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  1. Flyinfool
    Rarely does a day go by that I am not on the McMaster site. And when I put something in my shopping cart, if it says "ships today" I know I will have it tomorrow. In 25+ years doing business with them I have yet to order something that was out of stock. The closest I ever got to out of stock was that parts of an order had to be shipped from multiple warehouses. Yes they have lots of neat stuff.:mo money:
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    Anchor it to the plastic bumper of the nearest cage.......... You won't be there long........ Leg length has nothing to do with it when you are standing next to the bike to push it up the hill, not sitting on it. I have short legs also and can only get one foot at a time flat on the ground. In fact short legs make it easier to push since you will have a lower center of mass.
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    I have to do this every day with my 1st gen. The shed that I park in has a 3 inch curb to get over so that forces me to drive it in to use the engine power to get up the curb. That means that I have to push it back out of the shed, over the door threshold, down the curb and then straight back uphill on lumpy grass. The day after a rain the ground is soft so the tires sink in to that as well. I need to push it back up the hill far enough to be able to make the turn to pull out. I have a similar situation at work except that it is all concrete. A lot of it is technique. When I first got the bike I had a lot of difficulty completing this maneuver. I can't say how many times I had the bike right on the edge of no return for dropping it. Fortunately I never did drop it. Now that I have been doing it for 4 years the bike seems to float out of the shed and up the hill with very little effort. Part of the trick is trust yourself to balance the bike on its wheels. Most people lean the bike towards which ever side they are standing on so most of the energy they are expending is just holding the bike up because they already have it leaning. I push it back with my left hand on the left handle handlebar, my right hand on the passenger backrest, and I use the side of my right knee on the crash guard to apply the force to get it moving. I put my foot under the bag and that acts as the fulcum with my whole leg being the lever to get it moving, I can get enough speed before I need to take my first step to not have to add much more force as I back it up the hill. Keep the weight centered on the wheels, use the steering to help balance just like when you are riding, and once you get it moving keep it moving at a good speed so that you can use the bikes inertia to get over the bumps. When I first got the bike and was struggling with this maneuver I was working on an idea to add an electric reverse. Now that I have a trailer to add into this equation, I may have to revisit the electric reverse.
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    When I was looking for my bike I looked at somewhere around 12-15 1st gen MKIIs, EVERY single one of them had the right corner of the faring scuffed. Some had both corners scuffed. Ideally you would stamp them out of sheet metal. BUT that would require a couple of very expensive dies and a good size press. If someone has access to modern CNC milling equipment, it would not be that hard (hard no, time consuming yes) to machine them out of a block and then polish or paint.
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    It all depends on where you are. There are parts of Wisconsin where the deer have been so over hunted that they are very few and far between. Hunting has been very restricted for the last 4 years trying to get the deer numbers back up. There are other areas where it is not uncomon to see herds of over 50 deer.
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    A young doe. 1 down 30 million to go. Then it will be safe to go for that ride.
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    You forgot the most important thing you will need. 6 VR.org buddies and a mit full of DQ coupons......... Having ALL of the right stuff should take a couple of hour job and make it at least an all dayer...
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    If you use SeaFoam regularly then there is no water in the bottom of your tank whether you run reserve or not. It is so hard to switch from main to reserve or back, that I leave it in reserve all of the time so that I do not have to worry about braking something while trying to turn the selector. I use a dose of Seafoam as recommended on the can every other tank if I am riding a lot or every tank if the bike is sitting long between runs. One of the properties of Seafoam is to absorb any water in the gas and send it on thru before it gets to be enough to cause a problem.
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    I never drained gas by any means other than riding. Look at the brass tube real close to see if maybe it was originally soldered into the fitting. If it was soldered in then I would solder it back in. The RTV may or may not hold it. It would be a real bummer to have it come out while riding and drain all that gas onto the exhaust pipe. If it was originally pressed in then you should be good with your plan. Do not try to solder on the tank unless you know what you are doing. An empty gas tank can be a BOMB when you apply heat if you do not get rid of the fumes correctly.
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    Who needs a heated seat? Just eat more beans......
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    Now I would think that a polished surface on the part of the rotors that the brake pads run would reduce your stopping power until the pads get them worn back to the correct finish. Which will mess up all of that work you put into polishing them. I would certainly NOT clear coat them or you may have no brakes at all till the clear wears off. I would almost think that polished rotors would be more for a garage or trailer queen so that the brakes do not get used to mess up the polishing. This is all just a guess on my part.
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    I never had to worry about forgetting an anniversary. My EX forgot our FIRST anniversary. That gave me a free pass on remembering anything forever.
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    Brings new meaning to the term "meat missile".....
  14. Flyinfool
    It can be amazing what some will do for $$$......... I sure wish I had thought of this..........
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    I do not replace the factory horns, I just add the air horns to what is already there. On most cars there is a wire harness running along the top right fender that has all of the wires that go to all of the stuff up front. just find the right wire and tap into it. Leave the factory horn working.
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    I have found that if you read the fine print on the coupon it tells exactly when it is good. But then on the other hand I have found that with the right set of puppy dog eyes, and my best smile for the girl at the register, she will still accept my out of date coupons.
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    Ever think that maybe the problem is not in finding someone that wants to work, but in finding someone that wants to work for you.............
  18. Flyinfool
    I saw 2 options when I did mine. 1. Use a 6mm die to add enough thread to the longer bolt from the hardware store. 2. This is what I used, I drilled out the welded nut to 1/4 inch and then used a 1/4-20 grade 8 bolt with a nylon insert lock nut on the bottom. I went with the 1/4-20 because it is just a little bigger than the stock 6mm. This way allowed me to keep the stock gromets and metal spacer so that I am not putting any stresses on the bottom of the side bag. I do not remember if I had to drill out the stock metal spacer that goes thru the grommet.
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    I suppose that even though the seller is new with zero feedback he is asking for payment in person. Just do not go there alone. Every ebayer with great feedback had to make a first sale and at onetime was a member for only 3 weeks. This does make it look more legit, But I would still proceed with caution.
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    IF it really has 11K and needs a clutch then you do not want it, it was beat hard. More likely could be that someone forgot a zero in the odo reading. 114,000 is realistic, even to the point of still being low miles for a 17 year old car. Send a question to the seller and ask. Also ask for a pic of the odo. If no reply or an ambiguous reply RUN away, fast. Another possibility is that the instrument cluster was replaced and the odo is only showing the mileage since the replacement. I am not sure when cars all started to have the Hundreds of thousands digit in the odo, if this is old enough it may have been turned over one or more times and is now actually showing 11,400. The next red flag is member since 9-21-11 with zero feedback. We do have a bunch of members in that general area, You could ask someone here to go and look at to see if it really exists and to verify the odo.
  21. Flyinfool
    It's tough to go 100 miles around here without having to take evasive action of swerving and/or braking, at least a couple of times.
  22. Flyinfool
    Call them up and tell them to row faster....... At least you have a lot of riding memories to replay from the last summer here.
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    Just to play devils advocate here. But how did your lady friend find these other versions of you unless she is still cruising the dating sites? Get the info from her as to where exactly she found you online so that you know where to go to get rid of it. Once that is done then ask her why she is still looking online for men with pygmies.
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    I also seem to be reading a lot of posts on the clutch slipping when you get on the gas hard in 4th or 5th. Fortunately there is a simple and inexpensive fix for this.
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    The little earth does not always work. It just looks at the city name and then shows A city by that name. If you have a common city name that is used in a number of different states, there is a good chance it will show the wrong one. If you edit the city name in your profile to include the state, like in my case I list the city as "Cudahy, WI", both the city and state in the same box that is meant for just the city. This ensures that Google Maps will find the correct Cudahy. Then there are people that list there city with something clever like "On the beach", unless there is actually a city of that name that you live in, it will not help members find you. Which means that since I can not find you, my nice steaks or other home made treats looking for a grill to go on will just have to eaten by me, myself and I, and then the DQ coupons in my pocket will have to be enjoyed by just me. And yes I am always up to the task of eating a steak dinner for 2 all by myself.
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