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Terrible news for sure Lewis! Prayers and Condolences to all involved.. So sorry to hear this news!! Puc

GV, you didnt give a stated capacity on the Harbor Freight model. Is it 12,000 pound too? Personally, I would go with the Harbor Freight model if it compares even closely and than, if I were gonna really use the thing I would grab an extended warranty on it - Harbor has always treated me good on their warrantys. Another reason why is I would want to KNOW that the Warn Winch is still being produced in the U.S. before I would lay out twice the money.. I am getting pretty tired of paying the big dollar for stuff just to find out that I paid for U.S. quality and, even though it says "Made in the US" on the box - its actually Chinese.. (I just got bit on a garage door opener on that,, arggggg)

Missed you guys too Lewis - WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEEN BOTH OF YOU!! Prayers Up for Charlene brother - NO FUN but glad she is getting it done and hope she gets comfort from it all!! Best wishes on your upcoming retirement - sounds like ya got some three sets of brake pad summers coming partner!! Puc

Thanks for the update brother!! Yep,, Marilyn and Tip are sisters.. I asked Tip what she would do under your circumstances,,, she says,, "thats why they invented airplanes in the first place aint it?".. Know what cha oughta do Sarge,, ya oughta stop and pick the kid up a minibike and strap it to Marilyns seat on the way home.. Everywhere ya stop for gas than you would get to brag about being a Grand Dad.. :rotf:Course the kid probably wont be able to ride it for a few days, still a good warning to the babys parents what to expect in the future!!:cool10: By the way,, bike covers make GREAT bathrooms in a crisis!! Puc

Heyyy,, Hi ya Foz,, I mean DragonRider:rotf: Actually, I am still waiting for this little Nikon camera to croak,, still the same taped together camera as I had at Vogel that you gave me some battery's for!! The thing has been dropped several times and still keeps on going n going n going.. I think that camera and Tweeks have something going on as to who can take the most beating.. Interesting that you noticed how good of Vids it takes, THAT is the main reason I hate to give it up!! The new one of which you speak is waiting patiently in my dresser drawer for me to start torturing it.. Believe me, that day will come! REALLY missed seeing you two at the IR!! Sure know what you mean about crap happening my friend,, thats why I have switched from seizing the day to seizing the moment,, wayyyy to many surprizes in a day for this old boy!! Looking forward till the day we cross paths again too Lewis, till than KEEP SMILING and remember - YOU TWO ARE LOVED!! :bighug:for the both of you!! Puc Oh yea,, it really was Jamie and Dana's fault,, I would keep a very close eye on those two pirates:detective:

Hey Unc,, you bring up a very interesting point.. I have wondered for many years about the difference between the two concerning long distance touring and the amount of input required from shoulders and arms during cross wind conditions.. I know the 1st gens dynamics pretty well and gotta say,, been blown around big time by Wyoming, Montana, Utah (mountain winds) and the like and, I always thought that the fairing mount was a big part of the reason those conditions were not tiring.. Have you done 12 or 14 hour days on both bikes in those conditions and can vouch for no difference in arm/neck/shoulder conditions at the end of the day?? Also, do you ride two up and if so, does that affect the input required in cross winds? Really interested in your thoughts on this!! Thanks Puc

My heart (not the one that goes tick) agrees with you 100% Kirby, its the rest of my body parts that I seem to have fight with to get em to agree with that:rotf:

Now THAT is purdy Dave - CONGRATS!! Thank you too for working things out with Coff, I KNOW he was really wanting to get that birthday bike thing settled.. He is a good friend of mine and I am very happy for both of you guys!! Puc

Bring her along brother, her and Tip would have a riot!! That prison was on the west side of the Interstate, up on a hillside.. Yea Skid,, here is the address 20574 Gravel Rd Sturgis, SD 57785-6626 Plug that into mapquest, you will notice the gravel road forming a perfect Y off 34.. My campground starts where the gravel begins and goes all the way to the fenceline across the Y.. About 80 acres I'd say.. Really nice cause if ya camp next to the fenceline you have company all night in the form of horses.. Can lay back, watch the bikes coming out of the Buffalo Chip and Sturgis but far enough away that they dont keep ya up at night..

Hey Rick,, where ever you are,, KEEP THE BLOG GOING WILL YA!! Sounds like you guys are having a riot!! Ride hard, ride safe!! Glad your wire wrapping job worked out for you! Hope all is well in that regard! PS, the forum rules are: Give Marilyn a :bighug:from Tip and I and you two have our deepest CONGRATS on the new grand child - A WHOPPER there brother!! Got news for ya,,, if we were in your shoes Tippy would be on a plane and I would be riding alone making a beeline for da grand kid!! Yes,, there are somethings even more majestic than the Grand Canyon:stirthepot:

Grab Skid (he can protect us from those Harley guys - few of them out there right now ), toss a leg and lets do Sturgis.. We could sneak up on those guys having breakfast on Wednesday,,, maybe TXSturgis will let us park next to his Ural.. I HAVE A FEW BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE CAMPGROUNDS OUT THERE THAT I AM PART OWNER OF,, WONT COST US A DIME!!! One you would REALLY like cause its buried in the Black Hills between Spearfish Canyon and Devils Tower.. Remote but really nice!

Hey Bro,, quick ? for ya.. We were cruising along I-77 in Virginia,, seems like it wasnt to far from KingsPort (ya oughta see the new white pedestrian crossings they have in their town, one of them has "Tweeks Tracks" in pretty white paint - IT WAS A LATE NIGHT ACCIDENT), and noticed a Prison on the west side of I-77.. Said to Tippy,, wonder if ol YammerDan knows where we are cause I sure dont..

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My Dear Friend Dan: You are hard to follow and I am down to my last time of editing my signature for the season.. I have to know if you are you at this time and if the YammerDan that I met out at Vogel was you or a different YammerDan.. That YammerDan is the one I am quoting in my signature.. If you are not that YammerDan could you please help me find him? I really need to get this mess straightened out before I ride anymore cause confusion while riding is dangerous.. Please dont feel bad about confusing me.. I met the other Venturous while at the International.. I had to do a double take cause when he said he was Venturous my mind short circuited and something went pop like a fuse. I now know that Venturous and ~Venturous~ are two different people.. Could you please change your name to ~YammerDan~ if your not really the YammerDan who I know? Thank you Puc

Still not for sure on that one Skid,, would LOVE to see everybody again AND maybe get a chance to see yours and Dans new bikes:detective: I KNOW that Venturous Randy would welcome us too cause I havent insulted him to badly yet... Besides,, his wife and Tip seem to get along really really well and can chat for hours,, you know how women are - yak yak yak (brother, if B2Mom dont skin me for that one I will eat my ol Harley hat) Hate coming home like we just did, allllll this WORK gets backed up.. Thinkin about selling out and just riding the bike for a living:rotf: I am DIEING to toss a leg and head to Sturgis here too, problem is I got 2 girls out in California that have warned me, if I do head west and dont go back out there to see em I will be a Puc standing in deep puc! Also,, once they get their hands on their ol Pappy they throw fits if we dont stay for at least a week.. My oh my how the days are flyin by!! Hey,, it just occurred to me,,, Randys party ends during the same week that that New York Rally thingy begins dont it? Could catch Randys shin digger, tour up into New York and catch that other shin digger, give us a chance to tour NYC cause we just got chased out of there by a nasty hurricane.. Got any buddies who would let us camp in their yards along the east coast path?? Think before ya speak bro cause me and Tweeks, we smell funny,, not like a pretty flower like Tippy always seems to:rotf: Man brother, I wish I knew a couple of hobo's from NYC,, I have ALWAYS wanted to camp in Times Square, dress like a bag lady and sleep next to a street vent - picture it Skid, a shot of Tweeks and our Tent next to one of those vents with steam coming out of it :cool10: Oh well,, to answer your question in short form,,,, maybe.. Puc

WOW, that was quick!! Cant blame ya brother, that being laid up aint no fun!! Enjoy it but take it easy on that collar bone.. Glad to hear your back at it my friend! CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR NEW BIKE!! Puc By the way, just told Tip about you being back in the saddle already,, she smiled and said "I knew he would be"!!

Phew,,, I am still 2 bikes of yours behind anyway Don.. I have yet to hook up with Dan to get to admire your old Yam and havent had the honor of meeting you or your new Harley yet either.. Woudnt know what to do with myself if you swapped out this one before I had a chance to shake your hand and admire your new bike!! On the other hand,, if ya keep buying and selling em to members here sooner or later I WILL get to at least see one of your bikes! My personal thoughts, if I recollect correctly, Harley made another cam tensioner update in 09 and that system is suppose to be good to go over 50k before swap out.. I have worked on a number of twin cams and can say, THAT update is awesome!! Not knowing if the new model Tour Glide is water cooled, if I were investing into a new HD I would give this new watercooled exhaust valve some time to go thru the trenches and run what cha brung brother.

GORGEOUS PICS ~VENTUROUS~!! It was great meeting you folks!! My hats off to Mike, Karen and Donna for s job WELL DONE too!! Truer words have never been spoken my friend! Thanks for the thread!! Puc

wow!!!! Gave me motion sickness just watching this!!

Ahhhh,, aint no way aint no how ol Puckster could compete with this one! My old bent up fingers could NEVER operate a fangdangled flyin camera like that!! Matter of fact, I just found out where the ~~~~~~~~~'s are at on my keyboard and THAT took a bit of learning for this ol feller! WOW VnD!! Absolutely beautiful production! Wish I coulda got there in time to just watch your son operate the camera! THANK YOU for this special treat and be sure and tell Steven THANKS too! AMAZING VIDEO!!:dancefool: Puc

Just wanted to touch base with our East Coast members and let you know I am thinking of ya'll!:bighug:Hope everybodys ok out there! Puc

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeeeeeeeeeehawwwwwwwwww~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sure enough Flyinfool,, old Puc DID learn sumpin new,, NOW your in trouble!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:rotf::rotf: THANKS you ol snow maker you!!

Its so ironic you bring that up Jack,, Tippy and I talked A LOT about the difference in landscape between the yellow fields of the dry Cali we saw again this year in comparison to the lush green of the south.. UNREAL!!

Hey Craig - GREAT READ!! Thanks for including us in your adventure!! LOVE THE PART ABOUT GIVING THE OLD LADY A RIDE AND THE WEEEEEE:rotf:!! You da man brother! Puc

*Venturous* (I couldnt find those squigglies so I used * instead).. The pleasure was ours my friend - TRUELY!! I cannot wait to see the other Venturous again and tell him all about getting to meet you!! You and he HAVE to hook up sometime and share stories!! Tip says hi and to please give a hug to Lisa! Puc