Chaharly

No Tree this year. 2 people plus the little baby in the 1 bedroom apartment, we sure didn't have the room!

Howdy! We had our Christmas early in the month. Now Its time to just have our little family Christmas at home. The lady will take my son to his brother's for Christmas, so its probably going to be a quiet Christmas for me! Later in the weekend I'll be going to my mothers about 2 hours away and wiring up her motorcycle trailer and acid washing my fuel tank! Happy Holidays!

Hey guys, I've been having problems with my back right carburetor's pilot jet plugging up and losing it at idle. I've noticed when I fill the tank that I have a little bit of rust build-up in the neck of the gas tank. Earlier this summer, i opened the tank where the Fuel Level Sender is bolted in and it looked pretty good. I did notice the fuel level sender had some red tinge to it, like theres just a small amount of surface rust building up somewhere. Well yesterday I pulled the fuel tank, (Its not that bad of a job. You can do it and leave all the bags on and everything wired up. I took ratchet straps and strapped it in four places to the rafters and unbolted the rear frame, sub frame, whatever you want to call it from the bike and it lifted up with enough room to get the tank out) and dumped the 3.5 gallons of fuel that I had in it into a 5 gallon bucket and took a peek inside. I think me sloshing the tank around knocked some of the rust off, as it looks pretty good in there, but you'll see by the pictures that my fuel filters are real nasty orange. The one with the red fuel line running to it has maybe 20k miles tops. What is a good strategy to get the rust out of the tank, and can I put WD-40 or an oily substance in it to sort of "fog" the tank and keep it from rusting for the rest of the winter? I plan on replacing my rear shock and spring, as 110,000 miles makes it feel like its getting pretty soft. It'll be much easier to do this time with the tank off the bike! Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!! CJ

Yamaha came out with the 1700 VMax years ago and its been discontinued. Though I still agree. Have the new venture be sleeker and styled more like the new Goldwing with the 1700 V-4 and I would have bought one new sight unseen. Theres a market for it. Just look at the BMW K1600s

Its been 70 the last two days here in southeast Nebraska. Gonna ask the missuss if I can go for a ride this afternoon. Bike is sitting in the work parking lot ready to roll.

Glad to hear you've been getting family time too. I'm sure those grips and seat really do make a huge difference. Family is doing good, going over the usual developmental road bumps. Little man is learning that he cant have Mama whenever he wants and he doesn't like it! Rode again today, about 43 degrees this morning. I may try to squeeze a ride in Sunday, weather permitting.

Braved the 35 degree morning for the ride to work yesterday. Had to drop the baby off to my sister's this morning, so no ride for me today!

That salt tears bikes apart. I'm at the point with my venture that Itll never be a "nice looking bike again", so I dont mind if I get some extra corrosion and road salt on it. I'll try to ride it as much as possible this winter.

I was surprised to see that it was only 7% of Polaris' market share or income. I thought I've seen a bunch of Indians on the road. That being said, I've seen a ton of them in the dealership locally that haven't sold so that may be the reason why. I think the Ultra Luxury motorcycles are either going to be a thing of the past, or at least not be profitable for awhile due to the economy. No one can afford these bikes, and if you can afford them, you're probably too old to buy them. That or the Indian name is cursed!

Dang, now where did I put those?...

Congrats on your trip and I'm happy you made it home safely. That is also on my bucket list as well, to hit the lower 48 states. Good on your wife to take the plunge and do the ride herself! You two sound like quite the couple!

Starting to feel that chill here, getting down into the mid 40s in the mornings. I wont be riding the bike for a few days. They are doing some repairs to our apartment building's parking lot, so I wont be able to access the garage.

I checked yesterday and didn't have any trouble I don't believe. Seems like a good morning for some coffee and a car drive. We did get our ride in Sunday, but it was only 460 miles and it was in 40mph crosswinds pretty much the whole way. Needless to say, we were beat when we got home!

Good morning everybody. Happy Friday!

It looks like beautiful country out there! Let us know a date and I'll see if I can make it!