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    Another electrical possibility here. You may not get full volume from the horn if using the bikes wiring. Use a 30amp relay to feed power dirctly from the battery to the horn (s). Then use the horns wiring to operate the relay. Larry
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    Good to know that the Ride-On worked for you. I put some in my new Avon's last summer as well. No complaints so far and if I do pick up a foreign object I hope to have the same results as you. Larry
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    OffDuty I can help you out here as well. I also live in S.E. Mich so may not be very far from you. Drop me an e-mail to set up a time. I'm currenty out of work so just about any time is good too. Larry
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    While I can appreicate the work involved in building it I too have some very strong misgivings concerning all the blind spots trying to drive that rig. They should of built it like a dragster with the engine in behind the driver I think. Larry
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    Check with Salty as he's done the trunk removal already. Larry
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    Craig just sent out a copy of my wiring instructions by e-mail to you. It's what I give the guys who get a air horn but the electric ones hook up the same. In fact I have two of the Stebel electrics plus the air horn on my buike. Plenty loud enough I'd say. Larry
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    I have the style of spot lights that have the switched on one of the housings too. And have eliminated from the circuit entirely. My system is wired up pretty much like Al done his too. My Showchrome switch box switches just close the ground circuits of the relays so no power goes thru them at all. Currently the Showchrome switch box turns on/off my low beam headlight, the spot lights, and the lights in my tack and volt meter. Larry
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    Very nice & well wrttien Dusk. Larry
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    I didn't know Tom but he's a member so that's good enough to call him a brother. Sorry to hear such sad news. My prayers for Sherry and the rest of family in these trying times. Larry
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    Ok time to give a report on the c220 I bought. First I'm quite impressed with this unit for the price it cost. Got mine off e-bay for around $200. It's basicly the same unit as the c310 Chaos has with the exception of not having a mp3. It uses a externally inserted chip as opposed to the c310's internal one, and the units case color. I think that's it. It does have a couple drawbacks. One is it's hard to see the map on the screen in bright sunlight. In a car would be no problem thou. Also having a small screen makes it next to impossible to use with gloves on, especially gauntlet types. Both models aren't waterproof either so if it goes to raining you better put in a dry spot. All in all it does what I wanted out of a gps for the amount of money I was willing to spend. Larry
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    You better thank your Guardian Angel for watching over you. Be VERY Thankfull too that the tire went flat at home and not on the road. Larry
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    Well it certainly does look like these batteries have a varied life. Sorta like us I guess. LOL One thing that really threw me for a loop was how fast this one died. It made it all the way thru our winter here and even worked well right up until last Friday when it gave out. I put a battery tender on it off and on thru out the winter months here plus my garage gets heated most days so it never really ever got too cold. My first thoughts were that I was getting a battery drain somewhere but everything checked out good when doing some voltage drop tests. Once I got the battery full charged and did a load test on it it really showed then how bad it was. No capacity at all. Well since I already bought a replacement I'll stick with this until it acts up. Then I'll probably get an Oddessy as I've heard nothing but good about them. At least now I know I'm not the only one who's had to replace it after only a short time. Larry
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    What's the average battery life on these bikes? My 05 Midnight's battery has already given up the ghost. Only has 16K on the odometer too. Anyone know if the warranty covers them? I've already bought and installed another one due to the fact we're having our first group ride tomorrow, plus the fact that we're having low-mid 70* temps and lots of sunshine both weekend days. No way was I going to be sitting home. I've got a 01 Suzuki Volusia that still has original battery in it with 20 k on the clock. Larry
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    My winter / spring pricing special will end on April 29th. After that day I'm still offering the standard model at a $5 savings over what I charged when first offering the adapter on the market thou. As for the freestanding unit it is back to the original price but will include welded on foot pads for the removable legs. The shorter lift armed jacks such as Larin's will still have the added safety bar added at no extra costs as before too. Check post #1 or better yet go to the Classified section for all of the details. (2nd gen parts section) Thanks to everyone who have bought one of my units to date. Larry
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    Well you've certainly been a busy guy there Leland. You did a first rate job wiring everything up too. Good work. Larry
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    Chaos I really don't know. I looked at and played with a unit at Circuit City before deciding to go with this model. As far as I know it has the same features as the C310 minus the mp3. It does have the removable chip on the top right side. I should get it sometime in the first of the week. Larry
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    Well I bought one of the C220 models today off e-bay. I paid just a bit more for it than the C310's were going for but I didn't need or want the mp3 system thus the reason for the C220 model. Plus it being black will match the bike better. Next I'll have to decide where it'll be mounted. Larry
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    If it was mine I'd change the seals. In my opinion it's bull crap to have to regrease every 1k miles let alone cleaning the wheels constantly. just my Larry
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    If the bearings are throwing out the grease then you'll need new seals. Or if you've recently packed the bearings with grease and gotten to much in there then it's possible that after heating up the grease is expanding and being pushed out past the seals. No matter you do need to looking into why it's happening. You don't need a failure while on a trip Larry
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    I have one from JCW too. Mounted it over the clutch resvoir. No power going thru the switches thou. I have it wire stricly as a grounding switch for the relay running the low beam headlight, spots , and bullet gauge lights Larry
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    Yea that's what I found out tonight as well. I really don't need the mp3 system as all I really wanted was a cheap gps unit but then the C310 is cheaper by $50.00 on average. Whether having a built in memory or using a removable chip is best I can't really say. I'm not the sharpest tack when it comes to this electronic gizzmo stuff. Thanks for the help here as it's appreciated. Larry
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    I was looking around at the local electronic stores. None had the C310 thou Circuit City had a C220 at $250. I tried to find out what the differences were but really haven't gotten that answered yet. The sales kid I talked to said it was the latest model from Mio so maybe it's the replacement of the C310. I duno thou either way. Also I was poking around on E-bay to find some. They're being sold at $178 and up. Which way to go here??? So undecided. If the C220 is the replacement then it probably already has all the latest upgrades on mapping, Guess I need to do some more info digging here. Larry
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    I'm watching this thread as I'm interested in an afforable GPS myself. Going to see if I can find one localy in my area this week and get a better look at them . Till then I'll keep up with you guys giving out info here. BTW has anyone found any negative features on these units? Other than poentially getting wet? Larry
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    I updated my info in my post. Parts of it were WRONG. Sorry guys. Larry
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    Guys I measured the bleeder screws for the front calipers and found them to 7mm x 1.0 x 28 mm so that being the case they'll be the SB7100S models. The loger SB 7100 will be OK for the front too. The clutch and rear are 8mm x 1.25 , so the number for it will be SB 8125. I also looked at the Yamaha parts book to see if they were all the same, but they give a different part number for each location. At least the first three letters/numbers are different. I'm thinking they are the same but won't know till tomorrow when I check the rear caliper. Hope this helped you all. And yea I'm ordering a set of these too just as soon as I find out the size of the rear one. Larry
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