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Wish I would have saw this last night. My school decided to be like every other pansy school in NEO and cancelled today. I took a ride today, would have been great to ride with you.

So is this good news top secret or can you share it with your friends?

Confident in the weather I see.

I received the email about this and I’m debating going.

I went by both on Wednesday they both had road closed signs up.

I think around 21000. It’s got 45500 miles total.

Pulled fuel pump, cleaned it and the filter. The pump was starting to make a squealing noise like it did last year when the bike started hesitating and losing power at high rpms. It never was hesitating yesterday but I noticed some similar behaviors that were occurring last year. Last year I replaced it with a new used EBay pump. I decided to try to clean this one instead of replacing it. It seemed to do the trick. No funky squealing pig in the tank and the bike ripped through the gears on a short test ride before the sprinkles came tonight. I also fixed my front turn signal.

Took 1 last big ride before it’s back to teaching. Put down 579 miles today in about 11hrs. Reality starts Monday.

That’s good news. Glad you’re feeling better.

Are you starting to feel up to riding again?

Jim I don’t want to derail your thread so I’ll just say I’m really glad you’re doing well.

That’s good news if they’re going go all the way through it including the transmission. That’s the right way to do it. I’d hate to be the guy doing it. Sounds like you have a quality dealer you’re working with.

That should take you back to stock on the cylinder. Head???

As far as cylinder goes, my guess is it is nikasil coated. They would have to send it out to be coated. I would assume that is being done as well with piston and valves. For my quad I had a buddy who works at Wiseco he had it sent out for me. I’m not even sure where he sent it.

I’d think they would obviously be putting in new valves, piston and rings. The things I would be concerned about on top of that are the rod and valve guides. Looks like there was some major contact with the piston and valves there. I’d be asking about all the shrapnel that went through your motor as well. My advice is just based off of damage I’ve done to single cylinder quad motors, so others may have better advice. Sorry to hear they’re changing things up on you. I hope they get the bike back to you before the end of the season and it’s as good as new when you get it.

Having a bike for close to 9 years and putting 21,000 miles on it, then selling it for just $500 less than you paid for it is impressive.

Looks like you two are having a great ride.

See you 2 in the morning. My hopes are for us to be rolling down 83 no later than 10:30. I will check in the morning to see if anybody else is joining. I will be on the road at 7AM making my way to New Concord.

i should be at the New Concord Marathon around 10. Should I look for anyone?

Price for Roadsmart 3 190/50/17 120/70/17

I’ve hauled multiple bikes on a trailer with no choke or anything other than ratchet straps. Put the bike in gear and 4 straps, good to go. I did recently pick up a canyon dancer. Makes it a little nicer than looping around the lower triple and the fork. For a ramp I have a couple 2x8 or 10s with that slotted L channel on the ends that are 6ft long. I place the boards side by side and walk next to the bike with it idling and just using the clutch to help so I don’t have to push it up.

That’d be great. Be great to ride with you again. I hope the weather cooperates.

Dave hang in there. My Dad dealt with vertigo a few years ago. He works construction and is up and down ladders and such. They gave him some exercises to do that helped. Then he slowly started climbing ladders and such around his house. Last year he walked the wall with me on my pole barn as we set trusses. For the most part he is back 100%.

Jim you can’t use words like that. I’m just a small town math teacher. I had to look that up. What better way to celebrate a birthday than a nice meander through SEO? Hope you can make it.

I actually bought EBay China plastic that is the black/silver color scheme that I run on the street because I don’t like the blue/yellow. You’re not the first to say they like the blue/yellow, so maybe I just have bad taste.