Flyinfool

There is such a thing. With one exception, those that have tried it were not impressed.

Well neither the bike nor I are into showing off so we tend to take our naps privately..................... Everything is now set, Sept 1 I head to the hospital at 8:45 am, surgery at 10:45am and the procedure should take 1.5 hours. After that is anyone's guess as to when anything will happen. I have to be pretty well awake before they can send me home since I will have to go up 5 stairs, on crutches to get into the house, and Erika certainly can not carry my lard a$$ into the house. Here's hoping everything goes as planned....:thumbsup:

Would the royal have the controls for the radio up on the left handlebar? What you are seeing next to the ignition switch is not the schrader valve, that is a bleeder for the left front brake. The front schrader valve for putting air in the shocks would be near the right side of the lower triple tree. The rear schrader valve is located above the right passenger footrest. I have a standard so I am not sure where all the extras are. When you look at the plastic it will either have Venture badges or Venture Royal badges

@cowpuc My understanding of what this means is that subscribed members can now see the trial members in the member list, but that does not necessarily mean that they can see all of us. I hope that what it is.

His profile says he has an 07. since nothing lights up at all it sounds like maybe the ignition switch failed. if the ignition was switching on and of that could have caused your backfire. If you have enough tools to get the ignition switch out you can jumper it to get you back going. Do you have a volt meter or test light with you? You can go thru and check all the fuses visually to see if one of them blew. especially the main fuse and the ignition fuses.

To bad you were not able to make it up here. The NRA is hosting its first ever Concealed Carry Expo here in Milwaukee with vendors, display,s seminars, and everything you could want to know about concealed carry.

Welcome to the nut house................ I mean forum. Orlin is good people, I am sure you got a good bike from him. There is really some great riding in that part of the state.

This Harvey is crazy. We were devastated by 6 inches of rain. 3 feet of snow is incredible, I just can not even imagine 3 feet of rain. Stay safe.

Make sure to wave as you go past my house on the way to Madison.

One of the major news outlets might be real interested in this to. The y love beating up on officials of any part of government.

While it has a fairly high alternator output, with all of the electronic do dads already there, I wonder just how much is left for add ons? I never saw any mention of just how much power the bike needs. EFI is power hungry, antilock/traction control is a power monster, heated seats and grips devour power, etc etc

I let mine take a nap, BUt I forgot to get out of the way first, Now I have just one functional Achilles tendon left........... What a treat waking one of these beasts up from a nap with just one functional leg and while on crutches.

You hit a bump and it fell out???:confused24:

Funny you should mention that, They are both very attractive and fairly young. But I do have to say that even with that I do not get to see enough of them to make this worth the OUCH factor. It will be a month yet before I find out if that same PT is still working there. I hope she is. We got along well together. So many people I know absolutely HATE their PT. As for the next Olympics, HAHAHAHAHAahhahahahaah! I would really hate to be the one that destroyed so many young lives by having an old grey fat man make them look bad on world wide TV....

I have had my 1st gen mistaken for a Gold Wing. He wanted to know why I stuck Yamaha badges on my wing. :confused24:

Geeze Dan I sure hope everything sorts its self out quickly. It is my understanding that if you shoot someone for any reason you will be arrested, it is then the DA that will look at all the evidence to determine if charges should be pursued. It is a pain but you have to give the system time, AND make sure he has a good lawyer and a good eye doc on his side. All we can do is send some prayers his way to help the process along.

There is no telling just how much trouble I can get in while sitting around idle with nothing to do but think about stuff. I will have a lot of time to, Doc said most people will need 6 months to a year for full recovery. But an elite athlete like me might only need 3-6 months. I am hoping to be back fully ambulatory by the end of the year. @cowpuc is probably dreading the thought of what new mods I can dream up for his favorite machine in the world, The infamous Wisconsin White Washer.

Oh yea I think I need that nurse.......... And just when do you think I did not feel "different"????

My doc just kind of shook her head. We did discuss the options of letting it heal on its own vs surgery. Normally, the older you are the more they lean toward letting it heal on its own. It is only young, athletic people that they generally do surgery on. The reason is that total healing time is similar for both approaches, but the surgically repaired will end up stronger with less of a chance of reinjury. I do like that this doc considers me "young and athletic", I do have an active life style. This is the same doc that repaired the torn ligaments in this same ankle 2-1/2 years ago. She was at the time amazed at my healing ability, She said 12 year old's don't heal as fast as I did, This factored into the decision to do surgery this time around. She also knows that I am the type of person that will follow her instructions religiously, Will have to see if I end up with the same PT as I had last time, we got along well together and she did a great job on this same ankle before. As far as getting me to be "normal". Does anyone really want that to happen???? Is there even anyone here that is "normal"?

Back in my day............ Gas was $0.23 per gallon.

Well Grandma is finally with her maker. She passed peacefully this afternoon while saying her rosary. She has been ready for a long time now and finally is free of the pain she was in. Tank you all for your prayers and thoughts.

I'll be there wearing just some bandages.

Yep, I done it good this time. Yesterday morning I was backing the bike out of the shed to ride in to work, then it happened, heard a loud POP, and the next thing I knew the bike and I were both laying in the grass in great pain. It took me a while to get my old carcass up off the ground, I took one step and found myself laying in the grass again. At this point I realized that there was some real damage to my right ankle. It took a lot but on just one leg I managed to pick the bike up and put it back into the shed, most likely for the winter. I then hobbled my way to my truck and took myself to the ER. My ankle was so weak I could only push the gas pedal far enough to get 15 -20 mph. The ER doc examined my ankle and said it looks like a classic ruptured Achilles tendon, but I needed to go see the specialist ASAP So today that is where I was, at the specialist, she said yup it is a complete tear, about 2 inches above where it connects to the heel. So now comes the fun. I am tentatively scheduled for surgery on Sept 1 then will come months of rehab. Doc said most people take 6 months to a year to get back to normal. An elite athlete can heal in 3 to 6 months. So of course my goal is to all healed by the end of this year. After all I am an elite athlete in my own mind. Arrrrrrgggggggg I hate going to Docs and even more so hospitals.

Sounds like you need a push me pull you........

And are you bringing the Warden?