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THANK YOU for passing this info on to us @Patmac6075!! Got my order in and thanks to you - looks like Tweeks (our 83) will be rolling on E-3's this year!:thumbsup: @Flyinfool , THANK YOU for digging up the link too brother:happy34:! I looked and looked on Motosports site for this tire deal and couldn't find em:doh: Gotta LOVE this place!!:bowdown:

Any chance you could share a link Pat? Tried to find the tires and no luck.. Here is the closest at Motosport.com I could come up with and it shows the prices over 150 bucks as tire.. http://www.motosport.com/dunlop-american-elite-rear-tire Thanks Puc

Tweeks:big-grin-emoticon:

WOW,, another one Your right Z, that is truly sad! Thoughts, prayers and condolences to all of Glenn's family, friends and fans! RIP Glenn Frey

BEEEAAUUUTIFUL David!!:clap2::dancefool::dancefool: Your pics and ride report provide a feeling of promise and hope to this ol frostbit biker :guitarist 2::biker:

One of the great side benefits of walking around video taping all my new friends and fellow riders at the Maintenance Day in Oberlin was I got to see them at some of their finest moments. I got to find out first hand how friendly and good hearted of a group these people are. People came from all over the United States, Canada and even as far away as Iceland to attend this Rally and everyone seemed to be very relaxed and enjoying each others company to the fullest - then it happened, someone yelled FOOD and the whole place turned into an uproar! Having a fair amount of experience dealing with large gatherings of hungry bikers, I approached the feed line with caution. I carefully selected my spot in the food line behind some friendly people who seemed to be missing that "I am gonna bite somebody" look that seemed to dominate most of the empty bellied hardcore motorcyclist who were standing in line ahead of us. I noticed a table covered with prizes that would be given away to raffle drawing winners - apparently this drawing was going to take place right after lunch. I dabbled around looking at the prizes and noticed some really cool stuff. Lots of bike related things with the big prize drawing being that of a Go Pro Camera - NEATO!! Tweeks and I have been together long enough now that she pretty much has any available space in her trunk and saddle bags occupied, matter of fact, even all of her hidden compartments are filled to the brim with stuff from all over the country. I once dug into one of those hidden compartments and had found 2 pounds of loose change all rusted together around a piece of coal that I had picked up while exploring coal mines in Virginia and that mass had attached itself to a handful of double "A" camera batteries that I had purchased for back up batteries for my camera a few years ago. It's discoveries like this that serve as a reminder to me that I really didn't have room to carry a whole lot of stuff home in the way of "winnings". Then I got thinking about my buddy Dan who was laying up in the hospital trying to recover from the wounds he had received during his recent accident. I figured the least I could do was pick up a bunch of raffle tickets for him and if he won anything I could send the winnings home with Skid (a good friend of Dan's) to give to my injured friend. Besides, I figured any repair work that Dan was going to be facing with rebuilding his now damaged 2nd Gen may require parts and I also knew that he had accumulated a few 1st Gen Ventures thru the years and that anything I could send his way in the form of 1st Gen spare parts would be going to a good home. The ladies selling the tickets I would purchase for my friend were really friendly, they didn't check my dollar bills for being counterfeit, they made no snide remarks about me smelling funny and even told me to be sure and check "the other room" for "lots more food then in the main kitchen" so I even bought a couple extra tickets with the hope of winning something that would make Dan smile again - good sales people those ladies selling tickets were! The outcome of the raffle tickets was going to take some time but I can clearly state this, that little "can" that I stuck my food funds into sure produce some AMAZING results.. I walked into Don and Eileen's kitchen and my hungry eyeballs about fell out of my head!! I found myself humming one of my favorite tunes ("Long Tall Glasses") as I filled my plate with everything from Meat Balls to fresh veggies and was just finishing finding the perfect spot for some baked beans when I noticed the living room located along the front of their home.. Tables of salads and deserts were in there inviting me to explore the deeper regions of my hollow right leg which caused me to actually begin singing the song I had been humming. I casually and carefully laid down my already filled dinner plate near the door that exited onto the front porch, walked backwards in the food line, grabbed another plate and proceeded into "the other room" to complete that song I was singing. Having managed to sneak my two plates of food out past the people who were enjoying their own delicacies on the porch that adorns the front of the Freebird home, I found my way over to a small gathering of people located within calling range of the garage area where the winning tickets would soon be drawn. BongoBob and Big Tom chewed on my ear about my inquiry of the owner of the extra large set of red underwear that blew gently in the breeze not to far from where we were sitting. As I downed a fairly good sized piece of apple pie that had gotten in the way of my fork, I made a comment about how thankful I was that the red "flag" that mysteriously appears at many of these types of gatherings had been placed in a downwind position to that which I had found myself. Big Tom laughed and then reminded me that Tippy, Tweeks and I had yet to be seen at another Rally that takes place in New York on an annual basis. Bongo then re-enforced Tom's comment with one of his own while he glared at my plate of deserts. I offered Bongo a slice of my pie but he padded his belly and said he was stuffed to the gills. Having full knowledge of the vast selection of endless food inside the Freebird home, turned cafeteria, I could sure understand why as I was stuffed too!!! Squidley, one of Tippy, Tweeks and my Texas Hero's (see my 2014 ride report for an explanations of why I say "Texas Hero" ), and his wife, Sweet Nothing (I still wonder how that sweet lady ended up being called "Sweet Nothing"), had ridden all the way from their home in Texas to pull a surprise visit to this years Maintenance Day in Oberlin. Among other things, Squid had managed to get himself lured into drawing numbers for the raffle's that were about to take place and I thought I heard his Texas squawk yell something about "anyone wanting to be a wiener best be making their way over to the raffle area" so I departed my comfortable chair near Bongo and Tom and headed that way. I was really curious to see what kind of stuff Dan was gonna find waiting for him on the return from his stay in the hospital and I sure didn't want to miss this version of a motorcyclist Shrine Circus anyway! I sat on the porch behind the Texan and his wife and videoed some of their skillful drawing methods in case anyone needed to double check the accuracy of their methods and to just keep an eye on the two of them. Doing so proved to be a very strenuous task because I not only had to keep track of recording their fun and games but also had to try and keep track of the numbers on the tickets that I had procured for my buddy. Suddenly the joyful Texan called out a number matching one of the tickets in the spool of tickets I had wrapped around my wrist and I was handed a really neat Leather Tank Bib for a 2nd Gen Venture - PERFECT!! I walked over and handed it to Skid and asked if he could sneak it into Dan's garage for me. Skid grinned and said sure!!! Squidley announced it was time for the Grand Prize drawing. The place went amazingly quiet as Sweet Nothing reached in the hat and pulled out a ticket, Squidley's Texas drawl voice slowly read off the numbers that appeared on the ticket that his wife had just removed from the pile of little paper stubs in the can, a voice that I recognized from my not to distant past yelled "I GOT IT" from behind me. I turned around to see Monty, with what appeared to be a half a spool of raffle tickets hanging from his hand, heading forward to claim the Grand Prize of the Go Pro Camera - CONGRATS MONTY!! I am not sure who made the suggestion of having another Grand Prize Drawing but someone came up with the idea to auction off Freebird's new Harley Davidson Road Glide. I will say this though, I noticed the large pile of abandoned raffle tickets laying on the table where Monty had removed the Go Pro from and managed to gather them up BEFORE my buddy Squidley had a chance to start reading off the numbers that would result in someone trying to sneak off on Don's bike.. I listened carefully at the numbers being called, thinking deeply about how cool it would be to send yet another one of Don's bikes to live in Yammer's garage (Dan had purchased the 2nd Gen he had fallen on from Don when Don had purchased his new Road Glide).. While I did not win the Road Glide, I still don't think it really mattered cause I noticed Freebird had taken a security position between his bike and the crowd at the end of the drawings and I highly suspect that the Harley drawing was just another way of poking fun at our wonderful host - what a GREAT rally!!

Got a neighbor who also loves playing with Harley's - good friend who I have helped build up a number of them now. We built up an 09 Sporty together a few years ago. The build came out really well (94 horse) but that scoot haunted us with a slight oil leak on one of the jugs that we chased FOREVER.. Finally found it, was a bad spot in a casting that was allowing oil to actually seep right thru the aluminum - just one of those freak things.

I have often wondered if the trend of the market demanding larger displacement engines hasn't played a big part of the heat issues that are common in the air cooled scoots of the day. Combine that with having to run those two great big coffee can sized pistons on a combustion chamber that is filled with as lean as possible fuel/air mixture to meet regulatory rules and things gotta heat up. I ran my old 74 inch Shovelhead all over the country, including LOTS of desert two tracking, and never really had any complaints about it being to hot to ride. Regardless of the heat issues and all that, I sure understand completely why folks love those big ol Harleys. There is just something very special about the sound, feel, smell and vibes of straddling those big ol scoots,, something soul stirring...

Personally I like the feel of Organics. They do tend to wear out faster and not a bad idea to keep a spare set in the Maintenance Department (right saddle bag) of the scoot if your gonna be out for a month or so. IMHO, they also seem to be easier on the rotors.

Pretty cool stuff really:thumbsup:! Only thing I remember about Ham Radio has to do with being involved with CB radio's back in the early 70's. Visited a guy in our CB Club who was also a Ham Radio guy. He had a studio all set up in his house that looked like some kind of NASA set up,, all kinds of buttons, dials, meters, lights, maps with little flags on em and a series of antenna's on his house and on towers that probably should have had strobe lights to keep aircraft from getting tangled up.. WOW how times have changed!! Thinking back then that in order to operate a Ham Radio you had to be licensed, even had to learn Morse Code (that thing where ya go - da da dat dat dee dat dat and have it mean something). Had to be licensed to operate a CB radio too.. Wonder if that has all changed too?

I use a big syringe with a hunk of fuel line attached to the end of it, open the bleeder on the slave, take the lid off the clutch res, slide the fuel line over the bleeder nipple, fill the syringe with brake fluid and push the fluid backwards thru the system and into the res...

Nah @rbig1 , we were talking REAL bikes!! If you see that Lottery thingy get back above a billion dollars again - keep a weathered eye peeled here in the Water Hole and be sure and get on the list if you see it cause we will be doing it all over again and you just never know around this place!!! If nothing else, its a really good chance to share your dream bike and even have a chance to getting that dream fulfilled for FREE!!! , speaking of free,, dont forget to also be watching for FREE Hot Dogs up here in Michigan this summer!! Another good chance to have a dream come true!

I LOVE the color of Bernies RG too,, wayyy purdy

Yea,, your probably right BJ, besides those varmints having issues with the problem you mention most of them are probably still working off last summers Hot Dog chasing trauma and are afraid to try and ride an 800 pound motorcycle cross country in a blizzard:big-grin-emoticon:

GORGEOUS scoot Huggy - and an AWESOME price!! Gotta LOVE those old Harley's!!!

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:scratchchin:,, HOT RHUBARB PIE WITH A SCOOP OF ICE CREAM!!

Right there with ya on the "in it for the R n R" brother!! Sounds like the PERFECT setting for exactly that!! Tip n I have a favorite fishing hole here that sounds just like you describe.. Its called Little Blue Lake, real shallow, only way on it is a two track thru the woods. This Fine Arts Camp (Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp) sets right on the lake. If you time the fishing just right you can set in the boat, feet dangling in the water, sip on a pop - munch a Dog and pretend to be fishing all while being serenaded with some of the most fantastic classical music known to man.. Total R n R

Sounds like a plan you lop eared Pie Butt Riding varmint!! Only now that you posted this I need to warn you about something, there is a fairly large group of riders in this area that can sniff out a free Hot Dog better than Blue Tick can smell a bunny.. You best be firing up meat grinder and stuff a bunch more casings with venison cause if they read this and see motorcycle tracks headed that way your SURE to have a crowd!!

Wayyyy cool BJ - LOVE the pics!! That perch is a keeper for sure but so is that youngen of yours:clap2:! You done good raising that young lady my friend, any time a Dad ends up with an offspring who will venture out on the ice and be a fishing partner he has been blessed!! Also glad to see your fulfilling your fatherly duties in feeding her a proper diet of Hot Dogs under such adverse conditions - that particular food group has all the things a body needs! So,, what lake are you folks fishing on Bernie? Also give us an idea of what part of the lake so we can look it up on Google earth. Promise I wont steal your fishing hole brother!

Awe, thanks Goose - glad you enjoyed that little bit of trivia

Duh,,, never mind,, I didnt realize I was looking at YOUR bike in YOUR yard in YOUR post Boss,, YOUR right - THEIR TWINS!!

GREAT SCOTT,, now all we need is for that lop eared varmint Yammer Dan to end up with Frie's 2nd Gen and we'll be riding in the Twi-Light Zone this year Don, does your's have the same paint scheme on the fairing sides, LED lights and does it have that style of wheels?? I LOVE the look of those wheels!! For some reason I thought the LED's only came on the CVO's in that year,, wondering if Frie's new scoot may have been a special order or even be a CVO? Gorgeous scoot!!

Now THAT is GORGEOUS Fries :cool10:!!!! Congrats on the new scoot!!! Also CONGRATS on the price,,, thinking and calculating out loud here,, isnt 20k Canadian like 16k US right now? Just a sec,, gonna go find a converter,, WOW - according to that converter it shows you just paid $13,758.94 US - OUTSTANDING DEAL BROTHER!! THANKS FOR THE PICS - cant wait to see more this coming summer!!

Well yeaaa,, ya cant expect a Puc to stay on "2" ALL the time can ya :stickpoke: Now if we were only talking Drummond Island than,, ok,,, ya may have me there Mirider, pretty hard to get lost but ONLY cause its an island and only has one road leading to the Ferry

Ice Cream must be OUTRAGEOUS in Canada cause thats the only thing missing when comparing my ride needs to what you have listed here Jack:big-grin-emoticon: