RDawson

I second @luvmy40’s recommendation. If you’re gonna do the valves print off the instructions in the read only library here and contact Skydoc. His kit has the tools and shims to get the job done quickly. Plenty of help and advice available here, it’s not a real hard job if you’re handy with tools and follow the directions.

Already riding on our end of KY. 🏍🏍🏍🏍

Eykamp sometimes has one for sale, they’re pretty hard to find. I’ve been considering making some but haven’t gotten to that project yet.

I just checked my subscription knowing it expires in March, it says they autopay now. That’ll save me a headache most years when I forget it until I can’t post🤣🤣🤣. One more thing jumped in my memory bank, BOSS IS HAVING ANOTHER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. Have a good one Don.

Welcome. You’ve found the right place to keep it purring, best $12 you can spend. You got the first rule right, pictures are required 😁. Good looking bike.

A snapshot of two weeks of weather in KY. We got 5.6” of rain yesterday. Roads that were under 6” of snow a week ago are under 2’ of water today.

Is there a noise filter/isolator installed? It can mute it.

Glad to see you back @skydoc_17 hope you’re healing well.

I haven’t looked at the Ohio or Mississippi River levels but the lakes here that dump into the Ohio are still at winter pool levels. The dam here is dumping at around 4 times the normal rate. If River levels rise they can hold back a lot of water in our lakes to ease flooding. Granted we don’t have to wait for a spring thaw or have tons of snow. I’m hoping the increased flow will have the catfish ready to bite. Hope everybody’s as lucky.

They forecast us 12”-20”. Only got 5-6, I’ll count that as a win. Snow rarely lasts a week here, riding today and going fishing Saturday.

Who besides me and @Squidleycan ride in 63* weather and park beside last week’s snow bank? Gotta love it.

Told ya our weather is crazy here.

Yeah, sounds terrible.

Congrats on getting back on the horse. I too took a 20+ Hiatus. Wife and I enjoy traveling on the Venture much to the dismay of our kids. The one in med school is sure we’ll get killed on it. The blue/black is the best paint scheme of em all, it took me a year or two to find the one we have.

Does your bike have an ignition bypass installed? Maybe something there.

I know we’re laughing and joking about the weather, taking it in stride but I feel for those in Texas and areas that have no resources to deal with it. I told my wife this morning we come and go as we want, have power and water, along with backup generators and a freezer full of food. We’re on a well and have backup heat so we don’t depend on anybody else. Whenever we have an extended power outage the neighbors know there’ll be running water at the hydrant in my yard. In other words we don’t have the right to complain about it. We’re short handed at work right now so I’ve been pulling some 48 hour shifts and gone for long hours, knowing the wife has everything she needs while I’m gone means a lot.

When snow reaches all the way down in Alabama what do engineering students do? Fill the quad with 8’ snowmen.

I’ve made a living the last 19 years working wrecks like that. They are lucky indeed. Best wishes for an easy recovery.

Hoping son n wife are ok. Prayers up.

Below 0 last night, below 32 for several days. Saturday will be 37* first day above freezing for over a week, next Saturday forecast is 60*. And that folks is how KY weather works. I lost a firefighter to a broken ankle Sunday night, slipped on ice fighting fire in 2*weather, next week it’ll be warm enough to ride and fish.

Looks cool. Never needed plow proof box but I built one for mailbox baseball players. Wrapped with 3/16” plate on a 2” steel shaft. Only heard it ring once, no more problems.

Rain storm and Maintenance Day. Never heard of such a thing happening. 🤣🤣🤣

I am aware Carl, that’s why I live down here 🤣🤣. There’s a possibility we may retire farther south to get away from more of it. All this slipping and sliding and I don’t bounce back up like I used to.

I am the the guy to yell at everybody about the KISS method and then the first to over complicate things. 🤬🤬🤬

3* tonight, last night was 10* with -8 windchill and a house fire for a bonus. Every time we stopped moving our gear froze stiff. I’m 36 hrs thru a 48 hr shift hoping it’s not a repeat tonight. I’m telling you it’s time to come get your weather. Snow, ice, freezing temps do not belong down here.