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Post by scooterran on Jul 7, 2010 20:12:02 GMT -6
I've still got this guys name and if I got something he wants, this sucker is S.O.L. He lives an hour away from me and every once in a while I put something in his local paper for sale. Come on fishy, take a bite. He, HE
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Post by scooterran on Jul 5, 2010 20:40:32 GMT -6
Very sorry for you and your son, mthomas.. Same thing happened to me in the early 70's. I saw a Bass boat in the paper for sale, so I called him up and told him I wanted to look at it,  He says ok come on over it's in a storage shed. Ranger Bass Boat with a 150 Johnson in perfect shape, no skid marks on the front, I mean  Told him I would take it. $2,800. I told him that I would have the money tomorrow and would be back to pay for it. Early the next morning I got a call from him and he said that, the boat has been sold  .........  Nothing I could do. Learned later that I should have given him a down payment of some kind and got a reciept from him. One lesson leaarned. |
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Post by scooterran on Jul 4, 2010 20:59:19 GMT -6
Today I was clocked going 72 mph and I was not at WOT, but I was close to it. Me and MY Mc-54-250-B
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Post by scooterran on Jun 29, 2010 21:49:04 GMT -6
Welcome aboard scootilen. Glad you came along for the ride. It will be great as you will learn about different scoots and many friendly people that will help you with your problems. Yes, get yourself a 4 stroke, you'll love it.....Scooterran
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Post by scooterran on Jun 29, 2010 20:12:07 GMT -6
I ride my scoot to work and back (250-B) when the weather allows and I run about 60-65 mph. with a little throddle left. ( 60 mph speed limit ) Then I have to get on the interstate and it's a 70 mph limit and I'm running that and I don't have much throddle left, just a little twist and I'm at the max. A lot of things has to do with getting top speed from your scoot as it would out of any vehickle. Tire pressure, Carb. adjustment, Valve adjustment, Spark plug gap, better grade of gas, all of these things have an input on your top speed.
Now I'm just a little over J.R.'s weight loss. Like 50 lbs. so yes, weight is a factor. ( Wife put me on a diet as of Monday and I'm hard to get along with already.) LOL's
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Post by scooterran on Jun 29, 2010 19:26:22 GMT -6
Have a safe trip Bashan, and take a windbreaker with you. We just had a weather front move through and everything has cooled down . It's really nice and we can breath, leave the windows cracked with the wholehouse fan on. ZZZZZZZZZZ! Yep, by the time you get to Toledo it should be nice weather. Have fun== Scooterran
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Post by scooterran on Jun 19, 2010 20:01:53 GMT -6
Hot Damn !!!!!! Looks really great. Fine paint job Bashan......No badges, leave plain, only 1 of a kind.........
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Post by scooterran on Jun 19, 2010 17:45:46 GMT -6
ZUGZUG , If another scooterdude doesn't wave or give you the low wave, he's scared to death to let go of the handle bar. I generally pass the same bikers on the way to work every day and we all give each other the low wave. Now sometimes, I have gotten the old head nod that acknowledges a hello. This I take this as a greeting because , he has to be a rookie and won't let go of the handle bar . We all understand as we all have been there with our 1st bikes or scoots. So , take it easy and enjoy the ride.
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Post by scooterran on Jun 16, 2010 21:31:47 GMT -6
Today it was nice out. The sun was out and it was hot, 92 . Supposed to be the same tomorow so I'm going to ride the scoot. Whooopie........
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Post by scooterran on Jun 16, 2010 21:08:17 GMT -6
Whatever happened to those nice summer showers that we used to get ? The 1/2 inch to an inch of rain that would come and go in 3-4 hours. Cool everything down to where you could get a good nights sleep.
I remember betting my brother that I could run to the end of the block and back before he could in the rain. It was a pretty close race until I stomped my foot in a puddle and got him all wet. He would get so mad that he would start after me. I had to run fast so he wouldn't catch me and beat the tar out of me. Yep, I was the winner as I kept on running after we got to our house. But, he would wait until I was asleep and then beat the tar out of me with a pillow. Ah , the good old days.....
Luke, If I could send you some water, I would, I've got more than enough. So much that it washed out the culvert on our road.
Yes JR. I have been watching the weather pattern in your sate if Arkie land and My heart and prayers go out to all.
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Post by scooterran on Jun 15, 2010 20:32:48 GMT -6
Can you believe this ? We have had thunderstorms for 4, I say 4 days in a row. It has poured buckets of rain. All the creeks are out of the banks and going across the roads. The Wabash river is backed up and flooding the river bottoms. The corn and bean crops are pretty well gone. The corn was waste high and the beans were knee high and now they are sitting in water.
We had a lot of lightning yesterday evening and also this afternoon, some close to my house. When you here a crack and then the thunder, it is close, too close.
As for the scooter, it's sitting in the garage and it needs a gasket for the exhaust. Someone help me on this one, where to buy 1 for a mc 54 250 b. " Cheep or even Free is better" LOL'S This will be the 2nd one in 7000 + miles. If it keeps on raining, I think I'll put pontoons on the scoot and ride around the river bottoms and into town.
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Post by scooterran on Jun 9, 2010 16:28:22 GMT -6
Smorkle, The company that I work for has a distrabution center in KC. Ever here of Teepak?
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Post by scooterran on Jun 6, 2010 9:05:33 GMT -6
At least you can get to your work bench. I have an alley from one end to the other. Nobody touches anything cause I know where everything is at.
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Post by scooterran on May 29, 2010 15:32:57 GMT -6
Lube changes on all, scoot, riding lawnmowers, EVERY HOLIDAY, Good way to keep track.  Scoot now has : 6789 miles on it and going strong. I like the Micheland Pilot Sports, they're doing great. |
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Post by scooterran on May 27, 2010 21:04:54 GMT -6
Smorkle, This happened to me over the last week. If the scoot sat for a couple of days,( due to rain from the southwest ), the scoot wouldn't start. Put on the jumper and wala, it started. Went to work, got off work and it started up. Wouldn't start the next morning and I did the same thing, rode to work and then I got off work and rode to a car dealer to get a quote on a car. Went out to leave and the scoot wouldn't start. Walked across the road to BIG-R and luckly, they had a battery that would fit but I had to add the acid. I think it was $43.00. After I added the acid I waited 15 minutes and then hit the starter and it started right off, 1st hit of the starter. My battery was 2 years old also. I have started it up several times since with no problems....
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He says ok come on over it's in a storage shed. Ranger Bass Boat with a 150 Johnson in perfect shape, no skid marks on the front, I mean 
Told him I would take it. $2,800. I told him that I would have the money tomorrow and would be back to pay for it. Early the next morning I got a call from him and he said that, the boat has been sold 
......... 
Nothing I could do. Learned later that I should have given him a down payment of some kind and got a reciept from him. One lesson leaarned.