Lol "the Valdez gets plugged"?  Nice!  Glad to hear it's just routine maint...  Don't let them get to you Carl I don't do any of that silly preventive maint bs on my bikes either lol ... Change brake fluid?  Does that make my f----ing bike faster?  Nope - ok then lol!  I really missed out not coming south this year but maybe daytona isn't out of the question...
Not so lucky, Joe.  My ex-engine builder, Neil Taylor, stripped the bolt between the cylinders, and didn't bother to fix it when it was down.  Used silicone for a washer. Fu*ker had to know what he did.  

 Anyway, he no longer works for Tilley's.  Don Tilley agreed to make it right, and it's being done now.  He was as tight-jawed about it as I was.  Tilley has turned Jody York loose on the Ol' Girl now.  Jody is the Lead Tech at Tilley's Salisbury Store.  Sharp guy.  I got Jody his position there with Tilley years ago.  Took him from the Stealer in Bluefield, WV.  Cole HD.  Known him since he was a little feller.   Later--HUBBARD