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Old 08-27-2018, 07:48 PM   #31
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It's a good thing Garry never rode in the rain, or his bike may have had over 1,000,000 kms
You picking on me? How's the water over on your side of the Mountain? Finally letting up here - water table is still so high the water it a constant flow out of my well - What a mess. (Add in them trying to complete a pipeline build that goes by my house) Just ain't pretty around here.



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Old 08-29-2018, 10:16 PM   #32
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You picking on me? How's the water over on your side of the Mountain? Finally letting up here - water table is still so high the water it a constant flow out of my well - What a mess. (Add in them trying to complete a pipeline build that goes by my house) Just ain't pretty around here.
Of course I am picking on you, there should be no question! I feel for you on the water thing though. My brother in law has been having fountains from the well and the french drains in his basement. Up to three feet deep several times over the past three weeks. Gets the brown creek water cleaned up with the clear ground water, and then does it again. Meanwhile the HVAC took a crap so 90 degrees, wet muggy air, and no fix until it all dries out! I SINCERELY hope you are not dealing with that!
BTW, since you are close by, do you know anyone looking for work? Shoot me a PM for some details if you do.
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Old 09-02-2018, 11:58 PM   #33
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How many miles is that? I calculated 400000 that don't seem right. I didn't think any bike could go that many miles.
Sure they can. There used to be a high mileage site that's gone now that listed bikes like Gary's. I saw a couple Goldwings with over 400K and a BMW or two too. I know of one guy in Texas that put over 500K on a BMW Oil Head.
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Old 10-12-2019, 01:14 PM   #34
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The person who bought my old Voyager sent me this photo a while back, he’s at 703k now and the only repair the bike has needed is a blown headlight bulb. No rest for a great Kawasaki!
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The person who bought my old Voyager sent me this photo a while back, he’s at 703k now and the only repair the bike has needed is a blown headlight bulb. No rest for a great Kawasaki!
What's the mileage on the second engine?
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Original engine went 402k without issue, replaced only due to a bent shift fork. Second engine was from a salvage bike with 13k so who knows how it was used or abused before I got it.
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What mileage do you have on your other bikes now Garry? Are those still the Super Tenere plus now a Gold Wing?
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125k on the Super Tenere, 34k on the Tracer that I traded off in August, and 15k on the Goldwing........ but that keeps changing! ��
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Old 10-13-2019, 09:56 AM   #41
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Congratulations on the new Tracer I added a 2019 Yamaha MT10 to my stable last June. Considered the Tracer but, I already have the Vaquero and a Suzuki C109 so, I wanted something to get my blood pumping once in a while.
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