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I remember as a child how my parents would rave over this translucent, gelatinous yuck they'd keep in the fridge.....pigs feet.....nasty.... And then every once in a while Mom would make this cold, pink soup. I can't remember what that stuff was called. It actually had ice cubes in it. Had a few episodes of not leaving the table until my plate was clean. lol. Dunno how I grew up so big and strong.

I'm a top journeyman now, and I'd be a top journeyman at the new place. I'm a commercial / industrial HVAC Tech. It's something that takes years to get good at. The experience is a big part of what it takes to be a sage tech. I wouldn't be the new guy as far as pecking order, but I would go in not knowing the personalities of most of my co workers and superiors, and would have to step lightly until I get to know the turf. That'll be an adjustment, 'cause where I am now I rule the roost. I'm one of 3 guys in the area. I'm the lead guy, and they leave me alone, and my nearest "kinda boss" is 2 1/2 hours away. With the new job, I'd be part of 50 or so other techs in the same metro area. I've talked to some of the techs, and they all seem pretty happy....turnover is pretty much nonexistent, so the people who work there must be happy. It'll be an adjustment, but I think I gotta do it. Just lookin' for some wisdom and opinions on the matter.

I got a job offer at a different company. They'll pay $1.50 above Union Scale, 5 paid holidays, 2 weeks paid vacation. Where I work now pays scale, (which is pretty good $$$), I get 1 week paid vacation, (and I'm the only Union guy in the company that even gets that), no paid holidays. The thing is that I've been at this outfit for 15 years, and breakin' up is hard to do. I know all the policies / procedures where I'm at, and I understand the politics of the place. Another big consideration is that where I work now; nearly all my work is on the roofs of malls and plazas, putting up ladders in all weather. I ain't gittin' any younger. The new job I'm looking at will have very little of that. I think I know what I need to do, but it's scary stuff. I have a job that pays quite well.....a job many people would kill for, and I'm about to quit. It's got me tied up in knots.

C'mon.....somebody say it !!!

How's the song go...??? If they've got music in Heaven, you know they've got a Hell of a band.....

Got my new starter delivered today! It'll probably be a few weeks before I install it though. I'll post then and let y'all know how much of a difference it makes.

That's a sharp bike. A bit hi, a bit low, no matter. I wouldn't worry about the mileage either, and what really matters is how it strikes you. If it's just what you want,...as long as the price isn't unreasonable, ....go for it. But what do I know...???

I think it's a matter of personal preference. When my 87 is hot, on a hot Summer day, it'll crank like the battery is going dead, but has NEVER failed to start. Sometimes it REALLY sounds like it's not gonna go, but it always does. I'm gong to do the upgrade 'cause it always bugs me when it does this, and I like to do a lil' sumthin' sumthin' to improve my bike every year. Go out on a hot day and you'll see why these folks like to upgrade the starters on the first gens.

Done deal.

Wow.....couldn't you have made that a little easier for me??? lol Thanks. I really appreciate the help. I'm gonna go ahead and buy it right now.

I'm gonna go ahead and put a 4 brush starter on my 87, What year starter should I be looking for.....when did they start using the 4 brush starters???......is there any year in-particular that I should look for?

Definitely one, maybe two.

25 Smackers sent. Thanks:)

Hey....you could put someone's eye out with one of those.

Although I'm sure I'd enjoy having a go if I ever came over to visit,You ever come over for a visit, I'll let you try shooting with some of my guns, as I'm sure others on this site would also. Good call. I'd like to make the same offer. Stop by and we can go in the backyard and rock and roll with some "assault" weapons. I'd bet that a lot of Ventureriders are firearms owners and would be glad for the chance to introduce someone from across the pond to the experience. There's a lot of good folks out there armed to the teeth. We outta' ask Freebird to set up a range at the next MD. lol:whistling:

Looks great, but with that paint job, you really can't even tell it's a "Venture". Congrats on a job well done.

Not having the right to self protection sounds just as strange to me. I'm just sayin' Just because you can't doesn't mean you shouldn't.

Can you imagine the nun sitting at her desk grading these papers, all the while trying to keep a straight face and maintain her composure! PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, YOU'LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS! IT COMES FROM A CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST. KIDS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE BIBLE WERE WRITTEN BY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RETOUCHED OR CORRECTED. INCORRECT SPELLING HAS BEEN LEFT IN. 1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. 2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE . NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS. 3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT. 4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.. 5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH. 6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES. 7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS . 8. THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE. 10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY. 11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLEOF GERITOL. 12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM. 13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES. 14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES. 15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNA CARTA. 16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN THE MANAGER. 17. JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION. 18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD. 19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE. 20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE. 21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS. 22. THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLES. 23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN. 24. St. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE. 25. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE. THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY. :rotf::rotf:

I'd have to believe my 87 Standard First Gen could do better than that. Coming off the line, and shifting to 2nd, the front wheel would definitely be off the ground if I were racing. I've always wanted to run it in the 1/4 mile, but never got around to it, so I may be wrong, but I'd be disappointed if I couldn't get to the mid 13s.

I used to have a 74 GMC Motorhome. You old timers may remember them....they had the dual rear wheels with air suspension and were front wheel drive. Whenever I'd go into an Autozone, Advance, O'rileys, or wherever, and ask for parts they'd always try to sell me GMC van or truck parts. When I'd explain it had an Oldsmobile driveline and was front wheel drive they wouldn't believe me....I've been told more than once that I'd better "double-check that".....lol I'd end up having them look up the parts for a 74 Toranado with the tow package.....same driveline. Makes you wonder what these guys today would do without the computers..

So far it seems that the consensus is to avoid it from one week before to one week after the rally. Different folks have mixed feelings about the Motorhome. I'd love to make it an extended affair, but I only get one week paid vacation, and I usually go somewhere with the wife for that week. I'll see what my friends think after reading this thread. Thanks again everyone for the valuable input.

That's another issue that could be a bit of a problem with riding long distances. The guy who called rides a Suzy Volusia 800, and another friend rides a Yammy V Star 650. They don't have windshields or monster motors for extended highway travel. Another friend who rode up to the North PA mountains with us last year has an old Harley (82) that was a project bike that he kinda went over, but not too thoroughly, ending up in the need to leave the Harley at the cabin, and I had to ride him bi-otch on the back of my Venture, and just to add insult to injury I taped the sign to the back of my bike. I wouldn't have done him like that, but he was big time into the "If it ain't a Harley it ain't s**t attitude, so I had to make him pay.

This is just the kinda good stuff I was hopin' for......Thanks, and keep it comin'.

One of my buddies called me this morning and says he wants to go to Sturgis this year. He says he want's us to take my motorhome, with the bikes in tow up to the area, and either stay at a nearby campground or at Sturgis itself. (I don't know that that's even an option) We'd be coming from Ohio, me in Central, and my friends in NE Ohio. I've nothing against the idea, and while I get that you're supposed to actually RIDE to Sturgis,......the motorhome's pretty comfortable, and I think it'd be quicker. I think I'd like to ride there, but with us all in our early 50s, it'd be tough to get away from work for as long as it'd take to have an enjoyable trip. In any case, I've always wanted to go to the area, to check out the sights on the bike, but don't know that it'd be a good idea to go during the rally. I'm betting it's pretty crazy, and I'm not a big fan of crowds. I'm also figuring that it wouldn't be much fun riding to see the sights while dealing with all the traffic. I'd like to hear from those who've been there during the rally or not....what are your thoughts....to go or not to go, and if so...during the rally or during an off time...???