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    What Rstacy said. To get the link you have to first go to the weather underground and get to the page where you are viewing the weather for the station that you want to use. At the top of the page, just to the right of center is a link "Make this Location a Weather Sticker" Click on this link and pick the way you want to display the weather. Copy the URL like Rstacy said. If you want to use the data from your own weather station you must first make your weather station available on weather underground.
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    I really do not want to know what I spend on gas. I have the truck and the bike, Since I am a fair weather rider the truck gets used a lot. Erika has a Mountaineer that really gets lousy mileage11-12 city and 13-14 hwy. My truck is twice the size and a much bigger engine and gets 18 hwy and 16 city. The bike gets 40 no matter where or how I ride. I still do not want to know what I spend on gas.
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    Only one horn????????
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    :sign yeah that::sign yeah that:
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    Rc Heli's

    Flyinfool replied to Eddie's topic in Watering Hole

    Amazing how fast these RC things can breed if left alone without proper supervision.
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    This is my daily driver (when not on the bike) and my blasting thru the woods and towing the RV truck. I do plan to keep it for a long while. I drove the newer trucks and I just don't like them. This truck is barely broke in at just under 300K miles. It is a lot cheaper to spend a couple of hundred $$ a couple of times a year to replace worn parts than to make payments on something newer. That is kind of what I found out. I tried duct tape, it peeled off in the first snow storm and the hole filled with salty snow slush. I tried the aluminum foil duct tape, no better than the grey stuff. I tried gorilla tape, that at least lasted almost a year but winter still did it in. I have one hole covered with a piece of galvanized steel cut from a heat duct and held on with pop rivets, that has lasted for 3 years now but I can see the original cancer is now creeping out around the edges of it and there is nothing left for the pop rivets to hold onto. I tried rustolium rusty metal primer followed by rustolium paint and I think that only slowed it down by a month or so. I was surprised that the red rustolium was almost a perfect color match to the truck. The holes are big enough already to give me some access to the inside, but I am not sure what to put in there to kill the rust. lots of places sell stuff that is supposed to work but is not much more than snake oil. I just want to not have body panels flying in the wind or falling off while going down the road. It is to cold now to do anything but I will have to do something this spring before it gets totally out of control. I do have a MIG and Oxy/acetylene to work with. TIG is still just on the wish list. I will look into those replacement panels. The part that I dont understand is how do you weld a new panel on to a closed area and not burn off any rust protection that is on the inside? or how do you protect that fresh weld from rusting its way out again?
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    My trailer is stood on end and then using the safety chain it is locked to an eye bolt on the shed. It will not stop someone that is serious about stealing it but it will at least slow them dow a little or even stop the casual thief. Its main reason is to be sure that the wind or a neighbor child can not tip it over. I also keep a hitch ball that was cut off just below the ball in the coupler and a good trailer lock on the coupler to stop those that will drop a locked coupler onto a bolt head to get the trailer home to where they can work on the lock with proper tools. My RV is stored on 4 jack stands with no wheels on it. The wheels are kept indoors out of the sun and weather. makes it hard to steal without a flatbed tow truck.
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    Of course it was fast, they do have to be able stay in front of a 1st gen.......
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    I am making chili right now. The good stuff. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59306 Hmmmmmmm.......... I do need a sheet of plywood:scared:
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    There's always the lawn mower.......
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    Oh to be young with reflexes and hand - eye coordination again........... Great flight, I'll never be good enough to half of that stuff. I'll just continue to dull everyone's senses with rum so that my flying looks good.
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    My truck is suffering from a bad case of chemical weight reduction. The rust is coming thru from the inside in areas that there is no access to the inside. I am not a body man by any stretch of the imagination. I am not looking to restore it to like new appearance just to stop the cancer and cover the holes to keep it from getting worse and stop the whistling in the wind. I was looking at POR15 or Rust Bullet. But I have no idea of how to get it to the insides of the areas that are rusting. The rust has created plenty of holes stick things in there. Is there some kid of a wand spray gun that can be had for not to much cash? I was then going to fix the areas with glass cloth and epoxy resin, followed by some Bondo to smooth it out a little before I buzz bomb it.
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    Maybe I can even drag along a couple of the other members from the Milwaukee area.
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    I hate it when that happens. Fortunately I'm not that old yet........
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    I was planning on corrupting/introducing this bunch to my world famous IRCHA class rum balls at some MDs this summer. They just seem to work so well on a Friday night. Maybe need to bring a night ship to complete the experience............
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    That has to really suck. Some times it is better to not post and just watch for it to show up so that you can then go to buy it with a LEO as your helper. Check your insurance carefully. On my policy the trailer is only covered while connected to the tow vehicle. Even to the point that if the ball were to break and the trailer took off on its own and hit another vehicle, it is not covered. I specifically asked these questions of my agent and he had to check with the main office. For me a trailer is only really covered if it has its own policy. It is the same for my little trailer for behind the bike or the big RV for behind the truck.
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    Go for it. Look at all of the fun Kic is having with his seals......... My 88 is not leaking, so when I get my progressives I ain't touching those seals. I have 45K on it.
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    And if you have the manual trany, it will not handle the torque for long. That is why you could only get the 350 with an automatic. As it was I had issues withe the manual trans in my 91 formula.
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    Well the streets dont look to bad. I have ridden home in several inches of partly cloudy a few times.
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    I tried to warn you. Now look, Dan,s bawling.
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    Nice lookin ride. Just don't let Yammer Dan see it.........
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    Famous last words. Ranks right up there with "hold my beer............" Since you are so close we really need to meet. I knew I couldn't be the only venture rider in Milwaukee county. I was thinking of doing a M&E next month. If you need a hand, or at least someone to harass you while working let me know. I can break anything.
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    If you need misc parts for the engine let me know. I have an almost complete but disassembled engine from an 85 with a bad 2nd gear. I'm not to far away from you.
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    Yes we all know the 2nd gens are all a little special, that is why the 1st gens always stop at the next ice cream stand to wait for them.....
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