What other skills do you have?

[Cooter]

A freaking helicopter?! I knew this thread would provide...

Thats a heck of a bucketlist, congrats!

 

[njloco]

Cool chopper !

 

[jl551c]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYTWEbGWWe8

Here's my other skill. I did this for 12 years after retiring from the Navy. Launch Conductor for Delta and Atlas rockets. Doesn't come in handy for much of anything these days, especially on motorcycles. This one is a Delta IV Heavy.

 

[BuellyBagger]

A freaking helicopter?! I knew this thread would provide...

RIGHT?! My father in law, 2 of my wife's uncles, and her brother are all pilots (crop dusting). Her dad has a helicopter, I've been on a couple rides in. They're freaking cool and lil scary at the same time.
That cool stuff for sure Antioch!

 

[antioch01]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYTWEbGWWe8

Here's my other skill. I did this for 12 years after retiring from the Navy. Launch Conductor for Delta and Atlas rockets. Doesn't come in handy for much of anything these days, especially on motorcycles. This one is a Delta IV Heavy.

You would be surprised how much that kind of responsibility and discipline has to do with how you perform any task,, I was in the Marine Corps for 6 years. Nothing like a launch conductor, I have to say you are the first person I know of with that skill,,,, hats off to you. You top them all on carrier day...

 

[antioch01]

RIGHT?! My father in law, 2 of my wife's uncles, and her brother are all pilots (crop dusting). Her dad has a helicopter, I've been on a couple rides in. They're freaking cool and lil scary at the same time.
That cool stuff for sure Antioch!

Thanks,,,, definitely the hardest thing I have ever attempted,,, and I can't even pat my head and rub my belly at the same time !!

 

[jl551c]

You would be surprised how much that kind of responsibility and discipline has to do with how you perform any task,, I was in the Marine Corps for 6 years. Nothing like a launch conductor, I have to say you are the first person I know of with that skill,,,, hats off to you. You top them all on carrier day...

Thanks, I have to say that for any profession I've had and would want to be remembered for it would have to be for my service in the Navy. 22 years. I'd be nothing today if it wasn't for a patient, forgiving Navy. Really got me on the right track at a young age.

 

[34nineteen]

I give life advice to people, usually unsolicited... too bad I don't listen to it!

 

[jl551c]

I give life advice to people, usually unsolicited... too bad I don't listen to it!

Hilarious!

 

[Cooter]

I spent an hour in the shop welding some scrap metal together:

e-Bayed some vintage Kryptonics wheels:

and bolted on an old skateboard deck:

Time to THRASH! haha

JK. I have enough grey hair to know I'll kill myself if I get trucks for it and pretend I'm 16 again... But I do need a place to sit my butt on when I creak down to put on my shoes.:up:

Kinda artsy for me, and it sure isn't as cool like collecting launch keys but it turned out neat!

 

[Cooter]

Even taught Bubbles how to ride this weekend. She's been asking for awhile

Rented a new little BMW 310R from the Eagle Rider down the street and laughed out loud when he asked if I wanted zero deductible insurance for $35. "HELL YES I do!" was not the answer he expected :black_eyed:

We went to a long, deserted, dead end in the 'hood and spent a half hour going over controls, functions, clutch drills, and away she went. She used to ride a fast sport quad (Honda 400EX) in the sand before, but never a bike. Took to it like a methhead likes copper! Got a lot done in 2 days and we'll go back out next weekend for a re-fresher and hill-starts. Next step is the MSF course, which ironically I need to do as well. My M1 endorsement I've had since 16yo, fell off somehow when I got my Florida license, so technically I'm not supposed to be riding, lol.
I'm thinking of showing up on the EBR and pretending not to know how to ride... wheelie across the parking lot screaming at the top of my lungs... AAAHHHHHHHH!!! Could be hilarious? Could get me arrested. Sounds like fun:eagerness:

 

[34nineteen]

 

[Yodes89]

Hey all,
Mostly hobby carpentry here: I like making custom dice boxes for Dungeons and Dragons players out of exotic woods : ) Else, I sing a bunch in a quartet and a chorus, work on the house fairly well along with the cars and truck. Still learning about the X1, and about to get back into archery! : )

-Yodes

 

[Keith Turk]

I taught kids to fly attack helicopters, Cobra's, until the Apache got here then I taught that for 11yrs and retired to build a business, made fake rocks ... got into racing. Been racing at Bonneville since 1998 with an old junk Camaro and a Modified sports car. bout 8yrs ago I got into teaching kids to fly helicopters as a contractor. loved the job but it was a job!!! retired again last March.

Have always dappled in houses and build out a building for a friend of mine to have a motorcycle shop in. he was there 11yrs total and now I'm keeping the doors open until I meet the New owners... ( my goal is to have a motorcycle shop in town... that I don't run )

 

[Keith Turk]

taught the MSF course for several years... truly love teaching mechanical skills You do this right and she's a rider for life!!! good for you!

 

[Keith Turk]

Fun answer to a common issue..

 

[Cooter]

I taught kids to fly attack helicopters

Oh HELL no. That has always been my example for how hard a driving instructors job is. "Well, at least you're not crazy enough to be a helicopter instructor..." Yikes man, you have my respect for your nerves of steel!

You do this right and she's a rider for life!!!

Since that post, she graduated MSF with a perfect score and "student of the month" lol, bought a non-running Blast (she restored herself), an '07 XB12-Scg, A '20 Ninja 400, a half dozen track days, probably 10K miles in our local mountain roads, and we are leaving on the 4th for a 3 week road trip from So Cal to Portland, OR. Ya, she's a happy lifer:angel:

 

[AC_Schnitzel]

Wow that sounds like an epic moto trip. We recently drove up PCH from the Bay Area up to Humboldt County and through southern Oregon to Crater Lake... All I kept thinking while driving was how good these roads would be on my bike.

Enjoy your trip!

 

[Keith Turk]

I taught my wife to both ride and drive the race car.... On a Wednesday she set a record at 251mph at Bonneville, we got home on Saturday and she wrecked her Blast, on the way out of a parking lot after dinner, 100% my fault... I had her following me... mistake #1 slight uphill right turn #2 heavy traffic that I jumped into #3-4... Scared her and she's never riden again. Really bummed about it, decided to learn how to teach correctly and took the instructors course. ( she didn't even scuff her hands .. )..

 

[cvc]

Cooter if you’re interested I’ll buy the two of you a beer if you will ride fifteen minutes north of Portland to Vancouver during your trip.