RDawson

But is it water cooled?

:confused24:I've still got my old squirrel gun and my deer rifles. We always just dug our taters, never had to shoot em. :think:

Never heard of the hairspray method but many aerosol cans use unscented propane as a propellant, I have used propane from my torch to seat tires too. I don't know if hairspray uses propane or not but any good explosive gas should work. It doesn't take hairspray to make diagnosis of being nuts though, I think most of us passed that a long time ago.

On another note I use Wallyworld carb cleaner to seat the new tire on the rims if they don't want to seal up. Just a short blast in the tire letting it get a little on the outside of the bead, drop a match on it and BOOM the tire is seated. Take out the valve core first or sometimes it will suck the tire right back off the bead. This is a variation of the old starting fluid method, carb cleaner isn't near as volatile as ether so I prefer it. Remember I said SHORT blast of cleaner it doesn't take much of an explosion to do it. Less than second of spray usually works. DISCLAIMER: PLAY WITH FIRE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

On my 07 where I have to put the jack the rear comes up first. Then I throw a couple jack stands under the rear of the frame and move the jack under the engine to lift the front. I'm putting in a new 5000 ft shop next month so I will have room for a lift after that. Using the straps works really well for somebody without a lift though. They need to go out to the posts just a few inches higher than the bars. You can also go high enough to be able to clear the fenders front and rear. AND I'll say it before somebody else does: it is redneck engineering at its best.

I have used two ratchet straps from the bars to nearby posts to hold it upright and stuck a floor jack under it with a 2x6 on it to hit the frame rails. Then just jack it up and go to work. Works fine.

OK am I just dense or did I just miss something? The contribution link says it's going to the maintenance use of the group, I didn't see an SAF link. I don't really care where my contribution goes but I was trying for the SAF. I trolled this site for a while working on my 86 before I joined so I probably owed some backpay anyway. Either way contribution sent. If I haven't said it before, Thanks Don for what you do.

Our routes will cross around Elizabethtown north of Franklin. Not sure whether we leave Thursday or Friday.

I'm with Tyler on that one. They're rotor buttons around here.

Add WD-40 and a big effin hammer and you have the top of the line Ky toolbox. Funny story when my oldest was small my wife was in a fender bender that tore off the bumper cover. Next week we were going to a dr 4 hrs away and the car overheated. Found that without the cover a plastic piece would fold down in the wind and block the radiator. Using the line out of a Barbie fishing pole in the trunk I tied the flap down and finished the trip. Ya should've seen the body shop guys face when he asked me what the fishing line was for. His response was to say "Only in Ky, and was I out of duct tape".

This reminds me of my teenage years, a $300 car with a $500 tool box and spare parts in the trunk.

KY is move over OR slow down. With our narrow roads here it is a life saver. I've been grazed with a boat trailer working a wreck scene when people fly through. We usually park a fire engine in the lane next to the scene as a barrier to keep from getting hit. Away from the interstates we have narrow to no shoulders on our roads, we have to do what we can for our own safety. If it pisses somebody off to slow down or stop while we work to get injured people out they can get happy later. My guys and I want to go home in one piece at the end of the day.

Prayers up for Dan, the Woods family, and those riding in today. Travel safe.

Oops. Sorry, off my 07 RSV. I thought I changed my profile to show that bike.

I have a set of slash cut somethings I took off mine because I like factory. I'll try to post pics tomorrow if somebody could use em. Too loud for me and the boss. They have mounts with them.

I haven't found my Yamaha toolbox. Did find a little bag with a few wrenches, screwdriver, etc in the saddlebag. I updated my navigation system yesterday though, Walmart had a sale on a Rand McNally atlas. While I was there I grabbed some antifreeze and a few blank cassettes to update the infotainment system too. Thanks for the info though, I'll look again.

I've been thinking of the same idea if anybody is coming in from the south or south east. We'll probably run the slabs going up on Friday. Most likely run I71 out of Louisville all the way. If anybody else running that way we could link up.

I would be glad to contribute also. I can't get away Saturday, somebody explain to me how someone I never met had enough influence to make me want to ride 8hrs to his memorial. I deal with death in my line of work pretty regularly but Dan's passing got to me.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?493-CLASS-E4-Error-Repair This is under 1st gen tech read only library.

Prayers up.

Bring her down this way, we'll shack her up with a 1st gen. Might get some offspring with current technology AND a V4 water cooled power plant that'll knock yer socks off. Might turn the touring world upside down. Cassette player optional of course. :witch_brew:

Is that 25 hanging on a 1st or 2nd gen?

There are instructions in the read only library to make them. Fairly easy.

So those of us who have both 1st and 2nd gens have a 2-1 advantage of these 3genners right? That's how I read it. :witch_brew: