20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIALSPromises Kept56Released on September 7, 2004Customer RatingSong Titles#Song NamePopularity1Promises Kept25%2Looking Back7%3Next Year8%4Decisions Made3%5Miles To Go10%6The Truth18%7Perspective4%8Failure3%9The Decline12%10The Break2%11Different Directions3%12Every Word6%Vote for your favorite songs by clicking the green checkmark abovePeople Who Bought This Item Also BoughtDisplaying 1 to 10 of 11 reviewsJump to page.
Never a champ in the showroom, the YZF1000R bided the factory’s time until the R1 was ready, and is a smashing buy on the used market. This one is in rather special condition with just 9,000 miles.1997 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunderace for sale on eBayYamaha offered the liter-sized YZF offshore for several years while we had the comparable but heavier FZR. For one year before the R1 appeared, the Thunderace showed the refinement of the Genesis and EXUP systems in a ergo-friendly package.
Part of the refinement was weight control, tipping the scales at 430 lbs. Reputed close relations to the YZF750R gave great handling, and the 20-valve engine reported 145 hp. Analog 38mm Mikuni carburettors were helped by electronic ignition with throttle position sensors providing another data point to the EXhaust Ultimate Power valve, which alters exhaust collector volume to increase flow.With only two owners over 22 years, this YZF looks excellent.
If the new owner is a rider, new rubber will be required. From1997 YZF1000R in beautiful, extra clean condition. Never crashed. Very original stock motorcycle except for installation of a Yoshimura Stainless Steel Exhaust.
Lockhart tank bra, original tool kit and aftermarket rear stand included. Lights, blinkers, horn and gauges all work as expected. Good battery. Brakes in good condition.
Tires are OK but should be replaced soon. This YZF is an excellent, well kept example of a very unique and rare motorcycle. All original factory installed labels and stickers are still in place. Very nice bike for a Yamaha collector.The YZF1000R was the transition model between the FZR1000 and the venerable YZF R1. Although Yamaha manufactured this model from 1996 thru 2002 for the European market where it was sold as the Thunder Ace, it was available in the United States for only one year in 1997 and was marketed and sold as the YZF1000R. In 1982 Honda fired a technological missile, the implications which were heard and felt around the world.
Overnight Honda had changed the game (again), offering the promise of liter power in a mid-sized package with the first full factory Turbo motorcycle. With futuristic styling, wild colors and TURBO emblems screaming mystical propulsion methods, the CX500 Turbo made a bold statement before the key was even turned. Once the bike fired up, there became an interesting dichotomy between the low boost tractability and comfort of the Dr. Jekyll side around town, and the wild Mr. Hyde nature of the bike on boost. In 1982 this was the most technically advanced motorcycle you could purchase, and despite the performance it was built with typical Honda quality and reliability. Featured Listing: 1982 Honda CX500 Turbo!Starting with the rather pedestrian CX500 standard/cruiser power plant, Honda introduce forged pistons into the the Moto-Guzzi like transverse vee.
Unlike most vee configurations, this one splayed 80 degrees rather than the usual 90. This engine already had liquid cooling and four valve heads (operated by pushrods), and was already at that time known for being overbuilt. The chassis was sturdy and equipped with shaft drive and monoshock rear suspension.
It was an easy – if not overly inspired – choice to be the foundation for something much, much greater. The basic engine package was beefed up, Honda bumped the compression slightly, and then bolted on an IHI turbocharger built to Honda specifications. At it’s peak, the turbocharger pumps out 19 psi before the wastegate opens to slow the party down.Simply bolting on a Turbo is not enough to engineer a working, reliable motorcycle. So Honda introduced digital (programmed) fuel injection – a world’s first for motorcycles. This system contained redundancy to protect the engine; fail safe circuits ensured fuel delivery while a separate ignition system protected the more highly stressed engine from potential meltdown.
Rarely utilized or needed, these fail safe measures show the level of planning that Honda put into the CX500 Turbo. Management of these redundant systems was completely automatic, the rider being made aware of any potential failures via a comprehensive and well-laid out instrument panel. “Cockpit” might be a better description for the gauge cluster, as in addition to the usual tach, speedo, fuel and temp gauges there also exist a number of warning lights, a fuel system failure warning light, and of course a centrally located TURBO BOOST indicator.From the seller:In 1977 Honda began their Turbo powered motorcycle projectwhich would become the world’s 1st ever, from the ground uppurposeful built, turbocharged motorcycle and Honda’s 1st fuel injected bike. When finally released in 1982 it was described as “a technological tour de force””a milestone in motorcycle history””one of the most futuristic motorcycles of it’s time””one of the most influential motorcycles of the decade”.
Now some 37 years later all that still rings true!The project was a combined effort of Honda’s R&D folks, IHI Turbo America and Italian automotive stylist, Giovanni Michelotti, one of the most prolific & influential designers of the 20th century. Michelotti created the innovative and curvaceous fairing and body work.Two years pre-production, in 1980 Honda in a bold and unprecedented moveput their CX500TC/Turbo on display at the Cologne International Motorcycle Show. This was probably no more than a “finger wag” at Yamahaas the 2 giants, from the Land of the Rising Sun, were in a fierce battle for market supremacy. “Turbo Wars” soon followed.Honda’s platform would be their tried and truebullet-proof V-Twin / 4-Valve / CX500 motor. Every aspect of the bike was considered. Not only designing a motor that would be capable of handling the rigors of turbocharging but a frame to work with the stresses and a suspension to complement it all.
Block castings were made thicker. A stronger crankshaft, connecting rods and clutch were employed.
Honda’s first specific forged pistons were used. Larger end & main bearings installed. Over 200 new patents were created to build this motorcycle.An improved futuristic liquid-cooled / digitally fuel injected motorpushing those (up to) 82 ponies through a modern shaft drive to the rear wheelwith TRAC Anti-Dive forks up front and a Pro-Link rear suspension handling duties at the reartwin piston brake calipers in place to haul it downbeautiful redesigned gold Comstar wheels fore & afta comprehensive dashboardall that wrapped in a wind tunnel designed Michelotti fairing & body panels.
A motorcycle with superb ergonomics & smoothness. A rolling piece of art!More from the seller:This example has been well cared for with only 16,904 miles. A fine example of this rare, 1 year only production, motorcycle at this price point. Three known ownerswith the last 2 being in their late 60’s. Private collection offering. All pictures are recent and more are available as needed. I do have quite a number of pictures showing the cleanliness of the undercarriage.A new stator & stator connector had been installed along with cam seals & water pump seals and all associated O-rings, seals & gaskets (previous owner).
All this is called a “Triple Bypass”. An excellent factory spec re-spray of the body and motor was done also at that time.
This bike shows quite well! Runs and shifts as it should. Turnkey bike w/no known issues.
Matching Dunlop D404T tires are in excellent condition Battery was replaced and is excellent Seat was recovered to factory spec A “Visual Instruments Inc” voltmeter has been added Brakes are excellent Coolant flushed & replaced Castrol 4T/Full synthetic oil & WIX filter done @ 16,830 miles Rear shaft spline & ring gear correctly lubricated Stock tool kit & owner’s manual with bike Factory Shop Manual with bike Extra set of keysYour chance to own a rare example of “Motorcycle History”! These rarely come up for sale. Be the only person w/one of these at your local cycle rally or cruise-in! Located near Binghamton NYAsking Price: $6,750Contact Joe: or 607-343-9019 (9am to 9pm EST)Live calls only, please – no text messagesNestled between some truly interesting hardware in the Honda showroom – including the CB1100R, the GL1100 GoldWing, the CBX, the VF750 and the simple FT500 Ascot – the CX500T was competing for attention and customer wallet share.
And it required a bigger share of the customer’s wallet than most of the bikes on the floor (MSRP $4,898). As a result, not many of these one year only models were sold. With sportish-touring bodywork, a wide seat and higher bars, the CX500T is a comfortable place to rack up the miles. Roll on torque – the real strong suit of the Honda Turbos – fits nicely into the highway cruiser persona. At 550+ pounds these were never destined to be racers, however they are fabulous riders and far more reliable than a 37 year old technological wonder has a right to be.This bike looks to be absolutely gorgeous. With 16,000+ miles on the clock it has been ridden, but we all know that nothing deteriorates faster than a hangar queen.
Regular use is positive for the mechanicals, the seals, the electrics and the turbo system. This one has the right number of miles to be carefully used, without being beaten up or at the end of its service life. History has proven that these Honda Turbo bikes have very few weaknesses – the key being the stator. The fact that this one has been changed is a real plus, as there are another estimated 20k-25k miles to be enjoyed before this should become a concern. Otherwise all of the pieces are here, and the general handling shows the care that went into the stewardship of this rare factory Turbo; it is not often that we see such a clean first-year example. Located in New York, this one is going for a very reasonable asking price. Give Joe a call (607-343-9019 – no texts please) or drop him an email and start the conversation.
It only takes one experience on boost to know that Turbo ownership is worth everything that was promised.
Contents.History Jim and Chris formed Champion and after a few months of shows, the band released its first on and went on a tour of the. In the early days the band was plagued with constant line-up changes, but in the majority of the core lineup came together to release the Come Out Swinging EP on Platinum Recordings.After playing with American Nightmare Timbomb suggested Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine Records check out the band. After a couple of calls Champion joined the label and recorded another, entitled Count Our Numbers, followed by the re-release of Come Out Swinging. They toured hard on these records and traveled with American Nightmare, Death Threat, The First Step, Slapshot,. They toured all over the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, and South Korea.Champion's full-length LP, Promises Kept, was released on Bridge 9 Records.
Right after this Andy joined and completed the core lineup of the band. After a second tour and an leg, Champion toured the United States in early. 'In the spring they were to become one of the first Western independent act to visit the famous country of South Korea where Kill Your Idols and Ensign also played around 2001.' 2005 also saw the band re-release their previous two EPs on one, entitled Time Slips Away.The band announced through Bridge 9 on January 31, that they were disbanding, with a final show that occurred on May 27, 2006 at El Corazon in their hometown of Seattle, Washington.
Their reasoning for breaking up can be found on their MySpace page. Here is a small excerpt:With all the pressure to do another record and to tour, it wasn't what we 'wanted' to do anymore; it was what we 'had' to do. So before making any commitments that we would be bounded to, we decided to end it now, while everyone in the band was still friends and still loved everything we did as a band together.
NO ONE SOLD OUT.Since the breakup, all of the members of Champion have continued to be active in the punk/hardcore scene. Aram Arslanian played guitar in The First Step, The Vows, sang for, and ran REACT!
He recently plays guitar in True Identity, Keep It Clear and plays bass in Union of Faith. Chris Williams sings in Dead Weight and played guitar The Vows, The Poverty Bay Saints, and The Crew as well as bass in Gone But Not Forgotten. Vocalist Jim Hesketh sang in ON and True Identity, who disbanded following accusations of sexual assault and rape from multiple women, all of whom were children at the time of the alleged assaults. Todd Preboski played drums in Betrayed and Lonewolf. Andy Norton played in Time to Escape and Warpriest currently sings in Praise and plays bass in Nerve Endings and Peace.Members. Jim Hesketh —.
Aram Arslanian —. Chris Williams — guitar. Todd Preboski —. Andy Norton —Former members.
Ben Colton —. Eagle Barber —. Timm McIntosh —. Joe Preston —. Jeff Boltz —. Nikki Platter —.
Sean Spear —. Brandon Wallace —Discography. Demo Tape (1999). (, 2000).
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It's speculated that one of Donald Trump’s potential nominees for secretary of state is former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. Bolton received some hostile fire this week from a senator on his own side of the aisle.Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blasted Bolton in a on the media platform: 'Rumors are that Donald Trump might pick John Bolton for Secretary of State. Heaven forbid.'
Paul is a libertarian who has often expressed skepticism about the United States launching wars overseas. Bolton is a staunch hawk who served as part of the national security brain trust of then-President George W. Bush during the launch of the Iraq War.In his column, Paul said Bolton was 'one of the loudest advocates of overthrowing Saddam Hussein and still stupefyingly insists it was the right call 13 years later. ‘I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct,’ Bolton just last year.' In recent years, many Americans have turned against the war - 51 percent in, taken in June 2015 said it was a mistake, and Trump himself repeatedly argued that he was against the war.
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(, we and other fact-checkers found.)So has Bolton really remained steadfast about the wisdom of the decision to go after Saddam Hussein? Apparently, the answer is yes.We did not hear back from either Bolton’s office or from Paul’s office. However, Paul’s column included a link to his evidence.Paul pointed to a article, which in turn referenced an article in the.In the Examiner article, published on May 14, 2015, senior congressional correspondent David Drucker quoted Bolton saying, 'I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct.
I think decisions made after that decision were wrong, although I think the worst decision made after that was the 2011 decision to withdraw U.S. And coalition forces. The people who say, ‘Oh, things would have been much better if you didn't overthrow Saddam,’ miss the point that today's Middle East does not flow totally and unchangeably from the decision to overthrow Saddam alone.' This supports Paul’s assertion.Before drawing a final conclusion, we looked at two additional questions.First, did Bolton complain after the fact that the article misquoted him? We asked Drucker, who said, 'No, they never complained - him or his people.' And second, has Bolton said anything else since then that would make his comment in the Examiner interview outdated? The answer here seems to be no, as well.
We searched in both Google and Nexis and found no contrary comments by Bolton in the subsequent year and a half.The only relevant quote we found in our searches was published on the same day as the Examiner article. It was a blog post in the Washington Post that quoted Bolton saying, 'My answer would have been: 'If you knew everything you do today, of course you'd make different choices, but I'd still overthrow Saddam Hussein, who was a threat to peace and stability in the region.'
'This only supports the gist of what Paul said.Our rulingPaul said Bolton was a supporter of the Iraq War who said last year, 'I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct.' Bolton did indeed say that to a reporter for the Washington Examiner, and he also made a similar comment published in the Washington Post on the same day. We were not able to find any published comments in which Bolton offered a substantially different opinion. So we rate Paul’s statement True.
By 3 years agoJim Hesketh, the former singer for and current singer for, has been accused of being a child predator. A Washington woman named Charlie Stone posted a message stating that Hesketh tried to assault her when she was 14, and that '10-15' other people had informed her that Hesketh had assaulted them. True Identitiy, with Hesketh, was scheduled to play Rain Fest 2016, but recently dropped off the festival without explanation. Hesketh has not issued a statement yet, but the remaining members of True Identity have. True Identitiy stated that they were ending the band. You can read Stone's statement and True Identity's reply statement below.Charlie Stone StatementThis is the scariest thing I've ever had to write about on Facebook.When I was 14 I wrote and edited my own zine. It only had two issues, it was embarrassing, but mostly because I was 14 and was trying too hard to be 'cool.'
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I had the opportunity in writing this zine to interview one of my heroes: the singer from Champion, Jim Hesketh. I was a vegan straight edge kid who loved hardcore and was from Seattle, my dreams had come true.
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What started out as a 14-year-old kid nerding out over talking to her hero, swiftly turned into inappropriate sexually charged conversations, and an attempt to lure me AND another 14-year-old friend to his house in the middle of the night to wear bathing suits and 'play around in his bathtub.' I was 14, he was 26, and he knew exactly how old I was. That's not normal.
Jim Hesketh is a child predator.If I could go back and change what happened next, I would. I never went, from fear of the wrath of my mother in breaking curfew, but I wish I would have told her. Jim Hesketh would have been arrested ten years ago. I didn't, because I was a kid, and I thought it was my fault. I knew that I wasn't cute, that I was terribly awkward, insecure, and that this felt like 'positive' attention, but again, I was a kid. So why did I wait this long to say anything? Because I was scared.
Every day I read articles of people slut-shamed or gaslighted for coming forward. I was afraid that no one would care because I was a kid, and because while he was highly valued, I was of no value. He was in one of the biggest hardcore bands ever, and has been a beacon to all of the XVX kids out there for years. I was afraid because people would rather tear about victims of trauma than to see their idols fall. I didn't say anything because when I had my own band, people told me, 'Charlie, don't talk about being sexually abused as a child, because it makes people uncomfortable and feel bad for you.' How would they then respond to me saying something like this of their hero?We live in a system that does not value our girls.
If it did, I wouldn't have to be sharing this today. Someone would have called him out years ago, in fact, many people would have called him out years ago.
I didn't think that it would have to get to this point, I thought I was set, sharing it with a chosen-few, crossing my fingers that I wouldn't have to put myself at risk like this, but not enough happened. Jim was out of his band, True Identity, they had pulled their merch off of the internet, he wasn't allowed to play Rain Fest, or even attend, but people still didn't know. I had to come forward because his response to being called out was terrifying: He cried, apologized, offered to go to therapy with the mystery girl that he 'ruined the life of,' and de-activated his social media accounts.
We don't know how deep this rabbit-hole goes.By not resisting this behavior, we are encouraging it. By ignoring it, we are putting his status above the innocence and lives of girls. Coming forward, I only hope that any other girls or women who fell victim to his whims will have a chance to know that they are not alone and that their voices matters. I don't want to ruin Jim Hesketh's life, but I know that if I never said anything, knowing that I should, I am potentially putting other people at risk. It terrifies me thinking that there could be other girls out there who weren't too afraid to break curfew, and who is to say that if age didn't matter to him then, why would it now? That haunts me.If we can't talk about this within a radical subculture, when can we?
I don't have the answer to this, and I can't decide how anyone responds, taking a moment and trying to be brave is all I can do. I am saying this today, because for years, Jim has had the worst rumors about him, and I didn't want to be another one.Edit: Since I posted this 2 1/2 hours ago, I have received 10-15 accounts of girls being assaulted, preyed upon (when they were under age), and raped by this monster.True Identity's statement'As we're sure many of you have read, some very serious allegations have been brought forward against our former singer, Jim. Needless to say these allegations have shaken us to our core.' We parted ways with Jim immediately upon learning of these allegations. We 100% support Charlie, and extend our utmost respect and support to everyone who's been effected by this in coming forward.'
We made an immediate decision, instead of looking for a new vocalist - to dissolve True Identity. We have responsibility to disconnect the music we've made from any hurt that has been caused during the tenure of this band. Hardcore is our home, we have a responsibility to make it better for everyone who chooses to be a part of it.'