[Merry Christmas to you all]

Merry Christmas to you Don and all the members here.

[good time of the year]

Well I am glad it is too cold for the bike. With all the snow and ice we have I am glad we cant ride or I would be furious. We have been working 60 + hours a week scene the first of Nov. 12 hours through the week and 6 to 8 on Sat. The pay is good but this old man is getting tired. Some of the extra will go for a hunting trip next fall and the rest I will probably use for Christmas. :mo money::mo money:

[Merry Christmas from Mike & Cherie]

Great poem Mike. Marry Christmas from Chuck & Celia

[Any trips?]

I didn't do very many trips this year. Just to the IR and then over to Branson for a few days. Lot of day trips with the SCRC group I ride with. I will not do any on the bike in 14. I will save the Vac. time and take my oldest son to WY on a two week hunting trip before I retire in 15.

[Ice cream cone]

Someday, somehow, somewhere, sometime - we WILL toss one back!!

 

 

Watch throwing those cones. You may choke on them. :rotf::rotf::rotf:

[2nd Gen plugs??]

Dan why change the plugs??? You won't ride it so the ones in there should last for years.:rotf::rotf:

When you change them use the iridium plugs there good for 100,000 miles but you should know that already.

[What did you do to your bike today??]

I stood beside mine for about an hour while working in the shed. I will get it out on Sat and spin the wheels for s short ride.

[Get mine in 1st!!]

I have a really hard time "getting into the spirit". Something about spending more than you have made almost all year. All the family get together drama, scheduling whos gonna be where and spend what day with witch family etc. And not to mention the hours to dig the christmas decorations etc out, time putting them up, then storing the boxs again for 4 weeks when you repeat the whole process again to pack up. Grrrrr Taking a cruise to Hawaii would be soooo much easier.

 

Who does all that??? I just pull the bike out of the shop and turn the lights on. It is decorated all year long.:rotf:

[What happened to the Christmas Movies ?]

If you miss It's a Wonderful Life on the 14TH you can see it on the 24TH.

[Has anybody got a deer yet this year?]

I haven't hunted since 04, lost the area to developers and don't like hunting on state ground. My son goes with a friend and is trying to talk me into it.

[feeling a little blue]

Well I never got to meet my Dad, he was killed in a coal mine 6 months before I was born.

Do I miss him, every darn day!

[wrecked]

Things like that happen. My neighbor's dog ran out in front of me about a week ago. We buried it in his lower yard that afternoon.

[How long have you had your Venture?]

I got my 03 in 05 with 4,000 miles and it has 78,000 now. I will never ride a V-twin again.

[Crash/Highway bars]

I am not sure about changing the bars, there is a lot of stuff mounted to them under the fairings. If they are braced to the floorboards they do a good job at protecting the bike.

[My wife is awesome.]

:thumbsup2:

[Unhappy with gerbing heated gloves]

I have the Top Gear jacket liner and gloves, they are worm but the gloves are a little stiff and bulky. A friend gave me his Gerbing gloves when he quit riding. They are not as worm as the other but are softer and not as bulky.

[Chrome battery side covers]

I got the backing plates for the passenger floorboards and horn brackets (they go behind and below the passenger floorboards) from Slowrollwv and with the shiny parts there.... figured the battery covers would give more flow to the chrome.

 

I've seen the chrome battery covers on ebay for $190 but if I can get a better deal, I'd rather do that.

 

As for chrome.... you have enough when it starts to take too long to polish the bike.

 

OK I must have too much cause it takes me about 8 hours to was and wax mine.:rotf::rotf:

[HF Tire Changer - Motorcycle Adapter is Back]

Might be a lot of usage for a relatively cheap tire changer. Might want to look at a No-Mar changer since the difference in cost wouldn't be that significant spread among 11 folks. It's a little heavier duty.

 

Just my $0.02.

 

RR

 

+1 on the No-Mar, I have one and it is the best.

[air hawk seat cushion]

I bought one for the wife while we were in IL last year and she loves it when I have the Saddleman seat on the bike but does not use it with the pillow top seats.

[Another alternative for a different bike ?]

I haven't looked at replacing my bike. Mine only has 77,000 miles on it so that is not a problem and I am 61 years old. If something happens to it like a crash and it does not kill me I will probably just quit riding.

[Trumpet air horns]

I have two Stebles, one on each side, and a set of Revco trumpets, down under the bike and a set of Fiamm electric horns up under the fairing.

[Got scared today.]

A friend was bow hunting in WY a few years ago and had to go, so he squatted down under a pine tree and then he heard this rattle, he thought it was a grass hopper till he turned to see one about 3 1/2 ft long curled and ready to strike. He die have to go change his pants.

[Thank You Vincent (Playboy)]

Very nice indeed.

[Crash in Somerset KY]

Sorry to hear that you went down, heal quickly.

[2014 Honda CTX1300 Cruiser spy shots]

That thing is down right ugly. Looks like the fairing and gas tank is one piece.