# Bikers and ball peen hammers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577 "2016-09-22T14:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/41 "2017-10-30T17:49:14Z")
WOW! This is the first thread of mine to go Zombie! Cool! ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/42 "2017-10-30T18:19:02Z")
Not sure if a month hiatus classifies as a zombie thread. Maybe it was just napping. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/43 "2017-10-30T18:22:03Z")
> [@StrTrkr777](#): > > Not sure if a month hiatus classifies as a zombie thread. Maybe it was just napping. šŸ™‚ At some point, every corpse has been in the ground only a month. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/44 "2017-10-30T18:26:58Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > AFAIK itā€™s an ā€œAll Purpose Installation/Alignment Toolā€ for AMF-era Harleys. > > šŸ˜‰ The only tools that work for AMF-era Harleys are a ramp, Pick-up truck and tie-downs. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/45 "2017-10-30T18:27:46Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > What do new posters have against paragraph breaks, anyway? Itā€™s probably of a piece with the [hatred of the apostrophe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19646336&postcount=8). Apparently, a deep resentment of everything right, noble, and [del]decent[/del] grammatical. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/46 "2017-10-30T18:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **StrTrkr777** : > > Not sure if a month hiatus classifies as a zombie thread. Maybe it was just napping. 13 months, though, probably does. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/47 "2017-10-30T18:45:06Z")
> [@Jake\_Randall](#): > > Shouldnā€™t you ask yourself, where did this group of people, this group of men. Where did they originate and why? Someone said earlier in this thread something that resembled the truth. But unless youā€™re a member youā€™re not going to get the real truth, and even if you are a member, 70 years later do you think youā€™re really going to get The absolute truth. Somewhere around the late 1950s there is another person that was so presumptuous he instructed the club, that they were going to assimilate into and around his life. But that wasnā€™t the intentions of the club. And the comment about outlaw, more resembles the truth than anything Iā€™ve read on this thread. Well most anything. When the AMA said only 1% of the worlds group of motorcycle enthusiast acted in this or that way, what gave them the right to decide what the world group of motorcycle enthusiast were to begin with? Did they take some written pole with names and addresses? Or did they just throw some comment into the wind and some journalist wrote it down and printed it? So follow everything back to its origin if you can. So hereā€™s something I can tell you, that ball peen hammer lives in the spirit of, ā€œany place any timeā€. You can interpret that however you want to, because it doesnā€™t affect the way true believer thinks. And whatā€™s the difference between that ball peen hammer, and words of truth in the defense of someone treated unjustly? I had a judge one time tell me, Iā€™m going to classify your fists as a deadly weapon now. I myself donā€™t need a ball peen hammer and never did. And I never set out to have a judge register my fists. All I ever did was defend myself against bigotry, against selfish individuals that were afraid of something different. I have children and grandchildren who adore me, I also had a judge once tell folks, ā€œweā€™re not going to allow this restraining order against Jake, because we have a feeling there is no piece of paper that could restrain him if he did not want to be restrainedā€, So you can assume all you want as you are reading my post. It doesnā€™t change anything about who I am and what I believe. But get too close and try and take something from me or my family, and that explanation will become real clear, real quick. Ball peen not included Iā€™m not entirely sure, but I think I just got threatened with violence for reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/48 "2017-10-30T18:49:11Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Iā€™m not entirely sure, but I think I just got threatened with violence for reading this thread. Iā€™m sure. Maybe we should ask for a restraining order? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/49 "2017-10-30T19:09:22Z")
> [@StrTrkr777](#): > > Not sure if a month hiatus classifies as a zombie thread. Maybe it was just napping. šŸ™‚ > [@Chronos](#): > > 13 months, though, probably does. Yup. Last date before its revival was 9/23/ **2016**. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/50 "2017-10-30T19:12:26Z")
> [@StrTrkr777](#): > > Not sure if a month hiatus classifies as a zombie thread. Maybe it was just napping. šŸ™‚ 13 months, on the other handā€¦šŸ˜› ETA: Grrr, stupid phone call ruining my pithy remark. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/51 "2017-10-30T19:27:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Itā€™s so dangerous when a vehicle gets too close that his response is to get closer, take one hand of the handlebars, and swing a heavy object? What a fine teachable moment that must be. Bike at speed is pretty stable. Besides, I assume the next step is to move away from the vehicle. Most of these dicks are trying to be clever by crowding a bike, not actually trying to commit vehicular manslaughter. Realizing that it may cost them a new windshield may wake them up. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/52 "2017-10-30T19:35:38Z")
Of course you guys are correct. I had remembered reading this thread in the past (due to being a motorcycle enthusiast) and did not think it was that long ago. I guess I will admit to old age and not doing math right. Zombie it is. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/53 "2017-10-30T20:51:09Z")
One year zombie? Thatā€™s just resting. Still has that new zombie smell. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/54 "2017-10-30T21:01:59Z")
Yeah, it is barely even decayed. I prefer those 18 yr old zombie threads. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/55 "2017-10-30T21:12:07Z")
> [@StrTrkr777](#): > > Yeah, it is barely even decayed. > > I prefer those 18 yr old zombie threads. New porn website: _Barely Legal Zombies._ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/56 "2017-10-31T00:00:21Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > One year zombie? Thatā€™s just resting. Still has that new zombie smell. Pining for the Fjords? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/57 "2017-10-31T00:53:39Z")
> [@StrTrkr777](#): > > Yeah, it is barely even decayed. > > I prefer those 18 yr old zombie threads. i have been searching in vain for the Mexican Fat Burner thread from Wildest Bill. That would make a great Zombie thread ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/58 "2017-10-31T01:03:22Z")
I can find a thread referring to the first thread, but the trail goes cold ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/59 "2017-10-31T01:20:06Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > i have been searching in vain for the Mexican Fat Burner thread from Wildest Bill. That would make a great Zombie thread This one? > **[Ok Is What I'm Taking Considered a Mexican Fat Burner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb///showthread.php?t=70511)** > > Iā€™ve been getting alot of rousing lately about me being on Mexican Fat burners so I will come clean and tell you what I am taking. It is an asthma medication called Clenbuterol. I am taking 5 to 6 pills a day. It is working I am down to 202 this... Thatā€™s a hell of a read! Wait, thereā€™s more! [Hey, What Do Ya'll Know About DNP as a Fat Burner? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=76075) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikers-and-ball-peen-hammers/766577/60 "2017-10-31T02:01:15Z")
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