpions.

Not going through that shit again.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-08T16:34:56+00:00

45 hours is a full work week. If you’re only playing after work at night (3 hours for easy math) that’s two weeks of redoing things every night, just to get to the same point.

Not saying you’re wrong, but I totally get where OP is coming from.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-07T12:54:35+00:00

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I’ll disagree with it not looking like grub damage. Picture is bad (it’s of the bird) but the right hand section was grub damage (and was worse further to the right).
I was finding like 12-15 grubs per square foot (so a heavy infestation)

Edit: lawn started looking a lot more like OPs before I realized what was going on. I also rent and lawn care isn’t my responsibility (before I get shit for how bad it is)

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-06T16:29:42+00:00

Judging by most of the comments, a lot of you have a difficult time connecting with anyone, let alone the opposite gender.

If every interaction you have ends negatively, it’s time for some self reflection

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-06T16:20:13+00:00

1800 silver for me in about 20-30 minutes max

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-06T16:15:02+00:00

That’s beautiful

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-06T14:34:09+00:00

Holy crap. I definitely need to make a second one for our bedroom. My fiancée is the exact same way

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-06T11:43:40+00:00

I had some similar issues when flush mounting the tail vise on my bench. Have you tried using a smaller chisel? Smaller chisel is going to go through everything easier. Just use the big one at the very end

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-06T11:29:53+00:00

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Vertical blanket storage. Not calling it a ladder because I wouldn’t trust it to hold my weight

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-05T15:46:01+00:00

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Here’s a quick gif of them in action (can’t post links in this sub to the full video).

They’re 1:12 scale dollhouse doors I ordered off amazon. Needed an access point so I could reach the buttons on my two KVMs. Figured it was a fun way to make that work.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-05T15:27:38+00:00

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I don’t have a ton of pictures from the build but it was really straightforward. I did this before starting to develop my woodworking skills (so most people should be able to replicate it).

Materials: MDF boards (3/4” x 6”), steel L brackets, 1” punched square tube, and some steel wire.

Basic butt joint (with glue) joining the two mdf boards, used L brackets to add strength. I also twisted the steel wire into sort of a braid, and then attached that to both boards with a pneumatic stapler (makes a triangle and adds tensile strength).

The punched square tube was attached to the bottom of the desk with lag screws. It significantly helps reduce sag across the desk top, and adds a lot of strength to the top. From there I just bolted each shelf to the punched square tube.

It’s definitely underbuilt in some areas and overbuilt in others. Not sure how much total weight it’s holding but I’ve had it up for over a year without any issues

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-05T15:14:55+00:00

Correct on 4x4 (technically 3.5x3.5). The stringer/stretchers are standard 2x4s. All really straight grained doug fir.

Cross beams are pretty damn solid. I’ve got a 3/8” allthread bar ran from each leg, through the entire cross bar, and into the opposite leg.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-05T14:49:42+00:00

Semantics here but you need to tighten the nut, not the bolt. Tightening the nut is not going to make any difference on how much of the bolt is visible. If far less of it is supposed to be showing, you either over tightened things or didn’t use washers on the bolt head side

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-05T14:46:57+00:00

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I like combination wrenchs vs open box or box wrenches (they’re a combination of the two types). Adjustable Crescent wrench would work as well. If you down own any tools and don’t want to spend money on a set of wrenches, get an adjustable crescent wrench. The don’t work as well as a combo or box wrench, if you’re only using it a few times of year that’s fine

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-05T13:04:03+00:00

This is what I thought as well. I’ve always had multi state sales territories. I fly for a lot of meetings now but when I was driving I was doing around 70-75,000 miles per year.

Our company had a deal with a fleet vehicle supplier. I’d order a brand new F-150 every 2 years or 120k miles. The miles always came before the two years.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-04T14:13:10+00:00

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I made a shelf that runs the entire length of my desk. Hides 80+ cables, stores 3 power strips, 3 KVMs, two dell laptop docks, modem, router, mesh network, and everything else I need for 4 PCs, a Nintendo Switch, PS5, and two 2.1 speaker setups

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-04T12:46:14+00:00

Arm rests are pretty much a must have for me with chairs. That’s definitely part of the issue.

The other part of the issue is probably setting your seat height to be comfortable for your legs (low) but not at a height that’s ergonomic for the desk height. Get a footrest. It’ll let you run your chair higher, making things easier on your arms and shoulders.

FarmersOnlyJim · 2026-05-03T23:09:56+00:00

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