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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.

I have 0 faith in media, on either side of the spectrum. They will lie to meet their agenda - Sorry not tell the whole truth. They have spent the last 30 years changing the reference from Jounalist to Media. We have very few Jounalists anymore and the ones that do exist are stifled by their superiors or editors.

Take the test again. 50% accuracy rate. I actually have a friend that was preparing for a cruise and tested Positive. Went to a different testing station and tested negative. He was told by his Dr to come in and take a 3rd test. They administered 2 tests at his Dr's office. On in each nostril. Lo and behold, 1 positive and one negative. I won't give the rest of my opinion as I'd probably get banned LOL.

Looking to buy an Eluder Seat.

Were you successful? Any Pics?

Mid 50's is a good ride temp. Mid 70's - mid 80's is perfect. A good leather coat will keep you warm. I don't mind being cold and I don't mind being wet. I never want to be cold and wet again. BTW here's the weather for Houston TX. Our highs are dropping 30 degrees F overnight. You Northerners need to keep your weather up there.

I ran Nexen on my 06 Venture for roughly 18 months. Put 30K miles on it and never had any issues. I scraped the floorboards a few times and had not tread transition issues/feelings. Had the fuel pump fail on a trip and they guy would not work on it with the CT on it. I probably had another 10 - 15k of tread left on the tire. I spent roughly 6+ months going back and forth with Dunlop and Metler's R&D group after having to put 3 tires in a single year. Both brands had the same issue for me on the Gen 2, They wore out at 5K - 6K miles. Garbage for the price I was paying. (I don't have the means to mount my own tires) Front tires I'd get 12K - 14K out of from both brands. Same old scare tactic a CT will kill you on a bike, the bead won't work etc. etc. I did finally get to one development engineer who was very clear, we had our heated debates but. . . . Anyway, he said the bead difference between the CT and MT is not the issue, the issue is the softness of the side wall. MT side walls are designed to be very "stiff" as he put it. Most CTs are designed to be soft so the tread will move from the G-Force pressures during cornering. So 'any' CT will not be safe, you have to pay attention to the sidewall. Bias-Ply should be avoided. Radial should be fine. Also, he said to avoid low profile, well, duh.