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    No worries Fuzzy, if I had the time to tinker then I absolutely could and would build something like that. For less than a grand when you factor in your time it's almost not worth it. I'll definitely keep this in mind when it's time to have another trailer
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    You and I are thinking the same thing, tapered fwd top to bottom and a flip lid with some gas struts. At some point I might make a move on a trailer like this, I really think it's a nice looking setup
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    Just got off the phone with Monkey Boy and we have some more good news. After lunch today they started to wean David off the pain meds, probably to start to get him to be more awake as pain has a tendency to wake you up. He is sleeping on his own though, so the sedation is wearing off which is what they want. The swelling is continuing to go down on his brain. He is understanding what is being asked of him, they asked for a thumbs up and he gave them half a one. Same thing when asked for a peace sign, half of one, he's obviously still weak. When they wipe him off he is squinting his eyes, probably from pain, but his motor skills are there and working. They have him on low doses of pain meds right now. Kathy mentioned that his face is starting to come back to normal as the swelling is starting to go down. Later in this afternoon after one of his sleeping spells he woke back up and tried to grab the tubes and pull them out of his mouth. Feisty bugger he is, he also looked directly at Kathy and Shannon, they waved at him and he waved back, so he recognizes them. This is great news as hopefully he doesn't have any amnesia. I am cautiously optimistic and hope that he continues to make strides in a positive direction. Keep in mind he is no where's near where he needs to be, but seems to be improving by the day. If our power in numbers prayers are working then lets keep it up. I am very excited about this and my only wish is to get him where he can have some visitors and go and see him
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    Here is a thread that has a lot of information on it http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=29737&highlight=Fuse+Block #13 is my post with pics of what I use. There will be others to chime in and give you some advice....
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    Rich, Just a question, are you going to have the lights on all the time? If so you may just want to omit having a switch on them and just wire it strait up to a relay. I have done this in the past as I always run with the spots on for being more visible to other vehicles. I would have a relay on them regardless if you had a switch or not. Wire it with it's own dedicated fuse directly from the battery for maximum brightness. The original lights had a less than adequate switch on the side of the housing that nearly always failed over time.
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    Easy man it was just a bit of humor....
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    I have some news.....and its GOOD! David, for the 1st time in 2 days....opened his eyes! Monkey Boy just 15 minutes ago talk with Kathy and was filled in on a few things. He is coming out of his sedated state, slowly, but he is coming back to us. He was instructed to wiggle his toes verbally, and he did...all of them. Obviously he can't talk as there are tubes and such in his throat, but he was awake He was also instructed to move his arm across to the other side of his body and he made it about half way before he fell back asleep. Obviously he is very weak and with a lions heart made his best attempt, which fell a little short but thats ok, it's a start I know you can tell from my writing that I am excited, I am, more than I can express here with words. I also want to keep myself in check, we are not out of the woods yet. There still needs to be a lot more brain relief, so dont let up, if this is the results we get for what we have prayed already lets do more. We need to tell God that we need David here more than he needs him there, we must convince him of that. As always thank you all for rallying around David and his family. I am wanting nothing more than to keep bringing good news about David. As I know it so will you folks, I hope that our friend keeps coming back to us, God Bless all of you for believing. PS I almost forgot to mention it, they ended up having to shave Davids head. It appears it is a reverse mohawk so there's nothing in the center. His daughter Shannon said he looks like Bozo the clown
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    Randy, This appears to be an isolated accident, David was not hit by another vehicle and no other vehicles were involved. The only witness stated that he saw David start to weave in the lane and then went down. Other than that we dont know if there was something in the road, or what. This is why in my last post, a couple of us have theorized, based purely on guessing, that perhaps David suffered some sort of medical condition, be it a stroke or anurizm or whatever. As I mentioned and I will state again this is not based on any facts but just a gut instinct that some of us have.
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    If I was to buy one of these in the future I would finish it off myself with a custom fabricated diamond plate box on it. I would partition off the insides of the box and have several separate storage cubicles and then put some type of rhino liner spray to keep things from shifting. I really think it's a nice looking design.
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    You sir are correct! Unfortunately I can't take credit for it, but I really like it myself. Rob Wynn (4T Valk) found it and is looking hard at possibly purchasing one. As much as I like building them I would seriously think about buying one of these as that's a pretty good price when you factor in all the materials and time to build it, it would basically be a wash.
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    Nothing more to add.... Kathy showed up at our work this morning as she had to drop off some paperwork for the short term disability for David. I also forgot my drink holder in her car she knew I would feel naked without it and gave it back to me No change in David's condition really, he's still in critical condition, but he's stable. They have further cleaned him up and both Kathy and their daughter Shannon commented on how much better he looks from the previous day. He is responding to stimuli, verbal he is reacting slower, but if they poke and prod him the reactions are quicker. This is actually some good news as it appears that there isn't any paralasis. They are also trying to bring him out of the induced coma they put him in. He's not cooperating though gotta love him, still being a stubborn one! I know there are folks local that absolutely want to go down to the hospital, please dont. The only ones allowed in right now are immediate family. As soon as Kathy feels better about this we will get in to see him. They have been in the room with him, but have been instructed not to touch him as that would lead to possibly negative stimulation and create more brain activity which is not something they want a lot of right now until the brain swelling goes down. There are a couple of questions I saw in this thread and I want to address them. Rick, David was wearing a half helmet and unfortunately this is why there is so much damage to his face and jaw. I am seriously rethinking my wearing of a half helmet and very possibly might look into another full face helmet. Thank you for the offer of support and should we need it we will let you know. Art, We really have no clue on what caused this accident. The tires on the bike were still aired up when we saw it on the flatbed so as far as I could tell there was no tire issue. Davids bike is in very good shape as he's pretty meticulous about it mechanically, so unless this was a catastrofic failure of a component I'm having doubts about that. What I am about to say is purely speculative, but there are a few of us that believe it was something medical. I will say this again, this is a guess at best, we have no knowledge of this and we'll have to wait and see if there can be tests to confirm or deny this. As always Thank You All for keeping David and his family in your thoughts and prayers. I keep praying for the best in the hopes that I can have one of my best friends back. David....We LOVE you brother!
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    What do you think of this?
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    No additional news...just a little reflection I truly, and I mean this with all my heart, can't thank you all enough for your support during this time with Ponch. We often say on here how we are a family, and it's times like these that we truly are. I know many of you that know David and Kathy pain as I do over this. I'll be totally honest here, I am afraid, I'm afraid for David. This is a horrific thing to overcome and deal with, his battle has just begun as many of you know the road to recovery, god willing he makes that journey, will be as hard as the accident. It's times like these that I get a bit melancholy and realize how many lives are touched by any, and all of us. I appreciate my life more, and the people I choose to be in it. Thank you all again for sharing your lives here with all of us, and for those of you that have spent time with David, thank you for being there for him and with him. God bless all of us.....and especially you Ponch
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    Thank you Jerry, we will get down there at some point in the near future and help you along with your Venture.
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    Update... Not a whole lot more to add right now, but this is what Monkey Boy was informed of. One of David's teeth is cracked so they are going to remove it today. It is very possible that his right eye will be non functioning, dont know for sure on this. He is having delayed reaction to stimuli but is still reacting which is a good thing. They are going to go ahead and install the tube in his brain as they want to be able to further monitor the pressure inside. He is somewhat stable right now, but still in critical condition. They are also doing CT scans hourly or there abouts to monitor whats going on in his brain. I will probably not head down to the hospital today as there is nothing I can do and I dont want Kathy feeling overwhelmed again. She is in contact with us and as thing occur will update us. Thank you all again for your support.....
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    As much as this gesture touches me personally, I am with Condors comment with waiting. I dont want anyone to take this wrong, but these types of things have come up before. David is insured and has disability through his work (I work with him) I know that Freebird has curtailed money collections for well intended hardships like this. I am going to lock out this thread until we as moderators talk about it. Please understand that nobody is looked badly upon for wanting to help. I absolutely appreciate your gesture but lets see how everything plays out 1st.... This is Freebird adding to Brad's post. He is 100% correct. Let's wait and see if there is a real need. Let me assure you that if Ponch needs our help, I will be among the first to donate but we should wait to see if it is necessary. I know that we all want to help and do whatever we can but financial assistance is not always needed. If we find out that it is, then you can bet that we will be asking for your help.
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    Not a lot more right now, but it warms my heart that my family here has come together for one of it's own. We are nowhere's near out of the woods, David is still in critical condition. We still do not know how the accident occurred, we may never know as David, God willing, comes through this might not remember. Monkey Boy...God love him, has been feeding us info as much as he could. They still have David under pretty heavy sedation so he doesn't fuss. There are more injuries, as I understand it, his top plate of his mouth is broken, as well as some of his teeth, he has a broken jaw. It appears that when he came off the bike his chin must have impacted 1st and very hard. There might be some fractures in his hand. Let me also say that I do not have 1st hand information on any of this, I have not seen David, so please take all this with a grain of salt until I can personally see and understand what is going on. Thank you all again so very much for thinking of David and his family. This is a very hard time for them and the entire Houston crew as we are all pretty tight with David and Kathy. I will be heading back down to the hospital tomorrow and will keep everyone here informed as I can...Thanks again
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    Ok here some more info Monkey Boy is still at the hospital, Kathy was under a lot of stress and didn't want so many people around as it made her very uncomfortable, we obliged and left the hospital. David is still in serious condition, but a bit of good news is that they didn't have to install the tube in his brain as the swelling is appearing to be going down. Bythe hour he is more consious and Kathy and Shannon (their Daughter) have been in to see him. Monkey Boy will be able to see him soon and is keeping me updated as soon as he hears anything. Please continue to pray for Kathy, she is very scared and under enormous stress right now. I will go back down to the hospital tomorrow and hopefully be able to see him. As I know more so will you, thank you all again for your outpouring of support, we really appreciate it.
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    Here's what we have so far... David does have a brain injury, he was wearing his helmet, but still suffered trauma. He is sedated right now so he can't fuss, he was responding to stimulus when they pinched his arm so thats a good thing. There is some bleeding in his brain and they are installing a tube to help relieve some of the pressure. There is also an eye injury, to what extent I dont know. He has some road rash on his right arm. The initial word is he'll be here for probably a months time, 2 weeks atleast in ICU. This is going to be a long haul, so please keep him and his family in your thoughts. As always Thank You all for your support, Kathy is very appreciative for it. I will keep you all updated as soon as I have new info.
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    Ok Folks, I really dont have anything to add as we just got into the ICU, he's alive, but still badly hurt and in critical condition. As soon as I can see him or get more details I will pass it on, he's one of my best friends....please keep him and Kathy in your prayers....
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    Have a great trip Evan and be careful
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    I agree with the sync, the carb will do funny things if they aren't done right. Give this thread a day or 2 and I'm sure there will be a member close by that would hook up with you to do a sync on your bike.
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    Reno, There are only 3 guys in NC with names registered as Jim Jim Parks is Sylvester and he has an '02 RSV Jim Anderson is Benzbarn and he owns a '99 RSV James Furmage is BigSexxy and he owns a '99 RSV I dont know if this will help you out or not, but those are the only 3 in NC with Jim as a name.
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    All the best to Momma Dan, I do hope they can find the issue and take care of it.
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    With any Venture you can't tell, "Sudden Death Syndrome" happens all too often on Venture batteries no matter what brand. I have had it happen on 2 year old batteries, decent ones too. If you got 5 years out of that Oddessy your doing good, but I would think about changing it out if you have a big trip planned
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