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Ummmmmm It still needs maintenance and oil added. I have both gas and electric, they each have their advantages.

Is that the compass that has no magnet in it?

So with my bum foot I can no longer go out to clear snow while on crutches, it just don't work. Erika also has bum feet and this last snowfall we had she decided that she just can not fill in for me. Now granted this was not a "normal" snowfall, this one was more like concrete falling from the sky. The storm kept alternating between rain and snow to absolutely maximize the water content and weight until it built up 10 inches of the stuff, and then the temps took a major nose dive to set it up harder than the concrete under it. So now I am shopping for snow removal companies, going thru the gamete of landscapers that do snow in the winter to supplement their income. I can not find a local kid that wants to make a few bucks. I do not have a lot to clear, just a 30' section of sidewalk. and a small short side walk off that to the house and the 4 front steps, then a small 5' x 7' spot to get out the back door. It never took me more than 15 minutes to do it all. All of the landscapers have a $50 minimum per snowfall, this is Wisconsin it can, and often does, snow every other day. Many of the places I called do not want the job because it is to small. Anyone have any other ideas on where to look for affordable snow shovelers? This not being able to do stuff for myself is the worst part of this whole ordeal, I just never been there before.

Around here they only LET you shovel IF you WANT to. There is no MAKE. But then due to overcrowding you may be hot bunking with someone you never met before.

The doc did kind of shake her head that I made it to my appointment on time and that i drove there. I figure that once that right foot is strong enough to lift the bike on the center stand and onto my nice center stand dolly, that it will be strong enough to hold it up when I pull into a DQ and stop. It does take a pretty strong ankle to use the center stand, at least it does with my girth. @COWPUC WHAT DID YOU DO??? I seem to remember not to long ago someone telling me that they were now IMMUNE to white wash and that I should take my best shot since the new secret weapon green machine can handle it. Now your complaining that you cant get out of the house?????? Now if some one did do some "tiddeling" around while I was sleeping and accidentally opened a valve or loosened a joint near the bags of ReadyCrete that could explain why this stuff is so hard. It may have sucked a bit of cement into the mix.

Now what did I dooo.........

Went to see the doc today for my 2 week checkup and to get the stitches out. Doc said that she can tell that I have been a really good boy and doing everything as told to. She said that it is healing really fast and correctly. She has moved up the schedule for upcoming recovery. the new plan is to keep up with the Zero weight on the foot until 5 weeks post op. then I can start putting partial weight on it for about a month while at the same time doing physical therapy to get the strength and range of motion back. With this new schedule I could be back on the bike by mid April ASSUMING that all the snow and salt are gone by then. The real test for the bike will be if I can get it up onto the center stand. If my foot is not strong enough to get it up on the center stand then I will not be able to push it out of the shed or get the front wheel off to replace the bad bearing. Things are looking up. On the other hand. The storm that we just had yesterday was supposed to be 1-3 inches of snow, THEY LIED. We got 10 inches of snow alternating with freezing rain so it was as wet and heavy as is possible. Then the temps dropped and now it is all set up like concrete. This made it really interesting to get to the doc this morning. Until today I never had to do crutches across smooth glare ice. That is tricky. Then I had to climb over a 2 foot high wall of snow that the plows left, get up the driveway to find out that Erikas car was frozen solid and was not going anywhere. So I had to chisel all of the ice off the windows on my truck cuz Erika can not reach that high and then drive the truck to the doc without the use of my right foot. If it were not for big tires and 4 wheel drive I would not have made it up over the ice wall. It was an interesting day so far.

You just know that it will not take long for someone to not wear a helmet and site this law as making the helmet an illegal ear covering. Or has CA just outlawed full and 3/4 helmets and the only thing you can now wear is a half helmet. I'll bet that by this time next week someone will have been ticketed and is going to court to make waves. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out in the courts.

I hate missing out on a deal. But then you know what they say, Good things come to those who wait. You will find another deal. PS you do not need a Yamaha to hang around on here, we like everyone.

I'm sure some will go for more than my house is worth.

There was a good reason that speedos did not go up over 100k back then. I hate when service parts had no thought by the designers for serviceability.

Hey @cowpuc, have not heard from you since the "flurries" ended. Hoping you and your new blower are OK.

To late, I caught that request for SNOW. Now it is my turn to have some fun................... Besides, cowpuc loves being caught between us. Not being able to walk and stuck in the recliner has me bored silly.

I feel so bad. I put on about 1,100. But in my defense, due to medical issues the bike did not come OUT of winter storage until mid September. Then the poor thing got put back to bed in late October with a noisy front wheel bearing. I am hoping that next year will be much better.

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But Santa is sleeping after his epic ride, So I can be naughty for a while. Besides it was @BIG TOM that ASKED for more flakes........ @cowpuc you just happened to in between us............ I am gettin pretty good at gettin around on my scooter and crutches.

Been there done that. Here ya go http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?45603-Just-got-my-new-HID-headlight

So @cruiser, did you ever buy the train horns?

Now this has to go down into the history books. BIG TOM EVEN PUT IT IN WRITING "please send back the snowflakes......" !!!!!!!!!!! Who would have ever thought to hear those beautiful words from @BIG TOM? Thank you kind sir, you have made my day.

They are still terrible in the winter. The V6 is missing 2 cylinders which will make it less bad in the winter but worse the rest of the time.

Well Mr @BIG TOM, My foot is getting better and I may be back to work by next week. Now IF I can go to work that would seem to mean that I can also get back to play....................................... By the way I see SNOW flakes in the air right now:snow2:

#1 In many places it is mathematically not possible to have the lights synchronized in both directions of travel. I know of stretches of road like that where the lights are synced in the direction that will have the highest traffic flow and the opposite direction gets to stop at every light.

Great find, I am still in the club that you just left. The Just Dreaming About A Deal Of A Lifetime Club. It sure looks like it is in a lot better than $250 shape.

She sure do look happy.

Yes @cowpuc this will keep me occupied for a while. BUT I so love the melodious sound of the Snowpercharger whirring in the background wile I work on the scoot.......... The biggest issue that I see at first look is that the power wire of a halogen H3 comes out to the side where these wires come straight out the back of the bulb and the back of the bulb is a LOT longer than a stock H3. Just looking at it it appears that the light producing element is pretty close to the same location in both bulbs. Based on this I am optimistic about the beam pattern that I will get. The big issue will be that the back of the bulb will not fit into the housings that I have without modification. Fortunately I have the technology to make modifications to the housing. The plan is to cut a 1 inch hole in the back of the housing. Then I will turn a hollow plastic cap to fit into that hole and be deep enough to clear the back of the bulb. Then glue or plastic weld the new cap to the housing. Perhaps a splash of paint to make it purdy. The high voltage wires that go from the ballast to the bulb are only about 16 inches, with a connector in the middle. So it looks like one ballast in each side of the fairing. Sorry no pics yet but due to my foot I am only doing armchair engineering at this point. But there will eventually be more to come.