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@billmac ,, :rotf:,, I cant help it here, ,, did you purposely take that picture with "8 cycle - 2 speed motor" in the pic:crackup::crackup::crackup: There multiplying,, NOW we have 2 VR members running around with :guitarist 2:rock star status!!!! I personally think those Shots look like a FLIPPING RIOT!!! :banana::banana:

GORGEOUS SKIDDER - JUST FLAT GORGEOUS!!!! I could putt into that picture, pull into that field - pop up my tent and sleep like a BABY wrapped in the peace that pic portrays!!

Sheesh,, I sure hope I dont come across like that much of a trouble maker Stealthy Actually Jerry,,, now that Bob has broached the subject,, A SLINGSHOT,, YOU BOUGHT A NEW SLINGSHOT ,, YOU BOUGHT A NEW SLINGSHOT - TOLD US ABOUT IT BUT DONT GOT NO 'S? :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon: CONGRATS JERRY - CANNOT WAIT TO SEE PICS AND READ SOME INDEPTH RIDE REPORTS AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES!! :thumbsup:

Again, your welcome Rand!! Glad I could help!! If you do decide to do the more southern route - Vegas/Phoenix stuff - keep a very close eye on both you and your wife status in the heat.. IMHO, its really easy to get disoriented and over come by heat without even realizing how bad either of you are - helmets have always made me worse for me.. I hope you folks LOVE riding the dry desert heat - its way fun but when it climbs over 110 - bad things can happen really really fast!! There are some AWESOME folks on VR that live down there and ride those areas - maybe they will chime in and give you some guru desert advice:fingers-crossed-emo Hey,, if you to do go south,, DO JEROME AZ and ride 89a from Jerome to Flagstaff....

Whippin Rippin Fryin and FLYIN - WOW :scared:ZZZ WOW WOW WOW:178::banana::guitarist 2::clap2::dancefool::thumbsup: I am TOTALLY in tune with those kids and those smiling faces brother:big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon: THAT is GORGEOUS Larry!! Give me a second here to put my eyeballs back in:256:,, I see your Miata in the background (at least I think I remember you saying you two own one?), plus I KNOW you came off a Trike.. Now I gotta ask,, comparing the handling between the Miata, Triked Motorcycle and the Shot:innocent-emoticon: That Slingshot just screams roller coaster or go cart like handling.. Is that the case? Does it feel like it inspires challenging corners? Larry,, have you folks ever done the Dragon - bike and/or car? The Shot appears in the picture to set pretty close to the ground - like a high horse go cart - can ya feel it calling you into "G" force? Also,,, being one rear drive wheel and over 150 horse,, do you find it challenging to run sharp corners in lower gears without breaking traction and feeling the rear end slip out :Laugh: THAT IS GORGEOUS LARRY - CONGRATS!! :clap2:

You betcha Randy!! You are welcome!! Soo,, now you two are all done playing around Devils Tower - you head back toward the road you came in on from Sundance, when you get to the main intersection where you would turn left to go back to Sundance - TURN right instead (there is an old abandoned gas station there)!! Its a REAL pretty ride and will lead you a good way farther west on I-90 than Sundance (closer to Sacramento). Stay on west 90 - you will come to I-25, that will take you down to 80 to head toward Cali BUT,, you need to think about something here.. Just a very very short distance further on 90 west of you lies The Battle of The Little Bighorn Battlefield NP and Sheridan. Since you already bought the NP and includes a National Cemetery,, what the heck bro!! Get done there, ride a few more miles on 90 west to a town called Ranchester - this is where the road that comes across the Big Horn mountains comes in - I just checked Mapquest and its "14". Follow west 14 - you will come to the little cowboy town of Dayton. GET GAS AT DAYTON (there is gas at a ski lodge resort thingy up in the Big Horns but no sense in paying x4 for fuel and waiting two hours for ski guy to come turn on the pumps)!! Also, watch for mule deer crossing even when in town. Stay west on 14, get to the "Y" where 14A splits off and TAKE 14A!! Take 14A,, say it one more time - TAKE 14A!! 14a across the Big Horns is UNFORGETTABLE!! Coming out of the Big Horn Mountains on 14A will bring you down a grade that took almost 3 decades of road work to complete - DO IT !! Stop at the top and take PICTURES of the sign!! Thats all I am gonna say - just DO IT!! Follow 14A west into Lovell, get gas.. 14A will become 14 in Cody Wyoming, COOL TOWN!! 14/16 west to the east gate of Yellow Stone, around Yellowstone Lake, grab 191 south down to thru The Grand Tetons and Jackson and hook onto 26, 26 over to Idaho Falls, jump on I-15 south bound at Idaho Falls, grab I-86/84 west toward Twin Falls, at Twin Falls stop at Snake River over look where Knievel jumped - GORGEOUS area!! Take 93 south out of Twin Falls down to I-80! 5 days gone, visit daughter in Sac. Post back on here that you have arrived and seek out a couple of VR lop eared varmints out there named @Condor and @EasyRider. Those two know exactly where the best Ice Cream is!! Ride to coast: how ever - what ever cause its all amazing except for the endless traffic (Napa Valley/ Sonoma area has LOTS of "60's" type of places - real step back in time) BUT - no matter how you get there - get to Stewarts Point on "1" and ride "Skaggs Springs Rd." back to 101 at Geyserville or the other way around.. UNBELIEVABLE!! Out of Frisco head west and cross that nasty I-5 take 120 across thru Yosemite NP (dont go the south route under the Siearra Nevada's - it will be HOT HOT - if you decide to though - plan on riding Death Valley and Needles California at night - Death Valley NP at night is AWESOME if you can do it on a moon lit night!!) Hook onto 395 at Lee Vining on the east side of the Sierra Nevadas and go south to where 120 comes back in, go east to 6, take 6 over to I-15 (IF YOU DO THIS - YOU WILL COME TO 95 AND 6 BEFORE YOU GET TO TONOPAH - WHEN 6 AND 95 JOIN THERE WILL BE AN ABANDONED TRUCK STOP - GO INSIDE REPAIR GARAGE THERE AND LOOK AT WALL AT REAR OF SHOP - READ GRAFITTI AT BACK WALL OF GARAGE UNDER THE WINDOW - YOU ALSO WILL WANT TO POST ON HERE THAT YOU ARE IN THE NELLIS AREA - @CMCOFFEY is known to frequent that area - you will DEFINITELY wanna say hi and meet that rascal if you and he have time!! when you get to I-15 jog up to 50 - take 50 east across Connor Pass (watch for Elk) to Salina Utah.. Get back on I-70 East and get off on 191 South - visit Moab (WOW), Arches and Canyon Lands NP, back up to I-70. STOP on I-70 East bound Utah overlooks before crossing into Colorado. Grand Junction Colorado is last big town (lots of gas along way BUT if you need repair stuff - like tires - GRAND JUNCTION is it before Denver on west side.. Trip up to the Grand Mesa Over look after you go thru Grand Junction on I-70 is WORTH the effort - except its a few miles of gravel road with some loose spots.. 70 to Denver, hook onto 76 out of Denver - 76 to I-80 and head for home.. Carry extra fuel but also carry a couple gallons of water too.. Lots of sunscreen indeed but DONT forget to keep your lips covered well with lip suncreen chap stick at all times - them babies get burned your in a world of hurt!! By the way, I use lip sunscreen (the chapstick type of stuff) for my ears and above my eyes too - it does not rinse off with sweat and blind ya like regular suncreen does.. Mountain riding can be tricky - seems like most of the tornadoes we have seen or hail storms we have ridden thru happen between early after noon and 5 pm.. Just keep a close eye on those skys anytime your mountain riding.. I have no idea if you have thought about this but - I always use a rear tire going out and a rear tire coming back. I have found that the desert heat EATS tires!! If I were you I would definitly start out with a BRAND NEW tire on the back at least.. Get your riding done out in California and check it carefully (oh yea, check you tires air pressure regularly - mountain altitudes seem to really effect em too!!) before you head home.. If it looks half worn when you getting ready to leave your daughters I would change it there!!! I may be nuts but it ALWAYS seems like the last half of the tire tread always wears a lot faster then the first half!! Truthfully, from my experience, I would order a new rear tire (save a bunch of money - buy online) and have it shipped to your daughters so its there waiting for you.. I always change my own but I believe that the Motor Cycle Junk Yard place in Rancho Cordova on the outskirts of Sac will swap tires for 35 bucks rim off the bike.. WOW,, that was fun,, hope you enjoyed it,, I sure did.. HAVE A GREAT, SAFE, FUN TRIP!! Puc

:think:Without a center stand,,,,, I am still puzzled by how you guys repair or swap out a tire (either front or back) on your scoot when your touring out of town...... Maybe carry a small hydraulic jack apparatus or something? Has anyone ever looked at converting a 1st Gen Stand?

I,, I,, I,, I see LOTS of DELICIOUS fried stuff - dont matter what it is - if it's fried, I LOVE it!!!!!:happy65::happy65:

HOW COOL IS THAT!!!! We havent even seen one yet - been waiting and waiting and waiting for Carbon One to get on here and brag that AWESOME looking machine up!!! Hey Gary, take a real close look at the picture you posted, is that a pair of RABBIT EARS I see sticking up by the drivers left shoulder (is that you driving?)? Maybe the Easter Bunny hitching a ride:clap2: Thanks for the

@Carbon One, well,, is a riot or what? Is it like owning your own Cedar Point Roller Coaster? Have ya got that puppy broke in yet and ready to give all your buddies rides yet? If so, are you charging a fee for this fun? I watched a report on Youtube about the mighty Slingshot that compared it to the super cars and they said that Slingshot owners are getting Rock Star like celebrity status welcomes every where they go - are you experiencing that and should I trim my beard up so I look like Tom Selleck for when I finally get a ride in that thing (or at least get to set in it)? If Larry doesnt answer this, does it mean that he has painted his new bike BLACK, moved to Hollywood and will be starring in a new "Batman" movie? Has anyone over on the other side of the state heard from or seen our buddy? Someone has to know something!!!!!!!!

WOW - I like that!! NICE JOB and thanks for the pics!! Again, not that I/We have ever ridden one and this may not even be an issue BUT,, I really wonder what the difference is going to be like in the handling of your bike having moved her down that far.. It may not even be noticeable but it sure seems like any time you can change weight height to closer to the ground the handling may improve too.. I have heard people complain about "top heaviness" being an issue with the 2nd Gens, wonder if you might be addressing some of that.. Anyway - NICE JOB!!

Hey Monty,, ya might also want to develop a list of pro's and con's with your wife concerning the whole matter.. Tip and I actually started down the path that you folks are talking about and, while developing that list - found out that we really enjoy riding two up far more than each having our own machine. Tip spent some time on her own bike and, even though she really enjoyed it, the added expenses of running another bike/ added danger of now having two of us that were targets / additional probabilities of having maintenance issues while traveling were all disconcerting.. Anyway,, in the end,, we decided that staying with one bike that we rode together was better in our case.. If you two have decided that you are going forward and asked my opinion.. First I would say CONGRATS!!:guitarist 2::cool10: And then I would say that I think a smaller bike to begin with is crucial, one that SHE owns and not the other way around.. I have no idea how long its been since your wife has been on a Motocross bike - 5 years is one thing - 25 years is another (human bodys change and so does the ability to wheelie over down logs and stuff). Also whether or not she actually raced one or seriously trail rode it. Monty, you mentioning that she has never ridden the street kind of give me the willies.. I have a really good friend and neighbor who went thru some very similar senario stuff Monty. They have ridden two up and found that it wasnt that special (both liked to listen to their own music - not chit chat and share the moment) and she wanted her own bike and had also ridden "trail bikes" as a kid.. Bought a new Sporty for her.. She did the testing all went well, rode for two summers - put a few thou on it.. One day while turning around in our road - the bike fell over against her leg enough to nock her hand loose on the clutch - it lunged forward causing her throttle hand to twist the throttle and her and the bike ended up in our ditch (pretty deep muck).. The thought of that happening at an intersection with cars present caused her to re-evaluate.. She sold the Sporty that was to big for her and bought a cheapy Chinese 150 Scooter.. LOVED it cause she didnt have to "think" (I have always felt that the street is no place to be thinking about the clutch - this should already be habit so you can think about what the other drivers are doing) about shifting and the clutch - put wayyyy more miles on the scooter (4k in one year). Sold it and bought a Big Honda Scooter (600 - things amazing) and LOVES it. Been all over Michigan on it.. Just some thoughts my friend that I hope you take in the spirit I offer it!! Regardless of what you folks decide, I hope you both have a BLAST out there enjoying your time together Monty!! Your ol pal Puc!!

An Easter Poem by Zzz!!! Happy Easter to all!!!

Goat,, I think what you might be referring to as "wings" might be what I broke off in my accident back in 03, things are called something like "Facia" and have the main function of keeping the vertabre lined up.. Mine fragmented, sounds really really painful but wasnt that bad until much later as the L5 vertabre moved on the sacrium and caused some nerve pinching.. Anyway,,, I can relate and feel for you!! PRAYERS UP and BLESSINGS DOWN!! About 6 months after my 5th surgery and when it became obvious I would walk again, they also moved me off Morph and onto Norco too.. That stuff is basically a Vicodin on steroids - if I remember right - the Opium that does the pain relief in Vicodin is increased and they call the pill Norco.. I was on Norco for almost 4 years, stuff did a great job but I ended up having to take a LOT of it in the end to keep it working.. It was VERY VERY hard on my digestive system and caused some severe constipation BUT it did control the feeling of that someone was running a torch over my legs.. If I were you, I would ask your doctor about anti constipation stuff and follow his orders about whether or not you need it to a T.. Hopefully they figure out what is causing the pain (this isnt always as easy as it sounds), are able to correct things and you dont have to be on Pain Killers for an extended length of time.. Norco's have an addictive side to them (I have a hunch that most pain killers do) and can be tricky to get off from.. I went thru withdrawels that I was told by my doctor were very similar to Heroin withdrawals (probably should have been admitted to one of those hospitals that clean up drug addicts) - talk about NO fun!! I know this can be a touchy subject but I will say it anyway,, a friend of mine went thru some very similar stuff (nerve pain stuff) and found relief by using Medical Mariwanna.. He is now doing much better and no longer using the stuff but swears he had VERY good results with it and no digestive issues.. Back when I went thru my stuff Pot was illegal and not an option anyway but, had it of been and knowing what I know now I may very well have considered it as an alternative.. I hope me saying all that doesnt get your thread in trouble here on the site because of the political side of that stuff - I only mention it because I KNOW what its like to hurt and am trying to help.. If it does, I apologize now!! If those Facia Joints are actually missing, I am no doctor and things can really have changed, but I bet you will end up with supportive titanium rods and a fusion.. I only say that cause without those joints there - the spine can misalign real easily (just a twist) and its the misalignment can cause buldging discs and bulging discs rub on the nerves and that cause MAJOR pain!! Personally, if given the option of fusion surgery or not at this time and I KNEW that those "wings" were missing and that they are in fact the alignment devices that I am talking about - I would take the surgery - especially if it meant I wasnt gonna be taking as many pain killers!!! My thoughts and prayers are with you OldGoat!! Oh yea, and your family too - this stuff affects them too!! Puc

Keep watching David - you will nail one!! Just an FYI, I like play around on Adhuntr.com = a nation wide Craigs search.. LOTS of great deals out there!! Try a variety of search parameters if you use it.. Be interesting to see where both of these end up!! Wonder if we ought to have a "I am bidding on this one so please dont bid against me" section on the site? Wonder if anyone would abide by it even if we did,, I know I would but most folks arent as nice as I am..

You aint fooling me,, if that were Fool's bike it would be shaped like a snow flake and have a turbo charger!!!!!

PIE,, DID YOU SAY HOMEMADE PIE:178: Googled it BJ = http://www.spurcreeksaloon.com YEP,, definitely looks like my kinda joint to escape the madness when the need arises!! Have NEVER been there and REALLY appreciate the lead Bernie!!! We DEFINITELY will check that out.. You know what, the road leading up to Newel (79) that cuts off near Fort Mead is about two minutes from the spot where I always open prairie camp.. Might be that Blue Line Diner will get more than "pie" money from us:backinmyday:!!

:crackup::crackup::rotfl: :think:As bad as I want to I aint saying NOTHIN cause I want to be invited to Mr. YammerDan's celebration party:big-grin-emoticon:

I always ride antiques so my plates are good for a long time!! I think Tweeks is good till 2020 something and were fairly inexpensive (30 dollars a few years ago).. The only problem is that I had to promise to always be on my way to show her off OR out working on her... I have always fulfilled that agreement and even named her "Tweeks" (to help you younger people understand us geezers - in my day "Tweeking" meant you were fine tuning - NOT SHOOTING UP METH O' DRUGS) to prove it. Sorry,, got off track and hijacked Dan's thread.. So, Dan,,,,, did you win and if so, are you buying extra extra fried chicken for the party????

Raider, you are addressing one of the HUGE things that my wife really does not care for concerning the 2nd Gen. While we have never actually ridden one, we have sat on a few of them and she always comments about sitting to high above me. I would be interested in some more pics (THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL READY POSTED!!) of what you came up with from a little further back and at a side view if at all possible.. I would also REALLY be interested in your wifes take on the your endeavor after some seat time (no pun intended) with some feedback about comfort as well as wind protection. Right now we ride a 1st Gen and find it perfect for the type of riding we do and, if we ever did get into a 2nd Gen - would be looking for way to lower the rear seat to get as close to seat height differences that match the 1st Gen.. NICE JOB RAIDER!!!!

Heyyyy Sticky - HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!! :Happy Birthday::group cheers:

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BEEEEEEE,,, absolutely - positively - irrevocably - unconditionally - unalterably - unrepealably,,, AAUUTTIFUL!!!

Wasn't much but I hope it helps Rick!! God bless you for helping those kids my friend!!

So Randy, been thinking a little about your trip and have some opinion to share.. If I were gonna ride mostly highway and wanted to see a bunch of Cali while I was out there as well as some of SD,,, I would put up with Chicago, 80/90 around it and up thru Madison and across Minnesota and into South Dakota on 90. The terrain changes on 90 are much different and "westernish" than they are on 80 (unless you like BIG farms and miles and miles or corn/soy and sun flowers - some find that boring some like it). Minnesota welcome centers have free "vest" pins. Once you get across the Missouri River at Chamberlain things REALLY start popping terrain wise!! Before you get to the Bad Lands National Park east entrance in SD, you will see signs for a small town called "Draper". Its a little cow town with dirt main streets and lots of old cow town buildings still standing.. Draper is the closest "real" cow town to I-90 that I can think of and know of and well worth the drive thru!! By the way, if you are traveling I-90 in South Dakota and run into road repair (I have seen it go for MILES out there) always look for the frontage roads (service roads) - between Chamberlain and Rapid City they seem to run parellel for miles and can save you lots of time if you dont want to sit in traffic.. Enter the Bad Lands NP from the east gate - stop and see the Prairie Dogs and museum on way in, exit the west gate and you will be right at Wall Drug. Follow Wall Drug "Main Street" to last stop sign, you will see see signs that say "Back Yard" on the right (east side of main street). Most of the really fun stuff (other than LOTS of jewerly stores and clothes and stuff) is in the "Back Yard" area.. If your pulling a trailer, go thru the last stop sign and there is a big parking area on your right.. Staying west on 90, there is Military Base out there that allows tours of an ICBM Missle Siloh - have to sign up early -this is before Rapid City.. Not to far on 90 past this area is the short cut (so you dont have to drive thru Rapid City - I think its 14 to 16 to 16a) headed southerly that goes down to Keystone and to Rush More.. Take the 16a cut off, ride thru Keystone and follow 214 around to Rush More. Then back track a very short way back to 16a turn right and you are on 16a/Iron Mountain RD - UNREAL!! You will LOVE Iron Mountain Road!! It will finally empty into a valley and you will see a camp ground on the left - these people raise WOLVES!! Worth the stop to see them!! Small place but AMAZING people!! Across from the Wolve Campground is where the cut across to Needles Highway is at - I think its called Playground or Playhouse Rd, its all paved and a BEAUTIFUL ride!! So when you leave the Wolves you go ACROSS 16a/Iron Mountain rd that you came in on and are now on Playhouse Rd headed toward Needles Highway (by the way - WATCH THIS INTERSECTION - THE GUY THAT OWNS THE WOLVE PLACE WILL TELL YA HE SEE'S BAD ACCIDENTS THERE EVERY YEAR). Watch closely for wildlife in this area.. Follow Playhouse till it T's into 87/Needles Highway - turn RIGHT on Needles Highway/87. This portion of the trip will be unforgettable and breathtaking!! Once you are into the rugged stone face area's (dont take long) there are very few places to pull off so make sure you have a camera out and ready!! There is a small pull off right after you go thru the "Eye" BUT dont trust that it wont be overflowing!! Again, I dont know if you are pulling a trailer but even with a non trailer pulling bike - parking on these cliff side roads can be tricky.. A good 20 minute down hill coast after leaving the "Eye" and you will see a lake on your right - bathrooms are left at the entrance to the park area.. A little further on 87 and it T's into 385, turn right on 385 thru Hill City. Stay on 385 after Hill City (dont take 16 back to Rapid City), you will come to Sheridan Lake on the right hand side, there will be cliff faces on the left - watch these cliff faces VERY carefully!! I have seen BIG HORN SHEEP on the hills 3 times while I was out there and NEVER got to see them ANY WHERE ELSE EVER!! Stay on 385 and you will come to Lead. COOL TOWN!! Turn right on 14a in Lead and follow it out to Dead Wood! When you get to Dead Wood make sure you scoot over a couple streets to the left to catch the old town mainstreet.. Follow the Old Town main street till it T's back into 14a, follow 14a and into Sturgis. You will be coming into the west end of Sturgis so you will have to once again move a into town to the right to get onto actual "Main Street Sturgis" where the Rally is always held - its worth a drive thru.. Lots of cool things in the Sturgis area too.. Go back the same way you just came and go to Lead on 14a (its not that far), now follow 14a in the other direction out of Lead. If you STAY ON 14a and DO NOT follow 85, you will be in the Spearfish Canyon!! It is AWESOME!! Shortly after entering the "Canyon" you will see a large Lodge with buildings on your right and left. THere will be a small gravel road that goes in front of the building on the left. If the sign is still there (cant remember if it was still there last time I was out there), you will see an arrow with "Water Falls" written above it - GO TO THE FALLS if at all possible - not very far in. Follow 14a thru Spearfish Canyon and you will come out at I-90. If you were to follow that the two track that the Water Falls back in Spearfish was on - they would have eventually taken you to "Sundance" Wyoming - now head west on I - 90 and you will shortly come to Sundance. This will be where you will get off for the ride into Devils Tower NP. Get gas in Sundance. Getting tired..