From the74impala at hotmail.com Thu Jul 15 09:54:35 2021 From: the74impala at hotmail.com (Tom Wheeler) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:54:35 +0000 Subject: Last ride of the 2013 season In-Reply-To: <1383783707.52547.YahooMailNeo@web185402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <527ad437.1552.46dd6940.369d6f01@nrtco.net>, <1383783707.52547.YahooMailNeo@web185402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I have a number of old emails. I haven't riden my GPZ since 2012 when I moved to Wisconsin. It is sitting in a storage unit with other odds and ends. Will this one help you Jim? I am sure I can find some more. I have 433 saved GPZ list items. ________________________________ From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com on behalf of schnowz Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 7:21 PM To: Tom Wheeler Subject: Re: Last ride of the 2013 season Probably cheaper and more effective than Viagra.. "Similar experience to urinating on an electric fence." ______________________________________________________________________ GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report it as such, you are violating the micapeak.com terms of service. To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at micapeak.com ______________________________________________________________________ YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: Unsubscribe or choose new options at http://micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/the74impala%40hotmail.com You are subscribed at the email address THE74IMPALA at hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________ From masonjs at nrtco.net Thu Jul 15 11:45:53 2021 From: masonjs at nrtco.net (masonjs at nrtco.net) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:45:53 -0400 Subject: Last ride of the 2013 season Message-ID: <60f08261.6fc3.63973700.38cd6cdd@nrtco.net> I'd like to have them Tom. Maybe you can archive them and send them. Jim On Thursday 15/07/2021 at 12:54 pm, Tom Wheeler wrote: > I have a number of old emails. I haven't riden my GPZ since 2012 when > I moved to Wisconsin. It is sitting in a storage unit with other odds > and ends. Will this one help you Jim? I am sure I can find some > more. I have 433 saved GPZ list items. > ________________________________ > From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com on > behalf of schnowz > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 7:21 PM > To: Tom Wheeler > Subject: Re: Last ride of the 2013 season > > Probably cheaper and more effective than Viagra.. > > "Similar experience to urinating on an electric fence." > ______________________________________________________________________ > GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: > This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com > http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist > You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all > mail that you receive from this list. 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Therefore, ANY mail that you > receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report > it as such, you are violating the lists.micapeak.com terms of service. > > To unsubscribe, you may send email to > gpzlist-unsubscribe at lists.micapeak.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: > Unsubscribe or choose new options at > https://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/masonjs%40nrtco.net > You are subscribed at the email address MASONJS at nrtco.net > ______________________________________________________________________ From pmheimjr at gmail.com Fri Jul 16 05:03:51 2021 From: pmheimjr at gmail.com (Paul Heim) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:03:51 -0500 Subject: Last ride of the 2013 season In-Reply-To: <527ad437.1552.46dd6940.369d6f01@nrtco.net> References: <527ad437.1552.46dd6940.369d6f01@nrtco.net> Message-ID: <1F717416-BE7F-4FC6-9306-F77DABF3EC79@gmail.com> Thanks for that, Tom! I still wish I had the one he wrote when the tree fell on him. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 6, 2013, at 5:43 PM, masonjs at nrtco.net wrote: > >  > I decided to move my old 1970 Triumph down to the garage at the > cottage to make more room in this garage. > I went up and checked the Triumph. It was low on gas, the gas was > stale and it didn't have a battery. I took the battery out of the atv > (its actually the one for the Triumph), and installed the one out of > the Suzuki vstrom into the atv (I put the Suzuki away Yesterday). > You're wondering why I just didn't put the Suzuki battery in the > Triumph. Its too tall. I put a block of Styrofoam under the Triumph > battery when its in the ATV. I had to go to Kenny's store to get gas > As I had dumped all the spare gas into the ATV yesterday. > When I got back I dumped a gallon of fresh gas into the tank with out > getting rid of the old gas from May 2012. After a dozen kicks still > nothing. I didn't want to drain the tank so I got a syringe , loaded > it with fresh gas, removed the right cylinder spark plug injected the > gas into the cylinder replaced the spark plug and kicked the bike > over. 2nd kick and it was running, not well but running. It quit while > I was getting my riding gear on.. I had to give it another injection > to get it running again. > It farted and stumbled on its way up the driveway but seemed to clear > up once I got it going down Rapid road in 2nd gear. I was less than a > kilometer into the ride when the left side plug fouled and I lost 1/2 > of my engine. I kept going on one cylinder figuring the left one would > clear. > I had about 1/2 a kilometer left when the engine died. I looked down > and saw the right hand plug wire had come off. I was about to put it > back on when I remembered a similar incident from my youth. > I had a plug wire come off one cylinder of my Matchless. But the > Matchless 650 was still running on one cylinder and turning about 4000 > rpm. I grabbed the plug wire and immediately got 25,000 volts or what > ever Lucas was putting out about 33 times per second. Similar > experience to urinating on an electric fence. > I didn't want that sensation again so I pulled in the clutch so the > engine wasn't turning over. I grabbed the plug wire and pushed it on > the plug. I got my right hand off the plug and onto the throttle grip > before I dumped the clutch. Not only did the right cylinder fire but > also the left got a couple of blasts from the raw gas in the mufflers > and I was back on both cylinders. > I walked the 3 miles back to the cottage/house. It was 10C I should > have left my riding jacket in the garage as I was soaked with sweat by > the time I got back. > I went back later to retrieve my helmet, gloves, the battery from the > Triumph. Then, put some rodent poison around the bikes and covered > them up. I drained the Triumph fuel tank and put the gas in my > snowblower. Those Briggs & Straten engines will eat anything. > I'll have to get the snow blower over here soon. > > Jim > > > >> On Wednesday 06/11/2013 at 5:55 pm, schnowz wrote: >> Where do you see the price? This dealer wasn't known for Bargains at >> least under the old managment. >> >> An update to the center stand issue on mine. The bolt and frame lug >> hole was worn and creating all kinds of play at the pivot . I'm having >> a new bolt made up with grease fittings. Hope thats the issue.. >> >> On another subject - on the news last night they were saying how >> mechanics have been seeing a big rise in rotted brake lines on cars >> from the liquid de-icer. Apparantly most states uses an anti-corrosive >> agent mixed in there but CT is too damn cheap. I know it has done a >> number on my swing arm. >> >> Pete S >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: >> This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com >> http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist >> You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all >> mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you >> receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report >> it as such, you are violating the micapeak.com terms of service. >> >> To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at micapeak.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: >> Unsubscribe or choose new options at >> http://micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/masonjs%40nrtco.net >> You are subscribed at the email address MASONJS at nrtco.net >> ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: > This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com > http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist > You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all > mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you > receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report > it as such, you are violating the micapeak.com terms of service. > > To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at micapeak.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: > Unsubscribe or choose new options at > http://micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/pmheimjr%40gmail.com > You are subscribed at the email address pmheimjr at gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________________ From richie at webhackande.se Sun Jul 18 15:00:23 2021 From: richie at webhackande.se (Rickard Olsson) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:23 +0200 Subject: jim & the blustery day--ride report In-Reply-To: <2D77301DFE9A42F88424250BB3844D23@owner991507871> References: <2D77301DFE9A42F88424250BB3844D23@owner991507871> Message-ID: <7aad66e3-9929-d990-5d3b-60fcdf1f54f2@webhackande.se> Well now, it seems I'm a bit of a digital packrat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ /Richie On 2010-11-20 16:36, Marilyn Mason wrote: > I just had my first shower in 25 days and it felt great. I had to remove > the air cast (like a ski boot) from my roght foot and put a calf checking > glove over the cast on my left hand to keep it dry. > > October 27th dawned bright & fair at 10C (50F) with a promise of 15C (60F). > Marilyn suggested I take advantage of the weather and take a last ride > before putting the bike into hibernation. > There were wind warnings for southwestern Ontario. > I packed a light lunch, water and a camera in the tail trunk. Donned > several layers of clothes and my electric vest. > I put the key in the ignition and hit the startwer button. There was a > grunt from the bike and a sound like "I don't want to go". I should have > listened to the bike. The battery was dead. I jumped started it with a > marine battery. It stalled in the driveway. I jumped it again and it > stalled again. > I decided to give up on the ride and renmoved the battery. I took it into > the basement to charge it and as I was doing this I remembered I had just > charged the battery for my Triumph.. > I measured the Triumph battery and found it was the same lenght and width > but about 1.5" shorter. I cut a piece of 1.5" foam for the battery box and > hooked up the triumph battery. Mr. Northrop would probably agree this was > not a wise thing to do. > I took the back roads to Bancroft where I had lunch and made a decision to > run over to Haliburton then take 118 and 35 North to Dwight and come back > home through Algonquin Park rather than south to Lakefield then to WArsaw > and back home through Hastings county. > I noticed the wind getting up and riding through the odd dust devil of dirt, > twigs and leaves just before I got to Carnarvon at the intersection of 118 & > 35. > I gassed up at Carnarvon (The 1/2 way point)and should have spent the $2.00 > and one minute on a lottery ticket. Going north on 35, gusts of wind > actually stood the bike up straight while I was leaning into corners. This > is a little startling having the bike stand upright heading for rock cuts, > bush and/or opposing traffic. > I stopped at Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin park to have a drink of water > and massage my butt. I noticed there were waves over 1.5 meters (4 feet) > high rolling across the lake. > > At Kilaloe I got off the main highway onto Ruby Road. I was about 300 > meters from the stop sign at te end of Ruby road and was down to about 60 - > 70 kph (40mph) when I was tangled in the top of a tree. A 65 foot high pin > oak growing along the fence line snapped off in the wind and landed on me. > Fortunately I was past the centre of the tree but was pulled from the bike > by the branches that caught me.. The bike and I slid about 100 meters (300 > feet) along the pavement before coming to rest in the middle of the opposing > lane. Fortunately no one was coming. > I lay there for a few minutes surveying the situation and taking stock of > what parts of me hurt. I figured I had a few broken ribs, (was hoping it > was just the wind nocked out of me) , took off my left glove and knew there > were at least 2 metacarpal bones broken as the back of the hand was concave > instead of convex and it was rapidly turning blue, there was also a sharp > pain in my right foot that suggestted a broken ankle. > I got up looked around then walked about 1/4 mile to Dwyer's farm at the > other side of the stop sign to call the police. After this I thanked old > Mrs Dwyer and walked back to the bike where about 4 cars had stopped and > people were searching the ditches for the rider of the downed bike. > A guy with a trailer loaded my bike up and took it to his place at Haley > Station about 10 km from my house. 4 days later he delivered it to my > house. > The police arrived and checked the scene. The people who had stopped had > already chainsawed the tree up and tossed it in the ditch. The police > called an ambulance and I was transported to the hospital in Pembroke. > Unfortunately the shock was wearing off durring the ambulance ride and the > pain from the 3 broken ribs and collaped lung was getting a little much. > Once in the hospital with an IV for morphine I was just fine. > The method for reinflating a colapsed lung is kind of neat. Its done with > vacuum. They punch a hole in your rib cage, insert a tube. They connect > the tube to a vacuum pump and create a vacuum in the chest cavity around the > lung. Then they make you breath deeply and Shazzam!! the lung inflates. > 4 days later the tube was removed. the doctor appologized before he started > saying the tube removal would be painful. The tube was held in place and > sealed off with 1/2 an acre of tape. I have a lot of body hair. I did not > feel the tube come out as they ripped off enough hair removing the tape to > make a small dog. Then they put on a 6"x6" presure bandage that had to be > air tight. I think the doctor was standing on this and it in turn was > directly over the broken ribs. > I was panting a sweating profusly when this was completed and thankful that > it was over. My elation was short lived when I realized that pressure > bandage was going to reove another dog's worth of hair when it was removed. > And it did. > I got the bike running yesterday. > Any body know where I can get a right front signal lamp, right front foot > peg and a brake pedal for a 2003 Suzuki 1000 DL Vstrom? > > On the lighter note I became a grandfather for the 3rd time on November 7th. > My son Jamie and his wife Lindsay had a boy Finn. They were about to head > to the hospital when Lindsay thoght she had to poop. When she went to sit > Jamie noticed the head crowning so he threw some towels in the bath tub and > had Lindsey lie in it. I thought this was a smart idea. I've been to a few > births and they are pretty messy. He called 911 and they talked he through > the delivery. After delivering Finn and placing him on Lindsay's belly he > answered the door to let in the lady next door who was to look after their 3 > year old son Will and the paramedics who clipped the umbilical cord and then > took them to the hospital. > > Th- th-th-that's all folks!! > > Jim > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: > This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com > http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist > You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all > mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you > receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report > it as such, you are violating the micapeak.com terms of service. > > To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at micapeak.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: > Unsubscribe or choose new options at > http://micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/richie%40webhackande.se > You are subscribed at the email address RICHIE at webhackande.se > ______________________________________________________________________ From pmheimjr at gmail.com Mon Jul 19 03:14:57 2021 From: pmheimjr at gmail.com (Paul Heim) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 05:14:57 -0500 Subject: jim & the blustery day--ride report In-Reply-To: <7aad66e3-9929-d990-5d3b-60fcdf1f54f2@webhackande.se> References: <7aad66e3-9929-d990-5d3b-60fcdf1f54f2@webhackande.se> Message-ID: <64C6EEFC-54BD-4C8C-8975-F1034CA8F253@gmail.com> That’s the one, Rickard! Thank you! Sent from my iPad > On Jul 18, 2021, at 5:00 PM, Rickard Olsson wrote: > > Well now, it seems I'm a bit of a digital packrat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > /Richie > >> On 2010-11-20 16:36, Marilyn Mason wrote: >> I just had my first shower in 25 days and it felt great. I had to remove >> the air cast (like a ski boot) from my roght foot and put a calf checking >> glove over the cast on my left hand to keep it dry. >> >> October 27th dawned bright & fair at 10C (50F) with a promise of 15C (60F). >> Marilyn suggested I take advantage of the weather and take a last ride >> before putting the bike into hibernation. >> There were wind warnings for southwestern Ontario. >> I packed a light lunch, water and a camera in the tail trunk. Donned >> several layers of clothes and my electric vest. >> I put the key in the ignition and hit the startwer button. There was a >> grunt from the bike and a sound like "I don't want to go". I should have >> listened to the bike. The battery was dead. I jumped started it with a >> marine battery. It stalled in the driveway. I jumped it again and it >> stalled again. >> I decided to give up on the ride and renmoved the battery. I took it into >> the basement to charge it and as I was doing this I remembered I had just >> charged the battery for my Triumph.. >> I measured the Triumph battery and found it was the same lenght and width >> but about 1.5" shorter. I cut a piece of 1.5" foam for the battery box and >> hooked up the triumph battery. Mr. Northrop would probably agree this was >> not a wise thing to do. >> I took the back roads to Bancroft where I had lunch and made a decision to >> run over to Haliburton then take 118 and 35 North to Dwight and come back >> home through Algonquin Park rather than south to Lakefield then to WArsaw >> and back home through Hastings county. >> I noticed the wind getting up and riding through the odd dust devil of dirt, >> twigs and leaves just before I got to Carnarvon at the intersection of 118 & >> 35. >> I gassed up at Carnarvon (The 1/2 way point)and should have spent the $2.00 >> and one minute on a lottery ticket. Going north on 35, gusts of wind >> actually stood the bike up straight while I was leaning into corners. This >> is a little startling having the bike stand upright heading for rock cuts, >> bush and/or opposing traffic. >> I stopped at Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin park to have a drink of water >> and massage my butt. I noticed there were waves over 1.5 meters (4 feet) >> high rolling across the lake. >> >> At Kilaloe I got off the main highway onto Ruby Road. I was about 300 >> meters from the stop sign at te end of Ruby road and was down to about 60 - >> 70 kph (40mph) when I was tangled in the top of a tree. A 65 foot high pin >> oak growing along the fence line snapped off in the wind and landed on me. >> Fortunately I was past the centre of the tree but was pulled from the bike >> by the branches that caught me.. The bike and I slid about 100 meters (300 >> feet) along the pavement before coming to rest in the middle of the opposing >> lane. Fortunately no one was coming. >> I lay there for a few minutes surveying the situation and taking stock of >> what parts of me hurt. I figured I had a few broken ribs, (was hoping it >> was just the wind nocked out of me) , took off my left glove and knew there >> were at least 2 metacarpal bones broken as the back of the hand was concave >> instead of convex and it was rapidly turning blue, there was also a sharp >> pain in my right foot that suggestted a broken ankle. >> I got up looked around then walked about 1/4 mile to Dwyer's farm at the >> other side of the stop sign to call the police. After this I thanked old >> Mrs Dwyer and walked back to the bike where about 4 cars had stopped and >> people were searching the ditches for the rider of the downed bike. >> A guy with a trailer loaded my bike up and took it to his place at Haley >> Station about 10 km from my house. 4 days later he delivered it to my >> house. >> The police arrived and checked the scene. The people who had stopped had >> already chainsawed the tree up and tossed it in the ditch. The police >> called an ambulance and I was transported to the hospital in Pembroke. >> Unfortunately the shock was wearing off durring the ambulance ride and the >> pain from the 3 broken ribs and collaped lung was getting a little much. >> Once in the hospital with an IV for morphine I was just fine. >> The method for reinflating a colapsed lung is kind of neat. Its done with >> vacuum. They punch a hole in your rib cage, insert a tube. They connect >> the tube to a vacuum pump and create a vacuum in the chest cavity around the >> lung. Then they make you breath deeply and Shazzam!! the lung inflates. >> 4 days later the tube was removed. the doctor appologized before he started >> saying the tube removal would be painful. The tube was held in place and >> sealed off with 1/2 an acre of tape. I have a lot of body hair. I did not >> feel the tube come out as they ripped off enough hair removing the tape to >> make a small dog. Then they put on a 6"x6" presure bandage that had to be >> air tight. I think the doctor was standing on this and it in turn was >> directly over the broken ribs. >> I was panting a sweating profusly when this was completed and thankful that >> it was over. My elation was short lived when I realized that pressure >> bandage was going to reove another dog's worth of hair when it was removed. >> And it did. >> I got the bike running yesterday. >> Any body know where I can get a right front signal lamp, right front foot >> peg and a brake pedal for a 2003 Suzuki 1000 DL Vstrom? >> >> On the lighter note I became a grandfather for the 3rd time on November 7th. >> My son Jamie and his wife Lindsay had a boy Finn. They were about to head >> to the hospital when Lindsay thoght she had to poop. When she went to sit >> Jamie noticed the head crowning so he threw some towels in the bath tub and >> had Lindsey lie in it. I thought this was a smart idea. I've been to a few >> births and they are pretty messy. He called 911 and they talked he through >> the delivery. After delivering Finn and placing him on Lindsay's belly he >> answered the door to let in the lady next door who was to look after their 3 >> year old son Will and the paramedics who clipped the umbilical cord and then >> took them to the hospital. >> >> Th- th-th-that's all folks!! >> >> Jim >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: >> This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com >> http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist >> You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all >> mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you >> receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report >> it as such, you are violating the micapeak.com terms of service. >> >> To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at micapeak.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: >> Unsubscribe or choose new options at >> http://micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/richie%40webhackande.se >> You are subscribed at the email address RICHIE at webhackande.se >> ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ > GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: > This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at lists.micapeak.com > https://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist > You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all > mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you > receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report > it as such, you are violating the lists.micapeak.com terms of service. > > To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at lists.micapeak.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS: > Unsubscribe or choose new options at > https://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/pmheimjr%40gmail.com > You are subscribed at the email address pmheimjr at gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________________