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They are a hand full but a lot of fun, and as mentioned in the vid they do make a LOT of noise. Usually when I fired the first shot at the rang everyone stops to see what made that noise. In that vid he cheated, he got the one with a muzzle brake. Without the brake there is a LOT more muzzle flip and you better be hanging on tight. There is even a WARNING in the owners manual to NOT lock your elbows while shooting or it will break your wrist.

I have had a desert Eagle 50AE. That was a fun gun. Getting another one is on my wish list. That 50AE has also put a bunch of deer in the freezer.

SOOOOOO Curious minds like to know. What was the issue?

Nope me either I am a carnivore, this old body was designed to eat meat. Cutting meat out of my diet will not make me live to 100, but it will feel like it. Besides I still need to get over by @cowpuc for one of those hot dog shindigs, and make a LOT of dogs disappear, maybe even before the flies.

Well I was born in the same cities where hardleys are born. This was all part of the same event that took out my tendon. After the tendon blew out the bike hit my knee while we were both falling to the ground. I just thought it was a bruise that would go away.

Well last week Wednesday I went to the foot doc for a scheduled check up on my surgery. She said it all looks real good and has me starting to walk on it kinda sorta. I can put up to 25% of my weight on it while still using the crutches and the boot. Next week I can move up to 50% weight with the boot and one crutch. On Friday the 13th I get to start PT. While at the foot doc I asked about the knee on my other (left) leg it is still sore and makes grinding noises when I move it. Since she is a podiatrist she can not legally do anything above the ankle. But she said it did not look good and that I should see my regular Doc. So I did that today. He yanked and pulled and twisted and poked and sent me up for Xrays. He said it looks like I probably have a fractured kneecap, He is forwarding the xrays to an orthopedic to determine what to do about it. It could be anything from just give it time to heal on its own to surgery to fix it. ARRRRRGGGgggggg!

One you tread into the world of LEDs, none of the old rules you thought you knew apply any more. If bulb A is 2500 lumins and 60 W and bulb B is 2500 lumins at 40 W. That means that they will both output the exact same about of light but bulb B will do it using less electricity. Watts has a direct mathematical relationship to amps, so if you take your 60W ÷ the bikes 14 volts running you get 4.29 amps. So watts is noting but the total amps that the light will draw from your electrical system. It has absolutely no bearing on light output. The difference in watts between 2 LEDs of the same brightness is in the efficiency of the driver circuits that are taking bike power and converting it to the power that the LED needs. Also some LED technologies will produce more light on less power that other technologies not even including the driver efficiency. SO do I now have you totally cornfused?

Some of the newer cars can be totaled from hitting a deer, especially at interstate speeds. The farther north (read that the harsher the winter) you go the bigger the deer are. As mentioned we are just starting to enter the silly season, where the ONLY thing on a bucks mind is procreation of the species, when you only get lucky once a year you are going to try to get the most out of it. Big bucks are trying to chase all of the smaller bucks out of their territory so that they can have all of the does to themselves, those chased bucks are literally running for their lives. Then those horny bucks do not want to wait until the doe is ready, they are trying for some early action, but since the does want nothing to do with it they are also running for their lives, and dignity. since all of these deer are being chased, they will blindly run across any road, I have seen them cross 8 lanes of interstate.

Nope my cholesterol is wonderful to bordering on being to low. But my drug use was the very first thing every Dr asked me along the way. I take no forms of statins, and None of the meds that I take have weakened tendons as even an uncommon side effect. The first one everyone asked about was an antibiotic that has blown Achilles as a very common side effect. When I first had my heart issue on of the meds that made my heart work did cause me a lot of dizziness to the point that I did not ride the bike for a full year. once my heart got stabilized and the dosage cut down to 25% of what it was the dizziness went away and has stayed away. By the way I am now 4 days into walking on my foot with up to 25% of my weight on it but with the use of crutches and the boot. On Friday the 13th I start PT. Doc says it is looking good so far.

Back in my day we went to a movie at the theater and got a soda and pop corn all for 25¢. Just the movie was a nickel or a dime depending on which side of 12 you were on.

For me those options make it a much harder choice. The ammo availability is why I mentioned reloading ability as a factor. I am a reloader so ammo availability is of little concern to me, I don't know if it is for you. As for stainless vs blued, If you are going to take it hunting then to me it is stainless all the way. If I have a choice I will never buy another blued hunting gun. I have had blued guns showing bits of rust buy the end of just one day of hunting in the rain. For me and my bad eyes, a scope is also a requirement.

First make sure the bolt you are putting in is really a metric bolt of the correct size. If the threads are stripped I would put in a heli coil so that you are still using the correct screw. I hate going up a size and having one oddball screw. That oddball will just make things more difficult for as long as you own it.

So this is now the 6th Friday in a row. Will you be riding this weekend? You know it will not be too much longer before @cowpuc does something silly to make me go out to play with my machines in the shed......... I am sure you do not want to have to ride it home someday in 6 inches of partly cloudy.

Oh sure post stuff like this where I can see it, I had just calmed down my "NEED" for a new rifle for this hunting season. Now I am all wound up again. I love the idea of a big magnum that will work in either a handgun or rifle. I have often looked into getting such a combo. I would probably lean toward the 45-70 as there is a lot of ammo available that is loaded for a rifle. For the 2 CVAs that you mention, If you reload then I would lean toward the 450, If you are not a reloader then I would lean toward the 44MAG.

It is both, I can not update the browser because the browser newer versions no longer support XP. The newer OS do not have drivers for this old computer. So I can not update the OS which means I can not update the browser. When I click on the vid to start it is says that this browser does not support HTML5. So if the vids can be done in HTML4 then old people like me can view them.

Puc you know I don't get mad................. It took a fraction of a pump. Or was it a fraction of a gallon......

D then E followed by B

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?65506-Anyone-have-a-broken-1st-Gen-MKII-speedometer-cable I think this one might also have the pic I am after http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?67738-Only-3-left-Speedo-Bearing-Coupling-Grease-Tool I would like to reference this thread with pic in another speedo lube discussion. Thanks

cowpuc The fitting I have that was made by another member just screws onto the back of the speed and has a grease Zerk on it. I use what ever is in my grease gun that I use on the front steering linkage of my cages. Ill see if I can find a pic of this tool. edit Here are the threads, Hopefully Freebird will be able to find these old pics. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?67738-Only-3-left-Speedo-Bearing-Coupling-Grease-Tool http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?65506-Anyone-have-a-broken-1st-Gen-MKII-speedometer-cable

I use the same grease that I use on my ball joints on the truck for the speedo. I use the same cable lube as for the throttle cables on the speedo cable.

Careful. NO state is off limits............. You are going to get @cowpuc nervous, about the collateral damages............ Congratulations Rick, I can only imagine how good it will feel to flee Illinois.

13.7 is right on the border. Depending on your charger it is possible to charge a battery in 2 hours. Something here is not right. Once the battery is fully charged take it back in for testing. First test your meter to see if it is accurate, compare it against a buddy's meter or test your car across the battery with the engine running. it should also be about 14V. A fully charged battery in your bike should be 12.6V. Here is the full test procedure http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?81297-Testing-for-a-Battery-not-Charging.

Bummer, my 17 year old computer can not view these new HTML5 videos.......

I have to agree with all of the above sounds like speedo. I never had a speedo cable squawk, but every couple of years my speedo will start squawking. I have a tool that a member here made for greasing the speedo head. quiets it right down every time. You do not have to pull the fairing to get to it. if your hands are real small and limber you can follow the speedo cable up from the bottom and disconnect it from the head. I can only reach far enough to touch it but can not reach to actually get it off, but by just pulling the headlight I can get to it. Worst case is to have to pull the windshield and the cover over the instruments then it will be right there looking at you.

I have a 29 inch inseam and it only took once stopping with my feet over a low spot and finding nothing but air for me to learn to pay close attention to where my feet will be landing EVERY time I come to a stop. I have a stock seat and on level ground I can put one foot flat and the other toe down while seated. If I stand up then I can get both feet flat for duck walking the bike if I have to. I have thought of getting my seat lowered by Rick the Butt Butler so that I can get both feet flat while seated.