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Well if Bobbi say so then I guess we stopping 😄

So it’s settled then.

With those first gens in there that could have been a flash from the past photo 😄. Nice

Agree with looking nice!

Nice real nice

Here’s a solo pic of the ole girls. Aside from those Zumo screens it could be 1992

There is a car show on Saturday in town and live music Saturday night at the park. Plus, the fair is going on that weekend too

Because Bobbi said so

Put about 250 miles down on Saturday around Bear lake at the Utah Idaho border with @GreenSauce and another friend. Yami Family

So, my owners manual for my 2005 tour deluxe came up missing after my wife went on a cleaning frenzy last year. Is that grounds for divorce?

I'm just a belt and suspenders kind of guy. I'd seal it from the inside and out side.

Look into the Nikwax site. I have used their products for years on all my camping and outdoor gear and have never been let down. They have a variety of products for water proofing different types of materials and a very informative web site on what and how to use on what. https://www.nikwax.com/en-us/

Hello Forum friends, My wife and I had a nice 4 hour ride to have lunch. Thankfully the ride to lunch was only 45 minutes, but the ride home was much longer since it was a nice, pleasant day after so much heat. It's been a month since I have ridden because of some back issues. I really don't know what happened, but if I twisted or moved wrong, I was on the floor in pain. Several back X-rays to show nothing was wrong with the fusions I have, and after some serious PT, I am back to doing mostly whatever I want. I say mostly cause the wife has other ideas. 😢 But I am riding again and hope to get the trike out soon.

Carburetor Syncing Thanks to Kenneth Branton (Kbran) for this excellent article. Thanks to George (kj5ix) for creating a .pdf file of this article that you may download and print. It is attached at the bottom of this article. First thing you'll want to do is get the bike warmed up and set your idle speed at 1000 RPM's. The next step is to access the four brass ports on the intake runners. They are located in the middle of the V ov the engine. If your bike is stock you will have two hoses and two caps to remove, one of each on each side of the engine. This is where you hook up the hoses from your carbtune II. I hang the carbtune from the right handlebar with the bars turned to the left so it is less likely to fall off. The next step is to hook up the Carbtune. I take the two hoses from the left side and route them under the carbs to the left side of the engine as you are seated on the bike. Left is seated on the bike and right is also seated on the bike. It doesn't matter which hose goes to what port. Take the two hoses from the right side of the Carbtune and hook them to the right side ports. Again it doesn't matter which port the idea is to have the left pair to the left cylinders and the right pair to the right cylinders. Another thing is don't worry about synching the carbs to get a specific vacuum reading. Just get them all even. Start up the bike and see what you have for a reading on your gauge. This is what mine looked like. If you need to do some adjusting here's what needs to be done. You'll want to adjust 1 and 2 on the left side and 3 and 4 on the right side of the bike (again, direction when sitting on the seat), These adjustments are made with a #2 Phillips screwdriver from the right side of the bike. Once both sets are done you will then synch the bank of 1 and 2 to the bank of 3 and 4. This adjustment is made with a regular screwdriver from the left side of the bike. Here is the adjustment screw for doing 1 and 2. It is accessed from the right side of the bike, looking through the V of the engine to the left side bank of carburetors. You will need a long #2 Phillips screwdriver to reach this one. It is located just above and left of the choke lever. Here is another picture. Go ahead and turn the screw a little bit in one direction. If the the carbs get more in synch, keep turning until it they are even. If they get farther out, you'll have to turn the screw the other way. Once you think they are good, rev the throttle or blip it a few times and see if they are sitll even. Once these two carbs are set it's time for the next two. Here is the adjustment screw for doing 3 and 4 (also accessed from the right side). Do the same here as the previous side. Once these two are set, it's time to synch the left side to the right side. \ Here is the screw for synching both sides together. It is accessed from the left side, just above the choke knob. This is a hex head screw with a slot for a screwdriver. When turning this screw you will see the left pair (1 and 2) move together as well as the right side (3 and 4) move together. Turn the screw which ever was is needed to get both sides even. Again blip the throttle and see if it stays. This is what I ended up with. Can't complain about that. Once everything is set shut off the engine and remove the synch gauge, reinstall your hoses and caps, and go for a ride.