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HEAR HEAR!!!! What a MIGHTY God we serve!! The fields are endlessly ready for harvest - the Lord bless ALL of you as you reach out in doing his work Dusty - ya make me PROUD to call you my friend/brother = Prayers Up for each of you = may your productivity be tripled by the hand of God!! Concerning what the Lord is allowing in my case (as always - your prayers are coveted = THANK YOU) ,, it is a true double edge sword Chaplain.. Seriously,, not feeling good ever really did set well with me - quite frankly, it is tiring.. On the other, I can't tell you how many times in the last year I have had some really neat discussions with people who ask why/how I manage to,, keep smiling .. It is ALWAYS a real strange deep pleasure to be able to remind them that if they catch me smiling it because::

Very interesting thread you have going here Cheny = personally I commend you on your observation here = especially concerning the rear tire on the new machine... If you went back to the thread (found here: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?102280-Let-the-discussion-begin ) our clubs leader and founder (Freebird) started about asking what we Venture riders would be expecting/wanting in a new Venture should Mom Yam decided to build one, and slid down to post #9 - among a few other items on the wish list in that post you will also notice this paragraph that clearly addresses the theme of your thread here: """Add a large foot onto side stand - tired of bending over to pick up stand plate after parking on loose ground. Explore which tire sizes are the most common and build around those standards so tire choices and finding them are easy. Remember those long grips you used on the first gens? Use those, I love bending them back onto my knees. Enclose the motor well to keep ANY objectional heat off both riders BUT - use lots of venting with plenums to act as heaters when needed.""" Last month my wife and I attended the Sturgis Rally and had an opportunity to ride the new scoots.. Knowing the factory guys would be there, I went prepared with questions from folks on our site to ask and I also made a copy of that thread to discuss with the boys from Mom Yam. The tire issue you noticed was something I discussed with them in detail and, I actually read to them that part of the prior thread to give them a glance at how important it is to some touring riders to have a fairly easy to find - affordable tire in the advent of a flat.. I also know from experience (my nephew owns a GORGEOUS Stratoliner that he set up for touring two up) that the torquey 113 does tend to be hard on rear tires = 6 thousand miles with 2 up touring was fairly common on Jon's Strat.. I noticed the odd size on this new one and, going from memory - did not recall that being the size of the Strats. The new tire was obviously a whole new breed in and of itself. I asked about that and was told that they were in fact looking for exclusiveness as that seems to be what the modern day touring rider is looking for in a bike - want to be unlike any other.. As in all things in this new world when considering that,,, it seems the new breed is also willing to pay for such exclusiveness as I was also informed that a high end exclusive tire on a high end exclusive bike is to be expected.. Hope this makes sense!! Puc

All the very very best of luck out there Ready!! I was an AVID deer harvester with both bow and gun for many many years (always said if push came to shove and they made me choose between taking with the gun = pistol included or bow I would have ABSOLUTELY chose bow hunting!! OUTSTANDING SPORT!! You hunt out of a tree? I always used a Baker Board and switched to TSS climbers when they came out = much easier on trees.. I also was a Boilermaker and spent a LOT of time on the iron wayyyy up yonder and loved heights.. Most deer seasons you could find me 30 feet up, standing on the edge of a 2x3 platform and swingin in the breeze... Man that fun.. About the only thing I really really enjoyed more than that (and the rush associated with nailing em) was scouting.. I LOVED scrape hunting but also loved runway hunting for Does when the meat was needed (my kids were raised on Venison = 5 a year = should a seen Tip carving and grinding Venison - AWESOME days.. When the kids were little I would climb up the tree with my climber, drag another stand up and hook it up beside me, drop a pair of Jeans down with a rope thru the belt loops and the kid would climb into em and I would haul them up in the tree with me and set them on the stand.. WHAT A BLAST!!! Kids loved watching daddy hunt and kill = by the way,, if you decide to do that I also learned that Green Skiddles are the candy of choice for keeping the kids quiet.. Never really got hurt all though I did slide my share of wet trees.. Smooth Maples and Birch were the worse - especially with the rubber on the bands of the TSS boards - all you had to do is step on the outside edge of the board to stop a slide - biggest thing being to do it FAST before ya hit the ground.. Worst injury I EVER had was when I dropped an arrow got loose from the nock, started on its way down and, out of reflex I caught it by the broadhead and sliced my hand/fingers pretty good - WOW those Wasp broadheads could cut.. Getting long = NAIL EM BROTHER!! In in the words that I used to speak to my family as I headed out for the night hunt = DEATH TO THE DEER (you know,, thinking that is still written on my bow hanging downstairs = I KNOW I still got a hat my deceased father had made for my with it on it)... Puc P.S. speaking from an ol geezer bow huntin fool = Bow Hunting 's would make your buddy almost as big as CTFW pics - close = very very close!!

Sorry about taking a bit to get back to you here brother = got caught in a real strong Anniversary celebration cross wind and just getting back to the business at hand.. 208 thousand miles is OUTSTANDING IMHO - does that speak for the durability of these scoots or what? That said,, from my personal experience with these amazing scoots (speaking soley of the 1st Gen MK1's never owned a 2nd Gen - maybe a different critter) = the next 100k is where things can get dicey.. I retired Tweeks at just over 300k and I gotta say = she is/was one very tired scoot = I wore out 4 others before her and yes, they all got well into the 200k zone but life in that zone was not all that easy as they all showed the same level of just being tired and completely wore out.. That said and considering the costs associated with just having a Hannigan triking done on a scoot (last I heard it was well over 10 grand to have this done = again,, please dont quote me on this = I think it was much higher = maybe someone who has actually priced one out could jump in an affirm what I am trying to say) makes me wonder if maybe trading Sylvester off or selling him outright and then picking up a low mileage 2nd Gen to trike out would not be the better option.. All said Sly,, I am STRICKLY thinking out loud (gets me in big trouble around here) and shooting from the hip.. I hope you KNOW that regardless of what you decide to do = ol Pucster wishes you and that precious bride of yours nothing but the best in endless, trouble free, FUN CTFW miles together!! The most important thing IMHO is that you do whatever it is that will afford the two of you enjoying life TOGETHER!! Puc

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: :think:Or,,, maybe even more importantly = Are you you?

Just in from celebrating our 37th for the week... I got my next step in Abdomen Cancer surgeries coming up early next week and,, knowing that I may be down for a short while after words, one would have thunk that Tip would have insisted on a laid back,, sit by a swimming pool shin dig for total relaxation to celebrate our anniversary BEFORE having to deal with taking care of me next week. Flat out not so.. With this weather being as it has been,, she insisted on a healthy Chasing of The Front Wheel (I honestly think her and Tweeks got something going on between them concerning the finishing off this last new rear tire before the season ends) = what a lady!!! Of course,, not being out done and being the fine husband of 37 years that I have been and to PROVE that she really did marry the man from Krypton - I eagerly obliged her request and we had a blast!! When we got home today,, I went right to work and ripped the living room all to smitherings in prep to have the carpeting cleaned.. ... Tip being Tip,, seeing the sweat dripping from her mans brow, she jumped right in (even though it is my Anniversary present to her) and we got it gutted!! Now the two of us are sitting in the living room on old aluminum porch chairs with a piano bench in between us for an end table.. As I was putting the chairs in place I got telling her how much doing so reminded me of how we started out in our married life 4 kids and a number of years ago.. I must REALLY be a husband cause those words brought tears of joy to her eyes - life is good,, sharing it with your very very best friend is GREAT

and here I thought Casey was talking about using the edge of a plastic coke bottle that he had sliced open with a knife to slide down in between the seal and the tube to clean out the garbage in the seal allowing it to seal again.. I have used old 35mm film for this for years and know that a company caught onto that idea and started making a plastic shaped pointed thingy to accomplish the same thing.. Back in my mx days it was very common to clean the seals because of the dirt involved with the sport.. If a person rides a fair amount on the road even bug splatter on the tubes can cause issues.. I can certainly see where fork gators would be the cats meow for extra protection.. Had those for years on the early dirt bikes, later models like my KX500, CR's and stuff we had plastice covers over the front of the forks which served the same purpose (called em fork roost protectors) and did great.. I have a set of roost protectors on my 1st Gen now - get this,, they are even CHROME!! I can see where slicing up a plastic coke bottle and using it for a roost protector could EASILY and fully do the same job with no where near the hassle of rippin the forks down to do gators = maybe Casey and I are related if thats what he is referring to

Must be those Irma winds down yonder sucking the air in the wrong direction or something Snype.. Normally my sniffer can sniff out fine grillin like that from thousands of miles away and Tweeks is spirited just enough to always get me there just in time for dinner!! WOW that looks SCRUMPTIOUSLY DELICIOUS!!

Just noticed this video and it reminded me of a question I asked at a recent Demo Days at our local HD shop = that being is all this info system stuff really necessary and, cant pushing all those buttons while out CTFW become a dangerous endeavor? For many years now I have wondered about all this modern day electronic gizmo advancement and whether or not it really is good for our sport? GPS's, XMRadio's,, Phone service,, bike to bike communications, being able to check your ebay account and do electronic banking while cruising down the road and on and on.. Take a peek at this video,,, I have watched it a few times and I still dont understand exactly what happened here.. The only answer I have been able to conclude with is the person simply got distracted (possibly by showing more interest in the bikes Info system than actually riding it) and went off into the willy weeds.. What say you? Glad he is ok!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSvXbZEZ70

And this is one I test rode last weekend - Gorgeous scoot!! Awesome rider too! I personally LOVE what the MOCO has done with this new Softail frame and suspention.. The new 114 inch Milwaukee 8 pulls pretty dog gone good too - performance wise = it would definitely have its hands full if stacked against Tweeks even with Tip and I both on her but really not bad for an air cooled V-Twin IMHO.. http://motorcycle.com.vsassets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/083117-Harley-Davidson-Fat-Bob-9949.jpg

VERY VERY GOOD READ CRUISE!! Thanks!! There is a LOT of good info in there and some answers for us folks who have ridden this new one.. One thing comes to mind, I was VERY happy to finally see an actual dyno print on this new machine. No one,, not even the factory boys at Sturgis could answer my question of "why doesnt it feel like it has 126 Ft/Lbs of torque but feels more like the umphhh of an old stock 88 inch Harley Twin Cam if it has 126 ft/lbs and why no stated Horse Power or quarter mile times like Yamaha did with the 1st Gens?"... Many of us gear head types have been begging for an actual dyno readout like FINALLY provided in this read = IT IS HERE = THANK YOU!! I will admit though,, if a person reads thru the comments in this article (if any one is really interested in touring bikes of the day and especially this new one - they truly need to read the comments,, the devils in the details), I could not help but notice that someone actually had to call the editor of the Magazine out in order to get that printed = for some reason neither Mom Yam nor the Magazine really wanted that info out.. If you gaze at the dyno results you may notice that my seat of the pants take on the scoot was not that far off all the way along.. The motor is a neutered (again,, probably due to the additional weight on its crank) 77 horse (under 60 horse at its normal operating range of R's) and 109 ft/lbs (far from the claimed 126 Ft/Lbs),, now couple that with its size/weight and one can easily under stand why it feels lathargic and very similar to one of those early HD Twin Cams.. For me,, all this explained a LOT concerning why I was feeling what I was feeling and not what I was told I was suppose to be feeling when we rode it..

I get that Snype,, I really do!! I have a bunch of really close friends here who feel exactly the same way about Maggy the R1 and I TOTALLY understand where they are coming from too.. I can only tell you what I tell them: Try not to think of Maggy as a motorcycle,,, think of her more like owning your very own, for real,, modern day,, best of the best adrenalin producing Roller Coaster.. One you can get on and get a rush any time you want to.. Seriously,,, this thing is that serious and that much,, should we say,, FUN x100!!!!!!!!! Now,, to show you how warped I am brother and in the same spirit of curiousity that you present here,, something that continues to boggle my mind is the seamless question of why Mom Yam didn't instill some of that some adrenalin pumping,, fun loving GET UP AND GO technology in the new Venture or,, probably even ruder - the Eluder.. She could have sooo easily pulled a water cooled, shaft drive 1700cc V-Max motor off the shelf,, dropped a couple turbo's on it, like the car companies are doing now adays, and produced a touring bike like non other - a REAL game changer!! I know,, I KNOW - there are LINES of folks even on Venture rider who will say = "Puc is CRAZY" to which I calmly reply = "just cause ya got it dont mean ya gotta use it".. Other side of that coin is,, if ya aint got it = YOU CANT USE IT!!

All this mention of Polaris Victory just reminded me of something.. Another one of my huge flaws by some folks standards is my love for doing motorcycle Demo's even though I have absolutely no interest in purchasing a new bike (I am one of those kind of folks who would rather spread out my limited motorcycling dollar and own several used ones instead of putting all my cash into just one bike).. For many years Polaris Dealerships here, like Mom's, used to have regular Demo Days too.. Because of their openness to not requiring a purchase commitment (this will sound strange to some folks here but they actually made it clear that they WANTED people to attend these Demo's as often as possible even KNOWING we were not intending to buy at that time - maybe just trying to establish a relationship with folks?) my buddy's and I spent a fair amount of time riding the Victories thru the years and later, the new Polaris Indians.. Thru that I learned something.. To date, BAR NONE = the best riding/handling air cooled big twin scoot I have ever ridden is the now defunct Victory Vision 8 Ball.. I nick named that amazing scoot the "Weeble" after the "Weebles will wobble but they wont fall down" toys.. Talk about and inspirational machine!! Better shut up,, sorry about the hijack Lawman - just got caught up in the moment!!

Dont recall the guy attending our school but,, definitely looks like a straight A student!! OK,, who's the wise guy that could afford a camera and film and caught Tip and I in the act of taking those 4 youngens of our to Sunday School back in the day?? We actually used to LOVE buzzin around just like that when the kids were little only we used a beat up ol 71 Honda 350 Scrambler I had laying around for a parts chaser back in the day... About the same amount of room for the 6 of us.. Always left the kids Beagles home in their pen's though

,,, still makes absolutely no sense to this thick sculled lop eared varmint = thinkin the whole world has gone bat poop crazy

Prayers Up!

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, look at that SHARP Blue Venture :cool10:and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW look at that AWESOME BLUE SKY = FINALLY!!!!!!! Glad you got er under control and that you folks are finally making it out of the Monsoon season over their Or!!!!!

Yep,, caught cancer and the trail leading up to getting gutted to fix it got long and very expensive.. Only did what I had to do... She is now hangin out down there in Ohio,, not to far from Freebirds joint.. Ben, the guy that is her care taker now uses Olivia in WW2 re-inactment's. A number of years ago I went to one of Don's Maintenance Days and Ben was kind enough to bring Olivia over to the resturant (joint called "Steak and Lube) the MD bunch of us lop eared varmints were eating at. I got to visit with her and those of the MD attenders who had any interest in such stuff got to see her. Olivia still has the BEST of care and shares a facility with other vehicles also from the war that Ben own's - an Ambulance and a Willies Jeep. Ben invited our group to stop by his home to play with those machines and see his other WW2 memoriabailya - @TheTooch and I went made the 1 mile ride over to Ben's house to mess with all the cool stuff - it was AWESOME = Dave and I had a ball!! Still have her original owners/care takers Army Air WW2 Flying Googles that he wore when he flew as a Turret Machine Gunner over Europe back then. George's (Olivia's only owner after WW2) son mailed them to me as a Birthday present.. Those googles are an AWESOME reminder of some very very special people who I was blessed to get to know and the little Harley Davidson motorcycle that did her part in the War and that is still out there doing her thing..

and as Puc is pulling out of Ready's driveway with a great big on his face and his rubbing on the steering wheel of his car,,, a faint - almost inaudible voice (hard to speak when your stuffed to the brim with homemade Tamales) can be heard saying "personally Ready - I think the person(s) who made those awesome Mexican treats are the REAL geniuses in this story"!! :thumbsup::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool:

Hey Sly,,, gotta ask,, you open to opinions on your thoughts of triking the scoot (noticed recent feelings getting hurt about folks sharing opinions on bikes and trying to avoid that = why I ask if your open to thoughts?)? If so,,, I got a ? for you,, when you say 200K are you saying 200 thousand miles presently on Sylvester?

Thinking Kirby might be referring to the Hurricane stuff? Yep,, right there with ya Kirb = thoughts and Prayers Up for all those folks down there dealing with those Hurricanes - both the damages from Harvey and now dealing with Irma. Hope each of you are safe!! If I got that wrong Kirby,, sorry about that - didnt mean to hi-jack..

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW :178::178::178::178::178::178::178::178::178::178: Do you know your Pucsters or what Silv = THANK YOU for posting this up brother!!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Then again,,, only problem is,, now I miss Olivia even more than I did before I found your awesome thread here:95:

After exploring the amazing selection of throwing knives, and chinese stars,, and tomahawks and on and on,, we were just getting ready to depart the store with the 3 sets of Throwing Knives for our off spring in tow when,, all of a sudden,, I thought I heard a the soft voice of a really pretty nickle plated 7 to 1 twist rifled barreled beauty a couple isles over whispering something sexy to me,,,, Puuuc,, ohhhh Puc,, wanna come take a peek at me??? Her reminded me of a voice I hadn't heard in many years (I had a Remington BDL 700 in .22/250 caliber that use to talk to me like that) so I wandered over that way,, peeked around the corner and,,, POOF - there went another afternoon!!

INDEED!! Scheels in Sparks Nevada DOES have Throwing Knives!! If you are ever if the need of a good set of knives for your Grand Children to toss around - just flop your tent on your bike, pack some fresh clothes to wear in the store if your prone to smell funny after CTFW across the desert region, trod on into the air conditioning inside of Scheels and follow the advice of this pretty lady in there!!

Got that Sly!! Here in Michigan we had a Govnur not to long ago named Jennifer Grandholm who held to some fairly socialistic views on things - rumor was she actually was from a foreign country where she learned her socialist ways that she tried very hard to impliment here.. During her reign, and still to this day, we are under this idea of No Fault insurance - simply means no one is expected to (or even desired to) step up to the plate and accept personal responsibility for their actions = sound familiar? Out of this whole idea came this thing called The Michigan Catastrophic Fund that,, along with paying for a policy for "No Fault Insurance" where no one is ever at fault in an accident = we are required to pay into this "FUND" every 6 months.. Last I looked,, I believe that cost is 176 dollar per 6 months PER policy or, over 300 dollars a year per car/bike just for the fund.. Meaning,, 2 bikes insured = 2 x 176 per 6 months + 2 cars insured? = 2 more x 176 every 6 months.. Now,, keep in mind that "$176 per 6 months" on ALL policys in Michigan has NOTHING to do with your actual policy = the policy costs start AFTER you pay the $176 per 6 months PER vehicle!! Sound nuts? Now get ready cause it gets even better!! On a motorcycle that I have paid my $176 + my policy fee's for a 6 month policy - if I get in an accident on my scoot and the accident does not involve a car = I have NO access to the Catastrophic Fund (medical costs) that is suppose to kick in after a certain amount of medical care is received. JUST NUTS!! Thankfully,, after 8 years the people of the state of Michigan FINALLY decided they had had enough and they decided to cast a vote to return the State back to the people and they kicked Grandholm to the curb.. We now have a fairly level headed American in charge who has been challenging that crazy Catastrophic Fund law. He has also ushered back in the right to bear arms (Concealed Weapons Permits FINALLY approved), has appealed the helmet laws = returned "Choice" back to the riders and, get this,,, we are know able to know how freedom feels by his returning the right for us to light fire crackers and bottle rockets if we want:happy34:!! We still are paying out the nose for Insurance but by cracky,, at least real freedom seems a little closer and the seems to be waving a little prouder these days here in Michigan - IMHO of course!!:thumbsup: