ediddy
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Hey Bugsplat, My wife and I got back from a North Carolina trip monday. The weather was great until sunday. We got wet most of the way home. I have two of the edset adapters for earbuds and they work fine. I don't know what would cause your problem.
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The family still needs to sue the GA State Patrol.
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Hey SaltyDawg, I use the Mr Clean system too and its one of the few gadgets I've tried over the years that actually works. But, I have heard they are discontinuing this system. I noticed Wal Mart only had one bottle of the cleaner on the shelf the last time I was there. Has anyone heard about this?
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Is anyone going to maintenance day?
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Hey Bubber, Now that I understand. I do that more and more as I get older.
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Hey Bubber, I don't inderstand. What do you mean?
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I have an 05 RSV. I sent both seats to Rick for the mod. Got them back and rode to Chimney Rock, NC and back. I love my seat after the mod. Can ride all day and don't get the burning in my tailbone. My wife says she likes the stock seat better. Nothing against Rick, he does excellent work. I guess my wife, ah em, how can I say this, has a wider load and said the stock seat is better for her. Would anyone like to swap even a stock pillow passenger seat for one with the butler mod? Our passenger seat is in excellent condition. Contact me if you would like to swap. Thanks.
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Why would you not call your insurance company?
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When my dad gave me my first gun, a 22 rifle, he said never, never point a gun at anyone. He also said many people have been killed with an unloaded gun, so never point a gun, unloaded or loaded at anyone. A friend of mine violated this rule and almost shot me in the butt with his 22 rifle. I don't remember how old I was but I wasn't old enough to have a drivers license. I spent the night with my friend and I was laying face down on the bed in his room. He had a 22 rifle on a gun rack in the room. It was supposed to be unloaded. He took the gun off the rack and pointed it at my butt and was going to pull the trigger but for some reason didn't. When he started to put the gun back on the rack he pulled the bolt action back and a bullet was ejected from the chamber. It scared both of us. I have remembered what my dad said every since.
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Hey Rick, I think my seat was the other one you shipped thursday. I sure hope so. I am planning a trip memorial day weekend. Hope you enjoy your time off. Eddie (ediddy)
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It amzes me that if you quote any facts about harley you are bashing. Now that you have the ultra go to the harely tech talk web site and sign up. But be prepared, you've never heard harley bashing like you will hear from other harley riders.
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My wife and I are riding to Chimney Rock memorial day weekend. We will be staying in Chimney Rock friday and saturday night. Are there any sights we should try to see while there. Thanks.
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I represent Victoria also. They are owned by Nationwide. Nationwide agents can only represent Nationwide so Nationwide formed Victoria for independent agents like myself that do business with many companies. Nationwide claim reps handle the Victoria claims. When Victoria first introduced their motorcycle program they gave you a free membership in AMA the first year and were endorsed by the AMA. They have discontinued that program and aren't as competetive as they were at first. Out of 10 quotes they will be competetive 0nce or twice. I just insured an 06 Goldwing that was with GEICO paying $585.00 per year with $2,500 accessory coverage. The owner put a special suspension system on the goldwing that cost $2,500 and just purchased an aluma trailer that he paid $2,000 for. I gave him $5,000 accessory coverage and Victoria was only $285.00 per year. But they aren't this competetive every time.
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Hey Cyote61, I don't understand. What is the $300.00 for that you asked progressive to pay. Thanks
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A few weeks after V-Goose posted about the way progressive handled the claim for Cyote61 my territory sales manager with progressive came in the office. I told about the way the claim was handled and I went on this web site and let him read the responses and I told him there were over 6,000 members of this site. I asked him if he would be willing to talk to the higher ups with progressive about the way this claim was handled. He was upset just like me and agreed to see if someone with progressive would look into this. He also asked if it would be OK for the "higher ups" to go on this web site and read the posts about this claim. I told him I wish they would and I gave him the name of the post and where to find it. Today the territory sales manager was in the office and he said this site was looked at by someone up the line with progressive. He also said a claims manager was supposed to look into the handling of the claim and make contact or have someone contact Cyote61. He didn't know what would be done but said someone was supposed to look into the handling of this claim. I just wanted you all to know that progressive did look at the reponses on this site.
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You would be surprised at the harley riders that feel the way you do. I go on a harley web site twice a week to see what is going on. I signed up for the harley site because I was thinking about getting an ultra classic. The guys on this site are tough on harley. Someone brought up the discussion that he felt like he was going to a botique instead of a motorcycle dealer and wow, there were some tough replies agreeing with the guy. A guy that is a regular poster on the site said that was why he wore plain t shirts. He said anyone that would pay $30.00 for a $10.00 t shirt because it had harley on it was a fool. One guy complained that he went in to get a part for his bike and the dealer didn't have it in stock but they had a dog collar with harley on it. My repect for some of the harley riders went up after reading that post. The moco, this is what harley people call the harley davidson company, must laugh all the way to the bank and think what a bunch of suckers everytime someone buys an item with harley on it. I bought a pair of gloves at the local honda dealer for $29.95. I was at a harley dealer and the same gloves were $59.95 because they had a small harely ensignia on them. I don't understand it. Most of the people that even have harley on their underwear are people that have never ridden a motorcycle in their life and now are in their 50's and think they are being bad. I had a guy in my office last year that had just purchased an 08 screamin eagle ultra classic. A $35,000 bike. He complimented me on my yamaha. He, like me, started riding when he was 15. He said he owned many yamahas when he was younger and they always were reliable bikes. He also said you don't ride a harley because they are comfortable or reliable, you ride a harley because you just want to have a harley and you like their sound. He even invited me to go on a ride with his harley group. Oh, by the way, he got rid of the screamin eagle ultra classic. I asked him why, and he said it stayed in the shop more that he rode it.
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Have you replace a coil on your RSV?
ediddy replied to Freebird's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I wonder if I have a coil problem. When I first start my bike the left pipe sounds fine but the right pipe sounds like a cylinder is skipping and I've noticed my bike doesn't have the power it used to have. -
I ride two up a lot loaded with luggage on weekend trips. I had a set of dunlops and metzlers that I ran the recommended pressure listed on the tire. Both sets of these tires cupped so bad that I had to replace them at approx 9,000 miles. I am now on my second set of avon venoms. I read somewhere on this site that someone called avon and their rep said to run approx 48 psi in the rear. Since then I run 48 rear and 42 front and haven't had any problem with cupping.
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I'm sending my stock seat and passenger seat to Rick for his mod. Can anyone who has done this let me know what size box you need and the weight or any other things I need to know. Thanks
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Foremost Insurance Company gave me two free passes to the race so I went up yesterday and watched the race. First time seeing a race in person. Really enjoyed it. It's awesome to see how quick those bikes accelerate down the straight away.
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Hey randya, No I was wrong. The harleys have 50's technology. There's more to technology than a carburetor and tape player. If fuel injection is going to cause my bike to run so hot that my passenger can't ride I don't want fi. If I had one side of my brain tied behind me I would know that.
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The last time I posted about harley's problems someone left the web site because of harley bashing. I wasn't bashing just giving the facts as reported by several articles including one in the wall street journal. Harley is at a crossroad. When you buy a harley you are getting 60's technology. The older riders are getting to old to ride and the younger riders don't want a bike that looks like their grandfathers bike. A harley dealer told me that the eningeering department wants to get in the 21st century with technology. Can you say water cooled engine. The marketing department is resisting because they think they will lose the die hard harley rider. Harley riders call the vrod a water buffalo or bastard bike. Financing for 10 years is one thing that has gotten harley's bank, Eagle Mark Savings Bank in trouble. The wall street journal report that harely would take a guy making $35,000 per year and sell him a $25,000 bike with 0 down and payments of $350 per month for 84 months. Now harely is repossessing those bikes. Last week a metric dealer told me when they go to the auctions to buy used bikes the auction is flooded with harleys. So much for Harelys holding their value. This week on the harely tech talk web site there was a discussion about harely discontinuing some models and coming out with more water cooled engines. The heat on the touring bikes is caused by leaning the engine to meet epa requirements. Shutting down the back cyclinder at a traffic light is a band aid approach to a major problem. I like the ultra classic and was going to trade my venture for an 09 uc but now I am going to wait and see how the 09's do regarding heat.
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Well said Juggler. Help stamp out the lizard.
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I hope for your sake its an april fools joke. One of my die hard harley friends bought an 08 screamin eagle ultra last year, $36,000, and just got rid of it. I asked why and he said it stayed in the shop more than he rode it. Harley had a recall on the heads on most of the 08 SEs. They leaked oil. My friend took his se ultra in for the recall and when he got home it was leaking oil worse. I'm not bashing harleys just giving you the facts.
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Progressive isn't going to respond to an email when they have no information. I asked VGoose to send me his brothers name and or policy number and I will personally get a vice president of claims on the phone and let him log onto the web site under my name and read the responses about the claim. But without the policy number there is no way anyone from progressive can look at the claim and see what happened. I have met many of the people in the motorcycle department including the product manager for all of the united states and they stay in touch with me to find out how progressive stacks up in the market in my area. They also are constantly asking me what they can do to help me sell more progressive motorcycle insurance. I would love to have the information about this claim so I can tell them the way the claim was handled certainly doesn't help me or anyone else sell more progressive insurance. But if you aren't going to do something about it but complain to the people on this web site nothing can be done.