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ok i will be heading out for MN tuesday. any one in the MN area know how the roads are? i will be travling on 94 and 494 then 10 into st cloud for a quick stop. then up to brainerd mn then on to pine river. any construction i should know about? thanks james aka oldgoat
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I was talking to Rocket and he mentioned he had heard about using Pine Sol for degreasing carbs so I went searching the net. Here is what I found! Hope it help someone. Pine Sol as a degreaser? Yep, that's what I said. I found this great little trick from "Frank" at the DOHC Custom Forums. http://www.cb750c.com/modules.php?name=Forums He recommended that I use Pine Sol as a 1-3 day soak for the bank of carbs of my 1983 CB1000 Custom. The goal of the soak was to clean the carbs as a bank with most of their internal parts removed (jets, floats, ect) because seperating the 4 carbs is a pain. And it's just plain easier to do a soak than to disassemble the bank. The Pine Sol won't damage rubber/soft parts, is easily washed away and is environmentally friendly. When you're done your parts will smell fresh too - So I bought 3 big bottles of Pine Sol (not the generic stuff) and a plastic box big enough to hold the carb bank. You can scale this up or down as needed – Then I emptied the 3 bottles of Pine SOl into the box and added 1 1/2 bottles of water (this topped the carbs, completely submerging them). Though you can't see it very well, the stripped carb bank is really nasty between the carbs in this pic – The I sat them into the vat - I let them soak overnight and then rinsed the bank off with high pressure water- they looked like new – I have also used the "vat" to clean many other parts. With it's small size I just move the vat & the small parts up to the sink and then can easily wash the Pine Sol off the parts with warm soapy water (Dawn dish washing soap works best- without the hand lotion). I do suggest that if you are going to work in the vat with your hands (scrubbing deep grime with a tooth brush for example) that you wear protective gloves as the Pine Sol will strip your skin of all oil, really drying your hands out. Also, best to keep the vat outside unless you want the house to be overwhelmed by the pine odor. For pictures look here! hyperlink may not be active so cut and paste http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=560117 Bubber
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As this year "winds" down, thoughts are abound for a great riding year in 2010 . Looking at all the great rallies coming up, I wanted to get out couple of thoughts for hosting another "state" VentureWest rally - though anyone and everyone from our neighboring states are invited as well. A thought for next year would be to hold this event in the area of Lone Pine - over Memorial Day weekend - most likely a Friday - Sunday event - that way we could all head home and have some time to recuperate before having to back to work. Dates would be May 28 - 30, 2010. This rally is a different event from the "Western Round-up" (i.e. the one held this year in Cody); Condor and I are talking about doing again. That discussion will be posted on a separate thread. All thoughts and ideas will be welcomed - hopefully this location and time frame works for everyone - should be an awesome area to ride around in - and sit around telling "stories" - .
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Not a favorite, just a road report. Ride: July 2009, Weekday, PM Gas Available: Silver Lake. Direction: South Avg Speed: 70 Flora: Pine and Pinion to high desert Fauna Encounters: 0 Subjective Temp: Warm. Road Condition: US 97 to OR 31 Junction: Generally good. One construction wait for 15 minutes closer to La Pine. No dirt. Otherwise divided four lane in good condition most of the way to La Pine. However, the posted speed limit in the Peoples Republic of Oregon is 55 and everyone seems to take it seriously. Some are doing 10 over, but most seemed to be taking it very seriously. Cars Passing Same Direction: few Cars Passed Same Direction: lots Cars Passed Opposite Direction: steady flow Smokeys seen: 0, but it was pretty busy and I was watchin traffic, not looking for smokeys, so I may have missed one or two that were well placed. Road Condition: OR 31 Junction to Lakeview Fair. Slightly choppy in places, but not a problem with higher speeds, as one is able to open it up a bit on this section. Long straights with well marked intermittent sweepers and a few well marked tighter corners. Intermittent residential, e.g. ranch house and/or speed zoned small town (very small). Cars Passing Same Direction: 0 Cars Passed Same Direction: 2 or 3 Cars Passed Opposite Direction: slow drip Smokeys seen: 0 OR 31 meets US 395 about 20 miles north of Lake View. US 395 was in good condition.
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Here are some pics of a pine tree trying to go through our home :crying: http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/venturerider/Sleeperhawks%20Mechanic%20House%20Damage%2020090711/
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I remember when I was a kid helping put up Christmas lights. It usually just involved stringing lights around the front porch and a small pine outside the bedroom window. Back in those days the light bulbs were much bigger and almost every house was decorated. One poor guy spents months just installing his but hundreds of people would come out after dark to see them.They were always a big hit with the ladies and children. I remember going to the woods and chopping a white pine for the house. I brought in a few that would make Charlie Brown proud. Not to degrade or forget the true meaning of Christmas but these traditions sure were alot of fun and still are. Not many folk do it anymore like they use to. Which brings me to my next point. Remember that 250 ft section of rail fence I installed at the camp last March. Well guess what MaMamo is doing to it. I should not have put an electrical outlet on that new utility pole in the front yard. I have had no more trouble out of the Rose Thief. Do people steal Christmas lights?If so MaMamo will be @^!#.
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Today our son, Mark's car broke down. Pulley assembly busted, broken belt and all. He works about 45 minutes away, so Ron took him on our bike. Mark is 6'4", this is how it looked. I think similar to carrying a tall pine on the back of the bike. Mama
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