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The only place I could find it in links, the link didn't work. Anyone have a new link for this?
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Hey Joe (or Shot), Nicknames aren't necessary, just fun sometimes. One bit of advice, if you are going to the inauguration or any function around an airplane or someone famous, don't just shout out your nickname.....could be unhealthy. In my riding group, I resisit being called the nickname, and I have a hard time remembering who is who, hard enough to learn real names!
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Lots of good suggestions, I will add my recent favorite. BIG TROUBLE with Tim Allen. Lots of good actors (The guy that played the "tick" is just one of many good placements), very good writing, and many memorable lines. "You Got that right!". If you haven't seen it, rent it, guaranteed smiles and rolling laughter.
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20 years ago during my first fling with motorcycles, I loved Rider magazine. Almost all touring, and not much Harley. Great articles about rides and lots of variety. Skip forward through kids and life and now semi retired I buy another bike ('86 VR) and subscribe to Rider again. It is a different magazine. More crotch rockets and cruisers than touring. To be fair, there isn't that much new every month for big touring bikes, but still, I don't enjoy Rider much and won't renew. Don't know why, but the trip articles in Rider this last year have been boring. Back in the day, the wife and I took a GREAT trip based on an article about the TWO campground in Suches GA. I think it is still there in the Blue Ridge moutains of N. Georgia. Will try Roadrunner next.
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It is good of the dealer to take care of the problem for you, I assume a refund? Good lesson to look at the date on all tires before buying them, especially if you aren't in your home area. I mess with old cars, many of them have 20-30 or MORE year old tires on them. If they have been kept indoors out of the sun and away from electric motors and heat etc, they can be that old and still look perfect. I have been well over 100 mph on tires that old, and you bet I was thinking about them at the time! Slight cracks in just the outside rubber probably aren't a huge risk, since the strength in the tire comes from the cords and body, not the outer rubber layer, still, better to put something fresh on a motorcycle where failure is more of a big deal than on a car. (still a big deal on a car!).
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I like the look of a trunk rack mounted flag, but here is some really good advice: DO NOT get the ones with the plastic chrome base. Go with all metal, chrome plated aluminum. YOu need to really tighten the bottom clamp to keep them from bending back down, and the plastic ones WILL break. Here is where I get my supplies and stuff, but STAR does have a good deal on flags. Still, check this place out for some good ideas. http://www.m-j-enterprises.com/ Also, if you want to get great ideas on how to mount BIG flags, then check out the Patriot Riders web site. http://www.patriotguard.org/Home/tabid/53/Default.aspx Go to their forums and look around, there is a great section on flags.
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I wonder if they will mount where the stock horns are on my 86 VR? Would they work with just the stock wiring and switch?
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Buyer beware: do NOT buy gloves from Vaso
dynodon replied to FutureVentures's topic in Watering Hole
I had posted that I bought the original gloves and was dubious, kind of liked the idea, but they never really warmed my fingertips. I called and they were supposed to replace them, but never did. When I complained about the battery clips coming undone under my coat sleeve, they sent some extra super strong magnet buttons. The originals use a single AA battery, but I have never gotten any real heat from these gloves. Tried using my heat deteting gun on my hands and still can't verify that they ever got hot. The new design on the web site looks a LOT better, but if they won't answer the phone or ship, then that IS a problem. Thanks for posting. -
Obviously a contrived win, the bike was laying back so the guy could pass, and taking a wrong line during those times. Entertaining, but about as legit as a pro wrestling event.! LOL Plus, why don't they turn the bike and human around and try it uphill....how fast is human skateboard going to feel then? Heck I could beat that guy uphill on my first gen in first gear only.....maybe.
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I have been taking care of old cars for decades. Most cars had their original wheels and many had their original TIRES after 20+ years. I have NEVER seen any corrosion on the inside portion of a steel wheel (or aluminum for that matter). any moisture in your tires air is so miminal that it won't be a problem. Pure oxygen is a big corrosive, but the smaller amount in regular air is not so much. Yes, tires do oxidize as does paint, but SUN is a much bigger factor in tire deterioration than anything else. Since I have taken 20 to 30 year old tires off steel wheels and found no real problems inside (the inside of the tire is still soft and pliable, even if the outside is rough, cracked and hard), I doubt that there is any problem in a typical tire on a car or motorcycle that is lucky to last 3-5 years. Nitrogen is a benefit to racers, but of almost no benefit to the daily driver. It scares me that people believe the hype and once they pay for the nitrogen, they quit checking their tires air pressure! On a motorcycle this can be a killer. ON a car it CAN be a killer. Use regular air, check it often and feel good about your environment, pocketbook and your vehicles.
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didn't work but I and another friend went on a nice 40 mile ride in 32 degree (10 or worse with wind chill, gusts to 35 mph!) weather...was fun, but I was glad to get back in the heat.
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Route 66 tour is a fun thing. Buy the good route book that takes you the direction you want to go. When we came back from CA a few years ago we bought the wrong one, it went from IL to CA and we have to read all the mile markers etc BACKWARDS. Made it fun with two of us in a car, but would have been impossible on a bike.
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I am a member and road captain for our group near Peoria, IL. I actually found the STAR group through this site when the president of the local STAR chapter saw me post here and on the VEnturers site. I agree, Star is family friendly, inclusive, and a pretty safe group to ride with with good rules, no drinking while riding. We go on many rides a year, donate to charity and have a lot of fun. The Star website is pretty lousy though, only one topic that has any activity and it is mostly about chapter announcements. Not much chat at all, so stay here and on the Venturers site for talk, but join Star if you have a local chapter you can join up with, check it out on their web site. They have some rules about their patch, and are careful not to insult 1%ers if possible. Of course you don't have to wear their patch if that isn't your thing. I also joined my local Gold Wing Road Riders Assoc. chapter to have more local rides available to me. The GWRRA is an older group in my area, but they ride faster than the Star group! Those big Wings can really scoot and turn! For me it is about the rides and friends I make, and I highly recommend all the sites and groups I mentioned. A couple of our Star group have Harleys, and one of my new years resolutions is to go on a ride with the local HOG group with my VR, just to see if they are as friendly and inclusive as other groups.
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http://www.epgsoft.com/VisitedStatesMap/
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I put on an annual convention for a car club I run. We usually have 100 or more cars, and I am really worried about this year. A bad year at even this small of a convention can cost me personally $5000 or more. ON a good year I run it to make a grand or two that we keep in the bank for bad years. One bad year wiped out 3 good ones a couple years ago, and now we have no back up. If I don't get a LOT of early pre-paid registrations, I may have to cancel mine. I won't sign any contract that doesn't give me a no penalty way to cancel. At this point hotels aren't arguing about that, and THAT is a bad sign that they are already hurting for next summer.
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I was thinking the same thing, ride on Sunday, but now there is rain in the forcast, but Saturday is supposed to be low 40's and that will be good enough. Roads are clear enough if you just watch out for the hidden slick spots, most roads are fully clear, just some parking lots, side roads have some icy patches. I will try to get out for something, even if for just a few minutes.
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I would just add that starting the engine once in a while is normally NOT a good idea unless you can get it out and really get it hot. Just starting up and letting it run a few seconds, or even a couple minutes, will just create moisture in the crankcase and exhaust, you won't get it hot enough to burn that off. So unless you can get it on the road for 15-20 minutes at least, don't mess with it. pulling on the clutch and brake levers and pedal though, that won't hurt anything, and I can see the logic and keeping them from settling too much.
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Yamaha Goodies - Dial-Up Beware
dynodon replied to Chicoman's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Thanks for posting! When I bought some new side grill vents (new used ones) they came with chrome accents. Didn't realize they were an official Yamaha part! Neat. -
OK, I have read about this mod before, but a search of the site turned up nothing, does Rick have a listing somewhere, or a link to a web site? I am considering it for my bike. Does he do first gen's
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After I got my '86 last year, I tried to buy a kit on E-bay. The same guy seems to be buying most of them if you search the completed listings. I bid on a few of them up to about $50, but won't pay over that for the typical bad tools in them just to complete my bike. Someone on this list sold me a kit for a newer venture that I added to and I have a good kit now for $20 and some left over tools from my toolbox. I don't know why that one guy wants so many, but maybe he thinks if he corners the market, he can turn around and sell them for more. I hat to say it, but I think He will either have a nice collection or lose a lot of money.
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Bill, isn't that a '40? The more vertical headlights are 40 style rather than 39. Or did you change the headlights? Cool car either way. I must have built and destroyed 20 40 Ford AMT kits in grade/high school. Still have one of them on my shelf.
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No doubt that is a surveyers tripod and scope leaning against the truck. Don't think getting into the truck would wise, the bear could easily break a window or rip a door off. I assume it ended happily (for the humans).
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Well, I just went to my optometrist, used a set of frames I had left over from regular avaitor style sunglasses and about $150 later had a new set of polarized, UV protected, scratch resistent glasses with a warranty. These were bifocals.
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Most factory installed aux lamps on vehicles including bikes are officially FOG lights, and in this case, they should only be on with the low beams since high beams cause light scatter in fog/rain/snow and make seeing worse, you should run low beams and FOG lights in that case. They should go OUT when the high beams come on if wired right from the factory. Fog lights should have a specific lens/reflector designed to keep ALL light just a couple feet off the roadway, and they will light up a short ways down the road and to the side. This is different from Driving or passing lights (essentially the same thing). These are designed to have a higher beam that goes much farthur down the road and doesn't light up the sides much. Driving/passing lights should NOT be on when there is oncoming traffic since they will work like bright lights and blind an oncoming driver, or one you are coming up on from behind. To be effective, they should be used with brights for best long distance sight. In Illinois, you are NOT supposed to have ANY aux lights on if there is oncoming traffic, in otherwords if you would normally dim your high beams, you should also turn off any Aox lights, even fog lights. But almost nobody knows this or adheres to it, including the police. Most aux lights are mis-aimed from the factory, and almost all aftermarket lights are never aimed properly by owners. Some cheap aux lights have badly designed lens/reflectors that will blind anything in front of them. My pet peeve is people running their "aux" lights 24/7 because they think it makes them look cool.
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winterizing tips
dynodon replied to Sideoftheroad's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Corrosion on the battery terminal or metal parts near it mean something wrong with the system. Either the battery is bad causing the bike or the charger to charge too much, or the bike or charger are bad and charging too much. Clean the terminals with baking soda to neutralize the acid, Coat any bare metal with paint or rubberized paint. You won't need a terminal treatment if the battery/bike/charger are working right, but Interstate battery stores have a terminal treatment that is clear. You can also use clear paint, it works pretty good. make sure you don't have something draining the battery all the time causing constant charging. Remove the negative cable, that might stop some of the problems. Even a brand new battery can have a bad cell, or it can go bad quickly, so remove the battery and have it checked by a battery shop, they can put a load on the battery and give it a real test. Put a Battery Mat under the battery when you re-install it to help keep acid damage down. Good place to get them is here; http://www.dccarcare.com