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Easy Off oven cleaner followed with super fine polishing compound. The easy off will not harm painted surfaces but the paint used for lettering is sign paint which is easily removed with oven cleaner. Before decals became the norm for putting company names on the sides of trucks, sign painting and pin-stripping was all done by hand and this was the standard way of removing it. There are days I wish it was still this way since I found removing the sign paint a lot easier than some of the decals I have to remove these days.

Two things come to mind either the screws are loose and moved or you did your initial carb tune after only making a bunch of short rides were the long ride cleaned her out and now she needs to be re-tuned. I always can feel a difference in how my bike runs from running 3 km back and forth to work, and how it runs after a good all day run. This is even more noticable if the bike is running a tad rich to begin with.

Hello Taters thanks for the thank you cards. The fact that you could not get Mikes email to work and so sent him the card turned out to be a blessing. He was somewhat under the weather because he was first responder to a shooting and despite all his efforts to control the bleeding from multiple gun shot wounds until the paramedics arrived the the victim passed away. This was his first exposure to this type of situation and it left him very despondent. I believe the card he got from you did more to pick up his spirits than an email would have. He actually made the first smile I have seen from him since the incident and he wanted me to thank you for the card.

Once again on January 4th 2020 @ 6:30 PM, I would like to put together a Meet and Eat here in Burlington Ontario, making this the 9th annual meet and eat. As in previous years this is the weekend of the NORTH AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE SUPER SHOW, which is a three day event here in Toronto Ontario. Click on this link for more info SUPERSHOW - North America's Largest Motorcycle Show . The place I have in mind will again be at TUCKERS MARKET PLACE in Burlington Ontario. https://tuckers.ca/ . Which is about 25 minutes from the motorcycle show. And you American member's get to work on your passports so you can join us Canucks. NOTE!! Dinner time posted is an approximate time based on previous years. Time should remain the same same but could vary by a half hour or so depending on their time frame when reservations are made. I will post exact details once I make reservations later in the year. PLEASE RSVP ON CALENDAR ASAP https://www.venturerider.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=520&day=2020-1-4&c=1

Actually in my wifes home time they say sodee which always ends up being a Coke, not pepsi or ginger ale or any other type of soda pop just plain and simple .sodee = coke. As far as putt putt goes I always heard it referred to as mini golf or mini putt, never heard the term putt putt until it was expelled from BIG TOM's lips I guess it has something to do with his limited vocabulary and how he reffered to it as a small child. :canada::canada::canada: BTW Sorry for your loss this is why you should always wear an athletic cup.

Bongobobny was 43 with 14,583 posts and and yammer dan 51 with 23,033 posts both very active members that I know we all miss now that they are venture riding the heavans.

So never having played PUTT PUTT and being designated ref. I had to search the rules. there seems to be some variation but the two sets of rules that seem to hold most consistently are the US official PUT PUTT rules and the Basic PUTT PUTT rules. Since this is all for fun I would suggest we just stick with the basics or something similar to it. Oh and steamer there does not seem to be any mention of replacing an opponents ball with a Rock in any of the rules I researched. Besides BIG TOM found out about the incentive deal I offered you and YELLED AT ME> BASIC PUTT-PUTT MINI GOLF RULES The OBJECT of Mini Golf is to get the ball in the hole using the LEAST amount of strokes. DEFINITION OF A STROKE: Every time the putter touches the ball, that counts as ONE STROKE. Regardless of whether it barely rolled at all, regardless of whether you meant to do it or not … it still counts as a stroke. If you swing and MISS entirely, we are NOT counting that as a stroke. To save face, umm … errr … we’ll call that a practice swing. (grin) We use the HONOR SYSTEM when counting our strokes. It’s all about having fun so please don’t ruin it by cheating. Please keep track of your strokes accurately. One person in your group will be in charge of writing down the scores. BALLS LEAVING THE PUTTING AREA: If you hit your ball too hard and it bounces OFF the putting area, you must start again from the tee. The errant shot counts as a stroke. You do NOT receive an additional penalty stroke. Your penalty is having to start from the tee again. WHO HITS FIRST? Decide amongst your group the order on the first hole. After that, typically, the person who scored lowest on the previous hole has “Honors” (hits first). If no one scored lower on the previous hole, use the same order you used last. WHO HITS FIRST AFTER TEEING OFF? After all have teed off, whoever is FARTHEST from the hole is the first to hit. This continues until the hole is completed. HITTING YOUR BALL INTO ANOTHER BALL: Each of you will be issued a penny to be used as a ball marker. If you think your ball might be in the way, mark it. (replace it with the penny in the exact spot you ball sat) The game of mini golf consists of playing a ball from the tee into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the rules posted at the tournament site. This tournament will be shot gun start if we have enough foursomes. A. Rules of Stroke Play 1. The team who plays the 9 holes in the fewest strokes is the winner (all four team members scores will be added together for each hole). 2. One stroke penalty if: Ball jumps fairway – play next shot from spot where ball jumped fairway. Ball is snagged in an obstacle – free ball and play from that spot, not nearer the hole. 3. After members of party reach putting green, the one nearest the hole will putt first and continue to putt until ball is in cup. Do not take turns on the putting greens. B. Equipment 1. Clubs A. All participants must use club provided. Got that @buffalobodnar 2. The Ball A. All participants must use ball provided. (no rock substitutions steamer) C. Player's Responsibilities 1. Players should check their score after each hole for accuracy. Scores may not be altered once the scorecard has been turned in. Turn in one scorecard per group. Score card must be signed by team captain. 2. There will be no handicapping of scores. 3. Players should not unduly delay play. 4. The playing of practice strokes during the play of a hole or between holes is forbidden. A practice swing is not a stroke unless the ball is hit. 5. The number of strokes a player has taken shall include penalty strokes incurred.

Now just hold on there you old fart some of us just got off our duffs and signed up early :canada::canada:

Ok so the number is before your handle not after

There is no number after my handle

Congratulations Huhhhh:think: does it it have an apple pie fridge with my name on it.

If I feel I need to have reserve fuel I carry a I liter fuel bottle Like the ones MSR, Primus and Optimus make for back packing stoves. Primus and MSR are red The optimus one is green. The MSR bottle is a little thicker walled than the Primus. If you do go for that option do not fill above the fill line as gasoline expands alot with temp increase and therefore needs air space to accommodate this expansion otherwise the cap may fail.

Ditto, Some years back coating the inside of a fuel tank was supposedly the cats rump for all sorts of vehicles and no doupbt if the tank is properly cleaned and etched inside it works great. But more often than not it fails and you end up with floaters that clog the fuel system. Sea foam will do nothing to solve that issue. BTW Princess Auto has sea foam on for $10.79

Notice the only thing @Marcarl got out of this whole discussion is that if it ever got verbal it would threaten to cut into his speechifying time.

Its been said before but I,ll say it again.......Its gonna be a longgggg winter

Not that I am saying there was anything wrong with the post itself, since as stated similar pics can be seen almost everywhere. But in this case there a slight difference in advertising clothing and forming an implied thought. Not that I am a prude or anything but some individuals may see it that way and be offended. This site has always had a set policy of trying to avoid posting anything that may offend even one individual and tries to be respectful to all. At work the guy's used to pin up the daily sunshine girl on the lunch room wall none naked but in scantily clad attire and we had to take them down because it made one of our co-workers uncomfortable. We never understood why it made him feel that way but it did and because of that we took them down. This site is for everyone so its understandable some lines were drawn, so that a motorcycle site is comfortable for everyone. Lets face it whats not posted isn't really missed, and if it means everyone can feel at home here I see it as a good thing.

Wow @cowpuc you really out did yourself this time usually you just confuse everyone else ....but to actually confuse yourself. Thats a whole new level

I didn't even notice I just saw it come up when I quick linked today's posts.Good catch slowrollwv goes to show not all of us are in hibernation mode early.

Yup Me doing all the work ..... While @Marcarl gets a head start on the alldayer part.

Good write up Steven G. It was actually quite a refresher as despite being a Mechanic for 45 years you brought up a reminder of a few things I have not thought about for years since valve train issues are not as common an issue these day's among big trucks and even cars as they once were. And usually when they do become an issue they are rarely small ones but pretty devastating. However when syncing carbs I would be inclined to think any cylinder with a valve issue would show an unstable or excessively low vacuum reading versus the other cylinders.

Lets see ...on 1st Gen 500 a day no problem on a 2nd gen I would say maybe 499 Personally Miles never was a major issue for me, as some days it may be a boring stretch of road and I may ride more then other days. I may want to back off and enjoy the sites even stop and look at a few things and maybe end up doing as little as half the distance. I guess 1st you need to decide if this is a ride to simply get to were you are going asap I would say 450 - 500 mi a day. If its a touring trip and just want to get some sort of an idea as to when you may reach your destination without any deadline in mind and intend to do some sight seeing along the way and simply enjoy the ride , I would probably figure on 300 to 400 a day.

Sorry to hear your having a nasty go of it. BTW just for the record @Marcarl never overlooks anyone...... They just saw him first and managed to get away.

My 89 has been stuck on reserve since 2006 and I have had no issues with running it that way. To free it up you pretty much have to remove it so I just left well enough alone. I make sure to store with a full tank of fuel and a bottle of sea foam in the winter and come spring I just fire up and go.

Sounds like it may be the best solution. It did not take long when we pulled out the old one we used on Brown angles bike. We could jury rig something to support the back end but I doubt it would go any faster and would probably be more awkward once we started moving the bike.