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It's sad when you've been with a company for so long and you see the issues and can do little to help correct them. I've had 5 full time jobs in my adult life. One, the first, was only 6 weeks because I was not given what was promised. I've been fortunate to be able to have had my own side business for about 15 of those years. My tenures are not as long as yours, 6 weeks, 2.5 years, 5 years, 12 years and 18 years in the current company. During this time my roles have changed dramatically too. From a tech building PC's and networks to managing DR, office construction projects around the country to basically anything no one else wants to do. If it's hitting the fan I get the call to manage the issue to resolution. It's kept the career challenging enough to keep me interested. As far as retiring, I tell everyone I'll retire at noon the day they bury me. Part of that is choice, part is not but hopefully can change that before the time comes.

My OC is coming soon and I'll need to put a rear tire on already. Mfgr and OEM replacements got about 13-14K on them. That was great but the third OEM only has about 6500 on it and the wear is a dramatic difference on this one. Time to look at darkside again. .

Sprecher is the best I've had in a long time. Available in our local HEB grocery. I believe they are out of Wisconsin though. There used to be a small Mom and Pop place in Elyria OH that made their own. This was 20+ years ago but you would bring your own jug. Used to take cleaned 1 gallon Milk jugs.

The only issues I've had with bluetooth connections between bikes is the distance. With the DMC radios (all brands, I think Sena has a set like the Cardo) the big key is distance. Cardo docs say up to a mile. You can also have up to 15 additional riders online in the group. I've been in a group with 5 and it worked well. To the point where we heard each other singing along to our music LOL. The MICS on all the brands seem really good too. Noise cancelation etc. I wore a half helmet with a boom mic and people said they did not hear any wind.

From what I can tell it looks like the Edge is the replacement.

We've used the Cardo Setups (Packtalk Bold) for a long time now. No issues. They will also Bluetooth to the bike. I've been out of site of others and been able to hear them well. It would be nice to find a way to connect it to the SVTC's native wiring harness. then the CB becomes fully operational.

Awesome! Wish my wife would get back on a bike. Even with me. She was on a spyder and it's hard on her shoulders. On top of that she was almost hit by a Semi crossing the yellow line. Now I think she's too scared.

I have to say this group has the best looking bikes. Even the Wings and Spyders. Not sure about those Harleys though, LMAO.

With and Without the Trunk

Don't wear all that stuff but just my helmet is more expensive than any clothes I have. Not the picture I want to leave y'all with so I would add jeans, shirt and boots.

Wait until you lose power. When I moved south and our first house had the main water line coming out of the ground and then into the house, yeah, I was floored.

Sold my Black Cherry 06 in '19 and bought the 2018 red SVTC. Put 16K+ on the first year and with The COVID Scam I'm only at 39K now. Looking to put many more miles on it.

Yea I don't miss the snow.

That's funny but a totally $ad situation. Trudeau is a true elitist with grandeur of being part of the New World Order and enslaving the rest of us. I put him and his family on the same level and the Clinton Crime Mafia and the Biden Crime Family. The Bush family here is only slightly better by a fraction as far as I'm concerned.

No, we're not doomed. We can drastically reduce the debt by calling in all the markers with interest and at present value owed to the US by other Countries since WWI, WWII, Korea, including the Middle East (all of those countries), South America, Africa etc. Open the US owned Gold Mines. Pass laws requiring a balanced budget with no governmental salaries will be paid if budgets are not met. Add on to that a law that states 'if the US does not meet budget requirements' then all sitting federal Politicians are not eligible for reelection at any point in the future and if any Federal representative in the Legislative or Executive branch does not meet a budget of their respective constituent requirements, they too are no longer eligible for any public office. Politicians should only be allowed to earn the Median Income of the Constituency that they represent. I could go on but we all know none of this will get done because it will affect the wallets of every Federal employee. And, YES, Politicians are our Employees.

I ride with layers in anything above freezing as long as there is no rain. give me heated gear and I'll ride anytime. Above 60 and I'll ride in the rain too. I can handle being cold. I can handle being wet. I cannot handle being wet and cold.

Condolences to the Family and Friends.

Merry Christmas to everyone and your families.

Great news.

I ran a Nexan on my Gen 2 for just under 2 years. I had 18K miles on it but my fuel pump went out on a long trip and they would not work on the bike with a CT so I had them put on a MT. If I would have know how easy the Fuel pump was to replace I would have bought the part, put it in myself and kept the CT. I can vouch that it felt different in twisties at first and it was a 'feeling comfortable' issue mot a performance issue. After a short time that comfort was there. Here in Houston 90% of what I ride is flat and lazy curves. I miss the Appalachian area for riding. Will be looking to go Dark on the next rear tire change on the SVTC.

Great news. Will keep her in our prayers.

Praying for big success and fast recovery. 🙏

Here's a clip from a TX State Trooper in Waller County about 30 minutes north of where I live. Talks about Soccer Moms, Deer and other items that have hit and killed bikers. That area is building up quick now and I can vouch for Dogs, Cats, Livestock (from goats and sheep all the way to horses and cattle). This applies to all rural areas around the country.

I did a thing. Found an affordable Eluder seat too. First 2 Pics are with the Venture seat. Last 2 are with the Eluder seat. Thanks @Tutor. Been a while since you showed us all this but I finally got to it.

Let us know what you think after a while. Can you wirelessly charge with the case on a desk base? I've got the X mount so I can use any case but like the idea of the quad, for the trucks also.