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  1. Flyinfool
    And the second step is to leave work right now and go take that woman for the ride she deserves.
  2. Flyinfool
    Did you also hear the follow up interview??? :bang head:
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    :sign yeah that: :sign yeah that: Deer are also very adaptable. They will quickly get acclimated to that sound and look and simply ignore it as being "normal". After all they did get used to the cars whizzing by. When I am way back on the logging roads where the deer very rarely ever see a vehicle they ALWAYS run away from this giant loud thing that is coming down the trail. It may work for a time while it is still new, but it will quickly lose its effectiveness. One of the better things that I have seen is to plant the sides of the roads with things the deer do not like to eat. This has them spending less time alongside of the roadway. Long term the best way to keep deer off roads is to get them into my frying pan. I have spent over 30 years hunting, filming and studying deer, the only thing I have learned to always expect for sure, is that they will do something that you would never have expected them to do.
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    I sure hope I never get that old........
  5. Flyinfool
    My first thoughts are that it will be pretty heavy. I have no idea how much weight can be carved out of the inside in the form of bulkheads and mounts. As far as using it as a trailer, I wonder just how much useable room there would be inside of it. I do not think that the trailer it is on is included since the add says hull and body only. are the seat, handle bars and hatches available to fill the holes and make it look right? I think it is a cool idea if you can make it work. I like the snowmobile idea too.
  6. Flyinfool
    I am hoping that since we have heard no more in the last 6 hours that all is well.
  7. Flyinfool
    Big difference. This time it was all in fun and being helpful. The thread you are referring to was a person that was not trying to help but was attacking this site and he got what he had coming. I did not read anything in this thread that looked to me as anyone being "jumped on". just my
  8. Flyinfool
    I tried to put a lock nut on backwards once on purpose, your right, it is not easy to do.
  9. Flyinfool
    Nice But most of the trees here are nekid already.
  10. Flyinfool
    Look here for some good writeups. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86 You only need to ask once on this forum, we'll find the question... And then we only have to type an answer once...
  11. Flyinfool
    Look here for some good writeups. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86 You only need to ask once on this forum, we'll find the question... That is because we have so much time to sit and ponder things while waiting for the 2nd geners to catch up.
  12. Flyinfool
    There are some cows that are supposed to have horns. Some people are under the mistaken impression that only male cattle can have horns, but in cattle as well as some other species both males and females can have them.
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    NY Yankees

    Flyinfool replied to bj66's topic in Watering Hole

    The Tigers do NOT have a cheap payroll with over $200 MILLION on just one player. Maybe money can get you into the WS. Maybe the Yankees just did not spend enough.
  14. Flyinfool
    Is awful nice to see so many offer up a left nut over the last 4 years for poor old Squidly..........
  15. Flyinfool
    And the obvious. Did you remember to take off the choke? Ever check the diaphragms?
  16. Flyinfool
    Sure looks like you found it. As mentioned, when you check the diaphragms, hold them up to a bright light, even extremely tiny pin holes will make a difference. If the diaphragms look new the PO likely replaced them and did not do it right. The 2 edges that hold the diaphragm onto the slider are not supposed to come apart. I am not sure if they should be pressed or glued in place.
  17. Flyinfool
    Lookin good. Now you just need to add a high mounted center brake light. I like this one from Super Bright LEDs. I spotted this converter on ebay to make a center brake light work correctly on a 4 wire trailer. It looks like it uses a similar schematic to one that I posted a while back. This one is only rated for 2.5A, so it is for LED only. If I were building it I would use components with a higher amp rating, you are only talking pennies more. Fortunately for me I live in a state that does not register or plate trailers under 3,000 GVW. But the flip side is I always worry about trying to splain that to a LEO while traveling.
  18. Flyinfool
    Sounds like your having fun.
  19. Flyinfool
    That sure looks to be pretty much on the rough side. Looks like it has been stored outside and uncovered. Paint is shot. There are parts missing. That's just what can be seen from the 4 pics. Not sure what "ignition was replaced because the ignition bolts where broke off in the frame." means. Also check your states codes. there have been threads about the voyager kit not being a legal motorcycle in all states, because it has 4 wheels. I think your original offer was fair. Wait till near the end of the month and make the same offer again. Even better is to go look at it, point out every flaw, then make the cash offer. I have had many sellers try to hit me with the reasoning that their price is what it will be worth once I fix it up.
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    I get upset when someone that I do not know takes my first offer without at least making an effort to talk it down. When selling to friends I start out with my best price, which is usually pretty good. When listing something I leave haggle room. When Buying, I am hoping that friends are giving me their best price up front and I make little effort to negotiate. I never offer the asking price for something that I am buying from strangers. I like to think that everyone on a site like this can be considered a friend. I have bought things from members here and never made any real effort to talk the price down. Maybe I'm just to nice for my own good.......
  21. Flyinfool
    Poor baby..........
  22. Flyinfool
    I have been loading and towing trailers for over 30 years including professionally, I have a clue how it is done. I would really love to do some measuring of one of the HF trailers that pulls straight with "no" modifications. I have yet to see one personally. I'm betting that there is something different about it. Maybe a bent axle giving a touch of tow-in or camber. either of which will help to stabilize a trailer, neither of which is designed into the HF trailer. Not all HF axles are welded straight. Like I said above I have seen trailers behind bikes fishtailing back and forth and the driver was either oblivious or it simply was not enough to bother them. Just OK is never good enough for me.
  23. Flyinfool
    I tried everything from 10 to 70 lbs on the tongue of my HF trailer and it swayed no matter how it was loaded. There are a few people that have said they have no sway issues with the stock HF trailer. They are in the minority, or don't mind the sway.
  24. Flyinfool
    ALL of the dents and scratches in my 96 P/U came while parked in a lot. The more I ride the bike the mellower I get on the road just because I know I will lose ANY altercation with ANY cage. That mellowness seems to carry over to when I drive the cage. By the end of PMS season I find that I have gotten much more aggressive behind the wheel, and much more likely to show road rage.
  25. Flyinfool
    Measure the width from the center of the wheel to the center of the wheel. The 40" width that Brian used was just an example of how to do the formula, the bed of this trailer is 40" wide the distance across the tire centers will be more than that. Then take your measured 65" tongue divided by your new width number.
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