"no dude, you keep the nickel.."

[Oldswimr]

I was at a local bikers night fundraiser here in NE North Carolina tonight, and a gentleman who rides with the Blue Knights came up and asked me about my 2000 I/S. Did i like it, (hell yes) was it comfortable, (hell yes), how was the vibration?? "You got a nickel?" Funny look, digs into his pocket. I told him how and where to put in on the valve cover.. Cranked it up, ran it up to the prescribed RPM (4K).. "..no way.."
I kill the engine, pick up the nickel to hand it to him.. "no dude, you keep the nickel.." I added it to the growing collection in my backrest pouch..
Later he asked what I paid for it, what I had done to it, how many miles on it, etc.. Just before I pulled out, he says, "I need to get a Valk.." He rides a VTX 1300..   

[Serk]

I added it to the growing collection in my backrest pouch..

THAT is a great idea! Seems I can never find a nickle when I need one, need to keep a few in the backrest pouch for those special occasions!

Tickling 100,000 miles on the clock, and she still keeps the nickle up without a problem...

[franco6]

i was showing the nickel trick the other day in a dark parking garage. reached in my pocket ,pulled out a coin, stood it on the valve cover, started the 6, climbed up to 5k rpm .
 the coin fell a while later. the guy shook his head ,walked away with a loud< wohaa!>it is then that i picked up the coin . t was a penny.

[Colin]

I use a 1 Euro coin ($1.20 at current rate) so it buys me a coffee when they say keep it 

[big turkey]

Well soon we can use a spiffy coin like  a Euro.

America and Mexico.

Americo will be our new currency soon.

Or how about this.

Canada, U S, and Mexico.

Canmerico.

Sorry mame,,, we only take Canmericos here.

Pretty Catchy, don't you think.

Big AL

[..]

Well soon we can use a spiffy coin like  a Euro.

America and Mexico.

Americo will be our new currency soon.

Or how about this.

Canada, U S, and Mexico.

Canmerico.

Sorry mame,,, we only take Canmericos here.

Pretty Catchy, don't you think.

Big AL

Al let the Amero go. It aint gonna happen. All Amero production is for collectors only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_currency_union
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/amerocoin.asp

http://www.dc-coin.com/unaameropatterncoins.aspx

http://bankling.com/2009/the-amero-currency-myths-facts-and-25-great-resources-for-further-research/

[CISE]

I think you Americans should just go ahaead and adopt the Canadian dollar coin --- -"loonie" is certainly applicable to everyone don't ya think?

 

[Daniel Meyer]

I think you Americans should just go ahaead and adopt the Canadian dollar coin --- -"loonie" is certainly applicable to everyone don't ya think?

 

I definitely liked the two-dollar coin (and no singles/few fives in paper).

Never did figure out what was with the new 100 that was showing up in 2004...nobody would take the thing...even for $100+ purchases.

[Momz]

I've done the nickel trick for a few HD types,...and been accused of using a "magentized" nickel.
I had no idea you could magentize non-ferrous metals,...but apairently they know better!