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If you look really close you can tell the dog on the tramp is laughing his guts out (smacking his left front paw on the tramp) just as hard as the little girl is while the dog on the ground looks like a kid waiting for his turn on a merry-go-round!!!! GOOD ONE MONEY!!!!!

We really liked the Dennison area when we came thru there,, got in late at night - some guy was admiring Tweeks while Tip and I were eating a late dinner at a Fried Chicken place.. Got yapping with him,, he asked where we were staying - I pointed a sign behind an old building, he invited us to stay at the campground that was attached to the marina where he kept his boat... Found the place wayyy back in the middle of nowhere, JUST GORGEOUS AREA - next days ride going south/west was beautiful country!! Coming down out of Okie was BEAUTIFUL too - had NO idea that area had so many lakes!!! Ride safe - HAVE FUN!! PS - I LOVE Texans - a kinder bunch of biking crazies you will never find!!! Puc

Been doing this a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time BlueSky,,,, one year the old boy slid down the chim and landed with his boot in our Golden Labs food dish.. Dog food was tracked all thru the house and I am sure got carried into his sleigh... The next year, along with my score card, I included an apology for that mishap, promising to be more careful with the dish.. He left a simple note laying on his cookie dish that year,, it read "No problem - I have 4 dogs and 6 cats of my own and know how it works"... Better learn to read the "Clause" if your a hoping for a 61 Panhead like ol Puc is BlueSky!!!

So sorry to read this Rick,, Prayers Up for you, his family and friends during this time of grief!! Gotta agree with ya about this cancer stuff - nasty nasty stuff for sure!! Prayers Up for an all out attack by the worlds medical field on that stuff!!

Dear Santa As always, here is a copy of the score card for "Cowpuc" - year of 2014.. I know our score cards arent always exactly the same (hopefully this years cards compare closer than those of 2012 before I vastly improved on how much I harassed people) but, if your card is even close to what I am seeing on my card this year,,,, well,,,, the picture found on this page is kinda what I am thinkin... Anyway,, here is a final compilation of this years report... Positives: 21,004 - thank you's 876 - your welcomes 231 - let me get that for you 437 - opening doors for old ladies 634 - opening doors for young ladies 105 - candy bar purchases for kids at gas stations while Tip and I toured 38 - cool-aid at road side stand purchases 4 - out of town bicycle repairs 71 - dinner dates with Tippy 23 - stop and help travelers 19 - helped turtles across roads 38 - fed stray cats 105 - pick up others garbage while camping 87 - repair kids cars 2089 - prayers for friends and neighbors 69 - helped neighbors with chores 1 - quit smoking 7 - cooked holiday dinners 931 - undeserved waves at passing Harley riders... $756 - tips, contributions to needy 3002 - said "I love you" Negatives 27 - teased people at VentureRider.org 103 - cursed when mad (includes under my breath cursing) 9 - flipped someone off 18 - gave Tippy the silent treatment 187 - made daughter get tv remote for me 34 - picked nose in public 132 - speeding on bike 81 - small fibs 11 - medium fibs 3 - big fibs 24 - used the word "hate" 2 - kept undersize fish -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Looking forward to this one!! Have a safe and joyful trip!! Puc PS - its fine if you need to drain the fluids to to pass FAA Regs,, got your back Santa!! http://images.craigslist.org/00d0d_3FCxguuqJxp_600x450.jpg

Good post Mr. Cudaaaaa!!! Gotta ask you (or anyone else following this thread for that matter),, have you any info on the 09 or newer Vulcan Voyagers (just reading between the lines on your statement above)?? I personally havent even seen one on the road yet (the new Voyager) and would love to hear any feedback on them.. I like em,, I like the look and Tip n I have sat on a few - they got a pretty good feel sitting in the showroom... Word in the back alley around here is about a 40/60 split on the fairing look - seems like less people care for the fairing than do (I personally like it).. I think one would look awesome as make a believe "Street Glide" (I think its called making a bagger....),,, stick a quick release on the tour pac, cop a single saddle somewhere,, you guys know the routine... Opppssss,, highjacked Yucks thread,,, sorry Yuck,,, just file my bo-bo under me applying your """it is just fun to think about the possibilities..."""" syndrome..

Looks and sounds like that pretty 99 found its way into the right hands Sphinx!!! Welcome aboard and hope to see ya on the road this year!!

WOW!!!! Coming right along nicely Eck!! Really enjoying following this,, thanks for including us!!

Now that is cool!!!!

It's got that Road Warrior look,,,, I like it,,, toss on a set of Buffalo horns and matching buffalo hide seat cover,, hang a couple fake grenades on it, machete strapped across the front end..... Or leave it like it is, ride it down to Florida, get a couple of those stickers from Sea World that say "I SWAM WITH SHAMU" and put on it!!

Looks good Don,, I like having them sectioned off and right at the bottom of the screen!! Doing a bang up job here Boss!!

Bad form,,,, you were suppose to post of picture of you moving the thread Eck:Laugh: Anyone who has ever camped near us should see the humor in this pic..

WOW they did a GREAT job Eck!! That little bike is fortunate to have fallen into the hands of someone with your talents and patience!!

Hey Yoop,, I jumped on AdHuntr.com (searches all of craigs) - typed in Pug Puppy and this little feller came up http://images.craigslist.org/00Y0Y_g95odSiEBrm_600x450.jpg Here is the link if ya want it Black pug puppy and the link to adhuntr all | Ad Hunt'r - Search ALL of Craigslist™ and more! where I found this one,, this ol troll's got chur back - eay.. GORGEOUS POOCHES YA'LL!!! Oh, Orlin,,, GOTTA LOVE THOSE SHEPARD PUPPY EARS - WHAT A DOLL!!!!!! TEACH EM TO LOVE BEAT UP OL 83 VENTURES AND HOW TO PUT TENTS UP WILL YA!!

INDEED!!!! Wish I could claim it,, definitely a true work of artistic glory!! Not only could a person tour on that puppy,, he could LIVE in it!! I LOVE the front seat - could easily double as a spare bed for friends to come stay,,,, OR,, serve as "the dog house" for those "on the road" disagreements that happen once in a great while (probably take people who are married to a person who would build something like this to get that one)..

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehawwwwwwww

and now, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehawwwwwwww, one more!! THOSE ":2RED:" THINGS ARE SUPPOSE TO READ "WELCOME TO VR" BUT ARENT WORKING FOR SOME REASON,,,,, MAYBE DON IS STILL UPSET ABOUT YOU HARASSING HIM ABOUT HIS HARLEY AND HE UNPLUGGED THEM IN YOUR CASE KIC,,,, OH WELL,, ITS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS...... 2NS EDIT,,,,,,, WELL SHAVE MY BEARD,,, THIS THING IS WACKY,,, THE NUMBER2RED THING DIDNT WORK WHEN I WANTED IT TO BUT WHEN I DIDNT WANT IT TO IT DID,,, THINGS SURE HAPPEN WHEN YOUR AROUND KIC!! GLAD YOUR STAYING BRO!!

Dont do it KIC, dont do it!!! This is the easy one - the ransom only goes higher as time goes on!!!!!!!!

I hear that Rickster and, like you, have had those same comments far to often... While I must say it seems like the older Tip n I get and the more of a sticker covered wore out ol highway conversation piece Tweeks becomes the less of those types of comments we get.. Besides contributing to me as a natural born show off and loving to draw attention to myself, Tweeks vast supply of stickers draw comments and induce discussions from innocent bystanders - they work if ya love to talk... Ironically,, they seem to work as well as going over backwards on a wheelie and laying in a pool of my own blood in front of a crowd,,, whole lot less painful too... I digress... The "normal" question we receive these days seems to be - have you folks actually ridden to all those places? - that being asked from very young children to very old people alike.. Every once in a great while we get one of those statements to which you refer.. I am a little different than some folks as I actually LOVE sitting around an old gas station or hot dog stand,, yapping with people for hours,, no hurry, no rush,,, just making new friends and sharing life,,, I spend a LOT of ride time doing it.. That being said,, I always formulate a response to peoples comments to create dialog and have successfully done so many times with comments such as the ones you brought up.. 2 years ago out in Canyon Lands National Park we had stopped to fill up our water jug.. A gentleman and his wife pulled up in their packed up motor home, got out to yap and the first comment was "THAT is a very dangerous way to travel, lots of folks get killed on bikes every year"... I looked up, brushed some caked on desert dust off my pant leg, smiled and said "you got that right, you ride one of these monsters ya really gotta watch where your going".. Then I looked at his motor home sitting behind him,, asked what year it was (gorgeous rig),, told him I had heard that some of those big rigs have had problems with roll over on corners resulting in deaths... Before long, he and I were under his motor home measuring wheel stance and looking at his suspention for weak springs and bad shocks - anything that could create a roll over... Later,, as we were standing there drinking one of the ice cold pops out of his refrigerator, the mood had changed a little and he looked over at his wife and Tippy standing by Tweeks and chatting... He looked at me and finally asked,,,, "so,, have you two biked to all those places"....

Oh man, you are more than welcome,, ALWAYS a pleasure yakking bikes!! As the guys above mentioned,, I betcha you will be extremely amazed at how much better your pipes are gonna sound,,, that packing you are talking about will REALLY make a difference - give er a shot and let us know what cha think.. ALSO,, when you do the test ride on that Vulcan,, pretty please dont forget your camera,,,, besides having forum rules about posting ride reports without pics there are also those among us who are very picture orientated..

Few years back my cousin, who had very little experience on a bike and NONE in touring on one, decides he wants to go cross country with me... During the process of learning the ropes while out in Utah a big storm was in our path.. He motioned me to pull over.. Being quite nervous about riding out his first genuine out west summer storm he asked if I had any pointers.. I explained to him that rain gear is pointless, high speed is your best friend, tuck the legs in,, tuck the shield and peer either over the top in the draft zone or off the side.. We jumped off the back roads onto 15 between Vegas heading north below where 70 comes in.. By the time we got to 70 we had passed a number of cars - tucked into our bikes, lettin em buck... We pulled into a Sonic resturant burger joint right near the 15/70 exchange to admire the huge storm we had just rode thru.. Standing there talking in completely dry tee shirts and jeans, my cousin kept patting me on the back and telling me how amazed he was at how dry we were and thanking me for teaching how to ride those wild western rains... Few minutes passed by,, a couple in a van with a bunch of kids pulled in.. The lady got out of the van,, stood there staring at the bikes, came walking over to our table and asked if those were our bikes... Expecting some kind of snide remark about us not riding Harleys,, I reluctantly admitted that the old beat up Venture with the Mule Deer horns on it was indeed,, my bike... She looked at us both, shook her head and said "when you two went flying by us on the highway I looked at my husband and said - DA%^,,, if they ride that fast in a thunderstorm I wonder how fast they ride when the suns shining"

:rotf::rotf::rotf: Yes,,, there are times in life when the truth really is painful BUT,, I have found there are just as many times that it is down right hilarious,,, the word picture you just painted my dear friend Brake Pad is one of them!!:rotf::rotf::rotf:

GLAD ALL IS WELL PUC

Has anyone heard from Larry?? ANYONE - Raggie? Bongo? Eastsiders? ANYONE??? I noticed this ad http://toledo.craigslist.org/mcd/4770509319.html and thought,, oh no,, aint heard from CarbonOne,,, the specs = well over 150 horse... Didnt notice in the ad whether or not they allowed test riding but,, if they do,, and knowing Larry,,,,, Being one to not normally and having a natural tendency to be a worry wort I thought I better ask..... Someone should have warned the dealership that once Larry gets er started he has a tendency to forget where the off switch is......

From Tweeks who is currently stored in Pucs basement: Cant put my finger on it but something just doesnt read right in that statement Prairie,,,, hmmmmm......