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I understand that the event went very well and that everyone was moved to tears by JB's Cousin who gave the salute. My chemo has caused me to be too weak to drive more than an hour or so, so I missed it. A big thanks to Tom Hendry for the set up, BBQ and generally running the event. If you ever get a chance to ride the 3 Twisted Sisters near Leakey Tx, You should stay at the Frio Pecan Farm. They had a huge home that they rented with a pool, patio and barbeque, but their cabins are also perfect for 1 or 2 couples and are reasonably priced. Thanks again to everyone

I have to close the St Judes auction today, because I head for the hospital tomorrow for a good while, congrats to everyone and thanks Rick Hayward I will mail it today

OK so when someone buys it, please send the money to Freebirds acct that he set up, let me know your address and I will mail it out to you at my cost.

I found a trunk liner bag from my RSV in one of my totes today, I don't want to sell it, just wanted it to get used. I put it on the St Judes section of the classifieds, but don't know how the winning bid would get the money to where it belongs. Freebird, do they just send the paypal to you, or what? I will pay the shipping as my contribution to whoever wins. It is good shape and comes in handy for those overnights.

Check the posts in Regional Rallies for info, just a heads up

Well, it has been a long time since I posted and a lot has happened in the last year, In Feb last year, I was having some trouble swallowing and went in for a scope which showed an Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. After several rounds of Chemo and Radiation, I was too weak to hold up my bike anymore, so I sold it to a nice 82 year man from Mercedes Tx down here, who immediately triked it. During this time, we also lost JB Slye (Lonestar Medic) to a heart attack and my friend Tom in Boerne sold his bike, so he wasn't posting on the site much I had surgery in August to remove the cancer and a good portion of my esophagus, which went really well. I have been feeling much better since then and was even contemplating buying a new bike. I had my 6 month follow up with a PET scan and discovered 2 new tumors that are not operable, so I guess more chemo and no new bike. I appreciate everything that all of you have helped me with through 2 Venture Royales, 1 RSTC, and 3 RSV's. Your advise on everything from tires to clutches to where to find parts has been invaluable. I will try to post more often now, but if it doesn't happen, know that you all are in my prayers. Brian

Knew that was coming

After having their 11th child, an Alabama couple decided that was enough, as they could not afford a larger bed. So the husband went to his doctor/veterinarian and told him that he and his wife/cousin didnt want to have any more children. The doctor told him that there was a procedure called a vasectomy that could fix the problem but that it was expensive. A less costly alternative, said the doctor, was to go home, get a cherry bomb, light it, put it in a beer can, then hold the can up to his ear and count to 10. The Alabamian said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest man in the world, but I don't see how putting a cherry bomb in a beer can next to my ear is going to help me." "Trust me", said the doctor. So the man went home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. He held the can up to his ear and began to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5", at which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs, and resumed counting on his other hand.

Most of you Ol timers remember Tom from Blanco, I haven't seen him on this site since he got that GW, but still keep up with him on FB. He had a large ruptured disc repaired yesterday in San Antonio. He's doing well so far. Just FYI

I remember being dared to pee on an electric fence in my youth, I'm still here so you know I didn't take that dare

If You took the grandkid out of the equation, it is almost exactly my story. 2 years ago my son and I were geared up to go to Squid's Maintenance Day. His Honda Shadow wouldn't turn over, and so since we live on an incline I got off my bike, took off my helmet and push started him. The bike started immediately, but I couldn't stop running. I tried to aim for the neighbors grass but fell full speed into the curb, right shoulder first. Even with my heavily armored leather Gericke jacket, I still broke my humerus. I still feel it when it gets cold. I feel your pain literally.. The best physical therapy for it is to attach a small rope and pulley up high ( garage or top of door) take 1 hand on each end of the rope and verrry slooowly pull down with the good shoulder as you raise the bad one with the rope. First directly to the front, then to the side, then backwards raising the arm higher as you can handle it. Another is to stand close enough to touch a wall and walk your fingers up the wall keeping your shoulder down, the same way, first in front, then to the side, then to the rear. It doesn't matter if it is partially torn, fully torn or broken, the exercises are the same and do it as soon as possible, a frozen shoulder happens pretty fast

Thunder Mfg says $81 for their special "stage 3" Jets

My son has an 01 V-star 1100 and bought an aftermarket air filter intake system called a Thunder Charger (similar to a Kuryaken). He was told by the seller to drill out 3 holes in the exhaust and bolt on the new filter system. It runs like crap now (of course) I am sure he has a lot less resistance both on intake and exhaust now which is causing it to run so poorly. will a trip to the bike shop to adjust the carbs fix this, or should I tell him to bite the bullet and reinstall the old air filter housing?

Eck, did you ever get your patent? and are you going to sell them or make a kit available? Also is that Extra battery there to power all the Safety Bling you had on the Venture?

*Please note: This did NOT happen to me it will be obvious when you read. I did not edit the text… much *Another note: I looked around for the source of this, but only found it told in greater crassness on forums, so — take this as you will. Go potty, swallow your coffee first (do it, trust me), lean back, and enjoy: We have the standard 6ft. fence in the backyard, and a few months ago, I heard about burglaries increasing dramatically in the entire city. To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric fence and ran a single wire along the top of the fence. Actually, I got the biggest cattle charger Tractor Supply had, made for 26 miles of fence. I then used an 8 ft. long ground rod, drove 7.5 feet into the ground. The ground rod is the key, with the more you have in the ground, the better the fence works. One day I’m mowing the back yard with my cheapo Walmart 6hp big-wheel push mower. The hot wire is broken and laying out in the yard. I knew for a fact that I unplugged the charger. I pushed the mower around the wire and reached down to grab it, to throw it out of the way. It seems as though I hadn’t remembered to unplug it after all. Now I’m standing there, I’ve got the running lawnmower in my right hand and the 1.7 giga-volt fence wire in the other hand. Keep in mind the charger is about the size of a marine battery and has a picture of an upside down cow on fire on the cover. Time stood still. The first thing I notice is my balls trying to climb up the front side of my body. My ears curled downwards and I could feel the lawnmower ignition firing in the backside of my brain.. Every time that Briggs & Stratton rolled over, I could feel the spark in my head. I was literally at one with the engine. It seems as though the fence charger and the POS lawnmower were fighting over who would control my electrical impulses. Science says you cannot crap & pee at the same time. I beg to differ. Not only did I do both at once, but my bowels emptied 3 different times in less than half of a second. It was a Matrix kind of bowel movement, where time is creeping along and you’re all leaned back and BAM BAM BAM you just crap your pants 3 times. It seemed like there were minutes in between but in reality it was so close together it was like exhaust pulses from a big block Chevy turning 8 grand. At this point I’m about 30 minutes (maybe 2 seconds) into holding onto the fence wire. My hand is wrapped around the wire palm down so I can’t let go. I grew up on a farm so I know all about electric fences… but Dad always had those POS chargers made by International or whoever that were like 9 volts and just kinda tickled. This I could not let go of. The 8 foot long ground rod is now accepting signals from me through the perma-damp Ark-La-Tex river bottom soil. At this point I’m thinking I’m going to have to just man up and take it, until the lawnmower runs out of gas. ‘D*mn,’ I think as I remember I just filled the tank! Now the lawnmower is starting to run rough. It has settled into a loping run pattern as if it had some kind of big lawnmower race cam in it. Covered in poop & pee and with my balls on my chest I think ‘Oh God, please die… pleeeeze die’. But nooooo, it settles into the rough lumpy cam idle nicely and remains there, like a big bore roller cam EFI motor waiting for the go command from its owner’s right foot. So here I am in the middle of July, 104 degrees, 80% humidity, standing in my own backyard, begging God to kill me. God did not take me that day… he left me there covered in my own fluids to writhe in the misery my own stupidity had created… I honestly don’t know how I got loose from the wire…. I woke up laying on the ground hours later. The lawnmower was beside me, out of gas. It was later on in the day and I was sunburned. There were two large dead grass spots where I had been standing, and then another long skinny dead spot were the wire had layed while I was on the ground still holding on to it. I assume I finally had a seizure and in the resulting thrashing had somehow let go of the wire. Upon waking from my electrically induced sleep I realized a few things. 1. Three of my teeth seem to have melted. 2. I now have cramps in the bottoms of my feet and my right butt cheek (not the left, just the right). 3. Poop & pee when all mixed together, do not smell as bad as you might think. 4. My left eye will not open. 5. My right eye will not close. 6. The lawnmower runs like a sumna***** now. Seriously! I think our little session cleared out some carbon fouling or something, because it was better than new after that. 7. My balls are still smaller than average yet they are almost a foot long 8. I can turn on the TV in the game room by farting while thinking of the number 4 (still don’t understand this?) That day changed my life. I now have a newfound respect for things. I appreciate the little things more, and now I always triple check to make sure the fence is unplugged before I mow. I am relieved this man was able to learn a lesson out of this… I think I’d give up on mowing. Wait. I don’t mow.

! Hey I Resemble that remark

Larry, Take the leap and build a B&B I would definitely come stay, even though I am in a warm (relatively) climate and can ride a major portion of the year

I have a GoPro and a JVC Axxion cam, but this one has some interesting features such as auto-on/off when you start the bike up and the rotating video loop so that you could use it all the time you are on the bike. Unlike the Mobius though, It also autolocks in the case of a crash or hard hit so that you have video evidence, so it is more like the dash cams that the cops/truckers and Europeans like so much. Now I sound like an ad for it, but may have Santa put one in my stocking to try for everyday riding. It has quite a wide view so when that SOB almost takes you out and then didn't stop, you might have a plate number.

Don, I think it should be left as it is, I know of a few who have left and only show up on Facebook now instead of this site. I know it is not cheap for you to keep this site open but I will continue to pay and visit often

reading the ad about it, it says you can record up to 60 15 min rides before it starts to record over, so I guess that would be 15 hours of rides

http://www.bullethd.us/#!motorcycle-video-camera-biker-pro/c1luz Thoughts?

Yes, and that will also allow the dealer time enough to order the right size tire for me, Good idea, thanks

Load Rating is the same, but I agree that little bit of width may be the difference

It was a Gemini SST mini bike, with four whole gears and a clutch. Made me smarter than my friends automatic.