cowpuc

A while back when I still had my gorgeous beard I could take my nose hair and tie it to my chin whiskers.. Then when I talked or chewed my food my nose would go up and down.. Kids loved it and bikers were afraid of me.. Since I shaved off my whiskers and cut those nose hairs, people stare at me like I just escaped from jail or something.. I say dont cut em and let em flow Mr. Wizard,, your better off in the long run!!

OOOPPPPSSSSS, a double dip,, sorry gang

That there is what the ol folks used to is a "two way street" Flyday!! Parachute in ANYTIME!!

That there is what the ol folks used to is "two way street" Flyday!! Parachute in ANYTIME!!

and a triple sealed voltage regulator so all the smoke cant leak out on these

Oh yea smart guy @Flyinfool,,,, I would have to ride it all over North America and cover it with stickers ,,, my second week of ownership I would put a new rear tire on it and ride it to a Dons MD and make naughty snow makers like you JEALOUS , then I would race Carbon Ones new SlingShot on my way out to the Salt Flats and see if it could beat Tweeks 124 mph record.. My third week of ownership I would take it back to the Dealership where I got it from and have the 24k valve adjustment done. Then I would come over to your house and race that freshly finished 400 mph jet you are building.. The following week I would be in Milwaukee at the local newspaper to sign autographs and "Ulto" (stands for ultimate tourer) and I would have pictures takin and a big write up done with the title "Michigan man on his touring bike puts a whoopin on jet aircraft owned by local White Wash Machine inventor". Then you and I would meander down to the Harley Museum and invite the Harley gurus over there for a pink slip run against anything they have.. Afterwords I would follow you back to your place on the new Ultra Limited I won and gave to you (I already have the only bike I will ever need so I will just give you the Harley). We will the day, walk into your shed and permantly pull the plug on the White Washer cause now you have a new Harley to spend your days playing with.. The world will now be snow free and gorgeous riding year around for all of us.. All because I DO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY NEW GEN 3 VENTURE! :crackup::crackup::rotfl:

Nope,, and now I feel like I was wronged!! Maybe Yamaha should give me a really special deal on the new Gen 3 V-Max Motored Venture to make up for it,, THAT would make me feel a LOT better Stache

Just a quick reminder that our friend and owner of VentureRider.org went to a lot of effort to create a special area for all of us faithful Yamaha Venture riders to keep you up to date on what our future needs are.. As you read thru the lists and have your engineers creating the new 1700cc V-4 Gen 3 Venture to your customers specs, please note that I really really really need mine to be the fastest one.. Thank you Mother Yamaha! Cowpuc Here is where that section can be found: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?224-Third-Generation-Venture-Tech-Talk

There was a couple a bikes with those loud Bub exhaust and a Harley at VentureWest last year.. The owner of the Harle, a guy named @Lone Eagle, found the cure for the noisy Yamaha's with Bub's to be ear plugs so he gave everyone there a set.. I can vouch for the ear plugs, they worked AWESOME.. I only wore mine for the month after the Rally and would gladly send them to you if ya need em bro.. Yea,, dont pack that stuff to tight.. Wayyy cool that company worked with ya like that - good on em!!

Talk about a day brightener, now THATS what I am talking about!! While I have never met a person named "Yours Truly" before, as mentioned, he sure as beans takes some GREAT pics for which I thank him!! BEAUTIFUL!! NO Harley, where ever ya are,, I LOVE that new Roadmaster!! THAT is one purdy scoot!! So are all the others but that Indian Love the group shot, what a great way to spend the day! Thanks Darrin for sharing this!!

Thanks Dale,, personally my friend - I hope you never breakdown!!

AWESOME!! WELL PUT!! I can tell,, you aint Rookie!!

Ditto,, except for I gotta add "as long as there are motorcycles, ice cream and fried chicken" :crackup:and people like Skidder and his side kick YammerDan to pick on and folks like Squid and BikerJohn to rescue me,, and Lewis to take my money and give it to kids at ST Judes,, and people like Condor and Easy Rider to baby sit my girls in California,, and T.J. to bring his new Honda over for me to gawk at when I dont feel good, and CMCoffey to help me find MT ST Helens and and and and... Wonder what an overdose of Prednizone does to ya:rotfl:

Well yea,, dah,, I can see why,, that there happens to be the prettiest, fastest, most over built, most capable motorcycle in the world - even a dork wad like me can see why THAT would win all the shows!! Only thing that would of stood a chance against it would have been a perfect 83 but hey,, most of those dont slow down enough for judges to get a good look at em so, yea,, even I get this one!!! BEAUTIFUL YamaLarry,, just flat gorgeous!! Be sure to tell your friend CONGRATS for me!!

I would trade my Yamaha Cassette Deck straight up for a Yamaha 8 track deck.. Tweeks would LOVE it!!

WOW - how cool is that,, I KNOW where I would put a set,, right on the corners of my AWESOME @Aussie Annie AND @Quickstep AUSTRALIAN FLAG!!!! Those are gorgeous!!

Ground Control to Major Tom,,,, looking good down here below,, we got you bikes and all your toys,, their safely kept and now in tow.. Staring out the window out in space, keep looking closely for ol Puc.. Try not to worry about those ya love down here,, their all just find behind that truck!!! BEEAAUUTIFUL COLLECTION THEIR MY FRIEND!! Congrats on the move, hope you folks thoroughly enjoy your new home and,, well,, may sound corny but I hope those other loved ones (the bikes) settle in real nicely too!! NICE DICK - REALLY REALLY NICE!!

Yep, for sure Gary, the way we understood it this is suppose to be just a couple week test than off the stuff - so I am sucking the daily lights out of every single day like the days have been sucking the daylights out of me for the last 9 months - PAYBACKS ARE A BUMMER I go back to the Cardiologist the day before my family Doc (who prescribed the Pred) and cant wait to hear what he has to say about it.. Someone has to know something.. Out of ALL testing, the only abnormality (besides weak signal to the bottom of my heart) that the ER Room found was a "trace" of blood in my urine.. My family doctor wasnt really concerned with that and it could have been caused by many things BUT,, if someone dont find something now that I am feeling a little more fistey I think I might DEMAND a really close look at my kidneys/adrenal gland/bladder and all that.. Its kind of fun having a daughter who is involved in the medical field - she was telling me about the adrenal gland being located on top of the kidneys and there could be a connection between adrenal problems and kidney problems (tumor or whatever).. Sometimes a mans gotta get tough with these doctors and tell where to check and what to look for in order to find out anything - takes energy though.. Frustrating..... You are right though,, :fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo this is the BIG AH HA and now they can correct me and make me right - that just sounds wrong dont it:big-grin-emoticon: Thanks again everyone for the thoughts, prayers, concerns and love.. They get me allllllll better and Tip, Tweeks and I will come visit each of you and then post your pictures on youtube - promise:big-grin-emoticon:

Heyyyyy,, I want coffee too but I gotta have donuts with mine,, hey Tooch - if da Bum has da Coffee you gonna have da donuts? FYI - My "shirt" is packed already = ridin dispatch yeaaaahaawwww!!!

Than it happened. I have a nose for our beloved Ventures and usually, if there other Ventures in the area either my nose will twitch or Tweeks will give me a kick of some kind.. Thats what happened this time.. I had just walked over to get a sip out of ice tea cup on Tweeks bars when she nudged me to take a peek.. There were a LOT of older Wings, a couple older Voyagers, LOTS of Harleys, numbers of Vics and even a T-Rex but I knew Tweeks wasnt nudging me with her usual "my sisters here" nudge from any of those.. Than,, I saw I it too..

We stood around the yakked motorcycles. It doesnt take long for discussions to turn to wrench spinning in riding when with a group of fellow bike riders..

Heyyyy,, ANOTHER Spring Run!! Wayyy cool!! THANKS Eagle - good post!! Heyyy,, is that your Yam 650 Bobber in the pics :178: = I could fall in-love with that little scoot really easily!!

Every year our local Club puts on what they call the "Spring Run". After sleeping thru the winter it felt GREAT, take that back, almost euphoric, to be out among my friends and with my passion in life - MOTORCYCLES - 1300 plus of them to be exact!! What a day!! Tweeks, my neighbor Larry's brand new V-Rod, Larry and I RIPPED down to Mount Garfield (where the National Hill Climbs are held every other year) and gobbled up good times like kids in a candy store!! I had sooooo much fun!! Wanna hear a short story - come on,, I promise I will keep it short!! Hadnt been at Garfield very long and noticed a guy kicking the daylights out of some poor old Shovelhead trying to get it to start.. Being nosey and,, feeling sorry for the Shovel I meanderd that direction.. The closer got I realized that it was actually my cousin who was the one doing the kicking.. He didnt noticed me as I stood back and let him tire himself out on the kicker on that gorgeous old icon.. Dave, my cousin, didnt own the bike, he was actually just trying to help the guy who did own it try to start the old girl.. After Dave's leg gave out, he shrugged his shoulders, made a comment about having got a few "pops" out of it, folded up the kicker and backed into me as he pulled away.. I tapped him on the shoulder, he looked - did a double take (took a sec for him to recognize me without me facial hair diquise) and shouted "CUZ - wassup"!! Dave had called me a couple years ago and gotten some advice on a 64 Sporty he couldnt get to run (couldnt start it) and I had help him figure out the technique.. Anyway, it appeared that he had forgotten some of the old Harley secrets I had shared with him cause he sure wasnt using them on the Shovel.. I leaned over and asked the guy if "he would mind".. The owner looked and me and said "mind what"? I should have said "mind if load that beat up old non running Shovelhead piece of junk (not that I feel that way - I LOVE OLD HARLEYS) and take it home with me" but I didnt, instead I said, mind if I kick it couple times just for kicks.. He said sure,, kick all you want - everyone else has.. All the gang watched as I rolled the kicker gently around like I was making a soul connection with the old scoot.. What those guys didnt know was that I was feeling crank, rod, piston, cam, pushrod, lifter and valve movement with my foot.. I rolled it thru it gorgeous ol sequence and memories of Olivia and many other old Harley's went pouring thru my soul.. Compression felt pretty good, I could hear air movement pulling thru the carb and could smell raw gas that had probably been rolling around in the carb throat from the hundreds of previous kicks. Folks stared at me as I slowly kicked at wide open throttle for several gentle kicks, looks of disbelief like "you idiot - that's a 74 inch motor - your gonna have to kick a WHOLE lot harder than that if you EVER expect a bike like this to start - you are also gonna have to turn the key back on".. After a couple minutes though, I reached up and turned the ignition on - I noticed the stares then change because no one had told me the ignition was off and that action seemed to draw attention.. I then rolled the kick starter down feeling for valve resistance and that real sweet spot that me and my 1978 Lowrider used to love so much.. I would message Hoglia (my lowriders name) gently in this same fashion years ago while all my Harley riding buddies were busy pushing their magic e-start buttons.. Hoglia had one but I LOVED kick starting her and she LOVED to have me gently kickstart her.. Matter of fact, our love affair with this got so good back than that, at times (I was a lot younger than) I actually started her with my hand - my buddies hated that!! That sweet spot was a secret little area between the valves at top dead center just after the exhaust valve closes and the intake is getting ready to open.. I love finding it and feeling it.. Its like using a good set of Micrometers to seem to speak to ya as your machining a new a set of bushings - you know the type - the kind where the there bearing surface fits PERFECTLY all because of those Mics.. I tell many people this cause I am really not much of talker but I actually learned this secret from the Japenese. Years ago I played a LOT of off road bikes of all kinds, both 2 and four stroke. I had an old Yamaha (ironic - this site is kind of a Yamaha site and its owned by a Harley owner - weird eay) 500 single lunger that actually had a little window up on its cam housing. The window gave a view of the camshaft as it rotated and, if you watched real closely the Japs had made a small little white line on the cam that marked when the valves were in the position that I am talking about.. Funny thing about those old Yam's, you could by em really really cheap cause if ya didnt line that little white line up - they wouldnt start and, it seemed like a lot of people either realise this and HATED those hard started things OR, they didnt take the time to read their owners manual and didnt even know it was there.. On the other hand, I noticed that little window right away (I was a curious sucker - even as kid) and went to great lengths in figuring out what the heck that was all about - good fun.. That ol Harley at Garlfield and I had an thang going on.. That first exhaust valve seemed to not be real co-operative so I waved bye to it and felt for the next one.. Ahhhh, perfect,, I felt the cam roll gently against the intake valve and roll back just a little as the valve spring closed. People stared, tension grew.. I stood down on the kicker with my weight and got a delightful cleanout report from the exhaust.. I could hear chuckling from behind within the group that had formed.. I looked at the owner and my cousin and said,, she's gonna start.. Once again I found that no mans land, stood down on the kicker and she came to life like her and I had been lovers for years.. This is just the beginning of my Spring Run story but a very important part. While this short story happened exactly like I just wrote it, there is so much more to it. I have been very sic over the winter, my friend - Larry who rode to the Run with me plowed my drive way all winter for me because I was unable to move snow much. He happen to notice what was going with the Harley and, I looked up after it started and he (and my other friends) were all standing there at a distance watching it all take place and they all had a great big grin of amazing thankfulness on their faces - and those grins had more to do with the fact that their buddy (me) was back at it.. It was sooo good to be out living again..

AWWWEESOME RR!!! :thumbsup: THANK YOU for sharing the ride and all with us! YOU DA MAN BRO!! Wait a minute,, somethings missings here, something elusive,,, could it be,, yep,, thats it,, 's... There are three things never satisfied in life, the tax man - the grave and Puc's endless, insane desire for 's :photographing::photographing: just cant get enough of those VR member 's:happy-emoticon: