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Hey, I saw more land than snow on the ground as we drove past Ripley this afternoon! Can't say we saw much sun though, seemed pretty cloudy...

Soooo, is this just like a thread about oil or tires???

Vacuum pump and speed bleeders, regardless of front or rear, or clutch... For just replacing pads, unless you added fluid at one point or another, there should be no need whatsoever to open the bleeders! It is a good idea, however, to flush out the old brake fluid and replace with new stuff. Using a vacuum pump and speed bleeders all you have to worry about is not letting the master cylinder go empty or you will suck air into the lines from that! Just keep on sucking fluid through until it comes out clear and clean.

***SIGH*** Got home around 4 this afternoon. A lot of the snow is gone but piles of it are still around. At least it is not snowing (today) and the temperature is above freezing! Feeling somewhat OK but have a nasty cough and still feel a little run down. It was all in all a great vacation regardless, but like they say, there's no place like home!!!

Yah!! The trick is to start speaking softer and softer so they are listening really hard...

I'll give you a maybe, depends...

Prayers up for a fast recovery Pucster!!!

Gggoollllly Ddonnn, iittt seeeemmmmss OOOKK tttoo mmmmmmee...

Check your diaphragms for pin holes...

Well greetings from Dallas TX! The last two days in San Antonio were very interesting and informing to say the least! We learned all about the Texas revolution and he battle of the Alamo and beyond! We spent a lot of time on the Riverwalk, it is really nice!! We found this place that serves 60 oz margaritas!! Yumm, were they goooood!! There was another place that had even bigger ones, close to 2 liters size! We weren't about to try to down those, the 60 oz was enough of a challenge! Our room, on the other hand, sucked big time!! It was a Hyatt Regency and we were not impressed to say the least! There was no desk, no vanity n the bathroom (There was one in the bedroom area but the sink only had cold water. There was nothing to retain the water in the shower and the floors were uneven! We took a shower and half the water was in the middle of the bathroom floor! No refrigerator or microwave, and no ice dispenser on the first floor! The bed was in the way when we tried to bring the luggage cart in! We had to eat our breakfast in our room as there was no place to set in the dining area. There was no tables to set the luggage on! I'm waiting for the email to come with our evaluation and comments, they are going to get an ear full!! The drive up to Dallas from San Antonio was delayed by over two hours! I strongly advise anybody that has to take I35 north of Austin not to!! It took a couple of hours just to travel maybe 5 miles!!! I picked up some kind of Upper Respiratory Infection probably at the Space Center in Houston, and now it really has me down! I'm thinking we aren't going to do much tomorrow. ***sigh*** Time to head home Sunday AM...

Yah! Now that Jim has introduced himself welcome aboard!! We are pretty active in the western new York area and am looking forward to riding with you this summer! Hope you have a passport so you can attend some of the Ontario events! The big one for our area is the WNY Northeast Regional Rally at the end of August at Pioneer Motorsports, Chaffee NY, hope you can make it!!!

Yah!! Cold front!! Is only suppose to be in the 60's here...

We are departing Corpus Christi this AM and are bound for San Antonio. Yesterday we toured the USS Lexington for hours! After that we explored downtown and finally found a shopping mall. Becky was happy... I seemed to have picked up a sore throat and possibly a URI at the Space Center. Not running on full capacity but not really that sick that it will ruin our vacation.

Is the ashtray full???

If the computer is slow, so will the TV be slow...

Hmmm, sorry, do not live near Boston but I'm sure someone will op n here soon enough! The front brakes are pretty simple to do, just 2 bolts to remove the calipers, then find something to pry the pads as far apart as possible, then remove the old ones and put the new ones in. It's pretty much the same as on a car, no real special tricks. As far as the pads a lot of us use EBC HH style pads...

OK here we are in Corpus Christi!! Yesterday we got "Spaced out" at the NASA Space Center. It was like going through my entire life as far as space exploration is concerned. I found it very interesting but I think Becky was a little bored with it. We went to Galveston for dinner, but it was too late to enjoy the beaches. Tomorrow we tour the USS Lexington, should be interesting. We should have some time for the beach, it should be near 80 degrees...

Glad you got to meet Ray, he's a good guy!!

We had a great day yesterday!! Drove down to Houston and the first place we visited was their downtown aquarium. Kinda nice setup but compared to others we have been to it was a little small. Had lunch there and we got a free souvenir glass! For the afternoon we toured the Sam Houston historical museum and got to see some of the original houses from the area! The oldest was on it's original location but the rest of the buildings were moved to the ocation through the years. So, we got a little insight to the history of Houston! Had a little trouble finding the car in the parking garage as they had locked up the area where we came out from underground and had to walk in where we drove in! We finally found the car but in order for the GPS to find the hotel it had to find the satellites first, impossible to do in an underground garage!! But, when we got out into the street, it still was having a hard ime due to the tall buildings!! One we drove out of downtown it finally located the satellites and much to our wonder we were going in the right direction!!! The Meet and Eat was great!! Got to meet Santa Hal and his wife, and PKTexas and his wife as well as Squid and Lonna! It was a nice Texas BBQ type plae and the food was yummy!! We even had live entertainment, some guy playing guitar and singing while accompanied by canned rhythm. He was actually pretty good! We ended up closing the place, which we did the night before with Squid, Lonna, Squid's daughter Heather, and JustMonkeyingAround and his girlfriend. Sure has been great visiting old friends and meeting new ones!!! People down here sure are friendly! Today we are going to the Houston Nasa Space Center and dinner in Galveston...

Way cool!! Me Likey!

My best suggestion, get on it and ride, then ride some more!!!

Took Jesus himself to help me quit, couldn't do it on my own!! Quit smoking in the mid '80s since starting smoking in my early teens...

​HAPPY BIRTHDAY Skid!!!

Hey, Jonsey just died from lung cancer, isn't that enough incentive to quit smoking???

OK we made it to Cleveland TX this afternoon and are all checked in for the night. Squid and Lonna are picking us up for dinner around 7:00. The first thing we had to do is go to a shopping mall for Becky. I showed her on the weather channel hat it was going to be 80 degrees today but what did she pack?? Sweaters!!! Today was nice green grass to look at and even saw some daffodils blooming!! We also saw the aftermath of a semi whose trailer caught on fire going the opposite direction that had traffic backed up in that direction for miles and miles! The trailer was a melted mess! Saw a few bikes on the road and a couple of trikes as well...