Venturous Randy

Yep, I think you have convinced me this may cause mental issues. RandyA

It has dropped another nine degrees since about 7:30 this morning. RandyA

I joined right before the 1st Vogal, which was also before the big crash. Been addicted ever since. RandyA

I remember going from San Antonio, TX to Rantoul, Ill in March 69, going from basic training to tech school in the USAF and when I got there, I thought I would freeze to death. I remember thinking that if it this cold in March, it should not be so hot in the summer. Boy, was I wrong. RandyA

Doug, just out of curiosity, have you actually cranked the engine over, even by hand? I ask this because it is common that if an engine has been in the weather, at least one cylinder may have surface rust in it. You can remove the little side cover where the stator is and put a socket on the crank. RandyA

Yeah, I was thinking about you when I posted this. We are pretty lucky compared to the Mid-westerner's. Our temps have dropped 5 degrees since I first posted this. RandyA

Wow Earl, what a wakeup this morning. You and Jean will sure be in our thoughts and prayers. I hope Jean does as well as Linda has done since her early Sept heart attack and double bypass. Miracle's do happen and I pray Jean and you have a big one. RandyA

in eastern North Carolina than in many places in the Midwest right now. But, those mid 60's won't last much longer. Yesterday, here in east Tennessee, we were seeing temps in the mid 50's until late last night and this morning it is upper 20's and will get colder as the day goes on. We will be down to about -2 by tonight, but back again to the mid 50's in a couple days. Hope everyone out there stays safe as this can be killer weather, literally, especially with wind chills. RandyA

Boudreau was driving down Canal street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, 'Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of ma life and give up ma White Lightnin'!' Miraculously, a parking place appeared. Boudreau looked up again and said, 'Never mind, I found one.' Father Murphy walks into a bar on Bourbon Street, and asks the first man he meets, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' The man said, 'I do, Father.' The priest said, 'Then stand over there against the wall.' Then the priest asked the second man, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' 'Certainly, Father,' the man replied. 'Then stand over there against the wall,' said the priest. Then Father Murphy walked up to Thibodaux and asked, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' Thibodaux said, 'No, I don't Father.' The priest said, 'I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?' Thibodaux said, 'Oh, when I die , yes. I thought you were getting a bunch together to go right now.' Boudreaux was in New Orleans . He was patiently waiting and watching the traffic cop on a busy street crossing. The cop stopped the flow of traffic and shouted, 'Okay, pedestrians.' Then he'd allow the traffic to pass. He'd done this several times, and Boudreaux still stood on the sidewalk. After the cop had shouted, 'Pedestrians!' for the tenth time, Boudreaux went over to him and said, 'Ain't it 'bout time ya let the Catholics across?' Boudreaux opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly phoned his best friend, Landry. 'Did you see the paper?' asked Boudreaux. 'They say I died!!' 'Yes, I saw it!' replied Landry. 'Where ya callin' from?' A Parish priest is driving down to New Orleans from Alexandria and gets stopped for speeding . The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, 'Sir, have you been drinking?' 'Just water,' says the priest. The trooper says, 'Then why do I smell wine?' The priest looks at the bottle and says, 'Good Lord! He's done it again!' Walking into the bar, Boudreaux said to Charlie the bartender, 'Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little wife.' 'Oh yeah?' said Charlie, 'And how did this one end?' 'When it was over,' Boudreaux replied, 'She came to me on her hands and knees.' 'Really,' said Charles, 'Now that's a switch! ? What did she say?' She said, 'Come out from under the bed, you little coward.' Devereaux staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Landry. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Betty Lou. He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed heavily on his rump. A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing especially painful. Managing not to yell, Devereaux sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding. He managed to quietly find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could on each place he saw blood. He then hid the now almost empty Band-Aid box and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed. In the morning, Devereaux woke up with searing pain in both his head and butt and Betty Lou staring at him from across the room. She said, 'You were drunk again last night weren't you?' Devereaux said, 'Why you say such a mean thing?' 'Well,' Betty Lou said, 'it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly ..... it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the hall mirror.

Sea Foam!!!!!!!!!!! RandyA

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When I saw this, I thought of you Dan. RandyA http://www.wimp.com/mobilityscooter/

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the Honda/Michael Bolton commercials. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am so tired of these commercials. Surely these "Holiday" commercials are about over. I am so tired of either muting the sound or switching channels, but I have had enough. RandyA

If the forks are not leaking, you might be able to get away with putting Progressive springs in with the correct fluid level. You may also need to clean and grease the head bearings or maybe even replace them. When you put the new tire on, did you balance it? RandyA

It would probably not be the next day, it would probably be in the next hour as they are monitoring what you are doing right this minute. RandyA

I carry liability and uninsured/under-insured motorist on my 83. After Yammer Dan was nailed years ago and found out his under-insured ran out way before he got out of the hospital, after he was hit by some guy with no insurance, I upped my coverage. I personally could not comfortably ride my bike around the block without insurance, especially uninsured motorist. We have way too many around here running around without any insurance or driver's license. Even with upped coverage limits, my cost is about $140 a year thru Farmers insurance, who I also have my house and two cars. I figure if I can not afford about $12 a month, I don't need to be out on the bike. RandyA Just read your post you wrote as I was writing mine. Just check around with your local insurance agents, like Allstate or Progressive and get quotes. There are many out there, just call around.

I agree with Jeff, especially if your garage already has electricity. I have a motion sensor on my garage and it is nice to have it turn on as I am getting close and I don't have to worry about turning it off. It has been out there for probably 20+ years and I think I have changed the bulbs a couple of times. RandyA

Did you have it hanging from the ceiling by the airline? RandyA

I have bought a couple of laptops off Craigslist and they have worked out well. This is a good time to look as some are upgrading after Christmas and you can get one cheap. The ones I bought have been cleaned and do not have any password problems, so I feel they are legit. I just shop local so I meet the seller. You just need to watch a couple of times a day to get one. RandyA

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First of all bigclide, welcome to the forum and we hope you join and will not be shy. It will be the best $12 you will ever spend on your bike. As noted, it does sound like a fuel supply problem, but let me give you a little more info on the fuel pump. As noted, when you turn on the ignition, you should hear clicks for a few seconds. But, the trick is to leave the ignition on and use the kill switch near the right grip to turn off and then back on to repeat the fuel pump cycle to fill the carbs. If the bike has been setting, you may have to cycle the switch ten times to fill the carbs. Once the clicking slows down and stops, the carbs should be full. Some of these bikes are real sensitive to the start procedure and on mine, I do NOT touch the throttle and as I start cranking it over, I will slowly increase the choke until it starts. This way, I am not likely to flood the bike. Another thing these bikes are very sensitive about is the spark plugs. I run the cheap Autolites that I get at Advance Auto in mine and they run good. I have put 142,000 miles on mine since I have had it, so something must be OK. As said, please keep us posted and you will get a lot of help, up to and maybe including one of our members stopping by and helping you. RandyA

That's one of those; "I really should not have done that", but it sure does crank up the adrenalin and the memories. We can ride a hundred thousand miles and sometimes that 1/4 or 1/2 mile is the one we will remember forever. What happened to the CBR600? My son and grandson had an old F2 that at one time had been a race bike and I will say, my 83 Venture is strong, but that CBR could walk away from me. RandyA

I have to admit puc, I was wondering about that. Can't sleep either, huh? RandyA

If you have a metal impeller water pump from and 86 up, it would be a good time to replace your 83 pump as they have the plastic impeller. RandyA