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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Over size Tank Reply #135 - 02/21/17 at 08:06:29 All set up to run away from home. Looks great.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #136 - 02/21/17 at 09:31:17 WooooBuddy ! I want to put a tarp roll over the sleeping bag for insurance and take it for a spin !
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12638 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #137 - 02/21/17 at 09:50:49 I got me a waterproof ARMY laundry bag for that duty, but I wanted the picture to show pure soft barcalounger comfort to the maximum degree possible ....
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Reply #138 - 02/21/17 at 10:16:23

That will work too .

I took my 3.5 gal. out for a ride yesterday ... no leaks ,no drips , no errors Wink

. Also filled the tank up and will see how many Km I get before reserve , it may be Thursday - 76 and sunny is predicted ...

I normally get 50+ mpg. on either machine.

Kent got him-self a old Harley Sportster 1200 , its the first non-semi-sportbike he's had in 20+ years. He said , "he's trying to slow down a little" .... Roll Eyes

. Its got a long front end , so maybe he will ease it down a little. I suspect the barcalouger will have you being a little more careful flinging around those corners too. We might get folks wanting to ride with us again . Grin

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Reply #139 - 02/21/17 at 11:17:38

I can stand to slow down some, I do believe -- mebbe down somewhere near the speed limit even.

Yeah, I can see a different sort of trip coming in the future -- all kicked back in my barcalounger jest a watching the scenery flow on past .....

If you get Kent and your errant nephew to go to Santeetlah with us that would make 4 of us and we could rent us a cabin and not have to haul the world with us. I do want to rent Cabin #2 for at least one night just to see what it really really really is like -- no substitute for actually doing it for learning the reality of it.

Got an answer for the "sleep on the ground on the airbed, now I need to get up" problem --- I got room on the barcalounger to carry a half axe laying next to the tent.

A half axe (inside its cover) also passes for a temporary crutch when you need to get yourself up in the morning. Passes for a personal defense item too, people expect campers to have a hatchet or an axe so they don't go put you in jail for it.

Vikings flat out liked the axe, they did ....

Plus it is good for cutting firewood too (don't have to bend over near as much, sit in the camp chair and chop away in comfort). I also got the camp chair that I will be sitting in at camp, that also makes another good get up tool for levering yourself back up in the mornings.

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Reply #140 - 02/21/17 at 21:02:24

Hay , at $35.oo we can rent the cabin anyway. two night , three day ride ? through the week when we have the place to our-self's , it would be nice to get a few more riders to join in .

That wayward nephew just bought his first house and is working 60 hrs a week as a welder. My brother wouldn't let him buy the " Dream Bike " while living at home might have been part of the getting his own house ?? Roll Eyes

I think his hair is still on fire when he rides ... Grin

Don't know about Kent , He's visiting here this weekend --- I'll pick his brain about the area . Wink

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Reply #141 - 02/22/17 at 19:20:22

MM, you might be neglecting the travel time days and I think you are mebbe thinking and describing a 4-5 day round trip.

Break it out your wish trip from arriving on Sunday afternoon, April 23 and plugging in what you want to do day by day and lets see what sort of trip you are really thinking about.

Meanwhile, I will see about getting a cabin reserved for that first night on April 23 and a follow up night on the 24th which will give us a concrete meeting up place and time. Need to do this now as the cabins disappear quickly .....

Reservation is done. The cabins are BEAUTIFUL inside, all natural wood was used to build the walls and bedframes -- bet it smells good in there.

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Reply #142 - 02/22/17 at 21:02:01

O-K partner !

I'm in for one nights rent and a Three Day Ride !

If it looks like I might be able to stay an extra day or two I'll bring a tent and cot.

Thanks for setting things up for us. Now that the work is done and the cabin a done deal , anybody can join in !

I went for a ride today :
At about 140 km , I thought I'd run out on the main tank ... Thats only about 90 miles ... Well , after switching to reserve it only helped for a few miles.... Huh

.... I sputtered on to a gas station only to find it was far from out of gas . After letting it sit for a minute the carb filled up and it ran fine . So , after I got home I drained it and the filter (standard Raptor) inside the tank was the problem. I've cleaned it and will try it again tomorrow . Seems the tank had coating of fine-rust in it. I'm thinking sea foam . Wink

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28768 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #143 - 02/22/17 at 21:20:25 Sorry, I'm already engaged in a 5 day ride.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #144 - 02/22/17 at 21:32:58 Versey , where ya headed in April ?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28768 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #145 - 02/22/17 at 21:38:15 lancers... aren't you? oops that's in may. I'm currently involved in a marathon 25 mile boogie, party then boogie back.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #146 - 02/22/17 at 22:19:10 ya had me going for a couple heart beats (big ones ) . May 21st-27th , Lancers !
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Re: Over size Tank
Reply #147 - 02/23/17 at 18:05:56

Drove at night tonight and the blue indicator was Soooo-bright ..its blinding. I wouldn't recommend that speedo to anybody. Plus it only has one turn indicator ....
I'm getting a different one .

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182346866230?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=...

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/122238531212?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=...

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17821 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Over size Tank Reply #148 - 02/24/17 at 03:01:57 MM....the blue LED's are incredibly bright and blinding. The good news is that you can put a resistor in the wire that sends the juice to the indicator light....and make it dimmer.
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Reply #149 - 02/24/17 at 06:56:02

That is a very good idea ! Resistor in line ...

If it were not for the needing two turn indicators I'd do that .

I'd thought about putting a pair of diodes in line with the turn wires and putting them both on the same light. Roll Eyes

It might be easier to go with a different instrument ? I ordered the one made for the Honda Rebel ...

but :

Then there is plan "B" , Wink

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