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    From walliscrow@yahoo.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 15 16:58:21 2023
    The sound of an engine fades as a bike pulls up in front of the bar. The rider pushes the bike back into the curb next to the old red Ultra, pulls off his helmet, steps off the 45-year-old Honda and heads for the door.
    Swinging the doors aside, he steps to the bar, throws a gold card down and says, "Barkeep! Give me an SNPA in a dusty glass and get these other gentlemen whatever they're drinkin' !" He turns, leans back against the bar and surveys the room. "Damn, he
    said, you guys got old."

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to walli...@yahoo.com on Sat Jul 15 21:43:05 2023
    On 7/15/2023 6:58 PM, walli...@yahoo.com wrote:
    The sound of an engine fades as a bike pulls up in front of the bar. The rider pushes the bike back into the curb next to the old red Ultra, pulls off his helmet, steps off the 45-year-old Honda and heads for the door.
    Swinging the doors aside, he steps to the bar, throws a gold card down and says, "Barkeep! Give me an SNPA in a dusty glass and get these other gentlemen whatever they're drinkin' !" He turns, leans back against the bar and surveys the room. "Damn,
    he said, you guys got old."


    You'll always be a few months older than me ... Welcome back ! And
    make mine a shot of uncut 'shine .
    Sounds like the Honda's running fine . I've been putting some miles
    on the Ultra , he's wearing a Keihin clone carb right now - Got another
    like new OEM unit from another RMHer , it needs a good cleaning and I'll combine the best parts of it and the original one of these daze .
    Right now priority is the 4Runner , the seeping head gasket turned
    out to be a cracked head . Got a low miles motor coming and somebody
    else set up to install it (Van Evera's did a good job on my trans
    rebuild so ...) .
    Oh and you were right about the truck , it's running a bit lean .
    Drove it to Memphis yesterday to drop off 2 grand daughters and pick up
    another , did a plug check this AM and it was pretty white . New jets
    and metering rods on the way .
    --
    Snag
    Men don't protect women because they're weak .
    We protect them because they're important .

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  • From Old_Crow@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 16 07:28:03 2023
    Oh and you were right about the truck , it's running a bit lean .
    Drove it to Memphis yesterday to drop off 2 grand daughters and pick up another , did a plug check this AM and it was pretty white . New jets
    and metering rods on the way.

    I was what? :-)
    My kids hate it when I do that, too. Between the 5 boys I get probably 2 calls a week to fix something over the phone. Hey, at least they keep in touch with me that way. I just wish one of them would buy a Chevy so that the majority of my knowledge
    would apply. I used to hate it when Andrew would call with questions about that damned old Ford diesel ambulance. I don't know a lot about Fords (although this motor home I live in is teaching me) and even less about diesels. But, hey, he sold it for
    more than he paid for it, so that counts as a win, right?

    I can think of worse people to install the motor than VanEvera's. Only time I ever had a problem with something they did, they fixed it correctly and with no fuss...and they didn't scratch the brand-new paint job while they did it.

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 16 16:02:35 2023
    On 7/16/2023 9:28 AM, Old_Crow wrote:

    Oh and you were right about the truck , it's running a bit lean .
    Drove it to Memphis yesterday to drop off 2 grand daughters and pick up
    another , did a plug check this AM and it was pretty white . New jets
    and metering rods on the way.

    I was what? :-)
    My kids hate it when I do that, too. Between the 5 boys I get probably 2 calls a week to fix something over the phone. Hey, at least they keep in touch with me that way. I just wish one of them would buy a Chevy so that the majority of my knowledge
    would apply. I used to hate it when Andrew would call with questions about that damned old Ford diesel ambulance. I don't know a lot about Fords (although this motor home I live in is teaching me) and even less about diesels. But, hey, he sold it for
    more than he paid for it, so that counts as a win, right?

    I can think of worse people to install the motor than VanEvera's. Only time I ever had a problem with something they did, they fixed it correctly and with no fuss...and they didn't scratch the brand-new paint job while they did it.


    They built the 700R4 that's in my truck ... flawless . Put a shift
    kit in it and once I got the (TVR?) cable adjusted correctly it shift
    just where I wanted it to . I'm not sure the converter lockup is working
    , but that may be because I hooked it up (vacuum line) wrong .
    Got just enough 'shine left for one round ... EASY! this is 190 proof
    uncut stuff .
    --
    Snag
    Men don't protect women because they're weak .
    We protect them because they're important .

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  • From Rick Begeman@21:1/5 to walli...@yahoo.com on Sat Jul 22 11:35:05 2023
    On 7/15/23 4:58 PM, walli...@yahoo.com wrote:
    "Damn, he said, you guys got old."


    Do you have the light on when you look in the mirror?

    :^)

    --
    Ironhead Rick

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  • From Old_Crow@21:1/5 to Rick Begeman on Sat Jul 22 21:43:47 2023
    On Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 11:35:08 AM UTC-7, Rick Begeman wrote:
    On 7/15/23 4:58 PM, walli...@yahoo.com wrote:
    "Damn, he said, you guys got old."

    Do you have the light on when you look in the mirror?

    :^)

    --
    Ironhead Rick

    Not if I can help it. I know exactly what I'd see.

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