ran out of gas!

I believe ya!

So do I! I had to end up taking the wheel/tire to my wheel guy and he put in a new inner tube. Told me the tire was still good, though I will get a new one soon. Tire only has about 4000 miles on it. Now, I could have wrestled with the job myself, but it was worth the $25 labor to have Boots do it, and besides, I needed his opinion about the tire. I carry a tire pressure gauge in my tool bag. Every day I ride, I check the oil, gas, tires, lights and rear brake before I leave the shop.

Is it just me or does anyone else think that someone may have a 'thing' about going to church on a bobber and messed with the tire?? Just might be the Noo Yorka in me

There is some shady sketchy folks out that way..especially them gang banging church goers,lol.

Tires are an often over looked thing, like you said only takes a couple minutes.

Tires are one of the most overlooked and abused maintenance item on bike and car

But when you only have two wheels, it would be smart to check them from time to time. Hard to believe a biker would let his tires get to the point where the cords show.
Next time I get new tires, I'm thinking of switching to Coker tires for my bike. They make them with the so-called old school tread design and I have heard that they are better than the Avons I've been running.

Looks like an old carlisle

Yeah, it does. Now I've found a matching set of Firestone Deluxe Champion tires for $330. They have the saw tooth design that I'm liking a lot.
Dang, already forgot how to load the picture. As Mac the Wife would say . . . "If I only had a brain".

It's been 2 weeks and 500+ miles since I've changed to unmodified plugs and I've noticed no significant difference in the gas milage. I've been using the same brand plugs for years now (Autolite 4265). Sometimes a little better, sometimes a little worse. Overall average about the same. Very disappointing. Still, 37 to 38 MPG give or take isn't bad for an antique like mine. And it runs as good as it ever has, so I have no complaints.

Guess I'll leave the plugs alone .

Hmmmm, I wonder who said you'd see no difference, hmmm. Some smart ass Noo yoooowker that's who. LOL

HRK didn't think there'd be any difference and neither did some wiseacre from lung Eyeland LOL.

The bike runs the same, starts the same, sounds the same - no difference anywhere as far as I can tell. Nothing gained - nothing lost except one less thing for me to tinker with.

Believe me, I was tempted to tell a tall tale about all the power and milage I gained from cutting the plugs just to see everyone's reaction!

Yo! One of my best friends is a Johnny Reb!

How much is serious? There's cars out there getting better milage than I am.

And if you make the plug wires as short as possible, spark will get there a little sooner and stronger, givlng a boost in mpg and hp.

Don't think I'm going to move the coil to accomplish that. Just fabbed up a custom coil bracket so it wouldn't stick out so far - moved it in about 2" closer to the frame. One wire is very short and the other one maybe a foot or so.

Crap, it's been raining for 3 days now. My back yard looks like a lake in places. Went out earlier today with a shovel and started digging trenches to avert water away from the areas I need to drive through to get the bike to the street. It's going to start drying out this afternoon and tomorrow it's supposed to be nice. If I didn't dig the trenches, I would be stuck 3 or 4 days more waiting for the water to drain and the mud to solidify.

I knew it, you are on drugs!