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<DIV>Packed dry dirt good, muddy dirt not good on road bikes :-)</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rcolahan@epix.net>Richard
Colahan</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 17, 2021 14:47</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=robertnorum1953@gmail.com>Robert Norum</A> ; <A
title=bsafr@aol.com>bsafr@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=dvnr@casano.com>dvnr@casano.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: DVNR February Update</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Easy Bob!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Some of us LOVE DR's!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've done some great dual-sport riding in Vermont
and New Hampshire...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Your Buell would be right at home!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And congrats Bill.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=robertnorum1953@gmail.com>Robert Norum</A> </DIV>
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title=bsafr@aol.com>bsafr@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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title=dvnr@casano.com>dvnr@casano.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 17, 2021 1:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: DVNR February Update</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>Congratulations Bill on your piece of paradise- sounds
wonderful!
<DIV>Let us know when the mud road, ummm sorry meant dirt road is paved!
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<DIV>Cheers!<BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On Feb 17, 2021, at 12:23 PM, Brian Safer via DVNR
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news and congratulations Bill - have always liked it up there. Have taken a
few long bike rides up there and we ski in VT and NH every year. Going up in
a couple of weeks actually.</DIV>
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all of us in the DVNR can get you to get VT titles for all of our bikes that
PennDOT wont easily do - then once we "buy" them back from you, we can get
them transferred into PA titles!!</DIV>
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<dvnr@casano.com><BR>Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2021 11:15 am<BR>Subject: Re:
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<DIV style="COLOR: black; FONT: 10pt arial">More
news We have sold our NJ house to
our younger daughter and have bought a house in VT on a dirt road with 18
acres. Will continue in DVNR as it is a great group. Maybe when
COVID is not an issue we can have a gathering here much like at the hunt
club. Email and cell number remain the same. Address is 185
Burbee Pond Road Windham VT 05359 Would welcome any and all who wish
to come.
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<DIV>Bill Casey<BR clear=none>
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<davidebehnken@gmail.com><BR clear=none>To: DVNR email list
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hello DVNR members,
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<DIV>I hope this finds everyone healthy and well. After the last few
months we've had, I'm sure most of us are tired of either the cold, the snow
or probably both. As we're now half way through February, hopefully warmer
temperatures aren't too far off and the snow may begin to recede.
Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll even stop snowing at some point too.
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<DIV>I wanted to drop a note to update everyone about current events and
near future activities. I spoke with our contact at the State Park in
mid-January. He said to check back with him at the end of February to
confirm, but it was almost guaranteed that the park will NOT be available to
us in April if we wanted to try to hold a Gathering of the Nortons
event. I'm sure no one is surprised. </DIV>
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<DIV>As such, we have a few options for the 2021 Gathering of the Nortons
event: 1) cancel the event for the year 2) postpone it until later in 2021.
I don't think it's a good idea or even a viable option to try to hold the
event in April at another location for several reasons -- we'll never get
anyone's permission, liability, who's comfortable attending and the list
goes on. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I've spoken with Todd Robertson who, along with me, has been hosting
spring meetings and neither of us think it's a great idea to hold a March
meeting in our houses. As an alternative, I thought I'd throw out Dan
Sellers' idea of seeing if the club was interested in finding a restaurant
or diner that would give us a room for a meeting. I know the Spinning
Wheel Diner by us in the Somerset & Hunterdon County area of Jersey has
a room that can probably be requested, but I'm sure there are more central
locations around the majority of the members. I'll let you guys make
suggestions if you know of options. Hopefully we'll be able to arrange
something for those who wish to get together in a group setting.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I picked up a few brackets from Dave at Classic Cycle in Baptistown
last Friday. He asked what the club was doing for the Gathering and I
told him basically what I said above. He's not able to offer his shop
for a Gathering of the Nortons size event, but said we were welcome to have
a club get together at his shop on the third Sunday of April if we
wanted. Due to limited space, he said no cars, bikes only. The
deli across the street has good food too. He also mentioned that it
would work out great for him as he was planning on bringing his Model 18(?)
to the Gathering if it had worked out. This way he didn't even have to
move it to display it. It's a beautiful bike for those who haven't
seen it. </DIV>
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<DIV>So, if we aren't able to plan something for March, we have something on
the books for April whereby we can get together and have a discussion
regarding what we want to do for the 2021 Gathering of the Nortons.
What I'd like to do is have a discussion in a group setting in March and/or
April to hash out the ideas members have and then probably put out a poll to
choose a plan. If we do a poll, those who aren't able to attend or would
prefer not to meet up in a group setting still have a voice. I'm
trying to avoid a prolonged chain of back and forth emails where everybody
throws out their ideas at once and it usually ends up feeling like being in
a room where everyone talks at once and nobody hears anything. Fingers
crossed. In short, we'll figure out what the members want to do with
the Gathering in either March or April. </DIV>
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<DIV>As it's cold, snowy, nasty out and the roads are an icy/salty mess,
now's the time to do the bike preparation and maintenance that you always
<B>say</B> you're not going to put off and do before it's a scramble in
April before the Gathering. The oil's almost guaranteed to be in the
sump, is it due for a change? New oil filter? That's pretty
easy. How about the gearbox and primary? When was the last time
you changed it? If your memory is as bad as mine, it's probably twice
as long as you're guestimating it is. That's the low hanging fruit -
when's the last time you changed your fork oil? I've never bought a
used bike and <B>not</B><B> </B>found the forks to have about an inch of
peanut butter thick sludge in the bottom. Not the best for bushings or
ride quality. Brake fluid? Couldn't hurt, right? If you
get on a roll there's always the swing arm - 140 weight oil or grease
(depending on your school of thought). Fuel and carbs ready?
That's just the fluids. How's the battery? If it's not on a
tender or won't hold a charge, now's the time to get a new one. Any fixes
you've been putting off? How's the wiring harness? And then
there's everyone's favorite topic: <B>Tires.</B> When's the last
time you took a GOOD look at them for cracked sidewalls, wear and age?
They're the only thing between you and the road and the ability to stop and
turn sure is nice..... Now's the time to get some new ones if needed!
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Speaking of tires, I've attached a few pics of the tires I recently
took off a new-to-me bike. As you can see, the tread looks good and
they are only about 5 years old. I didn't see any significant cracking
of the sidewalls and they were still relatively soft. However, I
decided to play it safe and replace them. The tiny round pellets of
rubber and silica(?) that you see in the pics were inside the tires; that's
exactly how they looked when they came off the rims. I'd never seen that
before. From what I learned from my bike shop guy who was a MSF
instructor for many years, it's the inside of the tire coming apart from
being ridden at too low of pressure. The tire was failing from the
inside out. My guy said he used to keep a small glass jar of the pellets to
show the people in his class what could happen to their tires if they didn't
check the air pressure. Crazy stuff. Glad I bought the new
tires.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stay warm and be well!</DIV>
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<DIV>David B
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