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All other bases covered, I think I would look at this while paying xtra attention to Pt 5:

Yeppers and you did a FANTASTIC job of protecting you and your son IMHO.. I only wrote that as an after thought of a reminder to someone not quite as quick to respond and that may end up eating that plastic and aluminum.. Man that WAS close brother!!

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, DEFINITELY NOT GOOD:thumbdown: and clearly 100% Mr. I Don't Have To Stop At Stop Signs And Look Both Ways Before I Proceed's fault - there should be a 0% chance of him denying that. Did he stop and get his deserved citation Snipe or was this one of those "leaving the scene of an accident" deals? Beyond that, and DEFINITELY in no way meaning to sound critical here or blaming you in ANY WAY ,, just an after thought.. Thru the years of biking and doing a little Semi Driving I learned to become a hardcore, anal "hub cap watcher". By that I mean that when I am approaching an intersection where I have the right of way and another vehicle is approaching a stop sign and/or sitting at a stop sign waiting to pull out and take me out - I watch their front wheel hub cap for movement. If that hub cap dont stop and stay put, I do. May sound nuts but there have been many times over the years in dealing with "creepers" (those that like to creep forward instead of staying stationary) that I have actually pulled over and motioned them thru as, IMHO, they had somewhere very important that they needed to get to. Don't mean to lecture you and I KNOW that what happened there could and does happen to EVERYONE. Just thought I would share a perspective that may or may not save someones life.. Biking definitely has it's dangerous side and real life video's like you have posted here show proof positive why its getting more and more dangerous all the time. Glad you and your Son are ok brother!! Puc

Following up in answering the questions, in my case with the blown 88inch 01 HD, piston speed is/was the limiting factor in deciding to go with the CV carb (I still have other mechanical carbs I could easily gone with). One of the reasons for this being that if the engine by mechanical design cannot run reliably and effectively above 5250 without coming unglued then there is no sense in chasing HP by relying on valve overlap that requires a fuel/air flow scavenging which requires velocity stacks and drag pipes. Mechanical (non CV) carbs (sticking with the posts "carb" theme and getting away from the EFI discussion) are far superior in my experience if chasing HP up into the +5250 range in both performance and yield, albeit they tend to be more finicky in maintaining tune. CV's work AWESOME though if boosting for torque (some folks dont know this but boosting for torque is actually a very common thing = think trucking industry and diesels) because they really do not rely on scavanging which wreaks havoc on vacuum pressures that the the CV's "read" to do their thing. On a side note here, with the onslaught of big V-Twin engines in motorcycles, I have noticed a continual tendency for the manufacturers to use propaganda in the sales of such behemouths that state things like = with all the torque these bikes have - the need to SHIFT GEARS is greatly reduced. I know I am pretty much still alone in this debate but I still take issue with that thought. It is actually the other way around. If your RPM range is increasable (remember = piston speed is the limiting factor in spinning a Big Twin above a few grand and RPM is RPM) you can use that increase to subsidize the need for multiple gears. I have another set of back yard videos that I did where I tried (and failed = caused a LOT of contraversy that ended up being partially responsible for some threatening phone messages = not fun) demonstrate this but in writing, the best way for me to describe what I am trying to convey is advising you look/listen to a Semi Tractor (high torque, low low low rpm range) going thru the gears and then think about a puny little 1000cc R1 Yamaha with its ability to easily top 100mph in its first gear = all because of its ability to reliably spin up well above that 5250. So for the HD I sprung for 5 pounds of gear driven boost (LOOKED GREAT IMHO, others too cause SOLD fast) to boost the torque and, YES,, the HP too BUT torque was the target. I chose the CV because of its consistency to right itself even with the boost. I wasn't dealing with turbo lag as Gear driven superchargers are much more lenier in their delivery so that enhanced the air flow stabilities and vacuum variances which also inspired my pea brain to stick with the CV. In the end, my butt dyno (that, because of a few years of playing with this stuff - is not usually wayyy far off) told me that I had probably gained 10 to 20 ft pds and 15 HP in the end. This may not sound like much to a lot of folks BUT, considering that 88 inch was probably in the 60 HP and 70 ft pd range when new and stock,, if my butt numbers were even close I ended up with a very rideable 75ish hp/90 ft pds Big Twin. Which, given the bikes weight that the torque had to move/lift, was PLENTY and a very easy, non lumpy, nice attitude scoot that maintained its "potato, potato" friendly voice..

100000000% agreed Jeff!!! Not to long ago HD was producing, and the general public could purchase right over the counter, a tuner called a "Screaming Eagle Race Tuner". This tuner allowed for complete access to all parameters and was tunable down to 200 rpm increments. The thing was AMAZING, the control it gave the builder/tuner was incredable. I did a couple builds with them and WOW was that fun and VERY rewarding performance eliminating all flat spots commonly associated with Carb builds. Problem was, HD got sued for selling them due to the Guvment green standards and they are no longer available. My understanding is (health has taken me out of it too and its been a while) the "new" wave is the fully automatic tuner that makes its own adjustments - crazy!!! That said though, and this probably sounds just as crazy,, Steven - I have found that the CV Carb has some similar qualities about it in that - due to its nature of functioning off vacuum, it too makes certain corrections for the user,,, sort of a cheap, back yard version of a full blown EFI set up with a self correcting tuner..

By the way,, I am strickly a wanna be back yard mechanic with much lacking therein and WOWZY, my painting skills are wayyyy behind even that. While I did take an airbrushing class out in Sturgis one year, what I learned was that that art form and even spraying on a base coat is best left to people who know what they are doing. That said, Tip had no input into the color of that 2001 HD. The bikes tin actually came to me in the color you see. A good example of my painting abilities is shown on the 59 Iron Head Chop I built. I did mod the frame on it to hang the 10 over Grass Hopper fairly nicely IMHO BUT, look closely at the tank and think = RATTLE CAN AMATURE!!!!!!

Prayers Up brother!! Hope you heal quickly and fully! 100% in agreement with you,,, this confounded Wisconsin White Wash nonsense is starting to get old!!!!

YEEEEEOUCH!! Prayers Up for you and your son Snipe!! Sorry to hear about this BUT thankfully you are both OK!!

,, WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,,, that right there is a TON of brain storming activity and most of the storm is wayyyyyy beyond my capabilities (can't wait to hear from the real, engineering lop eared scientific brained varmints on this one) BUT,, seems how "debate" and "opinions" were openly asked for and both mentioned very close to my name,, thought I may jump in and a little.. Couple of things to start off this adventure with though.. I never really considered air to be fluid. The main reason for that is that air is compressable and fluid is not. Now if we were talking Electricity, then I would have to agree. Matter of fact, I have successfully (still alive and didnt start to many electrical fires) gotten thru many electrical nightmares because of I can see where the way my mind see's some fairly close comparisons in their charactoristics. I cant say that my pea brain can do that with air though. The compressability of the stuff (this includes atomized gases and such too) is a huge limiting factor in that . My target for the Blown HD was actually centered on Torque more than HP. That being due to the fact that I was dealing with a Big Twin (88 inch) which, by its very design charachterisics, was extremely limited in its ability to reliably spin to far above the absolute torque/hp rpm line (5250 R's,, did you know that Torque is always greater than HP until the R's get above 5250 rpm and then they invert? Thats right.. And so being, if the engine is not capable of spinning above that line due to design limitations = you HAVE to build for torque). You mentioned not being to concerned with pistons.. Well, in my mind,, I am always concerned with pistons when doing this stuff.. Most of that concern is wrapped up in Piston Speed.. Hold on Steven,, I just thought of something.. Here,, take a peek at this video and see what you think... It may help you in developing some predicitions of where I am going with all the opinion sharing that YOU invited:

You lop eared old school, , trouble makin, dont know how to do a google search varmints are wayyyyyy to hard on a bother.. Being the kind, tender hearted person I am,, being Valentines Day, I took the time to do a little research and found out what @gmarshall was referring to,, easy peasy.. I always said these MK1's could FLY:178:

You know I think you are spot on with this Jack,, I also recall he had some really cool black leather pouches on his patrol belt that contained a stack of ammo with those puppies all linked up like you suggest. He also carried a sawed off shotgun in his patrol car that he kept at home, it was a pump action 12 that when you racked it, the slide came out of the rear of the receiver and if you didnt have your wrist in the right location and you racked it, that slide would peel the hide off your hand above your right thumb like an easy peel Tangilo Orange = this I learned from experience. He also carried a true blue leather "thumber" that was lead filled. As I recall, he called it his "zapper", no idea if that was what that relatively short (about 8 inches in length if memory serves) thing was called but with the leather covered lead snapping end easily "flippable" for snap action it was a fun thing for a growing boy to play with when his LEO father was sawing logs:680: from working nights..

This stuff may do it BUT you gotta be VERY careful if you use it in the application we are talking about cause it is REALLY hard on rubber parts. Inject it, soak for an hour max, pull it out with a syringe, refill the carb to over flow the mains with regular spray carb cleaner, agitate with the syringe and remove. Do with regular carb cleaner till it flows clean back in the syringe, rinse with gasoline in the same manner. Do one carb at a time cause this stuff is wayyy powerful. Thing is, if you do this and fail in the process, you can plan on replacing all internal diaphrams and rubber parts BUT, IMHO,, that is part of a carb rebuild and if I am going to pull one completely down I like to replace everything anyway sooooo.. Anyway, here is the stuff I have worked with and been successful with numerous times, even on idle jets: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chem-Dip-Carburetor-and-Part-Cleaner-0-75-Gallon-Valves-Transmission-Carb-NEW/142757596338?epid=2255923355&hash=item213d040cb2:g:KU4AAOSwyKta0hFV:rk:19:pf:0

OUTSTANDING ROLLER!! Sounds like a blast! So,, to clean those tasty squirrels down younder, did you do the ol make a slice in the skin on the back - tuck a couple fingers under the hide and pull in opposite directions to skin em like we Squirrelers up here in the north or were our squirrels tougher skinned cause of the cold? Brother some of big old Fox squirrels could have one tough hide!! Good eating once ya got em skinned though..

Like this @Sylvester? My dad was a Cop when I was just a little lop eared varmint, mid 50's up into the 60's and he carried a Smith 38 Revolver. I still have his Smith n Wesson cuff's and his holster but the shooter was department issued and I am sure it got turned back in,, would have LOVED to have it though. He used to take me shooting "wad cutters" (a Dad teaching his youngen to shoot - WOW times were different) - precious memories. I also remember him having to use these little half moon clips that went around the ejector lip of the ammo. Not really sure now what that was all about - any clue? Anyway,, is this what you are refering to Sly? : https://www.gunbroker.com/item/797562978 Not a bike for sale, not my auction and nothing to do with me soooooo :rasberry: MarCarl the mighty moderator!!

I never did have the honor of owning a Glock either.. Matter of fact,, my very favorite and best fitting (to my hands) and coming to point of aim is the Beretta 92f but I aint even got to own one of those either.. I keep trying to wear out my 1911 (just ordered another 1k rounds of 200 grain flat nose for it) and it keeps going and going and going,, like its got SuperMan shootin dna in it or something.. Ahhh ohhh Sly,, I think we just another one!! Hope you get er figured out and get back to tossin lead @tufftom4!!

IMHO @Marcarl is 100% spot on.. I have used his method of unplugging stuffed up carbs for many years too and it works great - not 100% of the time but DEFINITELY worth a shot. I do like to pull the slides so the mains are exposed before I fill the bowls thru the drains though. Then I take a syringe and fill it with carb cleaner and use the syringe to fill the bowls. While filling thru the drains I watch for cleaner to flow out of the mains (where the metering rod that hangs from the slide slides into the emulsion tube) and into the throat of the carb so I know the carb bowl and circuitry is as full as possible with cleaner. After it has set for while like Carl mentioned, I like to hook the syringe back up, open the drain and move the cleaner in the bowl around by working the syringe in and out and then refill and let it set for few more hours. May sound crazy but it does work sometimes and can save a bunch of hours of carb rebuilding. Bottom line though, there is NOTHING that works better then pulling them down and cleaning/replacing jets. Just all depends on how bad they are plugged,, IMHO of course...

One of our club member was in need of a TCI and coils for his 84 and I had a spare set that I sent him. It was all still attached to the original mount off my 1st first gen and still had the original wires and caps all still attached. Those original caps were clearly stamped "5k Ohm" so truthfully Cha, you are replacing to original OEM spec. You did fine brother!

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Oppsss,, probably a Glock model 22,,, for some reason my pea brain instantly thought "Glock" in .22LR..

Cant you just pull it down and make sure all is well? What Model of Glock is it Tuffy? Got pics? Guns a FUN to tinker with!!

I TOO AGREE 100% with @Vickersguy too but dad burn it ya lop eared @slowrollwv varmint Roller,,, ya know me to well.. You got me brother.. Fact is, my tack driving days are longgg gone by.. I know from experience that nothing is gonna shoot like reloading for precision would and I had my fill of that time consuming hobby. I do still enjoy the fun of testing ammo just to sort it out, find a decent inexpensive round that will allow Tip and I that will scare leaf's on the ground in the swampy water covered State Land we shoot over out to 1000 yards or so,, just for kicks.. Also entering into this contest is going to be 1000 rounds of this:https://fedarm.com/product/5-56x45-ss109m855-long-penetrator/ that I won at auction for 190 bucks. Being military overrun, heavier bullet and longer projectile,, I am thinking it may take top honors cause those should do really well in my 1:7 barrel. When I started my build a vendor for that company (Fed-Arm) was also regularly distributing tracers.. I KNEW when I see them that I shoulda bid on some but, not knowing for sure how long the build was gonna take (I dont by nothin unless I get a deal and that takes time) so I passed on them.. Now its been a couple months since the vendor has had them on auction and Fed Arm has them backordered even on their site, seen here:https://fedarm.com/product/5-56x45-223-rem-62-grain-m856-tracer-range-grade-ammunition/ It will be a BLAST doing tracers and I look forward to someday having a batch to play with but those are also heavier bullets yet at 64 grains and I gotta hunch they may be fairly accurate as well as having tail lights

YOU are welcome @Condor, always a pleasure returning the favor of posting up these auctions like you do at times!! From one shooter to another = ENJOY!!! If you win one I would LOVE to see 's,,, ton's and ton's of 's!! 's = the gift that keeps on giving

You are more than welcome Sly,, I figured you of all shooters would not be able to get away from that auction .. ,, I am the same way when it comes to bikes and shooters .. Short of making another trip to Gettysburg to spend HOURS pawing around in those little museum like shops out there, that Auction is an amazing reminder of our outstanding countries history and the part that shooters played in our ancestor's ability to bring freedom to the land of the free. All the BEST in aquiring that pre-war Police Positive you are looking at/for my brother!!

To bad Tippy won't do the side car thing (Hogan's Hero's has always been one of our favorite T.V. shows and now she say's that everytime she even thinks of getting into a side car she gets this "Colonel Klink" feeling about her). Regardless, this thing really is SHARP! https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2007-Yamaha-STAR-VENTURE-5005963695

's,,, lot's and lot's of 's,,,, we LOVE to laugh too ya know:big-grin-emoticon: