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My son and I just hit the road were off to spend 2 weeks with my daughter. Were also loaded with tools because while there we are building a new deck on her new house. Lobsters here we come.

Sorry to hear about your accident Dan and I certainly hope you make a full recovery and in less time than the last one. As far as your memory goes hopefully it too comes back. At least you remembered how to log on and where your friends are. That's a good start and if you remember to bring tent poles to the next MD. well than we'll know your memory came back better than ever. Sadly all the book learning, videos and years of experience, will not prepare you as much as constant practice and getting to know the feel, of the specific bike your riding and its limitations, to the point were it almost becomes a part of you. Even then circumstance, still plays a key role. You can remain as alert as an owl 99.9% of the time and yet that one split second, your attention is drawn elsewhere, you still could be trouble.

You do realize that for him to lay on the couch for a while ......He first has to stop laying on it permanently.

Were is the link to the forms.

Carl has asked me to update you on following. He could not do it himself as he is involved with legal issues involving the forth coming money. Apparently there have been additional claimants which has resulted in additional legal issue's. Another $388.00 will be required to offset the resulting legal costs and ensure these millions of dollars go to you the rightful recipient of this inheritance. The sooner the funds are forwarded the sooner this tiny issue can be resolved and the money sent to you.

I remember the bologna of my childhood, And the bread that we cut with a knife, When the children helped with the housework, And the men went to work not the wife. The cheese never needed a fridge, And the bread was so crusty and hot, The children were seldom unhappy And the wife was content with her lot. I remember the milk from the bottle, With the yummy cream on the top, Our dinner came hot from the oven, And not from a freezer; or shop. The kids were a lot more contented, They didn't need money for kicks, Just a game with their friends in the road, And sometimes the Saturday flicks. I remember the shop on the corner, Where cookies for pennies were sold Do you think I'm a bit too nostalgic? Or is it....I'm just getting old? Bathing was done in a wash tub, With plenty of rich foamy suds But the ironing seemed never ending As Mama pressed everyone's 'duds'. I remember the slap on my backside, And the taste of soap if I swore Anorexia and diets weren't heard of And we hadn't much choice what we wore. Do you think that bruised our ego? Or our initiative was destroyed? We ate what was put on the table And I think life was better enjoyed. Author, Unknown If you can remember those days…continue to enjoy your retirement & GOD BLESS

Brother the more I read the more I wished I had not missed MD. .......Only te second one I have missed since joining in 2006 but thats 2 too many........Glad you all had a good time aand that most of you made home safe. My heart goes out to those who were not so lucky.

I was all up for making an offer.......and then noticed it was missing a button......sorry

Crap not another one. Sorry to hear about your accident Eagle eye. I hope you recover and and are up and about in short order.

Glad your Ok and was not on the MC at the time. however do as earlier suggested get the veh checked out. It does not take long to chew down a tire when alignment, specially toe in is out of adjustment.

The T harness from M16A1MECH. Unless you don't mind splicing directly into the cigarette lighter harness is a pretty clean way to go. Either way make sure you add a second inline fuse on the GPS wire that is of the proper size for the GPS (if there is not already one on the GPS harness already). The fuse for the lighter socket itself will be too high for the lighter gauge wire supplied with the GPS. By the way which version of the Tomtom rider did you get? I had the Rider II and loved it. Its only short coming was the ability to see the screen in bright sunlight. Apparently the latest model which a couple months ago was advertized but not yet available was to have resolved that issue. The bluetooth on it worked great and also did a great job of linking up to my phone which I was told by those on the other end of my conversations was crystal clear.

. Wow Dave I am super glad you are OK. Obviously it could have had a much worse ending and I am glad it did not. I hope you get checked out. Although you may feel ok you never know about delayed reactions to injury, specially when it comes to head, neck, rib and spinal issues. Not trying to scare you, just want you to be sure your OK. And yes I guess there is a lesson to be learned here because I know a lot of us, unlike the Harley riders we often see sitting under bridges, will continue to ride through almost anything and maybe we should think twice about the conditions we are willing to ride in.

You could have saved my share and brought them to me at the international or New York rallies .

Really Glad Dave came through this unscathed. Its getting a little depressing hearing of so many of our members going down and so early in the season (not that there is ever a good time to for anyone to go down) but I would much rather not have to hear it at all. Its unfortunate about his bike but as it has been said so often, it can be replaced were as our friends cannot. I hope we all try a little harder to stay safe.

I was aware of having to invite each individual but having to restart the app I was not aware of, not having personally used it. Good to know. I will certainly be looking closer at SWconnect and a few others before I commit to anything. I just cannot afford to use up a lot of data this why I was looking at something more GPS based and that would run W/O using data.

There are actually several good ones if you check Play store and some like GPS TRACKER work directly with satellite GPS rather than data and you can include as many family and friends as you like, their locations indicated on an overall map. The app is a free download. If you go to their website you can even locate your phone if it should get lost or go missing. My son's friend used the find feature and was able to direct police right to the door of someone who broke into his car and stole a number of things including his cell phone (the cell phone of course was their down fall). It works even when their is no phone signal.

Wow you guys must have left early. And what are you doing leaving Don and Nancy at a motel - they are not married yet. ...............

Unfortunately I had to drop out of going to MD. I had to stay home and repair my son's Ford explorer which suddenly developed a case of transmission oil in the rad and it needed to be taken care of before him and I use it to go to Nova Scotia next weekend. I was really looking forward to MD as I do every year and hope you all can manage to still have a good time without me. I was specially looking forward to seeing everybody (except Puc and Fool, after all who needs that kind of trouble while so far from home). Well Fool I could have tolerated until the rum balls ran out. Any way I hope you all are having a great time and a safe rides. I miss you all.

Just saw this and was pretty stunned. Its not pleasant to have to got through the results of yet another accident. I hope and pray all your injury's heal well and that you don't go through the same long ordeal as you did with the last one. Again very sorry to hear this.

Glad your back up on your feet and in good enough shape to seriously start tackling the job of putting your scoot back together. You May want to contact Paysaw he has a bunch of surplus parts. He has been buying and stripping bikes for parts build up his own and has some extras.

Unfortunately I am going to have to drop out of going to MD. I have to stay home and repair my son's Ford explorer which suddenly developed a case of transmission oil in the rad and it needs to be taken care of before him and I use it to go to Nova Scotia next weekend. I was really looking forward to MD as I do every year and not really the way I planned to spend my time off work by doing on time off what I do every day of the week but given the situation I really have no choice. P/S Since I won't be there I hope there is somebody qualified to keep Marcarl under control. Oh and Puc and Fool this is not a plot to avoid you.

With regards to my previous post I would prefer to leave Sat morning rather than Sunday. This way we would be going through or around Indianapolis on the Sunday rather than Monday which avoid heavier Monday morning traffic.

Another thing you can try is to pull your air cleaner and battery. to gain access to your TCI module remove all the connectors and check for dirt and/or corrosion. Carefully clean all pins and terminals.I had the exact same symptoms and found this to be the problem with my 89 and it has run like a dream since. Another thing that will give similar symptoms is Carb flooding gives the same symptom as though it were starving for fuel.

Darn I could have handled the tell part....

Still feeling the effects of having to put Jake down a few short months ago I can truly feel your loss. Sorry to hear you had to say good bye to a long time friend.