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Never mind,, you answered my "is it flyable" question in your answer to Pete.....

Way cool!! Hey,, do you have to have a special place to crank it up and fly it? We have an RC Club area here on our waste water system and there is also a "Rocket Club" area too. I am guessing that your new bird is gonna be "flyable" with total RC Controls for alirons and all that? You belong to a "club" or do you just walk outside and let her rip? Had a guy swap in his RC Plane stuff on a bike one time. Single engined bird - about a 3 foot wingspan. Ran good! My second born was always really good with video games so I elected her as pilot, probably 10 at the time. I worked as flight engineer and ground crew. Fired it up, daughter made 3 big circles in our back yard, came to land the dog gone thing and she landed it in the top of a tree in the back yard. I chain sawed the tree down to get the bird out. After that, I patched the plastic up on the wings, my son (also loved video games) and I snuck out to the RC Club (no trees this time). He did surprisingly well with it, almost lost it from sight a couple times, came time to land and, all except for the tumbling end for end and it separating into a bunch of small pieces he did pretty good!!

:big-grin-emoticon::dancefool: 250 mph,,, hey,, ya know,,, what is that like a 10 minute flight to reach my back door,,, beginning to feel a little like JFK felt when the Ruskies stuck those Nukes into Cuba:Laugh: Be pretty cool if you could get a 8 minute burn out of it,, I could set up a net and a relaunch system. You could hire it for mail delivery Probably a bad idea,, the first time it scalped a couple seagulls on its way over the bird watchers would hang us out to dry,,, cant imagine that thing passes EPA Regs - I dont see a Catyletic Converter on it That is sooooooooo cool Jeff!!

What,,, your not happy with sending snow flakes over the pond? Now I gotta try and dodge missles? THAT is BAD TO THE BONE FOOL!!!! I wish we had a bridge across the lake cause I would LOVE to come over and watch, help, VIDEO that baby in action!!!!!!:dancefool:

NOT FUN!!!!! Thoughts and Prayers Up Eckster!! Hope you both get to feeling better real soon!! Try and stay hydrated - whenever that nasty bug shows up around here we drowned it with gallons of 7 UP and boxes of instant chicken soup (the kind with those little noodles).

GOOD ONE :clap2:,,, THERE WITH YA 100%!!!!! RANDY, 100% That is exactly the story of my life except for, as I progressed thru life I found out that owning all the stuff I thought would make me happy didn't do it. The part in the commercial where it shows the little girl with braces (emptied my Corvette jar for 3 sets of them), those years of raising children were the most exhausting financially, mentally and emotionally BUT - they were also the most rewarding and pleasurable - way beyond what owning a Corvette could ever possibly produce for me. I know, I am one strange character, but in the end - I would gladly pass on having a new Vette sitting there waiting for me. Instead, give me Tippy and my 4 kids (all the kids when they were under 12 years old) and a beat up old 1st Gen Venture and let us explore the universe and we will call it square:dancefool:!!

Indeed, I had 1974 CJ5 back in the 70's that was a HOOT. Little 258 6 banger, got rid of the cast iron intake/exhaust - small Holley and strapped on a set of "6=8" split headers, 14" wide Mudders on 10" rims. 4 inch lift,,, lots and lots of fun.. I will say this though,, I also had a little mid 60's IH Scout with a little 4 cylinder in it. Although it was an ugly little sucker, was horrible above 45 mph - it did come with lockers front and rear right from the factory and did go thru the woods. Had real tall skinny tires and full skid plate under it to slide on. Even had the "jacking tag" inside the glove box with huge warnings about making sure all tires were off the ground when swapping tires cause you could pull the rig off the jack by spinning lug nuts off on a raised wheel.. Had a friend who owned a 60's Toyota Land Cruiser that was a pretty amazing rig in itself. That thing won most of the hitch to hitch pulling contests we had (we were always screwing around having peeing contest than too) but it had its hands full with that ugly little Scout...

Battery or simply battery connections - maybe got a little corrusion happening under the terminals that attach to the battery. I am curious about the blown fuses in the first place - I suppose that could have happened from maybe hard amp pull from the starter with a low battery condition (never mind me Barry - just thinking out loud here.. Like already mentioned, pull the battery - when doing so always remove the negative cable first and when reinstalling the battery replace the negative last (remind me to show you my ring finger next time I see you to help explain why). When you get the battery home, unless its a gel battery, there should be a way to access the cells (even no maintenance batts can usually be opened) Open it up and check the acid levels - look inside each cell with a flashlight and make sure the acid is at least covering all the plates. Use distilled water to refill if necessary. Stick on a battery charger and see if it will take a charge.. Barry, there are some fairly simple ways to check the bikes charging system using an ohm meter. Rather than explaining it in text, I am attaching a short video. I know its a car system but our bikes are the same principle.. If you dont have an ohm meter, HF sells em really cheap - well under 10 bucks (I think a bought a couple last year for 2.50 with coupon - GREAT add on to the maintenance department on your bike). If I were there, you and I would head over to Felix's RSV, stop and grab a burger cause we are always hungry, pull the batt cover on his bike - get it running off the jumper box - quick check the stator/regulator output with an ohm meter as shown on the short video, find out that all is well with the charging system, remove the negative battery cable and check for corrosion, remove the positive cable and check for corrosion. Haul battery back to your place and pop the caps, check fluid levels, charge it, find out right away that the battery is shot cause it wont take charge . Go pick up Felix a new battery, full charge battery at your house, stop for another burger on way over to install battery, clean terminals and install battery and attach negative side last, cover back on and go riding!! Might take a complete tour of Florida including Key West to know for sure that all is well that crazy Cat's bike but,, by the time we got back we would be able to call him and tell him for sure his bike is ok!!

yea,, and to show you there are no hard feelings because of all the misery you caused us, let me help you out the door!! :225::225::225::225::225::225::225::225::225::225:

NICE!!! And the places you can go are AMAZING!! Although, experience has taught me that when you finally do get stuck in a rig like that you are REALLY stuck and unless you are with other simular four byes, hours can turn into days in the process of having the adventure come to an end.. RIGHT ON MIKE!! And even better stories yet as the adventure turns into an outing (see above)..

Yea,, what da heck bro,, ya ever stop and think about that whole gig? First we give em some of our cash cause they are broke, then we hire internal agents to make sure they got the money we sent them and have to pay them for doing this for us, then we pay external agents to make sure the internal agents are happy with the cash we sent em.. The thing that has always amazed me is it seems like both the internal and external agents have a crystal ball that tells them exactly when we aint got no more cash cause as soon as we dont, we dont hear nuttin from em until we have had a whole year to save up a few more spare bucks, then it starts all over..

AWESOME - thanks for sharing your adventure Unc,, definitely my kind of outing!! I love all the emotions that go with stories like yours - I could just feel the "OH SHUCKS (paraphrase) we are stuck" to the "THAT DOG GONE FLYINGFOOL AND HIS DELAPIDATED (paraphrase) WHITE WASHER" to that infamous "HOW IN THE HECK (paraphrase) WE GONNA GET OUT OF HERE - WE COULD FREEZE TO DEATH" to the "OH LOOK - I THINK THAT GUY WITH THE 4X4 TRUCK IS STOPPING TO HELP" to the "CANT WAIT TILL NEXT YEARS GUY CAMP RUN":group cheers:

I just gotta get this on here before this thread goes wayyy south and it gets NAILED!!! Watch this little diddy,, pay very special attention from :50 to 1:02,, my response in a nut shell!!!

COOL!! Indeed, those are great Dyno numbers Silver! Are the other curves on the chart from a pull on another bike or are those crank specs?

Wow Cha, I am truly sorry to hear about all this stuff! You do have a beautiful beginning to an outstanding bike there though, just take one item at a time and sort it out. With a little bit of elbow grease, I see many many great miles of fun sitting there just waiting to unfold!!

What a fantastic story and a beautiful couple:clap2:!! God bless you for your what you did Dingy - THAT is just outstanding!! One of the things that constantly amazes me about VR, ffor some reason we have been blessed with a profound amount of real world hero's and you my friend are right at the top of the list!! Thanks for all you did - including being willing to share it with us! Just amazing!!!

Hi Doug, Having played around building Choppers for a number of years (nasty habit I started back in the early 60's with bicycles and was never able to get rid of) gave me the opportunity to learn some things about motorcycles and their steering geometry called "trail". Basically, if you draw a line thru the center line of a motorcycles goose neck and follow that line till it contacts the floor surface and make a mark - anything rearward of this line is considered "Positive trail" - forward ( away from the bikes frame) is considered "negative trail". Now draw another line thru the front axle of the bike that is perpendicular with the floor and make another mark where that line meets the floor and you will notice that it will land behind the mark you made from the goose neck - all rideable bikes must have positive trail. An interesting thing that I discovered many years ago with Chops, the longer the frontend, the more "rake" (angle in degrees reguired to maintain proper amount of trail) you must have and the more rake that you add the more crucial hugging minimal trail becomes - 18 inch over front ends require as close to zero trail as possible without going into negative territory. Having modded a number of stock frames thru the years, I discovered that 3 to 6 inches seems to be a standard amongst all manufactures of stock bikes. Less trail being common on quick turning canyon carvers and more trail on bikes that have the feel like they could run the highway with no one onboard. There is simply not enough area of movement within a worn bearing to effect trail enough to cause an issue. This does not mean though that your steer bearings arent out of adjustment/worn out and causing (or adding to) the violent shake you are talking about!! You didnt mention what model/year bike we are talking about here. I have some experience with the 83/84 Ventures and can tell you that nasty headshakes at 42ish mph have been a problem with all of mine, especially after the front end bushings get tired (or swingarm bushings get tired, or fork springs get sacked, or brakes start getting sticky, or tires get a lot of miles on em, or steer head bearings get out of adjustment, or wheel bearings get sloppy). Personally, if it were mine (because I am a little crazy and like to go no handed sometimes) I would start the diagnoses of your bikes shake by looking real closely at how much travel you have in the forks WITH NO AIR IN THEM. Then, raise it off the ground, spin the front wheel - now take a rubber mallet and smack calipers and spin it again - see if you have a brake drag going on. Spin it again and check front tire carefully for out of round or cupping. Check the fork brace for looseness. Check side to side wheel bearings. Check deflection on the steer bearings. Grab the down tubes and see if you get any lateral movement inside the fork legs (bushings).. Now do the same process on the back end! Look it over, you will find it!!

WOW Dingy:scared:,, THAT is wayyyy awesome!! YOU DA MAN MY FRIEND!! Best wishes on this wonderful adventure!

OUTSTANDING Mr. BARRYCUDA!! :clap2::dancefool: CONGRATS TO YOU AND THAT GORGEOUS GOLDWING OF YOURS ON A JOB VERY WELL DONE!! :clap2:

Probably saw a lot more Turkeys that way too!!

I am all in for you folks too Don, Prayers Up - Blessings Down! """For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.""" Follow His prompting in your heart my friend!

NICE!!!!! I think I will order some, pack Tweeks up, grab Tippy, toss a leg and take the whole bottle at once just before we pull out of the driveway!!!:dancefool:

Whether you wanna admit it or not, I see some very close resemblances between Yanner and the person who you are not talking about!!

Now that you mention it Or it may have been Locust wood I was dealing with.. SOOO glad to hear the swelling has gone way down and the use of your finger has returned!! I been working pretty steady on that Fool about the putting a cap on the output nozzles of the White Washer too and kind of think we got him on the ropes for this year. As far as our good buddies to the North closing and locking the back door up there,, not sure cause most of the fellers up there that I have been in contact with seem to have come from homes where their parents potty trained em at very young ages and their manners are top notch. Simply not the types who would do that.. Maybe a town to town, door to door VR Canadian Investigation during the summer months is in order. Probably some backwoods group of Spyder riders up there who will only come into compliance if we go up there, have a big 500 VR member multinational hot dog cook out and are all willing to do some kind of strange sun dance while we howl at a full moon coming up over a hidden north woods lake filled with Walleye pike.. Tell ya one thing good buddy, if thats the case, I am bringing my to document everything so there is NO turning back once they sign the contract to keep the door closed!!

Kinda like that door keeper in the Wizard of Oz,, he was like "go away kid - your buggin me" till he heard the story.. Then his sprinklers came on and the gang cruised into Oz without one speck of that white stuff on them from waking up covered with the stuff in that field!!