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Sp based on lack of updates I take it the video is no longer making the rounds?? Thats a shame but it just means I guess I will have to buy one.. Sorry I don't have time to take this over but with health and other problems I can't either..

Yeah it really is a shame when you have to put our best friend up for the winter. You sit out there in the garage/shed and just stare at it wondering if she'll start in the spring and how bad its going to run the first few.. And then you start remembering all the good times and bad times and the fact that even the worst time is waaaay better that anytime in a cage... Yeah its real hard to put her away for the winter... But cheer up remember there are guys like me that don't have to and we ride all year so we never get to feel that sadness and the thrill of the first ride in the spring!!!..

OK lets try again. Please add me to the list...

Mike your advice and everybody else's, back in 2007, was excellent and I remember reading it and using several of the tips to stay cool riding here in Texas. However fast forward to July 25th 2009 and we leave Weatherford for Palm springs, CA on the RSV on I-20/I-10. I prehydrated for about three days before we left, used a camel back extensively, poured lots of water on ourselves as the temps were in the lower 100's across Texas and NM. We got to Phoenix and it was 115 deg and the same out to CA, so we kept sipping water constantly all the way to Palm Springs. Had a great visit, about two weeks and then headed home. I checked the weather and saw the temps on the northern route (I40) were in the mid to low 90's so we came home that way. Due to having fun, etc. I didn't prehydrate and the cooler temps lulled me into not drinking as much water as I needed. To make a long story a little shorter, I made it to Albuqurque before I collapsed.. Made it to a motel and had to call a friend to bring his trailer and bring us home. When I went to the ER a couple days later they gave me two IV bags of fluids before I felt better.. So I learned a very important lesson or two. 1. If its a planned trip, prehydrate and keep hydrated at all times in the warm/hot weather. If you start feeling thirsty while riding stop and get some fluids in you. 2. Review your skills and limitations now and then to refresh yourself..

I smoked from the time I was 15 until I turned 52. I stopped hundreds of times but never really until my Brother-in-Law died from smoking. I used Ziban(Wellbutrin) to help stop and haven't smoked for 10 yrs. Yeah I think about it everyday but there is NO urge. Like DOW Chemical says "Better living thru Better Chemicals"

Don I think you are doing a great job and everytime I am able visit this site I am impressed with the family atmosphere and advice given here. You did real good by startig this site just like you did good starting the other one, Keep up the GREAT work and I support everything you do.