RDawson

Slowing down is the hardest thing for the self employed to do. It took me being hurt and forced to close the prop shop for 6 months to figure out what I wanted. Now I’m riding more and turning down work.

Let’s load y’all in an 18 wheeler and sneak across. :cool10:

At 55k I was gonna replace the bearings no matter what. I never put a new bearing in an old race. Probably a little overkill but my plan is to never have to tear it down again.

Boy that lower neck race is no fun. I ended up reaching up from the bottom and welding a piece of flat steel to it and used a rod to hammer it out.

It’s well worth the 30 mile ride, I’m coming 796. Meet some members here, eat some good food, laugh a lot, hear some good stories, maybe hear some true ones, and generally have a good time.

Congrats. 🎉🎊🎈 50 is a number few reach anymore.

After putting it off since the last trip to NY I tore her down today for steering neck bearings, what was Yamaha thinking? I’ll put it back together Saturday morning and tear out the other end. I need to take the pumpkin off to get the FJR one milled for the speedo. The Garmin broke off in my hand when I went to unplug it so I’m finally gonna order the Bluestreak from Edsets to integrate the phone without the Garmin. I hope they open the border, who will we pick on if there’s no Canadians there?

Glad to see ya back on wheels. You still going to Niagara?

We’re still working it out if the marm is coming or if I’m riding solo. The rally is a few weeks prior to us moving the last kiddo out for college so we feel a little guilty leaving her here alone. We haven’t booked a room yet so depending on what I need I’ll be glad to buy out somebody’s deposit if we can arrange it.

This Covid thing has knocked me out, they changed the move in date for my daughter getting into the dorm. I’ll be in Huntsville that weekend, really hoped to make this one.

I’m in a small town America area that’s usually insulated from this kind of problem. We’ve had two protests this week, one very well organized and peaceful, the other shutting down the major route through town. When they started walking between and surrounding cars one driver pepper sprayed the crowd. The driver was arrested for that, I won’t give my opinion on the arrest. This all happened right in front of the ice cream store where my 18yo daughter works, she called me in a panic. I ended up setting in the dining room 3-1/2 hours as a guard keeping the three teens working there calm. All in a county that has had 3 police shootings that I can remember in my life, all white all justified. I don’t think we’ll have the riots or looting here, the rednecks will turn vigilante if we do.

My wife and daughter always catch the most. I spend all my time removing their fish and baiting their hooks.

Wife and I rode 125 mile Memorial Day ride.

Don’t take difference of opinion personal here, it’s a large group and diverse thought process. Some choose somber remembrance of those who gave their lives while others celebrate the lives given in ultimate sacrifice. I never served Due to a spinal injury but have tremendous respect for those who have. I choose to reflect on my grandfather from WW1, cousins in Vietnam, BIL from Korean War, and friends from many conflicts. While they didn’t fall in battle many have slowly fallen from the effects suffered there. I spent some time this morning thinking of BongoBob and the reality he probably died from Vietnam just last summer. Later today we’ll get the bike out and visit our local park that has memorials for every war the US has been a part of including the names of every local resident who didn’t come home.

Depends on your definition of close. I’m only 1023 miles away :moon:

There are several members in the area of the reservation. They tell me if you come bearing ice cream they’ll come out to meet you.

The sensor reads the ring gear. No change.

The speed discrepancy is normal, changing the gearing doesn’t change the speedo. You can get a Speedo Healer or Speedodrd to adjust it. I use the DRD because it’s cheaper, they both work well.

I never use a pressure washer anywhere near my bike. It will inject water in electrical and in bearings. Bad things happen.

Dang, you sucked me in. I thought we were going to Krispy Kreme for a meet and greet.

You can but a 3.5 mm signal splitter or I use an Amplirider for multiple inputs.

I think it’s different by state. I remember one part was I swore to have never fought in a duel. That’s the only part I remember after nearly 30 years, that was as a deputy jailer. It didn’t take me long to figure out law enforcement wasn’t for me, way too high tempered to be cussed or spit at.

For anybody interested, if I understand what research I’ve done the FJR has the same gears as a VMax and on Ebay are 1/3-1/2 price of the VMax pumpkin. I just ordered an FJR pumpkin for $55.

One of those was me. My phone locked up as soon as I entered chat. I figured Carl was in there tearing stuff up.