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  1. Flyinfool
    I often use hi beam and turn signals at the same time. When driving with the sun low and at my back I run the high beam to be better seen by drivers that are half blinded by driving into the sun. Never once has one of them flashed lights at me. Any time I make a turn or lane change I use the turn signal. I do not switch to Lo beam for the turn or lane change unless there is another in use vehicle in front of me. But you never know when someone might be about to pull away from the curb just as you are turning left in front of them. But then there are some definite advantages to having the lights up there. There is not a "perfect" position for the driving lights, every position has pros and cons and it is up to each individual to decide what is most important to them. That is why we have choices.
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    Yes I did, Interesting. Since I now have 2 Bad Boyz horns mounted back by the saddle bags, I used the original horn brackets for the new driving lights.
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    For the extra couple of bucks I just got the dual temp gun. and some of each temp glue sticks. That way you have the right gun for every job. I think I was still under $25 for the whole works. Yes, a very handy tool. I used the low temp glue on the high temp setting to put the lens back on my trunk reflector after adding in 168 LEDs.
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    Thanks for the heads up. I'll be spending the day in the fallout shelter.....
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    On a 1st gen the fuel valve is down by the right passenger floorboard. I can not reach mine while riding. Also on most 1st gens that valve needs a tool to be able to turn it.
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    Sounds like a fun one to figure out. Mmmmmmm........ Dead deer steak..........
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    I put the HH pads on my 1st gen and the difference was incredible. I can literally stop in half the distance that I could with OEM pads. I think the HH wear the rotors a little faster, But I can not put a price tag on the ability to stop.
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    I said half because I had always seen the Steibes at around $50, I paid $22 for my bad boyz. That Amazon ad is a good price for the Stieble
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    The Bad Boyz horns are identical to the Stebils at half the price. Check your wiring to be sure the horn is bad before replacing it. if you need them, I have a pair of factory horns for a 1st gen. I now have dueling Bad boys on the bike.
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    I went to pick up the engine from RJG1985 to day. We had a nice chat. Thanks Randy. I finally got the camshaft from Dingy. Thanks Gary. The PO delivered it to the wrong address. It took a few days for my neighbor to figure out to get it to me. They were trying to figure out what it was and why it was sent to them before they thought to look at the package to notice that it was not addressed to them........ From first look, there are changes that I think I can make to the tool design that will make it work better and be a lot easier to make.
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    Oh man, You drove right passed my house and didn't wave as you went by. I am on the south east side of Milwaukee. I would have liked to have bought you an ice cream on your way through.
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    I was trying to decide if the angle of her car was from the impact on the extreme right side or if it turned a little from a brake lockup, or a combination of both. I could not hear any tires squealing on the vid but the cameras mic was also pointed forward so it might not have picked it up. If she was hard on the brake at impact the weight on the rear tires would have been light and the hit on the corner of the car could have turned it that little bit.
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    :sign yeah that::sign yeah that: I am sure you would not want to deal with a loose trailer coming off and crossing the center-line and taking out a whole family as compared to a few scratches on the back of your bike. The scenario that you envision of the coupler getting into the tire and lifting the back of the bike is not possible. IF the coupler were to manage to get enough traction on the tire to start riding up to hit the fender, it would stop right there. IF it still managed to get enough traction on the rear tire to lift up on the fender it would be applying an equal amount of down pressure on the tire and actually give you more traction at the rear tire. I order for the trailer to lift something it has to be pushing down on something else for the leverage, that something else will be the back tire. As mentioned above, If you are very careful in coupling the trailer to the ball, The chains are a mute point, you will never need them. The only trailer that I ever had come off was a 6,000 lb trailer on a ball rated for 6,000 lbs MAX. The ball broke going over a big bump on the highway. the chains did their job and there was no damage to the truck or trailer. You will be towing a trailer of under 500 lbs on a ball rated for 2,000 lbs, breakage is not likely. Again it is a matter of stay calm and stop slowly so that the trailer does not ram the tow vehicle.
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    I thought it looked like both of her hands were on the top of the steering wheel. Hard to see though. There are a lot of pretty brain dead drivers out there. The brake lights let the person behind you know that you are going to stop before they can notice your deceleration. The lack of brake lights MAY have made the difference in the woman being able to stop in time. The lone brake light comes on at the 5 second mark of the vid, impact is at 9 seconds. thats only 4 seconds from minivan brakes to impact. Working brake lights may have given the woman an extra second or 2 of reaction time. I was trying to point out that there were a number of contributing factors in that crash. Had any one of those factors not been there this could have been a boring vid. When I am following a vehicle with defective brake lights I add distance to give me that extra second or two. I do not know where this happened, but here both cars would have gotten citations. The one in front for defective lights, and the one behind for following to close and/or inattentive driving.
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    A couple of observations that I made that were not mentioned. In no particular order; 1. The vehicle in front of the bike had 2 of the 3 brake lights out. The only working brake light was the left one. This would have made it less noticeable to the driver of the car behind the bike that the first car was stopping unexpectedly. 2. As the biker went up in the air you could see that there was a line of cars stopped in front of the car in front of the bike. I am always trying to look thru the vehical in front of me to be able to react to traffic even before the vehicle in front of me does. 3. There was moving traffic in the lanes on each side of the biker. There was a car immediately to his left and you can see his head turn to check for an opening on the right. He had no where to go. 4. They were driving toward the sun. This reduces visibility for everyone. 5. The bike was a smaller sport bike of which most have very poor rear lighting and are mostly black when viewed from behind. This against the black background of the car in front. Combined with the brake lights out on the first car this would also make it harder for someone driving into the sun to spot the brake lights or even the bike at all. I am not trying to imply that this was in any way the fault of the bike. I am just pointing out some of the factors to watch for and think about while you are out there playing dodge the cage.
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    I have a free Gmail account that I use for nothing but to harass scammers. ALL emails that I receive at that account are spam since I never gave it out to anyone.
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    Unfortunately the scamers are still in business because there are people dumb enough to fall for it.
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    Whats a condom????
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    I guess the real question is, Are they actually selling at those high prices?
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    Hey neighbor. What part of Milwaukee are you in?
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    At this point, anything with 4 walls and a roof I would consider an ultimate garage.
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    PM sent.
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    There was a Craigslist deal here in northern Wisconsin for five '83 ventures for $2500 for the package. 3 were running and 2 were disassembled. I found it in the Madison CL. Well you said you wanted a project......... Its only about 1300kM or 800 miles from you.
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    Would that be a standing ice cream????????
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    Glad you are doing better Tom. These things can get real bad real quick if not treated early. Ice cream has so much therapeutic value in today's world.
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