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ROCK N ROLL BLUE!! Nice RIPPER you snagged there!! Cant tell you how many of those CB750's I messed up by building these (see pic),, awesome bike too - leave it stock!! Congrats!! Puc

HI Annie, and G'day to you too PUC:detective: Good thing you didn't use the word why or, in Aussie lingo, a thread stealin double jack-dan(iels) you would be,,,, hmmmm,, sounds kinda good...... Puc-Jacker:rotf:

Thats a given Dan O'!! Be there right when he comes out of anniesteeega - big smile on your face - blonde hair plungered on your head and than announce it once he recognizes you..... Hope our buddy is ok,,, shouldnt we have heard something by now:confused24:

Yea,, me too Ben, THANKS FOR THE WELL WISH!! Heyyyy, you get that master cylinder figured out?

Mathematics Bongo,,, shear mathematics..

And Brown Sugar hasnt met the master of horsepower/weight ratio, do what it takes to win - screaming by ya necked as a jay bird rider from Michigan,, yet

Thanks Rutman,, by the way, I LOVE the area you live in,, our daughter went to school and worked at BJU in Greenville SC x6 years... Man did we have fun biking down there when she was doing so!!! BEAUTIFUL area!! Hi-Jacked my own thread... Puc

There is nothing like winter time for getting a new bike,,, warms the heart and breaks the boredom.. Anyway, guy has this beater of an 87 1st Gen Royale in his shed, 68k.. Got a bunch of switches on the left hand lower fairing - says when he got it the starter switch was acting up so he bypassed it with a switch, than the blinker switch went so he bypassed it, then the lights so he bypassed it,,, you get the point.. He stopped riding it cause he couldnt keep up with the electrical nightmare.. Got all the goodies with it, CB - Radio - Air Controls in a box.... Didnt get to hear it run, may be just another parts bike BUT he said it ran fine last time he rode it a few years ago... Hopefully it does, it would be really cool to have one with second gear in it again,, not that I really minded covering all those miles short shifting but still,,,, it was kinda difficult beating those 2nd Gens without second (gotta be careful here, Karma's a terrible thing).. Has some interesting looking down turned pipes on it, dont think they are stock,, be cool if they are non baffled so YammerDan can still find me when I hit the delete button and his new 2nd Gen and Skid disappear in the mirror :rotf:(gotta be careful again here, Karma's a terrible thing and brother Dan may pull old Blue out of his pocket).. So why Blizzard you ask,,,, (see pics).... The shot of the snow on the rail of the deck is just from today - over 10 inches in less than 8 hours!! Puc

Maybe just change my name from Cowpuc to Hi-Jacker, at least for the winter Was just tryin to be amiable, thoughtful and kind,,, not easy when CABIN FEVER is whats cookin:stirthepot::rotf:

Charge by the thread responses instead of by the season... I just noticed I have 7 showing, I would go broke...:rotf: DragonRider, YammerDan and Bongo are close, but just like on a good ride out on the old 1st Gen,, not close enough :stirthepot: I was always marked down in school for talking to much:backinmyday:

:rotf::rotf: NOT AHHH, I AM TELLIN,,, GOT ER ALL SAVED UP FOR HIS GET WELL CARD.. BOY WITH FRIENDS LIKE US WAITIN FOR HIM SKID'S TUMOR PROBABILITY DONT STAND A CHANCE!! :rotf::rotf: If computer lingo would have been around when the 1st Gens were invented Yamaha could have just replaced that twisty grip with a delete button for just these occasions..

Hey DragonRider, knowing how much you love guns too and going thru this long healing process I thought I would write/post this, I know its long but what the heck, its winter - your healing (hope all is going well) and reading is good for ya:bighug:As always, all true and right from the horses mouth... Here's the way it happened... I was born and raised with hunting and fishing in my blood.. Very early in life I got my first BB Gun, a Crosman 760.. Those were the days.. I will never forget following my dad thru the deer woods as a child carrying that little pump up.. That ol Crosman was the start to many many fun years of growing up, everything from living off the land camping with buddies - shooting squirrels/birds/chipmunks, frying in a tin can over an open fire to having "war games" with the boys (parents would have killed us if they knew).. Shootin, hunting and developing advanced survival skills were a way of life back than.. It even helped me survive through my early teen years in school.. I did a speech on survival techniques in 8th grade that went like this.. Took the 760, shot a pigeon, took the pigeon/760/tin can/lard/can of sterno (no actual wood fires allowed in school back than) and news papers to class. Demonstrated hunting/shooting skills, dismembered bird in front of class while lard was heating (a couple kids left during this part), fried the bird parts up, passed cooked bird around - even teacher ate some, got an A on this one - NOT BAD!! As I aged my interest changed and of course I got into real fire power, became an avid rabbit hunter (had hounds), an avid pheasant hunter (had bird dogs), an avid big game hunter (both gun and bow) and spent a lot of time at the local VFW gun shoots blowing up dynamite (100 yards - 1/4 stick hangin on a string - blowing in the wind - sounds easy but try it) and the turkey shoots were a blast!! And shooting with WW2 Vets, listening to actual war stories, learning about Mauser actions and being around REAL men was priceless!! Deep in my heart I never did loose interest in BB/Pellet guns though,, there was always something magic about air guns to me,, maybe it was their lowly air power,, maybe it was how "real" some manufactures made em back then, maybe it was cause they were an affordable way to feed the gun need, or maybe it was just that I never really grew up - I always liked being a kid.. Pickin around yard sales and flea markets and going to gun shows I found myself not able to pass up those little wooden stocked $5 bb guns that nobody wanted,, they always seemed to follow me home... Thankfully my wife never seemed to mind and the kids,,, they loved em!! When Tippy would go out for her weekly "moms night out" I would hang an old rug in the living room, pin up ballons and have all four of my kids laying on the living room floor popping balloons and getting a piece of candy for each one they popped,, crazy eay.. They all became excellent marksman, learned to respect guns and became my favorite hunting partners too,,, what a blast!! A few years ago Tippy and I came across some pretty hard financial times and took a serious look at stuff we really didnt need and could sell.. Unknown to us, the antique airgun market was going strong - for some reason the "bug" that had followed me thru life had actually become a virus and had spread like wild fire across the country.. We did a gun count (took me forever - I couldnt stop playing with em) and came up with well over 700 of the little shooters... I stuck a few out on Ebay, instantly got BANNED from there for violating their fire arm rules (banned for a year from Ebay for selling BB Guns - wife/kids and friends laughed and laughed over that one - my son still calls me "gun runner" to this day - my youngest daughter keeps telling me I should write a book about things like that that have happened to me in life).. After the Ebay thing I got a hold of a couple of air gun collectors who had found a way to make a living off my "little" virus.. I ended up having folks from all over the country calling me, having me send pictures and the like.. My first real offer came from down south, guy was ready to give me $20 bucks a gun and $800 bucks for all my parts, pieces, old pellets and stuff but I just had a gut feeling to wait and see what all these other "experts" came back with (besides, I just wasnt really emotionally ready to see em go yet, ta heck with those medical bill collectors - they could wait a lil while longer)... We sold a number of them thru Gunbroker.com, worked a lot like Ebay (had to play some tricks with Paypal cause they dont like little BB Guns either).. Found out in short order how finicky antique gun buyers could be - I took really good pics (I am highly skilled with a camera as you know:no-no-no:), always described in full detail condition of the little shooters BUT still ended up giving away a few of them because of people griping (the old "here's your money back and keep the gun for your trouble routine).. You think bikers are finicky wait till your dealing with people who always wanted that little wooden stocked M1 Carbine Crosman BB Gun when they were a kid, buy it and find out they cant get their childhood back,,, sheeesh... Then one day it happened,, Tippy finds this website called "American Airguns" or something like that, notices they have a "free classifieds".. I stick an ad on it for the whole shootin match (pun for fun) starting at 3 times the offer the collector had offered,, just for kicks.. About 2 hours later we get a call from a young man in New York, says he is very interested in my disease and would like to come, with cash and clean us out.. Young guy and his friend rented a truck, drove all the way from Upper New York, rolled the truck over between Lansing and Grand Rapids Mi, stayed in a motel there while the truck rental place got them another rig, showed up the next day and sure enough, my lifetime of collecting the peashooters evaporated..... Well, not quite, still got my original little Crosman which still helps keep my BB gun virus active - a couple little $2 cowboy lookin CO2 pistols followed me home just the other day.. Look out Ebay,,, Pucs on the loose again... Growing old is given, staying young at heart is a choice.. Puc

NICE!!!! ROOTIN FOR YA!! Puc

ROCK AND ROLL BUMBLE BEE!!! Sounds like a perfect solution! They are both GORGEOUS bikes stock but I still think there is NOTHING like personalization of a scoot to give em soul and make em REALLY special!!! and PLEASE DONT FORGET TO TAKE PICS OF THE PROCESS/RESULTS!!

:rotf: Takes wayyyy to much time and no where near as much as fun as the alternative eay Bongo.. Many many years ago I got involved with "Franklin Planner",, all though it did help get me thru some pretty crueling management years, all that time doing paper work could have been spent riding!! Youngens today dont know how good they got it - voice to text = OH MY GOSH!!! Sorry for the hi-jack!! Puc

And he still got robbed,, OF HIS 1st Gen Dignity :rotf::rotf:

Sounds like a place I contacted years ago down in Arizona.. They were offering tactical training, concealed carry assistance AND some time on the range using full auto stuff - so of course I bit (like most of you I LOVE shootin)... Ended up getting so much spam, including phone calls almost everyday, it REALLY made me gun shy (pun!! I have NEVER been "gun" shy) about signing up for some of this stuff... I still dont believe in throwin the baby out with the wash though.. Will spend some time researching the USCCA Lew! Thanks for the link! For me, keeping and bearing is like riding and sharing - an endless endeavor!! Puc

What cha talkin bout Willis,,, you should try being a first timer around YammerDan,,, even finding out who the REAL YammerDan is takes major investigative power,, shifty rascal if there ever was one!! Hey Skid,, ol Puc's praying for you too buddy!! Hopefully all comes out well and you can spend the first summer of your retirement tearing along the dotted line with stick on blond hair just a flyin in the breeze!!!

The wife read the article, looked at me and said "having been a teenage boy at one time, what bathroom would you have chosen back then..", to which I replied - "I would have been in the long line of laughing boys waiting to get in there with the girls,, of course,,, and not because I wanted to "be" one.." I taught 8th grade English for a while here in Michigan,,, I cant even imagine trying to maintain order in Mr. Brown's "new" educational environment - much less actually expecting the kids to learn anything, once again our kids pay the price.. As in the days of Noah.. Puc

Wow,, that is disconcerting to say the least!! I have bought and sold many times off craigs and had lots of really great outcomes but I have often wondered,,, what if.... My main concern has always been in responding to an ad with cash in my pocket and being set up.. Guess ya just cant be to careful now adays, boy thats terrible.. Hopefully the guys alright and Cops catch the scumbag(s)!!

Larry, I REALLY have been trying, its extremely hard though when looking out over Lake Michigan and seeing nothing but ice bergs as far out as the naked eye can see!! Your Birthday present is gonna take a little longer than expected!!

Heyyyyy,,, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY!! Special ordered a January thaw for your Birthday present so we could ride but it didnt get here in time.. Hope you have a super duper day anyway!!! Puc

Dan, We are so sorry to read this about your mom. Cheryl and I are praying for you and your family.. May God's love and grace comfort each one of you as you lean on Him in your time of need.. Sincerely Scott and Cheryl

Geeez Gez,,,, its just a little tiny bit of taste of northern hospitality, and a chance to change oil and get gas... On the same token, I sure hope it dont affect those wonderful orange groves down yonder!!! THAT could be a real disaster for a lot of hard working folks!!

You got it Skid, Tippy and I are praying for you and your family brother!! Keep your chin up and your faith strong my friend, look at all God has brought thru and KNOW He WILL bring you victoriously thru this too!!! Puc