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Dont know about you but I also run with the ports on my side covers sealed

Yep...

By the way Stubbs,,

and Plug Caps - (c - vid)!! I do the dark room testing too.. Night time is a good time to be looking for electrical leakage, especially anything to do with the high voltage, secondary side of the ignition coils!!

whether or not that big slug of water by Dogbreaths house is the Hudson Bay...... You REALLY gotta pay better attention when I am talking Carl,,, I been watching you for a long time and you tend to drift some nowadays..

One of the nice things that I always appreciated about my 1st Gens was the option of running full covers including the little plastic side covers like the one down by the oil fill - all of those covers are doubly effective, IMHO, if your touring 2 up and you get into cross winds or traffic jams.. I used to hang a hunk of leather I cut from some welding sleeves across the front of the seat on my shovel to keep from cooking my thigh when desert touring and know there are now people manufacturing such things (I think "Captain Itch"? is a common one these days) for exactly that purpose but you simply cannot shroud up an air cooled completely as they really have to breath for cooling purpose.. Snype,,, are you running side covers on your scoot?

I have used Walmart Super Tech and Dollar Store non energy conserving dino oils for many many years in my Ventures.. I run 20/50 exclusively in the summer temps when touring and swap out my oils by color and/or notchiness in shifting instead of odometer mileage and have found that 3 or 4k miles per oil change is really pushing the edge = oils cheap.. Out of 6 1st gens all ending with well over 225k miles on em, I only lost 1 to bearing failure,, (crank bearings) but it was one of my real early ones that I beat on pretty hard (had a set of home made headers on it - would sit on main street at the Sturgis Rally and put a noise revved up whoopin on those HD's ,, also pulled many many 200 foot plus 2nd gear burnouts with the poor thing,, wick er up and smoke em down) and it still ran out to 265k miles and actually got me home to Michigan from a west coast run with its crank bearings rattling even louder than one of those new clacker Polaris Indian 111's as shown in video below.. Thats all I know about oil...... Puc P.S. - you should do another thread like this about tires,, I know alot about them too:happy34:

and people wonder why I dont really care for going anywhere without Tip on the back,,,, being the Nav,,, she woulda known that..

eeeeeeeuuuuueeeeeepeeeeeeuuuueeeeeee,, even your word picture here has a strange odor to it Snype!!!! I was just texting with Vaz who is on his way out from Zona and is in Misery (Missouri) in the humidy... Said he needed to grab a shower.. Told em I would let em in on a little trade secret = skip the showers, let the bug spray cake up on you and BINGO - not only will the bugs leave you completely alone but so will the people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dancefool:

Thanks brother,, I/we really appreciate the offer.. We should know more in the a.m. when we see how she is doing on the Antibiotics.. Will give you a heads up if we head your way Dave... Would LOVE to see you guys and check out that big body of water by you - isnt that Hudson Bay or something??

This is the same dealership in Alabama (Allsport) that was offering em last week for an opening bid of 24k and, if you followed that auction you know they got no bids. It looks like this may end the same. If it does,, it will be interesting to see if they drop em another grand... https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-Yamaha-VENTURE/202316210567?hash=item2f1afc6187:g:YWYAAOSwslda9JNC&vxp=mtr

Not worth even a second look IMHO brother = your to valuble to us!! I just spooned on another set of Shinks on Tweeksis - thinking they were 115 bucks shipped to my door.. I am sure you have experienced riding down a flat on a touring bike as I have but I can tell you, out of the several times that it has happened = none of them were that much fun PLUS,, there actual instances where folks ran out of space during that mysterious dog tracking time that all bikes with flat tires roll thru when ya get down below 25 mph and they ended up badly injured from high siding or,,,, even worse... Not worth it Ben,,,, spoon on a new set and ride er till the cows come home!!

The Dr. agreed with me that the sneaky little Tippy nippin Ticks tick parts looked like they were all intact (C pics to judge for yourself) so nothing left in my sweety causing her grief in that way.. He did seem concerned though that her fever and sinus infection type symptons came on right in the same time frame for Lymes incubation even though there was not the typical "Bulls Eye" in the bite zone.. Interestingly,, he told us about a fairly expensive drug that actually would cover both the sinus infection thing as well as a solid treatment for Lymes.. He and I looked over the list of other bugs this stuff kills and I couldnt help but notice things like Spotted Fever and Rocky Mountain Fever - lots of other nasty sounding things on there too.. Givin the option,, we went with that drug JUST IN CASE.. The Dr gave the for us to go explore the outer regions of Dogbreaths back yard if she feels ok with it,, he said NO contagious stuff there!! Tips doin the drugs now so we shall see come tomorrow!!! ,, wait,, that dont look right,,,, cant find a Dr. icon here,,, what da heck,, where's the Dr. icon,,,,, did our club turn female biased or something? O.K.,, I found something that'll work,,, a Male Nurse

,,, what,,,,, what,,, what happened ,,,, looks perfectly normal to me.... I will admit,,, I think I do recall Dave struggling with balancing on his head when we posed for the pic (I think struggling with the balancing thing like that is a Canuckian thing as a result of living closer to the North Poles magnetic field for many years) but still,,, I certainly see nothing wrong with that pic!! Good job Dave!!

Hey Sly,, you ever do any night hunting for Coyote?? I used to shoot a bull barreled 22-250 Remington 700 and did a TON of varminting - a REAL riot!! I bumped into a couple other varminting varmints who were telling me about night hunting coyote.. Apparently you squeek em in with a wounded rabbit squeeker and they actually come in hunting YOU!! Michigan allows the varminter to use night vision scopes for this form of varmint control (at least they used to,, not sure if that has changed since 9-11) and the guys I was talking to out in the field said doing it was UNBELIEVABLE and a major riot... Never got that deep into it all with all the reloading and range shooting (dynamite shoots) but WOW did that sound like fun.. You ever done it?

:sign yeah that::sign Rock On::sign Rock On::sign Rock On::sign Rock On: IMHO, this is serious stuff,,, the life you save may be your own or someone you love... DO IT and DO IT frequently!!

Personally I would still go with the original thoughts... Of course,, I also actually like Venison more than I do tomatoes too so theres that plus I like getting a drop on those wiley white tail too so thats that too... Matter of fact,,, after reading this,, I may try to grow a couple mater plants to lure me in one of those Bambi's,,, Wish I was closer Ready,, I'd buzz over and help ya put up the fence brother!!!

In that 2nd Gen's dream maybe,,,,, matter of fact,,,, I cant understand how/why any 2nd or 3rd Genner on the planet wouldnt be jumping at the chance to toss a couple bucks into the clubs SAF fund,,,,, given the fact that they are the ones who will always be last in line at any rally doings,, in my way of thinkin - seems like they would wanna make sure there was ample food and/or raffle prizes for those who are a slower gettin there (pretty sneaky eh Jack?)

Nahhhh,, definitely an amature IMHO there Tooch,,,,, anyone with any experience at proper packin on a scoot KNOWS you can't use those plastic shoppin bags externally like that,,,, they will fill with air, come loose and smack the varmint riding behind ya right in the face = definitely a NO CLASS situation!! Good try though my brother,,, I give ya a B+ for effort ya WEENEEEEEE:rasberry: Was actually thinking of possibly hittin up Dogbreaths campground but Tips come down with some kind of bug here (thinkin sinus infection), got a little fever and we are headed into the doc in a couple hours to get her some Penicillin.. We may still shoot over if the drugs do their thing quickly but I gotta be careful cause we have many many great plans for next weeks MD adventure that we dont wanna give Murph an open door to ruining.... Tip also got bit by a Tick while out walking/treasure hunting with our metal detectors a few days ago and we are this fever/not feeling well thing hasn't got something to do with that (like Lymes). I got the little nippin Tick stuck to some tape to show to the Dr when I take her in.. Her bite site looks good so I really think its just a sinus infection thing.. Will know soon (Appointments at noon).. Heard your not hitting up Don's this year bro? RATS!!!!!! Gonna miss with ya!!! Will wear my GORGEOUS Dispatch shirt in your honor Tooch!!!!!!!!!!!

Will you PLEASE stop using that confounded four letter word Fool,,,,,,,, this is a family site (MOTORCYCLE family) for cryin out loud... It's over,,, just let it go Fool,,, let it gooo

You guys gotta stop messin around like this,,, people who read these threads aren't dork wads,,, they know exactly what you two are up to,,,,, as in,,, you just keep commenting here to keep bringing this thread to the forefront in the Watering Hole in an effort to get more clubbers to contribute to a cause that someday, even they may find themselves taking advantage of/needing in some way.... Personally I wouldn't play those sneaky games like Condor or Roller cause I got manners:big-grin-emoticon:

I know I am a total odd ball but in my case,,, I really dont know how I would make it without Tip.. Even in my own little cross country adventures out CTFW, her very presence adds a demention and flavor to the fun/excitement that I am, and have been, hooked on for life.. I actually did my fair share of 1 up touring (still do occasionally) back before Tip became my wife and seriously,, in a very strange (there's another word describing my character = strange) but real way - I found doing so boring.. In another thread, Freebird made a snide, lippy, smarty pants comment that he was gonna ask Tip one simple question when he see's her at MD this year and that question = "why"... I actually think,, at least in my case,,, Freebirds comment is more accurate concerning our (Tip n Pucs) husband/wife's story than yours is Ty,,, but again,, I know I am an odd ball so ya gotta consider that brother

I hear ya Chief but its the only video I got for comparing the two and I got no SVTC to redo it.. GOT AN IDEA!! Tell ya what,, since you are the one who keeps reminding me of this and you do have an SVTC to work with,, why not go ahead and hook up a camera aimed at your speedo on your scoot, stick er in Sport Mode and run her thru the gears shifting at the proper points to prove what your saying.. I will do the same with my 83 and then we can post em up and compare them - this would actually be fairly accurate because we would not only have the speedo's showing MPH but we would also be timed... I am sure you are 100% right about what you are saying because the SVTC is 1900cc and the little V-4 is only 1200cc but it would still be interesting to see/know for a fact/scientifically what would have happened if I had of had the SVTC in Sport Mode