The Mom deer that takes the peanuts out of my hand, came up behind me one day when I was making a motorcycle related video for my TH-cam channel. I was standing with my back to the deer, I sometimes carry peanuts in my pocket for the deer and squirrels. mom deer came up behind me and banged my elbow with her snout as if to let me know she wanted a snack.. The elbow she bang, was the one I was holding my camera with. Not only did the camera go wild and off of the subject, but I let out a yell because she scared me for a second. That’s when I started feeding her. peanuts by hand. She actually got aggravated because I had my back to her as though I were ignoring her, and she let me know that I was not paying attention to her…
HNY fellow RSV rider. Question for you on camshafts. Do you believe that the cam shaft that’s in my RSV is modified to suit California emission demands? I’ve been wanting to change to a more aggressive cam to increase the performance of my 2010 RSV. Not that I plan on doing anything soon, but doing my homework on the subject. I’ve been contemplating selling my bike for a Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700. I don’t need it, just like the idea of change. If I do, I’ll definitely consider buying one that’s from one of my neighboring states-AZ, NV, or UT.
i’ve had limited experience with machines that were made for the California market. all I know is they were way way too lean in the carburetion department. I had a 92 Yamaha Seca 600, four-cylinder air cooled, carburetors, that was a nice bike, but I believe that Yamaha made it the same machine for the California and the rest of the country. That thing was shut off when I pulled up to a red light. On my way to work at times. It would start right up again, but it was just dangerously lean .. lean means high temperatures just look at a lawnmower carburetor. They are about as unsophisticated as you can get. The only thing that determines the speed is the throttle plate. When it’s wide-open, it’s running on more air, when you close the throttle plate down, it’s still getting the same amount of gas but much much less air. It’s a fine line. then, there’s altitude to consider. The higher up you go and altitude above sea level, the there is less air in the air. Formula One cars lose about 100 hp when they race in Mexico City, which is over a mile high above sea level, then, when they race at sea level like Montecarlo, they are at sea level. They have 100 hp more because the air is more compressed and you’re getting more air with every intake stroke. these ventures are probably engines that were designed in the late 70s. I do not know how much cam overlap they have year to year. Overlap is, the intake valve will open just before the exhaust valve completely closes. That allows for easier flow for the intake charge because it has more momentum telling the cylinder. Unfortunately, part of the fresh unburned charge goes out the exhaust valve, which is the reason we don’t see two strokes on the street anymore, overlap.-part of the unburned fresh charge goes out the exhaust port. Having the intake charge partially go out, the exhaust port is good for performance, but bad for emissions.. in the very early 1970s, carmakers had to put air pumps and catalytic converter‘s on muscle cars in horsepower dropped down to under 200 when they were in the mid300 hp range before they had to do that. One of the reasons for the dramatic drop in horsepower once the 1970s started is, the exhaust valves had to be completely closed before the intake valve cut open. that was the end of the muscle car. Now today cars are better and more powerful than ever. These are the good old days when it comes to power and breaks and handling and durability and safety and high mileage. But the Venture engine was designed in the 70s because it did not appear until 1983… that was the 1200 cc Yamaha Venture and Venture royale introduction here. Those things were FAST. They were in the 12 second range in the quarter mile which was pretty fast for a heavy machine with all the baggage on it pushing that fairing the size of a barn door… now this is a guess, if you’re going to get improved performance, look into what they were using on the Vmax. That had ace engine that would probably fit right into The Venture frame, but those things had 148 claimed horsepower.. i rode those early vmax’s.. I had a Yamaha FJ 1200 at the time for comparison, there was no comparison. The Vmax was brutally much faster than my FJ 1200, just don’t expect a Vmax to go around corners. They’re not made for it. I believe in leaving machines completely stock. Because if you have issues with the way, it’s running, you don’t know what the baseline should be. If you ever do change things, trying to find more horsepower, do only one change at a time. If you change three or four things at once, and your machine runs like crap. After that, you don’t know which one is causing the problem. I’ve seen that more times than I can remember at road race tracks During the eight years I was road racing. I went up against guys that had the exact same machine I had, that weighed 50 pounds less than I did, and I would have one or 2 miles an hour top speed on them, which is walking speed. At the end of the race. I would be half a lap ahead of them when I would cross the finish line. that did not make any sense to me at first. But then it turns out, they were making changes, removing their airbox, which acts like a velocity stack, that was one of the biggest power drops. People did to their own machines, getting rid of the stock airbox. They juggle timing, they would change the exhaust, they would change jetting, they would try trick components, they would change the carburetors., and what they ultimately ended up doing, was making their machines slower. I realized early in my racing career that the factory knows more than I do. So I always left my machine alone and concentrated on riding and suspension set up, and that approach won me six championships, two national championships… I was accused of cheating by guys, protesting me, and putting up money to have my engine, inspected for cheating, and it always came out that I was totally stock.. people always blame The bike for being slow and actually it was them that was slow compounded by them, tinkering, without knowing what the hell they were doing.. if it were me, I would leave the bike alone, i’ve told people over the decades if you want a faster bike, don’t try to make your bike faster, saw your bike and buy a faster bike. it’ll be cheaper and more reliable and when you wanna get rid of it, you’ll be able to sell it instead of trying to sell a Frankenstein you experimented with.. motorcycles don’t wear out as much as they are neglected to death or modified to death.. I do have a video on TH-cam about the Kawasaki, Vulcan voyager 1700. I really like that bike. I went to see one that was for sale and took it for a test ride, and I had my camera on for the entire test ride, which lasts about 15 minutes… you should watch that video because that bike was not what I thought it would be. It was totally stock except it had a Corbin seat with a back rest. It started right up and idled smoothly, It had the noisiest engine I can remember. Ever hearing. They have hydraulic lifters, and on the Internet, there are some people that mention that the cam chains need a modification to the cam chain tensioner, which appears to be too short and doesn’t put enough tension on the cam chain.. They have a belt final drive, which is a great plus for suspension compliance, But the belt alone cost over $500.. I thought that was a misprint, I thought maybe that was what a dealer would charge to install a new belt including the belt.. But that is just the price of the belt. There are people that made videos for TH-cam, saying that the Harley Davidson Belt is slightly smaller in width and cost $150, And it goes right on the Kawasaki Volcan voyager, 1700.. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but there are videos on TH-cam that say it is true.. Watch the video I made in June 2022 Of the test ride I made, and I give my impressions of the machine the entire time I’m riding.. Like I said, the writing position, even the bars, everything was perfect for me. But the engine did not make much power at all., And I don’t know if I could tolerate how much that engine shook.. In the video, I see it felt like a paint shaker.. It also has the noisiest shifting transmission this side of a Hesketh motorcycle.. You will hear in that video every shift I made. It literally sounds like someone in the engine is in there with a ball peen hammer.. there is a dude that I follow. That’s very entertaining on TH-cam, he has a Kawasaki, Vulcan, voyager I think it is, I’m not sure of the model, but it’s the one with fairing in bags like the 1700 Voyager. He just got it about five months ago, and a shop told him he needs a new engine. There’s a lot of people on TH-cam that say that they’ve had to have the lifters replaced. There are people that say they’ve had to have the cam chain replaced as well as a modified cam chain tensioner that does not push out hard enough to maintain. The proper tension.. I do know that there are people that say those machines last them tens of thousands of trouble free miles.. but the one I rode, definitely had a lot of valve lifter clatter that made me nervous, you can hear it in my video. And that’s why I didn’t buy that bike. I actually contacted the seller a week later because I changed my mind and I was willing to take a chance that maybe just the oil needed changed which is a common suggestion when the valves make noise. But I could never get in touch with the guy, so I think he may have sold it… The bottom line is, I did like that bike. But it was not smooth, it was not powerful, and the transmission was the loudest I ever heard, and the valves, and the cam chain made all kinds of noise… I can’t imagine Kawasaki making an engine for that long with problems like that. They just don’t make junk at Kawasaki. I’ve had a bunch of Kawasaki’s, Kawasaki, triples, the original, Z1903, 600 ninja, KLR 650. 350 big horn dirtbike, which I got from Eric Buell, Rotary valve two-stroke twin A7SS.. I bought my then girlfriend a KD 125 brand new.. I never had any problems with them that I didn’t cause..
@ thanks for your in-depth opinion on this subject. You make a good point about leaving well enough alone. As to your Kawasaki video, I’ll be checking it out tomorrow for sure. What I’ve heard on the Vulcan that makes a world of good is to have the ECU flashed. Apparently, it makes a heck of a difference on performance. Unfortunately with our carbureted bikes, that operation can’t be done. I did get my carbs rebuilt though and rejetted with to factory standard jets, out went the lean CA emissions jets. I had the valves adjusted also, which is what was recommended by the factory. It had to be done professionally since I don’t have the background to work on my machines’ internals. Thanks again for taking some time to write me on my conundrum. I appreciate it. Jesse
@@jesusacovarrubias1390 you’re welcome. But just keep in mind, everyone has a right to their wrong opinions, even me. as for not being able to change the turning on a machine with carburetors, the way you can on a machine with fuel injection. Here is my opinion on that. I think it’s just possible that the newer machines that have settings for rain or sport mode on their menu for the way, the bike runs is nice, but I think it’s just possible that there is just one setting on those fuel injected bikes with Settings that is the one that is the optimum overall, I’ll put of power, and the other ones are just a form of D tuning. on the other hand, a machine that has stock and has carburetors is set up to run at its optimum performance at all times .. personally, I I am not thrilled with different power, output, settings, or things like antilock, brakes, or traction control.. I prefer that the machine run at a consistent level, never changing, so I know what I have in all situations.. traction control on my company jeep on a snowy day. Could have gotten me run over by a gasoline truck. I was leaving a gas station on a snowy day, where there was snow pushed to the sides of the main road. I was about to pull out when I looked to my left and saw a large gasoline tractor trailer coming. He was about an eighth of a mile away.. plenty of space for me to pull out and not cause the truck driver two slow down or lay on his horns. It wouldn’t even be close under normal circumstances. but I pulled out slowly because it was snowing and my Jeep detected the snow pushed to the side of the road. Where are the exit from the gas station meets the road. The traction control took over, and my Jeep practically stopped halfway out of the gas station, and it would not accelerate. The traction control, detected the snow, slippage and cut the power to the wheels. That gasoline truck laid on the horns, and I was lucky the oncoming traffic from the opposite direction lane was empty. The truck driver stayed on the horns and swerved into the oncoming lane to miss me, thank goodness. I was lucky that day. But traction control nearly got me killed. from that day on, when I got into my company car, the first thing I did was put on my seatbelt, and the second thing I did was turn off traction control, every single time I got in the vehicle.. I had a bad situation happen with ABS brakes on my BMW K 1200 LT motorcycle. I was going down a road that had gravel on it. I was on a slope going downhill. It wasn’t very steep but it was about 1000 feet downhill. I touched the brakes to maintain my speed and I had nothing, no breaks at all on a 900 pound motorcycle. I actually had time to plan my next move. Should I jump off? Should I shut the key off? Should I aim for something cheap? Should I just lay the bike down? I was pumping the brakes and standing on the brakes, nothing I had no breaks. At the bottom of the hill, coming up fast was a right hand turn I was not going to make at that speed. But I was lucky. There was an auto salvage yard at the bottom of the hill, surrounded by a wire fence 8 feet tall. I ran into that fence. It was about 10 feet through the grass off the road to stop. It was like a big net. The only damage I had was a broken front fender. when my New fender came in, I installed the fender, and I sold that motorcycle about 10 days later. gimmicks like traction control, and especially ABS are a placebo for idiots. They are cures for problems that don’t really exist, especially on motorcycles. That front wheel is the one that’s going to save your life, and when you have it stop working in the name of “safety? “,That’s unbelievable. I was lucky that day that that road didn’t intersect out onto the main highway with cars going by at 50 miles an hour, or passed a school zone with children crossing the street.. i’ve had two machines with ABS brakes, I sold them and bought older machines that do not have ABS brakes. ABS on a four-wheel-drive vehicle like a car or a truck is one thing because you have three other wheels on the ground. They can do the breaking for you. But on a motorcycle only the front wheel is the one that’s gonna save your life, and when that stops working, good luck.
deer are sort of like cats, you don’t own them, they just choose to stay with you. We give these deer snacks, but we do not feed them 20 or 30 pounds of food a day. We just give them little snacks in an attempt to keep them away from our bushes and shrubs and flowers and my garden. Sometimes we see them twice a day, sometimes we don’t see them for days. over the years, the dominant female drives the males away before they are even a year old. She’ll come up behind them and give them a whack across the back legs with her front leg and she will try to bite them, and they finally get the message and I don’t know where they go, but we never see them again most of the time. We only see the males start sniffing around for a few weeks in the fall, then I don’t know where they go. The males do not come around for snacks. this female that eat out of my hand is the only deer I’ve seen that does that in the decades we’ve been here. She has had twins in 2024, and in 2023 she had twins. And those are the four deer the same shade of tan that she is in this video . She will drive them away, just like she was driving the darker deer in the beginning of this video and then a little later that smaller deer, which is the baby of that dark deer… I believe that deer, even though mommy was driving it away, I believe that is one of mommy’s fans from two years ago. Because she does not tolerate strangers.
Very cool
I like your videos
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The Mom deer that takes the peanuts out of my hand, came up behind me one day when I was making a motorcycle related video for my TH-cam channel. I was standing with my back to the deer, I sometimes carry peanuts in my pocket for the deer and squirrels. mom deer came up behind me and banged my elbow with her snout as if to let me know she wanted a snack.. The elbow she bang, was the one I was holding my camera with. Not only did the camera go wild and off of the subject, but I let out a yell because she scared me for a second. That’s when I started feeding her. peanuts by hand. She actually got aggravated because I had my back to her as though I were ignoring her, and she let me know that I was not paying attention to her…
HNY fellow RSV rider. Question for you on camshafts. Do you believe that the cam shaft that’s in my RSV is modified to suit California emission demands? I’ve been wanting to change to a more aggressive cam to increase the performance of my 2010 RSV. Not that I plan on doing anything soon, but doing my homework on the subject. I’ve been contemplating selling my bike for a Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700. I don’t need it, just like the idea of change. If I do, I’ll definitely consider buying one that’s from one of my neighboring states-AZ, NV, or UT.
i’ve had limited experience with machines that were made for the California market. all I know is they were way way too lean in the carburetion department. I had a 92 Yamaha Seca 600, four-cylinder air cooled, carburetors, that was a nice bike, but I believe that Yamaha made it the same machine for the California and the rest of the country. That thing was shut off when I pulled up to a red light. On my way to work at times. It would start right up again, but it was just dangerously lean .. lean means high temperatures
just look at a lawnmower carburetor. They are about as unsophisticated as you can get. The only thing that determines the speed is the throttle plate. When it’s wide-open, it’s running on more air, when you close the throttle plate down, it’s still getting the same amount of gas but much much less air. It’s a fine line. then, there’s altitude to consider. The higher up you go and altitude above sea level, the there is less air in the air. Formula One cars lose about 100 hp when they race in Mexico City, which is over a mile high above sea level, then, when they race at sea level like Montecarlo, they are at sea level. They have 100 hp more because the air is more compressed and you’re getting more air with every intake stroke.
these ventures are probably engines that were designed in the late 70s. I do not know how much cam overlap they have year to year. Overlap is, the intake valve will open just before the exhaust valve completely closes. That allows for easier flow for the intake charge because it has more momentum telling the cylinder. Unfortunately, part of the fresh unburned charge goes out the exhaust valve, which is the reason we don’t see two strokes on the street anymore, overlap.-part of the unburned fresh charge goes out the exhaust port. Having the intake charge partially go out, the exhaust port is good for performance, but bad for emissions..
in the very early 1970s, carmakers had to put air pumps and catalytic converter‘s on muscle cars in horsepower dropped down to under 200 when they were in the mid300 hp range before they had to do that. One of the reasons for the dramatic drop in horsepower once the 1970s started is, the exhaust valves had to be completely closed before the intake valve cut open. that was the end of the muscle car. Now today cars are better and more powerful than ever. These are the good old days when it comes to power and breaks and handling and durability and safety and high mileage. But the Venture engine was designed in the 70s because it did not appear until 1983… that was the 1200 cc Yamaha Venture and Venture royale introduction here. Those things were FAST. They were in the 12 second range in the quarter mile which was pretty fast for a heavy machine with all the baggage on it pushing that fairing the size of a barn door…
now this is a guess, if you’re going to get improved performance, look into what they were using on the Vmax. That had ace engine that would probably fit right into The Venture frame, but those things had 148 claimed horsepower.. i rode those early vmax’s.. I had a Yamaha FJ 1200 at the time for comparison, there was no comparison. The Vmax was brutally much faster than my FJ 1200, just don’t expect a Vmax to go around corners. They’re not made for it.
I believe in leaving machines completely stock. Because if you have issues with the way, it’s running, you don’t know what the baseline should be.
If you ever do change things, trying to find more horsepower, do only one change at a time. If you change three or four things at once, and your machine runs like crap. After that, you don’t know which one is causing the problem. I’ve seen that more times than I can remember at road race tracks During the eight years I was road racing. I went up against guys that had the exact same machine I had, that weighed 50 pounds less than I did, and I would have one or 2 miles an hour top speed on them, which is walking speed. At the end of the race. I would be half a lap ahead of them when I would cross the finish line. that did not make any sense to me at first. But then it turns out, they were making changes, removing their airbox, which acts like a velocity stack, that was one of the biggest power drops. People did to their own machines, getting rid of the stock airbox. They juggle timing, they would change the exhaust, they would change jetting, they would try trick components, they would change the carburetors., and what they ultimately ended up doing, was making their machines slower. I realized early in my racing career that the factory knows more than I do. So I always left my machine alone and concentrated on riding and suspension set up, and that approach won me six championships, two national championships… I was accused of cheating by guys, protesting me, and putting up money to have my engine, inspected for cheating, and it always came out that I was totally stock.. people always blame The bike for being slow and actually it was them that was slow compounded by them, tinkering, without knowing what the hell they were doing..
if it were me, I would leave the bike alone, i’ve told people over the decades if you want a faster bike, don’t try to make your bike faster, saw your bike and buy a faster bike. it’ll be cheaper and more reliable and when you wanna get rid of it, you’ll be able to sell it instead of trying to sell a Frankenstein you experimented with.. motorcycles don’t wear out as much as they are neglected to death or modified to death..
I do have a video on TH-cam about the Kawasaki, Vulcan voyager 1700. I really like that bike. I went to see one that was for sale and took it for a test ride, and I had my camera on for the entire test ride, which lasts about 15 minutes…
you should watch that video because that bike was not what I thought it would be. It was totally stock except it had a Corbin seat with a back rest. It started right up and idled smoothly, It had the noisiest engine I can remember. Ever hearing. They have hydraulic lifters, and on the Internet, there are some people that mention that the cam chains need a modification to the cam chain tensioner, which appears to be too short and doesn’t put enough tension on the cam chain.. They have a belt final drive, which is a great plus for suspension compliance, But the belt alone cost over $500.. I thought that was a misprint, I thought maybe that was what a dealer would charge to install a new belt including the belt.. But that is just the price of the belt. There are people that made videos for TH-cam, saying that the Harley Davidson Belt is slightly smaller in width and cost $150, And it goes right on the Kawasaki Volcan voyager, 1700.. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but there are videos on TH-cam that say it is true..
Watch the video I made in June 2022 Of the test ride I made, and I give my impressions of the machine the entire time I’m riding..
Like I said, the writing position, even the bars, everything was perfect for me. But the engine did not make much power at all., And I don’t know if I could tolerate how much that engine shook.. In the video, I see it felt like a paint shaker.. It also has the noisiest shifting transmission this side of a Hesketh motorcycle.. You will hear in that video every shift I made. It literally sounds like someone in the engine is in there with a ball peen hammer..
there is a dude that I follow. That’s very entertaining on TH-cam, he has a Kawasaki, Vulcan, voyager I think it is, I’m not sure of the model, but it’s the one with fairing in bags like the 1700 Voyager. He just got it about five months ago, and a shop told him he needs a new engine. There’s a lot of people on TH-cam that say that they’ve had to have the lifters replaced. There are people that say they’ve had to have the cam chain replaced as well as a modified cam chain tensioner that does not push out hard enough to maintain. The proper tension..
I do know that there are people that say those machines last them tens of thousands of trouble free miles.. but the one I rode, definitely had a lot of valve lifter clatter that made me nervous, you can hear it in my video. And that’s why I didn’t buy that bike. I actually contacted the seller a week later because I changed my mind and I was willing to take a chance that maybe just the oil needed changed which is a common suggestion when the valves make noise. But I could never get in touch with the guy, so I think he may have sold it… The bottom line is, I did like that bike. But it was not smooth, it was not powerful, and the transmission was the loudest I ever heard, and the valves, and the cam chain made all kinds of noise…
I can’t imagine Kawasaki making an engine for that long with problems like that. They just don’t make junk at Kawasaki. I’ve had a bunch of Kawasaki’s, Kawasaki, triples, the original, Z1903, 600 ninja, KLR 650. 350 big horn dirtbike, which I got from Eric Buell, Rotary valve two-stroke twin A7SS.. I bought my then girlfriend a KD 125 brand new.. I never had any problems with them that I didn’t cause..
@ thanks for your in-depth opinion on this subject. You make a good point about leaving well enough alone. As to your Kawasaki video, I’ll be checking it out tomorrow for sure. What I’ve heard on the Vulcan that makes a world of good is to have the ECU flashed. Apparently, it makes a heck of a difference on performance. Unfortunately with our carbureted bikes, that operation can’t be done. I did get my carbs rebuilt though and rejetted with to factory standard jets, out went the lean CA emissions jets. I had the valves adjusted also, which is what was recommended by the factory. It had to be done professionally since I don’t have the background to work on my machines’ internals. Thanks again for taking some time to write me on my conundrum. I appreciate it. Jesse
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you’re welcome. But just keep in mind, everyone has a right to their wrong opinions, even me.
as for not being able to change the turning on a machine with carburetors, the way you can on a machine with fuel injection. Here is my opinion on that.
I think it’s just possible that the newer machines that have settings for rain or sport mode on their menu for the way, the bike runs is nice, but I think it’s just possible that there is just one setting on those fuel injected bikes with Settings that is the one that is the optimum overall, I’ll put of power, and the other ones are just a form of D tuning.
on the other hand, a machine that has stock and has carburetors is set up to run at its optimum performance at all times ..
personally, I I am not thrilled with different power, output, settings, or things like antilock, brakes, or traction control.. I prefer that the machine run at a consistent level, never changing, so I know what I have in all situations..
traction control on my company jeep on a snowy day. Could have gotten me run over by a gasoline truck.
I was leaving a gas station on a snowy day, where there was snow pushed to the sides of the main road. I was about to pull out when I looked to my left and saw a large gasoline tractor trailer coming. He was about an eighth of a mile away.. plenty of space for me to pull out and not cause the truck driver two slow down or lay on his horns. It wouldn’t even be close under normal circumstances.
but I pulled out slowly because it was snowing and my Jeep detected the snow pushed to the side of the road. Where are the exit from the gas station meets the road. The traction control took over, and my Jeep practically stopped halfway out of the gas station, and it would not accelerate. The traction control, detected the snow, slippage and cut the power to the wheels. That gasoline truck laid on the horns, and I was lucky the oncoming traffic from the opposite direction lane was empty. The truck driver stayed on the horns and swerved into the oncoming lane to miss me, thank goodness. I was lucky that day. But traction control nearly got me killed.
from that day on, when I got into my company car, the first thing I did was put on my seatbelt, and the second thing I did was turn off traction control, every single time I got in the vehicle..
I had a bad situation happen with ABS brakes on my BMW K 1200 LT motorcycle. I was going down a road that had gravel on it. I was on a slope going downhill. It wasn’t very steep but it was about 1000 feet downhill. I touched the brakes to maintain my speed and I had nothing, no breaks at all on a 900 pound motorcycle. I actually had time to plan my next move. Should I jump off? Should I shut the key off? Should I aim for something cheap? Should I just lay the bike down? I was pumping the brakes and standing on the brakes, nothing I had no breaks.
At the bottom of the hill, coming up fast was a right hand turn I was not going to make at that speed. But I was lucky. There was an auto salvage yard at the bottom of the hill, surrounded by a wire fence 8 feet tall. I ran into that fence. It was about 10 feet through the grass off the road to stop. It was like a big net. The only damage I had was a broken front fender.
when my New fender came in, I installed the fender, and I sold that motorcycle about 10 days later.
gimmicks like traction control, and especially ABS are a placebo for idiots. They are cures for problems that don’t really exist, especially on motorcycles. That front wheel is the one that’s going to save your life, and when you have it stop working in the name of “safety? “,That’s unbelievable. I was lucky that day that that road didn’t intersect out onto the main highway with cars going by at 50 miles an hour, or passed a school zone with children crossing the street..
i’ve had two machines with ABS brakes, I sold them and bought older machines that do not have ABS brakes.
ABS on a four-wheel-drive vehicle like a car or a truck is one thing because you have three other wheels on the ground. They can do the breaking for you. But on a motorcycle only the front wheel is the one that’s gonna save your life, and when that stops working, good luck.
You make me wanna have Deers
deer are sort of like cats, you don’t own them, they just choose to stay with you. We give these deer snacks, but we do not feed them 20 or 30 pounds of food a day. We just give them little snacks in an attempt to keep them away from our bushes and shrubs and flowers and my garden. Sometimes we see them twice a day, sometimes we don’t see them for days.
over the years, the dominant female drives the males away before they are even a year old. She’ll come up behind them and give them a whack across the back legs with her front leg and she will try to bite them, and they finally get the message and I don’t know where they go, but we never see them again most of the time. We only see the males start sniffing around for a few weeks in the fall, then I don’t know where they go. The males do not come around for snacks.
this female that eat out of my hand is the only deer I’ve seen that does that in the decades we’ve been here. She has had twins in 2024, and in 2023 she had twins. And those are the four deer the same shade of tan that she is in this video . She will drive them away, just like she was driving the darker deer in the beginning of this video and then a little later that smaller deer, which is the baby of that dark deer… I believe that deer, even though mommy was driving it away, I believe that is one of mommy’s fans from two years ago. Because she does not tolerate strangers.