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at 8:40 this morning i fired up old red in the shed and took her for the first ride of the year about 6 mi. to the local watering whole Dennys got a free breakfast now to decide where to go from here

Got to many saints and lsu who fans around me at the moment :stirthepot:

the AINTS :rotf::rotf:

my avast anti virus did too guess its not meant for me to look at obama care or have it :stirthepot:

wish i could help but im of no use to you on this as it is im hardly any use to myself:whistling:hopefully some one will chime in as for skydoc well he might be on extended holiday trying to recover or something you know how that jolly fat man in the red suit can get this time of yr :rotf:

i dought you will ever find a agm battery for 58 acid baterry yes but agm no the cheapest i have found one so far is 94 on a web site and 101.99 local in stock or 120. from skydoc_17 but in my case i cant wait a week for a battery i now have to jump start the bike every time it sits for more than 3 hrs and have to keep the jump box hooked up while plugged in to charge it back up the cold is indeed a murderer it killed my 1 yr old acid filled battery

mine does not have the original tank in it it has a tank from an 83 that has on/off and thats broke so its always on and i cant shut off to wait on a 2nd gen to catch up:whistling::stirthepot::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

well im sorry to hear you got thae same gift camos i think we should join forces and plan to get the jolly fat man back next year :stirthepot: what do you think :rotf: hope you get to feeling better at least you got the good stuff all i got was a bottle of generic thera flue

let see where do i start head ache back ache sore from head to toe fever of 102 i think its called the flue that jolly fat man didnt have the nerv to give me coal this year instead it was the flue:225: but thats ok im setting trapps for him for next year he wont get within 1000 yards of me next year :stirthepot::rotf:

Mike thatis dedication but i got one of those batteries that must have been made in miami i put the jump box on it and just let it charge up but she still dont like 30 degree weather :confused24:ill just have to keep doing the jumpbox deal until i can afford to put a good agm battery in it but i also need to make sure it was assembled in yankee territory :stirthepot::rotf:so it will hold up to our short lived winter spells down here hope yall had a merry christmass

you forgot one Yammerdan:whistling::stirthepot::rotf: and a very Merry Christmass to all my VR. family hope your day is full of Joy and warmth of family and friends

its 33 and feels like 25 and my battery said shut up you want me to do what :confused24: :rotf: :stirthepot: well at least it will get up to 54 today

Carle that would be great i do need to get brake pads and put those on if we could do it once i have the new pads if thats good for you ill let you know when i have them and we can see what your schedule looks like

congrats now im next:fingers-crossed-emo

glad i dont have a brother in law :rotf:

you are right and i gobbed the grease on the fingers of the hub taking it off the hub has tough it was stiff but putting it back on with the grease on it it slid in bounced back and off i knew then it was greased good put it back on again easier that time and slide the axel in befor this i could hear and feel a scraping noise from the hub after no scraping but it looked like it had not had any grease put on it in years it was so dried up

i have my placard and i have my handi cap tag on the bike but i try to park it in the spriped area in some places as the bike does not take much room and leave a spot open for a cage with some one who really needs it not saying im capable of walking from left field but would need my cane to assist on the real bad days like today but there are times when i dont have that option and have to take the full spot. i have to laugh about it but one day i was at the local country store and parked in a blue spot a guy parked in the next one as he was walking in the store past me he was talking out loud thats not a parking place for a bike well while he was shopping a deputy came by got out looked at the bike i was still sitting at the table by the door watching the deputy pulled out his ticket book looked at the tag to start writing looked at me i smiled and said check the van that belongs to the gentalman that called yall about the bike he owns the van and has no placard hanging from the mirror or a handi tag the deputy smiled big and started writing for the van and placed the ticket on the windshield and left i then got on the bike and waited for the owner of the van to come out when he did he was laughing until he seen my tag and seen his windshield greeting boy was he pissed i did comment people should not call the police when they dont have proper placards on their vehicle i smiled and rode away

Brian you probably got 20 + yrs of changing bike tires so i wont shoot but i will say this thats the first bike tire i have changed in 25 yrs and the first was a front tire some25 yrs ago Brad i may just wait til after christmass im waiting on some paper work to come in the mail that i have to sign and send back so once thats done i will let you know also with the holidays this close yall have enough to deal with close family holiday plans i dont want to disturb that because it could take a whole weekend going over this bike with a fine tooth comb but nothing major and deep

jim not sayin plastix doesent work good or is the best in the world but eventualy cracks do start again if you want to make sure that does not happen you can reinforce it with copper wire i mean melt it in to the plastic like stiches and then do the plastix fix i have done this to a bunch of cracks on my saddle bags and trunk and still have a few more cracks left to fix that i havent done yet the ones i have fixed with the wire method have not spread any further there is a video on one of the threads here i cant remember where but thats where i got my info from and it has been great maybe some one can find it and post a link for you any way good luck on your fix

yes i waanted to start at the top :cool10::stirthepot::rotf: and the 2nd gen well lest just say its still sick and brokenlike my leg ok i got the tire changed 5 1/2 hrs later man that was a bear that tire just did not want to come off but after 12 yrs of being on the rim its a wounder i ever got it off i had to cut the thing off cussing under my breath every step of the way but glad i did get it off cause it was not going another 10 ft let alone 1 mile it wen flat and quick i have a pic of it but will have to post later any way it rides so much better now but i dont trust my own work not after 5 hrs on it i didnt do the drive shaft i did lose a nut and bolt holding the left muffler before i even got to where i needed to change the tire let see i broke the collecter dropped the bike on my right hand found that i have no pad woth speaking of on the back brakes got a broken bolt on the clamp to hold right muffler to collector lets see all in all i think i had a good day i did minimal damage oh i had no tourqe wrench so i tighten thing to what i felt would be right so i have decided its 5 hrs to cleavland TX on a regular day but with this it will take me about 10 to 12 to get over there and have Squidley inspect my work one thing is for sure i think it will take a lot less time to change next time now that i know what NOT to do :rotf: hey Brad do yo have a welder the collector can be fixed by welding i do like the sound it makes but its just to loud for me i will be cutting up a soda can and wraping it with clamps for a temp fix all in all not a bad day oh my hand is fine thank god for bike jacks i had it under just in case

question can i do that to a firs gen pump never took it apart and dont want to if i dont have to but if the points on it can be replaced i would go that route if possible one good thing is when i get the 2nd gen back if ever i do i will know how to fix that one :cool10:

well thats great yall all won i was never picked for that drawing but i did get an email from some one saying they were going to donate 2,000,000.00 euros just to me for being a trustworth, honest, and helpful person and i sould take the money and continue to do good deeds for people since i have done such a good job of it i had to send a reply sayin i gave everything i have to the ex wife, IRS, and the Hospital so that 2 mill will come in handy payin off the ex wife buy me a new place to live since im homeless pay off the IRS and the hospital and they can send the cash no check by western union to me know that was 3 weeks ago still havent heard anything from them and no western union wire transfer :confused24: :rotf:

well if you were not all the way up there in s*** country i would help you out on the hours worked thing but sorry your on your own there

didnt change the tire yet woke up feeling like my head was about to explode so putting off for another day

venturous its the 84 the 99 is what gave me my careerchange last yr and 12 days in the hospital im waiting to change that i may still get the bike back and reuild it .... thanks everybody for the advice and tips it all sounds intimidating but what job doesnt the first time you tackle it and bob we understand for one its fryday the 13th and 2 your trike is screaming let me out and lets go south like all the other snow birds i know it can be very hard to try and tune that out :whistling::rotf: and brad thank you if i had the money for gas i think i would have just bit the bullet and rode west i dont have a problem riding in 30 degree weather but the rain i do have issues with i will def call if i run into a problem but with all of yall here and the reading i will do and have done i dont think i will have a problem and that is what i love about this family yall are the best thanks also word is toyota will be bringing in the next group after the first if i get that call first place im headed is west to cleavlnd tx before the treck north to tupelo even if i dont get the call before christmas i have it i my plans just getting there has been the hold up:confused24: life it must go on but its not stopping me just slowing me down a bit :stirthepot: