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I made the mistake of hosting the wife’s family dinner, a very small group. I seem to only be able to cook like it’s my family (35-40 people). There’s enough left over for a Venture rally supper. Now we get to go Saturday for the big one, at least we can leave the leftovers at my brother’s house.

Late reply here....my wife and I travelled down that way through a short section of Skyline Drive in early October. The Blue Ridge Parkway was closed at that time due to the hurricane damage. The section we travelled was beautiful that time of the year. We came across Hwy 250 from the 219. Hwy 250 from Huttonsville to Staunton WV looks fairly straight on a map...Wrong. It was a beautiful twisty road with breath taking scenery. It was obvious to me afterwords that going over the mountains is going to be a little twisty and up and down. It was a challenging ride to say the least, all loaded up with my wife on the back. I'll bring the Venture next time, I think it would handle the twisties better. We made it to the Howard Johsons just after dark, which wasn't wise travelling in the dark as we noticed lots of deer appearing at dusk. Made it safely and there must have been 25 motorcyclist's staying at HoJo's. Most of those bikes were in the class of adventure touring, which seems to be a popular way to ride, especially through the mountains. It was a great ride and hope to do it again next year and this time travel south down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mark

oh wow did I get full and because not as many showed up we brought enough home for a couple of days.

Hope your bellies are full and family is happy n healthy.

Glad it’s not any worse. I watched Col Steve Austin as a kid, now I think a lot of us are becoming the new $6 million men. I’ve got the screws and anchors in my shoulder and a hardware store in my back according to the X-ray tech a couple weeks ago. This getting old stuff ain’t for sissies 😫

It's been a wonderful day kicked back in the recliner with my foot propped up on pillows while my beautiful wife made a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner for us. I pray everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Ronnie check out the pictures I posted on My Ride post.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Yes! We had a nice gathering with family and friends earlier than normal. Belly is full and I have no more space for dinner. I am so ready for leftovers tomorrow. Enjoy the football game and to whatever you are doing tonight.

Hey Earl, Thank you for the reply, I didn't think to check the member vendors portion! Haven't gotten into this yet as work has been pretty crazy, I have been doing a lot of traveling & I leave again for a week on Dec 4th so likely wont start tearing the front end apart until the middle of Dec but will absolutely PM you if I have any valves out of spec. Would definately love the valve cover gasket install instructions, I have seen quite a few people post about still having leaks after doing the work and that is the last thing I wanna deal with since its fairly time consuming to remove everything in order to get this job done. I do already have gaskets in-hand for the valve covers as I have had this on my to-do list for quite a while and also recently got the 2 twinkie gaskets for preventative measures. Was thinking I would take the carbs apart for a cleaning while out & I have ordered one of Ivan's jet/needle kits as I have heard nothing but good things about them. I am guessing everything else in the carbs will likely look pretty good or at least be easily cleanable since I run ethenol free fuel w/ stabilizer 90% of the time but know from experience that its always a good idea to replace the bowl gaskets. I have done many carb re-builds in the past but have never taken these apart, I do have the gauges to do a carb sync once its all back together. Do you know if the K&L carb float bowl gaskets are good quality? I know 95% of aftermarket stuff for carbs these days are crap. Will post link to the kit I was looking at getting, basically 4) K&L carb kits for $80. I intend to keep this bike long term so I keep doing little upgrades to keep it in top shape. Appreciate you! https://www.ebay.com/itm/192095629148

Sorry for the slow reply gents, was out of town, and just got back. Here is the link in the Member Vendor's section. This kit has the shim tool, picks to remove the shims, About 80 assorted shims and feeler gauges. I also send out a set of new Valve Cover Gaskets, and instructions for a flawless gasket install. Feel free to PM me if I can help. Check out the link for more info about what is in the kit. Earl.