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Title: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on May 24, 2020, 10:11:15 PM
All the Coronavirus crap has me at home and online more.  Thinking of a new place to read a little and realized it was finally time made a login here.

I'm Don from a place called Webb City in SW Missouri.  Three bikes.  99 FXR2, 2000 CVO Road Glide and a 2002 CVO Road King.  They're all red.  They are also all stock (that last part is a lie).

A good friend of mine (who regularly steals my wifi) has been a vocal proponent of the benefits of hanging here a bit.  So...  I'll start reading too.  Hello everyone.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: rigidthumper on May 25, 2020, 06:30:47 AM
Welcome! I'm just north of ya, in Adrian.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on May 25, 2020, 07:04:21 AM
Quote from: rigidthumper on May 25, 2020, 06:30:47 AM
Welcome! I'm just north of ya, in Adrian.


Cool.  I did my anti-social-distancing through Adrian on an afternoon ride a couple weeks ago. 
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: SixShooter14 on May 25, 2020, 08:34:02 PM
Howdy, welcome from Arkansas

You can check out the tech sections of the site for about any thing HD related. Or visit Earl's Place for the more social conversations.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on May 25, 2020, 09:58:35 PM
Thank you very much.  Did a little reading earlier today.  Saw some of the tech and the more social side of things.  Looking forward to seeing more and participating a little. 
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Leed on May 26, 2020, 07:43:39 AM
Welcome from Texas!
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: harttoo on May 31, 2020, 06:04:33 AM
Welcome form Wisconsin.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Ancient on May 31, 2020, 06:07:05 AM
Howdy from Neosho.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: jls 64 on May 31, 2020, 06:09:16 AM
Welcome from PY South America
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on May 31, 2020, 09:16:55 AM
Quote from: Ancient on May 31, 2020, 06:07:05 AM
Howdy from Neosho.


Hey neighbor.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: TN on June 01, 2020, 05:04:18 PM
Hey Don, I'm just a parts changer, and being a DIY'er I need all the help I can get and then some so I try and absorb what I can here.

I've seen pictures and descriptions of your handy work and you'll be a contributer for sure.

Maybe we can share the road someday.

Enjoy

Phillip
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 01, 2020, 06:12:43 PM
Quote from: TN on June 01, 2020, 05:04:18 PM
Hey Don, I'm just a parts changer, and being a DIY'er I need all the help I can get and then some so I try and absorb what I can here.

I've seen pictures and descriptions of your handy work and you'll be a contributer for sure.

Maybe we can share the road someday.

Enjoy

Phillip

Hey Phil !  A familiar person!  There's a fair bit of back material worth reading here.  I ain't got caught up yet.  Then again, probably won't!
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: crock on June 02, 2020, 04:45:03 AM
Welcome from Gerald Mo. Couple hundred miles east of you
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 02, 2020, 06:43:40 AM
Quote from: crock on June 02, 2020, 04:45:03 AM
Welcome from Gerald Mo. Couple hundred miles east of you

Hello.  I've wandered through Gerald before.  Also through once on a cross country US 50 trip. 
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: crock on June 03, 2020, 04:36:52 AM
Quote from: 2Lane on June 02, 2020, 06:43:40 AM
Quote from: crock on June 02, 2020, 04:45:03 AM
Welcome from Gerald Mo. Couple hundred miles east of you

Hello.  I've wandered through Gerald before.  Also through once on a cross country US 50 trip.

:up: :smile: :chop:
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: boggart on June 03, 2020, 08:45:29 AM
Welcome from Pittsburg!
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 03, 2020, 08:47:27 AM
Quote from: boggart on June 03, 2020, 08:45:29 AM
Welcome from Pittsburg!

Kansas?  Or one of the other ones?
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Wookie3011 on June 04, 2020, 11:41:08 AM
Welcome Brother, Olathe, kansas here. I was anti social before it was cool.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 04, 2020, 01:38:17 PM
Quote from: Wookie3011 on June 04, 2020, 11:41:08 AM
Welcome Brother, Olathe, kansas here. I was anti social before it was cool.


I understand.  Just returned from an anti-social-distancing ride.  Couple of hours to clear the head on the Road King.  No people.  No weirdness.  No radio. No news.  Nothing but a tank of gas.  I'm as ready as I'm going to be for the rest of the day.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Tommy D on June 04, 2020, 08:30:02 PM
Don,

Hello from SE Wisconsin...
Welcome to the best HD Forum on the planet  :hug:
You brought many years of tried & truth info at the CVO Forum, I'm sure the reciprocation here will be the same..... BTW Guy's, Dons' CVO Road King is one sweet ride  :up:




Quote from: 2Lane on May 24, 2020, 10:11:15 PM
All the Coronavirus crap has me at home and online more.  Thinking of a new place to read a little and realized it was finally time made a login here.

I'm Don from a place called Webb City in SW Missouri.  Three bikes.  99 FXR2, 2000 CVO Road Glide and a 2002 CVO Road King.  They're all red.  They are also all stock (that last part is a lie).

A good friend of mine (who regularly steals my wifi) has been a vocal proponent of the benefits of hanging here a bit.  So...  I'll start reading too.  Hello everyone.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 05, 2020, 06:35:02 AM
Quote from: Tommy D on June 04, 2020, 08:30:02 PM
Don,

Hello from SE Wisconsin...
Welcome to the best HD Forum on the planet  :hug:
You brought many years of tried & truth info at the CVO Forum, I'm sure the reciprocation here will be the same..... BTW Guy's, Dons' CVO Road King is one sweet ride  :up:



Hey!  Another that's not a stranger!  Have had a few private messages from some of the gang from the other site too.  I assumed there was some cross pollination but hadn't considered how much. 

It's the Road Glide's turn today.  Going the 150 mile round trip to the dealer in NW Arkansas to pick up a pair of gaskets that are in stock here in town.  Just because the other dealer is farther away :chop: .
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Hossamania on June 05, 2020, 06:41:58 AM
Isn't that the way of riding, a little longer way around just to ride that much more?
Welcome to the site. Beware posts from Preacher's Son, some very good, some a little..., Well, you'll see.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Pete_Vit on June 05, 2020, 06:53:56 AM
Another welcome from Central Arkansas.  :beer:
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 05, 2020, 06:58:18 AM
Quote from: Hossamania on June 05, 2020, 06:41:58 AM
Isn't that the way of riding, a little longer way around just to ride that much more?
Welcome to the site. Beware posts from Preacher's Son, some very good, some a little..., Well, you'll see.

That reminded me of a conversation with an old girlfriend.  Like 10-12 years ago.  She was on the back seat as three bikes headed out together for a ride to dinner someplace an hour or so away.  She leaned forward to say how good it was riding together; because three bikes together would get three times the gas mileage of one by itself with us all going to the same place.

Sometimes it's better to just agree. 

I hadn't figured that out yet.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Pete_Vit on June 05, 2020, 07:00:43 AM
Quote from: 2Lane on June 05, 2020, 06:35:02 AM
Quote from: Tommy D on June 04, 2020, 08:30:02 PM
Don,

Hello from SE Wisconsin...
Welcome to the best HD Forum on the planet  :hug:
You brought many years of tried & truth info at the CVO Forum, I'm sure the reciprocation here will be the same..... BTW Guy's, Dons' CVO Road King is one sweet ride  :up:



Hey!  Another that's not a stranger!  Have had a few private messages from some of the gang from the other site too.  I assumed there was some cross pollination but hadn't considered how much. 

It's the Road Glide's turn today.  Going the 150 mile round trip to the dealer in NW Arkansas to pick up a pair of gaskets that are in stock here in town.  Just because the other dealer is farther away :chop: .
Pig-trail HD in Rogers ?
I worked in that area for about 4 years, nice dealership, there's a indy there too, D&D Cycles, he's a great guy and prolly has most of what you'll need  :up:
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 05, 2020, 07:21:39 AM
Quote from: Pete_Vit on June 05, 2020, 07:00:43 AM
Pig-trail HD in Rogers ?
I worked in that area for about 4 years, nice dealership, there's a indy there too, D&D Cycles, he's a great guy and prolly has most of what you'll need  :up:


Yeap, leaving in a few minutes.  Just need a pair of top rocker box gaskets.  I probably have a pair out in the garage.  So it's really just an excuse to go for a ride.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Pete_Vit on June 05, 2020, 08:11:43 AM
Quote from: 2Lane on June 05, 2020, 07:21:39 AM
Quote from: Pete_Vit on June 05, 2020, 07:00:43 AM
Pig-trail HD in Rogers ?
I worked in that area for about 4 years, nice dealership, there's a indy there too, D&D Cycles, he's a great guy and prolly has most of what you'll need  :up:


Yeap, leaving in a few minutes.  Just need a pair of top rocker box gaskets.  I probably have a pair out in the garage.  So it's really just an excuse to go for a ride.
:up: I get it  :SM: have a safe ride, if you get a chance check out D&D they are right down the road on the same side in a strip store (NOT A STRIP JOINT HOSS)  :hyst:
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Hossamania on June 05, 2020, 08:20:48 AM
No strip joint? Then what's the point of having a strip mall?
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: Pete_Vit on June 05, 2020, 08:38:06 AM
Quote from: Hossamania on June 05, 2020, 08:20:48 AM
No strip joint? Then what's the point of having a strip mall?
RIGHT ! I 'hear' there's one just north of Rogers  :wink:
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 05, 2020, 12:25:03 PM
Quote from: Hossamania on June 05, 2020, 08:20:48 AM
No strip joint? Then what's the point of having a strip mall?


Well crap, didn't look at this again right before I left.  Now look what I missed out on looking for...... :slap:
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: RedFXR2 on June 06, 2020, 06:24:16 PM
Hi Don.  Saw you on another thread before this one.  Welcome aboard.

If this isn't an example of "it's a small world" I don't know what is.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: boggart on June 12, 2020, 04:45:40 PM
Quote from: 2Lane on June 03, 2020, 08:47:27 AM
Quote from: boggart on June 03, 2020, 08:45:29 AM
Welcome from Pittsburg!

Kansas?  Or one of the other ones?

Hah, Kansas.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 12, 2020, 04:56:35 PM
Quote from: RedFXR2 on June 06, 2020, 06:24:16 PM
Hi Don.  Saw you on another thread before this one.  Welcome aboard.

If this isn't an example of "it's a small world" I don't know what is.


Did you ever go so far as to add a highway bar along with your footboards?  I keep looking for one more place to put my feet after out on the bike for an hour or so.  A supposed "exact" knock off of an OEM bar I've seen pictures of installed along with foot boards arrived to me today.  Weekend task will be finding out if it actually fits (or can be made to).
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 12, 2020, 04:57:19 PM
Quote from: boggart on June 12, 2020, 04:45:40 PM

Hah, Kansas.



Double Hah, I was there Wednesday.  Sometime if you're this way or I'm that again we'll have to let each other know.
Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: RedFXR2 on June 12, 2020, 08:22:18 PM
Quote from: 2Lane on June 12, 2020, 04:56:35 PM
Quote from: RedFXR2 on June 06, 2020, 06:24:16 PM
Hi Don.  Saw you on another thread before this one.  Welcome aboard.

If this isn't an example of "it's a small world" I don't know what is.


Did you ever go so far as to add a highway bar along with your footboards?


Sorry.  Not me.  I've never had footboards on my FXR2.  I have the factory frame-mounted highway pegs.  Between them and the regular mid-control footpegs, I'm good.

Title: Re: New Member from SW Missouri
Post by: chipthedonkey on June 12, 2020, 09:28:37 PM
And that's why I shouldn't work from several year old memory. I thought I remembered you doing foot boards when you were describing some of the other work you would done to yours.  Now it's going to bug me whose bike I'm actually thinking about!