San Diego BS Thread.

Ah ya, i've always been up in North PB (Opal street for years, Tourmaline Street for years, now i'm right up by Kate Sessions park - did a stint at an apartment literally right across the alley from Wendy's on Grand/Ingraham... smell was fantastic). I don't even head out into the main part of PB much anymore. Kept reading about the homeless and vendors clogging up the boardwalk.

Sucks to hear about your stuff being stolen. I'd be super pissed!

 

Cross post

 

My bad I should’ve worded it differently

 

Most of the theft stories I hear from my customers are from PB, seems that is quite the hot spot for lights!
I assume its because there are a million overland Tacoma setups running around down there so the lowlife thieves see it as an opportunity to get some expensive stuff rather quickly.
I have installed a bunch of theft resistant hardware on a lot of setups for guys and even some of them have been overcome. I guess it depends on how well equipped the bad guy is, but it really doesn't take much to defeat that kind of hardware if you have a chisel and a hammer.
Also the problem these days is that the cordless cutters make quick work of just about anything so if they want it they will get it unless they dont see you in the first place!

Man that sucks to hear, sorry that happened!! But I tend to see it a lot and usually from PB for whatever reason it seems to be the spot for that kind of activity..super lame. They should loose a finger of their choosing for the first time caught and it only gets worse from there..

In California with prop 46 it reduces the penalty down to a misdemeanor for theft of anything under $950. Its literally just a ticket!! The penalty should be much more severe IMO.

 

and i'm about to move down there in a couple weeks

 

Hide your lights

 

Also on the topic of scumbags..buddies catalytic converter was stolen off his Sequoia in front of his house last week in San Marcos.. We need to cut hands off again.

 

Ya this has been on my mind lately since my nieghbors cc was stolen. Skid plate and tamper proof hardware purchases coming soon.

 

Let’s bring back Thursday brewery meets back in a big way tomorrow

 

That might be a bit extreme, I would start with an index finger and thumb of the primary hand for the first offense
Desert was awesome last weekend, was still a little warm but not too bad. But now we need some rain because the dust is wicked!!

 

Yep, the dust was pretty bad. I was sitting at one of the checkpoints for the D38 races for a while but decided to leave when the wind switched directions.

 

@Speed Freek

2.5 x16"

 

Cool I was able to find him on FB and sent a message, thanks dude!! That might take care of one end of the build haha..gonna be pretty badass though!

 

just browsing dirt bikes and this popped up

 

Just a random note to say how much gratitude I have for @Speed Freek and how much nicer my '02 is because of his work. Stoked for the connection via this forum and stoked on future truck fun down the road. Thanks so much Jason!

 

Thanks Dave! More than happy to get the old girl all dialed in for years of trouble free duty! Being that it has a 4.7 engine it should last quite a long time, those suckers are the 22r of the V8 world as far as Toyotas go!!
Thanks buddy, I really appreciate the kind words my friend!!
Well, just had my lunch at 6pm so now its time to go back to work, lol. I gotta pull my engine from the Tacoma sooner than later, just quite a pain to do by myself..but it is what it is!
Hope you have a great week buddy!!

 

He sold the bypasses already and only has he COs that are used at pretty much brand new cost. Fawk!!

 

In the meantime I picked up a yz125 with a 144 kit on it over the weekend.

 

Very nice I used to have on of those, the engine kit I had was from Eric Gorr. Was a pretty fun bike, super light and a lot of power on the pipe but only then lol. It had the top end porting and setup so it had no power then all of a sudden you get all the horsies at once. Was good on a motocross track but not so great in technical off-road stuff due to the very small power window.

 

I missed having a 2 stroke play bike for when my 450 beats me up too much or I'm riding with my gf. This one has a pretty wide power band for a small bike. It probably didn't pick up anything up top. I'm loving that it is 100lb lighter than my 450. Little bit of maintenance and it will be ready for track riding. Taking it out to Ridgecrest for Thanksgiving.