Dragonslayer

And pass it will, kinda like a fire hose passes water onto a fire.

Puc, First off nice read. Second pretty bike, Third......................... I used to like roller coasters too when I was much younger. But, recently I scored some free tickets to Dollywood and figured we'd plan a long weekend and invite my oldest and his family to spend some quality time with my new step grand daughter, who has a similar roller coaster fascination as you. Well I rode the first one and quickly discovered that my more advanced equilibrium leaned more to the "I'm gonna barf" state then the "weeeeeeeeeeee" state of mind. For the rest of the day I rode the park benches around the park while the younger crowd went merrily on their way riding every coaster in the park over and over and over again. I actually wanted to rent a little rascal to ride around the park. I thought that would be a lot more fun than riding stationary park benches. But my travel companions nixed that by saying it made me seem to old. and park benches didn't go figure. Now don't get me wrong, I can appreciate that pushing the envelope has a way to keep us stimulated, vibrant and alive. I get it. But I also remember over stimulating my self into a wheel chair for three years and the body wide collection of road rash and motorcycle related scars I have accumulated through the years. I say all of that to say this, I no longer feel the need to push the envelope knowing that my body takes longer to heal then it did in the past. I'll just ride along upright on my pillow top seat at a respectable and legal speed and be quite alright with that. Please be careful, people all over the world would be heartbroken if anything was ever to happen to you.

Speaking for myself, I'd be interested in seeing a map with your route start to finish. Great read, great ride.

You didn't mention LMAO which was the most descriptive acronym for this video. I did learn one thing from this video, ok maybe two things: 1. What IMHO means. I often wondered. 2. Puc is always good for a slice of entertainment. Wait I already knew that. Maybe it was just one thing I learned.

way, way too much time on your hands. Just saying.

That's why I will never own a pool table. They are fun for about a week. After that they just become a convenient horizontal plane to pile STUFF on.

We have already taken four truck loads of stuff to Goodwill. The last load was six large bags of trash. I pulled up to Goodwill and told the kid we have already donated a lot of stuff and this load was just trash. I asked him if we could just put it in their dumpster. He said no problem we will trash it and began unloading the truck. As I was driving off he yelled "you want your receipt". I wonder how much of a deduction I can claim for trash?

The winged back chairs are nice but I don't see them fitting in a RV very well. Yea the kids will be happy as long as you don't spend all the money traveling. I say have a good time till it's all gone.

Thanks for the sentiment but you know, STUFF HAPPENS

Just kidding, but For real get well soon.:sign **** happens:

Tell me about it. I have already had to absorb all of my Dad's stuff. But in his case a good bit of it was useful to me such as the tools and the guns, you know guy stuff. I'm already busting at the seems with my own brand of stuff. Since I've been single for so long my decorating style leans more toward man cave stuff like deer heads,ducks and hunting dogs motif. The fine China, exotic Japanese porcelain artwork and furnishings are a little to feminine for my taste. Each room had it's own theme and the den had a nautical,ocean and beach theme. Albeit the nautical theme is a little more masculine, I live in the country in the woods on a small farm and the nautical stuff just don't fit in either. It's all gotta go. Does anyone need a brand new 2016 Toyota Camry with 1950 miles, if so I'm your guy, PM me.

So since I had to move mother into assisted living her house in Hilton Head and all her stuff and all that entails had to be dealt with. Got her house sold, now this weekend I'm down here trying to liquidate her stuff. The gated community she lived in has very strict rules of what you cannot do. One of which is no sales of any kind. That eliminated plan A. So that leaves consignment shops, Auctions off site, Goodwill or haul the stuff back to Georgia and put in storage. The thing is most all of the stuff is very nice stuff. She lived a life of luxury and surrounded herself with high dollar stuff. To nice of stuff to trash, Give away or donate. If I owned one of those little expensive tourist trap shops to sell all this fancy smancy stuff that would be perfect, but I don't. I'M quite sure that is the kind of place she bought all this stuff in the first place. Heed my words, all that expensive collectable STUFF you have been accumulating for years as a legacy for your heirs won't be worth diddly squat when it comes time for them to deal with it and liquidate it. Not to mention the expense and hassle of having to do so. You are better off selling as much as you can to any interested parties for as much as you can get for it. BANK the money. Your heirs will appreciate the money so much more. So they can run out and buy their own brand of stuff. HER stuff will be loaded Monday headed to an auction house in Charleston to be sold to the highest bidder, lock stock and barrel. After shipping cost and auction fees I'm sure we might realize pennies on the dollar of what the stuff cost. As for the lifetime of pictures and family KEEPSAKES. You know the kinda things you can't bear to part with, family photos, family history and what not. I guess all that stuff will go in the attic to collect dust until I'm gone and my heirs can deal with it. Serves them right for not being down here helping me deal with this stuff.

I say ride your own ride unless your riding in a group then follow group etiquette rules. Safety first. I fill the same way about crazy show off riders as I do aggressive drivers, they all should be locked up.

Certainly makes thAt a worthy project. Anchors away.

I use a small six pack cooler as tool box that fits in the saddlebags. The plastic liner of the cooler and a siphon hose saved my arse one time when I was out of gas in the middle of nowhere and was able to siphon some gas to get to the next station.

Funny enough I had to do the same thing this morning. Got a new rear tire mounted yesterday and put everything back together and had to clean the work bench off to find all of the screws I needed. At least the garage is cleaned for Easter company.

Ok leveled the bike up, squirted a little lube up in there, wiggled it then waggled it a bit and it decide to come on out after a tug or two. Now got to figure out what the best tire is to get without going dark. Any hints?

And don't forget about the Black Death.

Is that the story you're sticking to?

Thats what I thought. I just couldn't remember if there was a threaded part inside the pumpkin that the axle had to thread through. If there was I imagined damaging the back threads of the axle by tapping on it. I can see some dirt and rust at the caliper bracket and the way I got the bike jacked up on two different floor jacks the bike is on a slight lean. Stable but still leaning. Maybe a little lube and with a little wiggle waggle and some careful taps and it should come on out...... I hope.

So the bike sat all winter and the tire went flat. When I went to put air in it was not only flat but dry rotted and split. So I went to remove the wheel and I can't seem to get the axle out. Looking from the rear it looks like it has to come out to the right. I loosened the split bolt and tried tapping on the left side threaded end, being careful not to damage the threads. It moved out about 1/8" but didn't want to come out any further. So I stopped to ask before causing any damage. What is the trick? Does it thread out or just push through and pull out?

whaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!

I keep saying the same thing. We have had people confuse car exhaust gasoline, body odor, perfume, cleaning chemicals, somebody farted with natural gas. I keep telling them gas additive smells like rotten eggs but, they don't listen.

Atlanta high 60's on Saturday, high 70's on Sunday, no snow or rain forecasted.

Good idea and that would probably work....The only problem with that is cranking cars to leave violates gas response protocol.