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Happy belated Birthday MiCarl. Hope it was a good one. Unlike Marcarl I don't need to make up an excuse. I am always a day late and a dollar short and admit it. Besides If I changed now what would become of my life long earned reputation? HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I also prefer dino oil. I ran synthetic and noticed the mechanical noises increased with synthetic. IMHO dino oil does a better job of cushioning mechanical noises such as lifter noise. P/S Bob I don't think a 60 weight synthetic is as dense as if it were 60 weight dino oil. I think when they rate synthetic oil the classification only means it is comparable to that classification of dino oil. the oil itself actually runs a little thinner or so it seems to me. So if you were using a 10w40 dino oil you could probably get away with a 10w60 synthetic.

Dan .......You haven't worked in 2 months.....Not the same thing:backinmyday:

Better late than never. Congratulations, most reunions like this have good endings so charish the moments ahead.

I had to bump this .The Burlington ON meet and eat is only a month away and I would sure love see a few more names on the calendar. We had a great turn out the last two years and it would be nice to see the same great turn out of friends on Jan 4th 2014. A great way to start out the new year. Hey Big Tom. Believe it or not we even have Ice cream up here :ice_awesome-vi46644and probably less snow than what you get.

Sorry to hear the sad news, Bobby. Prayers sent on you and your BIL's behalf. Hope all works out.

reality is that the computer age did not make life easier like my grade 9 teacher said it would. and to think they sent me to the principals office for fibbing.

Let me know if you ever see one

Thats OK .... I have been informed that when I set this up I better make sure that bosses are allowed as well ...Don't Ask

I ride every day until they start spredding salt.

I solved that issue when I renovated the house I put switched outlets in . And putting up Christmas lights simply requires flippin a switch.

Two years in a row now, I have arranged a meet and greet, in Burlington during the Toronto international Motorcycle show, which this coming January 2014 is on the weekend of January 3, 4 and 5. I would like to do the same again this coming January. so If anyone is interested in getting together at Tuckers Market Place In Burlington On. Saturday Jan 4th 2014 please let me know. In the remote possibility that someone has not heard of Tuckers Market Place it is a Buffet Style Restaurant with a good selection of food for everyone. Please RSVP on calendar, so I can get a head count to make reservations. http://venturerider.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=389&day=2014-1-4

It was bound to happen after getting dosed by someone with a big pail of ice water ...... No names mentioned just the culprit was small and attacked from behind when he wasn't looking .......Poor guy.

Had mine since 2005 joined here in 2006. Saw my first one when they 1st came out and instantly fell in love with it but could never afford to get one until 2005, having to settle for other cast offs which needed to be patched up to become ride able. Now that I own one I wish that I had tried Harder to get one sooner.

Very sorry to hear that. Do not know what say that has not already been said other than to add my best wishes to all of those he has already received. Keep us up to date.

Remember this is Dan we are talking about ........Anything strange is possible

considering that the imperial gallon is about 5 us quarts you can see how this guaranteed to work

Your suggestion is still discriminatory......Not all of us are old farts .....Heck I am barely into my 6th decade...:backinmyday:

Yup Ontario..the great great tax grabber that is.

I guess even crackpots like us eventually run out of smart remarks.

Boy you sure hate a lot of stuff ......I thought big guys were supposed to be JOLLY AND CHEERFUL:backinmyday:

WOW that's a Christmas Card picture ......so pretty

OK ,1st I never claimed to be a typist, and second I blame the keyboard, sometimes it gets dyslexic. But to keep from overworking the Mods I edited it. Happy Now

I have been sharpening drill bits free hand my hole life. I agree it takes a certian knack but wants you got it down I see no reason to use a drill Dr. or equivalent. At work guys tend to leave them on my tool box for me to do up in my spare time. Big thing is not to overheat the drill both when sharpening or when drilling. One of my favourite cutting oils is believe it or not WD40. I was drilling tool steel one day when I ran out of Kool tool. Out of desparation I grabbed a can of WD40 and darn didn't it work better than the more expensive Kool Tool. To the point were I was drill faster and stopping less often to resharpen my bit, Go Figure.

I have to stand behind tx2sturgess in his warning as it is a valid one. Being a mechanic I have personally seen were people have installed items and because the amount of currant the item draws is more than the wire can handle and the fuse too large the wire begins to glow red and when something combustible is near it will ignite. I once had a customer wire in a small interior light using small bell wire which he ran through the head liner. Because the bell wire was so small 22gauge or smaller and was hooked to a 20 amp fuse it got red hot when the light was turned on and set the headliner on fire all because he was to cheap to buy the correct size wire. If this wire was run along other wires it would have burned through the insulation of the adjacent wires cause them to contribute to the issue.