Flyinfool

Yes do a lot of checking on the back end of your trailer before even considering a bike lift. A co worker just bought a new RV trailer and mounted a rack for 2 mountain bikes for the kids. His warranty for the frame was voided because 2 kids bicycles and the rack (less than 100 lbs) exceeded the 50 lb maximum weight capacity of the trailer and broke both frame rails about a foot in front of the bumper. Even though the dealer assured him it was ok and the dealer installed the bike rack. Not to mention that 1200 lbs (bike + lift) hung off the back end is going to remove a lot of tongue weight.

Sometimes technology beats the heck out of brute force. Did you try unloading with the winch just for practice while you have help handy? Did you go for a spin around the neighborhood and over some good bumps with the bike tied down back there just to verify all is good for a trip?

You know Puc, just because you are the head of the . That does not put you above the law. :worthless: This violation is gonna cost you a good size pile of hot dogs....... It is never to soon to start spoiling the grand kids.

I mounted my relay under the seat on the right hand side of the bike. They relays are small, they can be stuffed almost anywhere. I added 3 terminal blocks on top of the air cleaner. One is a ground block that grounds direct to the battery negative, One is wired hot to the battery with a 40A MAXI fuse. the third is wired hot to the battery thru a 40A MAXI fuse and a relay so that it is only hot when the ignition is on. This gives me a nice convenient place to hook up lights and accessories to, and never have to worry about stressing the 30 year old OEM wiring or switches on the bike. All of my grounds for add ons are hard wired up to that ground block and never to the 30 year old frame that wants to rust all connections.

Mama you literally just missed him by about 10 seconds.............

Looks good. Sounds like you are having fun. I like the voltmeter except it is saying you have an issue. A fully charged battery should read ~12.6V and if the bike is running, it should read ~14V. 11.8 is a bit low. That could be from playing with the lights a lot and the battery is a bit run down, or a bad connection somewhere.

Houses without basements are very rare around here. I often forget that many other parts of the country basements are a rarity. Under the basement steps is the best place to be unless you have an actual storm shelter. If you have no choice but to be above ground, they say the bathtub is the next best place. Hopefully it is a cast iron one and not plastic.

Here is one of the 2K rattle cans. http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-s-2k-aerospray-high-gloss-clear.html?fee=7&fep=26897&SRCCODE=PLA00020&product_id=14148Z&adpos=1o2&creative=83580265620&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CIqhtaf24tECFRi4wAodRRMD8Q There are other brands and the price varies greatly depending on where you buy from, so do your home work. Because this is a true 2K clear coat, you must use the proper respirator, even outdoors. ALL 2K paints are really bad news for your lungs. Every time I try to paint something outdoors, it never fails, a bug will land in the wet paint and walk across the surface making a mess of tracks, and then die and become part of the final finish.

Our local news did a story on an 60 something year old woman that hid in the bathtub and everything was leveled to the floor. When she looked up out of the tub she was in the woods a long way from where the house was. She just had a couple bumps and bruises. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/01/24/a-woman-flew-through-a-tornado-in-a-bathtub-and-survived/

I do not know what is available for 2nd gen hitches, I made my own hitch for my 1st gen. I would not wire the bike until you get your trailer, some trailers are 5 wire and some are 4 wire. You would hate to do all the wiring work and find out it is wrong, OR have to pass up a great deal on a trailer because it has the wire configuration that you did not do. Most 4 wire trailers are for a flat 4 connector, very few use a round 4. 5 wire is more split between a flat 5 and a round 5 connector. Again it is better to get the trailer and then wire the bike to match.

You will have to get in line to show off your wrinkles.................

I have been using the ABS cement and glass cloth for many years and have not had one repair fail. Tell your wife she does good work.

Ouch! Just some thoughts. It is hard for the front brake to hold on a steep hill. Did you pull in the clutch while rolling back? Leaving the clutch engaged may have added just enough friction to hold it on the ramp. it may help to get some of the adhesive backed no slip stuff to put on the ramp so that you have better traction, especially if it is wet or damp. There is a lot of daylight between the center ramp and the left ramp. I can not tell if they slid apart or if it was just the sag of the center ramp. The center ramp sagged a lot while loading, add some bolts to tie all of the ramps together, and keep them from sliding apart. Another option is to get a small 12V winch with remote control mounted in the front to pull the bike up and to slowly lower it back down for unloading. You are going to have the same issue unloading where the bike wants to run away down the hill.

I had that or something very similar also as a kid. It is scary as an adult and even worse as a kid. The docs said it has nothing at all to do with activity. They gave it a big fancy name that I can not remember. I had one in the middle of a race when I was on the swim team, nearly drown, I had a couple while sound asleep. Sometimes the right side sometimes the left. The docs did say that it is something I would out grow, and I did. All of my episodes were between the age of 10 and 15. Never happened again since. Prayers up for the little one.

I keep learning more and more about less and less. Pretty soon I will know everything there is to know about nothing.

I can see that Cowpuc needs a fresh delivery of SNOW! I wonder if Tip is subscribed to Pucs Youtube channel and already saw it? Puc, be sure to let us know if you survived Tippy finding out, and I hope you put fresh hay in the dog house.

I have had brand new bad plugs in the past from several manufacturers.

OK Silly question time. Now that Bob mentioned it, That screw head does not look so much like it is rounded out as it looks like it IS a SAE Philips head. What thread did you tap that hole out to?

Glad to hear you are on the mend. Yes it is amazing what Drs can do these days. MD is coming........

No!!!! Don't go wasting no apple pie on no stinker!

I seem to have lost my toga also, I guess I'll have to do nekid chat.................

That sounds like fun, but it looks like things have changed in the last quarter century since you were there.

Well I sure hope that your "setbacks" are not from us making you laugh to much. They say laughter is the best medicine, But it sure can hurt at the same time. I just had a similar experience and I found that some of the soreness that came later was due to over compensating and sitting and moving in weird positions that I am not used to, to try to take pressure of of the original ouch. Just pay attention to how you are doing things to see if you can spot the things you are now doing different. And of course, make sure that you are not just simply pushing it to hard or to fast, maybe no more 2 mile walks for a while.......

Another good plan comes together.......

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