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AWESOME solution.. thanks BOB.. PM sent...

Ok guys (n gals too) I have a CB that is now staying on 09 all the time. It was working fine up until a couple of days ago. Acts like the red button is pushed or stuck but I checked that and does not appear to be the case. I know that there is a fuse that keeps the memory working so when the fuse is gone the CD reverts to 09 and that has happened before but this time I can't get it off 09 at all... I also noticed in the top right corner of the glass is another small 09 which occassionally disappears. Any ideas?

I'd be interested in one

Bob my friend We hope you are having a GREAT one.. here's to many more.. Wayne and Robin

Us too

I don't have pictures and don't have the rack any more but... If you can weld this works. I had a hardtop popup and made a rack like you are talking about. I took 4 small pieces of angle iron for the feet at the edges where the strength was on the roof. Welded them to 1" square tubing for cross members. Bought some U channel for the bikes. (I had two bikes) and had that run lengthwise on the roof between the square tubing. Welded an upright a the front end with some threaded rod going through it. I took the front wheel off and bungeed to the side of the bike. The bike got attached to the upright by the front forks to the threaded rods. Put some bungee on the rear to hold it from bouncing out of the channel. Worked very well and simpler than it sounds..

Welcome to the site!! Some folks just drill out the originals and it sounds louder. I believe there are Macs around also that have a nice sound.

I'd be in for at least 2

the only other thing I can think of is a plate on your trailer. Some states don't require a plate but Canada does.

I trust mine. Sometimes (if I know the area) it may take me a way I would not have taken on my own but the end result is that it gets me where I want to go pretty much every time. I did learn a new thing about it at the International. IF I follow someone and save the trip. I then have that route so I can go back and follow it again. Nice feature and I use it once in awhile. What I just found out though is that you HAVE to stay on the route. There are no waypoints when you do this so it CANNOT recalculate.

I think they are expecting somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 people. That's in a town of about 5,000. Usually packed shoulder to shoulder for the whole downtown area on a good day...

The BEST way to improve the slow turn over is to replace your starter. I got one out of a 2nd Gen on eBay. It spins real fast even when it's hot. I also did the cable upgrade AND got an AGM Battery but it still turned over slow when it was hot until I made that change. 2nd Gen starter bolts right on.

Jack: I'm sad to hear of your loss but happy to hear of Nadine's faith in our Father. Bless you and may the Lord give you the strength to go on without her. She IS in a better place. Wayne

YAHOO!!

OH YEAH.. Best Ice Cream in the area.. Robin and I will be there.. Also be praying for Nancy's Father..

Dano: Good to hear that you found a new home for your old ride. She was good to you. I can understand the sad parting but I also understand the rewards of a new scoot. Enjoy making the new one yours..

Dave Barry (a journalist for Miami Herald) had this to say about his.... His brother Sam was diagnosed with cancer and recommended he go for the test.. First I called Sam. He was hopeful, but scared. We talked for a while, and when we hung up, I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis. Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, quote, ``HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BUTT!'' I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called ''MoviPrep,'' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America's enemies. I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons.) Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes -- and here I am being kind -- like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon. The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, ''a loose watery bowel movement may result.'' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground. MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet. After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, ''What if I spurt on Andy?'' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough. At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the hell the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked. Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep. At first I was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house. When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere. I was seriously nervous at this point. Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand. There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was Dancing Queen by Abba. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, Dancing Queen has to be the least appropriate. ''You want me to turn it up?'' said Andy, from somewhere behind me. ''Ha ha,'' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like. I have no idea. Really. I slept through it. One moment, Abba was shrieking ``Dancing Queen! Feel the beat from the tambourine . . .'' . . . and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood. Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that it was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ. But my point is this: In addition to being a pathetic medical weenie, I was a complete moron. For more than a decade I avoided getting a procedure that was, essentially, nothing. There was no pain and, except for the MoviPrep, no discomfort. I was risking my life for nothing.

I'm back on the road again. Carl had a stator "just layin around" It is older and a little dark on about half the coils but they don't look at all burnt just stained. Tested out OK. He had changed his out at some point and couldn't REMEMBER WHY... I think sometimers is setting in. Anyhow we took a chance and put that stator in my bike. Interesting evening. I rode the bike on the battery to his house. We took it apart. This was easy. Both of us have done this a few times. We didn't catch all the oil when taking the covers off. (picture large puddle of oil covered in sawdust) Then the gasket broke while we were trying to get the old stator out. Then we stripped a bolt putting the new stator into the stator cover. Then we had to take Carl's cage to my house ( I really don't like riding Bi$ch) I happened to have a gasket (not sure why) I happened to have a few covers one of which was is pretty good shape I also happened to have oil (bought some while on sale) So this is a little over an hour round trip. Then the biggest hassle was getting the old gasket off the "new" cover.. I don't know what they used to stick them on but is is baked into place. After all that it went back together very smoothly . Charging like a champ and I'm a happy camper.. In fact it seems to be putting out as much if not more than the (High Output) RM Stator that was in it.. THANK YOU CARL!!!! AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. I'll be ordering a new stator and probably will be adding that job to my "winter projects list"

Bob: What does the "factory fix" consist of?

It appears I need a stator.. or I think I do. I changed the regulator for the new one and still no charge. When we test the stator with the bike running and the 3 white wires disconnected we get voltage across any combination of 18 to 40 or more AC depending on the RPM so we thought the stator was fine. BUT if we do a continuity test to ground each of the 3 wires are grounding to the bike which I believe they should not be doing.. So If I need a new stator (the one in is was a new one from Montreal 3 years ago) Which one should I get and from where. Skydoc is reluctant to sell me one of his because I have a Mk1 and apparently the cooling is not as efficient so it could burn out. Any ideas are welcome.. any solution would be helpful... Soon would be good as well due to it being riding season and my better half is already complaining. The bike left us stranded 500 Kms from home and it has NEVER failed us like this before. Actually had to trailer it home.. She groaned about that I'm sure Would really like to have a high output IF POSSIBLE..

or find a neighborhood kid with smaller fingers to "help you fix your bike" You will be a hero and he'll get it started for you.. Maybe offer to take him for a ride later.

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that:

Would it be possible to put it where the original is? Make up an adapter plate?

I believe Skydoc's kit comes with instructions. This is an easy job...

83 and 84 are the same. 85 stands alone. 86 and up are the same... I have a spare 84 but that won't do you any good on your 86