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The one that shoots straight, knocks em down and they stay down LOL I had a sheridan,,, blue streak I think it was called.. set a peep sites and it was a killer. old school but it was cool.. wonder if they are still in business... that went out with my air gun collection,, kinda miss it..

Awe,,, thanks T.. noticed you are still ridin an ol 1st gen too and, judgin by your comment about my nasty highjackin habit, you siund like a really nice person like me LOL... maybe the two go hand in hand?,

Son in laws gotta tx200,,, WOW what a piece of equipment! Jackrabbit killin machine! I really like my stuff to go bang and to leave the wonderful smell of burnt powder in the air BUT,, that tx is really impressive! Any of you shooters remember the days as a kid,, never being able to shoot your 410 without pickin up the spent shell and sniffin it? Wow,, been a long time since I thought of that memorie,,, man I miss those days... oppsssss,, highjacked another one, sorry..

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Your more than welcome annie! Indeed, that King Vic, Lone Eagle is an amazing person! We had soooo much fun with him,, what a guy.. he led a bunch of us on a wild goose chase up to mt hood where people were snow sking! And showed us this old lodge called timberline,, really really neat place built many years ago.. it was beautiful up there.. vic an his new harley looked really neat with a bunch of yammies trailing behind LOL. goodthing we didnt bump into any hard core hd guys or we might have had to defend our king or something! annie,, an interesting side note on the rally and my Austrailian sticker. Almost everytime we stop I get people staring at the stickers on tweeks from the places we have been.. most of the time I get questions asking if we have been to your homeland and that leads into a discussion about my family down under.. I noticed right away that NOT ONE PERSON ade that comment,, instead it was always something like,, awe I miss Aussie Annie and Quickstep or WOW, you got a sticker from Annie or I cannot wait to meet those guys! no confusion with that bunch! got LOTS of great pics of the man but not on this tablet, gonna be an interesting ride report coming up this winter with a bunch of pic an vids that you might wanna watch for.. I know some of these hammerheads on the site get bored with these tales but you and a few others are like me,, cant get enough of the stuff! good ta hear from ya sista, tell that likeable chap your married to HOWDY for me! Your friend puc

HOW COOL IS THAT JIM! Indeed I get the point! It is amazing the people ya run into! One of the riders I had the honor to ride with at the dalles is riding a bike that was owned by the father of a Star Trek movie star.. his trunk is signed internally by that star! I told tippy after he showed us the signature that I am always AMAZED at people who we run across who have rubbed shoulders with the famous! I wont mention the VR members name who owns the bike, that would be his job, but will say,, in my eyes he is a star too! Yea,, dont I wish it was me who rode with brother steve jim!!! That was keysriders post.. I LOVE the part in that movie you are referring to too! I think that movie is titled THE GREAT ESCAPE, if memory serves me correctly. It also stars James Garne, garner trys to fly I plane out with a blind guy but doesnt make it out either,, GOOD SHOW! I do ave my name on a plaque in the ohio motorcycle hall of fame with an elderly gentleman whos name is ted del solar. Ted is in his mid 80, s and we are very close friends. He has been an enduro racer formany many years and has been written about in several nation dirtbike rags thru the years. Ted has also been a member of THE PENTON OWNERS GROUP, or POG, for many years too. He is a very close friend of John Penton, Founder of Penton Motorcycles which is now KTM Motorcycles. I got invited to speak at a POG/KTM expo in Amhearst Ohio, KTM headquarters, several years ago, rubbed shoulders with John and the wigs from KTM.. Ted and many of those heros from yesteryear had ridden ridden with the likes of Mc Queen, Malcom Smith and Youngblood back in the days when plunger frame bikes were dirtbikes,, unfortunatelly I am to young to have had the honor to have ridden with those older heros of the dirt. Sure remember reading about em when I was a kid in the 60, s riding my bicyclee to the triumph/bsa/harley/ossa/bultaco/ducati shops and drueling over anything with a motor.. cut my racin teeth on afirst year yam dt 250,,, I missed all the really good stuff......l

AWESOME CRAIG! sounds like you are gonna be moteling? The reason I ask is I am terrible with planning destination bound itenerarys and prefer to be able to escape the mountains in early afternoons into the foothills of whatever range I am in.. not to conducive to being inone certain location at any particular time.. the mountains of utah and colorado are unreal in their majestic beauty BUT the afternoon weather systems can also be unreal! Take warm clothes and raingear! you really cannot go wrong with our national park system. If I wete in your shoes I would pick up a park pass and just go park to park till I ran out of time. Staying on the bike is a GREAT plan, just ride your ride snd see the endless sites. The worst parks for traffic IMHO are yellowstone, yosimite, south rim grand canyon, sounds like you wont be in any of them.. I really like the arches, canyonland, great basin, zion, north rim, bryce, moab area and such cause they seem less conjested. If you get on the other side of the rockies from denver almost into grandledge watch for an area called, the grand mesa. If you have time and dont mind traveling about 12 miles of gravel you would LOVE the grand mesa overlook! Unreal mountain AND desert floor views all hfrom one point! craig, a person can a LOT of country in 7 days from the seat of a bike, only need to dismount for food, sleep and potty breaks.. no need to go hiking or wondering around tourist traps,,, that bike seat has everything a man needs,,,, an than some! Have a great, safe trip! puc

Oh my gosh, not stupid at all imho. You just described my ride style mama! Been doing it for years, one of my kids favorite quote of mine that she likes to toss back at me is,, GPS stands for Go Park Somewhere cause we, re riding doesnt daddy LOL.. mama, another of my favorite touring games is flippin the coin at all intersections, tails right, heads left at t intersections.. I have always said, the fun dont really begin till ur lost,, seems like thats always when we find the most intetesting sites and meet the coolest people! Another point, I hate maps, I LOVE stopping and asking directions from locals all over the country,, even being weeks out and thousands of miles from home, no map is best,, as long as your not in a hurry.. the enrichment in our lives from allowing others to assist is usually priceless! Personally,, I commend you yamamama for your ideas and thoughts on the subject! Bythe way, I happen to know the red river gorge area would be where I would head if I lived in cinci and wanted to escape for a breather.. biker could get lost in there, we did,, and have a riot,, we did.. found a little town, asked directions and ended up exploring a cave known only to a few locals,, talk about fun! if you decide to go, I suggest you make a new thread asking BEN ROLLINS for thoughts on it. He lives down yonder, is a great guy and a dear friend thanks to VR.. tell him ol puc sent ya,,,,,, take that back,,,, not sure that the last info imshared with him on his bike was accurate LOL. maybe just mention ya heard he knew bout the red river gorge... whereever ya go, ride safe and have fun,, thats what its all about ride ur ride puc PS,, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU TWO!

Oh come on jack,, you gotta KNOW by now, aint no stupid questions far as I am concerned.. that old saying, the only stupid questions are the ones that dont get asked....from what I hear, full bore is a fairly old companywho Iis tryin to break into the bike tire industry, gotta hunch there some real profitability left in that field and probably why they wanted in. got one, mounted er up, looks decent, mu85 as speced.. tire was made in korea which is ok by me.. really curious to see how it handles the heat. it was a 180 dollar retail tire, shipped from jccycle to elk grove, final cost 76 bucks.. picked up a conti tour on amazon for front before I left, shipped it was actually cheaper than this full bore.. its doing fantastic, very impressed with its heat tolorance, still looks like new. Coff was stating how well his e3, s did in the twistys of st. Helens,, and some other areas, I can attest to that! I can also say that conti did well too.. tippy and I followed CM thru those sweepers and stayed in close enough range that I can truthfully say the clearance between the boards on Exodus, the 01 2nd gen he rescued from a horribly abusive original owner, and pavement would be measured in thousants LOL

Any of you highwaymen tried full bore yet? Gonna find out for myself shortly but ALWAYS open to opinions.. by the way,, has any one ever tried one of those fangdangled multirubber tires? Suppose to be hard in center an softer on sides? I would have already tried one of those too but I could never see payin more for a tire than I did for the bike.. I would be curious to know how they do for desert work?

Yep,, prayers up on this gorgeous morning too! hows the warden doing dan? If your sitting around watchin er work I am assuming all is back to normal? LOL HOPING AN PRAYING ALL IS GOOD!

Mounted new tires on tweeks right before we left in May.. stuck a new metz 880 on da back, conti tour front mount. Stretching all the way back to 1979, every rear tire headed to the west coast from michigan that I have ever ran was toast by the time I got here.. the metz actually did the best of any tire I have ran thus far, I have tried a huge variety of rubber, usually based on cost BUT, have ran some high end stuff for replacements on the road.. anyway, this metz had plenty of tread left when we got here so I decided to see if it could handle the trip from sac to mt st helens and the dalles rallly sand back before I stuck a new tire on.. besides, tweeks new tire hadnt come in yet here in sac, told tip I wasnt lettin that keep us from the rally, we could find something in portlland if we had to but IWAS NOT WILLING TO LET IT KEEP US FR8M MEETING ALL THOSE GREAT FOLKS AT VENTUREWEST so wevpacked er up an away we went.. there are folks out there that probably could verify that I do keep an eye on my tires, yes I do travel packed, yes I am a desert rat and my tires do tend to not last as long as they should BUT, I also DO keep an eye on em! After all the fun at venturewest, getting ready to head back to sac an pull full maintence on tweeks, I checked the rear tire and found it surprising worthy. We packed and headed out.. after taking the oong way back to sac, got in last night, found my tire here waiting.. slept in, by 9 I had the bike on its center stand with a 2x8 under it and the wheel off. Dont have my bead breaker with me so I grabbed a couple c, clamps and proceeded to pop the beads and noticed this,,, see pics.. Cant t3ll you exact mioeage on the tire.. After babying tweeks speedo for over 240k, it finally went SPOING just after we entered texas on this trip,, it parts laying in the bottom of the speedo,, minor detail cause the gas guage still works and besides,, its best if I really dont know how fas6t I am going and can prove I dont,, at least its worth a try right.. If you have any interest in how far that metz went you could take my zip, 49445, mapquest to san antonio, then to big bend np, then the south rim, around page to the north rim, out thru zion and up to lil zion, over to sac via the top of nellis airbase and over sonora pass, up to mt st helens and back to sac.. lots of detours along that route but nothing over a few hundred miles so just figure the most direct routes and you would be close.. I would do it but this tablet wont let me... anyway,, I was SHOKED to find what I did when busting down the tire! Never felt it, never heard it! I did notice a small amount of spiderweb cracking on the outer edge of the wear pattern that I wondered about before we left the dalles h3ading back.. they appeared as slight surface cracking, nothing major BUT, they did coincide with the failure you see in the pics.. knowing what I know now, I will go get a new tire and slip it on the next time I see such a small indicator again.. amtrying out a new FULL BORE, now.. got the bike back together and ready to continue our journey soon.. watch those air pressures.. puc

Ok,, you asked for it raggy.. the very least ya coulda done was announced your timer had gone ding BEFORE you reupped, given bongo a chance to post another of his infamous polls and than we could voted on whether or not your membersip would be extended.. Now you will have to wait a whole nuther year just to find out whether we do or whether we dont

Thanks coff but I gotta hunch tweeks would cop an attitude if I drug a replacement home BEFORE she told me it was over.. every year as the snow is leaving, I walk past her, pat er on the trunk trunk and say. What do ya think ol girl, ya got another one in y,, aint heard no yet,, gotta let tweeks decide,, weird eay.. wish that 87 parts bike I picked up last winter, the one I made the vid of riding with no brakes, was an 84, I would give it to you instead of bobbin er down.. be afunone to build on.. when I get home I am planning to check my parts bikes for what ur looking for.. I know I have one 84 and a mountainof parts.. if tbe date checks out ya got chur self a builder,, free of charge! we will find chris,, just a matter of time....

THAT is GORGEOUS Coff! And a really decent price if it actually is as presented.. I totally get your drift on what your your up to, it avery special creative idea from a VERY creative individual guys.. Sarge, that particular bike is about 2 hours from my home in michigan, right down the street from a huge auction that I have done a LOT of business with.. if you decide that 6 days out is close enough and would like me to check it out for you when we get back in town just give the word.. I also have a trailer and can store it for ya till you and that gorgeous family of yours can make it up for michigan vacation.. or,,, keep an eye out in vegas for a while for a return rider to resell back home, ride yours out and come home on a little 250 honda LOL.. I laugh only cause it would be really fun,, not cause I aint serious! anyway,,, you and you alone are the only one who can make the final choice,, either way,, ol Pucs here for ya amigo! oh yea,, believe me you guys,, coff is full aware of 1st gen 83,84 issues.. some things in life are worth the xtra mile and for him, this is one of them.. if anyone knows of an 84 1st gen made in februrary that is for sale PLEASE speak up.. this young man is one of our finest, is active duty, and a reallyreally great guy.. this one is verifed and vouched for, THE REAL DEAL! Puc

Yep,, me too saddlebum, took the words right out of my mouth.. been in many afternoon t, storms out west where the rain felt down right nice after riding the desrt all day.. i stopped carrying rain gear for me years ago when I discovered how dry you can stay just by keeping your speed up.. do carry some for tippy though,, itsva BOSS outfit with BOSS written on the jacket in huge letters,, still really not sure that she wears it to stay dry,, hmmmm,, maybe. now cold weather riding gear,, being from michigan and having FLYINFOOL right across the lake from us.. I ALWAYS carried my snowmobile suit strapped in my bikes, all the way back into the 60, s. Still do! I cant stand getting cold.. if its wet AND cold,, I am a coward and have a very strong tendency to pack it in till I FEEL like riding,, dont matter what some non riding weather man says! 35 or 40 degrees in pouring rain aint no fun to me.. I just RIDE MY RIDE...... puc

Thanks for the compliment on my picture takin skills there king vic! Didnt really see the need for any spark to get that bunch lit, wow what an awesome group! Just got in from riding over near the coast on way back to sac. Tip got a call from her sister, her dad was in this little town called nicholous so we ripped over and spent a nite n day him on way in. Got bad directions n ran tweeks out of gas, had a quart left in spare n made it to station, phew! all good though cause I needed to finish out seeing outvfar a new metzler 880 would go.. time for anoother tire, new full bore is here waiting! keep your fingers out of other peoples gravey and I hope to ride again with you soon brother. Thanks again for all your hard work! A man could get use to thisvwarm, dry cali weather reeeeeal easy! puc

Yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaawwwwwwww,, now we, re YAMMING,!

I am there with bro.. well ya walk into a resturant,, strung out from road,, ya can feel the eyes upon you, while your shakinoff the cold,, ya pretend it doesnt bother you,,,,, here I am,,, on da road again,, turn da page.. Actually Bongo,, kinda weird but I never got into the 70, s stuff,,,,,, disco and all that just didnt do it,, weird eay.. been stuck in the 60, s since the 60, s just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone,, susan the,,, lord I, ve seen fire n ive seen rain.. ol puc is one strange duck bob.......

And than I saw her face,, now I, m a believer,, MONKEES... Sugar,, ahhhhh honey honey,,,,, you are my candy girl,, and cha got me wanting you,, THE ARCHIES.. abc,, as easy as 123, you n me girl.. if you should ever find some newwww,, you know he better beee good to you, cause if he doesnt I, lllll be there THE REAL MICHEAL.. And I saiddd to my selfff,, what a wonderful world,, the great SATCHMO.. Ooooppss,, you said one,, hmmmm regrets,, I, ve had few,, but than again to few ta mention,, I did what hadda due,, ELVIS... I LIVED IT MYYYYYYYYY WAY... PUC

Personally I am with randy on this one,, the riding naked thingy is a whole lot more fun for me than having all that snowmobile gear on.. 114 degrees is about where the real discomfort begins as far as heat goes, unless we are talking in the humid climates, than 105 is my limit.. one of my favorite rides of all times was death valley,,,, 106 degrees at night, full moon, pull the headlight fuse so you can see where your going and whats around you,, TOTALLY UNREAL! Eck,, we woke to our bike covered in ice a few mornings ago and mt shasta had a brand new covering of snow! I can handle the heat farrrrrr better than the cold but yea, there gotta be limits on both ends dont there..

thoughts and prayers to you jonesy! Heal fully and quickly than LETS RIDE! puc

Wow coff,, THAT is awesome! It was anhonor to meet bob, the state park host. Anyone passing thru the dalles area on a motorcycle and looking for a place to bivouac could not findaa more bike friendly host to bump into, take it to the bank! THANK YOU Sarge for doing that! Any chance you could put, from exodus to tweeks, on the bottom? She, tweeks, fell in love with exodus during nice easy ride to mt. St. Helens and misses him greatly! I KNOW it would settle her heart greatly! Oh yea, tweeks also wants to know if exoduses front fender is healing ok after getting those stitches? found the most gorgeous nation forest to camp in last night, in Sunrise oregon! Bout 2 miles in, DEAD quiet and the smell of ponderosa pine FILLED the tent, good thing too cause forgot to shower before I left.., WOW did we sleep! Safe, dry, warm and fun traveling to you coff and to ALL our friends traveling home from the rally! Oh yea, HEY VENTUREFAR, TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE WHIP ENDED UP! had it up front and tippy complained bout it slapping her leg.. I kinda wonder though,, ask Sargent coffey what tips rain gera says on it, after you hear about that you will realize the REAL reason why the WHIP is now in its permanent location on Tweeks! Thanks again Neil, PERFECT! PUC N TIP!

WOW, REALLY REALLY,, WOW! we did it that Tippy and I! After hours of debate while camping near Sonora Pass a couple weeks ago about just how much we thought we could trust those west coast gangstas, Tippy convinced me that we should go.. I had read somewhere that batterys, seats, footpegs, tires and even half eaten plates of french fries with gravey were known to disappear during this Venturewest thingy so I was very very nervous about attending such a questionable activity.. well,, it turns out that only part of those rumors are true! First off, about the only thing in danger at said event would be a persons sanity and definitly fries and gravey! Anyway,, back to survival techniques.... bluntly,, truthfully,,,,,, honestly,,,, camp with BikerJohn (aka HERO), the Shuttlebugs (that will be Mr. and Mrs. Shuttlebug to you), CMCoffey (aka Tech Sargent Coffey to some, but he did answer to COFF too) Tippy and myself and you probably will survive... Its that easy.. We are safe and out of danger from corruption, starvation, foul biker smells, over eating malities, fatique from sorting truth from half truth, teaching others proper etiquette, learning how to speak Canadian and surprizingly enough,, pretty much intact! Looks like camping near Bend Oregon is in order for two of us tonight.. WOW,,, WHAT RALLY! PUC

Been out of touch uwith this thread but not with the man upstairs! Prayers Up for the both of them too!