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Nashcat said:
He also stated that if any non-aggressive problem was found, he probably skip treatment because the treatment is worse than the condition.
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Testify.
If the treatment isn't, the aftermath certainly is. Surgery and recovery was a non-issue.
The results are ...life-changing. (For me, if not for everyone. We're all different.)
My guy said I had a non-aggressive, Stage 1, slow-growing cancer.
Somehow he still convinced me to git 'er done.
So it's ALL gone.
Often wish I hadn't, often wonder "how bad could it really be?", often think "it wasn't so bad getting up in the middle of the night to go pee."
There's a long-running thread on ADVrider "Ever had prostate cancer?" or similar.
Different treatments, different fellas, different results.
 
With regards to riding in foul weather, some say that once your're soaked you can't get any wetter. So, in the absence of truly dangerous riding conditions, you might as well soldier on. I am one of those riders...that will let others prove it out. I'll get through it if I have to, but in general my trips aren't composed of hours-long riding wheere I'm getting there regardless, and I truly applaud those that do it. Anyhow...

G'dafternoon from SoMD! It is somewhat cloudy and balmy 75F/24C for June. My friends in the office are teasing me by playing volleyball while I toil away in air-conditioned solitude. Coffee is my only solace, so I shall imbibe in it in my attempt to curtail the tears, thanks Martin!

It's a Monday, so anything that I didn't get to do last weekend will have to wait until my next tiny window of freedom that starts ALLLTHEWAYYYUNTILLLFRIDAYYY. ugh. Do they make 90-proof coffee? I might need some...take care y'all!
 
jdmccright said:
With regards to riding in foul weather, some say that once your're soaked you can't get any wetter.
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There are times, especially summertimes in Alabama, when it is actually cooling and refreshing to be soaking wet and riding on the roads.
I'm talking soaking from a fresh rain, not so much from your own sweat due to humidity.
And I've done it both ways, on multiple occasions.
 
Afternoon Martin & All from ... where did these clouds come from, in Southern Utah!

Currently it is 81F, up from 58F and and down from 82F. Winds have been blowing for the last three days, although they will keep blowing. By 5pm, they should be out of the SW @ 27 to 43MPH.

With my son here from Illinois, since Wednesday, when we picked him up, I've only been on my computer for short bursts. Today we drove up one of the motorcycle routes ( WeSTOC 30 Rides #8 ) to check out the two caves on the route and it was interesting getting to the caves, since you'll be driving down some dirt roads. Hopefully, the Forest Service will have them graded out a little better by the time we have the Rally. :unsure:

I'm still looking for a shirt vendor. :cautious:

I'll probably be gone tomorrow and Thursday, since I have to take Dereck, back down to Las Vegas for his early flight out on Thursday morning.

Anyone :bk13:, have a great day on the roads! :hat3:
 
Obo said:
Bob, fancy new avatar you got there. That going on the back of the new T shirts? :)
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Sure, why not.... LOL

No, we have a couple of great graphics for the shirts.
 
Obo said:
Unless you break the hose between the upper and lower tank....

Splish splash, I was takin' a bath.
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Very true. While this is a possibility that is not a desirable outcome as it is potentially dangerous, there is also no reason for it to be a likely occurrence whenever the upper tank is being raised. A rupture of this hose is influenced more by a failure of procedure and/or of preventative maintenance, and not something to be overly concerned about if neither of these conditions have been allowed to exist. There is the rub. The tricky part is making sure that neither of those conditions do exist, as we don't always do everything that we should do when we should do it.
 
@Andrew Shadow I agree maintenance and procedure matter. I've just read about more than one person who thought the tank was back properly / seat adjuster in the maintenance position when lifting it, and it wasn't. This seemed to be a main cause of failure when the hose kinked / pulled as a result. You'd have more luck telling someone to make sure the upper tank was empty, if even due to weight. While that won't guarantee they wont damage the hose, it does prevent a more hazardous fuel spill scenario.
 
Obo said:
@Andrew Shadow I agree maintenance and procedure matter. I've just read about more than one person who thought the tank was back properly / seat adjuster in the maintenance position when lifting it, and it wasn't. This seemed to be a main cause of failure when the hose kinked / pulled as a result. You'd have more luck telling someone to make sure the upper tank was empty, if even due to weight. While that won't guarantee they wont damage the hose, it does prevent a more hazardous fuel spill scenario.
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Correct you are, this has been reported often. The question I would ask is if always ensuring that the upper tank is always empty is a case of treating the symptoms. Never lifting the upper tank unless it is empty allows for conditions where the results of poor procedure, and lack of preventative maintenance where applicable, can more easily allow a damaged hose to go undetected. There is no fuel to leak out, so no leak is detected during the maintenance procedure. The damaged hose only rears its ugly head later when the motorcycle is being refuelled, and when gas leaks out on to an extremely hot engine sitting under it, and while it is sitting at an explosive fuel station.

I agree wholeheartedly that having fuel in the upper tank while lifting it increases the possibility of a fuel leak immensely. I see that as beneficial, not as a risk. I prefer to have fuel in the upper tank. If I damaged this hose hopefully having fuel in the tank will cause it to leak while I have the motorcycle in my garage, and while there is a cold engine sitting under it, rather than later while I am sitting on top of a hot engine at an explosive gas station.

To each to make their choice.
 
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