TEWKS Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 Just rode this back from Maine. A 2002 firefighter edition Road King. A workmate of mine just purchased it and wanted a shakedown (pun ) review. It was nice! 5 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Yeah, I like red on bikes. 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, TEWKS said: A workmate of mine just purchased it and wanted a shakedown (pun ) review. It was nice! Rough life eh Link to comment
TEWKS Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 16 minutes ago, Rougarou said: Rough life eh Somebody once said…Living the dream… Actually, and please don’t tell anyone this but, I had to jump through hoops like a circus performer to get those three free hours to help him out. Link to comment
Rougarou Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, TEWKS said: Somebody once said…Living the dream… Always!!! 2 minutes ago, TEWKS said: Actually, and please don’t tell anyone this but, I had to jump through hoops like a circus performer to get those three free hours to help him out. Ya, rough life.....anyway, any trips that I have to make for work, the bike is the mode of transport......I get paid to ride it......although, that's been awhile,......covid ya know. 1 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Nice bike! Something like this, "Um, let me see if I can get away long enough to ride it back for you. Checked, yup, I'm good!" ? Little smoother than the old Electra Glide? 1 Link to comment
Skywagon Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 This thread made me think of something. I know people see bikes a long ways from where they are they would like to purchase and or inspect. Maybe we ought to start a forum for bike shuttling. I am in one for airplanes. I've shuttle airplanes for fun (expenses only) from Texas to CA, ID, FL, and La. The way it works is if you get a genuine request to inspect or shuttle you could respond. For me, now retired, if someone found a bike nearby and wanted it ridden to their home I would be willing to do it for expenses only. Retirement is good. 2 2 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Hosstage said: Little smoother than the old Electra Glide? Yup, might be hard to believe but they evolved (I know you know) quite a bit between 92 and 02. It ran flawlessly actually, and now, I want a RK DAMN IT!!! Funny I made an extra loop in town because I thought he was further behind than he actually was. Ring ring in the Sena, hey Pat everything ok? Link to comment
TEWKS Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Not as fun as bike ferrying Link to comment
Rougarou Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 You kinda actually have to use some of that stuff to make it fun 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 I did use some of it. Don’t think it’s working but . At this stage of the game it’s just holding on to mobility. I missed the muscle building bus about ten years ago. edit…wait a minute…did you say fun? Link to comment
Rougarou Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 minute ago, TEWKS said: I missed the muscle building bus about ten years ago. no you didn't, it just takes a bit harder work and less Q,.....at the very least, you're putting forth the effort 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 So Pete’s new Road King spent its first night in the station. Why do you care? Well you probably don’t, I just don’t have anything else interesting to say, is all. Link to comment
Hosstage Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Those are mechanical beauty! Link to comment
Indy Dave Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Those were all running examples, and on display for the St Louis Gateway IndyCar race. Spread out between a couple of days, most of those cars ran in various demonstration sessions. 1 Link to comment
BobW03 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Lobster party at daughters house in marshfield ma. 3 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Boudreaux say "dat's some big crawfish ya" 5 Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Pepperdine University 911 Memorial (prep work)...... Link to comment
taylor1 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Finally getting some saddle time in where I’m not dripping in sweat. This is Marshallberg. Claimed to be the east coasts cleanest waters. No tributaries and no industry 2 Link to comment
taylor1 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Got back from a 4 hr ride and decided I better give the ole lady some love. Took her out for a couple hrs. BTW. Odyssey pc680 installed in it 10 and a half years ago. Cranked like new. No tender 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I’m going riding for a few hours 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Decided to stop off and do some gem finding,…..looking for the big nugget 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Such a nice day for a hike, glad i have my backpack kit 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 If Richard can operate a tractor….so can I. 1 Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Rougarou said: Decided to stop off and do some gem finding,…..looking for the big nugget Compost pile? if so, that be gold alright!! Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 48 minutes ago, Rougarou said: Such a nice day for a hike, glad i have my backpack kit Weed control? If so aren’t you a little late? (already gone to seed). Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 31 minutes ago, ESokoloff said: Weed control? If so aren’t you a little late? (already gone to seed). I dont weedeat thats diesel for around fencepost and ditch culverts i guess it’s pretty bad when the tractor gets washed more than any of the other five vehicles combined Deck lubed with old oil Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, ESokoloff said: Compost pile? if so, that be gold alright!! Ya, that's the small pile. I've got two. The big pile has been getting turned every week to two weeks and is ready (been composting for eight months). I had to build this second compartment so my horse people can have a place to put the fresh stuff. Since they dont stall the horses at night, it takes awhile to build up as they use the barn more for a run-in I got me a nice little manure spreader from craigslist for $200. Put tubes in the dry rotted tires, replaced a couple of broke links on the deck chain and she's as good as new. Gonna run that over the front yard in the near future. 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Not saying I’m ready for no bike rodeo but, it’s fun to practice. She’s actually 30 years old in January, I lied a little bit. 3 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Whatcha doing warming it up to put it away for the winter 1 Link to comment
roadscholar Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, TEWKS said: Not saying I’m ready for no bike rodeo but, it’s fun to practice. She’s actually 30 years old in January, I lied a little bit. Pat that's a great slow speed manuever exercise, when rider's practice that it helps their ridng (and confidence) a lot. Particularly learning to off-road a GS standing on the pegs. If/when you get time maybe do it on the GS standing up with some 180's and figure 8's, key to the whole thing is what you were doing, look where you want to go. 1 Link to comment
Indy Dave Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Well... . After a few delays for motorcycle rides, family visiting etc etc... We are ready to drop the motor into the white BMW e28 528E.... 6 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Gotta put them where its safe Link to comment
TEWKS Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Love your “Cement Pond” but what is thems? Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, TEWKS said: Love your “Cement Pond” but what is thems? chrysalis, the green thing dangling from the dental floss 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 The caterpillar's are like the below stock picture, so Monarchs. We watched the above one climb our screen outside, go across the top and make its chrysalis. Once it was done, the wife, snatched it and tied it up inside. Her garden is geared toward butterfly's and hummingbirds. We've plenty of both flying around. The first year she planted milkweed but didn't realize it was sooooooo invasive and we've been fighting that battle ever since. So she's take the milkweed and put them in large pots. The butterflys lay the eggs, the caterpillars hatch, eat up the milkweed, then crawl to a spot to make the chrysalis. Trouble is finding the damned things. Once we find them, she'll take them inside the screened porch to keep them safe from the predators (hopefully). Last year, I watched one pop out,.....pretty neat. Let it flutter about until its wings dried out then helped it out the door. Yesterday, when I was working a project, one of her big pots had 12 of these caterpillars in it,......all fat and happy, today, three, and the above chrysalis had to be from that pot. Link to comment
Hosstage Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 My wife planted milkweed a few years ago too, we also found out how invasive it is, starting to reign it in and figure out a management plan. Link to comment
Red Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Invasive is a term usually reserved for non native species. The fact that some native plants are more 'successful' than others does not mean they are 'invasive'. Many native plants are not suitable for urban landscapes for a variety of reasons. I pays to do your due diligence when putting any new plant in your landscape. It may not be compatible with your goals. Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Red said: Invasive is a term usually reserved for non native species. The fact that some native plants are more 'successful' than others does not mean they are 'invasive'. Many native plants are not suitable for urban landscapes for a variety of reasons. I pays to do your due diligence when putting any new plant in your landscape. It may not be compatible with your goals. Ya,.....kudzu is not invasive,.....just non-native or more successful. We are rural, not even suburb, like acreage rural. In my pastures, I have milkweed growing that is, after five years, under control. When she researched butterfly gardens, milkweed was a plant that was advised to put in the ground as a food source (a goal),......but neglected to say how easily it spreads and how hard it is to get rid of. Anyway, they're in big pots now, so, the stuff that does come up gets a shot of roundup. Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Back at it, second yard Link to comment
taylor1 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Kudzu is on the invasive species list according to the N.C.ForestService.Gov. In fact it is considered that from Conn. to Fla. It is becoming a problem in the Blue Ridge . Anyone riding Fart will certainly see it. Link to comment
Hosstage Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I guess I misspoke when I called it invasive, as it is a native plant. I should have said it is pervasive. Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Rougarou said: Ya,.....kudzu is not invasive,.....just non-native or more successful. We are rural, not even suburb, like acreage rural. In my pastures, I have milkweed growing that is, after five years, under control. When she researched butterfly gardens, milkweed was a plant that was advised to put in the ground as a food source (a goal),......but neglected to say how easily it spreads and how hard it is to get rid of. Anyway, they're in big pots now, so, the stuff that does come up gets a shot of roundup. Good on her Monarchs are “hurting for certain” & can use all the help they can get. Just make sure that the milkweed variety is native to your area as the butterfly’s take cue’s from the plants as to when to start their migration. Good idea on putting it in pots, I might try that to get the plants starting. If I were King, owners of large areas of land (including Government municipalities) would be required to set aside a certain percentage of area to suport native species. Link to comment
Indy Dave Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 We put in a 15 hour day, and *may or may not* have a few attitude adjustment beverages as the clock moved closer midnight. We came to a hard stop and need to revisit what harness wires we need to short in order to engage the starter. This is a auto to manual conversion. We installed some nice fancy bling red horns.. But once installed, discovered that the only person who's going to see the red bling would be someone you ran over. 4 Link to comment
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