Watchman and Rick

kioti · 06-19-2009, 08:15 PM

We are home as of 5:00 PM
Hope your trip was uneventful.

Great seeing you again!

watchman · 06-19-2009, 09:11 PM

I thank my lucky stars that once again my buddy Rick was with me as we had to make repairs to the broken header pipe two more times on the road. This morning at the motel we tried the muffler tape only to have it melt and run down the pipe. Finially used some bailing wire to hold the pipe from slipping down. The heat took all the temper out of the hose clamps and they would not tighten up enough to hold the pipe in place. I guess the header gets much hotter than a muffler. That is when we found the clamps would not tighten down enough. And a mounting bracket on one of my stereo speakers broke, my driving lights quit, my front tire started cupping and of course my back tire is now bald. Boy what a trip! But by the grace of GOD and a little luck I arrived home safely. At least we did not have to ride in any rain. Tomorrow I start on the repairs and installing new tires.

It was good to see you guys again too. Hope we can all make it to ES this fall.

revmrq · 06-20-2009, 06:22 PM

Glad to hear you made it home safe, in spite of all the problems. I thought your Nomad was new? I hope the repairs go well and quick.

nomadliz · 06-20-2009, 09:27 PM

His bike is new the pipes were off his 05 V&H, The other speaker bracket broke before he left and he decide not to change this bracket it looked ok. We changed the rear tire today, and put some cobras on that belonged to Rick (THANKS RICK) on there until we can get the V & H fixed. I Hope the weather is good tomarrow because I want to go riding, We can always finish the other projects later....

watchman · 06-21-2009, 06:01 AM

As Liz said, nothing that gave me a problem was the Nomads fault. The Vance and Hines pipes where off of my 05 and had over 60,000 miles on them, the driving lights came off of my 05 and the stereo came from China. The tires are the stock Stones with 8200 miles on them.

But the pipes are changed, the rear tires has been replaced so it is time to go riding again. The stereo and driving lights I can work on during bad weather.

revmrq · 06-21-2009, 04:21 PM

Glad to hear repairs are going fine. It looks like you have some riding to do with liz. The weather here was good today, but i was unable to get out in it.

**jmorrow** · 06-21-2009, 05:14 PM

Jim, Glad you guy's made it home ok. annette and I was wondering where you and Rick went. We are glad to have got to meet you and Rick. I'm sorry you had so much trouble and had to leave. Maybe we'll get to meet ya'll and Liz in ES next rally. See ya.....Jim M.

06-19-2009, 08:15 PM	#1
kioti Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lennox, SD Posts: 181	Watchman and Rick We are home as of 5:00 PM Hope your trip was uneventful. Great seeing you again! __________________ Ride Safe Mike "Kioti" Gregg Peripheral visionary, wanderer, vagabond, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, nomad VBA #00380 VROC #11078 Lennox, SD AMERICA by GOD 2016 Kawasaki Vaquero 2009 Victory Vision - gone 2006 Kawasaki Nomad - gone 2002 Kawasaki 1500 Classic - gone "A Bumble Bee is considerably faster than a Super H Farmall" 2009 Black Hills Rally 2018 Black Hills Rally Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-19-2009, 09:11 PM	#2
watchman Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Macon, Missouri Posts: 1,175	Watchman and Rick I thank my lucky stars that once again my buddy Rick was with me as we had to make repairs to the broken header pipe two more times on the road. This morning at the motel we tried the muffler tape only to have it melt and run down the pipe. Finially used some bailing wire to hold the pipe from slipping down. The heat took all the temper out of the hose clamps and they would not tighten up enough to hold the pipe in place. I guess the header gets much hotter than a muffler. That is when we found the clamps would not tighten down enough. And a mounting bracket on one of my stereo speakers broke, my driving lights quit, my front tire started cupping and of course my back tire is now bald. Boy what a trip! But by the grace of GOD and a little luck I arrived home safely. At least we did not have to ride in any rain. Tomorrow I start on the repairs and installing new tires. It was good to see you guys again too. Hope we can all make it to ES this fall.
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06-20-2009, 06:22 PM	#3
revmrq Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Central Missouri Posts: 211	Watchman and Rick Glad to hear you made it home safe, in spite of all the problems. I thought your Nomad was new? I hope the repairs go well and quick.
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06-20-2009, 09:27 PM	#4
nomadliz Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macon, MO Posts: 212	Watchman and Rick His bike is new the pipes were off his 05 V&H, The other speaker bracket broke before he left and he decide not to change this bracket it looked ok. We changed the rear tire today, and put some cobras on that belonged to Rick (THANKS RICK) on there until we can get the V & H fixed. I Hope the weather is good tomarrow because I want to go riding, We can always finish the other projects later.... __________________ VBA #952
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06-21-2009, 06:01 AM	#5
watchman Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Macon, Missouri Posts: 1,175	Watchman and Rick As Liz said, nothing that gave me a problem was the Nomads fault. The Vance and Hines pipes where off of my 05 and had over 60,000 miles on them, the driving lights came off of my 05 and the stereo came from China. The tires are the stock Stones with 8200 miles on them. But the pipes are changed, the rear tires has been replaced so it is time to go riding again. The stereo and driving lights I can work on during bad weather. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-21-2009, 04:21 PM	#6
revmrq Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Central Missouri Posts: 211	Watchman and Rick Glad to hear repairs are going fine. It looks like you have some riding to do with liz. The weather here was good today, but i was unable to get out in it.
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06-21-2009, 05:14 PM	#7
jmorrow Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beech Grove, Arkansas Posts: 1,884	Watchman and Rick Jim, Glad you guy's made it home ok. annette and I was wondering where you and Rick went. We are glad to have got to meet you and Rick. I'm sorry you had so much trouble and had to leave. Maybe we'll get to meet ya'll and Liz in ES next rally. See ya.....Jim M. __________________ Jim (Dooley) Morrow Stanford, Arkansas 2004 Kawasaki Nomad 1500 VBA #146
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