Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I didn't pick the best place to pull over, but it was the best I could find on such short notice.:laughing: The new windshield is made by a company called Parabellum, and they've done wind tunnel testing to ensure they'll stand up to the wind loads. And I think they replace most of the BMW mounting hardware with their own. I'll know more tomorrow after a friendly chat with them on the phone.

Glad your encounter had a safe ending. I usually carry when I'm away from home, but this time decided it was more hassle than it was worth. Boy was I wrong. For all I knew, that nut job in the next room was about to send a bullet through the wall at any minute, and all I had was a pocket knife. Never again...

As you probably know, be sure to torque the new windshield screws a little at a time to let it position itself properly.

Thanks Lou, I give it a try tomorrow.

Don, you may have to pull out the pin (that is getting greased) to see the culprit. A grease gun puts out tremendous pressure, I would suspect a faulty zerk or something strong clogging the passageway.

Didn't get much done today.

Work tomorrow. (I worked last Th and Fri). Still busy at work.

Rich, hope you can keep it cool until then. What is your hotshoe riding this year? Hope for a good race.

J- I always wondered how a parked vehicle can decide to just start sliding (if was parked before the ice storm). But maybe enough water gets under the tires and freezes, lifting the tires off the pavement???

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 38F for the start, clear. light breeze. Sly stayed clear, Wind was moderate nid day then baked down, and high temp was 65F. Chapel to start day, then home to fix wife's breakfast. Energy conservation rest of the day, no nap.
Don good luck with the zerk fitting.
Rich have fun racing next weekend.
Welcome gstorm99 :welcome:
Buppies thanks for the forecast.
Harry Bird day, Bird
Kyle, glad nothing bad happened from the double booking!! :thumbsup:
Jay nice pic. hope the wood ashes hold out.
prayers for all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-01-06, 0335

11 right now...high in the lower 30's today and snow showers...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
19°F and going up to 30. Wind ESE 14 mph. Snow. A couple of inches overnight and a couple of more today.

I haven't turned the tractor block heater on yet, but I will, eventually. Plowing IS on the agenda for today.

Have a good day all

 

[Bird]

32 degrees going for a sunny 61 today. I've got an hour or so of physical therapy at 7:30 a.m.; been going twice each week and will be glad when it's over. I'd much rather do the same exercises here at home.

 

[toppop52]

Got to 26 around midnight, 32 now, 53 later. Mild today, then chili, then warm by Friday.

Gotta get in the shower and then get my soup going.
Have a good day, prayers.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning, 35 now, maybe 42 later and sunny. One 田old day this week then warming back up with rain.

Supposed to be near 80 Saturday in Callahan FL......

Kyle, we have settled on Yamaha YZ450. They make decent power, definitely more reliable than the Honda, and actually handle really well. Strange thing is, the reputation is they are difficult to get to handle. And they are difficult to get them to handle. But once you find the sweet spot, they handle extremely well. Outside of the sweet spot, they are a handful. We have LOTS of notes.

RNG....what brand of shield broke?

Got to make a short road trip today to visit a dealer. Pretty certain it will take longer to start my laptop than fix the problem with the machine. And likely a 10mA setting change to fix it. Processor controlled hydraulics are amazing what they are capable of, but sometimes, people try to get to precise with settings. It doesn稚 need to be that precise.

Everyone have a safe and good day

 

[wngsprd]

31 and stars, going to 53.

Jay, wish you were closer so I could share my woodstove ashes with your driveway. I carry out the ash tray from the bottom of the woodstove each morning before adding firewood, and have built up quite a volcano of ashes in my firepit. I'll soon need to shovel them into my FEL bucket and spread on a food plot that has the most clay on our property.

We took our Christmas tree down yesterday. Kinda late, but we so hate to see it go. I got tired of dropping needles throughout the house on the way to the door, so developed a new removal method last year. Place a small tarp next to it, and lop off the branches and stack them neatly...we pick up the tarp by the corners and carry outside, then I drag it to a brush pile. Then the trunk is light, pick straight up and take out, and no mess. (I've heard there are artificial trees that sort of work the same way ).

May bring my generator out of the shed today and give it a short run...make sure the battery is strong, and no mice damage, since it sits near where I caught the 11 mice last month. I used to keep a cover on it, but the mice liked to slip under it and build a nest on top. A tiny bit of snow is forecast tomorrow, so not too early to get prepared for a storm later this month.

 

[daugen]

Good morning all.
35 and heading up to 60 in sunny weather.
Have my third and last ear shot this afternoon, an hour away, so that means inside chores til I leave. Have six full heavy boxes to carry downstairs, going on burn pile and a lot more to go. Steady wins the race.

Rich, the blurb on your bike said it brought 4 cycle motors to dirt bike racing vs previous two cycle. Like my 250 cc Bultaco that I drove all over the farm 50 years ago. They also say you can get a smart phone app so that you can power tune your motor while racing. Talk about multitasking... Have fun and be safe.
Since electric car racing is now serious business, I wonder when there's a motorcycle class for EV. So much weight to batteries I would think power to weight ratio would doom electrics, but depends upon length of race.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all.

My wife packed away the last of the Christmas decorations yesterday while I dismembered the Christmas tree, which as wng says, makes for an easy trip through the doors, but still seems a little disrespectful. The homemade tree stand worked well, first time in long while that our tree didn't do a leaning tower of pisa impression.

The wind is rising and according to the experts, will soon be bringing a band of wet stuff this way. Catching up on paperwork looks to be my destiny for the rest of today.

 

[Thomas]

15F clear sky upper 20's for high chance snow shower or two later today.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...dump run,store for critter food, vacuum house for the Mrs.,clean the wood furnace.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 38˚F heading to 70˚F mostly clear. Garden this afternoon and tackle the zerk problem. They want me put wood chips in the orchard but I think I need to aerate and mulch the trees first.
Drew what do you do with the ground around your fruit trees in the Winter/Spring?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG....what brand of shield broke?

It was a Clearview. The replacement will be from Parabellum.

Good luck at the races, Rich, and enjoy the heck out of that weather while you're there!:thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Since electric car racing is now serious business, I wonder when there's a motorcycle class for EV. So much weight to batteries I would think power to weight ratio would doom electrics, but depends upon length of race.

They've been racing electric motorcycles on the Isle of Mann for several years now, Drew, and I think electrics are racing at Pike's Peak, too. I'm not aware of any AMA or FIM classes for them yet, though.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 32° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 41° with sunny skies and wind. Not much got done yesterday. All Christmas stuff is put away. May be the same today. I am doing 20 + minutes each day on exercise bike. Usually 10 minutes at a time. But have done over 15 minutes keeping heart at 110 bpm.

Wngsprd, good you mentioned generator. I remembered that my whole house generator was sputtering a little when it first started up to do it's weekly run. Needs new plugs. It's on the list.

Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

They've been racing electric motorcycles on the Isle of Mann for several years now, Drew, and I think electrics are racing at Pike's Peak, too. I'm not aware of any AMA or FIM classes for them yet, though.

Most indoor go kart tracks use electric karts, acceleration. Is brutal!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 48F @ 4:45AM. Sunny. High 58F. Winds light and variable.

I need to drain the gasoline out of my generator and mothball it for the winter, so thanks for the reminders, guys.

Cleaned hair out of the master bath sink drain, and put a baggie full of vinegar over the faucet end to hopefully dissolve the lime deposits enough to be able to remove the screen. It was bubbling yesterday...

The drain line for the water softener brine was clogged at the end, but it took the landscape rake on the tractor to find it. So I got a few minutes of seat time, and some shovel time in, too. Now the softener should regenerate and I'll have soft water again as soon as the pressure tank empties.

Burned another box of papers in the campfire yesterday. Glad I did it in the dark as these were all the records from the divorce, and held lots of bad memories. Now I'll start going through records from my parent's estate; most are more than ten years old now. Somewhere there's a box of family photos, all of them dead, and it should get the same treatment.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

 

[daugen]

Don, orchard is mowed as lawn, and next week I spray the dormant oil spray on the trees, then in May another organic fruit spray.
Basically I do nothing with the ground, just the trees. No matter what, no mulch within a certain distance to the trunks, just invites borers.
I pruned the whole orchard last week.

 

[daugen]

Burned another box of papers in the campfire yesterday. Glad I did it in the dark as these were all the records from the divorce, and held lots of bad memories.

that sure sounds familiar, burning up 7 years of medical records yesterday for my late wife, except had to pull out all the films, not burning that stuff, probably toxic.

nothing like electricity to give you full torque right now; am always surprised how fast my golf cart goes from start.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

that sure sounds familiar, burning up 7 years of medical records yesterday for my late wife, except had to pull out all the films, not burning that stuff, probably toxic.

I've been burning plastic pill vials to destroy the labels, plastic CDs and DVDs, and even some medications (the inhalers make a nice pop!). I just make it a point to stay out of the smoke.