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Any BQ Rib or Chicken places around you where you Live?
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Here is the link to the pics. We had a great time and even ChickenHawk found a live snake to play with http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/venturerider/Sleeperhawks%20Mechanic%20Jacksonville%20ME%2020100508/
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To all the lovers of oldies. At the South Dakota State Fair in Huron SD, on Sunday, September 5th Three Dog Night will be performing! Doreen and I will be there come what may. This is one of the bands from my younger days that I always wanted to see live. Now's the time!!!! :dancefool: Dave
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After attending the Louisana state motorcycle awareness and safety rally this morning and seeing all of the rash laden 50 something guys in cut-off t-shirts holding soup bowls for helmets hobbling around with their women dressed in clothes fit only for back yard shenanigans I could'nt help but think about my mangled and dissabled uncle and the names on the list of 60 odd dead riders who passed since the last rally so I decided to steal a post from another board I attend and spread it to the others I attend. Enjoy and ride safe. Riding Without Gear - A Personal Choice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riding without boots and crashing might cost you some road rash or foot mash or even in an extreme case might lead to amputation. You might never walk without a limp. You might battle a weight and fitness problem for the rest of your life. You might never walk with pain. But it probablywouldn't kill you. Riding without gloves and crashing might cost you some road rash or a Munched hand or the severe, excrutiating pain of mangling a body part rich with nerve endings. Or you could lose a finger or two. It could cost you the ability to play ball with your son, to properly feel the gentle curve of a womans breast, or to hold a beer. But it probably wouldn't kill you. Riding without at least an armored jacket and leather trousers or full leathers or an Aerostich or even just a leather jacket and jeans and crashing might cost you serious road rash. You might grind off a nipple. You might embed gravel in your elbow. You might get beef jerky all over your back. You might grind off your kneecap or have a scar resembling Australia on you calf like a friend of mine does. You would be scarred for life and not be able to walk on a beach shirtless without feeling self conscious. You might end up like Kevin Spacey's character in "Pay It Forward" and have to deal with the same awkward moment every time you remove your clothes with a new lover. But it probably won't kill you. Riding without a back protector and crashing in all but rare crashes would be inconsequential. However, there are so many variables out there- curbs, fenders, poles, guardrails, debris in the road- any one of these could be the golden BB that nicks your spinal cord in just the wrong way and leaves you in a wheelchair for life. Or, maybe you just have constant sciatic pain in one leg. Or you can't move your legs. Or you have to wear diapers for when you @#%$ yourself, and/or a colostomy bag you have to pull out of your pants leg and squeeze your waste out into the toilet at a bar like a guy I know. Or you can't move from the chest down. Or from the neck down. Are you good at working joysticks with your mouth? Or maybe you might need a respirator? Or 24 hour care? Certainly, there are impacts that are completely forseeable that would permanently injure you even with the best back protector in the world. But there are crashes and subsequent impacts that even mediocre back protectors can make that little bit of difference in- the ones you get up and walk away from, sore all over, but *walking*. Do you want the last time you walked to be when you walked out of 7-11 with a pack of smokes and then got on your bike? Those precious few steps out the door and over to the bike to be the five steps you remember the rest of your life because the next time you were off the bike you were lying strapped to a backboard staring at the headliner of an ambulance, tears running down your face because you couldn't feel the little piggies and you were almost ready to vomit at the stench of your @#%$ because you lost control of your bowels? Riding without a back protector and crashing might not make a difference, or it might make all the difference in the world. It might not kill you, but it might make you wish it had. And, finally, helmets. Riding without a helmet and crashing might be of no consequence. You might never even touch terra firma with your head. Or you might give yourself an asphalt facelift. You might get a concussion that results in only a bad headache the next day. You might get a serious concussion that lands you in the hospital for endless CAT scans and MRIs, and for the rest of your days be plagued by migraines. You might fracture your orbital and lose your vision. You might fracture your skull and end up fully functional but with a horrible Frankenstein like scar and a metal plate that bothers you on cold days and sets of metal detectors in airports. You might have a closed head injury from which you don't awaken from for hours or days or weeks or months- all the while your mother, father, sister, brother, children, workmates, and/or riding buddies come a visit you, filling an utterly depressing hospital room into a gauche jungle of flowers and bright card saying "get well soon!" that you never see or smell. Sure, you might awaken completely normal besides the hole drilled in your head to reduce pressure. Or you might awaken a little fuzzy, unsure who these people are. Or you might awaken and have to re-learn everything it took you all your life to learn, eventually returning to normal or even better like Harrison Ford in "Regarding Henry". Or you might awaken a man-child, drooling and laughing as you try to stack blocks, wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt signed by your mother, father, sister, brother, children, workmates, and/or riding buddies- which you will never read. Or you might have an open head injury, from which the "you" you know will most likely never return. The rest of your life -be it a day, a week, a month, a year- will consist of feeding tubes, the endless beep and whoosh of the heart monitor and respirator, and the drip-drip or IV fluids, catheters in your rod, and feeding tubes. Of course, you won't mind all of this, you'll be in a dream land no one knows about. Your body will waste away and atrophy. Eventually, the shell that used to be you would give out, and your loved ones would have to make the most grueling decision of their life. Or, you might die on the road, fluffy gray brain matter mixing with blood and cerebro-spinal fluid. Perhaps you last ride would be twenty miles an hour down the street by your house combined with an impatient young driver and an ignored stop sign. Or perhaps it would be a ride on the freeway and a pothole denting your rim and popping the front tire off the bead sending you into the guardrail. Or you might go out in a blaze of glory qith a 100 mph wheelie ending the wrong way. Whichever way, would make maybe a 10 second news story depending on where you live, maybe a paragraph buried on page 32B of the paper. Riding without a helmet could be of no matter- or it could mean the difference between going on as you are now, or having life taken awy from you as if God flipped a switch. I can live without toes or a mangled foot- but I choose to try and prevent that. I can live with a hand that looks like a burn victim's and maybe relearn to write with my left hand- but I choose to try and prevent that. I can live with a scar in the shape of Australia on my calf- but I try and prevent that. I can live with road rash on my torso and arms- but I try to prevent that. I could live in a wheelchair, agonizing through every day, but I chose to try and prevent that. I can't live as a man-child. I've already played with blocks. I only drool when I sleep. We all make choices. Gear can't always save you. All the best leather, denim, Cordura, Kevlar, fiberglass, and plastic is useless when fate throws the Immovable Object or the Irresistible Force in your path. But I choose to stack the deck in my favor. If it all ends up for naught and the stacked deck and the cards up my sleeve end up losing to Fate's royal flush, so be it. But I'll try.
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Any Venture owners live in the Knoxville/Maryville TN area? If so, would you be interested in test riding my Venture for me? I have an 08 and I'm concerned about the way it is running. Thought maybe some of you experts may live close enough to give me your opinion or at least make a comparison to your Venture. Seems like when its under a load it feels like the pulse of a v-twin. I thought it would be smoother than it is. I've synched the carbs, put new plugs in it and used the seafoam. The Dealer said it was fine but I would like a second opinion. Thanks Ride safe Jim Garner
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Welcome to the family and we hope you stick around. Things got a bit screwy when he signed up and he didn't seem to get a welcome. He's over in Afghanistan with Jeff. He's in the Army. That's how he found us. He's getting out in July and I understand he's headed back to Jax Florida. He has an 05 Warrior waiting for him. So now that I've let you know something about him maybe we can get him to stay. OH Ruffy he doesn't live too far from you from what Jeff said. You guys can figure it out though. Oh also can someone else tell him I'm not that scary. The person I married keeps telling him I am. Margaret
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You don't have to be a Star Touring member to ride with us! We are all about having a good time with good people. We have short rides, long rides, overnight rides and charity rides. If you live near Fayette county, Ga check out our website, we would love to have you ride with us. All bikes welcome! www.star304.org
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Birthdays are good for you! The more you have, the longer you live!!! Old age comes at a very bad time!!! It ain't the Age - It's the mileage!!! Any day above ground is a good one!!! It's not that I'm afraid to die - It's just that I don't want to be around when it happens!!! The more you complain, the longer God makes you live!!! If I knew I'd live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!!! RETIREMENT: Twice as much Husband - Half as much Money!!! But then, my Wife always gives me sound advice - 99% sound -- 1% advice!!!
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Ok Nov 28th was the last time Yama mama was on the site. I know I'm not the only one worried about her. I've emailed and called as well as a few others, still no response. So if anyone can get in touch with Yama mama tell her to get her butt back on here. I don't live close enough to go and find where she lives. Thanks Oh and if you're reading this Peggy get your butt on here and let us know you're ok. Margaret
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Not sure if anyone has heard of this before,nut the wife and I are thinking of doing this if we can get the money together before the cut of date. Locally its $55 to get a 6 ft tree deliverd to the troops over seas. Not sure if you can stipulate where it goes as far as specific troops or not,but it would be nice to have them deliverd to all our members over there and many more if we could. Laura and I plan on going this weekend as it is locally done in Highpoint nc but the link says it has many other sites. What do you guys think??? http://www.treesfortroops.org/ Hope you all have a good one. In a time of chaos we live in these folks are over there putting there lives on hold and on the line so we can live free as we please. It wopuld be a nice way to say thanks. If you know me personally then you know who will get one from me if they let me stipulate whom and where it is deliverd. If not just getting it to the troops will be good enough for me. David
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on Tuesday Oct 12 , my mom had a severe stroke.she is now in a therapy/rehab facility, ,that is almost as good as a 5 star hotel! the "it's official", part is that i RETIRED so that i could be here at my sister,s home to help out with all that is going on. i can't say i don't miss going to work, but i do miss the "visiting with the guys " part. coming to ya live from Danbury Texas. just jt
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I went kayaking this morning .the temperature was 0C or 32F had a blast in this Wilderness System Pungo 140 Angler .Kayaks these days are stream lined equipped with live wells rod holders, Fishfinders and the good part about it, it runs on human power :rotfl:
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I have an anniversary coming up about the same time I will be spending 2 weeks in Moline. Thinking about a working vacation (Free hotel, and food for me). I live about 1.5 hours from Moline so my wife could stay as long or short as she wants. I dunno... There is the John Deere Museum...anything else? -
While at Vogel, Skid found a ride he absolutely could not live without!!!:rotf:
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OK, I know a few people have problems with that "other" venture club, but I and a lot of us here are a member of both. I believe in live and let live, the internet is big enough for everyone. But starting yesterday, I have been getting virus alerts when I try to go to the venturers.org site. It doesn't appear to be coming from my McAfee site advisor though, but from Google? Has the site been hacked and attacked? Can't seem to get through to post a note, even if I ignore the warning, it comes back with every click on the site. Never seen it before. thoughts? And please, no blasts, again, many of us are on and appreciate both sites.
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Has anyone run the Kumho higher than 44psi? I like the tire until I get into a turn hard then I feel like I'm driffting on a dirt bike. Just wondering if more air will stiffen the side wall up or is this just part of the darkside you have to live with?
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Well, our youngest, who is our 24 yr old daughter got engaged today! She is one who plans everything so she says she needs a two year engagement to get everything ready. Who are we to argue. The sad part of the day is that my father-in-law was disgnosed with stage 4 Melanoma last fall and was only given months to live back then. We are surprised that he is doing as well as he is but the sad reality is that he will not be around to see his granddaughter's wedding. Sometimes life just isn't fair.
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Has any of the 2007 models have any problems with the front wheel bearings going yet? Now I know, I'm a little special here. My bike has 36, 875 miles on it in two years. Yes, I live in South Florida & Yes... I ride all year round, Stinks to be me LOL..... pulled the front end off, to find the bearings, were hard to turn by hand. parts on order.
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We live in Edmonton, however, because it is WAY cheaper to fly out of Calgary, that is where we are leaving from on July 1st. I was wondering if anyone lived near the airport so I could leave my car at your place while gone. Will be back on the 16th pm. If anyone could help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. Greg
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I'm somewhat new to this site and keep hearing about "Maintenance Days." What exactly are these events? I live in Orlando, Fl..do you know if they have any Orlando events like this?
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Hello all, new to this forum -- I own a 83 Venture Royale -- love the bike, but have ran into the famous secound gear problem. I need to know if there is a gear kit that can be ordered for this and where in canada is the best place to get these parts at a reasonable price. I live on the East Coast. thanks in advance for your help.
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sunday lost phone service,called at&t,phone off the hook,checked all my lines,nothing wrong,call at&t,they will send a tech out wed,wed came and went,called at&t again,was told had a group re pair,going on,didn't tell me about this mon,just that ihad a phone off the hook,wouldn't tell me when the repair was expected to be complete,guess when you live off of the betten path,and don't use them for anything except a line,if it wasn't for this laptop,i wouldn't need a land line to big to fail lowell
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Beth and I will be going to Freebird's maintenance day next month. We live in the Windsor, Ontario area, and will be leaving on Friday morning June 5th. So....is there anyone else heading down that way at the same time that would like to hook up and ride together? Anyone from further away that needs a place to crash for a night and then head out with us the next morning? We have 3 spare bedrooms(empty nesters). If anyone is interested in either or, either e-mail me or post it here, and we can make arrangements accordingly. We did leave it rather late, and have to book a room probably in Amherst, funny, because we live in Amherstburg. We are going wide open at work, and I wasn't sure if I could get vacation time or even a day off to attend maintenance day. Yes, the salt industry is going great guns....keep that global warming coming!!! randy:think: gunkylump@hotmail.com
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This pretty neat. someone has set up a live webcam pointed at an eagles nest. http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/staticpages/index.php/20090302200021473
