Flyinfool
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Well now I am sure that my bike is warm blooded. This morning I went out to go to work, temp was 31°F, opened the shed to get the bike out and it peed green pee all over the floor and running out the door. It dumped a lot of its antifreeze over night from just the thought of me riding it again today. There was no time to diagnose it this morning so I guess I have another project for this weekend. When I put the new antifreeze in this last spring it tested to be good to -40°, (winters here can hit -30°) so I know that at 31° it did not freeze something. ARRRrrrggggg........
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Winter must be coming whats your vacation plans
Flyinfool replied to friesman's topic in Watering Hole
I will do the same winter vacation that I do every year. I will head even farther north to go and get as many deer as I can. -
To answer questions/comments; I'm not old enough for a 2nd gen yet. The carbs were recently synced I do run SeaFoam every other tank Never tried draining the bowls I'm still not old enough for a 2nd gen Todays 38* is the coldest I have ridden this bike in, tomorrow morning will be below freezing. The voltage is at 13.6 at idle and hits 14.1 by 1700 rpm (35W headlight helped the voltage a lot) Tomorrow I will try not letting it warm up on the choke and just drive it normal. I'm still not old enough for a 2nd gen yet.
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After today's ride in to work at 38°F I am thinking that my bike does not like the cold air temps. It started up just fine and I let it warm up while I got dressed to ride, about 5 minutes, then I reduced the choke to ~1200RPM just like normal and off I went. once at crusing speed of 35mph the bike was backfiring slightly out the exhaust, at like one pop per second. I tried adjusting the choke more and less but the popping persisted till I had gone about 1.5 miles and it was warmed up a little then not so much as another hiccup the whole time. Yes I do use SeaFoam in every other tank of gas. The temp gauge never moved in the first 5 miles, and for the whole 1 hour trip in to work it never made it up to where it normally runs which is about 50% deflection. It was at about 25% for the whole trip. I wonder if it ever got warm enough to open the thermostat or if the engine was just air cooling the whole time. Now as far as me staying warm, that is a whole nutter story. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=54034
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I think I might have found my comfort limit for riding in the cold. This morning for the 1 hour ride to work it was 38°F and I got to work before sunrise. Tomorrow morning it is supposed to be in the low 30s or high 20s, I'll give it one more chance, but I will get out my big orange Gortex hunting coat and bibs. Not sure yet what I will use for gloves, If I get much heavier than what I wore today (my fingers were cold and numb) I do not know if it will impair my ability to operate the buttons safely. I know that I can easily dress warm for my feet and body, it is only my hands that seem to be the issue. The bike was not to thrilled with the temps either but I'll start another thread for that. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=527159#post527159 Its a comin!
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Hmmmm Whats different than most? I would say that MOST of them are for riding and these are just sitting there with no one around to ride them. AND wheres the wimin?????........
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Oh man, just reading this thread has got me to itching. I found out the hard way that I am allergic to poison ivy. I don't just get oozing blisters, I get blisters that bleed. it takes heavy duty prescription drugs and creams to slow it down and about 6 weeks to heal.
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Looks like a nice "starter" bike. Now both you and her have bigger bikes than her old b/f. Wonder if he will get a bigger one now???
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Your R&D sounds interesting. Unfortunately there was not enough interest (yet) to hit the minimums for the group buy. It may still happen.
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Putting in an additive will not remove the ethanol that is there, the ethanol will still do its damage. When they do the emissions tests they are only measuring the ppm (parts per million) of the pollutants. Yes adding the ethanol will make a given volume of exhaust gas cleaner. What they do not want you to know, and they are sure that we are to dumb to figure out, is that the 10% ethanol makes your exhaust about 2% cleaner, but because you are burning 5% more fuel you are actually making more pollution per mile driven.
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That is a lot of good info there. What I was worried about with a B vent is that it can not be a straight shot all of the way up. From where the water heater needs to be located it will be 8-10 feet from the only place that can go up, and there will have to be an offset to the side of about 18 inches when it transitions from the first floor to the second floor. Is that feasible? I was looking at the 50 gallon, because when I remodel the bathroom the shower will have multiple shower heads and I/we do not do quick showers. The heater will be in heated space so it will not take that much extra energy to keep it hot.
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Should we tell her about the trick of ctrl + + to enlarge the screen?????
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Crumbling refers to the 118 year old masonry chimney that needs a top to bottom rebuild, I prefer removal since I could really use the space the the chimney takes up. Yes the current one vents through the same flue that the furnace and wood burners used to use. The house was built in 1892 so original heat was a wood/coal burner in each room. The hot water heater is in the basement of a 2 story house. There is no good place to run a new flue through two floors and a tall attic (about 30 feet vertical) to get it out the roof, that is why I was looking at the direct vent type.
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I looked into the tank less heaters and our water gets to just barely above freezing in the winter. Every tank less salesman that I talked to said that tank less in not for me. If the salesman tells me to not buy their product because I will not be happy, I will always listen to that advice. Electric is not an option, it the A/C and water heater tried to run at the same time it would pop my 60A main breaker. Here gas hot water is a lot cheaper than electric. The water heater is in an unfinished basement so the sound of the fan will not be an issue.
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My '88 runs noticeably smoother and better gas mileage with premium. I realize that this is an exception and not the norm. Do some experimenting to see what your bike with your riding style likes best. Unless there is an obvious problem do not base your choice on just 3 or 4 tanks of fuel. Give it a fair test. Keep a note pad to write down the gallons and odometer to get exact numbers and not just a guess.
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I am looking to get a direct vent type gas hot water heater. Most likely a 50 gallon. Does anyone here know what brands or features I should look for, or steer clear of? This is kind of what I am looking for. My house needs a new roof and the 30 year old gas hot water heater is the only thing using the chimney, so if I get a direct vent water heater then I can have the crumbling chimney taken down to below the roof line at the time they do the roof and save the cost of rebuilding the chimney or later patching the new roof. I am wide open for comments, suggestions or even snide remarks.
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My brother in law owns an auto repair center and whenever he notices a rash of fuel system problems he starts asking customers questions. He will often find that most of them all bought gas at the same station on the same day. That gas station confronted with that kind of evidence just pays the repair bills.
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You get the right tires and I'll drive it for you.
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My experience is that they tend most often to make you go in opposite directions. I guess that I am just different. I have never scraped the left side, only the right. FWIW I am right handed. I agree that the physics say that if you are in a place that rides on the right side of the road, that the crown of the road should make the left scrape more often.
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Yup ANYTHING that pops up telling you that you have a problem, and you did not install IS a piece of maleware. When you click on the button for the free scan you have just given it permission to take full control of your computer and the first thing it always does is to turn off all of your protection. It then askes for your credit card info with a very convincing scare screen about all of the bad things it found. If you have something like this pop-up the only chance you have is to pull the power plug out of the wall, do not touch any buttons, they may have been reprogrammed to allow the maleware access. These can be very hard to get rid of for anyone but a pro. Most anti maleware will not detect these type bugs.
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I would love to have joined up with you all for the weekend but it is just not in the cards, (or wallet). I hope there will be lots of pics and stories to share with those of us less fortunate.
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Is the transmission fluid full? How does your transmission fluid look and smell. It should be clear red and not have a burnt smell. Have you ever had the transmission fluid and screen changed? I have mine changed every other year and have over 1/4 million miles on it now. (except that it is a GMC:whistling:) DO NOT get it changed at one of the drive in oil change places. They stick a tube down the dipstick and suck out what they can and then just top it off, go to a real mechanic that will drop the pan and change the screen and will also be able to notice if there is any metallic debris in the pan indicating other problems.
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I love looking at what creative people can come up with. That's cool!
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Let's talk battery tenders
Flyinfool replied to Mel's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I do everything wrong and the bike just seems to not really care. I do not remove the battery. I do not use a tender or charger. The bike is outside in sub zero temps. The bike is pretty much totally ignored from the first big snow accumulation till after the first good rain in spring to wash the salt off the roads. I put in a new cheap battery from Fleet Farm when I bought the bike 4 years ago, and it fires right up in the spring. Dang, I actually said that, now it will likely need a new battery next spring, drat........