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If you haven't already you really need to disable the RLU or it will burn out the motor in the bulb. The RLU senses that the lo beam is out due to low amp draw so it switches to high beam but then detects low current and switches to low beam, It does this continuously till the bulb motor dies. The switching happens so fast that the bulb never actually has time to move, so you may not even notice it happening. You will also want to add a switch to the power side of the HID so that it does not have to fire the ballast when you turn the key on and then it turns off when you hit the starter and has to fire the ballast again. All of this is covered in the install thread that I listed above. -
Might have to give them a week or so to figure this one out and get new materials ordered and delivered.
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I live 3 blocks from Lake Michigan, The lake looks the same as the ocean and sand is sand, so yes I would call it a beach.
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All of the auctions that I have ever been to around here were closed business auctions that were open to the public. used equipment was selling for more, sometimes a LOT more, than what I could go out and buy the exact same make, model, NEW equipment for.
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I got a lot faster once I realized that it is OK to let the pointer hit numbers other than the one you are after. My first try was 184 but that was taking the effort to not touch any square other than the one I was after. Once I figured out the rules I dropped to 79 seconds.
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We ain't had any snow YET!!! No reason for cabin fever to set in YET!! It was 60 and sunny this weekend and it is supposed to be 60 and sunny again next weekend. Up here 60 and sunny is considered HOT out. If it wasn't hunting season I could head for the beach.
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HA pure luck!!!! I just did 719 seconds by just leaving the pointer in the middle of the screen and waiting for the boxes to get bored and commit suicide.
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It is also hunting season, some of us are out doing our part to keep deer off the roads and in the freezer where they belong.
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From what I remember there really is no way to hook it up wrong since all of the connectors are polarized and different shapes. Since you do hear or see the bulb moving when you switch from lo to hi, you can be sure that there is power getting to the ballast from the headlight circuit. Just for giggles, check the voltage where you have the power leads hooked up to be sure that you have a good 12V source and a good ground.
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I have never seen a bike with the throttle on the left. Now I know I don't want no 2nd gen.......
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Here is the install thread from when I put HID on my '88. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=45603
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VMax Rear Swap question
Flyinfool replied to farm1810's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Cool, Now I might have to look into this further. NO!!!! Yes!! Pete WHO?????? -
Do you have a hitch on the bike now? Pics? If you had something like the markland hitch yo could just drill a new hole in the platform. My biggest concern would be the additional side load wanting to make the whole rig pull to the right.
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Is it possible to ever have "enough" tools?????
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They handled this so much better than I could have
Flyinfool replied to Wolf's topic in Watering Hole
Yup, I think I would have pull up next to her car and showed her was exhaust is. Or at least rolled up my window and showed her what exhaust is. But I would NOT have let her go off on my child like she was. As soon as she got in the face of a child I would have been justified in separating her from my child by what ever force was necessary. -
The cause is age. When you learn how to stop the aging process, PLEASE let me know.....
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Taking the chimney down will be the easy part. It will leave hole in the walls of 6 rooms, plus of course the floors and ceilings that it goes thru. It will need to come down in steps. First is to get it below the roof line and into the attic for the new roof. Then it will come down to a level that is just far enough below the second floors floor to do the patching of the floor, patching of 2 bedroom walls and the hallway wall and ceiling. Third step will be in another few years when I am ready to remodel the kitchen this will also leave hole in the wall of the living room, kitchen, and a bedroom plus of course the floor and ceiling. I think you guys are right, this is starting to sound like a LOT of work.....
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One of 3 things causes this, dirty wire as mentioned, to small of a soldering iron, or two high of a temperature. When soldering wires (or any joint) if it takes more than 2 or 3 seconds to heat the wire hot enough to melt the solder then the iron is to small. with to small of an iron the wire is able to carry the heat away faster than the iron can generate heat, this will cause the wire to carry heat up into the insulation causing it to melt long before the wire gets hot enough to melt solder. When soldering NEVER use the iron to melt the solder, use the iron to heat both parts of the joint and then touch the solder to the joint so the the wires melt the solder. For most of us the Radio shack soldering iron that is 15W / 30W is fine, use 15W on circuit boards and 30W for wires up to 16AWG, use your gun for 14AWG and bigger. I must have at least 10 different soldering devices to choose from to have the perfect tool for the job.
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There are so many things that are not done right in the rest of the house that there is every possibility the the chimney is a very non standard installation. From what I can see from the basement it looks like there is a 1 to 2 inch clearance between the joists and the chimney, but the floor boards run right up tight to the chimney. same thing when I look down from the attic, there is framing for clearance around the chimney but the plaster and lath run up tight to the chimney. There is no access to see what was done where the chimney goes through from the first to the second floor without tearing out floor and/or ceiling. The second floor flooring goes tight up to the chimney and the first floor plaster lath goes tight to the chimney. There is no structure around the chimney at all, it is just plaster right onto the brick and blended into the walls and ceilings.
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I am very glad to have it confirmed that I am a pervert with a clear mind.
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I have a dealer just a few miles away from me. May have to check it out. I wonder how much 12V power is available for accessories.
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It is a common leak and is not at all related to the whine. It is common for some of the O-rings that seal the plumbing of the coolant system. When it gets cold the metal parts shrink and the old dried out o-rings can no longer follow. The most common one is also the cheapest and easiest to fix. It is the drain valve that is just below the radiator centered on the bike. There are a number of posts detailing how to fix this.
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Did you get to ride pillion on the back of a nice sport bike for the ride home?????
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I tried both looking up from the bottom and down from the top. No luck either way. On the second floor the Chimney makes a jog from 2 feet off the center of the basement to centered when it comes out the roof. On the second floor there are no studded walls around the chimney, it is set flush to the inside of one of the bedrooms and the plaster runs from the lath right on to the chimney bricks to make a flat wall. The other 3 sides are in the hallway and it is just plaster over the brick. my biggest concern is the floor of the second floor. there is about a 1 inch bulge in the floor all around the chimney where it looks like the house settled and the chimney did not so the floor got raised up. the ceilings on both the first and second floor are plastered right to the plaster that is on the bricks. I guess I will have to do some disassemble to see what I can find. Whether I can take the whole thing down or not, I will still drop it below the roof. Jeff; The neighbors still launch fireworks all the time, they just keep missing me and are not using military grade stuff.
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No left front brake
Flyinfool replied to christianone's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I hate to say it but you have just opened a can of worms for yourself. Most likely since you took the line off of the left front, you now have air in the front left and if you read all of the threads about how to bleed it, you will see that it is a PITA to do. But then if you believe in the silver lining theory, this is a great opportunity to flush out the old brake fluid and get it all replaced with fresh fluid.