TOAK, The Thread of All Knowledge part XIV.
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The sportster can go anytime, though I'd like to check and adjust a few things before I get serious with it. Getting the Ural ready for Audrey, she wants to take it on a short vacation next week. For the destination, it'll get there on a trailer of course, it's too slow for highways. Weather reports don't look good, I think the trails she wants to ride are liable to be mudholes, and it's no good for mud, it's just single wheel drive. Two wheel drive probably sucks for mud, too.
Too bad there's no border crossings where she's going, only 15 or 20 minutes from Canada, be fun to say we rode a Ural to another country. My passport expired anyway.
Too bad there's no border crossings where she's going, only 15 or 20 minutes from Canada, be fun to say we rode a Ural to another country. My passport expired anyway.
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I never store dry. Ever. Especially gas tanks. Fill them right to the top to reduce condensation, which is bad for vintage bikes. I drain the carbs, but after I've run a strong ratio of Starbrite through them. Then in the Spring I drain the tank, throw that gas in the truck tank, and refill with pure, fresh gas. My bikes always start.
Saw it the other day. It defines tenacity. Holy ****....I fall off a cliff getting my dinner I'll probably drop it.
Saw it the other day. It defines tenacity. Holy ****....I fall off a cliff getting my dinner I'll probably drop it.
Unreal those animals could fall that far and still get up and run. He might have had a full belly, but I bet that mountain lion was sore for a while. Awesome video.
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You're a better mechanic than me Moldy, but I never store bikes dry. Well, our winters aren't like yours, but I still wouldn't. I believe it's worse for gaskets and o-rings and even metal.
After a month or so if the gas gets that smell, I pump it out and top it off with fresh.
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After a month or so if the gas gets that smell, I pump it out and top it off with fresh.
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What the hell does that mean Stan, you Northern Outlaw....
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Posted this in another forum a couple of weeks ago. Love Panhead, Shovelhead and even Evo Choppers.
...and gas station burritos after 500 miles are awesome, LMAO.....
...and gas station burritos after 500 miles are awesome, LMAO.....
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Oh man, that's great Jack.
You ai'nt lived till you had that clay mud hit you in the face with no front fender, LOL
You ai'nt lived till you had that clay mud hit you in the face with no front fender, LOL
Watching the videos of the latest war, I find it hard to believe Hamas could mount an operation like that without a lot of help. Iran better be careful, I bet Israel is looking for a legitimate excuse to hammer them for this. Could the Palestinians have built thousands of rockets and kept them hidden from Israel? Two nuclear powers fighting conventional, so far, wars, hope nobody does something stupid. Like launch thousands of rockets at Israel...
Yeah something stupid is bound to happen.