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Worst spring ever!

Finally it stopped raining long enough to get outside and change Sunny’s oil. Im leaving on the 21st for a week long trip down to Appomattox Virginia to attend the Horizons Unlimited Traveler’s meeting. There in addition to camping and hanging out with like-minded vagabonds, I’ll also be giving my first solo public presentation about my travels, and will also be doing a reading from my chapter in Sam Manicom’s travel anthology “the Moment Collectors”. Then the next day I’ll be doing a seminar on modifying and maintaining DR650 for extended international travel! nervous as hell but I’m sure it’ll be fun. And yeah Tony, this spring has sucked bad. Very few nice days. Really looking forward to the ride down. Staying at Mark Swepston’s in Kingston Ohio the first night out. Second night will be at the Koolwink!! hope everyone is doing ok

Rescued this little guy from deep slumber in @bowdogs garage. so far we’ve established compression, spark and air but the fuel isn’t getting to the cylinder. ordering a carb rebuild kit, and air filter and have some snapped plastic anchor points to repair but should clean up and run good.

Oil/filter change on the RT. It's ready. Goldwing alternator gave out last fall. I replaced it with 90amp unit. 13+ VDC at idle. Way better than OEM 40amp. Oil/filter change will be wrapped up this weekend.

Went ahead and ordered a new converter because I was convinced that was the issue.... Hard launch might have worked the inside somehow. And what a difference between the stock 12" and the new 10" But as soon as I pulled the pan I was unpleasantly surprised with this mess. A whole lot of bushing material in the fluid....like.... A WHOLE LOT so I went ahead and with no previous experience I ripped the transmission apart. Initial inspection hard parks all looked good except the rear planetary, clutches are toast and every bushing is trashed. Ordered an overhaul kit, all three painless accumulators and a rear planetary rebuild kit. I really have no idea how the transmission was functioning properly outside of just noise and vibration. With the way the clutches look I would have expected this thing to be slip city. But then again I've only ever worked on dirtbike clutches before this 🤣

Free pu**y is the most expensive kind.

Saw this near-new low mile Wing with a great price and thought of you ladies. https://advrider.com/f/threads/2024-gl1800-goldwing-manual-2950-miles-se-wi.1785149/#post-52520833

Remember kids don't daily drive your projects 😂 After attempting a 1/4 mile pull the other day, the truck developed some odd noise that made me let off it before I even hit 60mph. thought it was the transmission, then I thought it was the differential or possibly the original 33 year old u joints.... after reviewing the under truck video I took trying to kind the noise, I THINK the rear strap for the fuel tank has come loose.... which would definitely cause some unsettling noises at speed.. So this weekend I'm still replacing u joints, I know they are loose but they don't seem sloppy yet, but preventative maintenance right? especially considering I'm planning on taking it down the track at least a few times in may. Also going to tackle the valve stem seals, occasionally a big ole cloud of smoke on start up. don't think it's a ring issue. valve stem seals are only 10 years old, when I had to swap the 862 heads from the 4.8 onto the new 5.3 since the 706 heads had cracks in the head bolt recesses. I deep cleaned the heads, lapped the valves and replaced valve stem seals... maybe I did it wrong, or maybe they were just crappy seals. hopefully the valves don't leak much because I don't want to pull the heads to fix the valves unless I'm doing a cam swap 😂

If I was on Tod's bike and he was on a dirtbike.... he's still faster. 😆

Thinking of wandering around Ashtabula county tomorrow to check out covered bridges. anyone interested? Tourist pace. Lunch. Maybe a fatty by the lake

I rode every style of bike from Harley’s with tall bars to sport bikes, I still have fun regardless. I am spoiled with the good roads, makes short after work rides nice.

After having the camera fail on two iPhones attached to my handlebars I went with a 5” CarPlay unit. It survived my three months trip through the Yukon NWT and Alaska without issue, and that included all three “D’s” (Dempster, Dalton and Denali highways). It was a Carpuride model. Less than $100. Now my iPhone is safe and sound, plugged in and in my tankbag. And I also am running Fobo2 TPS sensors that are linked to my phone and CarPlay compatible, so I get my tire pressure on screen. Works fine with my Klim Dakar gloves

Post this casino up its gotta be in route of a good road . I’m just trying to motivate my brother & buddys to go riding again that have manvaginas,or are pussy whipped. Me on the other hand I’m just trying to figure out why 75% of women in there 40s hate motorcycles 40s hate motorcycles.

Great location to ride to https://www.ohiotraveler.com/the-stockport-mill-inn/ .

Another great place to go and ride and Boat https://www.airbnb.com/l/3and17Sm

I might be a bad influence, then. I can show you more "cool stuff" than you ever imagined to spend your money on. 🤪

Just sat on one of these at a dealer. I could def live with one of those at a sporty tourer.

Good vagina is hard to find but harder to keep!

Yeah. Fuck Paluly!

Liking the silver wheels. Where did you get them?

I went to the doctor's office the other day and found out my newly assigned physician is a young female doctor. I was embarrassed but she said, "Don't worry, I'm a professional - I've seen it all before. Just tell me what's wrong and I'll help you in any way I can." I said, "I think my penis tastes funny..."

All yours, Rick.

I’ll give you $850 for the Suzuki if you’re throwing a case of Busch light

The boy is ready for the next step so a few of these have to go. Polaris Ace 150 great shape ready to ride. Only aftermarket is blue LED under lights and a back up camera. $3k polaris predator 50 clean and in great shape. Brand new carb on it but needs a little adjustment and will need a battery unless you want to kickstart every time your kid decides to shut off for no reason. $1,000 suzuki JR 50 like new with training wheels. Needs to be got up and running as it has sat but it’s practically brand new never ridden. $800

I wish you were my dad. Can you buy it for me? Will it hold a fat kid the size of a 40year old Polaris virgin

My daughter said she would love to take it off your hands if you’re okay with that.

Jackets are size Large. Vest is size Medium. Only one controller and battery harness included. First to call dibs gets all of it.

April fools ! Lol . But seriously, where can I get one?

So I did end up tearing apart the rearend after changing the u joints didn't fix anything. pulling the drain plug didn't look very good... Mmmm 75w90 flavored ferrofluid.. put after I pulled the cover the differential it self looked good, but once I pulled the C-clips and pulled the axles out... oof. I'm assuming the massive amount of "tilt" the bearings had in the cage was allowing them to ride on the edges creating the uneven wear. these didn't look too great either, but some 1500 grit sand paper cleaned them up really well, aftermarket axles are definitely on the to buy list, along with new 3.73 gears after pulling the axles I went ahead and dropped the diff, and oh jeez... whoever that guy was that installed the torsen had no idea what he was doing, way too much preload (just reused stock shims) and for some reason only the driver side bearing cap was tight... passenger side was almost finger tight.... and the bearings looked AWFUL. Had to hunt down a shim kit because apparently no one keeps those in stock? Jegs had them at the warehouse, but I didn't have time to get up there on saturday after I called... Autozone hub on broad SAID they had 2 in stock, and after waiting in line for like 30 minutes.... they said "we can't find them" eventually ended up at the Autozone on East Main right down the street from the old Jegs building. which THANKFULLY had 1 set in stock overpaying of parts is my favorite thing to do. AND I STILL HAD TO WORK ON IT ON SUNDAY because SOMEONE forgot to press the bearings ALL THE WAY on... had to pull the cover, check the bearings, and reshim it on sunday...didn't take all that long to do, just annoying. And after all that.... STILL MAKING A NOISE... or well it was on Monday on my way to work, today (wednesday) doesnt seem to be making any more noise than usual, but I am suspicious of the torque converter, about a week before the rattle started it was making a louder than normal knocking sound in neutral...which the transmission of torque converter has ALWAYS made, confirmed that in 2019 when I ran the engine without the torque converter unbolted. Transmission still shifts fine, all the gears work, doesn't flare, just always has what kinda sounds like rod knock. Torque converter was replaced in 2019 with a "good" used one from a friend....but he did blow up that 4l60e. Tuesday I turned the engine over 360* from the flexplate checking for cracks or loose bolts and saw nothing obvious, and since it is accompanied by a vibration I checked the misfire count/history and both were zero on all cylinders if anyone thinks they might be able to help pinpoint the noise I got a pretty good clip of it monday night on my way home from work. audio was boosted a little to make it a little more pronounced, starts around 0:02-0:03

Didn't really want to but put the Triumph up for sale to make room for another. Marketplace - 2020 Triumph Street Twin | Facebook

Didn't take pictures of my work, so did I really even do it? But what an absolute pita 💀 Went to jegs and picked up a valve holder/air hose thingy on Saturday, was supposed to take a ¼" NPT fitting, fitting was 5/16 compression thread... So ordered one with air fitting from Amazon, the hex on the spark plug fitting with that hose was to big to fit in the recesses on LS heads, so I had to grind down the fitting to clear.... Tried to use the cheap universal "pry bar" valve compressor and it ended up sending two valve keepers on an express one way flight to the abyss. Tried to get a hand full of replacements from the local autozone and they were useless (the hub store closest to me on West broad specifically is useless not the valve keepers) so I ended up having to go BACK to jegs and get a full set of comp keepers, and picked up the expensive bolt on valve spring compressor (because I forgot the one I already had was for LS3 style heads AND DONT FIT THE LS1 STYLE 😂) Old seals were definitely crusty with lots of sludge around the valve stem and guide under the seal. Truck is back together and seems to be running maybe a little better, wideband looks a LOT more consistent, but I haven't plugged the laptop in yet. U joints are in, originals were pretty chewed up but not loose so I think that was some vibration and noise... But the crusty bearings sound is still there on left turns, might be wheel bearings so I ordered those today. Could also just be the diff, supposedly the F body Zexel torsen make a "rusty screw" sound.... Just because 🤷‍♂️ idk it feels smooth when I rotate the wheels in park, and when I hold the wheels letting it idle in gear on Jack stands.. probably should have replaced the the bearing when I installed the rear brakes but they looked fine when I had the axles out.

^typo in image, further research shows it was for Phallustine.

Took my first ride on my 2013 Versys. Really like it. That parallel twins revs to 10 grand. Just a fun basic motorcycle.

Thanks man My retirement bike will be the same brand as yours...just slower.

Took the wheels off the Versys. Went to IP for a pair of Roadsmarts 3 to replace the knobbies. Bought new helmet. Expensive trip over $600 for everything.

Not sure what you boys did all wInter but here is my project. As all of you know I’m cheap and I didn’t want to spend $10,000 plus to have the Trans Am repainted so I did some bodywork myself and wrapped the whole car in high gloss black 3M. It turned out pretty well. The bumpers no longer have spider cracks, the passenger door no longer has a key mark in it, or bubbles, and the hood no longer has bubbles in it. It’s not quite perfect but it looks dang good in the sunlight.

bump...will let the RZR go for $2500...make your kid happy and come and get this for them!

Tad heavier than 550 but the 24 FJR is looking pretty good to me for one up.

I was always more into sluts and weed, than hookers and blow 🤣 Lol. I've been bustin' my ass for 30 years just be able to ask the question "how should I spend my free time." After having a few seasons cut short by surgeries, etc. I hope to ride over 20k this year which used to be my norm.

Oh man, there is a bunch of small things since April. Got the "new" valve covers and coil brackets installed, along with a catch can Switched all the lights over to LED with some slightly sketchy H4 projectors and even did the interior lights finally. Got the rear brakes installed and also powder coated the diff cover and battery tray while it was all apart. for smaller simpler stuff... installed power studs on the tank because I'm sick of melting the racetronix bulkheads. Primitively did the trunnion upgrade since I had a spare set of rockers, got those put in last monday. FINALLY threw in a set of 2" blocks with JTR setback plates, also did a quick buff/seal to get the paint cleaned up a little and got compliments how clean the truck looked this year! And some pictures from the trip! First stop in PA, noticed the rear looked like it was squatting pretty bad because I was also delivering a GM 8.5 to carlisle for someone. only hit the bump stops on the expansion joints on the bridges, in hindsight I probably should have turned the compression on the shocks up a click or two... second stop was in MD at the welcome center, absolutely beautiful area! And sad sunday everyone packing up I was just getting some last photos since it rained off and on most of the day on saturday

@Howabusa and @theroamr are the two Bandit experts in my circle of friends.

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