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I still like my Venture but I also have a V-Star 1300 tour and I just got a 95 Road King that was my brothers before he passed.
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I have been to a couple rally's where they had bike demolition derbies, but this would be fun to watch.
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Thanks all for the well wishes. We will see if they get it all on the 8th.
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I will be going in for an operation on my right lung on Nov. 8 for cancer surgery. I didn't know anything till I went in for a check up so I could have eye surgery. The doc didn't like how my breathing sounded so more tests were done. Cat scan showed a small spot on right lung so he ordered a CT scan. It showed a spot about the size of a nickel. The Biopsy was negative but the doc is not convinced of that. I told the Doc that it seemed like 2010 all over again. That is what the Doc told me then.
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I am getting a few of the older bikes myself. Just got a 95 HD Road King that was my brothers before he lost his battle with heart problems.
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Congrats Earl.
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After 56 years of smoking, On April 9 I said I quit and haven't used them since. No more coughing and gaging because I could not breath. I can breathe a lot better now. The only thing I can't understand is why I could not do it years ago, and I did try. I didn't think it would be so easy this time. I put the empty pack in the trash and said that's it I am done.
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Don I am glad everyone is OK. I thought it would be totaled when I saw the pic.
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Woody is that the Wildfire lift? That is the one I am saving my pennies fore and I will get it little later this year.
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Junior have you found a seat yet? If not I have a Saddleman Road Soffa seat you could try. It does set a little lower and is not quite as hard as a Corbin.
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Steve I was the other person that made the bracket you are looking for. I used 3/16 metal and bent it into a 90* "Z". The metal size was 3"x4".
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I have bought several rifles this year in Remington 700 BDL's. And not one pistol but when I do it will be a Ruger 57 not for carry. I have a Springfield 45 compact or my Remington 1911 45. If I have very loose fitting jacket I could carry my 44 super red hawk.
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Celia and I will be there if every thing goes to plan.
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I had my eyes checked for new glasses on March 3 and was told it would take about 10 days to come in. Well they are still in the mail somewhere as I haven't got them yet. Called the eye doctor last Wednesday . They do not have a clue as what happened to the shipment of glasses for 8 customers. They contacted the lab and was told that they would expedite the order and ship overnight mail and that IF the other order was found that we would get both pairs of glasses. I told them that I wanted a refund of my money.
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I use improved cylinder and modified last week. I am going to use mod and full this week to see how it works.
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9 hours ago, luvmy40 said:
What chokes are you running?
I never went down the sporting clays route but I did shoot trap with a Belgian made Browning BT-99 for quite a few years.
Our five stand is like trap but ours has six different throwers. One is a rabbit and another is set below a hill and you only see it the last five or six seconds of flight. Those are the tuff shots. Even harder after dark.
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Thanks Puc. It does shoot good. Shot my best score form our five stand last week. 20 of 25. Those darn rabbits had me stumped but I will get them with a little practice. OH I just got 850 rounds of shells from GB, they should be here sometime next week. After that we will start reloading them.
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Nice couple bucket list items Puc. Here is the one that I got a few weeks back.
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It is a shame that I am not close to where you will be. You could ride my V-Star 1300 tour for the month. I will be too busy riding a 6" mower all summer to ride the bike.
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Glad you didn't get hurt and back home safe. That is why I change my stems out every two years even if they look good. Had too many come apart on four wheels to take a chance on the bike.
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My son has a large Snap-on box that he paid over $9000.00 for when he was working for a local dealer. He is always getting new tools but now he and I deal with Cornwell there tools are as good as Snap-on and the service is better and a lot cheaper.
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Good looking peace there Puc. I thought about you while surfing Gun Broker the other night. I landed a nice one yesterday and I think I will sling a lot of lead with it. I plan on killing a slew of those old clay birds with it. It is in the mail as of today so I can try it out soon. It is a Weatherby Orion 1 O/U 3" chamber 26" barrel (Very purdy wood on this one). I will post pics when it comes in.
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Happy Birthday Don.
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1 hour ago, circa1968 said:
Nice to know I'm in such good company!
I started on a Honda CM450 ~1989, upgraded to a couple of larger Shadows, then the 1100 Yamaha Virago. Was planning a 5-day trip with a couple of friends in '99 and starting thinking I needed something different for such a trip. I was 31 years old then and the idea of a big touring bike was not even within the realm of my thinking. That was when I walked into a Yamaha dealer and started looking at their bigger star cruisers. I called my wife who happened to be nearby and asked her to come give me her opinion of the bikes I was looking at & see how they felt as a passenger. In her smart ass way, she looked at the Venture and said, "Well, you could buy 'Grandpa's' bike here" (Sorry guys, she said it not me, but I did laugh...).
The sales guy, of course, laughed too then said in all seriousness, "its a really nice bike, we'd be happy to let you take it on a test ride". She looked at me and said "you gotta try it, maybe Grandpa knows something." I signed the necessary paperwork and was off for a quick ride, she waited at the shop. I came back, told her Grandpa DOES know something and we're buying the Grandpa bike - because I love it! Haha Two weeks later I was off on my 1st multi-day ride through Yosemite, to Lake Tahoe, Mts Lassen & Shasta and then two days down the coast. That '99 Venture made multiple trips back to Yosemite, up and down the coast and eventually a multi-week round trip to St. Louis and back. It was also my daily commute ride. I kept it looking like it did the day I bought it.
It was a sad day when I sold it, but the buyer was a 52-year old guy who's youngest daughter just left for college and he had given up motorcycles when his kids came along. Isn't that something! I'm right where he was then. And still love this timelessly beautiful bike! And yes, my wife is still a smart ass and she still calls it the Grandpa bike.
Well you can tell her what I said to mine. Come on Grandma lets go for a ride.
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Under the knife again
in Watering Hole
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Thought I would give an update on the surgery. It was to happen tomorrow but they canceled it as I checked positive for covid on Friday. Now I don't know when it will take place. I told the nurse that they can schedule it for any time they want but the last two weeks of this month I will be in the deer woods and no cell service where i will be.