The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: wilcom on May 10, 2017, 09:21:11 PM
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I almost went to pick up my 84LS today. >:(
I mentioned to the wife this morning that I was leaving today to run up and get a motorcycle in Washington(1100 miles) and she went into convulsions.
No, that's wrong, It was I who went into convulsions after seeing the look on her face. She spoke for about 15 minutes before I was able to get a word in, but what she said in that 15 minutes was: "if you leave before Mothers day, that will be the most expensive motor bike you ever owned". :'(
That being said, I did get the concession out of her that I could leave after the Mothers Day festivities in the late afternoon. :)
So I'm leaving on Sunday afternoon with her blessing. Those wouldn't be her words but close enough for me !!
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Smart move. At the top of the "Undeniable Truths of Life" list is, "If Mama ain't happy nobody will be happy!" I hung up a sign in our kitchen that reads, "Thou shall not poke the bear..."
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"Thou shall not poke the bear..."
Amen!
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I miss a good home cooked meal that wasn't prepared by me, but thank goodness after escaping the clutches of the latest wife I have managed to remain happy and single with enough women friends to get over the rough spots. AND no one to answer to but yours truly!
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AND no one to answer to but yours truly!
So you went and found out just "how miserable you had to be to make her truly happy". ;D
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Just a few months from 61 never been married, I learned from the people who had gone down this road .
It is a road that will never find a tire on one of my vehicles on it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Haha, nice one, Bob. I'm under 50, never married, but have friends who've done it 2 and 3 times already. I tell people similar things, mainly that I'm smart enough to have learned from the mistakes of others. No need to try myself! :)
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I learned from the people who had gone down this road
If you take advice from those who have failed, you will miss a lot of nice roads................
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Not advice, observations !!!
The name and faces change, the truth remains the same .
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Just turned 62, been married 41 years. I found that nurturing common interests and a well planned and executed break-in period works wonders...
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Also 62 and married 40 years. She is still a good passenger on the bike although the extra weight takes it's toll on an R45 !
Being married and having children brings the joy of grandchildren to your later years. I have 4. I've Just finished making this for my 3 year old grand daughter. It's a mud kitchen for playing with soil in the garden. They are very popular so I was commissioned to produce one for her 3rd birthday.
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27 years married and going strong!
Each to their own, both ways have their ups & downs, I prefer to travel through life with a partner[ch128077]
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Barry, when the kids outgrow playing in the dirt that "mud kitchen" could be turned into a right proper workbench with the addition of a vise!
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could be turned into a right proper workbench
As long as you're comfortable working on your knees, that is!
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could be turned into a right proper workbench
As long as you're comfortable working on your knees, that is!
That was my first thought as our little Penny is only 3ft tall but I think he meant workbench for a a little person. Penny has twin brothers only 7 months old at the moment. It will make a work bench for them in due course.
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Yeah, better to start them out engine and transmission building early!
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Smart move. At the top of the "Undeniable Truths of Life" list is, "If Mama ain't happy nobody will be happy!" I hung up a sign in our kitchen that reads, "Thou shall not poke the bear..."
On it's way home from the soggy NW, in Eugene, Oregon
Good news Tank and pipes are perfect and it runs and shifts like a lil champ. by far not perfect, but No surprises.
I got a thumbs up from a Harley guy?..... musta been the ape hangers , huh,,,,LOLOL
A guy there at the coffee shop said there has been 4 days this year so far when it didn't rain. I'll take the desert
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Lookin' good. Be safe driving...
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How did the U-Haul trailer work for you and how far did you tow it?
I'm asking because I used one a couple of weeks ago to tow mine up past San Antonio and back, a little over 350 miles. It's a heavy trailer, a little over 800 lb. and with my little 2L Nissan Rogue my mileage dropped about 10 mpg from 28 to 17.5! I thought that was a bit excessive but it towed smoothly and the bike arrived safely.
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How did the U-Haul trailer work for you and how far did you tow it?
I went a total of 2300 miles. I towed it with my 07 Dodge Caravan with a 3.8 V-6. I use it for service calls all over the greater Los Angeles basin and put on 30K miles a year in that capacity. Normally it's Freeway miles with lots of traffic and I get 18.5 miles normally.
I took the ladders off the roof for aerodynamics which I know is a drag in every day use. The speed limit in Ca, when towing and trucks is 55. I ran with the trucks at about 63-66 mph. Normally I am running 70-80 in normal operation and dogging it without regard to mileage.
My trip up I was seeing 20.5 mpg until I hit some head winds and it dropped to a composite 19mpg for the trip up. On the way back with the bike it was raining the first 500 miles and I was running 55 mph and the rest of the trip home was 63-68 mph( with the trucks) and I made 21. 9 mpg composite on the way home.
I figure the good mileage could be attributed to the lack of the ladders and running slower than usual. The van is big enough that the trailer probably does not give me any wind loss factor. It pulled it fine but I did know it was there when I came to the grades
PS: I'm turning about 2000RPM at 67mph
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I remember pulling 15' vacation trailers all over the Western US with my early 60's Ramblers, "back in the day".
They all had 195 cu. in. cast iron 6's and would make 20mpg's.... that is until you hung that trailer on it!!!! It would make 10-12 towing. Those trailers were like towing a billboard LOL. Full throttle would get you about 60 mph, not a penny more.
If I got lucky and could suck in close following a truck, I could run 70mph at 1/2 throttle.
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You brought a smile to my face mentioning Rambler. My first car was a 62 Rambler station wagon. Yes the mileage was awful but you could fill it, in those days, with the change from the center console. :-)
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62 Rambler station wagon. Yes the mileage was awful
You must of had a Ambassador, you could get a 270HP 327 in those, and yes, they were a bit thirsty ;D They would go like the dickens though. Ah the days of sub $0.50 fuel.
I was thinking the other day as I told the gas clerk to put "$40 on pump #3"....... back in the day that would have been 160 gallons
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was thinking the other day as I told the gas clerk to put "$40 on pump #3"....... back in the day that would have been 160 gallons
I would put $1 in my year old '66 Dodge Charger with the 383 and a Torqueflite transmission and 'drive-the-drag' for hours when I was in High School. The problem was it would get 10mpg and I didn't have a dollar to even afford the $.14 gas available on the Marine base where my dad was stationed, so that's why we had friends to ride along-to 'chip in' for the gas.
That's the cheapest gas I can remember...
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I was thinking the other day as I told the gas clerk to put "$40 on pump #3"....... back in the day that would have been 160 gallons
I filled the GSA a few minutes ago in readiness for an early start tomorrow morning - it was nearly empty, the low fuel light came on 40km from home the other day. It took $44.95 to fill.
Admittedly it does have a 33lt tank, but I still baulk at that much fuel going into a motorcycle.
In the 1970s when I was a poor university student i owned a Honda 90cc step-thru as a means of reducing my transport costs.
One day on the way home from uni I ran out of fuel near a major petrol station that primarily serviced trucks and bus type vehicles.
I found the petrol pump and filled up - 52 cents and went inside to pay. The cash register attendant looked at me with a snear and said "would Sir perhaps like a teaspoon of oil to go with that? Or would Sir prefer if I fart in the tyres?".
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I bought a Toyota Yaris to drive for work since it was the highest mileage car I could find without going to a hybrid, gets better than 40 mpg. Then I got laid off and hired at the Sheriff's Office and was assigned a car for my use, Chevy Tahoe with a monster V-8, complete police interceptor package and I told them ,"I can't drive that, I can't afford to put gas in it. Christ, it has a 38 gallon tank!" They just smiled and said, "We have our own gas pumps, fill up there." My poor Yaris feels very neglected.
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I can't afford to put gas in it. Christ, it has a 38 gallon tank!" They just smiled and said, "We have our own gas pumps, fill up there.
The perk of all perks, a "free gas pump"
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My dodge, back in the day (I am 66), was to pull into a closed gas (petrol) station. In those days there were no "anti retraction" valves fitted to the pump hoses.
By carefully manipulating the gas pump hoses, I usually managed to get at least a half tank of gas, for free, into my bike! Saved a lot of dough ( of which I had Little) in those days
FWIW!