Flyinfool

Welcome to the nut house................ I mean forum. Orlin is good people, I am sure you got a good bike from him. There is really some great riding in that part of the state.

This Harvey is crazy. We were devastated by 6 inches of rain. 3 feet of snow is incredible, I just can not even imagine 3 feet of rain. Stay safe.

Make sure to wave as you go past my house on the way to Madison.

One of the major news outlets might be real interested in this to. The y love beating up on officials of any part of government.

While it has a fairly high alternator output, with all of the electronic do dads already there, I wonder just how much is left for add ons? I never saw any mention of just how much power the bike needs. EFI is power hungry, antilock/traction control is a power monster, heated seats and grips devour power, etc etc

I let mine take a nap, BUt I forgot to get out of the way first, Now I have just one functional Achilles tendon left........... What a treat waking one of these beasts up from a nap with just one functional leg and while on crutches.

You hit a bump and it fell out???:confused24:

Funny you should mention that, They are both very attractive and fairly young. But I do have to say that even with that I do not get to see enough of them to make this worth the OUCH factor. It will be a month yet before I find out if that same PT is still working there. I hope she is. We got along well together. So many people I know absolutely HATE their PT. As for the next Olympics, HAHAHAHAHAahhahahahaah! I would really hate to be the one that destroyed so many young lives by having an old grey fat man make them look bad on world wide TV....

Geeze Dan I sure hope everything sorts its self out quickly. It is my understanding that if you shoot someone for any reason you will be arrested, it is then the DA that will look at all the evidence to determine if charges should be pursued. It is a pain but you have to give the system time, AND make sure he has a good lawyer and a good eye doc on his side. All we can do is send some prayers his way to help the process along.

There is no telling just how much trouble I can get in while sitting around idle with nothing to do but think about stuff. I will have a lot of time to, Doc said most people will need 6 months to a year for full recovery. But an elite athlete like me might only need 3-6 months. I am hoping to be back fully ambulatory by the end of the year. @cowpuc is probably dreading the thought of what new mods I can dream up for his favorite machine in the world, The infamous Wisconsin White Washer.

Oh yea I think I need that nurse.......... And just when do you think I did not feel "different"????

My doc just kind of shook her head. We did discuss the options of letting it heal on its own vs surgery. Normally, the older you are the more they lean toward letting it heal on its own. It is only young, athletic people that they generally do surgery on. The reason is that total healing time is similar for both approaches, but the surgically repaired will end up stronger with less of a chance of reinjury. I do like that this doc considers me "young and athletic", I do have an active life style. This is the same doc that repaired the torn ligaments in this same ankle 2-1/2 years ago. She was at the time amazed at my healing ability, She said 12 year old's don't heal as fast as I did, This factored into the decision to do surgery this time around. She also knows that I am the type of person that will follow her instructions religiously, Will have to see if I end up with the same PT as I had last time, we got along well together and she did a great job on this same ankle before. As far as getting me to be "normal". Does anyone really want that to happen???? Is there even anyone here that is "normal"?

Back in my day............ Gas was $0.23 per gallon.

Well Grandma is finally with her maker. She passed peacefully this afternoon while saying her rosary. She has been ready for a long time now and finally is free of the pain she was in. Tank you all for your prayers and thoughts.

I'll be there wearing just some bandages.

Yep, I done it good this time. Yesterday morning I was backing the bike out of the shed to ride in to work, then it happened, heard a loud POP, and the next thing I knew the bike and I were both laying in the grass in great pain. It took me a while to get my old carcass up off the ground, I took one step and found myself laying in the grass again. At this point I realized that there was some real damage to my right ankle. It took a lot but on just one leg I managed to pick the bike up and put it back into the shed, most likely for the winter. I then hobbled my way to my truck and took myself to the ER. My ankle was so weak I could only push the gas pedal far enough to get 15 -20 mph. The ER doc examined my ankle and said it looks like a classic ruptured Achilles tendon, but I needed to go see the specialist ASAP So today that is where I was, at the specialist, she said yup it is a complete tear, about 2 inches above where it connects to the heel. So now comes the fun. I am tentatively scheduled for surgery on Sept 1 then will come months of rehab. Doc said most people take 6 months to a year to get back to normal. An elite athlete can heal in 3 to 6 months. So of course my goal is to all healed by the end of this year. After all I am an elite athlete in my own mind. Arrrrrrgggggggg I hate going to Docs and even more so hospitals.

Sounds like you need a push me pull you........

And are you bringing the Warden?

Puc, There are pros and cons to everything. If there were one perfect solution everyone would use it. a front mounted engine might attack you in the event of a rear end collision, where the rear mounted engine might help protect you. One just never knows where the next crash is coming from.

Now if I just had 40 grand I did not know what to do with......................

Now that you both mentioned it, with the bike put to bed, I will not have much else to think about other than. There is always that 60° snow that Puc keeps harassing me to make for him........... I have never drained carbs, but I have always filled the tank with ethanol free gas loaded with Seafoam and Stabil. Its been working for a half century for me.

The LED will shine farther down the road because its low beam is aimed higher then the OEM high beam. So you are effectively riding around all the time, day and night, with your hi beam on. You can use your pics to set the top cutoff of the lo beam to the same height on the garage door as the OEM light was, ALL of the other drivers on the road will be happy if you do.

Started the process of putting it up for the winter. Done riding for this year.......... You think its a bit early? So do I, but I am still done for the year................

I did not pick on you in that other thread because I know there are differences between the 83 and my 88 and I was not 100% sure that yours was supposed to be the same as mine. My 88 does have the bent wire in the bolt, so that must have been the final design. I am not certain what the purpose of the bent wire is, but I did put it back where I found it when I had the flywheel off to replace my start clutch. My only guess as to the purpose of the wire is to control oil flow. If you bleed to much oil out the bolt then there is less oil pressure for the crank and rod bearings that are also fed from that same oil gallery. My WAG is that it was to hard to drill a tiny hole the length of that hardened bolt so they drilled a bigger one that was easier to push the drill bit thru from one side, and then added the wire to plug some of the hole back up to get the proper oil flow. But that is purely a WAG on my part. I seem to remember someone saying that the wire rattling around in there was to keep the oil passage from plugging up. My thought is that if your oil is dirty enough to be worried about plugging that hole, you will have much bigger problems than a burnt stator. Puc, I think this is the thread you referred to?

If you used an inappropriate oil that caused the clutch to start slipping, it takes a while to flush it all out from between the clutch plates. Also when you do an oil change there is a fair amount of oil that remains in the transmission, so the bad oil will then mix with the new oil. What kind of oil did you use the first time? Most oils that are made for cars are not compatible with a wet clutch system. If the oil advertises anything like friction modifiers or low friction, it is not compatible with the wet clutch. When you drain out the old oil because there is a problem with it, there is a second drain plug to drain the transmission, it is the bottom bolt on the middle gear cove and has a copper crush washer on it to seal the oil hole. It is not necessary to pull this plug for a normal scheduled maintenance oil change. When you bled the clutch, what did the fluid look like, it should be water clear, if not then you need to flush the system.