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UPDATE #3: They have taken my sister in-law off the ventilator yesterday and but her on an oxygen nose tube with 6% oxygen, Today they reduce her oxygen down to 3% and she is out of the icu into a telemetry unit. She is not communicating yet but is responding to requests to perform physical. movements. My brother in-law is doing well with a few lingering after effects. Talking with him on the phone he sounded like his old self.

Pic taken in the mid 80s. My niece and I down in Key Largo. I just took her up to the end of the street and back.... Her daughter...(my Grand Niece?) will be 4 in April. Maybe I should get a pic of her on the back of my Venture.....for posterity....

I just have a length of exh hose that I stick out through a little trap door fitted into my garage door. I used to just lift the door a bit and slide the hose out under but often depending on wind direction it would just blow back into my garage.

That is the best way. Also even though they run quite well on three cylinders you will feel it bog a bit on a hill pull or a sudden full roll on of the throttle like in passing.

Fire it up from cold and check all 4 exhaust pipes coming out of the heads. A dead cylinder will have a cold pipe.

Assuming your ignition system is in good shape, your air filter in good condition and your engine compression is good, your likely looking at carb issues. If you never need to use the choke even on cooler days to start your bike, it is most likely running rich, you can also check the color of your plugs. remove your diaphragms and check the needles and seats as well as for proper needle settings. Enrichment valves stuck open is a common problem for this, You may also want to check your choke cable adjustment, or the float level is too high. Before pulling your carb apart to OH it and if the choke cable adjustment appears to be OK, I would check those enrichment valves they can be removed and freed up without pulling your carbs apart. Check and set your float levels, 0n the carbs (easier done with the carbs off the bike and sitting on a flat level surface). There are different ways of doing this much easier than indicated in the manual and you will find various favorite techniques in the tech section that work very well.

Before I head out on a multi day run I also take a look at the member map to see who lives near my route.

For me on this side of USA, Rain Gear. I'm also a firm believer of the vacuum type bags to pack clothes in. They compress and keep stuff dry. First pic here of RSV is what I had to pack when I went to Daytona to work as an official. I was up there for 3 weeks. Uniforms, rain gear, warm clothes, and 3 firesuits. Second one is 07 or 08 when wife and I went to NC for a week in Fall.

You don't know what you missed. Those were the days when winter as kid was fun. We built forts caves tunnels you name it. Didn't have to drive for miles to get out for a bit of snowshoeing or cross country skiing. We could build ice rinks that lasted from through to almost April. Yup you don't what you missed!

As we've said in the past, plan it and they will come.

Yes but the Puc still has room for two passengers.

Back in November my wife and I took a 4 day trip to the FL Keys. We actually fit everything in the saddlebags, trunk and extra bag on the luggage rack. The trailer was full of fishing gear. I was impressed that fully loaded, two up and pulling a trailer the RSV was able to cruise down the Turnpike at 80+ mph like the trailer wasn't even there.

Most days I carry my M&P Shield in 9mm......but occasionally I feel like changing it up and strap on my Smith & Wesson 686 Plus .357 Magnum.

We Canadians (well most of us) are like Jayceesfolly have no problem SHARING what we have and receive with others!

Be prepared. Pack efficiently. Take your time. Eat, sleep and rest. Enjoy. I did 4K miles in 3 weeks...3 years ago. Loved it.