Pat L
TwoWheelExplorer
I'm afraid I'm not gonna make it. Just realized, like a doofus, that my daughter has a soccer game in the AM. Priorities demand that I hang there instead of the tech meet 
Fall Tech Meet
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Auburn
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List is updated. A little bad weather and they drop like flies... :lol: Just got a call from SacramentoMike he is here already.
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sportsguy
searchgeek - author
Now here I thought the tools being referred to were Brian, Marcus, Dave, Dave, Dave, etc., etc.Would you like the rusting dull knife? Or the rusty sharp one? Got a MAP gas torch to cauterize withThat just made me pucker- and I mean everything puckered. LOL.
Which knife matters little, BUT, dibs on any tequila in the house.
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LowAndSilent
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Well...today was eventful! Drove to Chehalis in the pouring rain to meet up with my father-in-law, who picked up the parts I need for tomorrow down in Portland, to make a trade. The FJR parts for my wife. Seemed like a fair trade to me. Done!
Got back home then remembered I'd need new oil and anti-freeze. Cool. Back out to pick up those. Oh, wait...G said that I'd also need two more pints of fork oil. Back past home to EPS to get that.
Finally! Home...I can rest! :yahoo: It's now about 5:45 PM or so.
Come 6:15 it dawns on me that I am missing something. Fresh spark plugs. :blink:
Auto Zone. Nope. O'Reilly's. Nada. Nada. Nada...NAPA!!! I call the first store and the guy checks. Nothing. Before I can ask him to check other stores he hangs up. :huh: Okay, I check with the next closest store. They have one! That won't help. But the lady is nice enough to check other stores for me without asking and says that the Bellevue store has 8! But they close at 7:00 PM. A glance at the clock confirms the time: 6:31 PM. Google puts travel time at 25 minutes door to door.
Following the fastest gear-up I've ever done, I boogie on down to Bellevue NAPA and waltz in the door at 6:54 PM. The guy confirms my selection, walks back to get the stuff and shouts back that their computer inventory must have been wrong. They only had four in stock. Four...that's all I need! :yahoo: Just a heads up...Bellevue doesn't have any CR8EIX spark plugs anymore.
Auburn...today almost made me bust into my "thank you" gift to you.
Got back home then remembered I'd need new oil and anti-freeze. Cool. Back out to pick up those. Oh, wait...G said that I'd also need two more pints of fork oil.
Back past home to EPS to get that.Finally! Home...I can rest! :yahoo: It's now about 5:45 PM or so.
Come 6:15 it dawns on me that I am missing something. Fresh spark plugs. :blink:
Auto Zone. Nope. O'Reilly's. Nada. Nada. Nada...NAPA!!! I call the first store and the guy checks. Nothing. Before I can ask him to check other stores he hangs up. :huh: Okay, I check with the next closest store. They have one! That won't help. But the lady is nice enough to check other stores for me without asking and says that the Bellevue store has 8! But they close at 7:00 PM. A glance at the clock confirms the time: 6:31 PM. Google puts travel time at 25 minutes door to door.
Following the fastest gear-up I've ever done, I boogie on down to Bellevue NAPA and waltz in the door at 6:54 PM. The guy confirms my selection, walks back to get the stuff and shouts back that their computer inventory must have been wrong.
They only had four in stock. Four...that's all I need! :yahoo: Just a heads up...Bellevue doesn't have any CR8EIX spark plugs anymore. Auburn...today almost made me bust into my "thank you" gift to you.
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Auburn
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I have a set of iridium Ngk on hand you can use1350096236[/url]' post='1006808']Well...today was eventful! Drove to Chehalis in the pouring rain to meet up with my father-in-law, who picked up the parts I need for tomorrow down in Portland, to make a trade. The FJR parts for my wife. Seemed like a fair trade to me. Done!
Got back home then remembered I'd need new oil and anti-freeze. Cool. Back out to pick up those. Oh, wait...G said that I'd also need two more pints of fork oil.
Finally! Home...I can rest! :yahoo: It's now about 5:45 PM or so.
Come 6:15 it dawns on me that I am missing something. Fresh spark plugs. :blink:
Auto Zone. Nope. O'Reilly's. Nada. Nada. Nada...NAPA!!! I call the first store and the guy checks. Nothing. Before I can ask him to check other stores he hangs up. :huh: Okay, I check with the next closest store. They have one! That won't help. But the lady is nice enough to check other stores for me without asking and says that the Bellevue store has 8! But they close at 7:00 PM. A glance at the clock confirms the time: 6:31 PM. Google puts travel time at 25 minutes door to door.
Following the fastest gear-up I've ever done, I boogie on down to Bellevue NAPA and waltz in the door at 6:54 PM. The guy confirms my selection, walks back to get the stuff and shouts back that their computer inventory must have been wrong.
Auburn...today almost made me bust into my "thank you" gift to you.
escapefjrtist
Searching for Dry Roads
Rifling through the toolbox tonight putting the tool kit together. Didn't realize Duane's vasectomy was on the agenda...I'll bring a rusty scalpel, hemostats and a 0 - 1" mic along too! Someone else is going to have to step man up and perform the procedure though :lol:
Looking forward to tomorrow, it'll be a blast!
--G
Looking forward to tomorrow, it'll be a blast!
--G
Crap! No tires on the porch when I got home. Guess I'll stay home and do yard work.
Have fun, get lots done, I'll see ya next spring or at the cycle show.
Have fun, get lots done, I'll see ya next spring or at the cycle show.
LowAndSilent
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velvet fog
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the only un opened bottle i have is is Tres Generaciones like thisHow about a shortest distance?
you'll lose. there are others closer. But I will accept patron or trantula tequilla :dribble:
But I do have partial bottles of don julio blanco, don fulano reposado, coralleo reposado, or centanario anejo.
Panman
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escapefjrtist
Searching for Dry Roads
Good point Panman. Off for another quick check of the tool box to see what else I have...
See all y'all in a couple hours.
--G
sportsguy
searchgeek - author
Out. I have been fighting the "grunge" that has been around and around at the office and will be staying away for all your sakes.
redneckj
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It was great meeting people at the meet today. Marcus, thank you for walking me through the tbs procedure. Good times and good people.
Auburn
Well-known member
It was good to see those that braved the rains and made it. The weather lightened up as the day went on. We got two valve checks done, a couple of sets of forks serviced/rebuilt and I saw a few TBS being done.
Good times. SacMike made it up and got to visit with us. We sent him on his way Sunday morning heading out over SR410 to Eastern Washington / Oregon on his slow trip back to Sacramento.
For those that have not seen it, there is a Picture Thread (thanks Sportsguy!)
Good times. SacMike made it up and got to visit with us. We sent him on his way Sunday morning heading out over SR410 to Eastern Washington / Oregon on his slow trip back to Sacramento.
For those that have not seen it, there is a Picture Thread (thanks Sportsguy!)
Fontanaman
Robin Trower
Thanks for hosting this event Bryan. I had a great time.
I hope that trip works out for SacMike as I contributed to the idea. There is some great riding over there but the season is rapidly coming to a close. I suggested he watch the snow level over there in NE Oregon - I hope he remembers that. This morning the forecast is for a snow level of 3500 feet this coming Saturday.
I hope that trip works out for SacMike as I contributed to the idea. There is some great riding over there but the season is rapidly coming to a close. I suggested he watch the snow level over there in NE Oregon - I hope he remembers that. This morning the forecast is for a snow level of 3500 feet this coming Saturday.
Auburn
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I think Mike will be in Sacramento by then. He was headed down for Condon, Heppner, Ukiah, Sumpter and then back around to Fossil and then south. He was thinking about heading back toward the coast in Southern Oregon. I showed him the Wolf Creek (Merlin) to Gold Beach forest service road to get back over that is really good.
Sorry I missed the Tech meet. I was down in Midland TX flying around in an old Boeing plane called Fifi. Last one of her kind flying right now.
I got to sit in the navigator seat. Look who stopped by this past Aug to say hi and sign his name. None other than the navigator of the Enola Gay, Dutch Van Kirk.
They have quite an "airsho" as they call it with a reenactment of pearl harbor, with pyrotechnics and the whole enchilada.
I'll post a flight report when i get all the pics sorted.
Hope to see y'all in the Spring
I got to sit in the navigator seat. Look who stopped by this past Aug to say hi and sign his name. None other than the navigator of the Enola Gay, Dutch Van Kirk.
They have quite an "airsho" as they call it with a reenactment of pearl harbor, with pyrotechnics and the whole enchilada.
I'll post a flight report when i get all the pics sorted.
Hope to see y'all in the Spring
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