Venturous Randy

His 84 should have the 6 clutch springs and they are easy to replace with stiffer ones. The clutch starting to engage while stopped sounds to me like the master cylinder is leaking internally and not holding pressure. All the other suggestions are good too. I have been running the Rotella T 15/40 and it works good in mine. Randy

We have the same issue with Asheville where the pace picks up a lot near the end and have always had a pretty good turnout. We do Asheville every other year opposite of Vogal and that has worked out good. I had missed a couple of Vogal events and really enjoyed it last year as it was a lot more laid back like Asheville. Sometimes, less is more on putting together a big event. Linda and I are hoping to take a trip towards the west this year and if we do we will be pulling the Time Out camper with the Miata. We have also talked about the possibility of going to MD this year, but right now I really can not commit on anything. I have been once and it was a great adventure and would like to go again. Randy

I just greased the splines every time I changed the rear tire. Randy

Yesterday, Linda and I did a ride over into NC that brought us by Marion all the way to Asheville on 70. We also rode by the KOA where our rally will be and we also ate at Okie Dokie BBQ which was very good. When we were coming home and turned up I26 toward TN, there was a bit of traffic and I was in the left lane running about 10 over the 55 mph speed limit. When it finally opened up a little I was able to move over into the right lane and a NC State Trooper when whizzing by. There had been a red car in front of me that was now in front of the Trooper. I gave it a little distance then fell in behind the Trooper and we gradually got up to about 80mph in now what is a 60mph speed limit. The red car stayed in the left lane for several miles and then went to the right lane without giving a signal and turned. The Trooper went a couple more miles and he turned off the interstate. I kept thinking he was going to light up the red car, but it was about 6:30pm and I told Linda he must have been on the way home for supper. We were in the Miata and at that speed, there is only 1 mph difference with the speedometer and the GPS. Randy

OK, got an older Compaq Presario CQ56 with Win 7 home premium Have paid for version of Malwarebytes Have No Script due to constant scrip problem I had. Have ccleaner that worked great other than having to reinstall passwords on many programs. Currently running Firefox due to problems with Internet Explorer. I don't have Norton. Will any of this stuff still work and will I need it with Win10? Thanks, Randy

Peanut butter is about the only thing that my dishwasher will not take off. If I don't wipe the knife clean before the dishwasher, there is still peanut butter on it. Randy

Do you have home owners insurance? If you do they will clean up the mess and probably paint the inside of your house for you. Randy

If you look around, especially on the expanded Craigslist searches, you will see these small campers crop up occasionally. I found one that a guy listed that he was having in his yard sale the next day and I sent him an email as it was about midnight and he gave me a call the next morning. It was a Time Out Camper that he had bought at an estate auction and used a couple of times and then stored it. Made a quick trip down to Spring City, NC, which is just south of Myrtle Beach and got it for $600. I pulled my 4x8 trailer down as I did not want to worry about lights or bearings. The only downside was he did not give me a title, but I was able to run it through TN with getting a basic evaluation of value and paid taxes on that and now it is legal. We don't require tags on trailers less than 16 feet here in TN, but I wanted one. I checked and re-greased the bearings and lights and it is in very good shape. I have pulled it with my Miata and that worked very good. The Time Out Camper weighs a bit less, at about 350 pounds than the old Travelite camper that I pulled with my 83 Venture. I also picked up a brand new 5,000 BTU A/C for $60 that fits perfect in the side of it. I have since made a better stand for the A/C. The best way to think about something like this is buy something good, use it and take care of it and then sell it for what you paid for it or even more when you are not using it anymore. I will try to include some pics when we first set it up. It is made for a queen size mattress and everything is at least a foot off the ground. Randy

Hummm, did you have to streak to get in? Sorry, couldn't help it. Randy

You may want to try the airbox lid back on before you move the needles as these carbs are somewhat self compensating for elevation changes. Randy

did you buy gas at while it was down? I bought Shell reg at $1.38.9 I wonder if I will ever buy gas that low in my lifetime. Randy

If you are thinking about TN, may I suggest the NE corner of TN. The Tri-City area of Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol has a lot to offer. I like Johnson City better and it has a large Veterans center, ETSU, which is a medical collage and I think it is listed that we have about 360 places to eat. We are also very close to some of the greatest riding you can ride anywhere. Randy

Today is supposed to be about 65 and the rest of the week is supposed to be in mid 70's here in NE TN. Randy

The best thing to do on the loose center stand is remove the spring and remove the long "C" shape bracket that connects to the spring. Then use a vice and hold the bracket so you can bend the bracket slightly to reduce the distance between the holes. Then, when you reinstall it the spring will be stretched and be much tighter. Randy

http://i.imgur.com/PUpggD2.gifv http://i.imgur.com/S7FDd6D.gifv You may have to cut and paste links. These are in the comments section of the original post. Randy

If you look at both videos, it is obvious the biker pulled up beside the truck in a non-existent lane to where the trucker could not see him in his mirror. Then the trucker decided to turn right. If you look at the second video that is noted in the comments, it looks like the biker had time to move before the truck hit him. I think the biker is lucky he did not get his kid killed. There is another video that shows a few seconds more of the kid getting out. Randy

Keep in mind that the Blizzard of 93 was on March 15th. El Nino may or may not help this. Many called this the storm of the century. Randy

I stopped by the DMV office with my original birth certificate and proof of residence and was told they would not accept the original embossed copy of my birth certificate with my original feet prints on it as I had to go by the health department and get a copy from them. The lady also told me that if I had my DD214 with Honorable Discharge notation that it would save me about $70. So, I am going to look some more and probably order one if I don't find it as I need it anyway. Randy

I'm afraid my problem is I put it up some where that I would not loose it. Randy

I know a lot on here have no idea what a DD214 is but it is the official document that shows your military discharge and status of the discharge, such as honorable to dishonorable. It is one of those documents that you should never loose. The reason I am looking for it at this time is I just completed the training class for my conceal carry permit and if you have that document when you apply through the state, then there are some fees that are waved. Probably not a lot, but every bit helps. I did find my birth certificate along with a lot of military documents from basic thru tech school to base reassignments, along with various schools completed. One of the things that jumped out to me is on any document such a load manifest, where a bunch of troops were reassigned together, or promoted together, or put on a plane together as a group, all had their Social Security numbers noted on that piece of paper. Now, this was back in 69 to 73 when they also stenciled your SS number on your duffle bag along with your name. Actually, when I enlisted in Jan 69, we were assigned a service member number, but I believe later on that was just changed to your SS number. Man, how times have changed. Well, enough rambling. I can look some more or pay the entire fee now, or I can apply for a replacement DD214, which I should have available anyway. Randy

I remember Don mentioning installing the auto-saved feature, but I never figured what good it was if there was not an icon to recall what had been auto-saved. Other than ctrl+Z, can there be an icon installed to do the same thing? Randy

OK, I just typed some text and waited until the Auto-saved note popped up and then highlited the text and deleted it. I then hit Ctrl+Z and it magically came back. WOW and thank you so much. I just hope it works when it does the delete on its own. Yeah, I know I have a problem with the "nut behind the keyboard" as that is my biggest problem. Randy

Took about a 300 mile ride in the Miata yesterday with about 100 miles with the top down and sunny and in mid 60's. Yep, springs is coming one of these days. Randy

I just spent about 30 minutes responding to a thread and I don't know what happened, but I must have hit some key or keys and suddenly all the text turned blue and then all was gone. It was in an instant. Now, I know I am clumsy on the keyboard and REALLY wish I was had taken typing in school, when most of us guys thought was kind of sissy, but I didn't and it is tough. I know I did not hit the delete key and have no idea what caused all the text to instantly blue and suddenly disappear. I also will try to occasionally save the text on my on, but what I don't understand is how the AUTO-SAVED works. I routinely see the yellow note pop up down in the corner, but if this happens, how the hell do I find the text that was AUTO-SAVED? I can not find any buttons or icons that will let me back up and retrieve my text. What am I doing wrong? Randy

Even though spring is a month away, I kinda feel like spring is here when Daytona Speed Week starts. So far, there has been some good racing with all the different series that have run. I used to be a big NASCAR fan and only live 20 miles from the Bristol track, but I don't even think about going there anymore. Now, I will lay on the couch watching if I am home, but I will nap thru most of it. Randy