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Love Baseball but there's no love lost on these 2 teams. If the Yankees lose I just get to pick on more of my coworkers. LOL

The Houston TX area may set an unwelcomed record for Rainfall in October. We have not had any rain all month and none is predicted until Wednesday. only a 20% chance.

I have a 2018 (Gen 3) and I'm 5'7 on a good day. It actually fits well with the factory seats. I'm almost flat footed. I had a Gen 2, '06, and it was OK. 1 foot solid on the ground and one on the toes. That was also a factory seat. I bought that one second hand so I don't recall if it was ever 'lowered'.

That's a shame because that's a beautiful bike.

Agreed, great comparison. The 1st Gen was way ahead of its time, IMHO, and with better marketing I don't believe we would have seen the GW dominate in the metric tourer world. Even though I rode one for a year when I was 18-19 years old, I still feel it was the best bike I've ridden. I have the 2018 now and it does fit me better being short. I'd like to get a more comfortable seat for it but I'm too cheap. Planning an Iron Butt ride in early December so that may rattle my wallet loose. 🤪 BTW, that ride would be from Katy TX to the TX/NM boarder then down to Persidio, TX on 12/6. Saturday and Sunday will be more casual riding back to Katy.

We had something similar as a kid not sure it was sears or not. Had 2 sisters living on the same road and would mow all 3 lawns. When I was about 13 - 14 it stopped running. My dad looked at me and said the push mower worked. So it sat. each lot was about 1/2 acre and the houses were small 2 bedroom/1 bath ranches. Went from taking maybe a couple of hours to a large part of my Saturdays. I tried to fix it a couple of times with no luck because we could not afford the parts. What happens when I move out at 17, he fixes the darn thing. So glad I have YouTube university today.

Just had to swap mine a couple of weeks ago. Notices a little harder start and the park assist was slower than normal. This is the first battery I've put in. Bought it in April of 2019 from a dealer.

Hurricane Milton is heading for the Tampa Bay area. While the Tampa area did not suffer the level of destruction from Helene as others this will be a cat 3 storm when it hits. There is still a lot of debris lined up in the streets they are trying to get hauled away before it becomes projectiles in this storm. they are already saturated from continuing rains the last week or so. Flooding will be a major issue alone with the 115 - 125 mph winds. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for many counties along the Gulf coast. Tampa Bay has not seen a major storm since 1921, some say it's because of a blessing by Indian Tribes on local burial sites. Milton is going to affect the entire state in some form. We hope everyone stays safe as Milton hits/crosses the state.

BTW: Can someone please tell all these idiots hoarding toilet paper that WE DON'T IMPORT TOILET PAPER.

Several things to point out. A 62% pay hike over 6 years. That's more than 10% each year. I have a friend whose son works at the docks in Houston. He said he already makes well over 100K per year with OT. Using 100K as a starting point in 6 years with OT that would put him very close to if not over 200K per year. The Union leader trying to negotiate that made 900K last year. These types of increase will 100% be passed on to the consumer. Heck if I were 20 or so years younger, I would have crossed that picket line for those numbers. The only thing that will help stem these increases would be automation. Which the union is trying to block 100%. Some of the changes I've read about pensions are really up there too. Some wanted retirement available at 55 to pull from the pensions at 80% of their final 4 years of pay averaged out. As you can tell I am not a fan of unions. For what they did to my dad as well as to me. Myself I was associated to a union for all of 3 weeks when I was too stupid to know better.

That is definitely a unique bike. Time to get it ready for some shows, great job. IMHO the 1st gens were the best looking, but barely. The Gen 3s are great looking too.

I'm 5'6 with a 29" inseam and had no issues with my '06. Yes, it could be awkward at times mainly when trying to pull it backwards into a parking spot. That is one of the reasons I went to the SVTC, a little lower BUT it has electric reverse/forward.

East coast friends keep an eye on the front of the east coast. This weekend it could become a tropical depression. This is Sunday night with winds around 60mph.

I think it's time for sheepskin on that seat. You can get it dyed any color, maybe purple. LOL

Interesting concept. It's almost like the beginnings of the rat rod mantra / clearcoat it.

Sorry for your loss.

This is the bike that enamored me to the Venture. I was 17 when they first came out and a friend getting ready to go into the Army decided he was going to buy one. Going to the dealer he took it on a test ride and bought it. I rode it the next day and was able to ride a wheelie in 3rd gear. I fell in love with that bike. He had it for abut 4 years and I wish I would have bought it off him, just couldn't afford it. I did get to own a gen 2 and now own a gen 3. If the frame is not an issue, I think you're going to have a lot of fun with this bike.

I've run 87 in all of my bikes. Never had any back firing issues accept on my Gen 2. Higher Octane did not resolve that. Had the carbs cleaned and checked, problem resolved.

On long trips where there may be long gaps of open road, I'll have a camel pack with me. When it's 100+ here in Houston you could lose a lot of water through sweat quickly. I've got about an hour ride home and several times have had to stop to get some water or Gatorade. Sometimes you just need to stop more often than with every tank of gas.

One of the things I do for our Firm is tracking and preparing our offices for anything that might impact us. Below is what I sent to upper management about Beryl and its impact on the Houston area. Beryl is about to make landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula as a strong CAT 2 storm. It will weaken substantially over land enter the Gulf as a Tropical storm where it will slowly strengthen to a CAT 1 storm. The converged tracks have moved north to Brownsville TX with US landfall early Monday. The forecast cone still has Houston (nearly all of the TX coast) in the cone of possibility. The European model has moved slightly south with a landfall near Lake Jackson TX as a CAT 2 storm with the track right over downtown Houston. The American model has moved north with landfall near Corpus Christi as a CAT 1 storm with the path west of Houston closer to San Antonio. In either of these scenarios Houston could see 6+ inches of rain. Forecast cone: Spaghetti models European Model (ICON) Landfall prediction GFS Model (American) landfall prediction

Gen 3's are a different beast. 3 drain plugs and 2 fill locations. Same tools though.

I believe there are digital copies here in the files section. Place it on a thumb drive and forget the CD. Computers haven't come with a CD ROM in 7 - 10 years unless it was a added request on order.

Beautiful ride into work this morning in Houston. 74 when I left the house ~5:30. Don't actually come into the office regularly anymore. Pre Plandemic I was in every day and that would generate about 11 - 12,00 miles a year but now . . . . Need to make more time for just riding with no destination in mind.

On my '06 I had something similar to this. Drove me nuts for about 6 months. Then one day I would see the fan on and then it would shut off pretty quick. I replaced the fuse and the problem went away. I don't know why but it did.

Thanks Freebird