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  1. Pam
    I had heard of Capt. Freemans flights and seen it on Discovery Channal. It is a sad day when an article such as this is soo true. Our youth and media have forgotten the heroic actions and sacrafcices of those who of previous generations. You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam . It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway. Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway. And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm. He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho May God Bless and Rest His Soul. I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform. Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman Shame on the media !!! Now... YOU pass this along. Honor this real hero.
  2. Pam
    Sasquach:confused24:
  3. Pam

    Enough Already

    Pam posted a topic in Watering Hole

    Woke up to this pounding on the roof this morning about 2 inches over night. Any one want some...come get it cause I got lots [ATTACH]57036[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]57037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]57038[/ATTACH]
  4. Pam
    This is how the insurance works here in Frendly Manitoba... The 1200 is for the year with full coverage theft fire etc. They have the year divided into an off season and a riding season which start around May 1 and runs to end of Oct. I think. The bulk of the payments come in those months. In the off season when the snow and ice etc are on the road it is only about 5.00 a month. Not worth putting lay up coverage on because you are still covored. I could load the bike in a truck and drive to where it is warm and ride for 5.00 a month with full coverage in the off season. I know we are getting hosed, They say they have the bikes in classes to reflect the high risk bikes,but the rates don't verry from my 83 venture to a 2011 crotch rocket. In my line of work I can only think of one colision involving a highway cruiser (gold wing and he was cut off) and one other time where the guy pulled onto the gravel shoulder and it got away on him. All the other colisions I have been to involved crotch rockets and in many cases unlicensed riders. Might have to retire next year and ride in the winter down south and park it for the summer here.......Still raining today, but had her running like a top on the cneter stand so I am hoping se is all healed up frank frank
  5. Pam
    This is where it sits today.....I used the airplane repair stuff in the tank and let it cure for about a week. Put the bike back together and let it cure some more. Put in another new filter, Poured some gas in it and she fire right up and after some rough running she cleared right up and idled away with no choke. When she was warmed up she reved fine held RPM. Pretty happy at this point......This is all on the center stand of course. Since the bike has been laid up the insurance has run out, and it has rained almost none stop. If the rain ever quits I will limp it accross the hay field and pretend I an an ariplane and try out that paved run way. Most likly going to have to wait a bit on the insurance because of the cost here. $1200.00 for a year. I will keep you folks up to speed on the runway trials......If it ever stops raining. frank
  6. Pam
    Even the ducks are getting depressed here because of all the rain. Supose to clear and warm up starting wednesday......wouldn't you know it back to work then
  7. Pam
    The guy who did the 2nd gear in my 83 use to work for a dealer and he put a punch mark just like the pic posted by Curtised. Wasn't cheap to get it done but well worth it frank
  8. Pam
    It's 40 miles either way I go home. I didn't know pic's were such a deal. Next time I will take a pic of the cup of Timmies.........The pic's she has are of high water hitting bridges. I will see if I can get them off the camera if any one is interested
  9. Pam
    After about three weeks of poor weather, work and other things. The wife and I finally got a few miles in. (even if it was on the wing) We rode about 40 miles one way for coffie. Despite the 40 mph cross winds at times she managed a few pic's and that cup of Tim Hortons coffie never tasted so good. The only problem was that it was only 40 miles home:cool10:
  10. Pam
    Hi Shaun You say you have flushed the system. Do you have a 50/50 mix of antifreeze. You might need to look at a thermostat. I believe there is a X reference for the right thermostat from NAPA in the Tech pages. Also I don't think the early stock gauges were calibrated all that close/accurate My 83 runs just over 1/2 way on the stock gauge on the HWY. In town it is a little warmer unless the air temp it hot. Then it is hotter:080402gudl_prv:.
  11. Pam
    Bad ground???? I had an 88 Ford F150 and one day the check enfine light came on, Opened the hood and the engine was still there. After some nice words I bought a code reader and it kept giving every code in the book. Turned out the module had a frie spot in it. About $500. later I was in busness again. Never did fiqure out what was going on. Good Lu:confused24:ck
  12. Pam
    So this is where I am sitting today. Bike fire up this morning but ran poor. I limped it into the shed and drained the fuel out into a container. It didn't look to bad. Went and borrowed my neighbour's eye on a wire thing and poked it down the tank (sure hard to recegnize stuff) Right way I could see rust and junk. Took the seat off and pulled the sending unit. I saw the top off a sea foam can and a couple of moths. Stuck a magnet in to the tank and it came back with all kinds of metal/rust. Long story short the tank is now out anf completly drained. The remaing fuel was about the color of a 30 year old farm tractor that was originally bright red. I am thinking it is time to so a tank seal. Hopefully I won't have to earch to the end of the earth for a good sealer. My neighbour uses a product called sloshing sealer made by Randolph Products for pin holes in aircraft. He didn't know how good it wood work on a rusted tank. I will have to check with my auto parts guy to see if he can get por-15 frank
  13. Pam
    Thanks for the tips on this unfortuanatly I won't be able to get at this until tomorrow (Work and Mothers Day) My neighbour is an aircdaft mechanic so I might have an in there for a tank flush and I know he has one of those little canera's to look inside tubing in air frames. I will keep you guys up to speed on this frank
  14. Pam
    This morning it will hardly run. I can see there is no fuel in the fileter or the plastic line. At this point there must be something in the tank and when the mood strikes it it blocks the petcock. I will have to look at the tank. frank:(
  15. Pam
    This is what I have done. New filter and line from the tank. If I disconnect the fuel line from the pump on the inlet side I have good flow. The pump clicks when the key is turned on, I replaced the line from the pump to the carbs last nite (1.00 am) I had to use plastic ski doo hose because I couldn't get the proper hose. Whith every thing all hooked back up the pump pushed the fuel up just to the carbs and there was an air bubble that just would not go away or move into the carbs and through the system. I had to break the connection and cycle the system to move the bubble through. After that I hooked it all back up. The bike started ran warmed up and would hold 5500 rpm on the center stand. Granted there is no load but I am hoping because it wouldn't hold 3500 rpm before. I haven't changed the wire or caps I must have been thinking about doing it when I was posting. Here is hoping frank
  16. Pam
    The pump clicks in the morning and I did do a carb sync. I will have to look at that hose that runns up to the carbs.
  17. Pam
    :confused24:My 83 boggs and looses RPM on the high side. Starts amd runs great below 3000. Over that she boggs out. New wires and fuel fileter and plugs. I hooked a timing light to each plug wire and all are firing. fresh fuel and even some sea foam. I can feel the fuel pump pulseing. I can only get one carb drain screw out, the rest are all rounded off.(dam philips heads) Any Idea's would me much appreciated frank
  18. Pam
    Glad she is home frank:cool10:
  19. Pam

    It's a boy!

    Pam replied to Scooter Bob's topic in Watering Hole

    Congrats Give the boy a lunch pail and send him straight to school frank
  20. Pam
    I got a set of diaphrams here They had them in stock sci@siriusconinc.com frank
  21. Pam

    Automotive Fork seal in my 83

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    Pic's of the Seal box
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    MVC 010S (Small)

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    MVC 010S (Small)

    From the album: Automotive Fork seal in my 83

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    MVC 009S (Small)

    Pam posted a gallery image in Member Albums

    MVC 009S (Small)

    From the album: Automotive Fork seal in my 83

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    MVC 008S (Small)

    Pam posted a gallery image in Member Albums

    MVC 008S (Small)

    From the album: Automotive Fork seal in my 83

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    MVC 007S (Small)

    Pam posted a gallery image in Member Albums

    MVC 007S (Small)

    From the album: Automotive Fork seal in my 83

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