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WOW ZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW ,,, she's a DANDY Sarn!!!:clap2::dancefool::dancefool:GREAT FIND!! Comments/ideas and tips? Yea I got some thoughts for ya,, check the tires and light the fires, ride that puppy till the wheels fall off Shake er down, typical stuff - front fork springs, brake pads and calipers for sticken, battery condition, oils changed, lube the cables and splines and hit the road!!!! CONGRATS Sarna!!

Hokey Spamokey,,, almost missed this pic and THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REAL DISASTER!!!! A STAR IS BORN!

I know it's early but I just sent off an email to my staff to see how they are fairing thru the winter.. Trying to make sure they are still on for another great year of rounding up Hot Dogs for us.. As soon as I have a response I will let everyone know one way or the other.. Also, if the response to my recent email to my staff comes back as a positive one (meaning all things are a go for this years outings:fingers-crossed-emo) I am planning on sending out some very special "Grand Prizes" to all of you who attended one of last years "Pucs Greet - Meet and Eat Meats". Only those who attended one of our Hot Dog (M)eatings will be eligible for the prize of which I speak BUT, I am working steadfastly on giving you 2015 no-shows yet another opportunity to redeem yourselves:santa:.. Stay tuned for more info and if you love Hot Dogs!!! Puc

Hokey Spamokey BJ!! While we got a little of those winds,, in the 55 mph stuff, we had NOTHING like you had brother!! All the best in locating your garage and all your belongings!! I went out this morning expecting a bunch of pie from the Blue Line Diner in my front yard but nothing except a few dead limbs in the yard,,,, RATSSS!

,,, indeed,, who'd a thunk that one Bro? I went and looked at a Woad Venture a while back DanL,, YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!! If I ever end up with one like it I am gonna name it Woad Toad :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:

Gonna give this a whirl @cecdoo!! Cecdoo emailed me a pic of his GORGEOUS Maddie and gave me permission to try a resize so it would be accepted on our site.. I think I got it you guys!! Because of client privileges, I am not allowed to release text info from the email so Craig will have to splain all the good stuff... Ok,,, lets give er a shot...

IT'S SKIDDERS BIRTHDAY? :Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday: JEFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :group cheers::group cheers::group cheers::group cheers:

By the way Reiny,, was it seat and bike width that caused issues with your hips on the Wing? Never rode one, sure LOVE the motor and looks!! They do seem to appear a little wider in backbone stance, is that where you ran into problems? I LOVE the color of your RSV better than the black Honda though,,, REALLY REALLY purdy - IMHO...

OUTSTANDING BONGO!!! Keep an eye on that Squidley,,, he can sneak a chicken leg and french fry quicker than you can scream "LONNAAA!!!!!" Give those two Texas Hero's a for me Bob and here's a couple for you and Becky too :bighug: HAVE FUN!! Puc

I know Polaris was having a hard time with their Vic sales (possibly due to not honoring warranties on first years scoots) but I thought the Indian line was a really good seller? Strong enough that they have been able to stand shoulder to shoulder with HD pricing on comparable scoots.. Am I misreading something here Bill?

Now THAT is AWESOME Craig:clap2::clap2:!! Hopefully you crank the old girl up once in a while to keep er rolling:fingers-crossed-emo - (just did an edit here,, you already covered this one WITH = SHE RUNS LIKE A TOP! - I am such a dorkwad sometimes - DUHHHH) One of the crazy things about those V-4 Suzi's is that they only made em for a short time and parts can be hard to come by - NOTHING LIKE OUR 1st Gen Yammers.. A real shame too because they were really fun scoots (as you well know).. I think the V-Max really hurt their sales (and the Honda V-65 too) cause it seems like once the Max came out it was all down hill for Honda and Suzuki.. Ya know what, I almost went Suzuki Cavalcade back in the late 80's before I jumped on the Yamaha scene.. That Cav was a 1400 and it was AWESOME too!! Wayyy cool bike and wayyy ahead of its time.. Never owned of them either but worked on a few of em.. They had a "plug" in the forward bevel shaft that came from the factory with a liken to fall out and cause forward bearing failure due to lube loss.. I repaired a few of em with a machined aluminum plug... Any idea if your big Mauddy has similar mod needs? Yep,, I know,, I KNOW too,, you REALLY do need to get some pics :big-grin-emoticon: WOULD LOVE TO SEE EM!!! I LOVED the 1200's my friend! Never ever did get to own one but THEY were awesome!! Not that much bigger than the 700 (wayyy cooler pipe design though - I LOVED the stock pipes on the 12) and baby did they BOOGY!!! One of the things that I always loved about Mauddy was her "chop" like design,,, again,, it was that era.. I know you know this but some folks who may stop in here might not,, that seat on Maud is BONE STOCK.. Look carefully and it sure does look like a King/Queen off a chopper dont it? While lacking in the rake and Springer (I love my springers) front end, she did have enough "chopper feel" that I could ride her all day long, 16 hour days, and never get tired.. GOOD RIDER!!

Only one way to shut the Pucster up XV,,,,,,,, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE = 'S,, LOTS AND LOTS OF 'S!!!!!!

:happy65: That Reiny,, .. that Reiny is my kinda guy:rotf:,,, he just his own thread,, and for the price of a Hot Dog:happy34:!! DEFINITELY one of "us" :dancefool:

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Thanks for posting this up Sapper!! Prayers Up Tom,, hoping all goes well and that you get a full recovery brother, back pain from a ruptured disc aint no fun - THAT is FACT!!

Very very good point Jack:thumbsup:!!!

Nope Craigster,, I sure dont,, that one is one of those "bikes that I owned at one time"... Ohh heck yea,, she was a REAL sweetheart!! Her name was Maud and did she SCREAM for a little 700 - FLAT OUT FUN SCOOT!! Also, her generation was part of a day and age when you sat "into" the scoot instead of on it,,, hard feeling to describe but you probably get my point.. For me, and IMHO, this made her VERY ridable - even on the back wheel (shaft drive scoots are a little strange on the back wheel - totally different than chain drive). Also IMHO,, even the small block V-4's were very special scoots

Steam, if you go back to the vids I posted about the Trike we built and click on the first Vid, fast forward to about .35 you will see the disc brake assembly on that rear axle. Running hydraulics to that rear disc was simple brake line across the ax and with tieing the hard line into a "T" and then back the scoots master with rubber line so it could flex as the new swing arm needed it to was not that bad of a job.. Once bled, the Sporties original rear master did fine at supplying pressure for the two rear discs.. Thinking a much bigger issue if the Voyager Trike Kit does not come with brakes would be setting up a set of rotors and calipers.. Kind of surprised they dont come with brakes,, I cant imagine that "Kit" is to light in weight? Seems like the extra weight would almost require some extra braking.. May be way out in left field about that though as I have seen a lot of folks pulling trailers with scoots with no braking on the trailers.. Have always wondered about that too,, seems like trailer brakes when a motorcycle is pulling one would be a major advantage to added control BUT - sure dont see em....

I read Reiny's request as bikes we "have" owned and read it as meaning our has been scoots of the past BUT,, now that you mention it Drew's - gotta consider Tweek's feelings in here dont I? Ok,, I will sneak Tweeks in here and if Reiny gets upset we will just have to offer him a free Hot Dog this summer to make him feel better .. Hey,, now that I got your attention brother,, go back to the pics I posted earlier,, look at the one with Tip and my daughter Cappy - notice Tweeks sister sitting in the background (that was 1st Gen #4 we wore out) - take a look at the pipes I made for her (she came to me with the stock pipes rotted right off).. Thin wall chain link fence post galvanized pipe with fish tails I made out of a piece of tin - bike sounded AWESOME!! Also had a set spots on it I robbed off a trashed Shadow.. That pic was one I took after Cappy and I had just returned from a trip to California.. Ohhhh the memories!! Ahhh oh,, hear Tweeks whimpering,, here we go.......... This will make er feel better...

Waited long enough for these varmints Reiny,,, can't wait no more!!

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NEITHER DID HE!!!!!!!

Yeaaa brother,, real deal stuff right there.. I LOVE that last picture of the ones who are left (the 70th Anniversary one)!! You can still see the love of true FREEDOM and the willingness to defend it deep in each of their eyes

I have gotta beat Dan to this one Skidder.. Dan: Typo what? Typo bike? Typo shoe? Typo food? Skidder: No ya confunded word twisting varmint - it's a Typo mistake. Dan: Ohhhh,, I get it now.. So what Typo mistake is it? :think: Dog gone it Skid,, now he's got me wondering,, what is a "woad",, thinking it may have been an Elmer Fudd typo moment ,, were you trying to say "I wuv the woad"?

@steamer,, did you or did you consider putting a car tire on the bike when you did the Voyager Trike kit? It seems like, perhaps, the Voyager with a car tire on the bike as well as car tires on the outside wheels would extend the tire life of the bikes rear tire majorly. Seems like it would also increase the traction and braking significantly, maybe? And it seems like, if there ever was a really good application for going to "the dark side" that this may be it? I also thought the main reason for adding rake to the front end on a trike was to slow it's steering down and make more friendly when hitting pot holes - especially in corners. Some friends and I Triked out a Sportster for my neighbors wife. Came out really well except it was quick enough in it's steering that if you hit a bump at speed you had to be really careful not to over correct or you could get into trouble kind of easily. I told my buddies that I thought if added some rake to the triple trees (not cut the frame, get some offset trees) we could really make it a good handler. Just thinking off the cuff here from experience in building choppers. I know from doing so that long bikes (Choppers) with raked front ends steer a lot slower in the attitude of their reaction to road conditions. They are much slower in response making them outstanding for highway cruising but lathargic in corners which (IMHO) is a normal outcome of adding 'trail' into any scoots steering geometry (trail being the geometry that you are changing when you rake at the trees). I can see where raking would make a trike (either traditional or Voyager) steer easier due to not having to input steering all the time to keep things under control (kind of like a car whose caster and toe angles are not correct and you have to "steer" it all the time to keep it going straight). Does this thought line up with what you are referring to as being heavy in the steering? So, is it my understanding here that the Voyager does NOT have braking on the outside wheels?