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If you find she isnt running on all four by hot checking the pipes as Fool mentions, ya might wanna check your plug on the cold one first.. Got good advice going here IMHO.. These motors really will surprise ya at how well they run even when they aint feeling so good.. Nope,, no return line in these old girls, the fuel pump moves fuel till the float needles close, then the pump shuts off.. Actually a pretty low pressure system compared to an EFI.. Sounds to me like you may have lost a diaphram too but, just for kicks you might wanna double check your over flow lines coming from your carbs for dampness,, those sneeky buggers can be running fuel out under the bike while your moving without you even noticing.. Also glance at the choke levers on the carbs and make sure they are closing all the way. Pull the cover over the air box, remove filter, start the bike, watch the slides as they respond to throttle, if you see one (or two) not responding - take a screwdriver and carefully push the non-responder open a couple times just to see if is stuck - it should open very easily and close on its own due to its spring.. If its sticky but stll moveable you can sometimes clean em without removing them by squirting them with carb cleaner and working em back n forth... Best to go ahead and pull em for a good cleaning and a diaphram check though.. If they are not stuck and not moving its a good chance you have indeed lost a diaphram but, take a real good look around the vacuum ports/lines associated with the dead slide also,, maybe got a vac leak..

Yea Dan O',,,, but cha gotta admit bro,,,, I shore nuff fixed his little red wagon some for da first half of da ball game!!!!!

IMHO,, AVERAGE sell price for a ridable - functional - 83/84 1st Gen = about where Calperiun is at on his = 1300 around here.. Half that for a good running parts bike, half that again for a non running parts bike seems to be about where I have seen em.. Like it or not, for some reason our beloved Ventures just never caught on to the masses like the Wing did and have pretty much been worth about half of what an equivalent Wing is = IMHO.. Another interesting of observation,, I have watched Harley prices doing crazy stuff the last few years.. Seems like some awesome deals continue to happen - lots of early twin cams out there for well under 6,, Evo's for well under 5.. What in tarnation has that got to do with our bikes you will ask... Well,, once again, IMHO,, Harley seems to be the benchmark in following business trends and determining sell prices for streetbikes.. It just seems to me that as Harley values go up and down, so does the rest of the industry - weird observation eay..... On another note,, I was watching with tears in my eyes and DRUEL hanging from my chin as this Yamaha V Max | eBay gorgeous V-Max slipped out of my vision!!!!! Wish I felt better, didnt have all these mounting medical bills and had half the energy I had not to long ago cause I would have LOVED to traveled down to Texas, stopped and bought Biker John's family, Squid and Lonna dinner and brought home my new V-4 Yammer!!!! Sorry Brenner,, got carried away,,,,,,,,, anyway,, I think your comment of "honestly what a buyer is willing to pay" is honestly, your best answer!!

I sure hope I didnt mess things up for ya to bad Boss,,, had I of known you were actually WANTING some Wisconsin White Wash to play in I wouldnt have torqued those nozzles so hard on the Fool's machine!!! Oh well,, sounds like he did some Tweekin for ya anyway!! Hope you two are having the TIME OF YOUR LIVES up there sledding!! :snow2: Take the Ferry across from Milwaukee to Muskegon on your return trip! We got left over smoked Turkey, smoked Salmon, fresh squeezed fruit juice (kids got us a juicer for Christmas),, shoot brother - I even got some frozen Cheese Dogs we can cook up iffen you and that pretty lady of yours wants some GORMAY COOKING PUC STYLE!! Back bedroom is open, sleep as late as you guys want!!! ONLY FEE FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE IS PLEASE STOP AT FOOL'S IN WAUKEE - THANK HIM FOR THE SNOW - SNEAK OUT BACK AND RETORQUE THOSE NOZZLES BACK DOWN AND LEAVE THAT :snow2::snow2::snow2: IN YOUR REAR VIEW AS YOUR DRIVING ONTO THE FERRY - IT AINT WELCOME HERE!!

SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME THERE LEWIS!! Glad you are ok and PRAYERS UP!! Been a CRAZY winter for sure!!!!

File a claim with JD for sending you a used part!!! Suckers got more miles on it than a run away 1st Gen lost out in the middle of Western Montana!!

Hey Auggie,, no idea about places to eat or what ever down there BUT I can tell ya that Pensecola FL has some AWESOME white sand beaches to camp on - and those crazy GI's at Eglin Air Base (if its still open) do some really hilarious stuff if ya just sit and watch em a while:stirthepot: HAVE A GREAT TRIP AND PLEASE - DONT FORGET THE for us less fortunate ones!! Puc

Hey Natty,, I totally agree with the comments on here about 15k worth of damage,, I look at that GORGEOUS bike in the back of that tow truck and think to myself how many times I have stuck a 2x4 into frame parts and straightened em out, lopped stickers over broken plastic, slobbered wire feed over exhaust holes, tie wrapped saddlebags bag in place, stitched a seat with dental floss and on and on and I think - shoot man,,, that bike is good for another 300k:missingtooth: just add a set of:rudolf:and let er buck!! Seriously,, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad you folks are ok, YOU DONE BEEN BLESSED - THAT is really all that matters!! Tell ya one thing though Natty,, you gotta decide for yourself whether or not you wanna stick around here and harass these lop eared varmints but for me,,, even if all this medical stuff that I am going thru ends up dissolving my being able to ride I am STILL not going anywhere!! You, me and all the rest of this family have wayyyy to many stories to read (live thru others eyes) and stories to tell about our biking days, pictures of us geezers wrestling with our grand kids and just plain being a pain in the neck, to EVER leave this joint!! I personally feel the same way about my VR membership as I do about my pea shooters,, they can have it when they peel it from my cold - dead fingers... (or until these Mod's give me the boot:mugshot:) No matter what you folks decide to do, no matter where your lifes road leads you, PLEASE always remember and know - you have friends and family here on VR!! Godspeed Puc

Sure,, why not,, guy walks past me while I am sitting in a parking lot at a Dollar Store out in Montana cleaning Tweeks horns that I had just pulled off a dead Antelope and says "THAT SURE STINKS YA JA......) Couple of kids go rippin past in their little green Mini Van and I hear one scream "PUT CHUR SHIRT ON YA Ja........." Couple miles west of Albqurkee NM, little hole in the wall burger joint with AWESOME burgers!! Half starved and could not wait to bite in,, just as I sink my teeth in and jump back,, the waitress screams "THATS HOT YA JA......" Coasted almost 30 miles (non-stop) down into Kings Canyon NP looking for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,,,,, shiny gold at the bottom right in this photo caught my eye,, some lady walks behind me and says "THATS FOOLS GOLD YA JA....." Gas stations in Death Valley oughta stay open 24 hrs if they dont want people camping beside the pumps... Didnt stop the owner from pulling in and saying "THIS IS A GAS STATION NOT A CAMPGROUND YA JA...." Ok,,, maybe he smells funny, acts funny and that beard can look like a donkeys tail sometimes but he is ALL MINE and I LOVE EM!!

Indeed my friend!! And a VERY Merry Christmas to you and yours down yonder!!!! Have blessed Christmas Season and wonderful New Year!!!

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::ice_awesome-vi46644:ice_awesome-vi46644:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_awesome-vi46644 Hey Larry,, try to adjust the pic size,, if you click on Edit, put you cursor over the pic while in edit mode, double click on the pic and see if you get to a sizing window... If you do, make sure you click on the Large pic marker and,, oh no,, I forgot what the other one was.... Anyway,, I have noticed on here when posting pics that we can now choose what size we want the pics to display when we click on the thumbnail within our posts.. Worth a try to help out your weak eyed geezer riding buddys

Right back at cha big guy!!!!! Wishing you the best of the best David!!! Puc n Tippy

Instantly caught my attention too Ed,,, hope others read your comment and at least douple check their home owners insurance policy if they are doing what RR is doing!!! I know a guy that lost 35k worth of vehicles and they were not covered due to a misunderstanding concerning exactly what you are talking about.. The person I am speaking of was wealthy enough that he hired a lawyer to challenge the insurance company.. He found out thru the courts that had his car/bike/jeep that he had lost due to theft been in "parts" he would have had a legit claim but, complete vehicles are a different story... Also had a friend get broken into recently,, found out that guns, jewerely are not normally covered? And that person had some major vehicle damage done during the break in process that will not be covered... Insurance is tricky and its real easy to come thru the "filing a claim" process with some real hurt feelings from things your told when you buy the policy - if a person wants to know what the company really will cover I have often wondered if the easiest way to know for sure is to ask a claims adjuster for the insurance company before ya have the need to file a claim and are stuck finding out the hard way.. Another note,, here in Michigan we have No Fault Auto Insurance and this thing called The Michigan Catastrophic Fund.. The fund is for the insurance companies to tap into if they have claims that go above 300k (I think thats the break point - I am NO insurance guy).. All our plated vehicle owners have to pay into the Fund when they buy their policy. Right now, the 6 months policy Fund fee ALONE is around 170 dollars (340ish a year) - this is JUST the fund, the policy costs are added to this amount.. We pay more just for this Fund on our bikes than people like Frodo below pay for his actual policy (you probably know all this).. An interesting point having to do with our bike insurance is that unless a cage (AUTO) is involved in a motorcycle claim accident, even though we bikers pay the same amount into the fund,, we do NOT have access to it.. Now that said,,, and reading Frodo's numbers (not picking on ya buddy - just using ya as an example here), I wonder what the legal side of buying out of state insurance for a motorcycle here in Michigan would be? Ever heard of anyone actually doing that (basically avoiding paying into the "Michigan Fund" AND filing a successful claim with an out of state company (I am sure you can "buy" anything,, have it worth anything after ya buy and when ya need it might be a different story)? Another interesting point about bike insurance,, to bad ya'll are stuck on riding all these fancy new machines,,,, ride a beat up ol 83,, stick on some Historic Plates (30 bucks/15 years), than cause its an antique - ya get wayyyyy cheaper insurance,, PLUS - and this is a big PLUS so read carefully - the old MK1's are (together in unison with me here ya'll) - FASTER!! ALL THIS CHATTER ABOUT INSURANCE (GOOD THREAD VENTUREFAR!!!),, MY NEW YEAR WISH FOR 2015 IS THAT NONE OF YOU HAVE THE NEED TO USE WHATEVER BIKE INSURANCE YOU CHOOSE TO CARRY!! HAVE A FUN BUT SAFE RIDING SEASON EVERYONE!! PUC

Might also loosen the drain screws up on the carbs one at a time - hit the key and make sure they are getting fuel flow, sometimes banging em around will cause a float to stick shut or not float smoothly.. Check plug terminals and wires,, maybe got something loose... The popping from a pipe sounds fishy to me.. Are we taking about a consistent "pop-pop-pop" at idle,,, coming from an exhaust pipe,, possible plug/plug wire, possibly got an exhaust valve to tight (I hate even saying that).. Might spit check (dampen finger tip and touch pipes) each pipe after its ran for a minute at idle just to see if its hitting on all four,, if you find a cold one - shut her down - pull plug on jug with cold pipe and check it - maybe do a compression test..

PB is right Jack,,,, orrr,, you can pop those balloons on the map one by one, when they pop that leave the members name hanging in the air,, click on their names and POOF, all their info shows up,, than all ya gotta do is write down in a book all the info you wanna know about em... Not as easy as looking under Community but still a lot of fun!!!

No idea of a website Rand but I LOVE Miata's!! CONGRATS:thumbsup: on the find my friend - hope the two of you also find many many miles of enjoyment out exploring the country with it!! Cant wait for the

Tip n I had an excellent adventure today.. We are still in the process of getting things in order for the big cruise over to Ann Arbor to visit the U of M in January. 3 weeks ago, during an outing that found me jogging on a tread mill while a very young looking heart specialist controlled the speed and uphill angle of the conveyor belt that was moving beneath my feet,,, 30 more seconds the nurse said,,, I didnt trust her cause it seemed an hour had past since she had said "1 more minute".. As we were walking out the door of the hospital on that previous adventure, I looked at Tippy and told her how happy I was that another link in the process of this medical journey was completed.. Looking for empathy and maybe even some sympathy, I also made a comment about how much the angle of that tread mill reminded me of the angle of the roadway her and I had pushed Tweeks up when we ran out of gas on the other side of the Missouri River from Chamberlain South Dakota.. It worked cause she acknowledged that the ordeal didnt sound like that much fun.. I told her that the Nurse and Doctor had pulled a tag team of torment on me trying to get my heart to rev over 138 rpm's and that, truthfully, I would rather have been back out in that 105 degree sun, helping her push Tweeks.. Glad it was over.. Thought that was ancient history,, a long forgotten time of trauma when,,, last week,,, our Doctor walked into room #3, said hi to us, looked down at her computer and said,, "getting handle on all the prep - every thing is looking good --- except your heart stress test,, got some stuff there that we should look deeper into"... I knew it,, I just knew it,, that local hospital tag team and their conveyor belt with a "T" handle bolted to it were gonna cause me problems... My Doctor announces I have to go do ANOTHER one of these tests only this one will be a little more fun cause I get a bunch of pictures taken AND I get to have my motor injected... That brings us to todays adventure.. This time the tag team consisted of 3 medical looking people.. After shaving a bunch of spots on my chest to make sure my wiring was grounded properly, they flipped the switch on the monitor,, one of the group kinda moaned a little and said something about my motor rate of 42 rpm's.. The one in the white coat walked out,, looked at me and said - "do you have a heart condition"? To which I replied,, "not that I know of"... I was laying down on a bed with wheels next to the conveyor belt while that conversation was going on. I didnt notice the guy with the injection cart walk in.. Having been around injected motors and gear heads who inject them, I am pretty familiar with the voice tones the type of person who injects motors has.. I knew immediately what this person was up to as soon as he introduced himself as "Ed"... I forgave "Ed" for trying to push the feed line for my motor injection thru my elbow - he was very apologetic about it not "flowing".. He tried some kind of technique using some kind of saline solution but still couldnt get the injector cranked up.. He had to plug that lead and go looking for another one... Wired up,,, chest shaven with patches hanging all over me,, right arm all poked full of holes,, tag team standing around me, they cranked up the conveyor again... As I held onto that familiar "T" handle and felt the conveyor start to tilt, it occurred to me how many times I had asked Tweeks to pull an incline loaded to the Antelope Horns with gear and with two people on her back no less... "Ed" broke my sweaty daydream as he announced he was about to hit the injector button.. As he shoots the juice to my motor, someone announces that having your motor injected while trying to balance your wheels on a conveyor belt can cause momentary loss of balance.. It can and it does.. Thankfully the "T" bar on the conveyor belt at our local hospital is very very well made!! As the tag team was helping me lay back on the wheeled bed I could feel my pride and dignity returning knowing I had accomplished another great adventure.. I immediately found out that only part of the journey was completed.. The team moved me into another room where many more tag team members had gathered.. My motor and I were placed under this machine that they all said was "the camera" - certainly did not look like one though.. Spent about 20 minutes getting pictures taken of my motor.. As I leaned up onto the side of the bed with wheels, visions of some of Tips turkey and homemade dressing danced in my head (had to fast for this procedure - hungry!!).. Glad to have this one done... The nurse that handed me my shirt asked if I would be waiting in the hospital for the "next" step or if I would be leaving.. She informed me that I would have to be back in a couple hours for part two... Ohhhhhhh,,, goody goody,,, its not over!! It dawned on me that I still had the "injector" hooked up and,, being the gear head that I am and knowing first hand I dont like people knowing whether or not my motor is injected either, I asked if - for secrecy sake - my injector port had to be removed if I was leaving the Hospital.. Nailed it.. Remembering the fiasco that "Ed" had gone thru trying to get my injector flowing,, I made the wise choice to hang out for a couple hours... As Tip and I were goofing around in the corridors of the Hospital I was intriqued at how many mature adventurers there were hanging around.. As with any trip, we conversed with quite a few of them.. After finishing up a conversation with another bearded charecter about my age, I looked at Tippy and told her I wanted to go view the "little people behind the big window".. It had been many many years since I had stood at the viewing window and made ugly faces at the lil ones.. We walked up the stairs to the 2nd floor exit ramp.. Hooked an exit and noticed a sign that said "Intensive Care" - opppssss,, obviously the wrong exit... Merged back in the stair well traffic,, off on the 3rd floor exit,,, surgical rooms......... Back into the stairwell traffic,, 4th floor,, which was also the end of the stairwell road.. Walked in,, more surgical care rooms... Walk over to the nurses station on the 4th floor.. A nurse asked if she could help.. Tippy stood there beside me as I explained to her that we were just waisting time between some heart testing and were looking for the baby viewing area,,, just wanted to give the hospital a chance to show off those lil ones.. The nurse eyed us up and down,, smiled and told us that this particular hospital didnt do babies no more... Saddened, we ventured back down to the main floor.. As we stood in the main floor corridor, leaned against a wall and yapping, a well dressed office looking lady walked up and asked if she could help us find something.. I lifted my sleeve, showed her my injection connection and told her we were waiting for part two.. Than we got yakking about the hospital not having a baby area, how strange that seemed and how disappointed I was that I didnt get to view the little curtain climbers.. The lady grinned when I said that and said,, you wanna hear something that will really make you sad.. She asked when the last time was that I had "viewed" the hospital babies.. Probably 25 years we said.. She says now adays, at the "other" hospital, you cant even view em unless you are a family member and have a security wrist band.. She said because of people STEALING babies and other security issues, those "open view" days that I remember so well are a thing of the past... Keeping it a "secret" about whether or not your motor is injected is understandable but,, hiding those little people like that - now that is just plain wrong... Got the message that I was "next in line" for more injector flavored pictures,, finished up and came home a little older and a whole lot wiser about injectors, babies and life in the not so fast lane of geezerdom!!

AWESOME STORY AND AWESOME PICS K-RIDER, THANKS FOR INCLUDING US IN IT ALL!!! Let ya in on a little known trade secret on motivating the DragonRider guy,,, bike on stand - lay out the tools - stand behind tree and say "hey Fozzy Bear,, mind taking a look at my bike",, guaranteed that'll perk em up and instantly cause em to become focused!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had I have known that we even had a problem, I would have been the first one in line at the court house while out there to settle up any wrong I had done,, problem was,, being after the fact, I would have had to make a trip to California from Michigan to find out what the law really was,, simply not worth it.. I know many folks look at Cali negatively,, I dont DJ.. Instead of that I try and view the out of state tickets I have gotten thru the years (California officers arent the only ones who write tickets ) or even the few not so friendly people I have ran across thru the years in a different light,, I look at it all from negatives vrs positives and I gotta say,, thus far my touring positives farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr outweigh the negatives!!! Will you still see me traveling California on a motorcycle,, you better believe it.. Will I get anymore tickets while doing so,, more likely than not (price of admission).. Will you catch Tippy or I wearing a white helmet while we do, nope NOT when the price of a can of paint at Walmart = $1.50 (I actually painted her helmet after the fact out there)

Well,, as always,, there's a lot more to it than words can describe DJ.. Traveling on Tweeks like we do leaves us and Tweeks open for human interpretation as it were,,, and police officers are only human beings with a hard job to do - I cant even IMAGINE being an LEO - especially in CA.. The officer who wrote us up and told both Tip and I that it was a no dollar "warning" ticket was actually a pretty decent guy.. He was a motorcycle officer.. We had just pushed Tweeks up the exit ramp off 99 in an out of gas situation,, filled her up.. We were standing by the pump yakking, I saw him drive thru and pointed/waved and said to Tip - LOOK CHIPS,, kinda loud.. He heard me, didnt bother waving back but parked his bike and walked over.. Sorta eye balled a couple of pretty dirty prospectors (just came in from camping/panning gold up near Kings Canyon) on a bike that,, looked more like a prospectors mule than a motorcycle:Laugh: I didnt realize that he was serious about his comment about Tips helmet looking like one of their patrol issued helmets and I laughed when he said that (I have a REAL problem with an over active giggle nerve).. It wasnt till I saw the look on his face that I realized I had offended him.. Point being in all this,, and kinda getting us back on the discussion of the "legality" of doing something or riding something that may or may not be legal.. I have a very strong hunch that a LOT of it depends on the officer who has the tough job of deciding whether or not something is or isnt legal at any given moment in time.. Went home, called the courthouse in Sac, they gave two choices to pay the fine - send check in mail (lady said there was a higher chance of payment getting lost in system so I chose second option) or go to some non-court electronic payment system - pay an extra 23 dollars to that company and pay it instantly.. I did that cause I didnt want anymore problems.. It wasnt over though... The warning was issued in August, heard nothing from them concerning matter until December and paid ticket at that time and recieved electronic confirmation that the 500 bucks was paid.. In March of next year I recieved another notice from Superior Court Of Sacramento that they had suspended my Michigan drivers license:crying: Immediatly tried to call them, waited a couple hours on phone and could not get thru.. Called my Son in Law out in Sac to see if he would make a trip into town to check on it for me, he told me about a data base that they (no idea if this is California wide) use to keep track of Traffic Violations.. Went to this data base and sure nuff,, their was Puc the pirate still listed with a WHOLE bunch of other scallywags.. Got thru to the Court Clerk a couple days later,, found out I had been driving on a suspended license for almost 2 months!!! Was able to give confirmation info to clerk who said she would petition the court to release my license.. Few days later I checked that data base again and notice my name had disappeared from list:thumbsup2: Found our local part time officer here in Michigan, had him run my license and all was fine:dancefool:

I still think a Slingshot looks more like a trike than it does a 56 Chevy:stirthepot:, now maybe if Bongo was driving one his great big :big-grin-emoticon:could be construed with the grill on a 56 Chevy, thereby confusing certain people who spend a lot of time in a confused stupor and whose name I wont mention (initials are YammerDan).....

:thumbsup::clap2::dancefool: and YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Oh man PB,, thats easy = http://www.sovietsteeds.com/forums/images/smilies/bs.gif Back in the late 80's I salvaged my first Venture,, an 84 Blonde Royale (whose side covers can be seen on 1st Gen #5 known as "Tweeks" with close to a million miles on em).. Bought it to take my kids cross country touring (was doing a lot of it on Dual Sports and stuff but needed KID time - grabbed an "estate sale special") to get some one on one with em.. Two oldest were already riding, used to camping (deer woods) and loved the outdoors.. Took my time with em around Michigan on the 84,, starting with the two oldest (7 and 8 year old daughters).. They named that great big beautiful blonde girl "Big Girl", which instantly became B G, which soon became BEEG - crazy world raising kids. Next summer I announced that I was looking for a rider to go out west on a motorcycle trip,, 1st born has always been the timid one, a precious little girl just a little timid,, always liked to let her younger sister "test the waters" before she would bite.. Looked at the 2nd born and teasingly said your too little,, still remember the look on her face http://i.imgur.com/BV4YY.gif - We packed up, headed west, my 8 year old, always the brave one of the bunch,, little crazy like her dad, daughter of mine and I. As we cuddled up in a tent under the stars on the rim of the Grand Canyon we got chatting about biker life.. One of the things we talked about was weird biker names we had heard mentioned along the path.. She was really intriqued by those colorful names she had heard.. We decided we needed biker names and talked about "finding" them before the trip was over... One of the weird things that always seems to happen to me when I am touring has to do with cows.. I always manage to find and step in cow manure when we camp - still happens to this very day!! My daughter always laughed at me shaking the stuff off my tennis shoes.. Our kids were never allowed to swear, even "questionable" words like poop or crap were not allowed as youngsters (think thats bad - they were even forced to call adult neighbors by Mr. or Mrs. - addressing an adult by a first name was a no-no around our home).. My daughter had a "lisp" back than,, it was om more than one occasion that she pointed and yelled "dont step in the cow pucky daddy",, somehow I could never miss all of it and,,,,, it stuck... One of the problems we had while crossing AZ headed toward Needles while on that trip was keeping a hat on her little head... I wasnt about to force her to wear her helmet in that heat (+115) but she had really really fine hair that absolutely had to have a cap of some kind.. We finally managed to figure out that one of my caps on backwards with a couple rubber bands poked thru it and wrapped under her chin worked!! I named her "Cappie" - that stuck too.. Other kids all wanted "biker" names but each understood the "biker code" = they had to "earn" their names,, 3 days of touring or more... Now Tip and I have an "Awawhoo" (1st born - woke up out in North Dakota with her singing to the Morning Doves), "Cappie" who you have met, "P-Dog" - son LOVED looking for and playing with Prairie Dogs, "TOTR" (pronounced Totter), last born LOVES the Tunnel Of Trees up in Northern Michigan = Tunnel Of Trees Rider and TIP,, that Tippy earned her name after the kids were grown,, she stayed home many many times and watched over three little kids while the 4th one was out chasing around the country with ol Puc... She has been, still is and will forever be a "Treasure In Person".. Many years ago my oldest daughter had a shirt made for me for my Birthday.. I only wear it for very special occasions cause it means a lot to me .. She has taken it and added the shoulder patches as my youngest and Tippy earned their names.. You will notice the name "K-Puck" on the back,, a result of a young girl not wanting anyone to think of her pappa as poop.. Later in life she offered to change it but,, aint no way,,, aint no how.....

So,, Skidder,, seems how ya spoke up,, lets see if we can drag ya in a little farther Lets say your back working as an LEO (I know, this is hard but bear with me),,, the Slingshot is not "legal" in the State of where ever your E'ing the L.. A really cool looking with his foxy looking snuggled next to em goes cruising by ya while your sitting in your r ..... You know for a fact the craft cannot be licensed in your state but notice that there are plates on it from a State that you also know has deemed it legal.. Cause its your job,, you go , get the plate number, run it and it comes back registered to some really great folks from Michigan, clean record and all that stuff... Folks are obviously oblivious to the fact that their 23000 dollar vehicle cannot be legally registered within the State you represent.. So,, do you until they stop and then send them , do you "Ok 99,, and try to figure out what the legislaturing dudes got to say about it or do you overlook the whole mess and go back to watching for maniac ...

Good one bro,,, down by one,, the one you missed is a little 71 Honda CT70H that you can just see the handlebar sticking up to the left of the yellow one that is sitting to the left of the one that looks like its pooping on Tweeks seat:scared: Could not agree with ya more Goat,,, they sure look pathetic when ya get all the bling off em dont they ,, almost like an anorexic motorcycle.... One on the left is a Honda 550, the other is the 750!! GOOD EYE AMIGO!!!