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TWO GUNS

TWO GUNS

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Being I live right on the Mississippi River. I cross the bridge several times a day. No big deal. BUT, for the last few days. They have been inspecting the bridge that comes into Louisiana. So that leaves on only one lane, and it gets congested where they funnel the traffic into one lane to cross.
On the last hill, on the Mississippi side, before you hit the bridge is a traffic light. About 1/2 mile before that light, ........
IT HAPPENED. Clutch Cable Snapped. And at the worst time, worst place, and all that traffic. Well, I was rolling, changing gears when it happened. So I slowed down, knowing I can't stop ( or sure as hell don't need to ), until I get to the Louisiana side of the river. Light was Red, traffic backed up. So I just putted between traffic, between cars like a crazy man. And come within about 50 yards of the light, and it turned GREEN. Took off like hell and went threw light leaving cars behind. Oh no, traffic ahead is at a dead crawl for it's one lane going across bridge. So I come on down to 1st gear, and left wayyyyyyyyyy enough room between me and the vehicle in front of me. All away across the bridge this way. When I got to the other side, I was in the safe zone. Once on the Louisiana side, I run a little and when I come to stop sign, I would get down to a crawl and take off again. Done this all the way in.

I was so nervous, for knowing if I ever had to knock the bike in neutural and come to a stop on that bridge, I could never get it rolling fast enough to knock it into a gear without tearing up something or it taking off taking a chance of running into bridge or some other vehicle. You see, the bridge ( left side of pic ) I was on was the "old bridge", finish build date, 1940. NO SHOULDER ON
OLD BRIDGE AT ALL. It's 4,205 feet long, ONLY TWO LANES, ONLY 24 feet wide and that is not all running area, it has a walkway
on both sides, that is only 3 1/2 feet wide. This was our only bridge until they built the other bridge in 1988. Now it has a safty shoulder on it (the new bridge). That bridge is 3 feet shorter that old bridge. But nobody has really noticed that yet. (Ha Ha)
I ordered TWO cables. One to replace. One to keep in saddlebag. I don't ever want to go threw that situation again. Felt like I was dead sticking the machine in.....

Or, Just might start taking the RTV to town :tiphat:

...... two guns
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Sure is good to dig into your bag of techniques and pull out the old tricks that used to be on the normal side..........Good that you remember how to speed shift and sync your engine speed with the trans........God bless you BUD.......Dennis
 
Last weekend I blew a brake line in my suburban while towing a ZTR mower on my trailer for a neighbor. By the time I got to where he is building his new house on top the hill I had to have him run me to Napa for fluid. Shifted it into low range in the transfer case and limped down that steep hill about 25 mph. Took it real easy getting back home and used up a whole master cylinder of fluid. Have it up on jackstands in the barn but have not felt up to working further on it. Pacemaker fired me up yesterday for the first time in 5 years so I am in laid back mode waiting for the dang docs to call me back. That thing is like a fencer nailing you and I seen sparks or else it zaps your optic nerves. I will stick to the RTV for now. At least it will stop on it's own.:whistling:
 
Sweet looking bike!

I kinda had a run in like that with a vw bug I had a few years ago. Stuck in hwy traffic jam behind a lambo when my clutch cable broke.
 
TexasAirCooler said:
Sweet looking bike! QUOTE]

Thanks ....

My new Clutch cables came in at the end of last week. Had it installed in less than 15 minutes. Put the spare in hiding place under the seat. Never will be without a backup again. Cables didn't cost but $9.08 each >>>
Cheap insurance. Put about 12 miles on bike and had to go back working
on something else. Have not been able to ride again for rain has set in
seriously.

Every year we have a Jim Bowie Festival. Local Sheriff's Office throws a
big childrens DARE fishing tournament.
DARE, is a program to help teach younger children the dangers of drugs & violence.


Locals have singings, cajun bands, bluegrass music & more. Also, we have a BBQ Throwdown with over
$10,000 of prizes for winners in the cooking.
This year, IT RAINED, AND RAINED, AND RAINED !!!! But didn't stop
the kids. As you know, weather don't effect children and what they want to do. All children wins all sorts of prizes. Rod & reels, T-Shirts, TROPHIES ( which they will keep forever), it's a super thing for these children.

P.S.
This metal marker, is about two miles behind my house in the middle of the woods, next to the Mississippi River.
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That was good thinking on your part to keep her going. I was reading your post picturing you in a pickup truck doing all that. Thought OMG, that sounds like a wild ride. Now knowing you were on a bike, it still sounds like a wild ride but seems much more do-able. Glad it worked out okay for you.
Nice looking ride for sure. :thumb:

Cool sign. Bowie died at the Alamo, didn't he? I thought I saw that in a Davey Crockett movie. :yum: :hide:
 
Doc said:
Nice looking ride for sure. :thumb:

Cool sign. Bowie died at the Alamo, didn't he? I thought I saw that in a Davey Crockett movie. :yum: :hide:
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***** Thanks for the kind words.

Yes, Jim Bowie did die at the Alamo. He carried "Two Guns" also !!!! :2gunsfiring_v1:

But he sure killed the hell out of that
man on the sandbar up from our place with a big ass knife .

(copied and glued from another source)
Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and later worked as a land speculator. His rise to fame began in 1827 on reports of the Sandbar Fight. What began as a duel between two other men deteriorated into a melee in which Bowie, having been shot and stabbed, killed the sheriff of Rapides Parish with a large knife. This, and other stories of Bowie's prowess with a knife, led to the widespread popularity of the Bowie knife.
Bowie's reputation was cemented by his role in the Texas Revolution. After moving to Texas in 1830, Bowie became a Mexican citizen and married Ursula Veramendi, the daughter of the Mexican vice governor of the province. His fame in Texas grew following his failed expedition to find the lost San Saba mine, during which his small party repelled an attack by a large Indian raiding party. At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, Bowie joined the Texas militia, leading forces at the Battle of Concepción and the Grass Fight. In January 1836, he arrived at the Alamo, where he commanded the volunteer forces until an illness left him bedridden. Bowie died with the other Alamo defenders on March 6. Despite conflicting accounts of the manner of his death, the "most popular, and probably the most accurate"[2] accounts maintain that he died in his bed after emptying his pistols into several Mexican soldiers.

............ jamie
 
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