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And if it is really good the cat will still be sleeping the next morning.

OK Now riddle me this. In the VR gallery, My album is named "Tools", if I search for "tools" there is nothing. BUT if I search for "tool" it will find some of my pics?

OK, now I am confused. I do have an album called Tools. If I go to the "VR Gallery" sort by member name and just keep hitting the "NEXT" button I can eventually find the pics that are in my album called "Tools". The gallery search function does not seem to work. On my profile page there is no gallery on the left side and in my posts, under my name they is no gallery option.

Good question. When I go to add a pic to a thread in the manage attachments I see all of the pics that I have uploaded. But I can not find a way to get to them other than thru manage attachments while writing a new post or replying to a post. More playing is in order.

Nice Its even the bestest color. first things to do are safety related. Change all fluids, check brakes, check age and condition of tires. Next thing is to get it running right. Start with new spark plugs and a heavy dose of Seafoam. The rest is gravy that can be done as you go.

I sure hope those troublesome pygmies are in a very secure location. Welcome Back

Another hold out!!!!!

The screws / no screws in the case only applies to Yamaha starters. There some other brands that are interchangeable, will fit and function but are still a 2 brush with no screws in the case. I do not know which brands are the 2 brush with no screws. FWIW, I still have the 2 brush in my 88. I did do the @Dingy cable upgrade and the Dingy brush ground upgrade and have no issues starting a hot engine.

Man that ride brings back memories of the good old days. It has been a LOT of years since I peddled a bike. Must be close to at least 30 years. Yes I peddled thru a LOT of snow and cold in my younger days. It is amazing just how good a bike can handle even deep snow, those skinny tires just cut right thru to the pavement. In High school the maintenance dept did not like me because they always had to shovel out one end of the bike rack for me to park. 400+ kids in the school and just one bike.... Now that sounds like a challenge............... Time to design a power boost.............. Sorry Puc, you are in the line of fire for the UK.

That is interesting.

Go back and look, I never said there were HOT DOGS IN the snow. Actually any dogs found in this snow would definitely NOT be hot. I said I was offering free HOT DOGS to those that would help me shovel. I got a big pile of them in the fridge ready to cook up. Cold is not my department, after much research we did determine that it is the @Saddlebum character that is responsible for leaving the back door open up der in dat der Canada. I keep trying to close it. That might be fun Carl, Maybe you should come here for a visit. I have a lot of shovels and HOT DOGS. I will have to continue my search for shovelers on Monday, everyone seems to have been closed for the long weekend.

Its not far. If you came here you might just like it and stay. I even tried to offer FREE HOT DOGS and that Cowpuc character has still been suspiciously quiet. Some how I think there might be a monkey wrench involved here..........

I guess all these places are closed on New Years eve. BUT, BUT BUT,,,,,,,,,,Ifin I turns it off the skiers and snowmobiles will be camped out on my doorstep. Even our fearless leader @Freebird just knew he had to come to Wisconsin to get in some snowmobiling.

Happy NEW YEAR!!!!! May every ones new year be better than the last.

Welcome back Doug. Didn't anyone tell you that just cuz you do not have a Venture or even a bike at all is not a valid excuse to leave. Yes you need to get some pics up or the otherly know as @Cowpuc will be after you.

The helmet don't fit in the trunk cuz you are in AZ, it is so bloody hot in the summer that the trunk in melting and getting smaller just like the old Shrinky Dinks. (I think I just dated myself....) You keep riding in that heat and that whole Venture will shrink down to a Moped...... You should move up here where it is not so hot........

How do you get Apple Pie to last that long. Mine always seems to go away in a much shorter time frame than that....... I seem to have the same issue with my Rum Balls.

I looked at the crash bar design when my bike fell over on the side stand and landed on the faring. From what I could determine, to get a crash bar that would stop the bike from landing on the fairing but yet still work with all of the existing plastic, I think you would have to be willing to give up some lean angle in the twisties.

So glad to hear that this is not life threatening and that you are quickly learning to deal with it. I think everyone in this forum/family has had enough with needing medical intervention on our family this year. Next year can only get better.

Sounds like a good time was had by all. Well if ya need a break around Milwaukee, let me know. At least wave as you go by. I can even give ya a trunk load of snow to take home with you to share with your friends. If ya are real nice I can even let you play with the snow machine to see if you can guess where to aim it so @cowpuc can go play with his green machine.

I guess they needed stronger string to tie it to the dock.......

I have a Poland Wild Thing 18". it is at least 15 years old, prolly more, it always starts on the first pull when warm and on the 4th pull when cold. I use it once every couple of years. I always have Seafoam and/or Stabil in the gas and I only use premium oil since the better oils also have a stabilizer in them. I do not use it often but when I do use it I use it a lot. I have a number of 2 stroke engines that spend a lot of time sitting and none of them ever have fuel related starting issues. The other thing that I have noticed is that I have never had a 2 stroke that had the carb needles adjusted correctly from the factory. I had one that was so LEAN it would not run more than 5 minutes before it over heated and seized. BUT most of them have something to make it difficult to set the needles without a very special tool, I usually take my Dremel and put a slot in the head of the mixture screws so I can tweak as needed. Most come set to rich and need to be leaned out as the engine breaks in. It is amazing the power difference between the factory settings and the correct settings. I have some 2 strokes with many hundreds of service free hours on them.

I will be making these calls today. OR maybe just announce on this site FREE HOT DOGS and RUM BALLS every time it snows and see how long it takes to draw a crowd. Yesterday it cost me Pizza and Hot Wings to get the snow off the sidewalks.

Just think of all the goodies that you will rediscover while putting it all back together. Have you made any really good finds of so that where that went, or the old I forgot that I have one of those? Good thing this year will be over in just a few more hours. It's been a rough one.

Ropes, cuffs, and a gag........