Pull up a chair.

[Rapid_Roy]

Shamelessly stolen from ADV.
Not nothing, we have a thread for that already.
This will be mindless banter, one step up from nothing.:ha

Good Morning!
:wave

I just found out I will be at an account I dislike all next week, and have no time off for Friday for the Hiawatha Rally.
:bluduh

[BeemoKat]

And I thought that this was going to be a discussion of the pros & cons of kermit chairs!

[tessler]

Mornin' Roy :wave

Uhm, your news really sucks, man.

However, I'll be on vacation, riding my bike most of the time with chicks on the back. :D

:hide

[SIBUD]

Sorry to hear that. I'm leaving in the morning for the Chicken Rally!:clap

[Rapid_Roy]

And I thought that this was going to be a discussion of the pros & cons of kermit chairs!:wave
Hi Dave.

There are cons? Other than price, which is a show stopper for me.
That does suck Jon, but I will live vicariously through you, and others, who will be having fun at rallies and/or riding with chicks on the back. :ha

All it really means is, I may be riding at night in Deer country or out Saturday morning. I dunno yet.

It just sucks because I have the vacation time and seniority, but the weeks since the 3 weekend of May all through summer have been filled already, (2 guys off) even up to the Dells Rally. That sucks.

[jdmetzger]

After getting home from a very brief business trip, I found the heads/cylinders/pistons for my GSPD have FINALLY arrived. I'm going to start assembling everything, and I should get the bike started up on Saturday, and then take it for a short ride. After that, I have Sunday and Monday to take longer rides and work on breaking things in properly. This is the first Memorial Day in a few years where I haven't taken a trip with a bike.

[Rapid_Roy]

After getting home from a very brief business trip, I found the heads/cylinders/pistons for my GSPD have FINALLY arrived. I'm going to start assembling everything, and I should get the bike started up on Saturday, and then take it for a short ride. After that, I have Sunday and Monday to take longer rides and work on breaking things in properly. This is the first Memorial Day in a few years where I haven't taken a trip with a bike.
:clap Git R Done!

I usually never go anywhere Memorial Day, which makes it somewhat unmemorable.
:scratch

[BubbaZanetti]

:clap Git R Done!

I usually never go anywhere Memorial Day, which makes it somewhat unmemorable.
:scratch

yeah, me either.

i'm heading to the garage tonight to fire up the bike for the first time after doing all that engine work last week. gotta balance the carbs. but you know what, i might just not bother as i'm leaving tomorrow for new england with my gf and the bike is just gonna be sitting in the garage for the next four days anyway.

i hate riding on memorial day weekend it's like bad traffic party and idiot rider fest rolled into one.

[jdmetzger]

:clap Git R Done!

I usually never go anywhere Memorial Day, which makes it somewhat unmemorable.
:scratch

yeah, me either.

i'm heading to the garage tonight to fire up the bike for the first time after doing all that engine work last week. gotta balance the carbs. but you know what, i might just not bother as i'm leaving tomorrow for new england with my gf and the bike is just gonna be sitting in the garage for the next four days anyway.

i hate riding on memorial day weekend it's like bad traffic party and idiot rider fest rolled into one.

Due to Memorial Day vacationers, I generally make the hour or so run into Canada and vacation up there. It's not a holiday for them, and I've found all of the campgrounds to be mostly empty. The roads are also nice and quiet. I considered doing my break-in up there - just make an overnight trip with two long riding days, but it seems like a lot of trouble, and I was just out of town earlier in the week with work. Might as well stick around and have a few beers with friends.

Bubba: I hope you're using the $5 carb balancer - it works quite well and doesn't thin out the wallet. :)

[lamble]

Mindless banter, you say...this should run.

And you say you stole it from ADV...that's great, we can't even come up with mindless banter without someone else's help.http://www.ukgser.com/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif

[sumran]

Mindless banter, you say...this should run.

And you say you stole it from ADV...that's great, we can't even come up with mindless banter without someone else's help.http://www.ukgser.com/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif

Or smiles, evidently.

[tessler]

Mindless banter, you say...this should run.

And you say you stole it from ADV...that's great, we can't even come up with mindless banter without someone else's help.http://www.ukgser.com/forums/images/smilies/doh.gifYeah, but he posted it in the Campfire so even you could participate! Now that's sharing :heart

[lamble]

Or smiles, evidently.


and WE can't..WE, we,.....it's called self deprecation and is a form of inclusive humour, or does everything need a smilie and a custard pie to make it obvious. Jeez Zuss.

Post script clarification-it's a reference to the smilie icon I used, not the lack of humour, cleared up in a PM with sumran.

[Mika]

Maaannn, I just got nothing down and now you want something.

I feel for you and your account. I finished with one today. We both decided we didn't like doing business with each other. After that was done we bumped into each other over lunch and had a great time.

Go Figure!

:ha

[lamble]

Yeah, but he posted it in the Campfire so even you could participate! Now that's sharing :heart

I noticed, it almost made me feel all warm and fuzzy, like a badger on fire!

[Holly]

Due to Memorial Day vacationers, I generally make the hour or so run into Canada and vacation up there. It's not a holiday for them, and I've found all of the campgrounds to be mostly empty. The roads are also nice and quiet. I considered doing my break-in up there - just make an overnight trip with two long riding days, but it seems like a lot of trouble, and I was just out of town earlier in the week with work. Might as well stick around and have a few beers with friends.

If you change your mind and decide that you do want to ride a bit further, Josh, Bench Mark Works (Canada) is having their open house on Saturday in a very scenic area. All of us airheads will be there.

http://www.benchmarkworkscanada.com/events.html

Holly

[jdmetzger]

If you change your mind and decide that you do want to ride a bit further, Josh, Bench Mark Works (Canada) is having their open house on Saturday in a very scenic area. All of us airheads will be there.

http://www.benchmarkworkscanada.com/events.html

Holly

Now you've gone and done it. 426 miles away. Might be a bit much for breaking in an engine, but the R80 is still running nicely. Maybe getting that engine together can wait until Monday when I have the day off. :)

[BubbaZanetti]

Bubba: I hope you're using the $5 carb balancer - it works quite well and doesn't thin out the wallet. :)

i have the Twin Max, its a bit less messy to store in the closet with your riding gear.:deal

[jdmetzger]

i have the Twin Max, its a bit less messy to store in the closet with your riding gear.:deal

The one I have isn't messy, so long as I'm very careful with it. Of course, it lives in the garage. ...

In the closet with the riding gear - you crazy city dwellers! :stick

:p

[Rapid_Roy]

Maaannn, I just got nothing down and now you want something.

I feel for you and your account. I finished with one today. We both decided we didn't like doing business with each other. After that was done we bumped into each other over lunch and had a great time.

Go Figure!

:ha
It was an account the customer contact requested me removed from, after I went on disability last year. No action whatsoever from my company towards me. I lost weight, and my blood pressure dropped, and I didn't need anti-anxiety meds after I left. She is not a nice person.

[Rapid_Roy]

Yeah, but he posted it in the Campfire so even you could participate! Now that's sharing :heart

Anybody is welcome to post in this thread.
:nod

[Rapid_Roy]

I noticed, it almost made me feel all warm and fuzzy, like a badger on fire!


If it makes you feel any better, I am not a stalker.
:bikes

[Rapid_Roy]

So I hear a blood curdling shriek from outside last night.
Moments later, my wife came in and I asked "Another mouse on the lawnmower?"
"yes, and it had babies hanging off it! Ewwwwwww!"

:ha
I couldn't kill it, I herded it behind the shed.

[lamble]

If it makes you feel any better, I am not a stalker.
:bikes

Why, has someone accused you of being a stalker?

[jdmetzger]

Why, has someone accused you of being a stalker?

I once was accused of being a stalker. I was so offended I crawled out of their landscaping and went home! :mad

:p

[wezul]

http://wezul.smugmug.com/photos/542726456_eLLXT-O.jpg

[Rapid_Roy]

Why, has someone accused you of being a stalker?
Not yet.


:ha

[Rapid_Roy]

Tired.
Goodnight to some, Good morning to some.

[lamble]

Walker the Stalker...a famous Brit bike racer.

Only problem being a stalker was he always had to follow someone, which sort of makes it impossible to win. should have thought it through.

And Roy, very congenial of you to allow me permission to enter your thread, perhaps you could enlighten me and the others as to your stalker comment as I'm here, while maintaining an air of mindless banter?

[Braddog]

Mindless banter and ADVRider. :stick

That said, I won't make it to Hiawatha, either, but this has been kind of a rough month. The wife's been gone since May 1, and to say that I've been a bit busy is an understatement.

The motorcycles have been mostly unridden this season, and ALL of them need a little TLC before being ridden regularly. Oh, wait, my wife's Vino 125 is good to go as is my daughter's Bandit. What am I waiting for....

[MCMXCIVRS]

Due to Memorial Day vacationers, I generally make the hour or so run into Canada and vacation up there. It's not a holiday for them, and I've found all of the campgrounds to be mostly empty. The roads are also nice and quiet. I considered doing my break-in up there - just make an overnight trip with two long riding days, but it seems like a lot of trouble, and I was just out of town earlier in the week with work. Might as well stick around and have a few beers with friends.


We just did the opposite routine. Our long weekend is a week ahead of the US one. We headed south a week prior to our holiday, then returned home just before the southern version.

[jgr451]

Hey Roy,hey y'all,how y'all doin?

Yes We Canadians do speak like tha- yet sometahms.Mostly we end a statement with eh?

You Americans have been known to sneak across the border to occupy our camping spots on non holiday weekends.Just so you know that we know.

I changed the oil on my bike yesterday.It took 2 hours and 8 tools.Not counting the tray to catch the oil and the funnel to put more in.

[KGT1200]

Anybody is welcome to post in this thread.
:nod

Anybody?

Well if it's not a private chair party, then I will post here.


Post Here.

I would consider posting again providing there is no stalker here.

If so, I don't think I would like to meet them...

The Stalker, that is!

[Rapid_Roy]

Walker the Stalker...a famous Brit bike racer.

Only problem being a stalker was he always had to follow someone, which sort of makes it impossible to win. should have thought it through.

And Roy, very congenial of you to allow me permission to enter your thread, perhaps you could enlighten me and the others as to your stalker comment as I'm here, while maintaining an air of mindless banter?
I didn't allow you permission, I was merely pointing out that anybody is welcome to post here
The stalker comment was a reference to the "Dandy" incident.
I am not that way and I don't carry resentment with me.

[Rapid_Roy]

Hey Roy,hey y'all,how y'all doin?

Yes We Canadians do speak like tha- yet sometahms.Mostly we end a statement with eh?

You Americans have been known to sneak across the border to occupy our camping spots on non holiday weekends.Just so you know that we know.

I changed the oil on my bike yesterday.It took 2 hours and 8 tools.Not counting the tray to catch the oil and the funnel to put more in.
I am doing quite well, all things considered.
:wave

Have a pleasant Saturday.

[Rapid_Roy]

Good morning everybody!
:wave

[wezul]

Oh, it's like that, is it?
OK, Hi! :p
The "F" calls . . . :bolt

[Rapid_Roy]

Oh, it's like that, is it?
OK, Hi! :p
The "F" calls . . . :bolt
:ha

Wow, are you lucky. All I hear is my septic tank calling me.
We are installing one of those Aero Stream things to restore the septic field.
That has to be way better than going for a ride on a nice day.

[lamble]

:ha

Wow, are you lucky. All I hear is my septic tank calling me.
We are installing one of those Aero Stream things to restore the septic field.
That has to be way better than going for a ride on a nice day.

London way, you'd all be septic tanks!

[wezul]

Man, I love that little pony.
She really likes to run.
Little Red Schoolhouse area today, down by the Saganashkee. . . . gorgeous.
Taking a breather now and then later maybe another hop.
Or out to terrorize the streets on the mighty Blue Wasp (http://wezul.smugmug.com/photos/122249221_gqt2K-L.jpg).

[Rapid_Roy]

Man, I love that little pony.
She really likes to run.
Little Red Schoolhouse area today, down by the Shagnaskee. . . . gorgeous.
Taking a breather now and then later maybe another hop.
Or out to terrorize the streets on the mighty Blue Wasp (http://wezul.smugmug.com/photos/122249221_gqt2K-L.jpg).

DISH guy showed up, and the wife is gone, so I am doing.........something.
BTW, I am betting women dig the Blue Wasp.

[wezul]

Ya like the wasp or ya don't. If you are familiar with Battle scooters over at ADV then you get the idea. You really need to be comfortable in your manhood.
Most fun per mile of all my bikes!

Sorry about the septic thing, that's a drag.

[Rapid_Roy]

Ya like the wasp or ya don't. If you are familiar with Battle scooters over at ADV then you get the idea. You really need to be comfortable in your manhood.
Most fun per mile of all my bikes!

Sorry about the septic thing, that's a drag.
Tanks.
:ha

No biggie. It's much cheaper than a new one and there is a money back guarantee after a year.

[jgr451]

So I could have gone to Tofino and camped at the beach or stayed home and cut the grass on this fine day.
Guess which I did?

*sigh* That duty stuff.Time for an adult beverage and a promise to do better tomorrow.:bottle

[wezul]

Gooooooooooood mornninnnnnnng M O A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KGT1200]

Gooooooooooood mornninnnnnnng M O A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And good Morning to you!
What are you doing up so early on a fine Wisconsin Morning?

I know Minnesota brings me Hot French Roast (HFS in a cup)in my favority mug, a 1980s somthing vintage Honda Generator carb rebuild on my bench (I can't give it up for dead) AND some Grateful Dead May 28 Hartford 1977 (I can't give them up for dead, either).

Last night I made the offending carb gasket out of liquid gasket, today if it's set, I will see if she works!


and there goes my Day!

[wezul]

I am getting ready for an OU812 onslaught.
We're taking a ride today, no destination, just riding.
Honda carb rebuild with liquid gasket? Parts no longer available or what? Gee a gasket might set you back $6.99. :stick :whistle :lol (Sorry, I couldn't help myself)

First down to the Saganashkee area, Little Red Schoolhouse and that whole Forest Preserve complex down there just south of the canal. It was just incredible down there yesterday, nice patch of forest between Archer Avenue and Lemont. So we're headed that way. Then who knows.

Good old 8 O'Clock red bag this morning. An easy light/medium roast and it's decently priced.

Yes, on the "F" again. I owe that bike some saddle time.
Another half cup of coffee and "O" will be on his way and it will be time to gear up and ride.

[Rapid_Roy]

Gooooooooooood mornninnnnnnng M O A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:ha

Good Morning.
:wave

Almost had to call 911 twice last night. The seizure stopped after a minute, so no call. The Heimlich maneuver stopped the next call.
Bad night.

Here is to a better today.:thumb
Have a safe ride Wezul, and say hi to "O" for me. :ha

[dancogan]

Ah, thank goodness for some morning rain. I'll go get some more weed & feed for the lawn to put down during the week, and I need a new oil collection pan for oil changing. The one I have now overflows when oil drains into it, because the neck of the built in funnel is too small. These are things that don't seem to get done in good weather.

Then if it clears off in the afternoon there may be some riding to do - yeehaw!

[Rapid_Roy]

No rain here, but it's more likely I will be working on the septic system here.
At least the task will not be tankless.










What?

[wezul]

Man, the roads here are so straight.
Still had a blast, down to Lemont and back and forth across the Slough area, then brunch.
Then back to MCC in Villa Park to look at Triumphs and Ducs. Triumph was having a sponsored demo ride day, turnout was good. New vintage style Triumph looks pretty nice. The Rocket III is so big I think you will have to build an addition on your garage if you buy one. Good grief!
Then home for some quick refreshment and out to Kane County and South on Bliss and what the heck. The road is out. OK, enough.

[KGT1200]

Honda carb rebuild with liquid gasket? Parts no longer available or what? Gee a gasket might set you back $6.99. :stick :whistle :lol (Sorry, I couldn't help myself)

.


The liquid gasket didnt work:bluduh

Back to the search for the correct, thin as a thread gasket for this thing!

I will not give up you hear!? I will not surrender to age!

[wezul]

Give me the make, model and part number you are looking for Red and I'll see what I can find.

[wezul]

Or not.
Good morning!

[Rapid_Roy]

Morning everybody.
Happy Memorial Day to US citizens Happy weekend to everybody else.
:wave

No seizures yesterday, we are keeping our fingers crossed.

[KGT1200]

According to my wife and son, we have in-laws coming, the painting in the back room I started yesterday needs to be finished, brushes and rollers cleaned and stashed away (puff, Puff, Puff, whew!), I must clean! I must shave! so I "have no time to be plunking away on the BMOA forum":nono

(Right, ha!!)

the house needs cleaned, yuuch which cat upchucked that mouse on the sidewalk? yuuch!

must- clean-it-up!!!:sick



So the old generator will have to wait, the usual salutations must be short and succinct

I hope you all out there in BMWMOA land have a great day! I know I will!:D
PS Genereator stuff to come later!

[jdmetzger]

I went riding with my GSPD, today. Finally re-assembled, I took it for a short shakedown/ring seating ride yesterday (though they probably seated pretty well when I started the engine and took it straight to 3k rpm for a minute or two). Today was the first "Real" ride. After about 20 minutes, I realized that I had set the idle FAR too high in my tuning (oops) so I found a nice park/boat access area to pull off into along the Maumee River and fix that little problem. First score of the day: I stopped at "Weir Rapids". It wasn't anything crazy - a small drop in water level - very similar to a low-head dam, but natural. Scenic.

So I left that place and before turning back onto the road I came from, I noticed an interesting sight. There was a gravel road in front of me that seemed to lead off into the middle of farmland - I couldn't see the end. Off to the side was a sign - "Road closed when wet". Hmm. I'm on a GS, I have my good dual-sport boots on and other "full gear", and I DO have knobbies on the bike. So off I went and I blasted along that road for a few miles (standing triumphantly on the pegs like the true hardcore GS rider I am) - finally reaching the other end. Of course, I didn't really want to be where it came out, so wouldn't you know I had to sacrifice and head all the way back to where I started. For some reason the bike kept steering into the holes and low spots along the way. The horror. :)

It was a nice ride - though those few short miles on the gravel really made it all worthwhile. It's been a good day for me... but like Red, I should probably get to cleaning up around here...

[wezul]

It was a yard work day today.
But not in my yard. What am I doing?!
But it was a good day, got some stuff done and that yard looks considerably better.
Now I am set up for a BIG pasta meal. Salad, bread, thick spaghetti, home made sauce, a nice crusty loaf of bread and of course . . . .
WINE.

[Rapid_Roy]

Not a good weekend for me in general. I hope everybody else is doing well.

[wezul]

Yikes. I hope it gets better this evening for you.

[Rapid_Roy]

It's amazing how talking to some of my motorcycle friends on an internet forum helps.
I am doing ok now.
:wave

[jgr451]

The best are always tested the hardest.

:buds

[Rapid_Roy]

The best are always tested the hardest.

:buds

:blush I ride BMW's because the T shirt said they were die besten.
They have always gotten me home, but it wasn't always a smooth ride.
Sometimes I feel the best really means "that which hasn't fallen apart yet."
I fit that.
:ha

:wave


PUAC!:bikes

[Rapid_Roy]

Good morning people, let's be careful out there.
There be cell phone talkers and people that just don't see motorcyclists.
:wave

[jgr451]

Nice day today.Rained a bit yesterday.Grass needed it.

Waiting for the new front brake pads to arrive.

[Rapid_Roy]

Good Morning Campers!
:wave

[dancogan]

Mornin' Roy. It was a wonderful day for riding in Michigan! The Village of Stockbridge hosted a free breakfast for all BMW riders this morning. We had bluebird skies and no wind early on, and the day got warmer but never too hot. I've never seeen so many BMW's in one place at one time outside of a rally. But free food certainly brings them in. Apparently the village will host a different marque each month. I would expect a monumental turnout when they host Harleys.

[jdmetzger]

Mornin' Roy. It was a wonderful day for riding in Michigan! The Village of Stockbridge hosted a free breakfast for all BMW riders this morning. We had bluebird skies and no wind early on, and the day got warmer but never too hot. I've never seeen so many BMW's in one place at one time outside of a rally. But free food certainly brings them in. Apparently the village will host a different marque each month. I would expect a monumental turnout when they host Harleys.

I guess I should have gone, but I had already ridden up to the BMW dealership yesterday (along with a bit of joyriding) and I happened to be out a bit late last night. There is always next time. It indeed was a beautiful day, though!

[wezul]

Gorgeous day here.
Washed the fleet, they were all in need of a bath.
Then I took a hop and got to play with a Dodge Dakota Club Cab full of . . . . . uh . . . . . I really don't know what their problem was.
Almost ruined the ride for me.
Almost being the operative. ;)

[dancogan]

I guess I should have gone, but I had already ridden up to the BMW dealership yesterday (along with a bit of joyriding) and I happened to be out a bit late last night. There is always next time. It indeed was a beautiful day, though!
Well, Josh, "next time" is this coming weekend when the BMW truck with demo's will be at the Alpha Training Center in Lansing. Coming?

[wezul]

Uppy, uppy, uppy!!!!!!!
I don't get it.
At rallies folks wake me up too early and keep me up too late and in here . . .
everyone is in bed at dusk and they don't get up till about noon.
:dunno

[KGT1200]

Uppy, uppy, uppy!!!!!!!
I don't get it.
At rallies folks wake me up too early and keep me up too late and in here . . .
everyone is in bed at dusk and they don't get up till about noon.
:dunno

Good Morning!
Up at 4:30, but BUZY,BUZY,BUZY!


Today a lurker when I have a moment, contributor when I get through this week!

[cheesewhiz]

Off to Vegas with the G-friend tomorrow for 4 days of poolin', sunnin', eatin', drinkin', explorin', people watchin', live musicin', VERY little gamblin',and relaxin'.

:dance :dance :dance :dance

[womanridge]

Had a good day riding yesterday. Got a "pass" (no ticket) from a LEO in Fond Du Lac cty after I passed a car. Guess the officer just wanted to talk motorcycles. Nice guy, is thinking of buying a GS. Naturally, I was very encouraging. :blah :whistle

[Sue]

Brian is home this week. It's slow where he works so he gets a few days off.
He hates second shift so he doesn't mind. I, on the other hand, worry about the loss of income and how we are going to pay the next house payment. (small worries, I know.)

The only good news is that he is changing the oil on my GS today.

[KGT1200]

I had a bunch of running around from facility to facility today in rush hour traffic, so I chose to go with the old subaru outback than my GS this morning, although the MN day was high 40s to mid 70s and ideal for a ride.

Riding when I'm overloaded with files and paperwork and laptop and too tired, the stop and go traffic really sucks, so I left her at home today!

[Rapid_Roy]

My personal hell, a company vehicle so no riding to work.......EVER!
Unless I retire.

[henzilla]

My personal hell, a company vehicle so no riding to work.......EVER!
Unless I retire.

I lived that same problem until my boss told me to park it one day to save $$...I smiled and pumped my fist...he was confused! Until I rode in the next day on two wheels!

[From MARS]

Shortly after I woke up this morning, I pretty much had my day planned; work a little then ride for the rest of the day. Backroads Touring; Kansas is having their Stampede about 30 miles away. I thought I'd take the PD up and check it out.

Work went well, but when I got home, I learned that I needed to cook the meat for the blood drive on Monday. (We serve sandwiches, homemade cookies, and a drink to those that donate or volunteer.) The SO had a girlfriend drop into town just for the weekend (its rodeo weekend here) so she decided to go spend the day visiting with her. Okay. I can monitor the roast beef and pork and still ride. I figured I'd just go out back and practice handling the bike on dirt with a full tank of gas (9.2 gal) So, I put the meat on to cook, got it all seasoned up and smelling good, went in and grabbed my gloves.

I get the bike out and warmed it up by doing a few runs up and down the road in front of the house before starting to do figure 8's in the grass. We have several beehives and I noticed the air was just full of bees, and they weren't going anywhere; just circling. I get to looking around and there is a swarm forming on a small tree. So, I park the bike and get a fresh hive ready and a sheet to catch the bees in and a saw to take down the limbs they're clustering on and put on my bee suit.

This is Kansas so you know its windy, and pretty warm. Working by myself, it was a little tricky to get the sheet wrapped around the swarm, but finally I succeeded, and then started sawing off the limb. The hat on my bee suit kept getting blown to one side, and I was sweating like a pig. The sweat kept getting into my eyes. Did you know its virtually impossible to wipe your eyes with a bee suit on? It took about an hour to gather everything and get the bees into the new hive.

By then, it was time to check the meat, and I was pretty thirsty, so that "required" a beer. I was really thirsty and had two.

Now, I don't feel like wrestling with the bike. So I just pulled up a chair. Perhaps I'll get to ride tomorrow.

Tom

[KGT1200]

Southern minnesota has been a pretty severe drought the last month or so, so I was pleased to wake up this morning to a soaking rain, and here at 4:30 pm it's still raining, the creek behind the house is full, and the world is soaking up this gift from the sky.

I've had the big 15 ft doors open on the barn open wide, working on the Beemer, in my front bay. Spent the day fiddiling with several other projects and marveling of the rainy day. I am waiting for the water to boil so I can pour a cup of chai tea before returning to my very special man cave.

[wezul]

No drought here, not too wet either.
But holy cats, it's the coldest darn Spring I can remember.
EVER!!!!
The heat on in June?!!!!!

[dancogan]

...We have several beehives and I noticed the air was just full of bees, and they weren't going anywhere; just circling. I get to looking around and there is a swarm forming on a small tree. So, I park the bike and get a fresh hive ready and a sheet to catch the bees in and a saw to take down the limbs they're clustering on and put on my bee suit.
...

Do you mind explaining a bit more about the sheet and catching the bees? We had swarm right outside our office Friday that decided to take possession of some poor woman's bicycle. They were like a blanket covering the saddle and then some. So, when they're swarming are they relatively docile? Easy to "catch?" How do you round them up? :scratch

[eric2]

haven't seen this poster on the interweb, thought i would share. scanned from
the '74 daytona program guide.

http://eric2.smugmug.com/photos/450901833_w4C7N-XL.jpg

[From MARS]

Do you mind explaining a bit more about the sheet and catching the bees? We had swarm right outside our office Friday that decided to take possession of some poor woman's bicycle. They were like a blanket covering the saddle and then some. So, when they're swarming are they relatively docile? Easy to "catch?" How do you round them up? :scratch

European Honey Bees only sting when defending their home or themselves. Since the swarm is homeless, they have no reason to sting. In the middle of the swarm, is the queen. Most everybody will stay close to the queen while a couple of scout bees go look for a suitable home. Until the scouts come back with news of several suitable sites, at which time one will be chosen, the swarm will just hang there. Once a new home is selected, the swarm will slowly expand until everyone is airborne, and then they make a beeline (I couldn't resist:D) towards it. I saw this happen once when I was a little slow to get things ready. They just flew away.

My technique for capturing a swarm is to pass a sheet under the swarm and then bring the corners together to form a basket of sorts. I will then give the limb a hard shake, and the bees fall into the sheet. Some will fly, but most will stay in the ball to protect the queen. Today it was really windy, and the bees had congregated on the trunk of a small (3" diameter) trash tree out in the prairie grass behind the house. So, I just cut down the whole tree after wrapping the sheet around the swarm.

Once I have the bees in the sheet, I carry it to the hive, gently shake them into it, and put the lid on. Then drape the sheet, with the remaining bees, from the front of the hive. If the queen is in the hive, the rest will just walk up the sheet and into the hive following her scent.

Bees are really amazing little creatures!

Tom

[bogthebasher]

I recall riding through a swarm of bees as a kid with my open face helmet. Very unpleasant. Bees jammed in every oriface. Gravel road. No hands ripping helmet off. Predictable results. Wake up in ditch covered in stingers. Good think I'm not allergic.:violin

[From MARS]

I've heard that bee stings are good for arthritis. You should be immune!:thumb

Now if they just worked on memory, I'd be golden!

Tom

[KGT1200]

Good Morning Tom. Good Morning Weasul, Roy Good Morning BMWMOA...errrrrrr

Whats that sound?

Some of you appear to be snoring...

[dancogan]

...Bees are really amazing little creatures!

Tom
And those who know how to handle them! Thanks for the explanation. I'm extremely allergic to the little buggers, but they are fascinating.

[wezul]

Good Morning wezul, Whats that sound?
Some of you appear to be snoring...

I categorically deny everything. :snore

[Holly]

:snore
BRAIN SYSTEM: Attention. Alert registered.

CENTRAL: Alert? Number One, report!

NUMBER ONE: Sir! We're picking up loud music.

CENTRAL: Music? We were just asleep!

NUMBER ONE: Yes sir. Ears report it's "The Last Train to Clarksville."

CENTRAL: Good God! Are we being tortured?

NUMBER ONE: Sir, Eyes are functional and request instruction.

CENTRAL: Tell them to open up and try to find out what is going on.

NUMBER ONE: Scope! Okay, I see darkness... darkness... Wait, there's a
woman
sleeping here.

CENTRAL: A woman?

NUMBER ONE: Sir, Libido Station wants to know if it's Anna Kournikova.

CENTRAL: Forget about Libido. What can you tell me?

NUMBER ONE: Sir, Memory reports a near perfect match to "wife," sir.

CENTRAL: Well of course. Keep looking.

NUMBER ONE: Sir, urgent report from Stomach on the horn, do you want to
take it?

CENTRAL: Stomach, what's going on?

STOMACH: Sir, we've taken a hit, it...it looks bad, sir.

CENTRAL: Get hold of yourself, man!

STOMACH: Yes sir. It looks like a burrito, sir. It exploded at about 1900
hours and
we've been out of action ever since. I don't...I don't know if she can
take much
more, Captain.

CENTRAL: Stomach! Now you listen to me, son. We're all counting on you up
here.
Don't give up now. Remember the chili of '94? We made it through that, we
can make
it through anything.

STOMACH: Yes sir. You can count on me, sir.

CENTRAL: Good man.

NUMBER ONE: Sir, I've got a visual on the clock!

CENTRAL: Tell me, Number One.

NUMBER ONE: Oh my God, sir. It's horrible.

CENTRAL: Dammit sailor, get a grip on yourself!

NUMBER ONE: It's... It's six thirty, sir. In the morning.

CENTRAL: In the morning? Not again. I thought...I thought that we'd had
the worst of
it yesterday.

SYSTEM: Sixty seconds to consciousness.

CENTRAL: This is madness. Do you know what's going to happen if we go
conscious now,
this early?

NUMBER ONE: Work, sir?

CENTRAL: That's right, Number One. It'll be work, all right. I
don't...don't know if
I can live through that hell again.

SYSTEM: Fifty seconds to consciousness.

NUMBER ONE: Sir? Do you have orders?

CENTRAL: Hmmm?

NUMBER ONE: Orders, sir. Do you have orders for us?

CENTRAL: Orders? Orders, Number One? Damn right there are orders! Let's
get
ourselves moving.

NUMBER ONE: Aye aye, sir!

SYSTEM: Forty seconds to consciousness.

CENTRAL: Shut that damn thing off, I'm trying to think. Get our remote
stations on
line. I want a Search and Acquire on anything that feels like a snooze
button. Tell
them to MOVE. Bladder!

BLADDER: Yes sir?

CENTRAL: How are you holding?

BLADDER: All systems are flush and ready, sir. We can go another three
hours, easy.

CENTRAL: Very well, Bladder. Number One, get me Nose on the horn.

NOSE: Sir, Nose reporting, sir!

CENTRAL: Good to hear from you, Nose. How are you doing up there?

NOSE: We registered cat breath about twenty minutes ago, but it was pretty
faint and
I didn't think...

CENTRAL: Steady on, nose. You were right not to trigger an alert.

NOSE: Thank you, sir.

CENTRAL: Nose, I'm afraid I have bad news for you, son. We took a burrito
last night.

NOSE: Oh no, sir, not again!

CENTRAL: I said steady! You're going to have to hold on, you hear me? Hold
on, and
it will pass. I don't want ANYTHING getting through to Consciousness.

NOSE: Yes sir. I'll try, sir.

CENTRAL: That's the spirit. Stomach!

STOMACH: Sir?

CENTRAL: How are you doing down there?

STOMACH: We've been breached, Captain. The whole alimentary is in flames.
I'm trying
to keep it contained, but I can't promise anything.

CENTRAL: Damn!

NUMBER ONE: Sir, Libido Station reports it is ready for battle!

CENTRAL: Tell Libido to calm down, I'll call him when I need him. Any
report from
our search party?

NUMBER ONE: Sir, Fingers report they located and toppled a glass of water,
a pair of
glasses, and a box of Kleenex. No luck on the snooze, sir.

CENTRAL: Number One, I don't mind telling you, if we don't get this under
control
we're going to lose her.

NUMBER ONE: Yes sir. Sir, Libido requests positive verification that the
woman
sleeping next to us is not Anna Kournikova.

CENTRAL: For crying out loud.

NUMBER ONE: Sir, Ears reports the song is over. It's going to commercial,
sir.

CENTRAL: How much time on the system clock?

NUMBER ONE: Ten seconds to consciousness, sir. We've lost smile control in
the lower
facial and we're developing a frown.

CENTRAL: Brace yourself, Number One. I'm afraid we've had it.

NUMBER ONE: Sir! Fingers has located target. Repeat, Fingers is on target!


CENTRAL: Fire!

NUMBER ONE: Hit! Sir, direct hit!

CENTRAL: Ears!

NUMBER ONE: It's gone, Captain! Ears reports the music is gone!

CENTRAL: We've done it!

SYSTEM: Consciousness cancelled.

NUMBER ONE: Sir, all systems are ready for sleep mode. Repeat, sleep mode
now ready.

CENTRAL: Trigger sleep mode NOW.

NUMBER ONE: Sleep mode triggered, aye aye, sir.

CENTRAL: Shut Eyes.

NUMBER ONE: Eyes off, sir. Frown relaxed, smile restored.

CENTRAL: By golly, that was a close one.

NUMBER ONE: Yes sir. Sir, Dream Team requests selection. Libido asking for
something
naked, sir.

CENTRAL: Request denied. Let's roll the one where we show up for church
wearing only
our underwear, I like that one.

NUMBER ONE: Roger that, sir. Dream selection completed and tape is
rolling, sir.

CENTRAL: Good work, Number One. You take the helm.

NUMBER ONE: Aye aye, sir.

[Rapid_Roy]

Good Morning Tom. Good Morning Weasul, Roy Good Morning BMWMOA...errrrrrr

Whats that sound?

Some of you appear to be snoring...
*WHa?*

Oh Good morning Red!:wave
Good Afternoon Red! :Wave

Holly: :ha
Good Afternoon!:wave

BMWMOA Good Afternoon!
Today is Backfill Day! Yay!

[From MARS]

Good Morning Tom. Good Morning Weasul, Roy Good Morning BMWMOA...errrrrrr

Whats that sound?

Some of you appear to be snoring...

Good morn...err...afternoon, all

No snoring here this morning. I bypassed the keyboard for the handlebars. I went for a 90+ mile ride (all backroads) down to Cassoday, KS. There weren't many people there when I arrived for First Sunday, but about 2000 bikes eventually showed up. I should have taken the camera. There was a sweet early seventies BMW with sidecar and a great plateful of biscuits and sausage gravy that I could have shown you.

Hope everyone one had as good a day!

Tom

[Rapid_Roy]

Good morning Campers!
Today is my last full week of work. Then I go to 3 days of FMLA and 2 days of <s>work</s>employment until September.

[jgr451]

My friend gave me a lavender plant in a pot a few weeks ago.I have been moving it from sun to shade and watering it,when I think of it.It was starting to look like it was being punished.Tonight,my friend came over and I asked him to help me find the right spot to plant it.
So we did.
That was cool.

[Rapid_Roy]

Plants are cool.

:dance

[wezul]

Coffee, I need coffee! :coffee :hungover

[henzilla]

HIYA guys:wave

my exciting day starts and ends putting a clutch in a friends 850R...no playing with new bike today...on second cup of coffee already

[KGT1200]

HIYA guys:wave

my exciting day starts and ends putting a clutch in a friends 850R...no playing with new bike today...on second cup of coffee already

I forgot to mention on my birthday post to you :brad

WHAT A BIKE!

I want one:thumb

Today, as my "chosen"profession is property management, I start my day running rent roles, hearing all the 40 VM's from my day off yesterday.

I would rather be working on bikes today!

Unfortunately, I'm way TOO-DAMN-SLOW to do it for money!

The good news is I had a great ride into the cities today, and thanks to the recent drought ending rains, I spent a few miles riding in chest deep fog, fog so thick I could see the wave parting as I rode through; like something out of the movies!

Last night late on my way to the barn, about 9:30 pm with the end of the twilight barely lighting my way, a "V" of about 80 canadian geese came over the top of the house, so low in fact you could hear their wings beating in the silence of the evening. I got this weird feeling that they very much appeared to know exactly where they were going, in control, and for some reason flying late, flying exactly towards the sun going down.

When you see geese frightened out of a lake or uprooted, they don't fly with such authority.

It was beautiful. It was very unusal for this time of the year.

It absolutely made my day.

[wezul]

Birds are cool.

:dance

[jdmetzger]

Birds are cool.

:dance

Unless it's the crow making a ton of noise outside my window this morning when I was trying to sleep in, since I was up late doing things for work last night. At least he flew off after a few minutes and I managed to doze back off for another hour. :snore

[henzilla]

Fog is NOT cool:dance

well cool in a science sense ,but not to cruise thru...stuff comes up on you QUICK!

Clutch job on hold after I discovered no new flywheel bolts in my parts box(note to self to check and re-check the list)...an excuse to ride to the dealer later. Oil soaked everything due to bad rear seal and really made a mess... I don't call it SLOW...more like "methodical":whistle

Haven't seen geese since they passed thru a few months back

:thumb on the bike...I said the same thing when I rode a friends last year...

[henzilla]

Unless it's the crow making a ton of noise outside my window this morning when I was trying to sleep in, since I was up late doing things for work last night. At least he flew off after a few minutes and I managed to doze back off for another hour. :snore

sure it wasn't the RAVEN???

[jdmetzger]

sure it wasn't the RAVEN???

Hmm... could have been, though it sounded more like "Caw-Caw!" than "Nevermore!"

Also, it wasn't a midnight dreary.

:p

[Rapid_Roy]

I'm just a Poe boy, from a Poe family...................:whistle
:ha

[Klay]

Shamelessly stolen from ADV.
Not nothing, we have a thread for that already.
This will be mindless banter, one step up from nothing.:ha




You're no Charla.:wave

[Rapid_Roy]

You're no Charla.:wave
I know that Klay, and Thank you for noticing.
:ha
:wave

[Klay]

I know that Klay, and Thank you for noticing.
:ha
:wave


:thumb:nyah:bliss

[Klay]

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10081714&postcount=12782

[Rapid_Roy]

I admit I wasn't original enough on the name, but I really didn't expect it to be a copy of that thread, and "Nuke this, my mistake" makes no sense for a title.
:ha
That forum can never be this one.

[Klay]

She's not going to sign up here, so I'll relay messages as necessary.

[Rapid_Roy]

OK.


Hi Charla!:buds

[jdmetzger]

Roy keeps trying to turn this place into advrider. Thread by thread, he's making the transition. Next thing you know, we're going to have an inmates forum and then people will start getting banned and heading off to post on an alternate BMW motorcycle website. :p

[haughty]

Roy keeps trying to turn this place into advrider. Thread by thread, he's making the transition. Next thing you know, we're going to have an inmates forum and then people will start getting banned and heading off to post on an alternate BMW motorcycle website. :p

wOW just noticed the post.. and read... so INmates are ADV riders? How can they park their rides?:D


Have a great day... Yee haw from Texasss Corpus Christi :bikesthis month...

[Rapid_Roy]

Roy keeps trying to turn this place into advrider. Thread by thread, he's making the transition. Next thing you know, we're going to have an inmates forum and then people will start getting banned and heading off to post on an alternate BMW motorcycle website. :p
Nuh-uh!:nyah

I would be the guy putting whoopee cushions down to liven up the Gentlemen's Club though.
Perhaps I should have called this thread "Pull my Finger?"
The Banned have to go to Maximumbikes, that 's the rules.
:ha

[Rapid_Roy]

Did somebody mention that one can get their old member number back from the BMWMOA? I let mine lapse once.
Just curious.

[Brettendress]

I hope if I ever let mine lapse I can get it back it's tattoeed on my left arm along with the BMW logo.

Brett Endress
Altoona Pa

[Klay]

Did somebody mention that one can get their old member number back from the BMWMOA? I let mine lapse once.
Just curious.

I did that more than once if I recall.

[Rapid_Roy]

I did that more than once if I recall.
Sure, that would work for you Klay. I am just not that likable.
:ha

[From MARS]

Some of ya'll know that I use to own an old school in Elmdale and that part of the deal for selling it was that I have to oversee/perform the repairs to the old structure. My help is a group of young people that have discipline problems and one 31 year old that is on probation for drunk and disorderly. They're part of the outreach program the organization seeks to help.

The older man is no problem, but the two 19 yo's didn't show up for work yesterday; they were too tired after a night of partying in KC. Today, when they came in, I explained why employers hire people, what was expected of them, and how not showing up creates havoc with job assignments, etc. I then reminded them of my policy of saving really crappy jobs for those that lose my favor, and asked them if they wanted to work or go home. They chose to work.

The basement has been flooded a couple of times since 1967 when the school was last used and in fact, we just pumped out about 6 inches of water. The floor was covered with 2" of slimy mud. It needed to be cleaned. They got the job. I told them they were my "mudbugs" until it is clean.

I handed them two 5 gal buckets and a shovel, and they went to work. I was really proud of them for taking on the task, and they're doing a good job. When they finish, I promised to move them from the mud room to the pent house; helping with the roof rebuild.

It felt good to see the "lights" come on.

Tom

[dancogan]

Tom, not an easy job you've taken on ... and I'm not talking about the carpentry part. My hat's off to you for teaching real life skills, which those younger people seem to need and which can help them for the rest of their lives. :clap:clap:clap

[Rapid_Roy]

Some of ya'll know that I use to own an old school in Elmdale and that part of the deal for selling it was that I have to oversee/perform the repairs to the old structure. My help is a group of young people that have discipline problems and one 31 year old that is on probation for drunk and disorderly. They're part of the outreach program the organization seeks to help.

The older man is no problem, but the two 19 yo's didn't show up for work yesterday; they were too tired after a night of partying in KC. Today, when they came in, I explained why employers hire people, what was expected of them, and how not showing up creates havoc with job assignments, etc. I then reminded them of my policy of saving really crappy jobs for those that lose my favor, and asked them if they wanted to work or go home. They chose to work.

The basement has been flooded a couple of times since 1967 when the school was last used and in fact, we just pumped out about 6 inches of water. The floor was covered with 2" of slimy mud. It needed to be cleaned. They got the job. I told them they were my "mudbugs" until it is clean.

I handed them two 5 gal buckets and a shovel, and they went to work. I was really proud of them for taking on the task, and they're doing a good job. When they finish, I promised to move them from the mud room to the pent house; helping with the roof rebuild.

It felt good to see the "lights" come on.

Tom

Would you be my Dad?:laugh

[henzilla]

I explained why employers hire people, what was expected of them, and how not showing up creates havoc with job assignments, etc. I then reminded them of my policy of saving really crappy jobs for those that lose my favor, and asked them if they wanted to work or go home. They chose to work.
Tom


Hat's off to you for trying to get these guys heads on...I laughed at the part I quoted...used that tactic many times on young linemen...as had been done to me growing up...."character building" is what my dad called it:laugh

[From MARS]

Would you be my Dad?:laugh

How freaking old do you think I am!

Hat's off to you for trying to get these guys heads on...I laughed at the part I quoted...used that tactic many times on young linemen...as had been done to me growing up...."character building" is what my dad called it:laugh

As you know, the toilet on boats is called a "head". When I managed Seabrook Shipyard, head repairs were saved for those "special" people. They'd get to be "head man" for the day!

I believe that much of what is wrong with today's workforce is they haven't had it explained to them how the "real" world works. Too many supervisors take the easy way out and just let unacceptable behavior go or they fire the individual instead of grooming them. These are basically good kids that just haven't had any guidance reinforced with introductions to reality.

Back when I was a young Marine working on jets, my shop supervisor taught me a great lesson. There was this one part that could only be removed by feel. I had been working for several hours, lying on the wing of the plane in the hot Yuma, AZ sun with my arms stuck inside an access panel, trying to remove this part. The Gunny came out to check on my progress. When I told him the part wouldn't come out, he climbed up on the wing, reached in, and pulled the part out. As I stood there, drenched in sweat, thanking him profusely for helping me out, he calmly put it back in place and said, "Yeah it will" and walked away. Within minutes, I had the part in hand and was heading for the cool of the shop. Its a lesson I've never forgotten.

Tom

[Rapid_Roy]

How freaking old do you think I am!
Calm down. It was an Honorary title. :ha

[Mika]

How freaking old do you think I am!
Tom

Tom your age isn't the question. You have to remember Roy isn't fully toilet trained and needs a young parent to take care of him.

[hlothery]

As a young Private in the Army, the Drill Instructors got my attention once in much the same manner. One night at Ft. Jackson, in the rain, I moved holes for several hours. Seems like every hole I dug was in the wrong place, and I had to move it somewhere else.

Wish I could say I turned out OK...................:dunno

[Rapid_Roy]

Tom your age isn't the question. You have to remember Roy isn't fully toilet trained and needs a young parent to take care of him.
You said you wouldn't tell!
:scratch

[Mika]

I had too. We're so proud of the progress you've made.
:clap

[Rapid_Roy]

It's not progress. I am just holding it all in.
:dance

[Mika]

TMI

DGT (it will be banned again)

[Rapid_Roy]

We get rid of the Tavern, and these people start in the rest of the forum.
Geez!
:ha

[Mika]

You sayin I'm hung over rift raft? :bolt

[From MARS]

You sayin I'm hung over rift raft? :bolt

Which one would be the least offensive; hung over or rift raft?:bolt

Tom

[From MARS]

We get rid of the Tavern, and these people start in the rest of the forum.
Geez!
:ha

I distinctly remember being invited to post here, but it was last call, so......

Tom

[Mika]

Which one would be the least offensive; hung over or rift raft?:bolt

Tom

:dunno

The guilt of association with the Tavern makes the two inseparable on the rest of the forum. Guess I wear it as a badge of honor.

:ha

[Rapid_Roy]

So, we have finally been swimming in the new pool.
I don't know if I can afford anything more "free" from Make a Wish.
:ha

[KGT1200]

"In the Swim.com" has some pretty good deals on on going, expe$ive chemicals that you mu$t have to keep the water from turning green.


Mention my name, I've sent their kids to college!


PS try the solar balls, they work!

Dale

[Rapid_Roy]

It's not the chemicals. I had to pay for extra digging, gravel, drain tile, fencing for around the pool, we are already up to 1600 dollars and counting. The deck will be a 5'x5' because the "extra" for an actual 10'x15' was way too much.
I can buy a heck of a lot of lawn furniture for 5100 dollars.
I would have rather that they paid that, instead of throwing us a party.
We can throw the dang party. This is all very weird. I wonder if they make families they take to Disney pay for their own rooms and food and plane tickets?
:ha

[KGT1200]

It's not the chemicals. I had to pay for extra digging, gravel, drain tile, fencing for around the pool, we are already up to 1600 dollars and counting. The deck will be a 5'x5' because the "extra" for an actual 10'x15' was way too much.
I can buy a heck of a lot of lawn furniture for 5100 dollars.
I would have rather that they paid that, instead of throwing us a party.
We can throw the dang party. This is all very weird. I wonder if they make families they take to Disney pay for their own rooms and food and plane tickets?
:ha

House Insurance people Love pools! ha!

[Rapid_Roy]

House Insurance people Love pools! ha!
Yes, we got "that" form too, from the insurance co. There are no slides or diving boards or "deep end" so it won't be bad.

[KGT1200]

Roy, is it close up to the rear of the house, or out by the bonfire area?

Cool!

When it's all done, it'll be worth it for your daughter!

[Rapid_Roy]

It's in line with the bonfire area, just past the big flat spot I made for the old pool.
Rachael has been swimming in it already.
We fired up the heater yesterday, the water was 91 and the air was 83. :ha
She had a blast.