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That this baby can pull the bike from Milw to Sturgis and back ... 
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if your serious goodluck and make sure you have a cell phone lol
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Yeah, my thoughts also. I will have to try some test pull ... Maybe got a winner, maybe a new guest house ... If a test don't make it, I will pull the bike with the car. But if it is a go, I will be the guy creating the traffic jam ... It's the damnnn xway that is uphill from here. Old hwy 18 is ? not much of a hill ...
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if your serious goodluck and make sure you have a cell phone lol
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You forgot visa card ... Quote:
Cell phone and AAA card.
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or maybe you could pull it with your bike?
Frank
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Cell phone and AAA card.Keep in mind that regular AAA services (standard or plus) won't cover a motorcycle or RV.. you need to get AAA PlusRV to get coverage for them  AAA Membership type comparisonCheers, Brad
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 I have some friends who borrowed something like that from the in-laws to drive from here to the Experimental Aeronautics Association (EAA) fly-in at Oskosh, WI a few years ago. Between Spokane and the jump off point in T. Falls they had 2 flats and the AC/heater went gonzo. The trip went downhill from there. Made for a hilarious story later over BBQ & a cold one . It's always nice to have friends who can be counted on for a "story" or two. Winnebagos must be tuff, except for some nagging top end rattling, as that particular one ran for miles ?3? qts low  . You'll have better luck!! JH
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Brave is an appropriate name. It describes the guy driving to Sturgis. Especially pulling a bike.
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I see people do this, with this old age of an RV and even older bikes. The method I THINK, is to take 3 days to go that 900 miles and the same coming back ... I think taking the back roads/old hwys is a good idea also ...
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May The Shwartz be with you  .
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I can do this, and that ...
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Tom, where'd ya get that bread truck?
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That would be a buyer beware ebay ride. I got to look at it with the wife before I blew the cash anyway... It's from a woman. She can't lie ... Quote:
Tom, where'd ya get that bread truck?
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Paint it black and it will get there faster!!
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Put a 15 tooth cog on the bike and pull the camper with the bike.. and REALLY impress the other guys riding there. Matt
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Dont' underestimate the power of prayer! I was broke down on the highway going out of town and my bike died--the day after it was just in for a service check. I checked everything I knew to check then sat on the bike and prayed. When I opened my eyes and looked up, there was an old van parked right in front of me , very similar to the 'bread truck' Winnie, and this guy came walking towards me. He said "I don't know what I can do to help you, but the Lord just told me to stop and help." I said "all I need is a cell phone" and the guy told me he had a cell phone! I called the dealer and they came and picked up the bike and we went to the shop and they fixed the bike, and off I went again. Somehow the vacuum hose for the fuel petcock had come loose (2nd time) and the mechanic put a ziptie on it this time. It was a Sportster and you can't easily see that vacuum line from either side of the bike. Maybe it got bumped during service the day before. Anyway, I am a believer in prayer....just like the time I left my wallet AND all my money, and driver's license in a restroom at a gas stop---but didn't realize it until 50 miles further down the road towards home with about 100 more miles to go (I wasn't going to get 150 miles to a tank on the old Sportster!) ...or the time I was white water rafting with a friend and the raft overturned. Had ALL our money, credit cards and both sets of bike keys dumped in the river, lost!! That time I was about 2000 miles from home! Ya think I am working God overtime?? Believe it or not, we got EVERYTHING back! The fannypack had just enough air trapped in it to stay afloat but had drifted down the river and another raft picked it up, but we didn't know that until several hours later. We didn't even see it float away. I was running down a gravel road, barefoot, wet and cold and stopped to pray for God to please make everything alright. He sure did! My mother used to worry when I traveled on my bike alone, then I found out she had wanted to ferry planes to England during the war. The nut doesn't fall far from the tree. I know who I got this adventure streak from!
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Well I've been praying for months that Angelina Jolie and Naomi Watts would bump into me at the airport, offer me a ride on their private jet, and then subject me to hours of mile-high bliss. Return. I don't think the Lord's listening Siggy
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Well I've been praying for months that Angelina Jolie and Naomi Watts would bump into me at the airport, offer me a ride on their private jet, and then subject me to hours of mile-high bliss. Return.
I don't think the Lord's listening
Siggy
Me too but I think thats because suicide is frowned upon...and I think that would kill me (and most of us) BUT what a way to GO
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Geez Siggy....EVEN after all those church newsletters you compose???  YOU SIR, are MUST be doin' that there prayin' thing ALL WRONG, Dude!  Why, just the other day Catherine Zeta Jones gave ME a call and told me that she's finally leaving that Douglas character, and asked for directions to MY place!!!  Cheers, Dwight (now I don't know WHAT to do....Judie's been a real sweetheart these last few months)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Why, just the other day Catherine Zeta Jones gave ME a call...
Dwight, you dog! So THAT'S why she's stopped calling me And she swore that I was the only one - her "cutesy wutesy chunky wunky hunky monkey."
Women, eh? Can't live with them, can't live with them
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Joan Rivers called me the other day for a "hook up." I don't wanna talk about it. 
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Well I've been praying for months that Angelina Jolie and Naomi Watts would bump into me at the airport, offer me a ride on their private jet, and then subject me to hours of mile-high bliss. Return.
I don't think the Lord's listening
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That's because He knows you're an atheist, Siggy .
(Well, that's not the only reason, but it'll do for starters )
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That's because He knows you're an atheist,
Cor blimey, guv, that's a bit unfair, ain't it? OK, maybe I could do a deal here - if the Angie/Naomi thing does happen, then I'll take that as a sign.
Can't say fairer than that, can I?
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I wish I would have got into this earlier in my career/life. Classic Winnebago site is ? Priceless. Nothing but people helping people.
Oh yeah, do this math. This baby gets like 8 miles per gallon on a good day. 900 miles and another 900 miles back from Sturgis. I can go, just can't eat or drink, or go on any rides. Just park in the grounds ... Well, KOA has free pancakes every morning anyway. The singin cowboy "John" makes em ...
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That this baby can pull the bike from Milw to Sturgis and back ...
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tatkin, I take it your Winnie is a gas burner. See if you can advance the spark timing some (without getting spark knock!). That should get you a little better gas mileage.
Also check the vacuum advance canister on the side of the distributor to make sure it is not leaking. Lack of advance just kills mileage.
When I worked in a speed shop years ago, guys would ask me how much timing they could run in their hot rod. I always said that they should advance it till it either spark knocked, or was hard to crank over when completely warmed up. If either of those two happened, just back off a little and try again.
Hope this saves you a few $$$.
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Saw a bike that looks a lot like your's on Ebay, what's the deal? Ebay ad
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