dynodon
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The shorter bolts sound good, but I keep a small towel in my bag and cover my helmet with it. You could also take some of the self-stick foam tape that is used to put between pickup truck toppers and the truck bed rails. This would stick over the bolt heads and keep them from scratching?
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Turning 60 in a couple of months. I also know of riders in their 80's. We have a guy in our car club that still goes to high speed track events (cars) and he is about 95! Former SCCA racer. I also know people in their 40's that can't or shouldn't ride. It just depends on your physical condition, genes and how well you take care of yourself. I know that those "landing gear" helper wheels for Gold Wings may start looking good in a few years when I can't or don't want to hold up 800 pounds of bike anymore. I rode a trike a few years ago before my hip replacments and it wasn't much fun. That was part of the reason I went ahead with the hips, to get back on a bike if possible. Well it WAS possible and I am having fun while I can still do it.
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I believe in helmets, and I thought Illinois was in the wrong when the repealed their law. helmets only good to 15 mph? that says nothing. Take your head and hit a curb at 15 mph, and you will want a helmet. If you fall off at 65 mph, you don't necessarily hit your head at 65, but a helmet will protect you through several hits at more than 15 mph much better than nothing. There are times when no safety equipment is going to help, same as there are times seat belts and air bags won't save you in a car wreck, but the stats are clear, seat belts and bags save lives. and the stats are clear that helmets save lives, and reduce injury severity in many accidents. I just don't want to take a chance I will be one of the lucky ones that didn't need the helmet.
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here is where I get my flag poles and flags: http://www.m-j-enterprises.com/flags.htm The ones they sell come with the eagle on top, but you can buy an extra chrome ball which looks better, the flags break the eagles. the one on E-bay isn't bad, but $10 shipping is a lot. Nice that they include the flag with it. and it comes already with a ball on top. So it seems like a good deal, even with the shipping. The Star Touring site has a deal but they are the plastic chromed ones.....You want to make sure that is metal, do NOT buy the plastic ones, the bottom parts break.
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Lucky, Mt. Illinois is just 1226 feet tall, no snow to worry about! But a little far away from the illinois river valley.
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Since starting to ride again last year, I had avoided testing out my rain gear till yesterday. Central IL was having those pop up storms all around, but the wife (on her Shadow Ace Tour) and I (on my 86 VR) took off for about a 30 mile ride in the country and a snack at an area DQ. When we got to the DQ storms were all across the Southern horizon where we needed to go to get home (10 miles) so we couldn't really go around them. Tried a quick run home but turned around when a wall of water was coming. Went to DQ, covered the bikes and went in for a salad (diets suck at DQ, but the salads were good). IT rained for about 1/2 hour and then stopped, but there were still dark clouds and lightning to the south. Called my younger son, the techie one, and with his magic wireless device, he pulled up a radar map and said if we took off quick there was a hole between two big storms. We hopped into our rain gear, through the wet covers in my trunk, and took off. Glad we did the rain gear because the wife had not ridden in rain since her 70's era Honda 550K that would stall out in the rain. She was leery enough about her new Honda, and didn't want her getting soaked. We stayed dry till within less than a mile from home and we pulled into my carport both laughing. the rain suits worked, the bikes didn't stall out and we had a fun ride. Oh, tornado was tearing up some homes just 5 miles away as we pulled into home base, but it missed us. Not a huge adventure, but enough for us!
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I'd rather have the old cars in the commercial!
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Man how can you let those scuzzy dealer types touch your bike! I think I might have gone through a couple more times, just in case they missed any spots!
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Plus it didn't say "Welcome To" (just nit picking, if it hadn't been an old pic, I would have voted OK on it!)
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So is this over? or are we still looking for a picture in front of a national forrest or could it be a national or state park?
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I'll take a set, any hope of a group buy on the J&M all in one CB?
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You got that wrong, that is a model 2008 ADventure! Beautiful. Congratulations
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Update on the Vaso glove liners. The main problem I had with them is the way the battery is connected. It uses hinged magnetic flaps. These I found can easily be dislodged when you pull your jacket or outer gloves on. The guy at the company said he would send some stronger magnets, but didn't follow through. Now the phone at the company isn't in service and then their web site went down. I have a bad feeling that they are out of business already. Too bad, once I was able to find a way to keep them connected, they did a decent job.
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If it hadn 't been raining all day I could have had this one. OUr downtown jewelry store has a diamond in the sign. But I was packing both bikes for a three day trip this weekend while it was raining. If nobody has it by Monday, then I'll go get it and we can move on.... everyone have a fun and safe weekend.
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That styrofoam is glued in, and you should not try to take it out and put it back in. when I put my J&M headsets in my 3/4 helmet, I used a good sharp knife and trimmed it till the speakers fit, and then cut back the foam where it cause the liner to lay on my ears tight. If you have to drill through the helmet, just drill through the foam too, but don't take it out and glue back in, the glue if not the EXACT right stuff will ruin the shell, and you may not know it till your head hits a concrete curb! Take your time and it will go OK.
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I have two, one is a large metal washer with a rubber backing that I collected somewhere, but it is a little small. Then at a bike show, they were giving away nice plastic ones with a hole in it. I use small electrical wire, with the vinly coating instead of string. it stays wound up better around the plate in the pocket, and when I tie it off at the handlebar, it stays put with just a twist.
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Road Captain for about 8 bikes going to Brown County, IN for three days of back road riding and cooking out, all staying in log cabins. Central and Southern Indiana has some of the best riding roads in the country. (Shhhhh, don't tell anyone!). And, just to make everyone REALLY jealous, we are stopping Saturday for lunch at the Mayberry Cafe in Danville, IN. 60's black and white police squad out front and tv's playing many different episodes of Mayberry RFD on all the time. Good food, and GREAT deserts! Wish we had time to ride through the covered bridges of Rockville, IN, but that will have to be another trip.
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I say great if people buy this as a looks sort of thing, but really, unless you speed most of your time beyond 100 mph, there really is no ram air effect. I sell K&N filters and tell people that they are great for racing, and peak power, but don't buy them for MPG or regular street driving since they really only have an advantage over a clean plain filter at high rpm and BIG throttle openings. For most people 98% of your driving is done at about 15% throttle opening. I think the hypercharger looking units are cool looking, I just am dubious about any real benefit for the average rider.
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Since getting my 86 VR last year I love riding a big touring bike! But I know at some point I will need to get something newer. I would love to stay with Yamaha, but the new Harley style isn't for me. I sat on a new Wing, but didn't like the position. BAsed on what has been said here, maybe I need to either rent one or get a dealer to let me ride one for more than a few minutes. I would love it if Yamaha would bring out a new VR with a similar but updated style. Why do the same Harley look that everyone else has? Keep the 1300 but make it FI and get more MPG. I don't need more than the 97 hp my 23 year old bike makes! I want more MPG with gas going past $4 now. The BMW K1200LT is also on my radar, but they are also not quite comfortable for me. My 86 VR fits me perfect! Maybe I just need to spend about $5000 and have it totally and completely rebuilt (can I get it done for that?) and keep riding it.
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85 Yamaha Venture Royale 1200
dynodon replied to a topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
When that same exact thing happened to my wifes Honda Shadow it was the fuel PUMP. A filter usually won't just plug up like that unless you got a bad load of gel fuel. Make sure your fuel pump is working. -
Read in a motorcycle mag many years ago that bugs don't die on truly aerodynamic stuff! Anyway, when we went from a smaller snub nose 2 horse trailer to a V-nose bigger/taller 2 horse, it towed a Lot easier. Gas mileage may have gone up 1 or 2, but that is hard to tell. Are you talking a motorcycle or car/truck? A LOT depends on how big the unit is to begin with. A v nose on a very short trailer, say below the top of the tow vehicle by 15% or more, probably won't make enough difference to measure with non-scientific tools. Same with a very narrow trailer. But if you haVe a tall trailer with some width, then it will make enough, that if you tow a lot, it might be worth the trouble, or loss of space. Making the tow vehicle and the trailer mesh better as the air flows between the two is worth it too. For example, a bed cover on a pickup is worth it to help keep air from piling up, but a topper is even better. Those really tall wings on the cabs of some pickup trucks are really too far forward to help, but if you move it between the trailer and the cab, say midway in the bed, and place it so the wind just barely gets pushed over the nose of the trailer, then you are doing good.
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For Illinois at least, you should register which vehicle you use the EZ-pass for, or buy one for each vehicle. There could be a fine if they catch you using a pass for one vehicle in another. This is mainly to prevent people from using a pass for a Motorcycle on a double axle truck with a trailer! When it goes the other way, you will be overpaying. At the minimal cost, I would just buy one for the motorcycle and keep it there, and keep another in the car/truck.
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I say good, it is the new Dodge Challenger and the one that set the target said it didn't have to be the actual car. What's next!
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I bought the heavier duty version of the two my local HF store offered, and it would go down with a BANG no mattery how careful I was in opening the valve. Checked every possible adjustment and "fix" recommended by the store. Store swapped it out, and NO difference. Store gave me my money back, but I put two of the junk things together for them! Bought a similar lift for similar money from Sears Craftsman and am very happy. I do NOT recommend the HF lift.
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the soft foam earplugs work but are dangerous IMO because they cut out way too much sound. I experimented with lots of different ones and settled on these: http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx These are about $12 and can be used for a long time, years. They are comfortable and cut down the entire spectrum about 20db but let you hear the rest. I too have ringing in my ears, and don't like the foam ones for that reason, but the musicians type plugs solve this problem. They also let me hear my stereo phones and the CB without turning it way up. the chirp and other noises are greatly reduced as is wind noise. These will stay in as you put on your helmet, and you can leave them in when you stop, because you can still hear what is going on around you. For the best long term comfort, get some custom molded from the same web site, but for a couple hours or so, these are great. Oh, and NO, the strings don't transmit noise, for that to happen, you would have to stretch it between bikes and keep it tight. Tried that and it wasn't too safe!