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Oh yea,,, speed shifted that ol Muscle bike into third right in front of the Camera at 3:35 in the vid:big-grin-emoticon: Had to shut it down right away cause 105mph was making the neighbors driveway in front of me come up aweful quick

:lightbulb:just occured to me.. Years ago I bought a flexible reach tool from an Auto Parts store. It has a push button on it that forces out metal fingers to pick up bolts and parts that have fallen into obscure places. I am sure that by removing the little plastic push button and attaching the end where the push button once was you could put that end of the internal cable into a drill chuck and spin the inner cable with the drill. You would also be able to move the "fingers" in and out to get desired "ball" diameter as you are working down the inside of the horn.. You could even bend the fingers to form an actual ball shape if you wanted.. Not sure if they make them long enough for your application BUT - any reason why you could not work from both ends? Another thing that popped into my mind would be just to go to a Bicycle shop and get a cable for a bike - they sell em at all kinds of lengths for cheap. Cut the end of the cable off and fray it to create a ball on the end. Mount the other end of the internal cable in your drill and grind away..

WAY COOL G n V!!!! What kind of diameter on the "ball" are we talking, and how long will the apparatus need to be to reach into the areas you need to clean?

Hey Sys,, this is an interesting topic and I thank you for bringing it up. Personally, I learned the hard way many many years ago (on an old Harley) about trusting kickstands to mount and dismount. From that experience I simply refuse to do it.. I also have broken off a kickstand on one of my prior 1st Gens just from being used and truthfully,, I hardly trust the dog gone things with just the weight of the bike, much less with my leg should it ever snap and cause my leg to get under it while dismounting.. I feel for your situation though brother.. If I were faced with what you are describing I think I would actually look into fabbing up a whole different kickstand - much heavier duty, wider footprint and a better mounting system then the shoulder bolt and "ears" that the current stand mounts to.. I also think you are wise to reinforce that left peg. Have you considered even going to boards? I know these pegs can be slippery to stand on under certain conditions.. P.S. - that @Condor varmint aint joking when he mentions his method - did it on modern day tall dirtbikes for years myself! WORKS GREAT!!! Any chance you could devise a method like he is talking about - even having a boot strap made to assist in lifting up your foot? Sure seems a lot safer IMHO..

I ran a Full Bore home from the west coast a while back, ended up getting considerable more miles out of it than the 404's under the same conditions (lots of HOT tarmac) and later had a chance to run some mountains down south in LOTS of rain - that cheap Full Bore did an amazing job cutting thru water on the the roads, did a really fine job.. Another one that I would have no problem spooning on Tweeks thats for sure..

I voted crime from the perspective of at least giving the cager a chance to clarify in a court of law his clear statement of "I dont care" when told that he hit the folks on the bike - guy deserves a chance to explain himself before some very upset Dad of the kid on the back of the bike goes and puts the boots to him. I really dont see attempted murder here though (I think if he were actually planning to kill the guy and girl he would have been ticked that he missed his target), more along the line of willful negligent attempted manslaughter thru an act of road rage or at a very minimum Reckless Driving. To me, him stating that he didnt care could possibly be an indicator that he REALLY did not care about the human life's that he just about took. IMHO, it doesnt matter how upset he may have been about past experiences with other bikers, whether or not he was upset cause the biker crossed the double yellow or whether or not he was having some form of a bad day (all indicators of road rage IMHO), fact is, if he really truly did not care that he just hit someone he has no business being on the road - much less in possession of a potential weapon of mass destruction like a car - until the court system finds out what his mental status is.. All that said,, I am thinking there has got to be A LOT more to this story. I have a hard time understanding the "no citations" were issued comment and that the driver of the Cage wasn't placed under arrest until it was investigated further (if he would have went on after this accident and actually killed someone thru his negligence it seems like the responding Police Officials would have blood on their own hands).. No idea if any of you varmints remember this but a few years ago a young man over in Fon du Lac Wisconsin intentionally crossed the center line into an oncoming group of 10 bikers from Michigan.. Hit em like he was bowling for bikers, killed 4 if memory serves. One of my neighbors was involved in that nasty mess (thankfully he was riding toward the rear of the pac and lived to tell about it). The kid admitted he was out to hit bikers and hated em, ended up serving time but didnt get sent up for "murder". Vehicular Manslaughter I believe..

He may be old but ol Crud can still carry a tune!!

GORGEOUS PIC DAVE!! That Cut River spot is down right beautiful in the Summer months but that is BREATHTAKING!! Thanks brother!

Personally I love the Dragon and always have, kind of a call of the wild sort of thing I guess.. Sort of right up there with doing the Sturgis Rally, riding the Bonneville, coasting for a half hour straight non-stop into Kings Canyon, riding Death Valley at night during a full moon with no lights, camping in Chicago at an abandoned gas station where the building has "Crips Die Here" written on it in red paint, lane splitting on the I-5 in California during one of those 24 hour "rush" hours (do it on a fully packed 1st Gen with a passenger = defines what is meant by "rush hour"), racing down those longggg sweepers on the east side of St. Helens, trying to keep Tweeks upright in the snow on the Going To The Sun trail and following single and two track's from the waterfall's in Spearfish Canyon SD over to Devil's Tower WY.. In the end, I totally understand the parts hanging in the tree thingy too.. Sorta ranks right up there, in a strange sort of way, with the guy who buried all those cars in Texas:big-grin-emoticon: and made his own Stone Henge looking thingy.. I also like machine guns, wish we could still buy Dynamite at the local Hardware store, still miss the M-80's we use to get back in the 60's, miss walking around Manhattan at night, totally miss doing 100' jumps on my dirtbike, killing deer with my Bow from a 2' x 3' "Baker Board" hanging 30' up in Birch Tree, having a BLAST playing with Moe the Goat at Orlin's last summer, teasing and getting teased by lop eared varmints like FlyinFool-Yammer Dan-Billmac-MiRider-Drews-Eck-MarCarl-Raggy-FozzyBear-Wingman (list is to long - they know who they are), meeting as many VR members as I can IN REAL LIFE and still absolutely LOVE puttin around riding 2 up with Tippy on our little Honda Helix and would really enjoy riding the Dragon on it too:missingtooth:.. To each his own I reckon I reckon..

Probably didnt even take your leather jacket off and wrap your precious lady in it and ride in short sleeves for the whole ride either did ya Bill:big-grin-emoticon: Gotta be thoughtful with our ladies if we want them to ride along and double check our hotdogs for bugs and stuff before we eat em brother!!

Well look at that,, I posted that above post EXACTLY one hour from your original post brother,,, not sure what that means

My money is on the slave, the bleeder for it is under that little rubber cover in front of the forward bevel gear - down by your left foot if your sitting on it Chaplain.. That slave cylinder has a seal on its back side that is known to seep with age.. Maybe just pop that rubber cover and take a peek with a flashlight and see what ya see in there.. For the life of me I cant remember if its possible or probable that the slave can leak internally into the case,, ,, if so it's possible for it to leak and never show dampness externally.. Hopefully one of these very wise 1st Gen varmints will notice this and chime in:fingers-crossed-emo Not a hard job to swap out,, IMHO the worst part is getting the air out of the system so the clutch works perfect again but even that is not that bad brother!

Hey brother,, wanna have some more fun with your puter pics? Here is something that I discovered by goofing around with this thing.. Notice how the pics I posted in the thread above appear in both thumbnail and in EXPLODED view? I like doing that cause it makes the pictures JUMP right out at the reader (besides, some of these lop eared varmints are kinda lazy and dont like having to click on a thumbnail to see the pic ).. If you wanna try firing for affect,, here is how.. Go back to your original post here, click on "edit" in bottom right corner, scroll down till ya see the thumbnail pic, click on a thumbnail - the big pic will appear, right click on the bigger pic and find "copy image". Click on copy image and close the pic, place your cursor in the text body where you want the pic to appear, right click - click on "paste", full image should appear in body where text is. Do next pic and next pic and next in same way.. When all done dont forget to click on save.. PS - I havent gotten in trouble for doing this yet, if ya do get in trouble you didnt hear about any of this from me:witch_brew:

Some day when you least expect it, you folks will see what may appear to be a small Indian Reservation started along the roadway leading to your home Chaplain.. When that happens PLEASE be nice to them red skins (especially the bald one, the one with all the hair is a lot tougher:big-grin-emoticon:)

WOW ZZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW KIC - VERY WELL DONE BROTHER!!:thumbsup::thumbsup: GREAT RIDE FOR A GREAT CAUSE WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON GREAT BIKES AND PROBABLY GREAT WEATHER WITH GREAT FOOD TOO - ENDING UP WITH SOME AWESOME (thought I was gonna say GREAT again didnt cha? ) PICS FOR YOUR GREAT FAMILY HERE ON VR - WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE cant yell anymore, voice is getting hoarse - thanks for including us my friend!!

Totally agree.. I like to push the pistons out with the pedal/lever at least exposing the full width of the new pads (just the pad portion - not the including the steel plates the pads are attached to) - gotta be careful not to pop the pistons all the way out and only exposing a pads worth will allow for a LOT of piston still in the caliper. Then take a strip of cloth about the same width as the exposed piston, spray it good with break cleaner. Loop the cloth around the exposed piston and move the cloth back and forth over the piston while pinching the ends together so the cloth stays tight. CLEAN THE PISTONS AND AREA WELL making sure you get any debris off the piston. Compressing clean pistons in will keep the Calipers from sticking..

Had no idea that Yammer Dan (recognize those bib overall's anywhere) and Skidder lived that close to Maggie Valley.. Good one H2!!

I knew it,, I knew it,, I knew I should have used red lock tight on the manifold valving when I cranked those suckers closed on that Wisconsin White Washer while the Fool was up north collecting Canadian ice for it last season!!

Leave zee Visconin Vite Vasher unplugged for zee vinter and ride zee bike.. Be all that zee can be yee lop eared varmint yee!!

1. No 2. The more area up front to capture cross winds, the more tiring it is on the shoulders and arms when fighting crosswinds all day. 3. Absolutely 4. As Zag was saying, trim to needed heights - its not always possible to trim down to a good 1 up riding height and still get adequate turbulence coverage for the passenger. Nice thing about fairings is the wider stance and ability to have a higher windshield does seem to create a bigger air pocket for the passenger. 5. Doubtful - see number 4 6. I still LOVE the old school look of just a windshield.. Stop by a Harley shop and ask them what their best seller is, Street Glide with the Bat Wing. Talking JUST LOOKS HERE - NOTHING ELSE BEING CONSIDERED = I would stay with just a windshield cause there are fewer of them, would not wanna appear like I am trying to be a copy cat Harley wanna be gangster,, plus,, I really do LOVE the looks of just a windshield.. In the end Bill,, it'll look cool either way

Sounds like our Yammer is getting back to his old self

:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 To all of you Orlin and Sharon!! Please pass on our well wishing and Congratulations to both the Bride and Groom too Or.. Prayers Up and Blessings Down as your daughter and her Husband share in one of God's greatest Blessings - may their lives be filled with the oneness and fulfillment that can only come from sharing life together with their best friend!! Puc n Tip P.S. - best protect those flowers from Moe brother,, something tells me that rascal would chew thru a barbed wire fence to nibble on a fresh cut Rose or two:sign your welcome:

OUTSTANDING Middy!! THAT is one gorgeous scoot my friend - certainly has the looks of a solid canyon carver thats for sure!! Cant wait to see some pics of it doing exactly that:178: CONGRATS my friend!

Brother you NAILED it with that one!! Kinda like trying to catch a shadow sometimes, spent the better part of yesterday with my wife in the ER - she is having a hard time with her breathing - no real answers and have to proceed to a Pulminary doctor this coming week. More Doctors and more tests. Seems like between the two of us we are spending way to much time (and ) just trying to figure out what in the wild world of sports is going on.. In your case, having gone thru 5 back surgery's myself, I highly recommend getting a good Neuro Surgeon involved. I had shattered Facet Joints that no other Doctors seem to be able to see - even though they had taken MRI's and Cat Scan's. After going thru all kinds of Message and Physical Therapy, cortizone shots, dealing with our local Pain Clinic and taking tons of Pain Killers (those nasty Vicodin and Norco can sure make it hard to go pooo pooo) I finally landed in the hands of a competent Neuro Surgeon who, after shaking his head in disappointment that I hadnt gotten to him first (made the comment about how fortunate I was that one of those tiny bone fragments didnt do irrepairable damage to the nerve bundle during prior therapy ), found the source of my severe pain after a short review of my MRI's. In the end I was:think: as to why on earth I didnt begin the process with the Neuro Surgeon in the first place. Hind sight being 20/20 and all that, had I of known then what I know now I would have certainly done exactly that:whistling: Something to consider GW. Prayers Up my friend! Puc

Right there with ya Bongo. IMHO, it seems like I was blessed with the ability to dodge problems - looking back I remember saying "wow,, that was close" a lot thru the years. Now adays it seems like my dodging abilities are vanishing and I have to adjust my life to avoid problems and the exhilaration of getting to say "wow that was close" has almost vanished too. That little window of time to respond to crisis seems to have gotten very narrow. Sort of a big mind game with me,, used to be I could jump on the bike - rip er up to 100, great big ole on my face.. Now even before I twist the grip I have visions of flat tires, dogs running in front of me, kids on cell phones pulling out front of me, cops hiding behind trees running radar.. Almost like I caught the Yammer Dan disease or something,, you know the disease I am talking about? Its the one that causes you to spend all your time looking around a restaurant for yourself when someone asks if your you:big-grin-emoticon: I keep thinking maybe it's the changing to yet another phase of life that makes it suck but still not sure... If anyone figures it out PLEASE let us know.