Carbon_One
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Sorry to see this happening to you Ruffrider. As Don noted John had called my house to verify my order. I wasn't available at the time so he left a message. We called back later and verified my order so all is good on my order. I do have to admit the hold up on my order was my fault as I typed in a wrong part number, John requested a corrected number but I let it fall thru the cracks so to speak. After not getting my order is when I sent off the e-mail as stated earlier. I do hope that DGY does get their problems ironed out. But as Don and Ruffrider says poor service is no excuse for any business. Not when there's so many others willing to serve you. Larry
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I totally agree with Margaret here too. I know that eventually we all must make that one decision on whether we continue riding or not. Only you can make that decision thou. Once you feel there's no fun left in riding or you become to fearful to ride then I think it's time to sell the bike. Life has enough problems without contributing to them. Till then I pray we all ride as safe as possible Larry
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Joyce and I have met and ridden with Gary & Leslie many times over the last couple of years. You won't find a much better couple. Our heart aches to hear of this tragic happening. Prayers for Gary, Leslie, and family in these trying times. May God be with you. Just know that your extended family here will be with you Gary Larry
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Same here too Larry
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I had previously ordered a pretty big amount to DGY thru Rod (I think was his name. The fellow Don is refering to anyhow) a while back. $2600 worth in fact. I did have to go thru personal at the time in order to get the Venture Riders 18% discount. That order was recieved in a timely manner I might add and did save me just over $1200. I placed a second order recently and hadn't heard back from them so sent off a e-mail earlier today. I did make one mistake with a part number so I'm at fault possibly there. Today I corrected it thou. Still waiting for a response but if it's not forth coming soon I'll call them. If the order hasn't even been processed yet I'm cancelling it and ordering elsewhere. Larry
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You'll be getting one nice rig there, Bob If I hadn't made the decision to convert to a trike I would have bought the Ranger model myself. I was very impressed with them and the company. Larry
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CONGRATULATIONS On getting the job Clay. No doubt you'll pass the physhical with flying colors too Larry
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Well folks as much as I hate to do this I am raising prices of the lift adapters by $10 per model. The new prices will go into effect Oct 14, 07. I've already updated the ad in the classified section reflecting the price increase. If you order before the deadline subtract $10 when placing the order. I've held out as long as possible avoiding this issuse but between shipping and raw material costs going up I have no choice. I have bought steel in a larger quanity to help offset that cost but shipping cost is nothing that I can control. Hopefully it'll be another year before I have to do this again. Thanks to everyone who have already bought an adapter from me Larry
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It was no problem there Brad. Like the others here say what goes around comes around. Considering how much you've done here at the VR site you are deserving of a break now and again. If Frank hadn't already donated the parts mine would of been as well. Larry
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Sad news indeed . Prayers for all the family and close friends dealing with his passing. Larry
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Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends. Enjoy your holiday and more importantly be safe when out and about. Larry
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Need a rear rotor for the '99
Carbon_One replied to Squidley's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
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I read somewhere a guy is doing mods using Road Glide/King bags and fairings for the V-Rods. Looks pretty good too but don't know what the conversion costs. I imagine quite a bit once you factor in the mods and bikes initial costs. Larry
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Good luck on your project. I had a VW trike back in the early 70's myself. Awesome machine. Had a 1 piece body with a Harley front end on it. Need any help or suggestions doing the build let me know. I'll be glad to lend what knowledge I have on them Larry http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/21651/VWTrike-mail.jpg?t=1191505961
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I've already stripped the entire front end off of my bike. Just plain didn't think about a tech article either. Most of what gets taken off is pretty straight forward as there's only 1 way to hook up most of the electrical connections. I did use a paint pen and numbered the big plugs for the radio and amplifier. I also took a few pics during dis-assembly. I'll post a couple below. Monsta any auto 30 amp relay will work fine for what you're wanting to do with the spot lights. On wiring up a relay you use battery power for #30 terminal of the relay, Key on power for the #86 terminal, #87 is you're output line to either the headlight or spots or any accessory for that matter, and last is #85 which goes to ground. On that ground circuit I installed a on/off switch to activeate the relay once the key is turned on. Doing that won't have any power going thru the electrical contacts in the switch thus a long life for the switches. The switch box I used was one from JCWhitney that fits our bikes and the Honda Wings above the clutch or brake resvior. I have had a seperate relay for both my spot lights and the low beam of my bike for over a year now. High beam is unaffected wiring the lights up this way so if by chance your relay goes bad or the inline fuse blows to the power circuit (#30 terminal) you'll still have a headlight. The beauty of this is you still have running lights on but aren't draining power from the battery either while starting up or just idling when parked or getting ready to leave. Feel free to use these in your tech article if you want. Larry
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Rick there's two ways of solving this. One is to bend over the tabs as far as they'll go with the connected wires in place or two is to solder the wires directly to the terminals. On my bike I just bent the tabs over. Haven't had any issuses yet with wires getting hot or melted. I did pull up the wires and zip tied then so as they couldn'y fall or relax and then get in touch with the exhaust. I'm sure there's other ways of doing this too. Larry
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I'm Home, Alive And Well! (And With A "New" Ride!)
Carbon_One replied to 86er's topic in Watering Hole
Nice find Todd. Looks very solid for the year too. You're going to love it once you drop in a 350. I had a 49 pickup that I did just that, along with a Muncie 4 speed. That truck would move. Kinda wish I still had it Keep us in the loop as your project progresses Larry -
I received a flyer in today's mail about a liquidation auction in Orlando, Florida. There's going to be a lot of Triumphs there as well as other vehicles. One bike will be Steve McQueens 67 Bonneville. Here's more info on it: MotorbiliaAuctions.com note: click on e-bay link to bid after you've registered as a participant World of Decor Auctions 1-800-645-8571 bidding starts at 10am Oct 7th Anyhow looks like a lot of sweet bikes there. Probably go for a couple or three of shiny pennies thou. http://www.volusiariders.com/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif For those in the Orlando area the stuff up for auction is at Motorsports Museum. Larry
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Heads Up-Homemade Motorcycle Lift Table
Carbon_One replied to Dragracer's topic in General Tech Talk
That's good info to know there Kit. Considering the availability of that scheduale 80 pipe and your suggestion of welding it anyhow I think one would just be better off buying standard steel and weld it up. At least that's what I would do. On standard piping I made a small lift that had a 3 or 4 foot lever that you pilled to raise a bike up on and then let the handle rest on the ground. Mine was made of the black pipe. While it was strong enough for a 550 lb Suzuki it was no where near strong enough for the RSV. Didn't break at my welds but sure bent that levered pipe. Larry -
Heads Up-Homemade Motorcycle Lift Table
Carbon_One replied to Dragracer's topic in General Tech Talk
Sorry to see ya dropped the bike. Looks like you need to either switch the galvanized piping to black iron or substitute steel. I would go with steel myself Good luck & let us know what fix you decided to use Larry -
Nothing like a project to keep ya busy. This one certainly will be an eye catcher too. Are you going to paint it to match the bike? Larry
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Joyce and I have already gotten our pass ports and I was totally supprised we had them returned so soon. Here's what we did. We went to a local CVS drug store and had our pics taken at $7 each. They gave us 4 pics of the required size and was done within minutes. Next stop was the post office for the forms. Took em back home to be filled out and then back to the post office. After paying and processing each of us as a single customer they sent out paperwork to the required departments. Paid cash to the postal employee who then converted that into a postal money order. 3 weeks later we have our passports in hand. We could of had the postal people take the pics too but they charge $15 each. I've heard of people who have taken as long as 3 months to get theirs back so was taken quite by supprise to getting ours so quick. Anyhow we're ready for tripping to Canada now. Larry
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Price looks good too. At least way better than our OEM's. Good thing I already have a spoiler light or I'd be tempted to get one. Hey maybe I will anyhow. Larry
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Wishing her well in her recovery here too. Listen to the docs even if it ain't what you want to hear. She'll back in good shape before you know it. Larry
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Nice to have that big Ford running blocker hey? Glad it was him and not you Larry