GhostMiner Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, GotAU? said: Beautiful! I love the older classics. My Trail 90 is a ‘68. More fun than mining I think. And definitely more fun than metal detecting which I compare to watching paint dry in slow motion LOL. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 hour ago, GhostMiner said: More fun than mining I think. And definitely more fun than metal detecting which I compare to watching paint dry in slow motion LOL. What do you think of the Himalayan? Saw their trials online from Antarctica, it’s a nice looking bike. How easy are they to get parts for in the states? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, GotAU? said: What do you think of the Himalayan? Saw their trials online from Antarctica, it’s a nice looking bike. How easy are they to get parts for in the states? Easy to get parts. They are the new 350 CC. The older 500 Bullets like mine were dropped in 2020 because they couldn't pass emissions. Google for your closest dealer. I have one about 70 miles from where I live. I don't know much about the new 350's except for what i've seen on Youtube. That's a good place to start. I know the 350's were totally new designs in 2022 with way less vibration than the older singles. Mine is like riding a bike from the 1950's but with electronic ignition, fuel injection, & good wiring and NO OIL LEAKS LOL. They are not fast bikes but they are lots of fun with great torque. The 350's require valve adjustments periodicly but the 500's from 2009 & up have hydraulics lifters. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 18 hours ago, GhostMiner said: Easy to get parts. They are the new 350 CC. The older 500 Bullets like mine were dropped in 2020 because they couldn't pass emissions. Google for your closest dealer. I have one about 70 miles from where I live. I don't know much about the new 350's except for what i've seen on Youtube. That's a good place to start. I know the 350's were totally new designs in 2022 with way less vibration than the older singles. Mine is like riding a bike from the 1950's but with electronic ignition, fuel injection, & good wiring and NO OIL LEAKS LOL. They are not fast bikes but they are lots of fun with great torque. The 350's require valve adjustments periodicly but the 500's from 2009 & up have hydraulics lifters. Ah, tappets…. Ever read the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? I still have my feeler gauges for adjusting the valves on my ‘68 BMW. It was fun and relaxing, and very spacious, working on that car’s engine! Talking about old engines, when you get around to writing again, consider including an introduction of the first steam donkey to the story! They were an awesome invention, deadly for many forests in the Sierra. I saw one running once during a demonstration. It was very loud, made a lot of smoke and steam. That one was stationary, but they told us how the loggers would have it winch itself through the mountains on skids to the next clear cut. Must’ve been ominous to see and hear such a smoke belching monster dragging itself through the forest like that. Most were used for the mines- cutting timber for shoring and water flumes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dig4gold Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Gosh... This has gone off topic. Unless the topic just becomes what you decide to post about. After all it is a gold forum not a motorbike forum. D4G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 2 hours ago, dig4gold said: Gosh... This has gone off topic. Unless the topic just becomes what you decide to post about. After all it is a gold forum not a motorbike forum. D4G Yes. My fault by posting about my new bike. I promise to get the journal going again tomorrow. Sorry about that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Hope I am not too far of topic. Some remains of the 1930 mining on Bougainville (Crocodile gold). Photos taken 50 years ago. The machinery was carried from sea level to about 2000 meters above, on the backs of the local natives. Not an easy route back then. By foot. The crew.By Bike The easy way I hope those photos get you back on the journal soon. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 June 21 2002 Part One Hot and dry weather again. Over 100 degrees and the ground is parched. Jacob says this will likely be the case until sometime in September. Jim is healing up nicely and able to pull guard duty while Vern and I shovel gravels into the tom. Jacob never seems to mind the heat much and keeps a bandana tied around his head along with a brimmed hat to block out the sun. He cleaned up the gold by early afternoon and showed us the jar containing 4.1 ounces. This seems to be extremely rich ground we have stumbled upon. It’s almost as if Jacob can somehow smell the gold in the gravels. Jacob came over to the tom after the weigh and helped us shovel until dusk. We processed 38 yards by dark. At supper we all had hash and beans and washed it down with cold beer. It never tasted better after such a long, hot, and dusty day. After the sun set the temperature was quickly down into the 60’s and we got relief. After several rounds of beer the crew retired for the night and I took the first watch. TO BE CONTINUED ................. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 June 21 2002 Part Two I was hoping for a quiet night. We hadn’t had any further issues with hooligans as Jacob refers to them. The night air had dropped to around 60 degrees as 11:00 PM approached. It was quiet and I sat in a good hideout watching the pump. I was getting bored when suddenly I saw flashlights in the woods above the trail. I counted three of them. I had my 9 mm with its 15 round magazine. The holster I used also held an additional and fully loaded 15 round magazine. I pulled the semi auto out and was ready for anything. I also had a walkie talkie. Sure enough, three men seemed to be sneaking down the mountain towards the pump. My mind began to race. Would I actually shoot someone if I had to. I figured these guys were also armed because they knew we were. Slowly but surely they moved closer to the trail. They were trying to be quiet but every now and then someone would kick a rock and it would roll down the hill or they’d step on a stick and make a little noise. I extended my arms out and braced them on the flat section of rock I was hiding behind. I had it trained on the lead person. By then they were just twenty feet from the trail and another twenty from our pump. All I could think was not tonight you creeps - not on my watch. I was done tolerating this stuff from them. TO BE CONTINUED ................. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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