Dang .. Nasty Day

Drizzling rain started last night, sometime..

Then it got a little worse about rush hour..

Slacked off just a bit, but the entire day has been grey and gloomy with
occasional spits..

Finally unwrapped the Green Vulcan and eased out for just a bit, to run a
few errands around town.. Sheesh.. never seen so many nitwits playing in
traffic.. Guess they are all suffering from some kind of gloomy day malady,
or something.. hmmm
Could be that they suffer from something a little more perpetual than that..
lol

By the time I eased the Green One back on the patio, it was too filthy to
cover back up, so I rinsed that puppy off, just a bit.. Just let the air dry
it and did a quick once over with a damp towel.. That'll work for now.. the
day is just too messy for me to get all riled up about a detailed (or lack
thereof) motorcycle..

Just think.. I could've used the black pickup to run those errands and saved
myself a mess to clean up.. <chuckle>

Regards

Bill Walker
Irving

 

I for one am glad you took the Greenone out on such a messy day..proves
your not a candyass.

I brought mine to work today..I am going to McKinney after work and a
friend and I are going to adjust my valves and replace the O-Rings on
the valve covers. That should take care of the small oil leak that has
developed on the front cylinder. I will do a oil change and my ole
scooter should be in tip top shape once again.

Redshad

 

That's not very sympathetic.. lol

That's good.. We should be in good shape to make that Arizona run..
Looking forward to it.. Regards

Bill Walker

 

Red-Shad
''I brought mine to work today..I am going to McKinney after work and a
friend and I are going to adjust my valves and replace the O-Rings on
the valve covers. That should take care of the small oil leak that has
developed on the front cylinder. I will do a oil change and my ole
scooter should be in tip top shape once again.
Redshad~




You trailer'd it.!?!
Those Mena rides are hard on you guys bikes, something about them
oil&gas leaks, after gettin' home.
Heh-heh- I know you ment, 'rode' that goodlooking Yama0650. (or did
ja'?) after reading it agin', grin. I believe you did haul er'. <g> bjay
all day!

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

 

We ride those roads in Arkansas hard and fast. I guess thats what tears our
motorscooters up. They arent used to running that hard. Mine had a small oil
leak because I didnt replace the O-Rings face seals when I did the last
valve adjustment. I didnt replace them because the three Yamaha dealerships
near me didnt have them in stock. I ordered them in last week so this time I
could replace them.

I hauled it to work. When you do a valve adjustment, the bike has to be
stone cold. I trailered it also incase something went wrong I wouldnt be
stuck 70 miles from home with no ride plus I aint skeered to trailer. LOL

Redshad

 

Some do and some don't.. Any run that entails something like 1000 - 1500
miles on a weekend, should be followed up with some routine maintenance.
Which is mostly what you are hearing about.. After ten years of reliable
service, a minor gas leak is not much consequence..

Redshad is conscientous about valve adjustments.. That's a good thing..
His motorcycle is certainly not "maintenance deprived" by any means..

You managed to ride with us for a short 30 or 40 miles.. That's the way
we ride for the entire weekend.. Those highways in the part of Arkansas
where we have ridden several times, lately.. are definitely not for rookies
or posers.. After that kind of riding for a weekend.. the motorcycle
definitely
needs some tender loving maintenance care.. Either take care of the bike
or it won't be with you for long..

Bill Walker
Irving

 

Red-Shad Bjay,I hauled it to work. When you do a valve adjustment, the
bike has to be stone cold. I trailered it also incase something went
wrong I wouldnt be stuck 70 miles from home with no ride plus I aint
skeered to trailer. LOL
Redshad



Gotcha covered. just messing witcha.

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

 

Bill Walker explains further:
''Some do and some don't.. Any run that entails something like 1000 -
1500 miles on a weekend, should be followed up with some routine
maintenance. Which is mostly what you are hearing about.. After ten
years of reliable service, a minor gas leak is not much consequence..
~~Redshad is conscientous about valve adjustments.. That's a good
thing.. His motorcycle is certainly not "maintenance deprived" by any
means..
~~~You managed to ride with us for a short 30 or 40 miles.. ~~That's the
way we ride for the entire weekend..~~~ Those highways in the part of
Arkansas where we have ridden several times, lately.. are definitely not
for rookies or posers.. ~~~~~After that kind of riding for a weekend..
the motorcycle definitely
needs some tender loving maintenance care.. ~~~~Either take care of the
bike or it won't be with you for long..
Bill Walker
Irving~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yeah, and I enjoyed the little bit that I did get to ride with you guys.
(mighty fun)
‘‘That's the way we ride? You say above?’’
What way was that? I thought it was fun. I remember about 3 others were
about a mile behind. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I
usually try to stay with the pack.
~~~Bill, did I read, that you did not ride the Saturday Ride, the
250-300mile tour around Mena and Nebo Mtn,? (Nah, I didnt read that,
sorry).
I will say, that I have ridden the Ozarks numerous times, but hardly
ever rode in a Hurry, didnt then, wont now (to an extent). ~~So, had we
been along, I would have been way back out of site, more than likely. I
know at times, I would kick'er up, on some of the curves, but normally,
Honey and I, like looking.
~~~Especially when them purty' Arkansas leaves ''be out''.
''have a good'un'', bjay-allday!

 

Bill Walker explains further:
''Some do and some don't.. Any run that entails something like 1000 -
1500 miles on a weekend, should be followed up with some routine
maintenance. Which is mostly what you are hearing about.. After ten
years of reliable service, a minor gas leak is not much consequence..
~~Redshad is conscientous about valve adjustments.. That's a good
thing.. His motorcycle is certainly not "maintenance deprived" by any
means..
~~~You managed to ride with us for a short 30 or 40 miles.. ~~That's the
way we ride for the entire weekend..~~~ Those highways in the part of
Arkansas where we have ridden several times, lately.. are definitely not
for rookies or posers.. ~~~~~After that kind of riding for a weekend..
the motorcycle definitely
needs some tender loving maintenance care.. ~~~~Either take care of the
bike or it won't be with you for long..
Bill Walker
Irving~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yeah, and I enjoyed the little bit that I did get to ride with you guys.
(mighty fun)
''That's the way we ride? You say above?''
What way was that? I thought it was fun. I remember about 3 others were
about a mile behind. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I
usually try to stay with the pack.

Sure.. that was a good little ride.. especially on old hwy. 67.. What I
meant
was.. we didn't fool around.. Breezed by a couple of the local cops that
could have written a few tickets..

~~~Bill, did I read, that you did not ride the Saturday Ride, the
250-300mile tour around Mena and Nebo Mtn,? (Nah, I didnt read that,
sorry).

I don't know if you read it, or not.. I didn't make the whole ride.. We had
a young fellow that was having some real hard times.. keepin' up and
hooking up with some of those twisty ones.. He decided that he was out
of his element and over his head, so he'd best quit the ride and go back..
We were about 100 miles east of Mena and I was worried about him
getting back safely, so I kinda escorted him back .. The two of us made
the return trip OK, but I missed about 200 miles of the run..

I will say, that I have ridden the Ozarks numerous times, but hardly
ever rode in a Hurry, didnt then, wont now (to an extent). ~~So, had we
been along, I would have been way back out of site, more than likely. I
know at times, I would kick'er up, on some of the curves, but normally,
Honey and I, like looking.
~~~Especially when them purty' Arkansas leaves ''be out''.
''have a good'un'', bjay-allday!

 

Bill Walker responds
Bjay: We had a young fellow that was having some real hard times..
keepin' up and hooking up with some of those twisty ones.. He decided
that he was out of element.



He was one of those rookies, eh?
Was that his first trip out of town?

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

 

I don't think so.. He isn't one of the guys that we ride with, though..
There were probably more than fifty riders that made that run.. All
of them didn't go to Mena with us.. They gathered there to make that
day run..

 

It was one of the guys from a Ninja 250 club that wanted to go with us. I
posted the trip we were taking on there web forumn and he wanted to go. He
has been on several Mena trips but he just cant keep up even though he was
on a Ninja 900cc motorcycle. The boy has a garage full of motorcycles and
cant seem to get any of them up to speed. He doesnt feel confortable riding
like we do so he falls way behind. Hes skeered to take a 20 MPH corner at
80..dont know whats wrong wif da boy. He also had some problems with his
shoulder. I think the boy has some health issues that prevents him from
riding very long. He does good if its a short run at slow speeds. Bill
Walker felt sorry for him and it was a good excuse for Bill to bail out on
the ride and head back to the hotel to relax and take it easy. I think he
learned that from another guy that post on here often. LOL..wont mention no
names but Bill knows who I am talking about.

Redshad

 

Bill, He was one of those rookies, eh?
Was that his first trip out of town?
'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--


bjay;
I don't think so.. He isn't one of the guys that we ride with, though..
There were probably more than fifty riders that made that run.. All of
them didn't go to Mena with us.. They gathered there to make that day
run.. Bill Walker~


Well, I think that weekend was also the CMA deal. So, you turned around
and rode back making a sacrifice, escorting a young rookie (wanna be)
rider, that wasnt even in your group? That was a noble thing to do.
(cher'kle). So, that sorta cut into your 1500 mile weekend run, eh?
(cher'kle)

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

 

(Redshad)
Say Bill:
So,he was one of those rookies, eh?
Was that his first trip out of town?
'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

Bjay:
It was one of the guys from a Ninja 250 club that wanted to go with us.
I posted the trip we~~~~~
Hes skeered to take a 20 MPH corner at 80..dont know whats wrong wif da
boy. He does good if its a short run at slow speeds. _____Bill
Walker____ felt sorry for him and it was a good excuse for _Bill_ to
bail out on the ride and head back to the hotel to relax and take it
easy. I think he learned that from another guy that post on here often.
LOL..wont mention no names but Bill knows who I am talking about.
Redshad~~~~~


(responds
LMAO twice) 1. The boy could not run the 20 mph curves @ 80mph. 2. That
the old veteran found an excuse to turn around, and go to the house. (I
needed agood laff over here in cool NE Texas) Thanx Red-SHAD. over,
bjay-allday!