saddlebum

Aw now you went and hurt my feelings I thought we had a lovely time UH Chatting that is

As much as I am looking forward to it, it is going to be a maybe for me this year. A lot of stuff is up in the air this summer for me and though there is a good chance I will be going there is a good chance I may be forced to bail out.

Sorry to hear about your luck and hope something comes up soon. Don,t just stick to what you know though. Good time to explore a career change in something else you may have thought about trying.

Just to add to the backfiring list of items, if your exhaust is too free flowing such as an open pipe you can get back fire. If a float is sticking in a carb you can get back fire and engine miss.In this case the faulty carb often overflows during idle and you may see gas dripping on the ground. Same if an enrichment valve is stuck (often refered to as the choke). A malfunctioning carb can cause a misfire that can make you think its electrical and a bike that has sat for a long time without running can often result in carb issues. A coil that is working hit and miss can cause a cylinder misfire but gas still goes through the cylinder when the raw gas hits a enough exhaust temp in the exhaust pipe it can cause a backfire. A simple thing to check over is all the primary wiring for your ignition if the bike sees enough wet weather, you may need to open and clean all your connections. I once thought I needed to replace my ignition module but when I took it out and saw all the green I cleaned it, put it all back together and the bike has run like a dream Plugs are a cheap investment and try running the bike in total darkness to see if you can spot any arcing from the plug wires or boots. look while everyrthing is dry 1st than do it again whil spraying a mist of water all over the plug wires. Your handling issue sounds like tires, they may be out of balance or just sat for so long that they developed flat spots and with age the rubber gets harder and less able to return to its proper shape. Once you get the bugs out of it you will have one awsome bike.

Jalapeno is tasty but the next 2-3 days they got me singing like Johnny Cash " and it burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire "

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We all look forward to riding, that's a given. But that includes meet and eats which means BBQ season as well. For those who want something more than hot dogs or plain hamburgers here is a Rolodex which is bound to get your digestive juices flowing. http://www.cheeseandburger.com/ or The you tube version with voice description

Sorry to hear all about what you been going through. I certainly hope there are better days ahead for you.

Reminds me of a dear Abby letter. Dear Abby; For months now I have been under the suspicion that my wife has been cheating on me. Whenever she works late or claims to be working she gets dropped of after work by a coworker. This so called coworker always drops her off down the street rather than at the house. So one day when she was supposed to be working late I decided to park my Harley out in the driveway. While hiding behind it so I could see who it was she was getting a ride home with, I noticed a bad oil leak. Should I try fixing this myself or should I send it to the dealer? On another note, noticing the Yamaha logo on the side car, was that just put there or is this an actual Yamaha side car?

Not sure why hand controls would need to be lit. For safety reasons You should know were they are, so you don't take your eyes of the road. JMHO.

Hey who you callin old, @Flyinfool any chance you swing that thing around and hit Brantford with that thing. @Marcarl insulted us.

Have never been on face book and likely never will even my kids who are on face book say don't bother Dad when ever I consider it just so I can stay up with family stuff. I also agree in that I feel it has had a negative affect on this site, specially were pictures are concerned. It seems some members post pictures of club events on FB instead of on this site which is a little disappointing. You come home from an event, go on site to look at pics and instead you see (pics posted on FB) tis a tad disappointing.

It was definitely a great turn out which really makes setting it up a great pleasure. I so enjoyed seeing everyone that turned out and missed the ones who could not make it. Even Wizard765 manged to wake up from his nap in time to make it this year. So thanks to everyone who managed to attend and looking forward to another season of riding and Meet and Greats.

Dont worry about the cold. In my line of work its just another day.

Sounds like a plan.

I never said what kind of door it was. just that it was closed and keeping the Canadian snow in Canada.

chabicheka If you come to burlington a couple hours early I can check out/load test your battery for you. If it fails we can pick up a new one and I can put it in for you.

But don't take advice on the subject from Marcarl cuss he couldn't get it right either. That's why he got himself that three wheeled thingy.

Why is nobody listening. I stated several times the door is closed, we canucks want a fun snow filled winter this year. Ive left it all up to @Flyinfool to look after the US side all on his lonesome this year.

No worries @chabicheka I always have a fully charged heavy duty truck booster pack in the pickup as well as cables. Your in good hands.

I normally use a trailer or drop the back wheels of the pickup into a ditch. I have run bikes up ramps and had no issue. Trouble with the guys in your video is some of them set there ramps ups with no real thought and failure is already predetermined. Walking along the bike is another predetermined disaster. Last don't hang your feet down if your going to ride it up the ramp and don't be overly cautious. Get your feet on the pegs and ride with the same determination and control you would up a slope. Feet on the pegs is the only way to properly maintain balance and control. and make sure your ramp is either long enough or curved to avoid bottoming out on the way up.As said earlier though a Ditch or low trailer is still my preferred

How else am I supposed to get a standing applause when I walk in.

I could be wrong and though I just naturally leave any vehicle in neutral when strapping it down, to me that makes no sense. If it was true than we should never ride on anything but perfectly smooth roads. My reason for leaving a vehicle in neutral when strapping it down is so the vehicle, natural settles during the tightening of the straps. Leaving the vehicle in gear while tightening the traps leaves the drive train under tension. If the vehicle shifts during transport causing this drive train tension to relax, the straps could become slack.

Yeh me neither....thought I was the twinkle in her eye