Flyinfool

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I have picked up a couple of first gens for other people. Getting it back up is not my worry. Getting it down and back up without breaking anything is my worry.

Can I stow away in your trailer?????

I need to get at the bottom of my '88 Standard. If I gently lay it down on the right side will it stop going down when the crash bars hit the ground or will it still go all the way till the corner of the faring is on the ground? I will be doing this over nice soft lawn. If it only goes to the crash bars and will stop there that will be fine for what I need to get at I would really rather not risk putting all of that weight onto the 27 year old plastic faring. Plan 2 will be to use my shop crane to tilt it over to were I need it so it will not go all of the way down. I never intentionally knocked a bike over before. Picking it back up is the easy part.

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They don't, but they think they do.

I did that, but it was kind of on purpose. Threw the anchor an a windy day for some fishing. When it was time to go home the anchor was stuck in some big boulders and I could not pull, wiggle or jiggle it free. The water was about 25-30 feet deep and since it was spring the water temp was still around 40°F, NO WAY I was gonna swim down there. So I let out more anchor line and turned the boat around to pull in the opposite direction the wind had dragged it in there. Tied the anchor line off on the tow cleat on the back of the boat and gave it all 250HP. It took a good 5 minutes of pulling but it did finally come loose, the force was enough that it bent the anchor. Yes I had everyone in the boat hunkered down in case the line snapped and came back fast. But I'll bet I looked really silly out there.

A pic is worth a thousand words. If it is the stub pipe that comes out of the collector, there have been posts where people have taken that to a muffler shop and had a new pipe welded in. Replacing the collector is pricey:mo money:

In the truck I will do that, on the bike I do not want to risk pissing off the wrong person that is having a really bad day and have them take it out on me. Even a smart car has tonnage over the bike.

Now there is an incentive to fill in the states traveled map.

IF you have a multi speed motor the wire connections diagram or chart sticker, should be right on the motor. You can see what speed it is wired for and what options are available.

It sure does sound fishy. But you hate to pass up a legit deal for asking price. FWIW goggling the email address does not bring up any hint of a scam being run from that email address. But then it is a free email service so they could easily make a new email for each scam. I don't know if this is one of the scams where they pay by PP and then after they get the bike they claim it was never received, or not as advertised and get a refund from PP and keep the bike too? Maybe if you call PP they can tell you if their PP email is legit?

:sign yeah that: But a closed area could be more fun.:happy-emoticon:

You can not copy a pic from your Yahoo mail. You have to save the pic to your computer and then you can upload the pic from your computer to the website.

Hmmmmm....... The nut holding my handlebars is a 6 footer.......

When it is going to end up being a big light weight box like a side cover would be. I always make my own box. With large items you are not paying for the weight, you are paying for the size of the box. This will help to keep the cost of shipping down. A smaller bax will also need less packing material to fill it up, again reducing cost. Do not make your box out of flimsy cardboard like most Chinese stuff comes in, any shipping service will destroy it. I get my cardboard out of the paper recycling pile at work, You could go to any place that sells and delivers appliances and get one of those old boxes. They are usually made of good sturdy cardboard.

BAD Bubber.........

This test only tests the rectifier portion of the Regulator/Rectifier it does not test the regulator at all. There is no easy test for the regulator, you just have to eliminate everything else and then the regulator must be the problem. If the RR fails the diode test then you know the rectifier is bad but since the rectifier and the regulator are both in the same part, you can not replace one without the other. Try not to confuse the issue by going after everything at once. Solve the charging issue first, and then go after the other issues. All of the other problems may be caused by the charging problem.

Actually if you are looking and always working on an escape plan, you can get out of the way. That escape plan may be watching for holes in cross traffic or a quick lane change or worst case diving off the bike to the side. The plan may change several times during a single red light as conditions evolve. Over the last 40 years and well over 1 million miles of driving I have blown a red light twice to avoid getting rear ended. Once in a car and once on the bike. Both times I was fortunate to have a hole in cross traffic to shoot through safely. One of them, the person that caused it did not make it through clean, fortunately no one was hurt but she did look pretty silly with lipstick all over her face. Both times I had to immediately pull to the side of the road to clean out my shorts and recompose myself before I could continue driving.

Glad your feeling better, but better to go mow the lawn? I let the lawn grow till the dog gets lost.

I tried Amsoil in my bike last oil change. almost immediately every gasket started leaking, I am hoping that switching back to dino oil will stop some of the leaking.

The 1st gen has a "hard" coating on the shield from the factory. Mine was really bad so I sanded it with 400 wet then went thru the wet grades to 2000 wet then polished it using a product made for the plastic windshields of aircraft. looked good as new. BUT Yes there is always a but. Once you remove the scratches you will also have removed the "hard" coating, from that point on the windshield will scratch very easy. Keep some very soft towels and the polishing compound with the bike at all times, you will need to use it often.

I guess it kind of depends on if there is a 30%er in the area........ 60 miles is about the upper limit for a day ride for a marshmallow butt. But then you have such great riding in your area.

I just got a call from them tonight. He made the mistake of calling me while I was bored..... I kept him on the phone for 45 minutes. That was 45 minutes that he was not scaming some poor computer illiterate person.

Nope I'm even in the ladies room but still all alone.