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uhhhhhhh... what's a "Super Bowl" ???

Actually, I much prefer this snow and colder temps. Normally it rains and rains and rains here... day in and day out .... and it gets really depressing.

hahahahahahaha good one! :Laugh: :Laugh:

While it's not a record year for snow, it's so far a record month. 3 days ago there wasn't a flake of snow to be found. We did get a good dump back in Dec which seemed to hang around forever but a week of warm weather and rain in Jan took care of that. Now we're back to shovelling again! I think old man winter knows Nina & I are hitting the road for warmer climates next winter so he wants to give us something to remember him by (thanks, but no thanks!)

It was so nice of mom to set a plate for me ... but, I wonder where dad's gonna sit?

@divey We'll be in your area sometime towards end of August. Hope you and Dale will be around!

Snow and cold temps have stuck around here this winter much longer than normal and they're predicting snow again this weekend. I was out riding in warm sunny weather this time last year. I guess old man winter somehow knows I'm bikeless so he figures what the heck, he can't ride anyway, let's give 'em more winter LOL

Grandma and Grandpa were visiting their kids overnight . When Grandpa found a bottle of Viagra in his son's medicine cabinet, he asked about using one of the pills. The son said, "I don't think you should take one Dad, they're very strong and very expensive." "How much?" asked Grandpa. "$10.00 a pill," answered the son. "I don't care," said Grandpa, "I'd still like to try one, and before we leave in the morning, I'll put the money under the pillow. " Later the next morning, the son found $110 under the pillow. He called Grandpa and said, "I told you each pill was $10, not $110. "I know," said Grandpa. "The hundred is from Grandma!"

I bet my vacuum cleaner can suck better than your's! (does that mean my vacuum cleaner sucks? )

Congrats GRAMPA!

Nope, no plans to try that again LOL

So now for the Ironical sidebar.... We bought the trailer in Chilliwack ... appx 1.5 hr drive away. The place we got stuck was about half way home. Anyhoo, we made it home, trailer in tow, with no place to store it. This morning I started phoning around and the closest place that had an opening was ..... yep! .... a few blocks away from where we bought the trailer!!! LMAO! So all the way back to Chilliwack we went. There is always an upside to everything ... as I always say, there's a reason for everything. This "adventure" at least gave me an opportunity to haul the trailer around and get used to it under various conditions and that was a good thing.

FYI... that was a Chrysler color ... can't recall from what year but I picked it out of the chip books at the auto paint store.

I've done some painting with a product from Canadian Tire that was labelled "Candy Apple Red" but it sure wasn't "candy". Also tried some other products in rattle cans that were real candy color and it worked out well but the paint itself is quite thick so it was difficult to get a smooth coat without getting runs. Small areas OK but I wouldn't use that for the larger parts on a bike. Here's a couple pics of when I was experimenting....

Well .... we did it!!! Took delivery of our 5th wheel RV today. BUT ... it wasn't without incident! We'd arranged to store it at an RV storage lot in south Surrey. Unbenownst to us, it was a grassy field and as we started drivng in, we got stuck. Yep, all the frost was coming out of the ground and everything was wet and mushy and as soon as you drive onto it, into the mud you go! Well, we had to get a tow truck to pull us back out because after several attempts we just couldn't do it under our own steam and were digging ourselves deeper into the muck. In the process, the guys there had put a sheet of plywood under the wheels and as the tow truck driver was pulling us back, the plywood bowed and popped the power steering fluid line off and we lost all the fluid. Luckily it did not rip the line and the guys were able to put the line back on and top up the fluid. We finally got out THREE HOURS later! So now truck and trailer are parked in our guest parking area in our M/H park and I've no idea where I'm gonna store it at this time ... but something will turn up. That whole thing was a bit frustrating to say the least but at the same time, rather hilarious! I do hope it's not an indication of things to come LOL BTW, that V10 pulls that trailer with no problem and the whole thing handles very easy. On the way to the RV storage Stuck in the MUCK

@CaseyJ955 BTW, that is a really cool color you chose!

A testament to the fact that this forum is not all about bikes and that there is much to be gleaned from the members here on practically any subject. Besides the camaraderie it is top of the list of reason's why I am still a member.

This is the product I used when I re-painted my '87 http://www.u-pol.com/us/en/product/premium-aerosols/aerosols/premium-aerosols/clear1-high-gloss-clearcoat It did a very good job and held up well for a couple years. I sold the bike so no idea how it was after that. I used to have some pics here of it but no idea where they got to. Here's a few from my local PC....

I've never heard of this before and I've done quite a bit of "rattle can" paint jobs as well as professional jobs when I had a body shop years ago. I do know about fillable aerosol paint available at various auto paint suppliers and have used them but have not yet seen or heard of a "2 part clear" such as you describe. Do you have any links to where I can get more info?

Just tell 'em you know me and you'll be good to go! LOL The endorsement or any special licensing is a requirement of the province or state you live in. Not required outside of that. In other words, as long as you're "legal" there, you're legal most everywhere else.

totally!

Don't do it ! oh, sorry, guess I should have read the post first ...

It still does .... in certain circles... LOL!

@djh3 Another thing to consider is driver licensing .... are there any changes needed to pull a trailer? Here in B.C. Canada in order to pull an RV trailer that weighs (not the GVWR but the actual weight) 10,100 lbs or more, one needs a special endorsement on their D/L. This involves a series of questions, an eye test, and a road test pulling the trailer. When I went to get mine, the agent said "hmmmm ... I've forgotten how to set up the test as we've not had one of these in over 2 years" I thought to myself "I'll bet there's lots of folks out there pulling RV trailers that aren't properly licensed and probably don't even know it". Thing is, without the proper license, if they're involved in an accident it could void their insurance.