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Greetings from outside Little Rock Arkansas! Yes, today was a much better day! We got started right on time and haven't seen any trace of snow since this morning! Temperature was 71 degrees when we arrived here at the Hampton Inn Bryant AR. Had a really great dinner at Logan's Roadhouse less than 1/2 mile from the hotel, some of the best ribs I've ad in a long time! Yes, this hotel has a microwave and a refrigerator! Refrigerators are important to us diabetics who are insulin dependent! Insulin needs to be refrigerated or kept cool. We carry a cooler but it is a pain to have to add ice cubes all the time. We use cooler packs instead of ice cubes in ours. Man, there is very little to no god lodging on I 40 from Nashville to Little Rock! I'm a little concerned about this for our return rip asI was planning on overnighting around Memphis. Plenty of $39.99 per night places and I'm sure no extra charge for any bugs you may take from those kind of places... Tomorrow night we will be with Squid and Lonna, hope she made cheesecake!!

Good going Rick! Congratulations!!

Forgot to mention that after the snow plow and before the expressway I got behind this Lincoln that only wanted to do 42 in a 55 and I couldn't get around him. Also the hotel room has no microwave or refrigerator! Today we are going to try to make it to Little Rock, should be a better day...

OK safe and sound at a Fairfield Hotel in Elizabethtown KY, overshot Louisville a little bit, less we have to drive tomorrow! Hasn't been the most stellar day today. We left a few minutes later than expected and it was snowing. Got behind a snow plow for the first 30 minutes doing 35 in a 55. Seemed like it was going to take forever to get to the expressway! Yesterday we had wet heavy snow and there must have been ice on the tires because when we got up to 55 the steering wheel was oscillating like no tomorrow! It finally calmed down by the time we got to the Interstate, thank God!! I was going to bring along an extra gallon of windshield washer but forgot, along with my portable compressor because my monitor says the left rear is down a couple of pounds. Driving through Ohio in northern Ohio the gas was $1.59 but I didn't need any. When I did need gas in central Ohio it was $1.79!! And to add insult to injury, remember the washer fluid I forgot?? It was almost $5 for a gallon at the TA where we stopped for coffee!!! The reason we ended up past Louisville was because there was no room at the inn there! Saw an exit with a Hampton marked but guess what?? Couldn't find one off the exit, the sign lied!! Soo, hit the GPS to find a close hotel and it directed us here, but instead of taking us back to I65, it took us down some one lane twisty back road and a couple of other unlit roads, at least they were two lane, but no center or edge lines!Well, 15 minutes later we finally got here! Dinner was pretty good, a Texas Outlaws Rib & BBQ place, and when I got back here in the room I notice a little sign saying 10% off with room key!! Just hasn't been one of my better days...

Heading out this morning by car to Texas!! All packed and ready to go! I'll post in the evenings on the day's adventures, hope to be in Louisville tonight...

Welcome aboard!! Yes, you did good! That is a very reasonable price for a full sized touring bike with that amount of miles! These bikes get over 200,000 miles without any major problems! Probably the worst problem you will encounter is the rear shock going out on you. Do not replace with a stock shock, go to one of the aftermarket shocks available out there. You've come to the right place, we have all sorts of great info for you on how to upgrade a few things, and knowledge on about everything that has ever gone wrong with any of these bikes. There is a slight learning curve on how to ride the 2nd Generation Venture, they are a tad top heavy and slow speed maneuvers can be a challenge, they are somewhat easy to drop especially if you are not used to a heavy bike. Once you get used to it you will be hard pressed to find a more comfortable and dependable bike that you can get on and ride for hours and hours!!! Once again welcome, feel free to ask questions, and explore the site and use the search functions. You are going to find a fine bunch of individuals here that are very helpful and turn out being just like family!!!

...or mid 50's Ford tail light! But the ones Tooch came up with look spot on.

It might be nice to be able to pay for multiple years as well. Some of us are "married" to this site, til death do us part...

Yah Don!! We really missed chat parties so thank you indeed!! BTW we need a couple more animal sounds like dogs, chickens, cows, etc. I'm sure there will be other sounds needed as time goes by, we'll let you know!

I agree...

Becky and I are vacationing in your fine state later this month! Squidley is already putting together a M&E in Houston for Saturday, here's the link.. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?116262-Hey-Texas-let-s-Eat! We will be in Corpus Christi after Houston, then San Antonio followed by Dallas. Let me know if you would like to meet up and say hi!!

EBay?? Motorcycle boneyard??

Yah!! I remember once in a great while one of those showing up on Fleabay...

​Happy Valentine's Day Mama!!

Whenever I can't find something in the garage I start cleaning and organizing! After finding about a dozen things I forgot I had I usually find the object I was looking for... or forget what I was looking for in the first place!

That's OK, tonight was just about as active...

I think that got answered in chat tonite Dan...

Most of us use either J&M or Edset intercom sets...

Lookin' GOOD Eck!!

OK with the Voyager you have to be really careful not to get the center drive wheel off the ground! That and "Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around..."

Yah! The point being do something you have a passion for!!

Yes, they are fairly common and a cheaper alternative to trike'ing out. New they go for a little more than what he is asking for the whole thing. Shame it's not gold, I would be very interested...

I am NOT in total disagreement with you guys, I was just looking at the other side of the coin! I've known of 6 yr olds riding their own dirtbikes...

Sure there is, it's a good honest living! The hard part is getting the experience...

For those that would like to sign the guest book, here's a link to the obituary. I thought it amusing they mentioned his nickname "Freakin' Jonsey" in it! Anybody that ever met him understands the nickname... http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=edward-f-jones&pid=177678266&fhid=25294