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BERKS!! AUSTINS!

@berksaustins

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BERKS!! AUSTINS!
@berksaustins Feb 6, 2018, 8:04 PM UTC

My SUPER TINY Coin Collection, LOL

I'm going to go through my coin collection to see how much it's worth! Let's start with a 1929 Standing Liberty quarter dollar. Check it out: In terms of silver, it's worth about $3. Talking numismat…

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@berksaustins Feb 6, 2018, 5:25 PM UTC

How & Why: Motorcycle Charging System DELETE

I couldn't resist an old 2nd gen GSXR750 that popped up on Craigslist back in 2016. It didn't come with a clear title (or a fuel tank, or bodywork, or fairings/plastic, or a bunch of other stuff), so…

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@berksaustins Feb 5, 2018, 9:54 PM UTC

Riding Dirtbikes at Rainbow Falls, Outside of Woodland Park, CO

Sunday morning. Wake up. Get coffee. Get a text: It took me about 20 minutes to decide. My options were be lazy and start drinking too early at home? Or go and try to break my neck on a dirt bike in…

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@berksaustins Jan 14, 2018, 8:00 PM UTC

How To: Make an Old Motorcycle Run by Cleaning The Carburetor

Most of the time the only thing preventing an old bike from running again is a DIRTY CARBURETOR. https://i.imgsafe.org/ba/bab7a9767a.jpeg (GSXR750 carbs, no airbox, YES I know how to tune bikes w/o a…

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@berksaustins Dec 27, 2017, 5:18 PM UTC

Pics of Yours Truly @ The Racetrack

I didn't take these, but I own the rights to them. Pics are of me, back when I used to race sport bikes. The bikes in the pics are pretty rare and interesting. '95 Honda RS125: https://i.imgsafe.org/…

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@berksaustins Dec 27, 2017, 4:59 PM UTC

Guy Martin at the 2014 Pike's Peak International Hillclimb

I was walking around Fan Fest on Tejon St. in Colorado Springs a few years ago when I saw Guy Martin working on his bonkers turbo GSXR hillclimb bike the day before the big race. The only thing from…

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@berksaustins Dec 26, 2017, 5:39 PM UTC

Best Christmas Present Ever...

About my gift... I'm a fan of this artist named Walton Ford. He does these really subversive Audubon-like natural history paintings. The originals are huge. Even if I could afford one, I wouldn't kno…

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@berksaustins Dec 18, 2017, 5:30 PM UTC

Review: Steem Poker League @ Lucksacks.com

I'll start by saying I have nothing critical to say whatsoever. After three tournament appearances, this is what my record looks like: https://i.imgsafe.org/7f/7f624ee212.png I play on Sundays becaus…

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@berksaustins Dec 11, 2017, 6:01 PM UTC

I Played This Like I Didn't Play It At All

Word to the wise: do not drink and play poker. I repeat: Do not drink and play poker. Just don't do it. To illustrate my point, let's look at a hand where I lost some money betting like a stupid donk…

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@berksaustins Dec 1, 2017, 7:29 PM UTC

The Problem With "Problematic"

https://i.imgsafe.org/fa/fa5deaf621.png http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/01/the-problem-with-problematic/ Prose goes on... This is, like, super problematic: https://i.imgsafe.org/fa/fa679aefbb.pn…

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