.jpg.5d678d51033680fd7ddd055fcde4ed29.jpg){kind=avatar}
Condor
-
Posts
12,680 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
7
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Store
Everything posted by Condor
-
Eck, I think we have right at 20 +/-. I may have lied about placing the order today. I'll give 'm a call, but they may be closed for the holiday?? Thanks for the kudos. We'll do this again after the snow melts and all those batteries that have been sitting thru the winter start to die....
-
Tommorow morning the Odyssey order goes in... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=18052 Today's your last chance to put in your order.
-
LOL I see you haven't bought anything for a boat lately......
-
Holy Rat Feathers!!! 2.7 large. I'd rather go to the Barrett Jackson auction. If you can afford one who gives a hoot about fuel milage.....
-
My '83 master sight glasses look like there about ready to desolve into swiss cheese, but I've noticed that when I put a little pledge on them they do clear up enuff to see the fluid level. Now I'm wondering if I could shoot them with clear coat and get the same results only more permanent?? I have a couple of spares floating around in my stash. I think I'll give a try....
-
I'm like you Don, like them jeans. One of these days I'm going to pop for a pair of these. Those police/kevlars look too 'sporty' for my taste....
-
Gotta laugh about this one. Years ago I had to get to Ithaca NY with a couple of other west coast salesmen in tow. Becasue of the weather the closest we could get was Saracuse, and then rent a car. We got off the plane, walked up to the only open Car Rental desk. ...The terminal was just about empty... They didn't have anything preped, and the ice age was starting again outside. The car we got was located way and the 'H' out in their parking lot. The three of us nearly froze trying to locate that car. Then the key wouldn't turn to open the door. My Zippo cured that problem. Then when we tried to open the door the damn thing was frozen shut. One of the guys from SoCal had an arm with bad circulation, and he was fading fast, and I doubt he would have made it back to the terminal. I put my foot against the side of the car and bent the handle getting the thing open. We said a prayer and it finally fired up. It didn't have enogh fuel to take us to Ithaca so we drove it back to the terminal to get it fueled up. I told them the big dent in the side of the car was on them, and when I finally got to where we going I called and told them to come pick the thing up.... One of life's experiences.....
-
Wrong size. I guess I need 2"OD according to the drawing. That tubing's 1.5" outside. I need the 1.5" on the inside. I checked their other auction listings and their too expensive. I'll keep it in mind though as I might change the receiver instead of making a drawbar fit if I can't find one.
-
There's a couple of large RV stores here in town and I'll check them out next week. They sorta slipped my mind.... Thanks for the reminder. I would have thought I'd have been able to find at least one on the net somewhere??? I hope the stores have them...
-
Got it Diane.... Many Thanks
-
That may be the way I end up going Jerry, and probably the cheapest too.....
-
the tubing welded to the hitch is 1.5" acrossed on the inside and 2" acrossed on the outside. I not sure if they go by the inside or the outside when refering to it??. Pro'bly 12" should do. If it isn't long enough I can always use the stretcher..... I have a place here in town, Blue Collar Supply, that deals in surplus metals. I haven't given them a try yet.
-
What a neat house!!
-
The PO welded a piece of 1.5"ID square stock to the bottom of the Bustec hitch on the '91. The square measures 2" on the outside. I can't find a ball mount anywhere. One of the local stores did give me a 1 3/16" drawbar because they didn't even have it listed in inventory.... and it was around christmas... , but it's pretty sloppy, and is designed to fit into a 1.25" receiver. I've been all over the internet trying to find something, but so far nada.... So.... do they even make a 1.5" receiver?? I guess the options I have would be:
-
Kit. Congrats on the new bike. I've never owned a new one and I'm jealous. On the foot position issue, it's funny how it's different strokes for differnent folks. I'm 6'6" and still shrinking , and actually perfer the seating position on the 1stGens. With the highway pegs way forward it gives me a lot of flexibility as to where I want to rest my feet. On long passages I usually rest the foot using the achilles tendon on top of the peg, and other times the instep... For the short rides and lots of shifting I'm happy keeping them tucked back under me. When I sit on a 2ndGen....yes folks I have sat on one without getting warts.... :rotf:the standard foot forward position just isn't as far forward as I'd like, to make it comfortable. The knees take a beating and really get to aching. It'll be interesting to hear how the Wing feels when someone tall is running down the road. And.... I'm sure we'll hear back from you on that one....:)
-
I planned on putting in the order on Monday the 21st Tom. They're being shipped out of the San Diego area via UPS so depending on what part of the country you live in dictates the time in transit. Coast to coast generally takes 8 biz days. Mid West is usually 3-5 days. West coast a day...maybe two. I would emagine that Odyssey will get them out the door a couple of days after getting the shipping info. Hope this helps.
-
.thumb.jpg.5bc608c29d230c44c77c79acb0510cd8.jpg)
New pics of Tour Pak mounting on my RSTD
Condor replied to AL GUY's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Very nice job Al. Good lookin'. Could I make a suggestion? Put an X brace between each bracket upright under the trunk to beef up the mount for cross wind buffeting and to take torque stress off the trunk mount areas?? Just a thought.... -
We've only got a couple of days left to order Odyssey Batteries. For details.
-
I guess we're all Lucky Ancient Flatulence. LAF for short...
-
Did you ever watch the behind the scenes segment of that particular auction? Jackson going balistic, the auctioneer not knowing what the hell he was doing, and the bidders in total confusion. The camera crew in melt down. Now that was classic!!!
-
If I remember correctly it went for somewhere in the $15,000 range????
-
3 MC's down in 3 days While coming back from Home Depot two days ago I passed by an accident scene where a kid on a 'crotch rocket' had gone down. Ambulances were on the scene. The rider looked like he was OK, but with a bandaged up right ankle and sitting on the curb. I shook my head and kept going. The next day we had a fatality involving a MC in a pile up out on Hwy 65 north. Then this morning I heard about this one on the radio down in Vallejo. http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_7997794?source=most_viewed Are all these kids brain dead???
-
The one that surprised me was the 429 Cobra Jet. I didn't know they only made 200 of them... or at least that's what I thought I'd heard??.... Anyway I drove a brand new one back in '72 or '73. And I have a Holley Carb off one out in the garage somewhere... And... it went for $100g's. Wonder what the carb is worth?? :rotf:
-
Yep... Consider yourself lucky that you've gotten 153K out of the tranny. Ford truck trannies are the pits.... "100K and DOA....." Keep running it, and then service when it's toast.
-
So much for the global warming theory....