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Just took a ride with my daughter today. Still riding the First-Gen V-Max (my third one). :eusa_dance: She has grown up now. But me and the bike have not. :biglaugh:

Dad and I took a short ride into town this morning. Dad said, "At the next stop sign or stop light, we should race." He owns an old Gold Wing 1100 and Honda VTX 1300. He believed his Gold Wing was faster. He was right. When we got home he said, "Did you get second place again?" LOL :biglaugh...

Mom passed away today. She was very established in her faith as I am, and most of our family. She passed away very, very peacefully. My dad is taking it well, but mostly glad the suffering is over. He kissed her and said, "Goodby. I love you. I'll see you in a little while." Glad I was able to...

Retired Air Force: 22 years active duty. Only one move - Charleston AFB, SC to McChord AFB, WA.

Yesterday I won first place in my category in drag racing. My friend came who bought my old FJ 1200. We raced together and we got first and second place. My times were not very good because I was not mentally "in the game" due to what's written below... Returned home with my trophy last night...

I just bought this programmable shift light. It should be a lot better. SPEEDHUT SST Shift Light

This photo was taken the last time I was at the track... the final race against a Kawasaki ZX-9. He chased me down and I got second place. But look at the lead I had. My V-Max owned the track to 60 feet!

Thanks. Yes, that's me *TEMPORARILY* in front of that super-quick BMW S1000RR. :biglaugh: Here's the time slip from that run against the BMW... which was my personal best ET.

Metzler Marathon ME888 Good idea. The tire may be a "hard" compound. On wet roads it slips all over with very little effort.

Getting stoked for my final drag race this year - Friday and Saturday. The track only has 3 events per year, and the next one is while I'm on vacation. I removed the windscreen and added a cheap (larger) shift light. But this cheap shift light is not very accurate and once it comes on, and I...

Yes. A favorite line I read in a Camaro ad: "Runs like a cheap pair of pantyhose." :biglaugh:

I've given it some time now, but the wobble is definitely still there. It was VERY bad 3 days ago. I will take a video sometime. There are some places where the wobble is predictable. Seems some days are worse than others. Not sure if wind direction and wind speed is a factor. Bumps in turns and...

I think it was some fertilizer or something. It smelled really bad in there. Good point, but I paid a price to do this. As I entered through a wide open gate, I saw 3 guys sitting on the steps, and I waved, and continued to drive around the building. On the back side I found that open door...

I got a call from my sister last night about my mom. Her heart has given her trouble for a few years now, but now in fibrillation (atrial fibrillation). They cannot correct the fibrillation because of her pacemaker. She's home and on oxygen 100% of the time now, waiting for another appointment...

I took this picture on the way home from work the other day. Sure was tempting... :biglaugh:

There is a building I pass on the way to Budapest. The name is "Sano." I've always wanted to go into this building so I could say I went "IN SANO." Ha ha... a little play on words. So yesterday I did just that. I went IN SANO. In fact, my V-Max went COMPLETELY IN SANO. Me... in Sano...

So don't conceal. Just open-carry. Should be covered by the Second Amendment, right? I wish it was that simple.

There's my problem. I've changed literally everything that would have anything to do with instability. I've got nothing left.

So the 4+ hour ride today was uneventful. Maybe we fixed this wobble issue. I'll give it some time and let y'all know sometime later if we have a good fix. Notes: 1. The length of road where I could generate a severe wobble was UNDER CONSTRUCTION. So when I fixed my bike, they decided to fix...

I followed these procedures, but my torque wrench's lowest setting is 10 ft-lbs. So at the second step, the torque was so light that I didn't feel my torque wrench break. So I accidentally went to about 15 or 20, then I heard a "pop" which scared me. It sounded like I broke something...