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Started by fj11.5, January 12, 2013, 02:52:24 PM

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fj11.5

Good start to a Sunday morning, nice little tremor to shake the hell out of everything ,,  :wacko3:
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

FJmonkey

Quote from: fj11.5 on January 12, 2013, 02:52:24 PM
Good start to a Sunday morning, nice little tremor to shake the hell out of everything ,,  :wacko3:
I am not seeing on the earthquake sites yet, how big was it?
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

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fj11.5

Not sure on the richter scale , maybe .5 lol , apparently it started out at sea ( bass straight  )
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

FJmonkey

Quote from: fj11.5 on January 12, 2013, 03:26:28 PM
Not sure on the richter scale , maybe .5 lol , apparently it started out at sea ( bass straight  )
0.5!!! 0.5!!!! You can't even feel a 0.5!!!  :ireful: A 0.5 happens when you forget your clutch slave is off, start your FJ, the clutch push rod spears the cat and as the rod imbeds into the far wall the thump it makes is registers as a 0.5... :diablo:

Maybe I am taking this a little too far, where I live a 3.0 might make the news, and a 4.0 might be noticed. I hope the natives did not sacrifice anything important to prevent a 1.0... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Glad no FJs were hurt....
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

'86 Ambulance - Bent frame, cracked case, due for an overhaul
'89 Stormy Blue - Suits my Dark Side

fj11.5

Haha , sorry to get your hopes up mate ,, guess you guys are used to big quakes ,, tremors only happen every 15/20 years down here on the small island ,, the girls of the house were getting ready to go out , think they left stains in the carpet  :lol:,, I was laying in bed with my little bloke watching a dvd, he didn't even ask what the noise/shaking was , guess he figured it was just a large truck on the very close highway  :boredom:  , no cats were harmed  :ireful: dam it ,, and all Fj,s still standing, although effie had spun around on the steel plates under the c stand   ,,,  , must be my longest post ever, do I get a medal , or a chest to pin it on  :biggrin:
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

FJSpringy

Quote from: fj11.5 on January 12, 2013, 03:55:39 PM
   ,,,  , must be my longest post ever, do I get a medal , or a chest to pin it on  :biggrin:


I suspect Doug could arrange something to be presented at the 013 rally  :yahoo:
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93fj1200

Quote from: FJmonkey on January 12, 2013, 03:35:25 PM
Quote from: fj11.5 on January 12, 2013, 03:26:28 PM
Not sure on the richter scale , maybe .5 lol , apparently it started out at sea ( bass straight  )
0.5!!! 0.5!!!! You can't even feel a 0.5!!!  :ireful: A 0.5 happens when you forget your clutch slave is off, start your FJ, the clutch push rod spears the cat and as the rod imbeds into the far wall the thump it makes is registers as a 0.5... :diablo:

Maybe I am taking this a little too far, where I live a 3.0 might make the news, and a 4.0 might be noticed. I hope the natives did not sacrifice anything important to prevent a 1.0... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Glad no FJs were hurt....
Have no idea what is normal in California but experienced a 6.5 in Mexico City on December 10/2011.  Quite an experience. Felt like I was surfing. 

fj11.5

 :lol: something like a stuffed cat speared with a clutch rod , , speaking of the rally , going to have an Fj gymkahana ??? :biggrin:,   rbt performed on the winners , , can't have sober ppl taking all the trophy,s
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne


Dan Filetti

Quote from: 93fj1200 on January 12, 2013, 04:14:45 PM
Have no idea what is normal in California

No one does, they are weirdo's out that way.  I just spent the week in San Francisco and can confirm this.

Dan
Live hardy, or go home. 

rktmanfj

Quote from: Dan Filetti on January 12, 2013, 05:16:43 PM
Quote from: 93fj1200 on January 12, 2013, 04:14:45 PM
Have no idea what is normal in California

No one does, they are weirdo's out that way.  I just spent the week in San Francisco and can confirm this.

Dan

I have to experience it first hand next weekend.   :unknown:



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I was living in Southern California in 1994 when the 6.7 Northridge quake hit. The damage was unbelievable.
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fj11.5

remember seeing that quake on the news,  , makes me wonder why ppl build on fault lines  :wacko1:
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

FJmonkey

Quote from: aviationfred on January 12, 2013, 06:24:40 PM
I was living in Southern California in 1994 when the 6.7 Northridge quake hit. The damage was unbelievable.
The Northridge quake exposed a second and until then unknown fault line. It ran under Santa Clarita where I was busy trying to sleep off a long night of driving back from Northern Arizona where I spent a very relaxing week in a cabin. The fault under me was a thrust fault, meaning the motion was up and down. It felt like the entire building (world) was picked up 3 feet (1M) and slammed back down every second. Very violent and end of the world feeling. The building held together and the suit case filled with booze was unharmed, our neighbors were happy to partake and make sure none was left for the aftershocks to damage. Turns out it was good that I was also handy with repairing gas lines and got the entire building hot water a week or two faster than expected. What a shaker...
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

'86 Ambulance - Bent frame, cracked case, due for an overhaul
'89 Stormy Blue - Suits my Dark Side

fj11.5

That Melbourne quake was 12 hours before todays little effort , , , at least your booze was safe monkey man,   
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne