Marcarl

About our armed forces: If you don't stand behind them,,,, feel free to stand in front of them.

Look for the 2nd gen gaskets, although I have never used them on a 1st gen I understand they are easier to work with than the 1st gen ones and they fit perfectly, and don't buy Chinese, OEM is the way to go.

I'm very happy here in Ontario, away from the cities and heavy traffic. My biggest problem now is the step ladder.

Can't see what all the concern is here,,,, I would have no issue what-so-ever doing that,,, although I would need to see a couple of things a bit different. First there would have to be a 50' lane on either side of that track he rode on. Once that was in place I would consider the next requirement,,,, so on second thought, and to be sure you'all didn't get the wrong idea,, I would not even get close to that. Heck, I even get the webby-jebbies going over a bridge that goes over another bridge,,, and I have no love for the Mackinaw in Mich either.

Whose idea was this??

I have some experience with back pain, goes back 40 years or so, mine was mostly in the lower back but not always. I wasn't so gentle on my back when I was younger, so the results had to be dealt with in later years. Yep, the first was drugs, but my Dr. was not a drug pusher so sent me to a bone crusher,,,, that helped for a number of years but it always came back. The one day my bone crusher suggested a massage, not a masseuse, but a registered Massage Therapist seeing as he had one join his office recently. I had a friend who is a RMT and so went to see him,,,,, no more sore back. Makes sense. The muscle holds the bones in place and God made them things to work together. Put the muscle out of wack and the bones will follow suit resulting in a mis-aligned joint. Keep those muscle in line and tuned and things are much better.

The problem now becomes even for acute,,,, well at least for her,,, because after all, nothing happened and you were just blowing wind,,,, these old folks,, think they know everything!!!

Right on Randy!!

Not easy to find,, but then you never know. Suggest to get some Plastifix or Plastex and you can fix that without anybody knowing that you did it. Might take a bit of practice, but once mastered it's easy enough, cheap and works good.

But are you coming to dinner on the 4th? Either way, you two would be most welcome where ever you go I'm sure.

Tha is one reason why you are called a VentureRider, good stuff!!! :happy65:

Bearings too loose and you will get a wobble that can go to a tank slapper. Bearings too tight and the bike will want to do it's own thing seemingly, actually what happens is that the bike will no longer have it's own built-in 'come back to straight' because the drag on the steering head overcomes it. Did you know that a 2 wheel bike, left on it's own devices, actually will stay up straight and go straight forward as long as there is drive on the rear wheel? Pretty much impossible to demonstrate, but there have been occasions where it has happened. So if you get the steering too tight (which also acts as a steering damper of sorts) the bike will be restricted to self correct and come back to center. This will cause a wandering and a feeling of lost control for the rider.

Now don't go getting him totally confused,,, it's bad enough as it is.

Lost a fuse I bet. Check all fuses, both sides while installed, might be the answer. Actually, check the wires at both ends. The fuse holders get to be a problem after a few years, and yours would be way over due.

A man after my own heart,,,,, Fluid Film!!! use it for everything, but does not do well for a penetrating oil, unless you have a week to wait for it to work and you can keep things warm. On the truck fender issue though: couple of years ago I took my 08 Ram in for it's annual treatment at Rust Check, and after it was done I talked to the guy and asked him how come the rear fenders were bubbling, did he not get the product in there or what. He proceeded to remove the rear taillight and showed me all the 'oil' in there and said it was not for lack of Rust Check, but also couldn't enlighten me as to why the bubbles. This fall I got around to sanding down the bubbles and provide a fix before rot showed up. I found one (1) tinny hole under the paint, that was all, so the rust was not coming from inside the fender. What I did find was that the paint on the underside of the fender, the part that curves around to join the inner skirt, was loosing it's paint big time, and that moisture had creeped up the outside, and so got things rusty. So watch that part of the wheel-well, I know I will.

And here I thought that all 91 was ethanol free.

No glue needed or wanted, it will distort the diaphram. Seeing as you got them from China, be prepared to replace them soon, so if you discover issues again, check them for problems first.

The Sexy2timer is now at home with the new owner. Hopefully Dave will post what he is going to do to her and seek our approval,,,,,, yah!!! Right,, but maybe he will keep us updated.

Just came upon this as well, how did I miss it??? Don't know. The lack of input though, might have more to do with nobody knowing any real good answers, more so than no interest. So I think you are in untested new territory, so go for it and let us know how things turn out. You're the the only one looking to increase the size of the rear tire.

Can you get me one like that?? Ohhhh I suppose it's home made eh?

Probably your pictures are too large, try downsizing them. I never used the map, but it's places you have ridden, any scoot will do, we're not brand possessive.

Funny,,,, I see nothing worth the while to rope anybody about,,, what you're looking at is a thing of beauty. 'course, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, maybe you needs to take a second look. That's money and employment that you are looking at,, a literal gold mine,,,, way to go fool!!!

So now a heads up for some new info. Some of us have received phone calls from Niagara Shores with respect to payment for the rally next year, and some maybe still to come. This is an explanation: Dave and Erney have been working very hard at getting their grounds and programs ready and running. They have run into numerous hitches and setbacks, but they remain undeterred. This is their first crack at doing such a thing, and seeing as 'good enough' is just not their norm, it has been a challenge. What has been put in place so far is super, dooper!!! But, like I said there are hickups,, one being the registration/reservation process, and that is what concerns us with the phone calls presently. The boys had to go to an on-line reservation company to keep their heads on straight so to speak, but that proved to be a problem when it came to our reservations for the rally next year, for the prices would be increased about 10% overall. Dave and Erney considered this, had dialogue with the on-line folks and then decided that the best way for them to honor their prices would be to have all the monies taken care of before the January takeover of the registrations. Hench they put Heidi to work to call us all, to inform us of the problem and the process to get around the price increase and also to keep the on-line folks happy. Hoping this all works out, great guys these boys are, others might just have informed us that,, Opps, the prices had to go up. So you have a choice, pay now and get the promised price, or wait until after January and pay the extra for reservation fees. I paid now.

Nothin' but a bunch of Fluff!! :banana: