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On my list. Thanks for the write-up and pictures!

Thanks, Vito. That was going to be my next attempt. Already bought some of the JB Weld! Appreciate the write up....and pictures!!! david P.S. like where you live. My oldest cousin has a 2nd home there. He and his wife ride HD's. I stayed a few days in the area and liked it!

I made a piece of plast-aid plastic about 3/16" thick and about 2.5 inches by 1.75 inches. I made the tab in a Playdough mold....mixed and poured into the flat mold. The piece actually came out looking very close. When it was hard enough not to drip, I took the mold and pressed it against the ABS plastic I wanted it to bond to. About 3/4 of the surface of the new piece was bonded to the original ABS piece. Let it harden for over almost 2 hours...made lunch...checked Email...spoke to a friend on Skype, etc..(it's a 15 minute harden process) Went out and peeled off the mold. Looked rough but good and really stuck on the ABS. Took a dremmel and softly sanded the shape smooth. Including the two 1/2 inch holes I had in the new piece from the mold....(used to press the side cover into). I inserted the rubber grommet in the larger hole. All is well...or so I thought. When I went to press the side cover in, the new plast-aid piece broke. Shattered into pieces with a few pounds of side pressure. So..the question is...did I screw up or is side force not very strong with Plast-aid? I have an email into the company...we'll see what they say. Interesting....but I'm learning...not sure what though at this point!

This Spring, I came down I-81 into I-40. Gotta tell you...seriously bad sections of the freeway. Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks, Brenda. it's fun reading along with others as they ride.... david

MSSE was another program by a small company (forgot the name) before Microsoft bought them out and incorporated their technology into Microsoft's poor anti-virus system. I use: CCleaner - regular cleaning of HD and registry Malwarebytes - Heuritics Cleaning Avast Internet Security (main program) Hijack This - after the fact mostly 3rd party stuff I get from kids and friends Trojan Hunter - After the fact - as above Avast does NOT take over computer like McAfee or Norton. It has caught every virus...and got rid of even the one's I unknowingly let it... Although a new kid on the block is supposed to be quite good as well...Vipre. Oh and popups? Get a different browser. One that allows you to control pop-up windows. FWIW....

Scott, I've put your health on my list! Prayers Up! david

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Had a rear go on me at 60mph back in the late 60's...fishtail all over...front brake only. ... ended up on side of road...breathing heavily and scared! Spent the night courtesy of the USO in Mineola, Texas! "Tiny" at a Honda shop in Tyler fixed my tire. Funny that a few years later, going back West in my Austin Healy, the brushes died in the generator....at the exit to Tyler! Stayed at same hotel, rescued by same guys at the gas station in Mineola and we found the brushes next door to the Honda shop at a tiny British sports car place. Pair of brushes for $.50... I've been to Mineola three times.....each time with an issue! Glad you are ok! Good riding!

I usually take a run on Saturday early am with the VR, then on Sunday with the VStar 950T, This morning was one of the better days here for a summer Arizona day. 73 degrees and clear as a bell! Today was the VStar's turn....and off we went to Madera Canyon. A bit green in the desert...so much rain here... Can't wait until it cools off just a tad more. Need to find a Sunday Breakfast joint near Sonoita! Hope next weekend I can have as nice a day and get some pics with the VR to share... david

Fantastic, Clive! Great find! (although I think "Blue" is by far, faster!!) david

Rip...knew you would get the answer here. Thanks, Kevin!

Kevin, great picture..thanks. I printed that sucker! Should be a sticky in the tech section, me thinks...

I know.... I was checking my plug wires and found some corrosion on one wire. Cut it off and redid the connection. Thought I had it tight. Nope. Wire was not making contact inside the coil tower. Went through some lousy running issues until I took all the wires off and re-did them. Solved problem. Also solved one of my ignition noise issues in the audio!!

Yikes! Glad you are ok! Scary stuff... If you ever figure out what happened...please let us know!

+1 on Delphi Forums.

If it's not floats, I would think spark. Agreed...check the wires at the coils. Thinking high speed miss... In the old days I would suggest points...so check pickup coil feeding the ignition as well...

Leo, If you get down Tucson way, give me a shout. I'm about 30 minutes south and can drive up to meet. david

Heck...I didn't even know we had a chat room.... Guess I'd better look around more... sigh...

http://darksidescientific.com/ enjoy! david

LOL!

Agree with mileage. I change every 3000 miles with both bikes (VStar 950T and 89 VR)...but am now back to running 20-50 Yamalube in both. They run quieter. It's a dino oil...not synthetic. david

If you are on a PC...go in and see if you can still "uninstall" the program. if Yes, then try to isntall again. If same problem.... then your problem is deleting the Tyre program without uninstalling... left parts of the program still in the registry....preventing you from re-installing. This is usually the problem. Find and download CCleaner. "Crap" Cleaner is a free program that helps clean out left over program material from an uninstall or a delete. And it helps clean the registry. When you download it, if given a choice, only download from the Piriform website. And do not allow the download to install any toobars. They won't hurt you but are not needed. When you run trhe program, you will first "analyze", then, "Run Cleaner". When that's done, choose the 2nd tab down on left... under the "Cleaner" tab...is "Registry" tab. Choose that. "Scan for issues" (the registery), then have it "fix" whatever it found.. after you let it backup the registry. BTW, please let it run with it's own defaults. It has never hurt any data I've wanted to keep...just press the buttons I suggested to get it to do it's own thing... When done with these two things, close CCleaner and try and download and install the latest version of Tyre. Hopefully that will cure your issues. If not, then the program people who hopefully will respond tomorrow will tell you how to manually clean up the deletion. You may have to reboot the computer if this initial CCleaner clean out doesn't work. I've never had to, but that is a common thing to do to help clean out junk in memory (for example). Hope this helps... david

Found a pair on Jafrum....we shall see... Note: I already have a throttle rocker on my 950T...like it. May have to do that as well with the VR...for around town or local rides. Grip puppies....sounds interesting will look into those as well! Thanks guys!

Looking for suggestions on gloves. Have really good winter gloves and cool weather gloves, but need something better for the summer heat. Plus, the gloves I have don't have enough padding for me. My hands get sore holding on to the stock grips on my 89. Would like to put better grips on but don't relish the thought of taking old ones off... So thinking maybe better padded/sticky gloves with really good ventilation (oxymoron?) is next best thing. I wear full fingered gloves... Suggestions? Thanks!