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Most people my age know someone who died in that war. One of my friends name is on the memorial wall. And a cousin took a bullet in the abdomen but survived and recovered. I was lucky. I was sent to S. Korea.

Cowpuc says he uses the cheapest oil he can buy such as the dollar store oil and he runs the heck out of his 83s and 84s up to and over 200k miles. Most of us probably are overly concerned about oil brand and type, including me. My first car was the family 55 chevy 6 cylinder. We changed the oil in that car every 2k miles and it still needed a rebuild at 60k miles due to massive oil burning. I buy brand name oil for everything and change it at 5k on my autos and 2k on my bikes due to concern about the clutch debris and that is probably too often.

GM got in on the money grab with their DEXOS certification. Oil suppliers have to pay GM big bucks to put Dexos on their oil bottle when the oil most likely meets the new GM spec whether or not it is listed on the bottle.

The main reason I posted the video was the links that the guy went to for information.

Many people who don't vote because their single vote among maybe 200million eligible voters doesn't make that much difference. But, I wonder how many of the people who think that way buy lottery tickets where the odds are 1 in 300 million!

As irritating as it all is to watch we should participate in the political decisions as much as we can if we are knowledgeable. My personal opinion is that I would like everyone to have to pass a civics exam and an economic exam before being allowed to vote. If you know nothing I don't think you should be able to vote. The country is at a tipping point with its tremendous debt, tremendous trade deficits, the changing politics, and the direction of the country is critical to our descendants future. My day is about done but I would like to see my kids and their kids live in a great country with freedom of speech and have the opportunity to succeed.

I didn't see Shell rotella on the list?

That must be the Texas way! When I was growing up in the 50's in a small NC town there was a mechanic called "Pluto" who had his own garage and worked by himself. He always wore one of those train engineer caps with the bib turned up. He only owned hand tools. He charged $4/hr. Anyway he was famous for holding a spark plug wire in one hand while holding his 3rd member close to the car so a spark would jump! Maybe he was from Texas originally! Maybe it was a substitute for Viagra? When I was 16 or so I took the family 55 chevy to him for swapping out the throwout bearing. I had bought the bearing. It took him one hour to remove the transmission and replace the bearing and reinstall the trans. Charged me $4.00.

I've had plugs bridge over with carbon that wouldn't fire (in a Chevy of course) but this plug was the original plug in my 85 ZN700 Kawasaki bought in 2009 and it only had 1,054 miles on it and was clean. You are correct in that I've never owned a two stroke motorcycle.

Or you can remove the plug and put back in the plug cap. then lay the side of the plug against the engine and turn the engine with the starter and see if there is a spark at the plug gap. If you have spark on all cylinders, determine if the carb diaphragms are doing their job. On a Gen 1 you just remove the fake gas tank cover and air cleaner and watch the carbs while you blip the throttle. I'm not sure how you run your bike while looking down the carbs. And i would immediately put a half can of Seafoam or my favorite Gumout with PEA to the gas to start cleaning the carbs. On my Kawasaki when I first bought it one cylinder was dead. I confirmed spark to the plugs but didn't check the plugs. One of the plugs was dead. Only plug I've ever experienced being dead in my over half century of working on autos and some bikes.

I bought a used Layton 25' travel trailer in 89 and kept it for 4 years, until the kids got too old to be interested in camping with the old man. I was divorced at the time. Anyway, a week after buying it, I towed it 600 miles to Disney World with a WDH but no sway control with a SWB 86 F150. I was a road hazard without sway control. After I got back home, I added a Reese dual cam sway control to my Reese WDH that had 1,000 lb bars. It was very stable after that. Anyway, a couple of tips I'd like to pass on. One is to disinfect the potable water system periodically. Another is to not leave the awning up in a rain storm unless it is tilted down a lot so water will not build up on the awning becuz if it does the weight of the water can bend the awning aluminum roll tube or whatever the proper name is. I bought it for $5300 and sold it 4 yrs later for $3300 with the bent tube. It was a lot of fun but I'm not too keen on towing a TT.

Anyone who thinks they would like to ride it should start and ride their motorcycle with the clutch engaged the entire time even when starting! I rode my Concours home from work one day with the clutch engaged but I was able to get the bike rolling in neutral with the engine running before putting it in first gear. I was able to make it all the way home because traffic conditions allowed me to roll through several stop signs on the way. It's not something I would like to do again.

Amazing that someone would try to build a bike like that. You can't stop without killing the engine. What were they thinking?

One rider's reason for trading his Indian Roadmaster. I stumbled onto this video last night.

I let my 07 sit too long, about a month, and the battery was very weak. It turned the engine when I tried to start it just a little and then nothing. The battery ckecked 12.2 volts. I put a smart charger on it set on auto charge and left it overnight. Then the charger and my meter checked the battery voltage at 12.9 volts. I recently bought the bike so I have no idea how old the battery is. The bike fired right up.

When I looked on the T4 bottle, I didn't see the auto spec such as SN listed. It may do fine in auto engines. I don't know but it doesn't list the spec the manual says is required.

I think one reason the gas mileage is lower than other trucks is the fact that it comes with a 4.30 ratio rear gear. Other trucks typically come with a 3.55 or lower numeric ratio. The Dodge does have an optional 3.90.

Very Nice! Is it a 4x4? I test drove one a few months ago and liked it but since I retired, I don't put that many miles on my truck and it still does the job quite well so I had my old 2002 F150 painted and kept it. The paint on the top and hood was in bad shape prompting a decision.

Banana Cream Pie! Just how far are you from NC?

Every year late winter or early spring I get the runny nose allergies and this is what works for me. https://www.vitacost.com/boericke-tafel-allergiemittel-alleraide

It's still illegal according to federal law. So, if there is someone the feds want to nail really bad, breaking the federal pot law may be just the ticket. I'm retired now. But, I was subject to drug tests my entire working career. So, it was always a NO NO for me since it was a career ending event if I tested positive.

When I went to the last high school reunion, I couldn't believe how old all my classmates had become! Those reunions are when you realize how old we are. My oldest sister is 78 and widowed. Lately she has been spending time with a guy we grew up with who is her age. I had not seen him since high school and not in a million years could I have guessed who he was when I recently saw him. You have to be tough to get old!

Based on knowledge gained from my auto hot rodder days, many hot rodders just used mechanical (centrifugal) advance with a total advance of around 36 degrees combining the idle setting and the centrifugal advance. But for road use when an engine is running at low throttle at a steady speed the fuel mixture is lean and the engine could use more advance for optimum fuel economy. So, hooking the vacuum advance to the manifold vacuum would give you max advance at low throttle and lose it for full throtte which is ideal. I never understood why the vacuum advance would be hooked up to ported vacuum (above the throtte plates).

Things are changing as more and more states are making pot legal on the state level.