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    There is a bad program that will pop up on your computer and say you have malware and it is going to scan your computer. It starts scanning and then says your computer is infected and you need to buy their program for $49.95 to clean it up. It is a scam. You can't exit out of the program. It says it is from microsoft and looks just like the official microsoft program. It locked up my computer and I had three different computer techs tell me the only way to get rid of it is to wipe your hard drive clean and start over. My son did a google search for this program and there were people all over the US that had experienced this program. Some technoweenie had a write up that told you what files in your registry you need to delete to get rid of it. You can't recognize any of the files by the name of the virus. My son managed to get rid of the program but there have been two times since that it popped up and started scanning. I immediately shut my computer off it didn't get in. Oh by the way, the first time it got on my computer my anti virus showed it had blocked it but it didn't. I was watching 60 minutes one night and they had a segment on this malware. It is being sent by a 15 year old boy in Russia. They even showed his picture. He is grossing $15,000 per month spreading this program. You can buy all the spyware and malware programs available but they won't do anything with this malware.
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    You can get a brand new garman nuvi 550 for $279. from tigerdirect.com or you can get a re conditioned with one year warranty for $219.00. The 550 is waterproof and vibration proof.
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    XXL clearview. You can use rainx on a clearview shield.
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    Hey oldroadstar, Tallahassee is where I take my bike for service. Their labor rate is outragous. Anything outside of the services I have pre paid I go somewhere else. Even the harley dealer doesn't charge $138.00 per hour for labor. I have noticed the last few times I have been to Tallahassee Powersports their shop was almost empty. When I first starting going there they were packed. I guess they don't care since they are charging so much per hour. The last time I talked to yamaha customer service and I told them I used Tallahassee Powersports they said they were one of their better dealers.
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    I was a member for one year. Good bunch of people but a little too structured for me. I have been in civic clubs over the years, kiwanis, rotary, jaycees, and don't care for that anymore. All of the GWRRA rides usually start around 4:00pm and you get home after dark. I don't like to ride much after dark. It probably varies by club but I just wasn't looking for all the structure, meeting, officers, projects etc. I just want to get together and ride when I can.
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    The charge for the 16000 mile service is too high but when I bought my bike they had a deal where I could pay $900.00 and all the services were paid for three years. I know $900.00 is a lot of money but it is worth it if you're going to let the dealer do the services. I'm always at their door every 4000 miles waiting for my service. I don't care if the plugs can go longer, because they replace them as part of the service. My bike was skipping on one cylinder so at the service before the plugs were to be changed I asked the dealer if they would go ahead and replace the plugs. They said sure and replaced them. If I could do my own service I would but since I can't the $900.00 isn't a bad deal.
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    I installed the mic mute at maintenace day. On my bike it eliminates all of the noise when muted except for one. I get a ticking noise even when my mic is muted. If I turn down the IC volume it gets rid of the ticking. I was coming back from Daytona last weekend and when I turned into a restaurant the ticking quit. After I left the restaurant I was going down the highway and hit a bump in the road and the ticking starting again. I can't get it to stop. Back to the hisssing. I think a mic mute would stop that.
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    I personally don't see the problem. If the harley riders can't take the ribbing I challenge everone one of them to sign up for the harley tech talk web site. They haven't seen anything here like the bashing they will see from harley riders. Last night on that site the subject of Buell going out of business came up. Man, I wonder why some harley riders ride harleys. They crusified the moco and many said that if harley didn't get rid of Willie G and make bikes that will keep up with the "Jap" bikes they weren't going to buy another harley. I wonder what the harely riders on here would think of that comment. One comment I thought was funny but would cause a revolt on this site was the fact that the brothers don't like harleys because there isn't enough bling on the harleys and you can't wear a cap at a 45 degree angle. What is next, political correctness? Are we going to have to have a quota of minorities? Get a life. Everyone is born offended today. So all of the offended harley riders, I challenge you to sign up for a harley site and then you will really get offended. I have many friends that have harleys and I insure a lot of harleys. I am asked to ride with them all the time. One of my harley insureds comes in every month to pay his insurance and he looks out the window and ask if I still have that ingdingdingdingdingding bike. I laugh and say yea and it cranks everytime I hit the starter. I don't get offended. Get a life.
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    Hey BigBear, My wife and I ate inside. When you walk in you turn right and we were on the left side about the 3 or 4 table.
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    I thought I had heard all the names for yamaha but this weekend I learned a new one. I went in Rossmeyer Harley Davidson while at biketoberfest in Daytona to look at the new ultra classics. A salesman was sitting on a bike and I guess was too lazy to get up. I was looking at the ultra but it didn't have a price. I asked the salesman what the price was and he didn't know but pulled a card out of his shirt pocket. The only thing I saw on the card was a bunch of numbers. He looked at the card for awhile and said $24,000. I asked, how much over msrp is that? He said, oh about a thousand dollars. Then he asked, do you have a bike now? I told him I have a yamaha venture. He said, hey you want to get off that yum yum today and get a harley. Normally I would get angry but for some reason that was funny.
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    Hey Ruffy, I had your cell phone number but I left in the hotel room in St Augustine. Sorry I missed you all but maybe we can get together in the future.
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    I got to First Turn appox 1:05 pm saturday. Saw a blue venture and white venture in the parking lot. Couldn'y tell who was riding them. Where was everyone? My wife and I ate and left.
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    Hey Monsta, What everyone else has said is correct. But, I wouldn't take the spring off the kickstand. Mine accidentally came off one day when I had my bike on a lift. I didn't think I would ever get that spring back on.
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    The guy in the truck is probably hung up on the american made fallacy. A few years ago I read an article in Time Magazine that listed the american vehicles that had the most parts made overseas. Guess which vehicle was number 1? The ford f150 pickup. 65% of parts on it are made overseas. I wish I had kept that article. Also, the harley riders that thumb their noses at metric bikes need to read the book "Harley-Davidson, The Ultimate Machine." My daughters boyfriend gave me a copy a few years ago. It gives the history of Harely Davidson. Guess what? In 1980 the harley executives asked Honda if they could come and look at their factory to see how they made bikes. Harley was almost broke. Honda said sure. If it wasn't for the research and development of the metrics harely might not be here today. One other thing. The guy in the pick up probably buys everything he can at Wal Mart but doesn't look at the made in china label.
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    Hey saddlebum, Your post reminded me of something that happened last year. My bike was at the dealer for service in Tallahassee, Florida which is 100 miles from me. I was going to pick it up on saturday. A friend of mine that has a goldwing volunteered to take me to the dealer riding on the back of his goldwing. We met at a restaurant and I got on the back. I had a yellow columbia shirt on that day. Some of the motorcycle guys at the restaurant laughed at me and my yellow shirt riding on the back with another guy. We stopped at a traffice light next to two women in a car. They looked over at us and started laughing. I guess today everyone automatically thinks two guys riding are gay. My friend looked over at them and shouted, " I know he is ugly as hell, but he sure can cook." I thought the women were going to go into convulsions laughing. I was never so glad to get off a bike in my life as I was when I got to the dealer and got my bike.
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    Yesterday my wife and I were returning from a ride. We were approaching the highway where we turn left about 2 miles from home. I saw a light from a bike in my rear view mirror approaching. There is a traffic light where we turn left on a four lane to go home. The light was red so I starting slowing and moved into the left turn lane. The other bike, a harley softail deuce, came up beside me and I waved at him. I thought he was going to stay in the right lane to go straight or turn right. He came by and swerved into the left turn lane right in front of me. I had to slam on brakes to stop without hitting him. I can't repeat what I was calling him to myself. When the light turned green we turned left and he went over into the right lane. I thought OK buddy, I am going to see what you have but then remembered I was riding 2 up and he was riding single so the venture might not keep up. As he turned I could hear the roar of the pipes and knew he was twisting the throttle wide open. I twisted my throttle wide open and he was leaving me. When I hit the rev limit and my engine started sputtering I hit second gear and the venture lurched forward and I started gaining on him. When I was on his rear fender I hit third and swerved into the left lane and went by him like he was standing still. He was winding it out but I was steadily leaving him. I hit fourth and at 100 mph saw his light in my rear view mirror. It was time for me to turn right and go home so I backed off to let him come by so I could get back in the right lane. When he came by he gave me the finger. I guess it hurt his feelings because a metric bike riding 2 up blew his big bad harely away.
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    I can't believe the dealers in canada. Yamaha paid for an I basket and paid my dealer to install it no questions asked at 16,000 miles. My I basket took the whine out completely. I know from reading here that it affects bikes differently and you never know until you install one. A former yamaha dealer told me a few weeks ago that yamaha expected approx 300 dealers to close this year. Some of them need to close.
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    Thanks for the replies. And GeorgeS, yes both batteries were charged for 8 hours with a real battery charger. A few days after I put the last battery in, I put the battery tender on it all day. It showed fully charged. What doesn't make sense is the battery is strong as long as I am riding regularly. As mentioned I started the bike sunday and the battery was strong. Two days later it is dead.
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    I bought my bike new in 9/05. Never had a problem with the battery. Went to maintenance day @ Freebirds and installed a mic mute. Parked bike for a week after getting home. Bike wouldn't start because the battery was dead. Bought a new battery and it worked fine for several weeks. Rode all day one saturday and parked bike until the next saturday. Battery dead again. Called the dealer that sold me the battery and they asked me to bring it in and they would test it. The battery was so dead they couldn't get a reading so they replaced it with a new battery at no charge. Shock! The new battery worked fine. I hadn't ridden the bike in a week so sunday I started the bike and let it run a few minutes and switched if off. I could tell the battery was fine sunday because as soon as I switched on the bike you could hear the fuel pump ticking fast with full force. This morning I went to start the bike to ride to work and the battery is dead. Could I have done something when I installed the mic mute to cause this?
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    Maybe thats why mustang won't make anything for the venture. They made for the RSTD and it has been discontinued.
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    Why would mustang make something for a bike that has dismal sales and will probably be discontinued.
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    Approx how far is first turn steakhouse from rossmeyer harley davidson. Thanks
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    I just got a response to my email to Harber's Cycle. Hi Eddie, "jdix" is John Dixon, he is located in Canada. It is true that there was a problem with his shipment. On 9/15/2009, Tuesday of this week, Mr. Dixon called us and informed us of the issue with the shipment. On 9/16/09 we shipped another pair of mirrors. At this time there is another pair of mirrors on their way to him with USPS tracking number: CQ335021905US. When Mr. Dixon called us Tuesday, he mentioned he had sent emails to us over the weekend that had not been answered and he had tried to call on Monday. The problem he experienced was due to the fact that we are closed on Sundays and Mondays as we advertise in all of our ads. On the days we are closed, there isn't anyone here to answer the phone nor email. Responses do not get sent until Tuesday when we return to work. That's the whole story on the "jdix" John Dixon order. Please post this on the forum, so everyone knows the rest of the story. Sincerely, Steven
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    I went on ebay and looked up harber's cycle. I sent them an email that you had never received your order and that I would never buy from them. I doubt I will get a response but if I do I will let you know.
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    Sounds like it could be bubba.
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