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IMHO = WAYYYYY COOL = http://tracklife308.com/smart.html Of course,, if ya dont live in Florida but still wanna learn to ride, free viewing of "Puc's Ride Like A Geezer" video as shown below is always an option too BUT personally, I STRONGLY suggest taking advantage of the retired LEO trainers expertice as shown in the link above!!!! GET OUT AND RIDE

Right back at cha ya lop eared easter huntin varmint!!!! Also joining you neighbor in sharing the same HAPPY EASTER wish to all of our VR family! He is risen indeed:thumbsup2:!! Puc

I dont know brother,, remembering this one with you folks = those Hot Dogs can be hard to find at times Skip to .33 and see if MiRider agrees with that What a riot!! SOOOOOO looking forward to another great summer my friend:thumbsup:!!

You know me Drewster = just make the lop eared dog gone varmint machine run again and then its = HOT DOGS FOR EVERYONE TIME!!!!! COME ON YAMMERDAN,, GET BACK ON THE TRAIN BROTHER!!!! You matter to alot of people ya know:thumbsup:!!

Right there with ya Sky = WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!:dancefool::clap2: ,,, being spoiled by always having one of the kids or my best friend with me when I attempt making such memorable memories like that, the only thing I kind of sort of wonder about is how Rick can do that stuff all by himself:grandma: .....

Hey, knock it off!!! CHIN UP,, walk out to the garage now!!! Grab those wrench's n get to spinning!!! Times a wastin and springs a comin!!!! MD is right around the corner = even if ya gotta zip tie that trike kit on = GET ON OUT THAR AN GET ER DONE DANL'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You say your thinking about quittin bro?? Well,, before ya do anything rash = DIG THIS!!!

Because my passion for bikes borders on the insanity level, I have been following the new Wings development and release with a HUGE amount of enthusiasm, been over on the Wing forum about it in comparison to the '32's (the new one is an 1833cc so I call the old one a '32,,,, that said and just being upfront - if I ended up with one of the new ones I will be naming calling it "33" ) and even just got to sit on one as it was being put together in the back room of our local Honda shop and I gotta say = WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!!! That said,, I can honestly say that if part of the concern of swapping into a new bike has anything to do with the weight of the bike causing issues because of knee weakness or whatever = Sky,, you GOTTA go sit on one of these new ones!!!!! TALK ABOUT LITE AND NIMBLE FEELING!!! Coming up off the side stand = felt like a bicycle compared to my 1st Gens - UNREAL!! For all the new release bikes that we have test rode and looked at - IMHO,, Honda is the only one who, thru RnD - investment - being willing to step out and make some huge improvements by using technology for something other than electronic gadgets actually earned the right to hang a $27,000 price tag on a motorcycle.. It's neither here nor there probably Sky and actually none of my business but cause I love ya as a brother I think I will share something about the '32's (even the O6 like you are looking at).. This is just coming from following the release of the new one and something I learned along the way.. Apparently Mom Honda made a slight engineering mistake on the '32's by placing the gear drive for the alternator inside of the engine cover so if it fails = huge job.. This part is known as the ADG and, on the pre 06's it was mechanical and had a high rate of failure.. 06's up to 17's had an updated version of the drive that apparently consists of rubber or something making them less vulnerable to breakage BUT - even those are known to fail.. Keep in mind that a failure of that little drive gear constitutes removal of the engine = sounds like 3 grand of work easily.. If I were looking at one I would cover my butt with a 1500 dollar discount offer (50/50 split of repair) on the bike unless the owner/seller could produce verification of a recent update.. Another thought,,, I think @TheTooch is now riding a CTX1300.. I mention this because while playing around at another dealership I noticed they had brand new left over CTX1300's for 10k and after talking to the sales manager there - I have a hunch one of those brand new left overs could be had for a lot less if cash was involved.. If we can get Daves attention here, maybe he could give us some thoughts on that bike

Hearing of the loss in your family of someone so young and precious is breaking our hearts Lewis. Our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out for and to each one of you as you reach to our Lord and each other for comfort and understanding.. Puc n Tip Though your time below was very short, at least it seems that way. Our Heavenly Father thought it best, to call you home today. The pain we feel and sorrows deep, that lay heavy in each heart. Are a tribute to our love for you, what you meant to us from the start. Your smiling face and gentle touch, brought sunshine to each hour. You gave us hope and instilled faith, in God's true love and power. Cole, it's hard for us to understand, yes we're all asking why, Your presence was required now, at your home up in the sky. But this we know by what we saw in you, with all you said and done. We each look forward to your tenderness again, when our work below is done. Rest In Peace Cole Larson.

And I would LOVE to hang a tent on one Ty!!!! The new Wing no longer has a trunk,,, the Goldwing is now a "bagger" and is what I am sitting on.. The "Goldwing Tour" is the new one with the trunk included... Another thing I always liked about the old MK1 1st Gens = click click, no trunk = instant bagger... Harley sells a docking plate and hardware to make their touring bikes like the Ultra Limited (helped install one last year) interchangeable from Tourer to Bagger and I wish all of the tourers came stock with it cause having your cake and eating it too is usually a very nice thing..

Yesterday I had the pleasure of stopping in and visiting with the guys in the shop of our local Metric dealership as they were putting together one of the new Wings.. Tippy held her ears and complained a little as one of the mechanics downstream in the shop bounced a CR125 off its rev limiter a couple times while tuning the little screamer - I just smiled at her and breathed in deeply to let some of the sweet smell of burning 2 stroke oil fill my lungs and soul once again - awesome memories of days long gone bye. Some brief but fun chatter took place amongst us all as I commented about the complexities of all the modern technology sitting between the bars on the new Wing and I asked the "kids" working on the dirt bikes if anything had changed in the maintenance schedules of the modern day CRF450R's... They all glared at me with evil eyes when I quoted the original Honda factory top end job requirements of that pancake pistoned, Titanium valved motor back when it first came out at "15 hour" intervals.. To my surprise, those guys in the backroom had never heard that and looked suspiciously at the old geezer in the HD hat as he assured them what he was saying was, in fact, the truth.. I also just participated in a conversation here in the club house about the battery probe that came with our 1st Gens... As I wrote a message of where to find a 3k ohm resistor to bypass that probe the thought ran thru my mind of wondering just how many folks nowadays actually know the factory spec on battery probe maintenance.... I couldnt help be wonder if any of my fellow club members would have that same look on their faces as those young mechanics had at the dealership yesterday if they knew that the factory spec on battery probe maintenance is every 3000 miles... So what does all this mean??? Well,, looking at all the new bikes and all the new techology that has come out,,, couple that with all the technology of days passed and the maintenance associated with all of it,,,,,, sort of somehow makes me wonder just how much actual riding we are suppose to get in after all the figuring stuff out and maintaining things is done.... Not to sound judgemental and maybe it's just me getting old or something but sometimes I really do urn for the good old days before answering the telephone inside of a motorcycle helmet was even possible.. A simpler time,, for simpler minds I guess... Oh,, and before one of you lop eared smarty pants buddies of mine varmints makes a comment like "what has this song got to do with bikes Puc?" = ya best watch closely for the lane splitten herein!!

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that a SuperTrapp exhaust on that sweetheart?? If it is,, just a quick F.Y.I. here Boss,,, dont even think of lane splitting on "99" out near Elk Grove in California on that thing = I am absolutely positively sure that the motorcycle LEO that rules over that area would NEVER allow that aftermarket exhaust to pass thru...

,,,, thinkin out loud here but I think "Bobs" should be posted in the Az National Park brochure!!! I know,,,, I know I know I know,,,,,,,,, I am one sick - deranged - off beat lop eared 1/2% varmint but Tweeks and I could pull into a spot like that, flop the tent and spend a week just pawing around = South Rim,, eat your heart out .... DEFINITELY my kind of joint.. THANKS VAz for yet another inspiring, CTFW post!!! Keep the faith! Puc

Yep,, as in all things from fully accesorized new touring bikes all the way down to teeny little electronic components, internet sales has greatly impacted both large chain stores and mom/pop brick n mortars alike... Rollin with the flow..... Here ya go Cruise.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3K-Ohm-1-4-Watt-Carbon-Film-Resistor-5-Pieces-Prime-Parts-US-Seller-Free-S-H/152868992980?hash=item2397b3b7d4:g:1VYAAOSwDkpaXmYv

POOP For a second there I was :dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: right along with you Ty!!!!!! RATSssssss Dont give up though,, you are DEFINITELY on the right path!!

:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2: It's getting to late to do the usual here Lenny but WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,,,, I snuck into the backroom of the local Honda shop today and got to FINALLY see one of the new Wings brother.......... More to come but I gotta say here and now,,,,,,,,,,,, you done good here my friend,,, REALLY good!!

I know for a fact I ain't the only lop eared powder packin, gun lovin varmint who's hero's have always been cowboys here in the club so I thought I would with this local ad from last weeks paper.. Read em n weep boys,, read em weep but leave 2 bits in the can for singers when ya do!!

Michigan has "Permanent" plates for trailers,,,, it'd be cool if they would let cha just license my bike one time as a trailer .. I'd be wayyyyy more than happy to even call my motorcycle a trailer if that would work:happy65:

Stopped in at our local dealership to sneak in the backroom and get peek at the Wing the boys were putting together and noticed the sign on the new Venture sitting in the showroom...

I love Harleys,, always have, always will:biker:... I grew up as a ratty little grease covered kid in the early 60's that just drueled over the rich guy who lived "on the other side of the tracks" generator FL Panhead with the air horns, white pogo buddy seat and the chrome oil filter canister hanging on its side.. WOWZY WOW WOW WOW was it GORGEOUS. It looked, smelled, sounded, felt (he let me sit on it more than once), stared back at me called my name like no other motorcycle of my child hood and its what some of my dreams of the future were filled with as a kid (turned into more of custom knucklehead chop freak even as a kid but still LOVED those FL's). The 70's found me CTFW cross country on more than one old HD - even had a brand new Low Rider in 78 - and following those early dreams taught me some things about all 45 degree, single crank pin, knife and fork rod configurated V-Twins whether they be a flat head, pan head, pan shovel, cone shovel, evo, twin cam or even this new "8" = ya better carry a tube of Loc Tite in your tool kit and use the stuff religiously.. Nature of the beast then,, nature of the beast today! Best way there is to keep your taters all in a row = simple as that.... (I always carried a small selection of electrical terminals and a set of crimps too but thats another story)..

So my family doc advised me a couple days ago to get plenty of sleep, take my drugs and to keep my head down and give my immune system time to catch up. Staying out of the cold, away from adults with colds and runny nose kids ain't that difficult when ya sleep as much as I have been doing BUT = a lop eared 1/2%er VR MOTORCYCLE club member varmint's gotta have some kind of fun - right?? WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So light and nimble right off the kick stand (like standing there nockin a MX bike between your knees - DOUBLE WOWZY WOW WOW WOW) that I almost tossed it over onto its right side when I stood it up = had not it been captured between my knees I just may have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My gosh what an amazing piece of game changing world class RnD.. I used to go to the big rally out in Sturgis just to hang out all night with the builders and always got over ground up builds.. This was right out or front door, good night,, is it a genuine work of motorcycling art.. Truly,, IMHO, if your any type of a bike gearhead or into custom builds at all and havent taken a moment to stop and admire the new Wing you really should do so!! To all you folks at Honda = :clap2::clap2:

OUTSTANDING and a HUGE congrats Geo!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing like a job well done and V-4 hitting on all 4!!! That Fool,, he really is quite the lop eared varmint I tell ya - one of the sites gurus for sure!! Know what I would do if he ever did something like that to my bike Geo?? I would nominate him for one of those fancy little blue ribbon "honor award" things that ya see hanging under peoples avatars - living proof that that Fool really is a blue ribbon kind of varmint IMHO!!

Dont you know about gremlins jumping up and gettin ya Snype?? Maybe a quick run thru on the video below will help? I see tires, solenoids, CDI boxes, mirrors, inner fairings, batteries and on and on..... Of course,, I also fell on my head when I went over backwards on my KX500 years ago too so maybe what I think I am seeing is not exactly what is actually there Snype....

I hear that brother,, only thing is,, the smarter these bikes become the harder it seems like it is to fool em.. Some of these new brains that operate thru CANbus systems are really not that friendly,,, matter of fact,, some of them are designed to protect against hacking and will rat you out quicker than a 16 year olds little sister.. This can be a serious matter if it ever comes down to a warranty question comes some of these things are so smart they can tell how fast you have gone, if the oil ever got below a pint low and even if you ever tipped over (that is HUGE cause tipping over on a running bike can cause air into an oil system = good excuse for failed crank bearings?).. Lots of the old Screaming Eagle hacking days and fumbling with ECM parameters are gone IMHO.. Multiple computers speaking to each other can complicate things I reckon...

,, on the other hand though,, IMHO,,, the ability to spin up a 2 inch wide patch of rubber (about what you get for contact on a bike tires radius to the road) on wet pavement is not really a good/fair indicator of that much really... FUN? OHHH HECK YEA:biker:!!!! but still not much if your trying to prove anything concerning the performance of the scoot = just my opinion... Now if that guy would have throttle her up on the back wheel on dry pavement in 2nd Gear and then spun the back tire up when he nailed third like I saw a guy on a new Valk do not long ago = ... That being said though,, if you watch the tach on the bike and notice how quickly it revs and where in that rev range things start to get interesting = you can get a small taste of the torque vs Hp thing and also what having 4 valve heads and being massaged with a little CRF valve train techology can do.. I sure wish Mom Honda would have REALLY gone after that 160 Hp Beemer... Torque vs HP.. Being no engineer of any sort,, but I am old back yard grease monkey with a lifetime of messing with this stuff so I do have some thoughts on the torque/Hp battle (plus we are talking about how they apply to bikes:happy34:)... IMHO,,, torque and hp are inseparable.. Torque is a measurement of how much work an engine is capable of doing and Hp is a measurement of how fast it can do that that work.. Many years ago I was taught that this can be expressed mathematically and when shown the math formula back then - it was easy to see where no torque = no hp,, simple - one cant exist without the other.. Speaking of the math here,,, ever look at a dyno sheet Cha? Next time ya do try to take notice of something = there is a "given" on every dyno chart for every motor = that given is that at 5200ish R's the Hp line will cross over the Torque line.. No joke brother,, sounds crazy probably but this is a fact!! Years ago, playing with dyno's and doing some tuning I came to realize that after 5200 R's - torque is irrelevant when talking performance = it's all about Hp up there above 5200 R's if you remember that the torque number is incorporated in the hp number.. Below 5200 R's and torque is where its at and HP is irrelevant because it can not be above the torque curve and above 5200 = torque will always be below the hp curve.. Another interesting thing about tuning for torque in motors that are not designed to handle R's over 5200 is that because your dealing with a given rpm range to build that torque (5200 r's) - the absolute best that builders/tuners can hope for when it comes to the torque curve is a flat/high curve and that is not always easy to accomplish.. Most engines "peak" in a fairly close range (lets say 1500 r's) which requires a fair amount of shifting to accomplish decent accelleration (take a peek at how quickly the new Venture has to be shifted compared to Tweeks in the videos below - both revved out to rev limit in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear) and held within that range to have effective acceleration.. On the other hand,, HP seen on the curve of a dyno plot starts way below the torque curve (ALWAYS - it HAS to - it cant go above the torque curve until 5200 R's) and builds steadly until it crosses 5200 r's and then - depending on the engines tune and design - keeps building as the R's increase = higher she revs,, higher the hp faster she be funner the fun .. The range of the R's that the engine can safely and reliably produce is a huge factor when you think about all this because a well balanced usable torque - high hp motor has amazing usable operating range when combined with a probably ratioed tranny (you gotta come ride my R1 Cha = little 1000cc motor = 105 mph in FIRST GEAR = breaks the back tire loose in 4th at 140 and you can still feel it "sliding" loose at 160 in 5th:cool10:) .. Here is something to think about when thinking Torque vs Hp.. If torque represents the amount of work the engine is capable of performing and Hp is the time factor in which that work is going to be accomplished than,, in my pea brain,, the first thing a person should do is determine how much work they actually want the engine to do = in the case of a motorcycle,, this can be determined by a simple weight/load measurement.. It all comes down to a balancing act IMHO... Think of this,, we bikers arent trying to move 40 ton down the highway like the Truckers are, we really do have a limited amount of work for the engine to accomplish.. If we over build for work (friends in my area have heard me say "that thing is muscle bound" in reference to some of the high torque V-Twins I have helped build - in using that term I was trying to denote the imbalance I am talking about here - at some point,, having a lot of torque becomes pointless IF having it prohibits an increase how fast that work is going to be performed) to be performed so its wasted muscle and we do pay for that over build by limiting the speed (how fast) at which the work can be accomplished than something isnt right - its all about balance. So how does this limit on the speed of the work being done manifest itself?? Ponder this = years ago because of my playing with lawn mower engined powered minibikes and reaching down and over riding the governer and developing a nasty habit of destroying rods in those engines by doing so, a seemingly talented mechanic explained to me that the reason I kept blowing rods was because I was pushing my little Tecumseh motors "piston speed" beyond reason.. I gotta to be kind of careful here cause there are some real engineers around here that don't agree with this but I ended up getting exposed to protecting my future engines by setting rev limits according to "piston speeds" on those future builds as explained by the mechanic years ago .. Without going into to much detail here and potentially causing another clubhouse ,, I will simply state that the more cylinders you have to spread the wanted Cubic Inches around to - the less rod length needed to amass the required volume to accumulate those desired Cubes and the higher you can safely spin up the R's without crossing into dangerous piston speeds because the piston(s) dont have to travel as far for each revolution of the crank ( = lower piston speeds).. IMHO developed thru a fair amount of non scientific messing around with this stuff - a good balance of power without going muscle bound for a touring bike weighing under 1000 pounds and hauling 500 pounds of payload (1500 pounds = this represents the work to be accomplished) is 75 Foot Pounds of torque in the 3 grand range and capabilities of spinning up to/ safely tuning to at least 7 grand/100 hpish = this balance produces plenty of torque for effortless mountain work with out downshifting alot (depending on top gear gear ratios of course) and, with no confounded speed limiter set by some bone head who thinks he/she should decide how fast I need to go instead of letting my right wrist decide = LOTS of spirited fun!! Then,, if 75 ft pds really is sufficient (and IMHO - it is plenty for me as I am not one of these varmints who plans on pulling a rail road car around with me) - any tuning/building beyond that figure can/should be applied to speeding up the process of getting the work done (HP) and, IMHO, that increases the "FUN" factor!! My fingers are tired,, gonna end here but before I do I just wanna say,,, I LOVE that new Wing too ,, but,, yea,,, 25 grand and up for an engine and two wheels (I personally could care less about radios, tape decks, blue teeth, Go Park Somewheres (is that what GPS stands for?) - 25 grand is Corvette country IMHO

A really good friend of mine (MiRider) had one that I got to ride and I liked it.. The one he had didnt steer like a traditional "trike", it still had the characteristics of a bike in the twisties but still provided adequate anti tip over.. I know that lop eared Hot Dog sneakin varmint and his precious wife have since moved on to a traditional trike (Tri Glide) but I am sure that MiRider told me how thankful they were for their Voyagerized 2nd Gen (and their current Tri Glide) as it added some 15 years onto their being able to get out and CTFW.. Knowing that,, in the sellers defence I also know that the company that produces the Voyager does advertise it as a "Trike Kit",,, not that it really matters though cause to me,,,,,, I wouldn't care if they called it a screamin yellow zonker with a double warp drive,,, if it keeps the buyer out CTFW = I am good with calling it whatever they/I/you/them/him/her/us wants to call it...