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ebay usually has plenty of them

Lots of owners are putting Harley Road King Mufflers on the 1st gens. If you do a search you can find out a lot of information. One member has a youtube video of his bike and he shows the mods he made including installing the RK muffs.

I had a few good bosses and more than a few bad ones. I very rarely had a supervisor, someone who actually kept up with the job. They seemed to go to meetings and stick to something other than communicating with the employees. Mostly they let me alone and I did my job. Working temporary contracts for 2 decades caused me to meet a few choice ones.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/jZ572yLH9sc?feature=player

If I remember correctly, all of the guns were removed from the bombers to make them lighter so they could get off the ship's deck but it left them totally defenseless if a Japanese fighter approached them. Lots of very courageous men sacrificed themselves without hesitation in that war.

Most of us are old enough we shouldn't care if anyone disagrees with us. We know we are right!

Often times, someone gets a different meaning from a post than what the poster meant. We should all assume that nobody is intentionally trying to insult us, which I do believe is true. The good humored ragging of each other is one thing that makes this site so great!

What! No photos! I thought Cowpuc had trained you better than that! My 85 Kawasaki ZN700 is a similar bike, 4 cyl 74hp, shaft drive. It needs a wider seat and highway pegs for long distance traveling but otherwise would do fine.

Nice! 4 cylinder, shaft drive. I was admiring one of those in a parking lot back in the 80's when the owner came out of an auto parts store with some oil. He was a teenager. Said he had recently gotten back from a trip to California. Rear tire was bald. It had over 40k miles on it and he said the only issue with it was burned valves because he never adjusted the valves.

What model is your 750, Dan?

Photos! Photos! Photos!

That happens to me a lot because my garage is a blibbett, 10 lbs of crap stuffed in a 5 lb bag.

Speaking of essays Puc, this winter seems much longer and definitely more boring without one of your adventure novels for us to read and enjoy like last winter!

Maybe exercise (more). It's the best youth pill I've found. Losing weight helps too! Working on both of those ideas!

I started this conversation and I had no knowledge of the Voyager kit. I want to thank everyone for their input. Entertainment, education, and friends are what this site is about. I'm happy I found this site and much thanks to Freebird for maintaining it. I learn something almost every day!

Time for a Vmax final drive?

That was another event. I googled and found that the boy who killed himself with an uzi was actually 8 yrs old. The 9 yr old girl did kill the instructor. Both totally senseless.

Must have been fun growing up as a little Pucster!!

Are the wheels rigidly connected or is there some suspension involved? If they are rigid, seems to me adjusting the air pressure could get you where you wanted. I don't think the training wheels will be loaded that much just going straight down the road so the tires shouldn't need a lot of air pressure.

If it pays the bills. If it doesn't pay the bills, get a job that pays the bills and follow your passion as a hobby!

A motorcycle business cycles more than the economy in general. When things get tough, spending on toys goes away first. We all deal with career choices. I grew up in a small town in NC (like Mayberry) and went to work at the local plywood mill. Hard work for not much pay. The draft forced me to decide on joining the Army. Afterwards I went back to school and got a chemical engineering degree. Back then, textile plants were all over NC, SC, and GA. I interviewed for jobs and got offfers in that industry. Luckily, I also got a job offer that I accepted at a utility working in their nuclear engineering dept. I can't say I've been ecstatic about my career choice. But, it has paid for a good living. The textile industry in the US went away. My son was a bad student and floundered around for a while getting into a little trouble. He worked as a busboy, cook, pizza delivery guy, and then bought a couple of turntables and taught himself to scratch records. He had found something that inspired him. He then asked me to support him through a 12 month school called Full Sail in Orlando, FL to learn how to become a music recording engineer. Afterwards, he got a job as an unpaid intern at a recording studio in Manhattan, NYC. He worked really, really hard because he loved what he was doing and now he is a major recording star's recording engineer. You saw her perform at the half time show at the super bowl. His work has gotten two grammy nominations so far. My Ruskie stepson was a disciplined, very intelligent student who has a passion for computers. He got a degree in Computer Science and is now working for a company writing computer programs. He loves his job and they have treated him really well. My daughter now is a very intelligent underachiever. She is still trying to find her place in the world. Not sure what will happen there. Everybody has to choose their own path. It's always different depending on the person's interests, opportunities and what will pay the bills. I wish the young man great wisdom in his choice.

My Dad wouldn't hear of me getting a motorcycle. But, he got me a BB gun at age 6 and a 20 gauge shotgun at age 10. I loved to hunt as a kid. I had a motorcycle when my two boys were growing up. I didn't ride a whole lot but I always had one. Neither of them ever developed an interest in motorcycles or guns which as a parent kept me from a lot of worry. Now that my Ruskie stepson is grown, he has developed an interest in guns and got a concealed carry permit for his 1911. He also recently bought an ak that he enjoys on a range. He's a very responsible young man.

Anybody seen a Venture like this? Looks like training wheels. http://smd.craigslist.org/mcy/5442670932.html

One way to look at it. Your job probably won't be outsourced to China or Mexico.

Really scary to watch. I couldn't do it. After Christmas, I saw 3 boys about 6 yrs old in my neighborhood with little electric motorcycles. That's a good starting point and those boys were sooo happy! This reminds me of an incident in 2008 when a Dad and a Firearms Instructor both allowed a 6 yr old boy to shoot an UZI. When the weapon started kicking back on full auto the boy shot himself in the head killing himself instantly. I never heard what charges if any were brought against the instructor or dad. Totally inexcusable in my opinion and met the definition of Involuntary Manslaughter.