Chaharly

Ahh jeeze man, I'm sorry to hear that. I really hope everything turns out alright for your family. They're be plenty of more time for vacation. I should really change some of my living habits as well.... Prayers up for you, your wife, and your father! Enjoy your week off as much as you can!

So I was looking over some advertisements on google images and followed a link that brought me back here. It was BlueSkys post about his "like new 89 venture" that he found! Thought that was pretty neat especially since he's still a member. Hows it going bluesky!? Still have that bike?

I've been on the fence about whether I should get my concealed carry permit or not. The main reason I haven't done so yet is because If I'm riding i usually dont like to research which state has or doesnt have concealed carry laws. I would hate to get picked up and arrested for wandering into the wrong state with my handgun. If it was legal in every state to carry, you bet I would, but I REALLY would hate to get picked up on a technicality for just trying to protect myself. As far as open carrying goes, I'd probably just keep it concealed. Like coach Klein says on The Waterboy; What mama dont know wont hurt her!

I remember being born with my very first bike. My older brother was about 7 when I was born and dad had an 81 Yamaha 80cc enduro that he had learned to ride on. When I was finally old enough to touch the ground, that bike became mine. Dad used to set up ramps for my brother and take him out alot, but by the time I was old enough to ride dad was 46 and the cop in town. That meant that my riding mostly involved figure 8s and big fast circles in our back yard. We had that bike all the way up until a month ago when my brother sold it for 500. I dont have a picture of it right now, but I can find one of my brother and I on our dirt bikes later. Heres a picture of one like it. But in alot better shape! After I got closer to riding age (14) dad and I found a really sweet Kawasaki KZ650 that I fell in love with. It was a hell of a lot different than riding that 80CC yamaha all those years. I rode that bike to the new hampton IA rally once and I just generally rode that bike all over. I got my motorcycle learners permit when I was 15 so I did alot of goldwing following on that bike! I really thought that this was about the perfect motorcycle. Plenty of power, light enough to man handle and I still think its one of the sexiest bikes on the street. It started having engine problems so I eventually sold it too

We were window shopping yesterday, noticed those have a solid fairing. I thought that was pretty cool. I know nothing about them Puc but I gotta throw in my clueless twoless cents

Oh man everything about that SCREAMS Cowpuc and Tippy!!!

Its in Leavitsberg ohio! Quite the jog from us

Thanks for the advice flyin fool! We'll just Have to see how it goes

Not this week, but the next coming up week is what its looking like. We got a whole 950 miles one way!!!

Any of you guys find the scarab gun in halo 2?

Do you guys think the front springs can wait until this winter? I've had my fill of working on the bikes this winter! I know its kind of a safety issue. Also will the CLASS work with progressives?

You think Yamaha might take the venture in this direction?

I thought that WAS regular maintenance on a hardly?

I loved mine too. I put so much work in it I was really hoping to go a hundred thousand more miles on it

You can add me too Brake Pad!

Hey guys, So I think I found my next bike. Its gonna be a 1989 Yamaha Venture Royale with that beautiful 2 tone dark cherry paint job. It has 22k miles and the person I'm buying it from is the second owner. He's owned it for 7 years in those 7 years he's put on about 5 thousand miles. It runs good, its never been dropped, and its always been garage kept. It looks like a sweet bike. I'm just looking for a little guidance on things I can do to make her last me the summer before I do the REAL maintenance stuff. I'm looking for things like changing the clutch/brake fluid which I'll do. She's gonna get quite a bit of seafoam in those first thousand miles. This bike is pristine So i'd rather not take it apart if I can help it!

Its when you get the playful nicknames that you KNOW you fit right in! Congratulations on her being your Fiance By the way! I hope you guys have many happy years and MANY happy miles!

I've actually got a post with my xrays on here somewhere. Broke a couple bones in my wrist, and alot of bleeding in my elbow. That was January 28th and I honestly couldnt feel better. As for the Royal Star, no I'm not going to get one of those again... I'm going to get an 89 Venture Royale I really cant see myself owning anything other than a venture at the moment. I figure I'll make the bank happier with a cheaper bike and I think I prefer the solid mount fairing a little more than the Batwing.

You guys sure know how to make somebody feel welcome! So is a Freebird MD when we all gather around and watch @Freebird do his yearly ground up rebuild of that Hardly? :witch_brew:

Hes just a basic run of the mill cockatiel. I'll get a few pictures up latter. He'll live to be about 15 but he is definitely my buddy. He loves having his chin scratched and every morning he likes to greet the world with the Addams family theme song. Just yesterday I got him a friend. Another little cockatiel and I don't know what to name her. I was thinking Roberta so I can have Bert and Ernie

So is anyone going to mind if I just show up?! lol:missingtooth:

Well I had the chance to say goodbye to my girl one last time before they take her tomorrow. She was sitting on her sidestand, and I had dad hold her up so I could shake the bike back and fourth one last time to try and figure out what went wrong. I noticed the back tire was extreemly squishy like it had only 15 or so PSI in it. Could I have possibly picked up a leak on the ride and hitting an uneven patch of road at high speed (70)mph had cause my accident? I stupidly didnt check the tire pressure before I left, but I also hit 110mph on it that day and didnt have any trouble. Everything else seemed tight which makes me a little more confident in my mechanic skills again. I think from now on I'm going to run bike tires specifically for the fact that the sidewalls on bike tires will just generally hold up alot better if the tire goes flat. A day before my accident my dad, while in texas going down the interstate at 70 with no helmet had his tire go almost completely flat while puling a trailer.. He said he didnt even notice, the only thing he noticed was the smell. I would really hate to say anything against Darksiding though, because I did only get one ride in. I probably wont go darkside again... I guess i'll just have to change my back tire every 6K miles..... Unrelated note, although the bike was stuck in 5th (because the footpeg and the shifter became one piece) I pulled in the clutch, kicked the kickstand up and to my surprise she turned over. I tried pulling the choke, but thats when I realized the choke levers had popped off and It seemed froze up. I think it is still in riding shape honestly, so maybe the insurance will make a little money back on it, which I hope they do. Dairyland has treated me very well on this and they are extremely polite, kind people to work with. Just needed to vent for a little while tonight! I'm sure gonna miss my good friend of 2 years....

Thats so cool that you take him on the bike with you! I have to say that a whole new chapter of my life opened up once I found out how fantastic birds can be. They really do know that they're in charge though dont they! Ernicio loves going for rides in the pickup too, He just gets a kick out of the whole situation! When my pets are all gone, I'm going to invest in a single, larger bird for myself. Something that'll be like bringing around my 5 year old child with me! What kind of bird is he?

Oh yeah zelda is one of the greatest franchises out there! Yeah, i'm a solo campaign guy as well. I pretty much quit playing online, thats why I dont like destiny. Its always online

Talking about racing games. I fell in LOVE with Forza 5 on the xbox one. Its crazy because the graphics are nearly lifelike and the gas and brake triggers vibrate. You dont realize how much of a game changer that can be when you shut all the assists off. That is probably my favorite xbox one game so far besides Halo MCC edition. I'm a huge halo freak, not because of the online but because of the story. And PBJman, take your time before you move into the next gen, both systems have alot of frusterating issues to work out, but if i can make a suggestion, if you do finally get an xbox one, DEFINITELY get it with the connect, WOWZA what a cool thing!