saddlebum

Sure regret being unable to be there. Really miss seeing all my VR friends. Hopefully next summer will be a better situatuation and I can be actively back on the road again. Wish you all of you the best. Nice pics BTW.

I once had a back fire so bad I felt the back of my car lift slightly and afterwards my exhaust sounded like wide open pipes. The backfire was so severe that it split my muffler wide open as well as lifting the back end. What happened was while driving on the highway a transport hit a massive puddle and my car caught the splash which killed the engine for a split second causing my exhaust to accumulate a fair amount of raw fuel. When the engine fired up the raw fuel mix in my exhaust ignited and went off like a stick of TNT.

@Freebird as someone who who who has had to deal with a major back injury for many years May I suggest before you embark on a ride that Eileen fit herself with a ridged back support belt of either leather or nylon such as used when weight lifting (not the flexible stretch support types ) she may find it helps a lot.

I did the same with all my kids including the girls and I taught them all how to drive stick.

I can pretty much do anything and properly done as well. Having said that though I can paint a vehicle, house painting is my downfall, specially when it comes to rolling. Guaranteed you hand my a roller and tray at some point I will most definitely step in the tray or hit the ceiling several times with the roller.

I found the best cure for bad sounding speakers is to simply leave the sound system turned off.

But of course its not like the wife's clutter which will never see daylight again. Our stuff may be needed some day.

Nice use of space 👌

Sounds pretty typical of today's entitled generation, where many feel that everything should be just handed to them and have never been taught that if you want something you have to earn it. Far too many drivers licenses today are handed out far too easily these days to people who do not belong on the road. This John guy's job is to make sure a new drivers is not a hazard to oneself as well as others on the road. He also did not need to show the new driver anything, His job is to pass or fail not to teach so this student actually got a bonus but does not realize it.

Did much the same with my oldest daughter.

Nice pics Ray

Then there is the environmental impact as well as human rights failures behind the electric car that seems to be little mentioned. Here is an interesting article on that note. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/climate/electric-vehicles-environment.html I am not saying I am against electric vehicles. I am just saying we need to see all the facts, not just the ones that are appealing. Its like free range chicken, you need to see what criteria defines the difference between free range and non-free range you might be disappointingly surprised or not.

Trust me you ever try these you will never go back to rope type or any other again the supply that supplied my shop had 250 in the side wall of his front tire by the time he wore out the tire. Not something I would recommend but he did prove a point, https://products.techtirerepairs.com/product/permacure-repair-bx-50/

I carry a .50-cal poly ammo box fairly well equipped with a good complimentary set of tools including test light and compact voltmeter, a spool of wire, electrical tape, magic tape (as it is re-marketed today. Old time electricians would remember it as splicing compound). Home made light weight booster cables with small clamps to make them more bike friendly. Recently included a small booster pack. Some low stretch multi-braid rope. some paracord. Nylon tarp an assotment of zip ties. A permacure tire plug kit (permacure plugs are the only plugs I trust when unable to properly patch a tire. I have used hundreds of them over the last 30 years on every type of tire from motorcycle to transport and if I have to trust a plug for a road side repair they be the ones). A small 12v air compressor. First aid kit in a waterproof package such as can be purchased from wilderness outfitters supply stores. Rain gear. a small dry sack containing a change of clothes and a campers towel.

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And he replaced the Yamaha logo with a Harley one ........

Here in the southern part of Ontario, even if it was acceptable I doubt I would attempt it. There are so many arrogant and bad drivers drivers in this part of the province that even the trucks I deal with say of all the states and provinces they drive through they hate driving through the greater Toronto area the most.

You gotta wonder what makes em tick.

Hard to believe a gentleman like you Puc would do something like that. .....Wait I minute ...N0w that I think of it...I don't remember you being a gentleman you crazy old coot

Whats to explain ?.......................

Are you sure or do you just not remember being there. where ever there was Maybe it was there somewhere in between the U turns! Somewhere

Did yo try pushing in on the key as you move to lock On my bike there is a spring loaded detent in the switch, to go to full lock you must push in on the key

What flew away

So very true. The less volume a tire holds the more detrimental pressure becomes EG: loose 20 psi in a bicycle tire and you are running pretty soft. Loose 20 lbs in a 11r24 transport tire and you don't even notice the difference.

If I had learned it within the last 55 years I could tell you but prior to that I don't remember much. But then I am sure you understand exactly what mean, Don't you.