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    I usually fill up at around 150 miles also. Don't use the gauge to measure your mileage. It takes 50 miles or so before my first bar goes out and the go very fast after that. I get about 38ish mpg when I'm running the back-roads where I can relax and cruise at about 55mph. Doesn't change much with a loaded trailer and two up. If I'm hitting the highways and doing 70is, I can expect to get about 33-35pmg. Just do as the other members have mentioned to figure your actual mileage. Fill her up, reset the trip meter, when the tank appears to be near empty fill her up again. Divide the gallons used by the mileage run to get your mpg. Keep track of your mpg as best you can for each tank for the season and find the average for best results. After you do that, you'll know what you you should be getting mpg wise, and will know something is wrong when your mileage drops out of range. Or if you get bad gas somewhere. Even the gas from one station to the next can vary quite a bit. I hit the BP in the next town over for the best mileage. I hit one station last summer that got me less than 100 miles on that tank. I thought to myself that the gas smelled funny. But I though that was due to me just having surgery done on my sinuses. It also spit and sputtered a lot when it was cool too.
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    That's also what I use. I bolted down a roof top cargo carrier for a car onto it. Works great! I also mounted the axle on top of the leaf springs instead of under them to save a couple inches. I didn't think about it at the time that I could have removed the extra leaf too to save a bit of weight. I don't think I'll be hauling anything heavy enough to need it. You might also want to put some rubber hose or something around the bolts that hold the leaves to the frame on the rear of the leaves. When you have a light load, it can make a lot of noise when you hit bumps. I also built a longer tongue with a swivel to help with trailer sway and to help unhook it when the ground is uneven.
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    Ya! If I have a job before then and can afford it, That would be something cool to do.
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    Talk about putting 10lbs of crap into a 5lb bag! It would be interesting to take it for a spin. I wonder how well it could "flick" back and forth through traffic.
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    This is the type of stuff I'm talking about.
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    It may not have been said in so many words, but it was implied in a sarcastic kind of way.
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    Not to be a jerk... But why does there always have to be someone pointing out the obvious and telling someone else how they should be living their lives?
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    Ok, this may sound stupid, but... When you guys are talking about side opening trunks, your referring to the lid flipping open to the left correct? Not like the lids on the first gens that flip forward. For some reason I had a picture in my head of a trunk that had a side that opened instead of the top.
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    How about just adding a mercury switch to the horn somewhere? Maybe a keyed switch to turn it on? You'd have to figure out something different if you use the centerstand though I suppose.
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    Well It only works for IE based browsers. I'm a Firefox fan. Dang nabbed!
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    ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Processing speed/orthographic processing deficit can make things a real chore for me. Unfortunately these kind of things weren't very well understood when I was a kid. Which is another reason the nickname "Bummer" has stuck for about 35 years. I'll have to check out that website. Now if only pencils came with a spell checker.
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    They're putting out 197 horsepower too. Now only if I could get one into my MKI.
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    Yes, a date would be nice. I My Memorial and 4th of July weekends are booked up as well as the last weekend in July. Nothing in June so far. It would be really cool to finally meet some of you guys!
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    The open carry laws here in Wisconsin would make it nearly impossible to defend yourself if your in your car on your bike. With all the stipulations on the open carry laws here, we might as well not even bother.
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    Everything I possibly can! It's my daily driver. Weather permitting anyway. Trips to the grocery store, Lumber yard (that usually gets some odd looks), Junk yard (engines & tranies, etc.), Hauling other cycles, snow blowers, tillers, riding lawnmowers, etc. When I was hauling the snow blower one day, a guy asked me if I was sure what season it was.
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    I notice that they were all cages running the lights. I know that sometimes it can be an all to easy of a thing to do. I know that in the past I've accidentally run through at least one red light and a couple stop signs. I simply wasn't familiar with the area and was looking for street names, etc.. I guess I got lucky. It helped me learn a little bit about myself too, and has helped me keep it from happening again by being more aware and plan further ahead.
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    The Time Machine! Sometimes when I ride, it makes me feel like a kid again without a care in the world. Sometimes it makes others appear to stand still as if frozen in time. Sometimes I just lose all track of time.
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    This is what I use to pack my bearings. And that tool that Gary sold us works great! My bike feels better now. Apparently I wasn't getting things tight enough before.
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    I'm assuming those kits only fit the MKII, not the MKI? Seeing as how the front forks are different. Are the rear disks and calipers the same on the MKI and MKII? I'm assuming they would also be different.
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    11/16
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    Wisconsin is also an "At Will" or "Open employment" state. I always laugh when I hear someone say they have "job security". There are many other things I found out over the years about the way the system works here. Things like, an employer doesn't have to pay you what they told you they will when you get hired, as long as it's at least minimum wage. And if youy employer sends you out of state to work, you can screwed on your overtime as well.
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    How can you be so presumptuous as to feel you know just exactly what happened? Though I can't help but agree with you on just who is at fault in many instances. But then every instance is different from the next. And there are definitely exceptions to the rule. To simply close your mind and say it is the injured persons fault is ignorant. Now if your restrictions or limitations say that you should not bend, twist, climb ,turn, or lift, carry or hold a certain wieght then you should not be riding a motorcycle. That is just enough for your company to fight your claim and get it thrown out. By the way many companies hire private investigators to take pictures of you while you are doing things you should not be based on you restrictions and claims. So do not be suprised when you walk into court for you final hearing and see pictures of yourself doing activities that you should not have been doing. Still, very presumptuous. For those of you abusing the system shut the &*()) up and get back to work! Stop Screwing the rest of us! Now that I can agree with.
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    I mount mine lower to help in the fog and rain. Sometimes snow.
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    WOW! It's awful ignorant to come up with BS like that! Think about it! Lets see... It's MY fault I was injured while doing my job? If I ride a motorcycle... I must NOT have any disabilities? It's better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
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    Well I know some of the so called "Scooters" these days have engines bigger than most motorcycle I've owned. So it had to happen sooner or later. A couple of them look kind of cool and I wouldn't mind riding them. They still look better that that Victory Vision. But then a couple look real similar.
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