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Thanks Don, I haven't been online a lot, so I noticed nothing. That's always the sign of a great job.

OK, I'm calling BS. That is way too nice to be a garage find. Darn fine looking ride. I've said it before I absolutely love the Gen 1, especially those handlebar setups. Those were so comfortable. I just don't have the ability to maintain them. Congrats on the find.

I'm a fan of the Ryobi battery tools. I purchased one of the original 18v blue ones and used it for many years before I finally burned it up when the battery went dead and I was on the last screw for a deck. pulled the trigger and manually twisted it. Bought the Drill / impact combo ~20 years ago and they are still going strong. I have the 18V blower I use regularly and I had the weed eater too and used it for several more years after my son ran that over with the truck, I just bent the tube back as close as I could. Now I have a very small front yard compared to most as we only have 1/4 acre here in Texas compared to the 1/2 acre + we had in Ohio and nothing like Don's setup. I also don't use them professionally, but I do use them while making furniture, building items for us like our outdoor kitchen/gazebo area and any number of odd jobs for friends and family like sheds decks and even some remodeling.

Bourbon, lots of Bourbon. you won't care anymore 😉

Love the 1'st Gens. Wish they would bring the style back with the VMax engine, the same handlebar setup, reverse and all the good electronics like Apple/Android integration. Call it a throwback or whatever I'd sell my '18 and buy one. I don't have ethe skills to maintain one properly with the twin carbs and can't find a 3rd party mechanic around here that can.

Just sent you a PM. Hopefully that helps

Got in a nice 4 + hour ride on Saturday. Followed a route I've done a few times from the house and ended up riding in areas just looking for land. Would love to find something away from any city but land is getting stupid expensive. One property I looked at was nearly 55K an acre for 15 acres or close to 1.4 million. That's stupid for property with a double wide. I need to be within a couple of hours of a major airport for work and have solid internet access to work remote. Personally, I need to keep the wife happy first. She's from Long Island originally and likes the city but I need to get out of the city, reduce taxes, eliminate the stupid association garbage and get back on well water to eliminate those stupid increases.

Hope you heal quickly and are back in the saddle soon.

What did you think of the "one dry side" of the bar. This place is sort of a bucket list just to see how they handle that.

I had this issue on my '06. It was a 2 fold issue, The fuse for the fan was bad and then the fuel pump was in the process of failing.

Right there with ya.

I understand what you're saying. The years of my riding are now on the shorter side so I want to ride as much as possible. I rode year around in northern Ohio as a kid. Had a Honda CB200, Suzuki 400 enduro style and a Yamaha 400. It wasn't terrible salt conditions that I remember but I do remember washing them off constantly. We had an old wood/coal stove in the garage and we always had a fire going. Wash/rinse outside and then into the garage to let dry. Part of the reason I moved south was to ride year around and a job opportunity presented itself for me to make the move.

With 3 wheels I'd ride in that. It's all in what you wear.

Hopefully they find the issue.

Yes, I am Guilty as charged. I've only been riding to work though. Maybe in April I get to do some fun riding.

If you're ever in Big Bend - SW Texas - Run the Rio between Lajitas and Presidio. 50 Miles of pure fun. https://goo.gl/maps/M64YisDBC7ajL24K9

Saw this video with 1 a while back.

Search engine, I think it was DuckDuckGo. I was looking to go Darkside on my '06 in late '18 and came here from a comment in a Darkside forum.

LOL you only need to go near Texas A&M to see this. Not sure if anyone Knew but they have a fairly large logistics studies at TA&M. They actually have a highway where they have the 2 sides switch. Frankly I think it's stupid and if there were much traffic here accidents would be out of control. We were on it this weekend. My son said welcome to England once they flopped and then Welcome Home when they returned. The thought is that they increase exit traffic flow. Don't see it. Kind of like a round about instead of a 4 way. Google Maps

That's awesome. Congratulations.

OMG I know exactly how you feel. We lived in Geauga county for a couple of years, near Kent / Streetsboro area. While we were there THE wife found a great Christmas tree farm. Well, when we moved back to the west side of town she decided that we had to go there to get our tree. I loaded her and the kids up in a Reliant K car, drove 1.5 hours to the other side of town for the tree. She picks one I tell her is too big for our house but I proceeded to cut it down under protest. Kent is in the snow belt and we are getting hammered. coming across 480 from 271 they are closing the highway as we pass each exit. We get off near Rt 83 to head north to Avon Lake. We are the ONLY ones on the road. Took us almost 4 hours to get home. Those from the area will understand the road references. BTW: I had to cut 3 feet off the bottom of the @#$^# tree.

Considering they mount to the trunk, No I do not trust them.

LOL, if you still need this I'll volunteer. I'll give all the wrong answers too if I can get a prescription for a month-long ride to get some much need downtime.

Maybe at the highest elevations. Normally I would think not.

If I still lived in OH I'd pop down for a weekend camp out. Now in Texas it would be a full week round trip. Well almost. I have family in WV and when we would visit my cousins would be waiting with fishing poles and 1 revolver just in case we ran into a bear or a revolver. Never did and we never went hungry. The fishing was great back on some of those small streams.