Hello everyone! As of today, we have 90 registered! That's going to be a great turn out!
Just a reminder that rally registration closes on May 9 so that we can place our t-shirt order for the rally.
If you are coming, but have not sent in your registration, do it TODAY or TOMORROW!
After that, we will not accept any orders for t-shirts. We order a few extra of the most common sizes for the rally. You can only get what is available.
Have you all made your hotel reservations? If not, do it NOW! If our blocked rooms are full at Laquinta Inn, you'll have to find other lodging.
See you all soon!
krasmu wrote:I must live in a different Midwest. I woke up to 14 inches in my drive the other day. Temps dropped down to 11 degrees at night. It's supposed to warm up the next few days over the Thanksgiving weekend, but with the salt they have been spreading the past week, and the fact that I need to do brakes really bad, I've decided to put her away for the winter.
You got a lot more than we did. We ended up with about 4", most of its gone already down here. They are however saying below freezing so the roads are going to ice up again.
Oh well.. bike is snug in the garage with the tender hooked up waiting for a warmer day for a ride. If one shows up, if not.. time for service!
With the new grand babies in the house now, I want to let my daughter have part of the garage for her car so it stays warmer. Now I have to reorganize the second garage to make room for the bike in it. Guess my work is cut out for me during the Thanksgiving holiday.
It's supposed to be in the upper 40s today and the roads are clean so I'll take the bike up to fill the tank and a short ride to work the Seafoam into the carbs, then tuck it in for the winter.
Kirk Rasmussen
Machesney Park, Illinois
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."-Charles Chaplin
So I decided to take the bike to work today. I needed to fill it up for the winter and what a better way to do so. It was 38 and sunny with clean dry roads. Just got home from work. It is 33, misting and rush hour traffic. That will raise the pucker factor a level or two.
Kirk Rasmussen
Machesney Park, Illinois
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."-Charles Chaplin
We're suffering through the start of what looks to be a brutal winter. The temperature was in the 40's on Monday night here. Of course, it's 71 and sunny right now, but we did have that cold snap the other night.
73 and sunny this weekend for a ride down to Daytona. Might have to wear a coat.
FBT wrote:We're suffering through the start of what looks to be a brutal winter. The temperature was in the 40's on Monday night here. Of course, it's 71 and sunny right now, but we did have that cold snap the other night.
73 and sunny this weekend for a ride down to Daytona. Might have to wear a coat.
What is it that you are trying to tell us northerners?
Nice enough here for a ride in Southern NJ. So I took a customers bike out for a short 67 mile run yesterday afternoon. I had jumpered all three cruise switch's and I worked good for 50 miles. Then would not SET. Kept working the set switch and it started working again. So seems like a nice day today for another ride, some contact cleaner in the switch and I will see what happens today. This same bike had issues with the seek button for the radio, and would only seek down not up. Contact cleaner cured that , so I am only to assume this bike has sat outside in the weather as the speaker grills are a bit rusty.... From what I see the set/resume switch are switching B- so a poor contact may be the issue.
At this point in the year I don't care what bike I ride as long as I am riding
"Its not bad if you don't know something, but when you don't know you don't know; That's when your in trouble". Joe Place 1912-2008 (my grandfather)
I headed out on the VXII three times yesterday,it started raining 6 miles from home the first time,went back,3 miles out the second time.The third time it started before I left the driveway. I rode the Cushman 3 miles in he rain.
ekap1200 wrote:Nice enough here for a ride in Southern NJ. So I took a customers bike out for a short 67 mile run yesterday afternoon. I had jumpered all three cruise switch's and I worked good for 50 miles. Then would not SET. Kept working the set switch and it started working again. So seems like a nice day today for another ride, some contact cleaner in the switch and I will see what happens today. This same bike had issues with the seek button for the radio, and would only seek down not up. Contact cleaner cured that , so I am only to assume this bike has sat outside in the weather as the speaker grills are a bit rusty.... From what I see the set/resume switch are switching B- so a poor contact may be the issue.
At this point in the year I don't care what bike I ride as long as I am riding
....Is this the bike you had the fuel tank out of that your speaking of ?(and carb work ?)
....................Tony
Yes Tony , it is..... Good thing I enjoy this type of challenge.
top to bottom, front to back. He is paying for the sin's of two previous owners that were not remotely mechanical in nature.
Got to know when you don't have not a bit of a clue or ability and common sense. Some times its just better to let someone else do the work.
At first , he took it to a dealer before he found me and told me the mechanics were in the back arguing about who was going to work on this mess. Needless to say it was only a few miles from the dealer that the bike failed again. Moral to this story is buyer beware of a used bike, take a mechanic along with you to look at whats under the plastic........
"Its not bad if you don't know something, but when you don't know you don't know; That's when your in trouble". Joe Place 1912-2008 (my grandfather)
It amazes me how many guys will buy these old girls thinking they will make them run well enough to enjoy, but they have no clue what they are doing, and won't even buy the correct manual for them! See it all the time on the 1300 Yahoo group!
trikebldr wrote:It amazes me how many guys will buy these old girls thinking they will make them run well enough to enjoy, but they have no clue what they are doing, and won't even buy the correct manual for them! See it all the time on the 1300 Yahoo group!
Agreed, of the 42 hours spent, only the sacked out front springs were not previous owner FUBARS. I meant every word of " front to back, top to bottom"
This is why I will usually send a pm and ask some owners what they did or do for a living, to get a 'feel' for how to advise them on repairs.
There is nothing wrong with not being mechanical. Not knowing is not as bad as not knowing you don't know.
A large factory manager once told me, I don't need to know all this , I just need to know WHO does know it........
"Its not bad if you don't know something, but when you don't know you don't know; That's when your in trouble". Joe Place 1912-2008 (my grandfather)
....So true guys ! Old bikes are NOT for everyone ! but there is a level of pride in resurrecting and riding a old bike ! ...........................Tony
I rode the Cushman 3 miles in he rain.
