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The rider smiled and so nah,, not this time,, and the Warden packed my tent poles and gave me some other things to do but I cant remember what those were.. Squid stared at the rider and yelled Danny my boy,, is that you? The rider looked around, his head and said "I'm not Dan" which,, for some strange reason, caused the entire gathering to go into an uproar of laughter. The crowd gathered around and listened closely while eating Black Death and drinking Hot Dogs as the Squid inquired with Yammer Dan about why he had flashing lights on his Blue 1st Gen. Yammer and until a :lightbulb:seemed to come on,,, oh yea, well its like this Squid. I had a bit of rough spring on that gull derned Silver last spring, got to thinking afterwards that I might have to get on a Trike if I wanted to continue touring West By God, counted my nickles and dimes, came up short so I came out of retirement and took a job as a Detective. Got old Blue out, stuck on some lights and then stuck my ol .45 here my side (Squid ducked that rascal Yammer yanked out his trusty rusty side kick to give everybody a quick lesson in good Detectivizing). Been kind of fun too cause earlier I thought I saw Eileen driving Don's new Avalanche so just for kicks I turned on the lights.. She took off and, thinking she wanted to race, the chase was on. Later in the race an envelope flew out of the truck window and landed across my eyes so I could not see, which caused me to lose sight of Don's Avalanche. I went home to have some Fried Chicken for dinner, the Warden noticed the envelope sticking out of my shirt pocket and asked about it. Told her I could not remember where I got it from. She opened the envelope and said "Daniel,, you get right back on that bike and

Right there with ya Beachy and I gotta say,, that would be one of those rare occasions where, if that Bum took ya up on it you could probably forget the forum pic rules:big-grin-emoticon:

Well,, I am no lectrician like a lot of these geniuses but it seems to me that resistor's are used in electronics to control/change or manipulate voltages. Of course, most resistor's used in electronic's are little gizmo's filled with who know's what (engineer's who design those things are some crazy people - only they know for sure whats inside those things). Only reason that matters at all to me in your case is cause everything from corrosion in a circuit board to broken wires to dirty contact points in a relay to a loose connection can cause resistance = resistance is resistance = its all about resistance. I think if it were my bike Middy I would get out my Ohm meter, make some kind of a long reach probe with a real sharp point on it and just start tracing wires looking for the source of that resistance. Gotta be a Before = 1 volt higher - than after connection = 1 volt higher in there somewhere.. Just connect the ohm meter direct to battery ground so ya got a good known ground and go to poking into wires leading into the horn area. Schematics can be a good help cause they are excellent electrical road maps (not trying to funny - just seems that way to me) but I have solved a number of electrical issues like your talking about without one just by probing with a probe. Another thing I learned (and have had to learn many times over cause I am pretty stubborn) is that isolated grounding issues can also cause the problems (I am thinking resistance doesn't really care where is located in a circuit - can still have the same affect).. Maybe take a test cord, just for kicks, and from the horn ground back to the battery and see if that helps.. My thats probably only worth half that,, or even less:big-grin-emoticon:

and we would just SHHHHHHHHMMMMMOKKE the little cheater slick on that go fast mini bike right into the pavement eay bro!! who would have thought such good little boys like us could melt down a tire like that so fast.... Quick Dan,, toss some more beach water on it..:big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:

A few years ago I helplessly watched a friend and brand new rider fall over on their bike in an intersection. This person had invested a substantial amount of time and money into both the State Motorcycle Training Course as well as Harley Davidson's beginner riding schooling let alone the costs of bike/gear. As we sat near the intersection where the tip over occurred, chatting and letting the adrenaline wear off, I mentioned an idea that had occurred to me about a safer way of teaching us riders to be more alert on the road - maybe something strongly aimed at intersection navigation.. I mentioned how cool it would be to have motorcycle simulators - surrounded by screens with busy intersection activity playing on them and computer recording all the input from the simulator as things like a shadow under a car makes movement or the front wheel shows the car creeping forward as your moving into the corner or a car is approaching with its driver looking down at their phone or oil/gravel can be seen in the intersection or, or, or... Could also completely monitor and assess the riders throttle, clutch, braking, lean angles and all longggggg before they ever get their motor running and go heading down the highway.. The link below makes me , be kind of cool if bike dealerships had something like this with a free hour or two of play with all sales just to check our abilities... http://www.motorcycletraining.com/team-arizona-supplements-rider-training-offering-with-motorcycle-simulators/ http://www.motorcycletraining.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/simulator.jpg

correct to the tail spin after spelling the "on air" message for their friends below. Jonas and Greta accomplished a perfect landing in the landing zone that Squid and the 500 hungry Meet n Greet bikers had carved out in Squid and Lonna's back yard and had just gotten in the chow line when everyone heard the ominous sounds of a 1st Gen off in the distance and saw flashing lights breaking thru the darkness in the distance. Staring at Don and Eileen, everyone at the party knew it was

Oppsss,, my bad Big T,,, having had Ice Cream all over it I just thought.... You know,, now that I think I about it, I stuck that NY check in Tweeks trunk when we were pulling out for a Michigan Meet n Greet where other ice cream finger covered lop eared varmints were present,, hmmm... PS,, thems not pigeon toes,,, them there's 1st Gen feet from years of wrapping my toes around Tweeks front cylinders while I am holding on for dear life while she is puttin it to them 2nd Gen's back yonder

Dont know squat about Dish TV stuff, always been a free TV antenna kinda guy. Will say this though, I had a chat with our phone provider repair guy (came for some service work and company made em tell me about their "TV" offerings) about all the "Streaming" stuff.. He was saying that things like "Ruku?" are having a big effect on the whole market - his words not mine.. I do know this though, if I were gonna go looking for some kind of TV provider I would definitely figure out what the heck he was talking about long before I signed any kind of long term contract with anyone.. Be kind of cool to end up with some super high speed internet system that allowed me to do everything thru it :bikersmilie::bikersmilie: As soon as this thread gets some time on it (being fair to @93 venture and not be an obnoxious hi-jacker) I am gonna hi-jack this thread and tell you guys about my antenna ordeal..

Now we're getting down to spittin watermellon seeds Sylv, pickup a scoot, have a build it party with the buddies then enjoy the fruits of our labor!! And I am right there with ya brother, nothing puts on an endess :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon: like a :bikersmilie::bikersmilie: after a job well done!!! More of this and less of this is enough to make any lop eared varmint :thumbsup: About the next best thing would be to see some 's of the XS!! (dont miss a lick do I )

that read "dont be skeerd down there, it's not the wicked witch of the west, it's me and Greta looking for clearance on runway 4, I will share some Black Death with you if dont let them lop eared varmint's eat all the food before we land". No one touched the food and all eyes were on Jonas and Greta as Jonas's beloved co-pilot grabbed the pigtail on the other side of his helmet and twisted his opposing ear just enough to

Got that right Deej,, only thing is there aint much to the 2 up capacity on a gorgeous Trumpet Scrambler and this ol boy would get mighty lonely out there without my best friend along. Would have to reconfigure it after I rented it to look more like the pic below and I highly doubt one of them Eaglerider rental joints would be to understanding of our needs if I did..

Open da gate and out da way,,, givin er heck Eck comin outa chute 9,,, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaawww!! We'ld be a rootin fir ya Eckster!! And yep,, I would love to hit the Nitrous button on that puppy :bikersmilie:

Tippy's Grand Parents use to stay all winter in Florida in their Class C for free somewhere near the Gulf.. Thinking it was some kind of County park or something.. I know they developed some really close friendships with others who stayed in that park every winter. This was back in 80's/90's,, no idea if places like that still exist...

Lots and lots of places to grab a scoot.. They even rent during a lot of big Rally locations.. Pretty cool really! http://www.eaglerider.com/locations

WOW,, been sitting here reading thru some of info,, that indeed sounds promising if someone were thinking about a new scoot and wanted to test the waters first (which is always a good idea). Or,, if one happens to live within a few hundred miles of that crazy Wisconsin White Wash Machine this may be a good way to get an early jump on getting a good tan cooking... Pic up a new Roadmaster,, head to Menards and get a tent, a couple sleeping bags, bag a Hot Dogs and Buns, gallon jug of Spring Water --- go Ghost Towning for a couple days,, head back to dealership,, hide the goodies out in the desert,, turn in the Roadmaster and pick up a Wing,, go get the goodies and go back to Ghost Towning, repeat with a new Beemer and a Harley dresser.. Come back on here and write a ride report w/ pics with that ever ending question that everyone always asks = are all of these new bikes afraid of Ghosts? GOOD FIND GEZ!!

Yeaa,, what in the wild world of rubberized check writing is going on around this place? Last check I got from Alden New York and took it to the bank to cash - the lady behind the counter said she could not cash it cause the finger print area on the check looked like the print in it was made of some kind of ice cream instead of ink..

Never know,, a troublemaker who hangs his red underware on a canopy that people are sitting under working on motorcycles right down the road from Frosty the Snowman may actually actually be in cahoots with the varmint who stuck ol Frosty there..

Yep,, I am with ya Fool, some day - some where - some how somebody is going to invent a scam reversal computer method for :smash2: and :mugshot:ing those nasty rascal's but until then all we have is each other's and our own savvyness to learn how to work around em. Thanks for watching out for your friend Jeff!!

And to any innocent bystander's who happen to be reading this thread, please understand that the iconic Wisconsin White Washer and his wiley Snoper Charger do not necessarily speak for all who ride a Venture..

Heyyy,, wait a minute here,, are we starting to see a trend here? Guess the question that needs to be asked is in the title to this thread you said "A shout out to my friends" - maybe that title should have read "A shout out to my friend" - then we could go about the task of figuring which one of us you really do like:rotfl:

The best of the best,,, aim carefully for Savoy - which is on 14a (more commonly known as Spearfish Canyon.. 14a is paved BUT, when you get to the lodge head west on Roughlock Falls Road/222 as shown here on map, after playing in the falls, continue west and drop down to Wagon Canyon Road to 105/Grand Canyon Rd, follow 105 to Sundance Rd and Sundance up to Sundance and pavement over to Devils Tower.. Fantastic two day trip - camp on Wagon Canyon Rd in Mountains before you come to 1'x2' "Wyoming State Line" sign nailed to tree - you will have Elk bugling all night.. A few "quad" only spots that are traversable on a 1st Gen - not bad at all. http://www.gosur.com/map/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA0-GxBRDWsePx0pPtp4sBEiQACuTLNs-Jivc0IE95wjwFjXDYzyzyev1TlT3rbF1C8HuJbocaApUs8P8HAQ&z=15&ll=44.352489,-103.922954&t=hybrid&lang=en

Greta accidently grab a hold of one of the fake pig tails that Jonas's friend Skid had loaned him to use as navigational equipment in case Greta decided she should bail out of the mysterious craft. This caused the twin V-4 1000 horse machine to go into a strange tail spin and also allowed the machine to go inverted on each rotation of the contraption. Every time the fortress went inverted, crankcase oil moved from the case and into the turbo's which induced a lot of smoke from the eight exhaust pipes. Jonas and Greta had recently watched an old movie titled "The Wizard of Oz" which made him instantly think to

Something I have done that seems to help me a lot with the scammers on both Ebay and Craigslist is that if I get suspicious notes like the one that Eck got is I respond with my neighbors and friends Email addresses, I never ever give them my own. I know its kind of a crazy thing to do because some of those iffy responses include things like "you have won 120 trillion dollars" or "respond now and we will send you a lifetime of free flight tickets usable world wide" or "this brand new Harley or Indian is yours today just for responding to this urgent message" and that someday one of my buddies is going to be a very wealthy lop eared varmint but, what da heck, I am just a very nice guy who would love to see my buddies get what they deserve. Not only that but with a scoot like Tweeks, who needs a new Harley or an Indian anyway..

Another thing you can do is make sure you pack heavy stuff when traveling with your buds in the bottoms of your bags and keep the trunk as light as possible.. Maybe even remove the trunk and just go "bagger" when riding with the troops if possible.. Less weight is always a good thing in the twisties..

and the telephone poles turn into nothing but a blur. It wasnt long and the normal sounds of the greater Cleveland area were silenced completely by the sound of 100's of the Yamaha V-4's all rapped up to 6 grand and above. It was obvious that the riders of these best of the best touring scoots had some kind of built in radar when it came to Meeting and Greeting or maybe it was