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Me too Raggy!! That Eckster sure knows how to get the ol biker blood churning dont he? Went out and showed the pics to old Crude, he shivered out of a hibernation sleep and said "wake me up in a couple months and we'll talk about it then":rotf: Man I miss summer!

WOW ZZZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW = GORGEOUS SCOOT DJ!!! Glad you found one that fits you and your wifes needs - may your miles of smiles be plenty and the road be blessed for the three of you!! Mother Yamaha,,, hope your listening and dont :draming:for to much longer cause:

Yea,, I wouldnt stay there,, I think thats the place where it started raining on us Michiganders last year!!

OUTSTANDING and CONGRATS JEFF!! Thoughts and Prayers Up brother as you continue mending!! Glad your desk was happy to see you and had some paperwork to distract you from the,, you know what.. You dont need to think at all about the, you know what, any more this season and you can now focus on healing, getting your desk work caught up and getting ready for Maintenance Day!!

and trying to catch itself a Yamaha Venture.. Peeking back in his rear view, the Detective could see that the slower 2nd Gens were having a hard time getting past the slimy Pond Monster so he motioned for the bikes following him to continue their forward trek toward the Airport while he swung the gorgeous Blue 1st Gen around and headed back to

Back when I was a very young man of 40 years of age I worked for a man who was in his late 50's. Tip and I had gone to the home of this fine man and his wife's for a Christmas party which included a large group of other Management persons who also worked at our plant under my Boss's excellent leadership. We were sitting around playing this game that involved stealing each others Christmas presents. The place was dead quiet and covered with a wide eyed group of other Managers and some Supervisor's glaring at me for having had the nerve to "steal" my Bosses wife's Santa Clause Cookie Jar that she had just opened and was showing off to all of us - my boss looked at me and grinned from ear to ear when he noticed their responses. As Linda, my bosses wife, bent down to retrieve the box the Cookie Jar had came in she let out a moan as she rubbed her lower back. We all stared at her in helpless wonderment and asked if she was ok. Her comment in retort of the many hands reaching out to help her is one that has stuck with me in both the memory of her accurately spoken words and actual happenings to my own body that started at the end of 2014 - she said "I was healthy like you youngsters just a few years ago and when I hit 50 years old, health issues started plaguing my body and everything changed - these back pains are relentless!! I encourage all of you to enjoy your youth while you can!". Tip and I made it successfully to almost to our 60th year of a wonderful life by listening to Linda's advice of enjoying our youth before her prophetic words started to ring true for us. After spending those years leading up to late into 2014 enjoying our summers chasing the front wheel of our 1983 Yamaha 1st Gen Venture named Tweeks all over the country (a couple short stories of those years of fun can be found here starting in 2013 = http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?80470-on-the-road-again followed by a short ride story about 2014 here = http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?94309-Ahhhh-the-summer-of-14-ADVENTURE-SERVED-UP-GORMET-STYLE!!!!&highlight=summer+2014 ) before Linda's prophetic words did indeed begin to catch up to us. I spent the winter of 2014/2015 chasing around from one doctor to another trying to figure out exactly what was happening to my body. After a couple of really scary findings including discovering I had a Meninga Seal leak, a bad signal to the bottom part of my heart, and case of Prostate Cancer, the doctors still could not find the issues causing my symptoms of extreme fatigue and mental confusion. In the early Spring of 2015 an Emergency Room Doctor was attempting to rule out some Stroke symptoms I was displaying and, among a fairly large grouping of other weirdly named drugs, he had given me a high dosage of Prednisone to get some blood vessels in my head to react for testing - Prednisone is an artificial adrenaline I was told. While discovering I had not had a Stroke (thankfully) we did discover that the Prednisone produced a positive effect on the symptoms I had been battling for the last several months. My family doctor then placed me on some small dosages of Prednisone in an effort to get me back to being somewhat functional while she sought to get me in to see an Endocrinologist to see if he could figure out what was happening - the Endo Doc was a critter who had a 4 month waiting list to get in to see!! Thankfully I responded positively to the small dosages of Prednisone and I found myself no longer needing to sleep 20 hours of a 24 hour day. The timing for this could not have been more perfect. I have a friend that lives on the other side of Lake Michigan who I really enjoy sharing stories with and even teasing from time to time. His screen name on VentureRider.org is @Flyinfool (the man LOVES flying!!) but his real name is Jeff. Jeff, like many other people in our Club of lop eared gifted varmints, is a very talented individual both mechanically and electrically. Fool's demographic location and his love to tinker inspired me to start harassing him about owning a machine now known as FlyinFool's Wisconsin White Washer. The make believe tease is that Jeff owns a machine that produces snow and he is now pretty much the turn to guy in our club for any questions concerning where/when and how much the weather is going to keep us VR Riders from riding our bikes. Ironically, the story goes that Jeff had actually shut the White Washer off about a month before the Prednisone episode began so Tip and I KNEW something good was about to happen.. Follow this story in the upcoming days if you would like to meet the White Washer himself as I believe I have a picture of him in here somewhere that I will share!! Shortly after Fool had decided to shut down his infamous White Washer for the season I noticed that a VentureRider.org gathering known as "Freebirds Maintenance Day" was posted on our Clubs calendar. Tip was aware of how badly I had always wanted to attend one of these awesome Freebird's M.D.s as I had never had the honor of actually meeting our clubs founder and the master intellect behind our band of misfits getting to know one another and I had always wanted to meet this amazing varmint, plus I LOVE meeting face to face with other members and this outing would definitely be a good chance to do so. Tippy began encouraging me to saddle up and go have some fun with some old friends of ours and maybe even meet some of those new ones. As the date for Freebirds M.D. drew closer it occurred to us that I would probably end up having to make the ride alone - just Tweeks and I. Soon after the discussion of this foreboding topic had taken place, I received an inquiry from another VR Club member from Wisconsin named @eagleeye (aka Steve). EagleEye wanted to know if I had any information pertaining to places to camp in the Ludington Mi area and any entertaining roads to follow from Ludington that would lead him to the Maintenance Day rally being held in Oberlin Ohio. Steve was going to make the trip across Wisconsin to a place called Manitowoc, a town in Wisconsin that is home to a cross lake ferry known as the Badger. He was then going to take the Badger over to Ludington Michigan and proceed toward Don ( @Freebird ) and Eileens home in Oberlin Ohio where the Maintenance Day rally was going to be held. In the process of processing Eagleeye's route it occurred to me how much fun it would be to trick,, I mean to see if I could encourage Steve into traveling down to our home in Muskegon after he departed from the Ferry and spend a night with my wife, Tip, and I and then maybe ride down to M.D. together - NEAT IDEA EH? Our soon to be house guest and riding partner liked the idea and accepted the invitation!! He gave us his ships arrival times and I proceeded to clear a spot out in our garage to house his bike and trailer. Tip, Tweeks and I talked about it and decided to ride up to meet Steve and his gorgeous RSTD at the Badger in Ludington. It was really fun watching the Badger come into port. Apparently the ship is to big to turn around in port and we discovered that the only way the ships crew can turn the ship around is by dropping the anchor while the ship is in motion, let the anchor hook onto the bottom of the channel and then letting the weight of the ship turn itself about - WHAT AN AMAZING SITE!!! I had seen this done in the movie "The Pirates Of The Caribbean" but had no idea this could actually be done with such a HUGE vessel! Come to find out - its done all the time up there in Ludington Michigan - wayyyy cool!!

the Detective announced that it would probably be a good idea for anyone that wanted to go to the airport and wave bye - bye to Freebird and Eileen as they flew off to explore Paris to head that way. He pulled the Blue 1st Gen forward and turned on his police lights. The masses formed a two by two line behind the Detectives bike and then they all

11th sounds good! Thinking our little blue motel room will be thawed out enough to be able to unroll it by then!!

I tried to tell ya Dan O',, I tried to tell ya!! That Fool is a sneaky feller, looks like he found the spare batteries for the remote control for his White Washer cause we got another inch or so last night too..

Been thinking about M.D. a LOT too Randy,, Tip, Tweeks n I are hoping to make it this year. Cant wait to see everyone again - both old friends and meet some new ones PLUS Tip didnt get to meet all the new friends that I did last year so this year we got some making up to do in that regard, I think I left half of a Pulled Pork sandwich and some baked beans sitting on a chair behind the Black Harley that was in the garage last year that I have to finish, I have to see if I can find my lost 4 gig SD Card on Don's lawn - shouldnt be to hard to find - been thinking about it and I think it will be right next to the imprint in the lawn of that kickstand plate that FlyinFool gave me, I never did get to see no pond monsters cause I was to busy filling up the new 16 gig that I went and bought cause the 4 gig ran out of space so I gotta go looking for Pond Monsters, gotta go ride around the neighborhood and see if I can find the little bridge again that I kept finding when I was lost trying to find my way back to M.D. from buying the new SD Card at Walmart - been thinkin there may be several little matching bridges - a TRUE mystery. Oh yea, I also think I may have some left over tickets from last years drawings that I was saving for this years drawing, if they dont produce this year I may be willing to sell them for half price if anyone is interested.

as the color of the Blue 1st Gen now displayed boldly on Freebirds chest. The Detective dusted the Hot Dog area for prints with the Blue dust but found no prints. He then pulled another package out of his kit that had these letters stamped in the top of it - I.M.F.H.D.A. (Impossible Mission Force Hot Dog Analyzer). The crowd watched as the Detective removed a simple napkin from the package, placed it around his neck and began professionally testing the Hot Dog by

which was kind of strange because under normal circumstances, a left over Hot Dog at a Venturerider.org gathering is a very rare occasion. The Detective was called to the table to investigate this malady. First thing he did was tape off the area with yellow police tape, then he broke out his crime scene investigation kit and pulled a chair up to the table near the beautiful Hot Dog. Wondering what was in the kit, the crowd gathered around to watch the Detective in action. As he opened the investigation kit, they were all surprised to see

Sounds like an AWESOME New Years Resolution to me Boomer, glad to hear from you again!! Dont know much about Pygmies but was wondering if they shovel snow? Maybe send a group of em to FlyingFool if they do!!

COOL!!!!!! :clap2::clap2: Like Skyster already mentioned, it would great to see some specs on it and I wonder what kind of price range it is gonna fall into. Be AWESOME if it were comparable to the Vette or a Stealth in performance at 1/2 the money - suckers would sell like hot cakes!! Polaris did it with their Slingshot (price difference between it and the T-Rex and Morgan), maybe,, just maybe Yamaha is doing that with their Sports car!! Shame to not see a new Venture but at least Yamaha is showing they aint dead in the water with innovation!

Careful,, yee be walkin on mighty thin ice there partner!!

Oppssss.. Got so excited I double posted

Told ya @CMCOFFEY!!! I KNEW that iron buttin @VentureFar would be when he read that foot note of yours!! Tip and I cant wait, riding that area on a moonlit night is like riding on the surface of the moon or something,, maybe this time we will even get to see some UFO's !! If nothing else, we can stop out in the middle of nowhere (anywhere inside of Death Valley National Park), listen to the coyotes howl and I can tell you guys some spooky stories like the one I heard about some pioneers who tried to cross the Valley in a wagon and ended up getting sick cause they bought some bad Hot Dogs from some Apache Indians out there!!!

It was the Detective with an envelope in his hand. He handed the envelope to Freebird and Eileen and told him that he was glad to see the Bird finally coming to his senses and wearing a shirt that proved it was so. Thousands of faithful V-4 riders and even a number of Harley, Wing, Spyder, Slingshot and other bike riders broke out in a cheer that could be heard for many miles and gathered around the lovely couple as they opened the envelope to find the two round trip tickets to Paris still intact!! With a his tummy filled with Banana Nut ice cream, sporting the beautiful shirt with a Blue 1st Gen Yamaha Venture boldly printed on the front of it that Eileen had given him, the Bird felt Free again. He held out his right arm to his lovely wife. She grinned from ear to ear as they stepped inside their new Avalanche and headed for

just not up to par like the motorcycle now displayed on the Birds chest was. While people were gathering around to admire the new shirt, Eileen felt a tap on her right shoulder. There stood

OUTSTANDING BROTHER!!:clap2::dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup: Gotta admit though,, I felt my backside kind of tightend up a little and I winced when you looked down at your speedo to show us how fast you were going...:big-grin-emoticon: THANKS STAN!! AWESOME Video!!

:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup::thumbsup: Talked with @VentureFar not to long ago on the phone,, sounds like he is rippen, raring and ready to let em buck Coff!!! Tip n I are with ya partner,, that Death Valley night riding is nothing short of AMAZING - lets get er done in 2017!!!!

INDEED,, back Doug!! Know what cha mean about family issues and all that,, VERY glad you got it all sorta out and are back on, what sounds to be a great scoot and hope your 2016 riding year is filled with some AWESOME ride time!! Notice what @Flyinfool wrote about your pics? While on patrol I noticed the parking meter on your pic parking was about to run out.. Its all ok though, as a welcome back gift from the VR I went ahead and tossed in some change to give you some more time.. Looking forward to any pics you wanna share my friend!!

:think:Suspicious,,,, possibly.. Quiet,,,, NEVER!! Having spent HOURS hacking away at the latest piles of concrete like White Wash stuff myself here in Michigan and finding not even 1 Hot Dog in there,, I am DEFINITELY suspicious of there being any Hot Dogs in your White Wash either Fool!!

:think:,,, gonna have to have a longggg talk with Freebird about the 2016 budget needs concerning the VR force.. By the sounds of all this, I may have to hire a couple more for 2016 :big-grin-emoticon:

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY PAL, TO MY PAL,,, HAPPY TO NEW TO MY PAL,, MY PAL CARBON ONE!!!!:dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: And to his wife Joyce,,, and to ALL the rest of our lop eared varmint VR friends too!!