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  1. Flyinfool
    How old is the fluid? Have you ever done a clutch and brake fluid change? That is a cheap and easy place to start.
  2. Flyinfool
    I sure wish I was having Hot Sex around a camp fire .......
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    If you get the 5050 led strips to mount inside of the tail light, You can choose the contrast that you want by your choice of resistor. I did a write up somewhere on how to make any LED dual intensity. I'll see if I can find it. edit; Ok I found it. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=67531
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    With my systems everyone around me becomes one fart smeller after a while. You just cant help it. Hmmmmmmmm........ I never thought of doing these in the tail light. I was looking for plug in bulbs. If you go to the post that I did, (link above) it has instructions on how to do it with dual intensity and brake lights and turn signals. Your choice. Almost any light is simple to make dual intensity.
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    Good now we can talk about Big Tom.
  6. Flyinfool
    Back when I did mine the 5050 LEDs were not invented yet. So I had to use the 3528 as that is all that was available. If I were doing this over, I would use the 5050. There are 2 different trunk setups out there. One is the stock reflector, this is what I have, it is just a reflector with no lights in it at all, It is the one that is glued together with a solvent based glue and heat will not help to get it apart. The other on is an aftermarket one with four 194 bulbs in it, I have not played with one but it is my understanding that this one is held together with hot melt glue. Squid You always want to use a LED that matches the color of the lens. If you use a white LED, It is using energy to generate all of the colors of the spectrum, The lens then filters out all but the red, Since a red LED used all of its energy to make red, it ends up being brighter once it gets thru the red lens.
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    Poor Tweety...... Oh the indignity of it. Being treated like a HD or a 2nd gen..... Poor Dingy.......
  8. Flyinfool
    NOOOoooooo........ Beached whale????? I'll have to eat faster:fatsmiley:
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    I saw this trailer today. I went back, and back, and back......... Yes I will follow it anywhere. I just hope this thing never drives past any one of our M&Es or MDs or other VR.ORG gettogethers. Can you imagine the carnage???? Poor Big Tom would have all of the 1st gens in front of him........
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    Now I wonder just how much of this applies to a 1st gen also.
  11. Flyinfool
    You must have more civil drivers than we do. Around here, if you hold solid to the left track they will ASSUME you are going to stay there and take the shoulder and the right track to pass. I paid my road taxes, I own a full lane and I use every bit of it. There is no correct track to be in for all circumstances. I am from the weaver mentality. I am constantly back and forth between tracks depending on the circumstance of the moment. If some one is to close, I first flash the break light a few times, If they don't get the hint, I just go slower and slower, as soon as there is a safe place for them to pass, I slow way down so that they will pass. There are some that just have such a severe case of cranial rectal inversion that there is nothing you can do except get off the road. On a 3 lane interstate with no traffic I had a jerk that was traveling at least 15mph faster than me, in the right lane and just glue to my bumper. Speed limit was 65, I changed lanes, he followed, I slowed all the way to 40 and he still stayed right on my bumper till I pulled to the shoulder. and he finally realized that there were2 empty lanes he could pass in. I have thought about carrying some pea gravel in my shirt pocket to flick up over my shoulder. I almost always make left turns from the right track and right turns from the left track or I WILL have some cage sharing MY lane.
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    Here is some info that may help get you in trouble.... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41588 http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21986
  13. Flyinfool
    Shrinkage factors only affects certain individuals.........
  14. Flyinfool
    With the exception of Illinois, every state has some form of concealed carry permit. The guy fired 6 times and had 2 hits. The last two shots out the door both missed. you can see the sparks as the bullets ricochet off the sidewalk. I wonder what WAS across the street, or driving down the street. I don't know how I would have reacted in a situation like that. My training is that once you fire the first shot you keep shooting till there is no longer a threat. Since the two crooks still had their guns, there was still a threat. But my training also says to be sure of your target and what is beyond. This only happened a few days ago. It will be a month or so before the DA decides whether to press any charges against the old man. I would be curious to learn the outcome. edit http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-man-71-shoots-alleged-robbers-internet-cafe/story?id=16800859#.UAgQhKCQP8k It appears the old guy may be in the clear.
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    I have always been a fan of silent power.
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    Glad you got it running again. See that werent so bad. We had dew points in the high 70s to low 80s to go with our 100s. So yes we know yuck!!!!!
  17. Flyinfool
    Sure sounds like you might be on to something. I'm watching this because my cruise has been tolerating a lower and lower max speed over the last couple of years. I used to be able to set 80, now the max it will hold is 70. With a trailer max is now 60.
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    It appears that the engine and drive line are all good, ignition module carbs wheels tires. I'll bet you can get a lot more than $300 out of it. A lot would depend on what it will cost to get it "home" as to whether it is worth it in the end.
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    That still does not sound like fun. I'll keep up with the FF curls to change my shape. I was loosing some weight but the GF told me to keep my 6pak abs hidden........ They are well hidden now.....
  20. Flyinfool
    That is a good thought, there was a good bump, due to road destruction going on, just as I came to a stop. Maybe it caused the side stand to bounce down a little. I'll have to check to see how far the stand needs to move to kill the engine.
  21. Flyinfool
    Or better yet take a ride around to this side of the pond so that we can hear them in person.
  22. Flyinfool
    On the way into work today I pulled up to a red light. Just as I came to a complete stop the engine quit. It just stopped as if I had turned it off. I was in 1st gear and had the clutch pulled all of the way in. I immediately shifted to neutral and hit the starter and it fired right up and never missed another beat for the rest of the ride in. Engine ran perfect before and after. I know I did not hit the kill switch because my right hand was busy braking for the stop.
  23. Flyinfool
    A new gasket for both the middle gear cover and the stator cover and don't forget the crush washer for the bottom screw on the middle gear cover. For the wire grommet what I did was to spray the heck out of it with brake cleaner to get all of the oil out of the cloth insulation on the wires. Then pull about an inch of wire thru the grommet and clean all of the oil off of that to. Lots of brake cleaner used. You need to flush ALL of the oil out of the cloth insulation on the wires. Let dry completely. Wont take long. I then work some black RTV into the cloth of the wires and then pull them back to the original location in the grommet then liberally coat around the wires and grommet with more black RTV on both inside and outside of the grommet working it into the cloth insulation. When you are done you only need a fillet of about 1/8 inch. Let it dry at least a full day before putting it back together. When you put it back together use some more black RTV on all sides of the grommet to make sure it seals to the case. Don't forget to put that new crush washer on the bottom screw of the middle gear cover.
  24. Flyinfool
    If they are fighting over it then you are still eating to much of it and not sharing enough.
  25. Flyinfool
    Not me, I'll take a good old blizzard with some lake effect snow mixed in over this heat. In the heat I can only take off so much clothing and then I get arrested. I can dress for cold. It got up to 102 at 5:00pm today, By 6:00pm it was down to 76. AAaaaaaahhhhhhhh.......
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