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  1. Freebird
    Yea, but I'm leaving for a week long sales meeting here in a few minutes now and won't have time to do them.
  2. Freebird
    Just finished mine. It's not pretty.
  3. Freebird
    Just getting ready to start on mine. Now where did I put all those forms.
  4. Freebird
    OK....I love the Martin and it is a KEEPER. BUT....I realized that I sold too many guitars to justify buying it. I like taking a guitar with me on my weekly business travels and though I will sometimes take the Martin, I do worry about it getting too beat up. So I went in search of a cheap but decent "beater" to take along on my trips. Was thinking about a used Seagull S6 or maybe a used Epiphone Masterbilt but then I ran across one that I had never even considered. I saw this one hanging on a wall in a small music shop. Used but excellent condition. All solid wood. Solid spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides. Beautiful maple binding around body, fretboard and headstock. Bone nut and saddle, dovetail neck joint, Grover tuners. A LOT of guitar for very little money. It is only about a year or so old. Either it came from the factory with a great setup or has had one done on it because the action is fantastic. OK...I'm done now. I REALLY am. Eileen told me so. http://www.venturerider.org/guitar/washburn2.JPG
  5. Freebird
    I did a search and did find resources for creating maps for other countries. You would have to resize them, combine them into one image, etc. and make then fit. http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-widgets http://www.math.lmu.de/~philip/homepage/countries/
  6. Freebird
    Sorry, but I haven't seen these maps for anywhere except the USA, Canada and Mexico.
  7. Freebird
    I hope you all have a wonderful day. My internet has been down most of the time since Thursday when I got home. Frontier finally got out yesterday and replaced the modem. Seems to be OK now but we'll see. Eileen decided that it would be a great day to take a bike ride. Unfortunately, she is talking about BICYCLES.... So....the bikes are loaded up and we are heading out for a local park with some nice trails. I'm pretty sure it is going to kill me.
  8. Freebird
    I'm not sure about the first gen but on the second gen, the jets are not the same on all the carbs. That being said, I don't know why anybody would have changed the jets if there were no other changes made. Air filters, exhaust, etc. If it is running good, I wouldn't worry about it but if it is running rich, I would go back to stock.
  9. Freebird
    If I only got 20 or 30 a day, I would know that something is broken. I usually get about 300 a day and sometimes more.
  10. Freebird
    None of that is necessary. It is all done.
  11. Freebird

    Jeep owners?

    Freebird replied to Skid's topic in Watering Hole

    I don't have one now but have had several over the years. The last was a Grand Cherokee but I've had a couple of others also, including a CJ5 and a CJ7. I added a lot of extras to the CJ7. It came with a factory hard top but I added a cloth top along with an 8000 lb. warn winch and a good bit of chrome. Seldom used the hard or soft top in the summers. Mostly just the bikini top as shown here.
  12. Freebird
    LOL....very good...now which one are you?
  13. Freebird
    LOL...yea...did you notice the date it was posted? Besides, they would make you buy gas through Itunes.
  14. Freebird
    I agree with Boo. There is absolutely no way I would put those carbs together without setting the floats first. I have never yet heard of one that had them set correctly from the factory and I would be surprised if the dealer did them or did them right. Goose did a great article and it's very easy to do. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24246
  15. Freebird
    Closest is the Oberlin Inn.
  16. Freebird
    Easy to install. Some folks have mentioned putting a piece of wood between the fender and the hole that you have to drill out just as a safety precaution.
  17. Freebird
    Well, I'm no Apple fan but I am proud of my son. He went through 7 interviews to get the job. The first one was a group interview with about 140 other applicants for two positions that they were hiring for. One was in inventory and the other in sales. It was the sales job that he wanted and finally got. He has been working for Best Buy in cameras, computers and cellular for about a year so had some experience but so did many of the others. He did good.
  18. Freebird
    Yea right....that would be a dream come true.
  19. Freebird
    Yea...I know...the shame of it all.
  20. Freebird
    Well folks, you try your best to raise your children right but what do you do when they finally do something that is a complete embarrassment to you. From the time they are born. You try to set a good example. Yea, we often fall short but we do our best and hope that they learn the important things that they need to know to get through this life. Now those of you who have sons can surely relate. Things are much different today than they were when I was a kid. Back then, those of us with a bit of a wild streak would drive our fathers crazy by sneaking out and riding our motorcycles all night, getting in fights in the smoking area at school, having a good pocket knife taken away by a teacher. Heck...I've even had the local police call my dad to tell him that they caught, but let me go, for having a couple of cold ones in my car. All things things and a lot more that I know caused some premature gray hair for my dad. In spite of doing my best though, I still always had that little bit of fear nagging deep inside. It got worse when Dylan started driving. Though I know that he is basically a very good kid and has never caused me any real trouble, I also know that we as parents certainly don't know everything. You worry that he will end up having a few beers with friends and the police will call late one night....luckily that never happened. You worry that you find out that they were busted drag racing on some deserted road. That never happened. The biggest fear of all is that they come home one day and tell you that they have gotten a girl in trouble. Always a big fear...hasn't happened. So just when I thought that we had made it past most of these things....tonight Dylan calls me with news that I never thought I would have to hear. Though he had alluded to it in passing a couple of times...I had simply told him to NOT become an embarrassment to me and I thought he had listened. I guess not.......................so......... I may as well say it...my son is....well....he has admitted to being an APPLE fan and as of today was notified that he has been hired by APPLE. Now he is in college and it is a part time job at a local Apple retail store but still....APPLE. I guess I should blame myself. We should have never moved to Ohio. I could have stayed in Texas...maybe moved to the Austin area so that he could be near Dell. I still tried though....he has been raised on Dell computers. I just assumed that he would grow up to be a PC man. But APPLE??????? To add insult to injury....he threw it in my face that he would be able to get me a discount on a new Apple computer. Oh why couldn't he have just gotten a girl in trouble.
  21. Freebird
    Sounds like a great opportunity for somebody. Sure wish I was closer. I hope that somebody takes advantage of the offer. We could all benefit from it.
  22. Freebird
    From my experience. The speed and odometer are both off from the factory. Not the same amount though. I found that on most bikes, the speedo is off about 7 1/2% and he odometer is off about 3 - 4 percent. So after you correct the speed with the Speedohealer, the odometer will be under reporting about 3%. To me, that is not significant enough to worry about and I prefer the speedo being correct.
  23. Freebird
    Well, I've changed the front springs on my '99 but I did NOT use Progressives. At the advice of Rick Butler, whom I have a lot of respect for, I went with Sonic Springs. Maybe it has changed but at the time, Progressive did not offer a spring specifically made for RSV. They list the same spring as used on the Royal Star I think. The Sonic Springs are a heavier weight spring than what is offered by Progressive and I think a better choice for the RSV. I couldn't be happier with mine.
  24. Freebird
    I've about given up on her. After all these many years...she has STILL not returned my calls.
  25. Freebird
    A CONVERSATION? You mean like.....really talk....face to face? Doesn't that seem a bit drastic.
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