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It's really a matter of semantics. There is no difference beyond the frame of reference. 'intake vacuum' is mostly an automotive prase, and measured relative to atmospheric pressure, as cars rarely go to altitude enough to change the frame of reference. 'manifold pressure' is used in aviation, because aircraft obviously gain enough altitude that the atmospheric pressure changes so much you can't use differential between atmospheric and intake pressure meaningfully. 'manifold pressure' is an absolute measured above zero, 'intake vacuum' is a differential between above and below throttle plates. Additionally, many aircraft (and modern autos) have turbo/superchargers which boost pressure above 'vacuum' so the phrase isn't applicable. Glad I could make that clear lol

Got to post the evolution. It aged very well. |

I watched the Laguna Seca GP in 1988, had the good fortune to have a good view of turns 3 & 4. Schwanz had time through that section on everyone, including Wayne Rainey. He braked late and heavy, and slid the front so heavily it striped the pavement. Then he transitioned off the brake and heavy throttle, the stripe went from front tire to rear within a bike length. He simply changed his heading in the course of a couple bike lengths, both entering and exiting the corners tighter and faster than everyone else. That was the weekend I knew I was never going to be better than a club racer.

i think I have every version of Ghost Riders ever recorded in my digital collection. The Outlaws' is still my favorite.

WEF; "What do the plebes who most like their freedom, the free thinkers, the control-resistant ones, like to do that proper slaves do not?" 1. Guns 2. Motorcycles 3, Travel to places where we don't have revenue streams, so list as dangerous on the Department of State website Let's eliminate those things.

So yeah, went to the post office to pick up some priority boxes, felt funny on the way home. Drywall screw in the rear tire. That's twice; this one was only 3 inches away from the first and worryingly close to the sidewall. Another plug for errands and city work. I guess it's a new rear shoe for the Spine Raid.

So many jokes, so little time

Just not going to have the time for it, unless it's on the way back. Just too much to see...if only that stock would come in lol

Already got my Permethri-Jammies packed lol https://www.insectshield.com Thanks for the salve recommendation, though. I'll find it and hope we don't have much occasion to need it. We'll see.

Probably won't have a day on the way up, but maybe; not my decision. However, I'll take the route in case we can, or if I come back South on the return trip, and even if not I'll get up there again sometime hopefully before I age out.

I don't know anything about .gpx files, but I've generated one on Garmin BaseCamp. If anyone wants to view and comment my route (I'm only planning a route to Vancouver, then it's wing it) I'll share it- is that something I can put up in here? El Paso to Canada.gpx

Done. Thanks, that looks like a nice little addition.

The Sena is used, PO says it works while plugged in, and I have a pretty big battery pack to carry along. We'll see, I just don't have the time to install something bigger and better.

I'm going to have to figure out where to post photos etc. I don't know how well documented this trip will be, it's a 'ride' not a destination. Anchorage is the idea for the turn-around, but a lot depends on mileage and time. I do have a camera on the Sena talky, if I can learn how to use it...of course there will be pics when we stop. I suppose I can simply make a shared folder in Google photos and do the narrative here.

Saving Private Ryan.

There are certain songs close enough to the heart that I do not listen to them. 'Mad World' is one, and a couple other Moby makes.

Bruh. The first time someone said "Wait! Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings??" was 1985. You're late to the party.

The biggest consideration with galling, as opposed to corrosion and electrolysis, is differential of hardness. For reasons only seasoned metallurgists understand- maybe- materials close in hardness tend to gall, whereas a hard and soft pair tend not to. Whether the pair is hard or soft only affects how much pressure is needed to gall, not so much that it will happen. What to use on threads when assembling is a whole 'nother science, considering materials, environment, vibration etc. WoooWeee! says Mr. PBH. Mr. Phil's machining skills are def. Pro level.

I've been in a lot of storms, from Hurricane Wilma's eye to a Minnesota tornado to sailing in 80 knot winds and rain in the Atlantic. Worst I've ever seen was I-10 West of Dallas in 1980. It went from 'jeez look at that cloud' to my buddy driving with his head out the window, drowning, just to be able to see the line in the road so he could find the shoulder in about 3 minutes. Literally could not see the Oldsmobile hood ornament. I've never before or since seen that much water come from the sky. I don't think anyone can really understand it until they've stood under it.

Hmm "Don't miss the V11 Cafe, down in the heart of Maggie Valley for the world's best Italian Motorcycle BS and pretty good espresso, too" Just have to find some conscientious Stupefyin' Jones to run it lol

The fridge drawing is awesome. I recognize the Key West 'fridge magnet lol

This would show something, surely. It's not impossible that there's a wiring fault in the harness somewhere, let's say for instance the sensor return-to-ecu wire is grounded; since the ecu is looking for input and output to compare, if the return is grounded it sees output with zero return input, which might be interpreted as below zero temps or something. This is a search and destroy diagnosis, and software visibility would surely save a lot of fingerwork.

Don't know if it's simply the audio, or the combo of 4 valve heads and a 2-into-1, or the muffler itself but in that video the bike sounds like a fart. I have one of the last Staintune V11 exhausts in a box in the garage. I hope it's not shyte. I also hope I never have to take it out of the box.