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I finally got in over the last couple of weeks and they put a new lens in the right and left eye. All I can say is wow its like seeing a new world out there again. If you have been putting it off dont. Its quick in and out. Both times I was in and out the door in less than two hours and the surgery didnt even take 10 minutes. Crazy the stuff they can do now. Sharon and me got on the bike and put on 150 some miles Saturday. And no more of that funny feeling in my head that I have been getting the past couple of years when going around the curves and there are plenty of those around here. And am back to getting to my list of things that I had put on the back burner until I had this done. Next on my list is me and my Granddaughter are heading out fishing next week now that I can see to tie on a hook or a lure and we should have us a great time. And then I am going to pack up the cycle and pull up to the end of the drive and flip a coin for left or right and take a ride for a few days with no place special in mind. Orlin

We got spammed hard last night. I've had to make some changes, at least temporarily, until I get it under control. We have over 1900 new trial members posting crap. I had had to change the rules so that trip members cannot post until I get it figured out. It will take some time to ban all these and delete the content posted.

I have no details but learned yesterday that John Furber has passed away. Most of you know or knew of John, he owned RSV Sportmax and supplied many of us with VMax rear end conversions for our bikes. He was also the originator of the Furber Fix that improved the handling of the VMax motorcycle and actually the RSV also. I have had several good conversations with John over the years and have bought two or three of the VMax rear end conversions from him. John was great to deal with. I don't know the details of his passing but I do know that he will be missed. God Speed My Friend.

I met John some 15 odd years ago. I was on a "Quest" to find the perfect Final Drive for my 87'VR. He was the one that told me that the FJR1300 Final Drive would fit, but some machined parts would be needed to make it work properly. Well, he knew that I was a Machinist, and NOT caring about the fact that he just talked himself out of a VMAX Final Drive Sale, he shared the "Inside Scoop" on modifying the FJR Final Drive into a suitable Venture Final Drive with the VMAX gearing. I was very grateful, but at that moment I realized that John Furber was a GOOD Man! Over the years, we have chatted about many things. Motorcycle related, and other things as well. I'm sure he made mistakes, just like we all do. But his spirit never changed. He knew what he knew, and shared it freely. He was an excellent problem solver, and was always up for a challenge! If there was a gauge to measure the "Quality" of time a person has spent on this world, John would be 1000 years old. It's sad he went so soon. RESPECT! Earl

I don’t ‘ask” for time off, I tell the boss I won’t be here. Of course that means I sometimes have to sleep on the couch after I tell her. 🤣🤣🤣

Great Job, Don! "Not ALL Heroes wear capes!......and NOT ALL Motorcycle Riders are IT Admin's, BUT I sure am glad YOU are, Don! Earl.

Don’t forget the pinch bolt before loosening the axle.

I ran across this video about motorcycle engine design pros and cons. Interesting.

Today's progress. All went quite ok. Drive shaft just slided off, when I little pushed engine away from it, after all bolts from engine mounts were taken away.

Well here's an update for you all. When I got up at 6:00 this morning, my incoming email looked like a ticker tape. Within about 5 minutes, I have about 3,000 emails. New registrations and posts. I had to shut the site down to stop it. Then I had to change some settings to stop people from auto registering. It is not set to allow registstrration only have my approval. I hated to do that because it means a lot more work. Previously, people could register after filing out the form and then replying to the email. Now they still have to do that but still can't actually fully register and post until I manually approve them. I've already banned approximately 2000 accounts that registered last night. I have about 300 waiting to be manually approved and probably all of them are spam registrations also. After banning all those spammers, I then had to go through every topic area of the forum and delete the spam posts. There were over 2000 of them. I think I've got most but may have missed a few. I'll look closer later on but have to get out of here now to take care of a couple of stairlift servicer calls. I don't know why there are those in this world that just live to screw with other people. I would love to be able to pay them an in person visit. After that, I don't think they would ever do it again.

A definite maybe for me. getting the time off could be a stumbling block for me. Seems I am too valuable to be allowed vacation time unlike the rest of the employees, who can get time off whenever they want.