Flyinfool

Interesting.........

They have arrested the driver of the white bike that started the whole thing. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-hunt-bikers-wanted-wild-upper-manhattan-attack-article-1.1472419

Hind sight is always 20/20. To be honest with myself, as the situation was unfolding, I am not sure how I would have reacted. In thinking about it. Once they showed aggression, I think my reaction would be clear. My truck can go 600 miles on a tank, I almost never get below a half tank, so I would still have at least 300 miles of gas, I know none of those bikes could match that. Any bike that tried to stop me would learn just what the phrase "tonnage rules" means, and at freeway speeds their gear would not help them. I also am not sure how those bikes will do off road. My truck has hit 70 on logging roads. If they did manage to disable the truck to stop me, and attack like the vid, then the loud noises would surely start.

Critical Thinking At Its Best! Woman: Do you drink Beer ? Man: Yes Woman: How many Beers a day ? Man: Usually about 3 Woman: How much do you pay Per Beer ? Man: $5.00 which includes a tip ( This is where it gets scary !) Woman: And how long have you been Drinking ? Man: About 20 years, I Suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be Approximately $5400 .Correct ? Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for Inflation, The past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000, Correct ? Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much Beer, That money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, You could have now Bought a Ferrari ? Man: Do you drink Beer ? Woman: No Man: Where's your Ferrari ?

This might help you out. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81297

Kroil is great stuff for unsticking things. I keep several can on hand. http://www.kanolabs.com/google/ Always Google it to get the Google discount.

Kroil is great stuff for unsticking things. I keep several can on hand. http://www.kanolabs.com/google/

Did you make it home yet?

Seeing as how we are trying to get a plastic slide unstuck, and knowing what brake fluid does to some plastics, I think I would pass on that one.

Yes there is. When a LIPO is over charged they can burst into flame, If over discharged, they can burst into flame. As mentioned above you need some special circuitry to try to make sure this does not happen. A full charged LIPO cell is 4.2V so you can get 4.2V, 8.4V, 12.6V or 16.8V out of a battery. So on the surface a 3 cell LIPO looks great at 12.6V. BUT That peak charged voltage does not last real long before the LIPO settles in to its normal working voltage of 3.7V, this gets you 3.7V, 7.4V, 11.1V, or 14.8V. Now that 3 cell pack is only getting you 11.1V, a little on the low side, but the 4 cell looks good at 14.8V, but that 4 cell peak voltage of 16.8 is a bit high. I guess that LIPO could be good on a vehicle designed for it, I would not trust it as a retrofit on a vehicle designed for lead acid. The voltages just don't match up well. From my experience with a lot of LIPOs, and a lot of lead acid, the LIPOs do not have near the service life of a lead acid.

Before during AND after.

See if you can get a jump from someone to get it running. Pull the headlight and driving fuses to save power. You can use the donor car to put some charge into your battery. Beat feet toward home. Have someone meet you part way to recharge as required. 150 miles is a long way on a battery.

We will need pics AND video of this one...........

I read up on it a while back, I now know that I will never make it. My marsmallow butt is way to delicate.

A couple of options. 1. drop it on the other side so both sides match and you can say it is supposed to be like that and then send in 2 $5 dropped bike donations......... 2. Get some touch up paint to match for the deep parts and then buff it to blend. When I was shopping for my bike I looked at around a dozen, every one had the right top corner scraped off. I just assumed it was supposed to be like that........

IIRC The ride does not have to be 1,000 out and another 1,000 back. It can be a big loop, or even an out and back as long as you properly document the turnaround.

I think she is sleeping already.

I think this is starting to look a little one sided...... But it is scary that so many are actually agreeing with me.

I hope I never get that old........

Change the engine and rear end oil. Flush the brake and clutch fluids, the fluids die of age not use. Being more careful this time. Check the tires carefully for any cracking, check the date codes, if they are more than 6 years old new tires are in order. Charge the battery and have it load tested to be sure it is still good. Put some Seafoam in that first tank of gas, You may have to cycle the key off and on a couple of times so that the fuel pump can fill the float bowls. The pump only runs 2 seconds at a time when you turn the key on. Kepp cycling till the pumps stops clicking when you turn the key on. Should only take a couple of tries. Inspect all rubber brake, fuel and other rubber hoses for any cracking. Go for a ride.

What car????

:sign yeah that: :sign yeah that: I learned the hard way to call the CC companies of all of the cards I might use on a trip to tell them that I will be stopping for gas very often, and the states and dates of my travel. I always mention that I am on a motorcycle and it has a small tank so they will se a lot of small gas transactions in quick sequence.

We went through this not to long ago and most of us oldies liked it the way it is.

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I do have a couple of the valve shim tools left. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=4475&title=valve-shim-tool&cat=10