dduelin
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Vilano Beach, FL
I got soaked twice today in spotty but heavy rain showers.
I got soaked twice today in spotty but heavy rain showers.
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the Ferret
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wow pretty house painting
dduelin
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This house and the one next to it (not pictured but also painted with flowers) has always been a little different. For a long time where was a small sailboat in the yard that had been converted to a planter with flowers growing in it. Vilano Beach got hit hard by hurricanes, two or three, in the last 10 years. I didn't notice when the flower bed/boat disappeared but it might have floated away when the Atlantic came over the dunes just 300 feet to the east.
WingMan71
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80 degrees and sunny today in upstate SC.
Got a second ride on my just finished restoration of my 1976 Honda CB400F. Look at that baby shining in the sun!
Got a second ride on my just finished restoration of my 1976 Honda CB400F. Look at that baby shining in the sun!
the Ferret
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Beautiful restoration job
WingMan71
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Thanks.
My project work log shows 230 hours total.
(This is my 15th restoration in the last 30 years. I really enjoy the process and the work.)
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milesprwr
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Pulled the fuel pump/filter out of the 88 Hawk and replaced the filter and the brittle fuel lines. Need to tuck the tubing away from the shock a bit still. Spark plugs, throttle cable, and clutch cable are next before I put the rebuilt carb back on!
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Did 200 miles on the GL1800 today with the wife on back, as our semiannual Moonshine Store run. The temperatures were excellent, ranging from 55F to 70F. The food was also excellent. Taking a different route back home, we stopped at a small cemetery beside a very nicely paved country road. A simple grave there with a little fence around it and some peony bushes marks the resting place of Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s father and step-mother. It’s pretty cool, seeing this out in the the rural countryside. An historical marker said that Abe and his step-mother would come here to visit Thomas’ grave. My wife comically remarked that they sure had a nice road to travel on. I should have taken a photo, but forgot.
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I've stopped there a few times, but haven't been able to get there during their open hours.
the Ferret
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Day 108... hadn't had the CB out in a couple of weeks, so I took it on my newly figured Fagin's Run Loop and figured out an add that got me from 36 to to 40 miles on the loop. Fun loop! Over 300 curves and some elevation changes. 40 miles @ 65 degrees and cloudy.
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Last week I had started the Goldwing 1800 and moved it around to the house and shut it off. My wife and I got our gear on and set off for a ride. When I restarted the bike, it started fine but the voltage dropped so low that the clock and trip meters got reset. But, I had fully charged the battery a week before, so this was unusual. The Yuasa battery is only 7 years old. In the past I proactively changed still working Goldwing batteries at 8 years, with one of them being moved to a lawn tractor for three years, for a total life of 11 years.
Resting voltage of the old battery was showing low at 12.32 volts after full charge and rest. Upon removing this battery, I found that one cell was bulging the battery case slightly on both sides of the battery - not good. Since one cell out of six was bulging the plastic case suggests the battery may have built with a defect.
So, having grown tired of short-life, old-school lead-acid batteries, I installed a NOCO NLP20 lithium battery, which weighs half as much as the lead battery. The replacement Yuasa would have been about $100, and the NOCO cost me $120. Installation was easy and the fit was excellent. A minor trim on the bike’s main lugs was all that was needed to make the wiring fit.
Turning the key, the headlights showed brightly. When I cranked up the engine, I have never before heard the starter motor spin so fast with any other new battery. My initial impression of the NOCO is very good all around. I’m hoping it will last 15 years and perform well. Due to my age, it will probably be the last battery I’ll put in the Goldwing.
Resting voltage of the old battery was showing low at 12.32 volts after full charge and rest. Upon removing this battery, I found that one cell was bulging the battery case slightly on both sides of the battery - not good. Since one cell out of six was bulging the plastic case suggests the battery may have built with a defect.
So, having grown tired of short-life, old-school lead-acid batteries, I installed a NOCO NLP20 lithium battery, which weighs half as much as the lead battery. The replacement Yuasa would have been about $100, and the NOCO cost me $120. Installation was easy and the fit was excellent. A minor trim on the bike’s main lugs was all that was needed to make the wiring fit.
Turning the key, the headlights showed brightly. When I cranked up the engine, I have never before heard the starter motor spin so fast with any other new battery. My initial impression of the NOCO is very good all around. I’m hoping it will last 15 years and perform well. Due to my age, it will probably be the last battery I’ll put in the Goldwing.
dduelin
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Scuffed in a new front tire. Both bikes got a new front tire yesterday.
Donk
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But don't you have 3 bikes? Did GoldWing sell?
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I thought there were four bikes. The three in the signature line plus a scooter that is mentioned from time to time.
dduelin
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I did sell the Goldwing.
dduelin
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Semi-epic 125 mile scooter ride to Kings Ferry and back. Stopped for coffee in Hilliard, FL. At 50 mph (90% of 55 mph top speed) the NC gets much better mpg than the 66 mpg the 125cc gives.
the Ferret
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Geezalou, 125 mile trip on a 125cc scooter....that's the equivalent to an 1,800 mile trip on the Wing
My one nephew (60 yo) just bought a Grom and my younger brother (72 yo) bought a new Monkey. They are both 125cc. My brother rode his 31 miles the other day and said he needed a nap afterwards lol.
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I love riding my Trail-125, but a 125 miles would be kind of a long day
Donk
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I went to....The New Glarus Bakery. Strangely enough it happens to be in New Glarus WI. Had a morning bun and a coffee.
drjon
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I have been to New Glarus once many years ago, and like I mentioned to ljurgens in a post several weeks ago, one of my ancestors founded the town. He was Fridolin Streiff, and along with Nicolas Duerst, both from the town of Glarus Switzerland, came to the US specifically to find a place that was similar to Glarus in climate so the towns people could come over and continue their way of life, which was dairy farming. At one time, New Glarus was the top producer of Swiss cheese in the US.
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