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Indeed,, I hate when that kinda stuff happens too Eckster,, know how ya feel brother.. I knew you were well on top of everything when I posted that bit about the fuel tank.. I actually wrote that for the benefit of an innocent bystanders who might be following this thread,,, just a reminder kind of thing.. You do very very nice work my friend, I know,, I been watchin By the way,, even though the broken pipe hurts and all that,, still gonna be really cool now to see your friend smiling and watch the scoot go by knowing that you helped - try to look at the positive outcome beyond the broken pipe:thumbsup:

Oh well,, got the same setup here except for the stick - burned down my old Lincoln buzz box and never replaced it.. Guess the shed you keep your White Washer in is safe from having me swim over and occupy it brother.. Spent some time Tigging pipe for the Boilermakers years back = what a BLAST!! Use to love walking the cup.. Also did a fair amount of sheet metal tigging in the shop - soooo pretty.. The shops tigger had foot pedal controls,, wayy sensitive and talk about welding the super thin stuff - ROCK N ROLL BRO!! Always wanted my own BUT, as you mentioned,, kinda sorta pricey to set up and own.. Wish we didnt have this 40 mile stretch of water between us,, we could join forces and cop us a tigger:thumbsup: Even share tungsten - each grind an end to our own satisfaction:big-grin-emoticon:

Right there with ya Eckster,, my vision was perfect for many years - now I gotta wear these PAIN IN THE NECK 3 power reading glasses to see anything,, drives me crazy.. Couple that with a good case of Dupentren's (its a hand ailment - cant open my fingers - farthest I can move my right pinky off the palm of my hand is about 1/2 inch) and this ol gear head is about shot. Bottom line my friend,, sounds like we are in the same raft going over the same waterfall Same as you too,, I still LOVE bringing ol scoots back to the land of the living!! It's FUN when you do everything right and bikes like that little Honda just set there and purrrr for ya!! Puts a well deserved smile on the face dont it brother? It put a on my face just following you here, THANKS:thumbsup: Not to side track you but gotta ask,, wondered if you did a real close check on the internal's of the fuel tank on that little Honda? I couldnt help but notice it had an add on fuel filter in one of the pics.. Back when I had my shop and I saw that (I know,, my buddies always tell me I see WAYYYY to much) on a scoot whose owner came in for a carb job I always took my little pen light and mirror and checked the tank really closely. Amazing how many times I found rusted tanks and its also amazing how some of those little rust particles could always find a way to ruin all my hard work:95:even thru the best of filters.. Just thought I would ask - knowing you you are wayyy ahead of my thoughts.. Thanks again for sharing this fun little thread - and with 's non the less:thumbsup: Your ol buddy Pucsterrrr

Last night one of our members was trying to get ahold of me about a problem he was having with his bike. He sent me a PM while I was sloshing around in the Water Hole but I didnt get a PM notification - thankfully he was wise enough to give me a quick call on the landline and, I think (havent heard back as to whether or not we for sure figured it out) we got his situation hammered out.. He did PM again later to thank me for helping him and I did get a notification on that PM.. @Flyinfool and I began a series of PM's to test the notifications (thanks Jeff) after I got into my settings and checked to be sure everything was in order there - all looked good.. It appears that I am getting a notification on every other PM.. Like most gear heads,, intermittent problems drive me bonkers. Wondering if anyone has heard of a virus or something that is designed to cause such an issue or maybe I missed a setting somewhere that sets my puter to notify on a part time basis? Maybe we should have a PM party just to see if anyone else is having this issue, misery loves company ya know:big-grin-emoticon:

That Fool,,, he sure has a way with words

Dont forget to check the little shaft that passes thru the seal n bearing for wear. Replace if any wear is found. Also use some assembly grease to lightly lube seal/bearing and shaft on reassembly so so shaft to bearing/seal contact is prelubed - dont put together dry. Also, isnt there a weep hole on the underside of the waterpump case to allow leakage if that seal is bad? I know on the 1st Gens that is the deal. Just like on a car, you loose a water pump seal and the anti freeze comes out a weep hole.. Seems like oil would appear there long before it found it's way into the cooling system thru a bad oil side impellar seal...

I for one would still think it would be WAYYYYYY COOL to see some pics @capymotiv.. Only thing cooler would be if you were to start a new thread with the pics and some text story explaining em (make a GREAT 3rd post my friend!!) but hey,, even one picture would be GREAT!!

Roads?? Where we're going we dont need any roads!! Just a reminder for all of us "Back To The Future" lop eared varmints,, TODAY - 10/21/15 , is one the dates that Marty went forward to in Doc's 1st Gen time machine!! How cool is that!!!

Here we go,, just found this News report,, 1st vid is really interesting - if you watch it to the end = apparently this Crum (that is actually his last name ) has quite a history. Sounds like its going to go before the Courts.. http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local...ault/74240788/

Here we go,, just found this News report,, 1st vid is really interesting - if you watch it to the end = apparently this Crum (that is actually his last name ) has quite a history. Sounds like its going to go before the Courts.. http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/2015/10/19/driver-in-viral-video-wreck-wreck-charged-with-assault/74240788/

Positive proof that in spite of all the and you are still in your right mind!!

Now ya wanna hear something really crazy Fool,, Tip n I were headed to Sturgis last summer,, she was "hinting" about going up and around again and avoiding what your talking about. I mentioned how I actually dont mind riding the Windy City.. Tip is standing there .. I told her that even fully loaded and her on the back, riding Tweeks thru what you are describing gives me that "feeling" - sorta like I used to get back in the old MX/Harescramblin/Ice Racing days.. That sweet lady jumped on the back and said lets go get your fix As we headed down and around Tip asked if this meant I had changed my mind about my opinion of living in such a place.. I laughed and told her 3 hour Harescrambles were held for 3 hours for a reason,, NO ONE in their right mind would actually want to ride one 24/7

you varmint,,, are playing with creating some hybrid chemically altered snow that dont melt until 60 degrees now:yikes:

Not sure @Edbo,, will have to get on mapquest and see if that looks at all familiar,, hope you hit it cause it was a LONG time ago (think my daughter was 12ish when we were there - she is 34ish now) and I would LOVE to ride thru there again.. More on it,, we came in from the Georgia side and on the eastern end of the town,, rode the "state line" road that divides the towns in an westerly direction.. I would guesstimate that we were no more than 8 or 10 miles out of town, leaving westerly and I believe now in Tennessee, going sharply down hill and came to some switchbacks that literally hugged the mountain making a "U" around the edge of the mountain itself.. Really tight but WAYYYY COOL!! Thanks for the info whether it is the spot or not!! Will let you know if it looks familiar on a map..

If your gonna do this please let me know,, it would make a GREAT YouTube video and I would LOVE to be the one to record it!!

You got a Tigger Fool? Careful,, if ya say yes I may just have to move into your shed next to the Snoper

Thanks Jeff,, as you know I just replied to your second PM, got a pop up message for it but not from your previous one:think:.. Same thing happened in Toy's case.. Like its only notifying every other one or something.. I checked in the setting as you mentioned and I have pop up for notification enabled.. This is strange, maybe my chinese guy caught some kind of a skipping virus:Bunny:

Your point of "has anyone here NEVER" is a good point IMHO Rand.. Let cha in on a little secret,, when I first watched the video of this accident I looked at Tip and said the guy on the scoot really messed up in his logic about messing up.. Tip asked what I was talking about:think:.. I mentioned to her that experience with such matters ( my way of admitting I too have crossed the double on occasion) if he was going to cross the double and pass those cars he should have protected himself (kinda like the "spirit" of your idea's about riding like your invisible) and rode the area away from the cars as much as possible when passing to allow for clowns, like the guy that hit him, to do their thing and still have room to respond - again, sounds crazy but that's what actually instantly popped into my mind even before the accident happened - weird eay... I also explained to Tip that what I saw him doing caused similar "feelings" that I have when I see bikers tailgating - strange aint it - the crazy things I do on a scoot and watching my fellow bikers tailgate just gives me the willies,, I just cringe when I see that happening and, even though its completely legal - I would sooner have people take advantage of the open area in front of me and me move back a position than I would ever be caught doing that "legal" thing... Of course,, once the bottle neck breaks up they all end up behind me cause I don't trust the folks behind me any more than I did when they were in front of me..

Good variety of different points of view in the other post.. Speaking from my generally crazy perspectives here is a copy from over yonder.. ******** Been thinking a lot about this one since original posting.. Maybe its another flaw in my character but I still dont see the apples to apples comparison between someone committing a traffic violation and a blatant intentional attempt at hurting another person (x2 in this case). This probably sounds crazy (consider the source:biker:) but I see a sense of human normality in general traffic violations but cant say the same about a person who would intentionally seek to harm somebody else. From that standpoint, if I were a Judge who got involved with this case I would figure out a way to require some form of mental testing to be done on the troubled feller who said he "didnt care" (my opinion aint changed much). If found competent to stand trial, I still think if it can be proven (might be difficult) intentional that it should go well into a zone of a Felony Crime of sorts - two totally different issues (traffic infraction/Crime = apples to oranges) from the perspective of my pea brain:2cents: Kinda scary to me if I am wrong about this cause a like me (and a large number of varmints I know) aint gonna last 10 minutes in a world that can kill people for doing petty infractions in society as they see fit.. Can be shot for parking next to the bicycle racks at Walmart when its raining:doh:, can be intentionally run over because I simply could not hold my pee any longer , can be beat to death cause I was sleeping on the beach in a no sleeping zone .. Also better keep an eye on our kids in the school systems cause if they are caught sticking gum under a desk (major violation that would get ya 2 whacks when I was in school) could get now get em hanged

That last pic looks more like a vacuum operated fuel petcock assembly than I carb part,, that Eckster,, he holds nothing back when cleaning a fuel system if it is:beer:

What the heckster Eckster,,, those pics just magically appeared:think:

Awe,, sorry about the pipe break Eckster BUT good on ya for helping out a friend:thumbsup:!! Gotta LOVE it when a plan comes together and a cool old scoot that aint been run in a while comes to life and makes ya though!! You da man brother!! :clap2: But only cause I KNOW you are gonna actually post those pics you are talking about:cool18:

Just got another PM from Toy saying thanks for assist - this time I got the message.. Thinking that little Chinese feller who does all the work inside my puter must of takin a potty break or something... Just sent one to ya Fool to see if all is well with yours too..

Now that we have Toy's mystery solved, I will do another one of my hi-jacking stunts and lead us down another path:big-grin-emoticon: (usual apology for the hi-jack here @ToyOdie.. While I was playing on the site Toy PMed me with his question about the wheel - important stuff to say the least.. Problem was a "P.M." message did not appear on my screen (still hasnt - Toy told me in our phone conversation that he had sent one - that is how I knew to check my P.M.'s after I chatted with him).. It seems like in the past I have had the message appear BUT maybe I am dreaming or really am a madman like Billmac keeps saying I am:big-grin-emoticon: Anyone know if I have accidently flipped a switch in the control board or something?

Been thinking a lot about this one since original posting.. Maybe its another flaw in my character but I still dont see the apples to apples comparison between someone committing a traffic violation and a blatant intentional attempt at hurting another person (x2 in this case). This probably sounds crazy (consider the source:biker:) but I see a sense of human normality in general traffic violations but cant say the same about a person who would intentionally seek to harm somebody else. From that standpoint, if I were a Judge who got involved with this case I would figure out a way to require some form of mental testing to be done on the troubled feller who said he "didnt care" (my opinion aint changed much). If found competent to stand trial, I still think if it can be proven (might be difficult) intentional that it should go well into a zone of a Felony Crime of sorts - two totally different issues (traffic infraction/Crime = apples to oranges) from the perspective of my pea brain:2cents: Kinda scary to me if I am wrong about this cause a like me (and a large number of varmints I know) aint gonna last 10 minutes in a world that can kill people for doing petty infractions in society as they see fit.. Can be shot for parking next to the bicycle racks at Walmart when its raining:doh:, can be intentionally run over because I simply could not hold my pee any longer , can be beat to death cause I was sleeping on the beach in a no sleeping zone .. Also better keep an eye on our kids in the school systems cause if they are caught sticking gum under a desk (major violation that would get ya 2 whacks when I was in school) could get now get em hanged