SilvrT

ServiceDog is an expert. He might be able to help.

Go into UserCP (on the left navigation pane) Choose Edit Signature (again...on the left navigation pane) Check the box for Delete Current Image (you need to scroll down some to see this) Click Save Signature Hope that helps (and works) Then re-do the process and upload a smaller pic

We're already getting excited !!!!

is this any smaller? Open in Microsoft Photo editor (or some other similar program) and resize it.

and the Canuck version is All y'all ...ay

I worked on my son's '03 Sportster 1200 for the same issue. It was just a matter of getting the mixture screw set right. If I recall, turn it in all the way and then back it out 2 full turns ... fine tune from there (either out more or in more). Seems I recall reading that this is a common problem on these bikes and may not be totally curable. Anyway, this method cured his about 95%. Also, try some SeaFoam.

Speaking for myself, taking into consideration rest & points of interest stops, gas/food stops, traffic and city/town speed limits and so on, it generally took us 10 - 12 hours to travel 350 miles on our SLO trip so 500+ miles a day to me is quite aggressive unless I was just gum-booting it along some interstate freeway for all of it. Our most aggressive day was from Susanville, CA to Biggs, OR. That was appx 440 miles. The roads were great and very little traffic ... with various stops, it still took us from 7AM to about 7PM ... 12 hours on the road. We were almost always riding between 65-75mph. Quite frankly, I wouldn't want to do that every day of my trip!

sooooooooooo many pics.. wow!! for some reason tho, I really liked the ones of the scantilly clad girls.... :think:

sound like a great trip but 4300 miles in 8 days??... wow! That's pretty aggressive considering the places you're visiting! ... hope you have time to enjoy them. Ride safe and let's see those pics when you return.

In contrast, I rarely travel into the US but when I do, I've never experienced any problems...except for one time. That was back in 1975. My ex and I had just gotten married and we went to Spokane to spend some time and shop a bit. I bought a pair of cowboy boots there. Inside was a stamp "Made in USA". When coming back into Canada, we got the general questions and we declared all that we'd bought, had the receipts, etc (except for a few things I had installed on my car,,, custom exhaust, custom wheels, etc...and the Cowboy boots). For some reason, he asked me about the boots and I said I'd bought them up in Canada prior to travelling to the US. He asked if we had a receipt...no. Take them off he said... he sees the stamp on the inside and says, if I don't have a receipt, I have to leave them there and return with one. I was PO'd but whatever... so we go home to Penticton, I go to the stationery store and buy a rubber stamp kit and a blank book of receipts. Make up a phoney business name on the stamp kit and stamp a blank receipt, write on it a fictitious sale for the boots and take it back to the border and get my boots LOL... now, the irony of it all is... the rubber stamp kit was "made in the USA"!! hahaha

For the most part, during the trip down and back the temps were cool. We'd generally be on the road by 7 or 7:30 am. A lot of the trip it was cloudy, foggy, misty, etc. In SLO and area, the mornings were a bit foggy but would clear off by 9 or 10 am and then it would warm up. Depending on where we were, it did get quite hot at times but once down to sea level and along the coast, it was foggy and cool. We got so used to wearing our jackets, etc that if it wasn't real hot, we just left them on anyway LOL.

Simple words and limited space cannot fully describe how absolutely fantastic this holiday trip to the Venture West IV in SLO has been. Having said that, we (Nina & I) would like to share our experience with you all. We left Vancouver (Burnaby actually) Sunday, Aug 10th around 8AM and arrived back home Thursday, Aug 21st around 8PM. During that time, we stayed 5 days in San Luis Obispo and traveled a total of appx 3000 miles. Our route took us through some amazing landscapes and a variety of weather conditions. Cool, cloudy, rainy, sunny, foggy coastlines of Oregon and California to over 100 degree temps of central California. We became experts at removing clothing and putting it back on as we went from one extreme to the other within a few hours. We discovered a lot of neat places along the way but there were 4 main highlights of our trip. The VW-IV (of course); the people we met there; two “special” stop-overs along the way (1 going down, the other on return trip); and the ride itself. Regarding the ride itself, I am the kind of rider who’s “therapy” is riding. I don’t care a lot about stopping here and there to see this and that and spending time dawdling and doing all the little “touristy” things (although I do enjoy it sometimes)…I just like to ride and ride and ride. Nina on the other hand loves to stop and check everything out. Thankfully though, I lucked out when we “found each other” …. she has taken to riding far beyond my dreams. So, as a compromise, we do a lot of riding and a little of the other “stuff” and that makes the ride one of the highlights for both of us. The first “special” stop was at Half Moon Bay. It was Aug 12th when we arrived there and that just happened to be our 2nd anniversary (just happened??? LOL … I actually planned this stop). We splurged and got a very nice suite at the Best Western which included probably the best king sized “motel” bed I’ve ever slept in, niceties like bath robes, 6 fluffy pillows, and a little balcony with chairs, table, and plants. The second “special” stop was on the way home … totally unplanned and I doubt if we could better the “aura” if we tried. We left SLO quite early Monday morning, traveled to Fresno where we stopped for an hour or so to do a bit of “biker shopping”, headed north thru Yosemite (that was spectacular!), and hooked up with route 395 heading north to Reno. It had been quite a long day and we started looking for a place to stop over for the night. We passed thru a couple small places but there were no vacancies to be found. Out of nowhere, about 5 miles before Bridgeport (we didn’t know it at the time), we came across a restaurant/motel/campground. We were ready for a rest stop anyway so Nina went in to see if they had anything available. I waited at the bike…2 minutes later she came out and said to me “you’re not going to believe what I’m about to tell you!” … “They only have 2 tents and a covered wagon available.” Huh? … a “covered wagon”? … we gotta see this! Well, one look and we were sold! $24 for the night and $10 for sheets, blankets and pillows. The feelings we had were indescribable …. camping out in an “old west” covered wagon, campfire, and adjacent “babbling brook”, under a star-lit night with a full moon! WOW! How cool is that! … and in (almost) total contrast, the restaurant had some of the best Italian spaghetti with meatballs I’ve ever eaten! Check it out… http://virginiacreeksettlement.com/ The MAIN highlight, of course, was the VWIV gathering which was the whole reason for this trip. We are so glad we “found a way” to finance this trip. We’d originally planned to go a couple month’s back and had set aside enough money to cover all our expenses but unfortunately, we had a couple unexpected money “set-backs” which got in the way so we cancelled out. The Friday before we left, I did some “creative accounting” (I’m pretty good at that LOL) and boom!! The trip was on again…luckily we were still able to get a room at Motel 6 in SLO. Well, the hospitality of the folks who put this event together is beyond words! Especially Jack and Bev … Nina and I met them when they came through Vancouver a year ago and we made an instant connection (as we seem to have done with all the “ventureriders” we’ve met on this trip). Jack & Bev showed us around a bit on Thursday, we went for lunch in Morro Bay and did the “farmer’s market” thing in SLO that evening (it was more of a giant food fair!) with Jack, Bev, and a couple of others who’d arrived that day. We spent about an hour or so dodging the masses of people, chowing down on ribs, and seeing the “gum wall”. Tim Horton’s coffee for you is not forgotten…Christmas is just around the corner ;-) ! The next 2 days (Friday & Saturday) were consumed with meeting all the rest of the group, socializing, day rides, pancake breakfast, BBQ, eating…more eating… and I have to mention Margie’s Diner. You don’t want to order anything more than what’s on the “senior’s menu” other wise you’ll be eating for ever. The portions they give you are Paul Bunyan sized! … and fruit… OMG! Nina and I had dinner there Wednesday evening (the day we arrived). I ordered the Chicken Salad and she ordered a sandwich. That came and WOW! We could have invited 2 other couples there was so much! Besides the “main part” of the orders, the plates were loaded with fruit…very good, fresh fruit and in no small quantities. We wanted to share so we asked for a side plate …. OMG!!! Even the side plate comes with fruit! We ate as much as we could and still left there with a full take-out plate of fruit LOL! Without a doubt, that place has GOOD GRUB and LOTS of it! Unfortunately, people’s names generally escape me quickly unless I’ve spoken them a number of times. Forgive me if I don’t mention you specifically but everyone we met was wonderful. Although we all come from different “walks of life”, we all came together as one big, happy “family” as though we’d known each other for a long time. Everyone seemed to become instant friends. It was all of you that made our trip the most memorable time of our lives! A great big THANK YOU to everyone! Thanks to those who helped us plan our route home. A special thanks to Paul who gave us his National Parks pass so we could save $20 going through Yosemite. A “chance” meeting with Brian (friesman1) at Biggs on the route home was great …. sorry about your bike troubles buddy but I’m sure glad you made it down. Chuck (ServiceDog)…. I really enjoyed sharing stories and laffs with ya buddy! Yep… Nina’s a “keeper” … that was a very special compliment my friend! Vic (Lone Eagle)… now you’re walking proof that one shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover (no disrespect intended my friend but a concert pianist??? who’da thunk that?) ...you’re one cool dude! Rich99, Condor, EasyRider, Wizard, Kingbird, and all of you … you’re all awesome people and we’re so blessed to have been in your company! This was the first event of this kind we’ve attended and because of all you folks, we’ve decided to make attending these events the focus of our annual holidays and hopefully, when we retire, it will become our passion. Well, it was maybe a little “long-winded” for you all here but frankly, I could have written 10 more pages. I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as we’ve enjoyed writing it. SilvrT & Pinta Nina (yep, she now has a handle) … a few pics for your pleasure http://s393.photobucket.com/albums/pp16/SilvrT/SLOtrip/ http://s393.photobucket.com/albums/pp16/SilvrT/SLOtrip2/ ...and... our route ...

At least you got the RIGHT KIND OF BEER!!!!

Ben and Lynda .. Lynn and Brenda ... let's just say "you guys" ... or is that "you gals" ... ROFL!! (ok...enuf already!)

:sign20: ... well, ya got me ... to me, "Lynn" is a very common name for a FEMALE. In fact, one of my co-worker's name is Lynn and I tell ya, SHE is very much a FEMALE !!! :rotf: With all due respect, I apologize to Lynn...the GUY

Doesn't work for what she's wanting to do

Lynn.... have you tried my suggestion???

BTW, remember, you can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all of them all the time. The original request may not be accomplishable or even if it is, the amount of work may not be viable...especially when there is already a relatively easy method to do what was asked (as I've explained).

Using the method I described above solves the issue as far as I'm concerned. I almost always open links in a new tab or a new window just so I don't "lose sight" of where I started from so to speak. Works great in here .... generally what I do at the beginning of the day is click the New Posts link, scan the list, and then open each of the ones I want to read in a new tab .... go read them, close their respective tab and voila` ... the last tab open is where I left off.

That's good Don but what if a person is viewing the "Today's Posts" or they are on the 2nd page of either New Posts or Today's Posts or for that matter, displaying any other list combination such as a list of a person's own postings... the New Posts link will take them back to the beginning of "New Posts" only.

for all you "mathematicians" then... what's the answer to this complicated linear equasion? 3 + 4 * 5 = ?

talk about a crazy world .... just the other day a guy stabbed to death a "seat mate" on a Greyhound bus up here in Canada ... then he beheaded the guy ... and pranced around inside the bus holding up the head. ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH that is just sick!!! ya just never know what's going on in the mind of that "other guy".

mebbe it's just your "tilted point of view".....??? (i saw an open door and went for it)

If it ain't pukin coolant... nothin to fret about LOL My '85 was the same and this one shows a bit lower...generally just above the "half full" mark.

Try Right-Clicking on the thread link and choosing "open in new window" or, depending on your browser, "open in new tab" ... then, just close that tab or window. I use a browser called Maxthon. All I do is left drag a link and it automatically opens in a new tab.