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Hmmmmm, now heres a man with manners. His mom taught him not to talk or type with his mouth full! Sure wish I would have learned some of those. My keyboard is covered with a light mixture of axle grease and chicken fat! Well, ok,, got some potato chip crumbs between the keys from last night too but I dont count those cause I plan on picking them out an munchin on em tonight......

NICE BRIAN! Thanks a zillion for posting this!

I know where you are coming from RBig! Now make that Dr.s appointment, find out whats going on and get well! Wishing you the best as you do! Puc

AWESOME RANDY!! Thanks for the write-up!! You have had my attention about all of this since you mentioned it way back at Vogel.. Sure sounds like it turned out exactly like you were predicting!!

DITTO INDEED!! God Bless you folks for all you are doing!! THAT is AWESOME Beau-Kat! And that picture of you and Simon is PRICELESS!! Tip and I wish you folks nothing but the best in the process of adopting Evan.. You and your family have our thoughts and prayers! PLEASE give that Simon a great big hug for us :bighug:and here is one for Evan too !

:rotf::rotf: DOUBLE the no monopoly comment on that one Joe!!

Your regulator is going bad, all the smoke is leaking out!

A "Poll" suggestion concerning the GP at the IR, just off the cuff so to speak... Feel free to clip, edit, add to, subtract from, do use - dont use whatever.. Title: Attention ALL Members: Out Of Pocket (OPE) Fund/International Rally Grand Prize input needed! Body: Each year all monies received by selling Grand Prize raffle tickets associated with the International Rally are divided between supporting the VR OPE fund and making a purchase of the actual Grand Prize.. The purchase of the Grand Prize tickets are open to all VR Members (world wide) with the winning member NOT having to be present to win.. In an effort to substantiate whether or not certain categorical items would increase the level of participants in the Grand Prize drawing, please vote on 1 item of your choosing. Please note that this is ONLY a "Poll" to provide information for selecting a Grand Prize by the Rally Committee. The opportunity to purchase the Grand Prize tickets will be provided at a later date along with a definition of what the prize actually will be. THANK YOU FOR VOTING!! Item Categories: Bike Related Electronic Devices (i.e. - GPS, Headsets, Stereo Systems, CB) Non Bike Electronic Devices (i.e. - Laptops, Tabs, Cell Phones) Small "Play Bike" (i.e. - Honda Ruckus, Moped) Sporting (i.e. - Mountain Biking, Fishing Equipment, Kayak) Motorcycle Trailer Motorcycle Parts (i.e. - Tires, Bags, Windshield) Gift Card (i.e. - Fuel, Walmart, Yamaha Parts) Cash Any of the above are fine!

Maybe we should run a Poll and see what kinda response it gets.. Kinda give a "feel" for whether or not members who dont normally speak up are interested in the idea of making the Grand Prize an "International" opportunity in a light weight, easy to ship item like cash. Besides, Polls are always fun! It would be interesting to see , by Poll numbers, what item(s) would draw the most interest and maybe increase participants... Thank you Bill and others involved in setting this whole thing up! Please dont EVER mistake all the for ungratefulness! You are ALL appreciated! Puc

OUTSTANDING!!! :clap2: Man I envy you southun folks and your fall/winter ride opportunities!! Good thing there werent any here or I would be beside myself!!

You have NO monopoly on that market Mech!!

No doubt about it, the people you are with and the folks ya meet along the trail make or break the ride (having a grand daughter on board is a really really good start:bighug:)!! Sounds like you folks proved that Ken!! Thanks for the ride report and congrats on the great ride with great people! Oh, by the way,, :photographing:

Saw 2 Salmon in the river today,,, me n Skid LIKE fish!! Prayers Up on the spot!!!

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Even with some stiffness, getting back on your bike HAD to feel great!! Congrats Gary!! Hope you folks have a wonderful time on your Cape Cod journey!! Puc

VENGENCE IS MINE = Snap traps and peanut butter!

Any of you guys remember nickle Cherry Phosphates at the soda fountain? I always ordered mine unstirred. Then slowly sip it down to the syrup..

Really well put their bro!! "Loner" was the nickname my Grandfather gave me,, guess he noticed that even at a very young age I couldnt help but swim against the stream, so to speak.. That name followed me all the way into young adulthood, including the early "biker" years like your "Lunatic" days:rotf:.. Man, I agree with ya about the modern stuff.. Loner (the 59) just wreaked of those days long gone by,, a since of "soul" or something else really deep.. With its right side shift, magneto, 10 over Grass Hopper forks and it being a hardtail it had the true Stallion of days gone by attitude!! We just pulled in from Harley Demo Days at our local HD shop about 20 minutes ago.. They had one of the new Limited Lows.. Pretty cool bike really.. They have narrowed the primary case (dealer said very very few people noticed that), seat was low formed so you sit in a "U" (didnt really care for that aspect),, gotta sit a good couple inches lower than last years ultra's.. Anyway, wife and I are cruising along yakking about exactly what you mentioned brother.. She asked what I thought of this gorgeous new bike.. I said,, "this modern stuff stuff is AMAZING! No shaking, quiet, no oil spots on our jeans and this thing feels like if I knew how to program it - it would autopilot itself"... Than I said,, "crazy as this sounds,, I miss the old days".. I think what is really missing is the human to machine connection that a grubby, long stringy haired, grease covered biker instilled in his bike with his own heart:confused24: With all due respect of you and your past and out of my love for those old Panheads, if you get a chance and bump into that pic of your 59 I would LOVE to see it!

Fried Chicken and Baked Beans lunch break - Prayers Up!!

The caption under the pic of Evil bouncing his head off the pavement with his XR750 airborn is priceless = "his motorbike" COOL PICS - I loved all of them!!

WOW David,, Casper the Friendly Ghost (singing the theme while I type), The Lone Ranger, Roy and Dale, those little plastic 45 record inserts, Xray Glasses, SeaMonkeys, Elvis.. I was just little kid and it all just popped right back in my mind like it was yesterday! Thanks for the memories! Puc

You must have adding this while I was typing! Good on ya Bill - HD made a lot of changes on the Sporties and the newer the better! GOOD ones started in 07! If you have ANY interest at all in making it run really good a Tuner is a MUST have.. I only mention this because Harley has a way of obsoleting stuff fairly quickly, if there was one part that I STRONGLY suggest that you dont wait on its finding a tuner for it (again, only if you think you may wanna "play" with it someday).. Anything else, even though the parts may go obsolete, seem to be readily available all the way back into the AMF bikes!! Thats a very nice model year, extremely good motors. The thing I really like about the sporty is they are gear driven cams stock - no cam chains or tensioners to worry about.. WOW,, THAT is exciting that you won it!! TOTALLY AWESOME!! :cool10::cool10:

CONGRATS BILL!! THOSE ARE AWESOME BIKES!! Helped a neighbor build his 07 up over the summer. It was an 883, took it out to 1200 - 52mm throttle body - cams - high comp pistons - tuner and pipes = 103 rear wheel horses:cool10::cool10: Suckers a RIOT to ride, talk about nimble - like riding a dirtbike!! Helped another neighbor turn one into a 3 wheeler. Talk about a BALL to ride.. Its like a big Honda 350X!! Those sportys are soooooo freaking versatile it aint funny! There is soooooo much out there for em!! Can I ask what year/model yours is, is it an 883 or 1200, how many miles? Not that it matters cause ANYTIME a buddy wins a motorcycle its a day to celebrate with him! CONGRATS my man, have fun with your new scoot brother!! THAT IS AWESOME!!!!! Ride it like you stole it Bill,,, or in your case - ride like you won it!:rotf: Puc

Good on the Iron Head, not so much on the 750 Don.. Those 750's were left side exhaust outlets for flat trackin (that ol XR750 is REALLY RARE!!).. This was a 1st year (59) 900 XLCH (had the magneto and was kick only) IronHead.. Pretty rare motor that I was VERY fortunate to run across.. Besides being an AMAZING motor (were dominate in Hill Climbing, Drag Racing for many years) they came with a well known flaw right from the factory (no - not oil leaks - they did that but that was NOT a flaw - if it leaked it had oil in it:rotf:),, the kicker bendix was KNOWN for releasing just before the kick start lever was at the bottom of the throw,, many many knees were blown out because of folks not knowing how to kick them (step down on it with a straight leg - dont bend your knee!!).. There were all kinds of myths around about the broken legs being caused by back firing because the mags were set in the wrong position and such when almost ALL knee injuries were caused by that stupid little disengaging bendix!! I put BRAND NEW parts in this one and, yep,, every once in a while - pow! Another interesting thing about those early year HD's,, they came titled to the motor and NOT the frame.. I actually got the title with the Engine (back then, if you purchased a Harley motor without a title there was a good chance it was hot).. Than when I purchased the frame at a swap meet (Amen Hardtail = 150 bucks) it was stamped and came with a 68 title of its own.. When I sold the bike I actually handed the guy 2 titles for it,, crazy eay:backinmyday:

Stick a hunk of gas line in through the filler hole, put a syringe (tapered end used for farm animals available at ag stores) on the gas line and suck some out.. You can also use just suck it out with your mouth like but it tastes icky if ya suck to hard:rotf: