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You are definitely lucky that's for sure . Like what was mentioned before I had the Avon venoms and I too had the Tail Wag issue fortunately the side walls were cracking very quickly after I got them and they were replaced so I went back to the dunlops I ended up running E3's front and rear and I am very pleased with them.

Hey @Marcarl you best read @Freebirds comment again. Its you :178:he is worried about not me.

I almost wiped out on loose grave because of the linked brakes because no matter how gentle you are on the foot brake when you have loose sand or gravel specially on a hard surface that front wheel looks up and there goes your ability keep the bike stable. On that occasion two attempts to stop and a a pending wipe out were avoided simply because both time I released the brakes in the nick of time. With the delinked system I no longer have that problem.

I think the open windows are only for those messing around -------Soooooo what have you been up to huh.

Nice to hear Bob,

Well Freebird it sure sounds to me Like Marcarl's request for a good looking passenger Is a big hint that you be that passenger In the mean time I Will be only too happy to entertain Eileen while you two are out gallivanting about:confused24:

well that makes for a sad State of Affairs but I guess if you can't get the numbers then there's not much else you can do.

Sorry to hear about your predicament Earl and hope full recovery is in your near future. The scary thing is we have all taken more than one tumble down a set of stairs or worse and got up unscathed. It just goes to show how lucky we often are that we did not like you, get injured worse than a few bruises. When I think back to some of the falls have taken I can only thank my lucky stars and the grace of God that I did not suffer more serious injuries than I did. So lets all be a little more careful out there and a little less impulsive (impulsive being my Achilles heal BTW). Hang in my friend and recover quickly.

Misled religious fanatic extremists, street gangs, poverty, broken homes and bleeding hearts (usually people who have never suffered an injustice) all help to contribute over the centuries with regards to crime. Now toss in blood and guts video games and overly explicit movies and things start going from bad to worse. Lets not forget those who by both legal and illegal means stand to profit due to war and crime. It all contributes. Oh and lets not forget some of the popular so called music that glorifies street violence which produces so many gangster type wanna be's of which some actually escalate beyond just being a wanna be. Last but not least population explosion also contributes as man both on an individual bases as well as a group bases tries to either just survive or even dominate. Stress also becomes an issue as electronic progress and population increases continues to create a world that becomes harder to survive in because life is no longer about simply acquiring and understanding the basics to live. The electronic world has made life very steessful and demanding.

I have had to change tires twice not because of wear due to high millage as both had lots of tread despite the high millage but because they got hard with age and became somewhat slippery in the bends on hard surfaces.

I agree with most of the comments previously stated so can add little to them. However I can say this. What she does or does not intend to do there will be a time when for one reason or another she will ride on the highway. Secondly Don you do a lot of long rides which I am sure she is bound to join you on from time to time. Having said that I owned a 400 and on the highway even with my added weight, it was just too light specially on a windy day. In my opinion a 650 is the lowest and probably in her case the best size to start with both for highway stability and long ride comfort yet still small enough to tool around town.

War is a horrible thing and if all was right with the world would never happen. My father fought through two wars. WWII with the underground and then later in Indonesia with the Marines Special forces. His only comment to me about it was that your shooting at someone who under different circumstances you might be sharing a beer with. But he also said unfortunately war does happen and when it does, sad as it may be you have to fight back. When someone asked why he fought, he simply said he never fought, he only fought back. So to those who served and fought back to preserve our rights freedoms and way of life we so cherish I give my thanks, while at the same time hope and pray that the day will come when the fighting stops and we can all live in peace.

Wow I hate seeing these kind of accidents. Its bad enough to always have to be aware that you can be victim to an accident at any given time while in motion. But to be stopped and suddenly get nailed from behind by a distracted driver is just another kind of worry, specially in this day and age when there is so much that can easily distract any driver at any given second and that is before even tossing in things like cellphone use etc.. Ontario has just tightened up distracted driving laws to the point of were you can even get charged with drinking a coffee, eating a sandwich or using CB radio ( n0w on the later I have always believed that using a CB radio while driving can actually be a safety feature since chatting with another driver while doing long distance driving can actually help one stay awake, but that's another discussion. . Initially you think to yourself this is getting a little ridicules. Then you read or see something like this and you begin to wonder if maybe it isn't. The trouble is you can create all the distracted driving laws you want but if people insist on ignoring already existing rules, both common sense and legislated ones, what really is the answer. Having said all that I am glad to hear that things did not end up worse bad as it is.

Whoa sorry I missed it Anne. Just have not been on site too frequently lately Lots of time consuming stuff going on and so Ive just been peeking in every now and then. But Happy Birthday just the same Anne and I Hope its one memorable enough to get your mind off of whatever burrs you may have stuck under your saddle.

Oh what an opening :whistling:but my wife tells me I have to start being more nnnicerrr to Carl As for my reason to not be in chat .....I have to work at that time of day.

ice to hear from you Anne and say Hello to Quick Step. I was wondering about you. The hat you won me in the bidding war at the NY rally all those years ago Hangs in my Den and so It serves to remind me of you quite often. Not only for that Occasion but all the occasions we shared such as the time you spoke out for me when Quaker steak kept forgetting about me, The time we spent going up the arch in St Louis and your visit to Ontario. Not sure what your Itinerary and time schedule will be, but I will be in the area of Missouri on a couple occasions between June and Sept. Just not sure on the dates but if timing is right who knows.

It will be sad to see you gone from the site. The many conversations the shared input on many situations both Technical and otherwise coming from you was always highly valued input. I get the tractor thing, I have a love for tractors myself and have worked on some real rare oddballs. One was a Minneapolis Malone were the clutch friction disc had gear teeth around its outside diameter instead of the usual center spline. Any way your comments will be missed but I wish you the best along your new path of interest.

Too bad you couldn't keep both.

I think that Goal has been accomplished many times over and thanks to excellent moderators it has remained a very civil site versus some that seem to thrive on bad language and senseless, sometime vicious insults resulting in useless on line squabbles. A Job well done Don and moderators. I applaud you all.

The part that scares me, more for my children's and grandchildren's sake, since I likely won't be around when it happens, is the day when the numbers of callous terrorist's, Violent religious fanatics, punks and thugs will become so out of control that Police presence will become so meaningless (their hands are already tied more and more all the time) that the world will turn into an all out war zone and every individual will have to learn to fight just to try and survive. It is interesting that the more lenient we become with convicted criminals, respecting their rights more than the victims how the world proportionately is becoming more violent.

Those are my thoughts as well but all I saw in the video were people closing their eyes and simply driving by. What gives with that. At the very least the cars could have blocked off the intersection and prevented more bikes and quads from joining in on this brutal senseless act of violence .

Well thanks to @djh3 providing me with schematics I have been able to go over the electrical system properly but found nothing wrong electrically. In the end we decided to let the dealer have it. Well their scan tool brought up codes mine did not (mine showing that there weren't any codes). On top of that the oil leak on the timing plate was much worse than I thought. Not that I looked to closely since I was more concerned about the on again/off again electrical gremlins, she was having, that caused her steering, radio and dash, to cut out and not always at the same time. So the oil leak to me was not an immediate issue. Turns out it had a tiny pinhole leak that was squirting directly on the alternator. Now even then since I have seen hundreds of unaffected oil soaked alternators on diesel engines (specially the old 2 stroke Detroit's that leaked oil like a bottomless bucket), Plus even if the alternator was questionable and I figured I would probably end up replacing it. In no way did I figure it was directly connected to her steering issue, which did not seem to coincide with whether the alternator was charging, not charging or over charging, since it would cut out at any time during any one of those conditions. Well guess what. They changed the alternator and issue went away. If I had not been so obsessed with the steering issue and and went ahead to replace the alternator and fix the oil leak, then carried on later to look further into the steering issue, I probably would have solved the issue right off. Huh Also in my feeble defense it was friggin cold outside trying to work in the driveway ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I joined in 2006. Had just bought my Venture and at a Tim Hortons happened to meet another Venture owner. The conversation started in the normal fashion of "so how do you like the venture" which after a few friendly words ended with the other person recommending I check out venturerider.org. I did and I hid in the shadows for a while but bit by bit I became more involved. The real truth about this site became apparent, when I was run off the road in 2007. The number of total strangers, that suddenly popped up like leprechauns in 4 leaf clover field, to offer help from the hands on to parts and tech info was just mind boggling. At the top of that list was Bongobobny who drove up to my home town of Burlington Ont from Arcade WNY just to Donate parts to my ailing 2 wheeled friend. A guy I did not know from a hole in the ground, Who Showed up at my work with a trunk full of parts and a grin to match. He almost could have passed for Santa Claus had he sported a white beard. He certianly was just as Jolly. Then I get a phone call from Marcarl another somebody I really did not know,offering to come over and lend a hand. I did not take him up on it, on that occasion but since then we have helped each other out many times on various things. Not long after Wizard765 came out of the mist and became a real in the flesh person number three. It was not long after, that I began to count them among the best of my friends. and since then as I met more and more members on and off line and through meet and greets, the list of friends grew, too numerous to name. Many surprisingly close by. I also like the fact that although we are a motorcycle club the hardened biker mentality does not exist like it does in some other clubs that seem to feel they have to put on that hardened biker persona. Last but not least looking forward to a summer of M&E's and hooking up with all the rest of the loonies in this club of lop ear'd varmits.

...What you say'n...........

Checked my email but nothing turned up not even in my junk folder.