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WOW ZZZZ WOW WOW WOW,, HUGE savings for a quick phone call Jamsie = MY KIND OF .. I would LOVE to hear the stories and see the 's of this trip should it all work out!! The "Isle Of Man" has a huge history in bike racing, just seeing pictures of someone touring it would be AWESOME!! Whether you make it or not, I like the way you think brother!! Definitely our kind of people!! Also, to VR and on your 5th post = its a good one!!

I can somewhat relate to your situation with the bike Larry, similar in a small way to the reaction you get from folks is the steamer trunk named Tweeks we ride. Her stickers tend to draw onlookers in and, as a result, we get to hear many travel stories from people of all walks. Unlike your story though, ours started with looking for a way to keep our ride memories fresh in our minds, similar to your wonderful way of keeping the memory of Emma and Thomas fresh and honored! I gotta say my friend, I honestly look at what you have done as being on a completely different and higher plateau than the one we have discovered - I COMMEND you on what you have done Larry - THAT is BEAUTIFUL and I am honored to read the story and get to see the pics!! YOU are a prime example of the type of person that makes VR such a great place to part of, Prayers Up and Blessings Down as you and your bike continue refreshing the thoughts, concerns and memories of those Super Hero's alive! Probably sounds like a weakness of sorts but that picture of little Emma climbing aboard your bike with you made me cry - good for the soul though:happy34: What an amazing read - THANK YOU for sharing! Puc

When first read this the thought went thru my mine = OH MY GOSH, DID THAT HANDGUN GO OFF WHEN HE FELL:Avatars_Gee_George:!! Sooo glad that wasnt the case brother!! That was flat out painful to even read Jeff,, thankfully you were still able to get out of the woods brother!! Prayers Up and Blessings Down are in for you Jeff with the highest hope that you get a COMPLETE recovery even though the Doc thinks 80 percent. I have turned my ankle under a couple times and even that was extremely painful,, cant imagine what your injury felt like,, OUCHY OUCH OUCH OUCH!! Now dont you worry about the White Washer one little bit,, she will be just fine,, even if it has to remain in seclusion for the entirety of this winter we wont hold it against you - you have friends with great understanding and compassion brother!! Don't even let that infamous piece of,,, I mean incredible machine concern you.. If you need someone to scoot over and run a little Seafoam thru it just let me know,,,,, :lightbulb:I am sure I can get one of our coastal members to send me some actual seafoam (the kind with the salt in it) to use to give us that double assurance that things are not going to be all locked up next time you try to run it.. What are friends for eay!! Take it easy till ya get in and get that ankle taken care of,, DONT do any more damage to it than it sounds like already happened = OUCH:95:

Shoot (no pun intended) - I posted this in the wrong section!!!!!!! Arggg..

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL and :scared:too Huggy!!

RATSSS Oh well,, guess ya could just say all those parts costed 17 dollars instead of 16 ,, thats still an amazing deal brother!!! :think:An all you can eat Hot Dog party would have really been FUN though..

One of the great things about being a half a bubble off, hi-jackin threads becomes a fairly easy crime to get excused for !! Necked down .308? Hokey spamoky = that would be a RIOT to shoot in a handgun:guitarist 2:!! Hey Fool,, is that '08 a wildcat load or purchasable over the counter? If it is a factory load, does your handgun handle "rifle" loads ok or do you feed it pistol ammo.. Back when I was hunting regularly I carried a Smith 29 .44 Mag - worked out GREAT for the type of brush hunting for Deer that I did. Always after a pretty little Thompson Contender down at the gun shop though. I liked the idea of up grading to rifle ballistics and Thomspon Center made a good looking piece chambered up in those rifle cartridges.. That handgun your selling is gorgeous piece of work too Fool,, I bet that puppy is also a great shooter!!

Get down, get down, get down tonight, get down tonight.... My favorite... Disco dancin,, what riot it was!! (makes this ol body ache just listening) and who could forget slide one in that my friends would definitely not be surprised to hear on my scoot BJ

Oh yea,, I remember reading about it all a while back YamLar, WHAT AN AMAZING STORY:clap2: It seems like back then though that the bike was not quite finished yet. The cause for which you did all that is absolutely precious and that bike of yours came out BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE how it screams it story when the sun hits it Larry - JUST GORGEOUS!! A scoot with memories to be treasured for many years to come THAT is for sure!! Amazing work and a job well done YamahaLarry!

@ragtop69gs = You would have known if it was mine, all my jackets have mustard and ketchup stains on em from eatin hot dogs on the fly - actually never owned a jacket like that - just !! Hey Raggy, lets hi-jack another one of Ecks threads wanna? Was that group of ammo you sold recently for an "M1" as in a 30 caliber M1 Carbine or for the M1 Garand? Thinking the Garand was actually a 30 ought 6 wasnt it? You see that handgun @Flyinfool was/is selling? NICE piece:guitarist 2: Never shot a 7mm-08, wonder if that is a magnum? Guns are fun.. So Eck,, did you win?

about 6 months ago my daughter got married and moved out (this is good thing), in the process of cleaning out closets afterward my $245 Tour Master Transition 2 textile riding jacket somehow got donated to Good Will (this is a bad thing)

Sure, the easiest way is to ride it to a VR maintenance day and have one of these geniuses walk you thru it the first time You have to get to the plugs first, remove the plastic side covers that your knees rub against on the sides of the bike. I havent had the lower cowling on a 1st Gen in a long time but I am thinking you may need to take those off to get to the plugs too. Pulling the wire caps off the plugs can be difficult - dont get to agressive on pulling directly on the wires - its tight in there but pulling straight up on the caps themselves will do ya best. Look at the end of the caps and make sure they each have the rubber seal grommet attached on the end of cap when you lift em off, if its stuck down on the plug you will need to fish them out with needle nose so you can get a socket over the plug. Using compressed air, blow down around the plugs so any debris is discharged. I am a little persnickedy about that debris and usually will take carb cleaner and spray down in those areas next and then reblow them out again (I dont like junk falling into my engine). Take an 18mm plug socket (a plug socket works best cause they usually have the little rubber gripper inside of them that holds the plug inside the socket while your lifting it out of the cavity on the head) with a reducer for a 1/4 inch drive. Use 1/4 extensions and a ratchet to remove plugs - rightsy tightsy lefty loosey (they will be right handed threads). Sort of a tight area to work in but not that bad after you have done it once. On a side note, I also use one of those cheapy little "tin stamped" OEM plug sockets that you use a boxed end wrench - I am thinking it is a standard cheapy tool kit wrench. In all honesty, I have used that thing a LOT for pulling plugs. Works pretty dog gone good but it takes more time cause ya gotta take the box end wrench off and on every 1/4 turn.. Kinda slow but I use it pretty effectively.. That all help? You need pics? By the way, your not stupid!! Stupid people dont ask questions like you are asking!!!

""I now have a rideable bike!!!!!!"" = AH HAH!!!! cause in the end - THAT is what REALLY matters Kiwi!!! Before the likes of @Flyinfool or @KIC come on here and make some lop eared varmint comment along the line of something like "yea, but you do realize that you just got assistance from the Cat In The Hat in human form" or something like that, I would like to stand up in my own defense once again say to them = AH HAH, his bike is now rideable GOOD ON YA BROTHER and GOOD JOB!!

My kinda guy!! If it dont work,,, keep at it till it DOES!!!! http://41.media.tumblr.com/366763ddc05fb90e4fbfd58bd6588fc6/tumblr_muqvm68WRw1sjw5nio1_1280.jpg

appeasing a deep secretive heart felt need that Yammer had for owning another Hardely without actually giving any bones to the evil Motor Company. The pretty little 2nd Gen which, long ago in a Galaxy far far away, had actually been owned by the Bird himself, displayed just enough of a certain "Ultra" appeal that Yammer could not resist it so he

,, probably wouldnt complain about getting greasy like some women do either Gonna have to get a bigger pooch in my case Eckster,, by the time I got my tool box unpacked and that dog loaded up that little thing would be 3 foot longer and about 2 inches thick EXCELLENT POST ECKSTER!!

Yea,, that is a really good question Larry!! I too REALLY like that color too - GORGEOUS scoot YamaLar! Not to hi-jack another thread (bad habit) but back in 2000 I picked up a brand new left over HD Wideglide that a dealer down in Indiana just could not sell - it was "Concord Purple" with gold inlayed "Harley" emblems = GORGEOUS color (IMHO). Resold in less than a week to a guy in Jersey who said THAT was the EXACT color he was looking for and HD wanted him to wait over a year to get one:thumbdown: Bottom line, it seemed like "purple" was not a color for everyone but those who like it, REALLY like it = I am one who REALLY likes it:thumbsup: PURDY BIKE YamLar!!

Its not easy being a Puc but its friends like these two varmints who make it a whole lot more tolerable

:clap2::dancefool::dancefool: HOT DOGS FOR EVERYONE RIGHT GOOD BUDDY :thumbsup: :fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo

Love the pics and LOVED the video = VERY WELL DONE Zzz! THANK YOU!! Puc

1,653 RIDERS? HOKEY SMAPOKY HIGHWAYS COVERED WITH MOTORCYCLIST WHO TAKE GIVING SERIOUSLY Zzzz!!:clap2::clap2::dancefool: THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

WOW ZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! THAT IS AWESOME!!! :clap2::clap2::uk2::uk2::uk2::uk2: A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN SUCH A SOUL STIRRING EVENT!! THANKS KIC FOR SHARING THIS!! AND A MASSIVELY HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE IT ALL IN STANDING FOR FREEDOM - YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!

Now THATS what I am talking about Lar :dancefool::dancefool: I THANK YOU MY FRIEND!! If more of these lop eared varmints could learn by your excellent example there would soon be no more need for the !! GOOD ONE!!

HOKEY SPAMOKEY OR:yikes: You folks ok? That creek down in your campground where we stayed is not over the banks is it? Seemed like those were some really really high banks!! That Fool said he was gonna try and rig up those Canadian doors so they were almost unopenable.. I wouldnt put it past him that he figured out a way to run a welder up there - been saying it for a long time now, that Fool is NO fool,, if anyone could close em permanently it would be HIM:guitarist 2: