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Judging from the straight down exhaust on a flat heat engine and the right side shift lever at the tank my guess is Indian. I can almost see the kickstarter ratchet somewhat and that looks more Indian than HD too.. Yep,, I am sticking with Indian,,, for the time being BEAUTIFUL PIC BROTHER = THANKS FOR SHARING!!

Sounds like Slab City!! Ever Ventured down there Condor??

No idea what your carrying for a Drivers License but here in Michigan we have access to the "Enhanced" licenses and Tip and I have them. We found out that these DL's do not give access across the southern boarder. They work PERFECT for travel into Canada and back into the States but not for the Southern Boarder.. Still gotta do the old Pass Port routine down yonder.. Heyyyy,, wait a second,, we actually had a member do a, from Canada thru Mexico ride a while back.. He did a great job on reporting the full experience,, it was quite a story to follow as he was riding a 250 dollar Venture (man after my own heart)... Hold on I will see if I can find the thread...... YEP = here ya go Silverado! Hope this helps!! https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?119387-Canada-to-Cancun-on-the-250-Venture-The-full-ride-report&highlight=mexico

Any of you lop eared lead tossin varmints got any experience with these (Kel Tec PMR 30)? 30 rounds :thumbsup: of 22 magnums in a double stacked magazine, 4 inch barrel, super light weight, single action all under a life time warranty... https://www.gunbroker.com/item/829723066

What,, no pie? WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, AWESOME pics from an AWESOME lop eared CTFW varmint there Vaz!! Needed that = THANK YOU my brother!!

Looks somewhat similar to the "Voyager" kit that MiRider and Sue (Dave = hi brother,, if you see this = WASSUP?) had on their RSV that they let Tip and I take for a spin = VERY STABLE for an easy to build Trike!! No where near as complicated as the Triked Sporty I helped build for good friends wife where displacing that OEM drive wheel took some doings including line up fitment and some welding as shown below..

:sign yeah that: That is EXACTLY what I do!! After noticing my computer slowing down - almost exactly in the way Randy mentions - I went to Wall Mart and picked up a 1 terabyte external hard drive (on sale for 24 bucks), moved all my pictures/vids/documents I wanted to save (actually it's a good idea to have anything you really care about backed up on an external drive anyway - some pictures and vids are PRICELESS IMHO). I then moved everything over to the external and removed them from my Computer. Then I did a system reinstall and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW was I shocked at how much better performance I got. Now I keep the external updated and use my computer storage for short term use, it's not that time consuming if I stay on top of it IMHO.. I swear,, some of this computers are more sensitive than the quarter turn throttle on my old CR250..

ABSOLUTELY spot on @Kretz!! I already got a pile of 2x4 cut off blocks for him to stack in the back for playing with loading and unloading his dump box but I gotta hunch its gonna be a while before we get to that point.. I locked the steering purposely with hopes that, being 2 years old - the lil lop eared Grandson varmint can focus on just throttle technique for a while (he may have to make a few laps with the throttle locked too just to experience the movement without sitting on my knee while mowing the grass). Figured I work my way up do a dirt pile like you suggest and then, after that,, pick up a real deal Miniture back hoe with a diesel engine so he can finish my back yard for me,,,, ALWAYS thinkin that Supergramps Grampa Puc is,, always thinkin!! By the way, his Mom made a video of him watching this video and sent it to me,, she says "he wont put the phone down, he's been watching this video of his truck going round and round over and over.. I noticed when he got 30 seconds in where I say "hey Birdie" and then stick my tongue out at him in glee,,, he sticks his tongue out back at me and starts laughing... My daughter missed it,, sort of a Grampa/Grandson bonding moment

Personally I REALLY like the looks of what cha got happening there brother = sort of a back to basics, no frills rider,,,, a Motorcycle in it's purist form !! NICE!!

:sign yeah that: And cleaned up and operating correctly, your best stopping power is with just those front brakes and should be a one finger (maybe 2 if you dont have good strength in your pointer finger) instantanious affair. Learning to use your throttle with one finger free to do all the braking is great cause you never have to wake your right foot up while it's sleeping draped over the front crash bars and also an excellent friend while stopped on a hillside waiting for the traffic to move forward:biker:. Learning to use/depend on the front brake can save your life!!! Track/Street or even just fun in the woods on a dirt bike,, IMHO, the only real good use of the rear brake is for steering the bike.. I have a gut feeling that the only reason Mom Yam went with linked brakes on these big ol amazing touring bikes is that more and more people were forgetting the fine art of front brake usage and determined to rely on the back brakes for stopping power..

She certainly looks like an Annie Oakley in the makings dont she brother WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, GORGEOUS little Black Powder shooter you landed there Jack!!!!! Be GREAT to see a before and after when you, the Master of Cowboy shooters gets done with it if you decide to mess with it!! On the same token though,, I REALLY love the pitina,, sort of give it's that "Lets toss some lead the Cowboy way" feeling IMHO.. Either way,,, BEAUTIFUL IMHO!!

Donated to the cause by a neighbor, I got a hunch our Grandson is going to have a hoot when he comes to play next week!!

IMHO, no you dont necessarially have to bleed the brakes or swap in new fluid when swapping pads (it is sealed hydraulic system that should not require bleeding/fluid swap just to put in new pads), doing so would be more of a maintenance purpose than anything else.. Normally all that would be needed to slap on new pads would be removal of the caliper, popping off the old pads, compressing the pistons so the new pads will slide over the rotor, cleaning the rotor real well with brake cleaner, putting the new pads back into the caliper, slipping the caliper with new pads back over the rotor, tightening the bolts, pumping the pedal while spinning the wheel to make sure the brake is engaging and releasing properly and hitting the road to fun.. It's a funky habit I got into a longggg time ago and also not a "have to do" either but I ALWAYS clean the pistons when doing a pad swap. This has served me well thru the years in avoiding sticky caliper pistons (resulting in all kinds of calamity on either dirt bikes or street) and doing so has worked well in my case. On my 1st Gens, doing this has allowed me to be able to run original calipers and pistons with no rebuilds thru my process of wearing out 6 1st Gens.. Here is a short video of what I am referring to - this is on my R1 but same idea applies across the board.. If your going to do this, please be aware that you do not want to push the pistons all the way out!! If you are going to do that, you may as well get new seals and be prepared to rebuild the calipers while your at it = this will also REGUIRE you to refill with fresh fluid as this is opening the sealed brakes system and fluid will be everywhere. Just be careful when pumping out the pistons to only push them out to the distance of the width of the pad on a new brake pad (not including backing plate). After cleaning one piston (do them one at a time), force it back in and pump it back out and check it for smearing,, if it shows contamination = reclean, push the piston back out and check it again..

Seems like it would be easy enough to figure out which switch is getting bumped,,, maybe just set the cruise and support the levers one at a time with a finger (or lift up on the rear brake with a toe) while hitting a bump or two or three and see if it helps.. My one first 1st Gen was a Royale and after it got a couple hundred thousand miles on it, it started doing this,, turned out to be the clutch lever pivot was tired and the slop let it bump the switch when bounced at all.. Good point you lop eared varmints!

NICE!!!!!!! No idea on the AIS but someone much more with it will certainly know!! Hey Bill,, when was the last time you checked the brake pad's for both wear and contamination? You ever put new pads on it? Maybe all it needs is a set of new pads and a good rotor cleaning... I always clean my caliper pistons when I do that (put in new pads) to keep em from getting sticky,, may or may not be applicable in your case..

Reading the ad and wondering if the engine Bongo sent out to be built by PCW (not 100% sure if that is the right company?) was ever received by Bob (he waited patiently for a long time for this) and if so, is that engine included in the sale of Blondie? I know Bob was wanting to have a "build party" in the near future and was very excited about finally gettin er done. If that engine is included,,, perspective purchasers of Blondie may want to consider it as a HUGE plus in the value of the package. If memory serves me correctly,, I believe Bob told me the task before PCW was farrr greater than a refresh.. It seems he mentioned a bunch of high end performance "build" stuff going on there = V-Max components.. Sure miss my friend,, still praying for you and your family Becky!! Thanks for helping Becky out with all this Carl! Puc

I KNOW this avenue has got to be difficult Carl. Just wanted to jump in and say THANK YOU for doing this for Becky,, YOU are greatly appreciated my brother!!

Bill,, similar to many other scoots I have seen, it looks to me like the rear brake line has a protective sleeve that it rides in. Is the suspicion of the line you are questioning a result of seeing that sleeve protruding where the bango connects to the rubber section of the line itself? I have never worked on a 96,, do they have linked brakes? If so, you might want to take a look at the neck of the bike and see if there is a bleeder up there. That high point in the system has caused more than one person issues as any air in the system tends to eventually gather there. Prior to a total bleed/fluid replacement/piston cleaning/rotor cleaning/pad swap you may want to try a quick bleed from that spot just to see if your brakes respond. IMHO of course... Best of luck! Puc P.S. - never did hear of a "dumb brake question".. Take that back,,, the only dumb brake question I ever heard of was the one that didnt get asked resulting in an accident that could of been avoided,, now THAT would be dumb!

Still on the list!! Prayers Up for my brother during his time of need!!

He should of,,, as far as any and all of the lop eared VR varmints who call the club home,, he has been around longer than anyone on the site:big-grin-emoticon::crackup:

22 minutes in,,, "they think its a HD, but actually its a Touring Bike with Mini-Van engine in it,,,,,,, IT RIP'SSSS" :dancefool::clap2::clap2::thumbsup:!! Touring all over the U.K. on a seemingly endless adVenture with your very best friend sharing the full experience aboard the worlds 2nd best Touring bike ever made (sorry Roadship,, this ol lop eared CTFW varmint is pretty much stuck on the 1st Gens being number one:missingtooth:) = WOWZY WOW WOW WOW:scared:!!! DEFINITELY a series I will be watching and subscribing too!! If you see "Puc Puc" as one of your UTube subscribers,,, please dont delete him = he is me:missingtooth:!! You two have a GREAT time out there in your CTFW adVenture.. May the road before you be one filled with endless joy and may that special bonding that can take place between two best friends out sharing the open road belong to the two of you to keep forever in your hearts!! GOOD STUFF!! Puc P.S. = THANK YOU for allowing us to be part of your lives on the open road!!

My cousin Steve posted the following picture on Facebook today (love ya Cuz!! ) and it REALLY spoke of days past to me.. More to the point was my response to his FB post which reads: ''''Steve Hackney,, Mike Homan and I did a speech one time in a high school class about how we survived in the outdoors with our Rifles to provide for us - had all our gear with us for show including the .22 shooters. Some of the girls in the class left the room as I removed the breast and legs from the Blue Jay we had taken out that morning. Mike borrowed some Crisco from his mom's cupboard and we used Streno Heat instead of a camp fire to heat the grease in the classroom. We finished cooking, passed the freshly cooked meat around, numerous classmates actually ate the BlueJay meat LOL.. Got an "A" on that speech (one of the few A's I got in High School not including my shop classes LOL.. Thinking you may have been in that classroom? GREAT TIMES those days when parents and communities actually supported our 2nd Amendment freedoms and taught responsible gun ownership!'''

Fred - rest in peace and Godspeed our friend and brother of the road! You are/will be sorely missed! Thank you for all you did for the betterment of the lifestyle so many of us have shared in. Your willingness to share in both friendship and knowledge will continue thru time in memorial to your kindness. Prayers Up for your family and friends as they work thru the grieving process of losing one so dear. Thanks Boss for sharing this disheartening but much needed to be shared news - you got a tough job Don but we in the club GREATLY appreciate your sincere love for each of us! Puc

May not have to brother!! I was chatting with a guy out at Sturgis who was riding a new "left over" SVTC that he swore he paid 17k out the door for.. IF what he was saying is true and with the "19" ride season coming to an end,, it would not be to unreasonable to think 15 to 16K cash and no trade-in would buy one IMHO..

I used (and still would) T4 15/40 for years around home in the cooler air and was good with it till I started on the much cheaper and even more important to me, way easier to find Walmart Super Tech oils that I could easily find while out CTFW = anywhere there was a Walmart = bingo = Super Tech + their tire/lube shop's drain pan + paper funnels + getting rid of the used oil while on the road = Tweeks/Tip and Puc the happy campers. Then Wally World stopped handling my favorite oil and I swapped out to Dollar General 20/50 diesel. GOOD STUFF (IMHO), especially for running in high desert region temps. I personally like to run the lower weight 15/40 in tempts below 80 degrees but once we get into summer tempts, I swear I can "feel" notchiness return in the shifting and the engine runs a little noisier. All my 1st Gens respond(ed) well to 20/50 above 80 degrees, got full high mileage out of them before retiring em, never had a top end apart (or bottom for that matter). I always do/did swap out my oils when they turned dirty in the window as apposed to a regular schedule though. This usually meant somewhere between 25 and 3500 miles unless we had been running a lot of dirt,,, I actually did do a change once after only 1000 miles but that was due to a LOT of playing in the mountains of Utah on the single and two tracks.. Trooper, our new car, is the first vehicle we have owned that "spected" full synthetic. Been getting Troops oil at Menards, Quaker State 0-20 Full Syn is what the "book" actually recommends and ironically = Menards has it on sale after rebate (Tip and I are avid Rebate daters LOL) for 3 bucks a quart (good deal,, I have seen it elsewhere for 9 bucks). The book is 7500 miles between changes,,, I started out with Trooper at new @ 3500 miles - increased to 5000 back at 20k and kept noticing the oil was almost still "as new" (especially in body/viscosity) so have since gone full book to 7500 mile intervals.. This last oil change that was swapped in when we left for the Texas/New Mexico/Mexico border and then to the West Coast and then to the Northern U.S. Border was just under 8k miles and miles at a fair amount of triple digit desert ripping... Amazing oil!! Was almost as clean as the 5k was and absolutely NO CHANGE in body/viscosity = SHOCKING and very impressive.. Trooper is Dual Clutch trannied BUT - his clutches are dry clutches so I would DEFINITLY still be leary of using full syn in my bike.