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    Burney Falls

    Condor replied to phill12's topic in Watering Hole

    Been thru there many times. Beautiful in the summer months....
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    I bet if they took the new 1700cc V4, made it a 2400cc FI V6, and put it in a Strat or Sport Tourer, they'd raise a few eye brows. It would certainly take the wind out of the sails of the new Beamer 6, and Triumph 2300 Triple. I'd be swayed to seriously look at buying a big torquey V6 in a Stato-Liner with a trunk.
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    Too bad I'm so far away or I'd be there. I've wanted to view and photograph a launch ever since they started the shuttle program. Just one of those things in the 'bucket' that will never happen.
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    Buying Gold

    Condor replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    Well when I started this thread I planned on buying a pretty good quantity of gold. I got right down to the point where I was to put the money in my dealers account, and at the last minute I got a gut feeling and didn't do it. I think a big dose of common sense kicked in. My thinking is the dollar in the last 10 years had lost 25% of it's buying power while gold had gone up 400% in selling price. Notice I said selling price, not value, because it's only worth what someone will pay for it. I believe it's a bloated value and will eventually start to decline. Especially when no one can afford to buy it. A room full of gold is not going to help when the pantry is empty. You can't eat it, and I don't remember ever buying a tank of gas with gold. The world is still running on the dollar as the international exchange. I really don't believe we will get into a run away inflation. We probably will have a short term rise, but when sales start to fall off because no one can afford to buy the item, prices will start to deflat. I think I'll go buy dirt in Montana and Wyoming....
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    Smoking

    Condor replied to bull463's topic in Watering Hole

    Yeah, but I bet you have the energy to clean them anyway..... When I quit I washed all the windows, mowed the lawns, washed the cars..... in the first 2 hours....
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    The key is there was money made on the original sale. Now if all the pawn shops decided to go into the lending business or sell copies it would probably raise a flag. Not all copyright infractions are deemed defendable. It all depends on what it would cost versus what would be gained.
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    Smoking

    Condor replied to bull463's topic in Watering Hole

    Hang in there Bull. Best things you'll ever do. Just stay mad at the thought of lighting up and it's half the battle. Things get a whole lot better after about month. BTW I think all your windows in the house need cleaning.....
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    It was individuals sharing music. No matter what you what to call it, it still stifled sales of copyrighted creations. Usually when a piece of art is sold it grants first rights to the purchaser. Those rights can be given away by the purchaser, but not loaned to circumvent subsequent purchases, unless... the creater grants the lender that right. Ask yourself this. If I were in the business and had written a book that I depended on for income to support my business, how would I feel if someone started passing around his copy so that others wouldn't have to buy it. Better yet, why not contact the MSF and explain what we're doing and ask if it's OK.
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    NAPSTER originally was set up for people to share music. Looked what happened to them.. I personally think that it all depends on intent. If the item is circulated to relieve the burden of purchase, then it's a no-no. If it's given away, it's OK. So the question is, are the tapes being circulated so that members will not have to buy them? I think the existence of the list, and the retention of tape ownership, makes it a legal no-no. If they were given away randomly as a gift then there is no intent to defraud. So perhaps my idea was in error, and even though the intentions were good, the list may also not be the best thing to do. That said, I don't think there will be a problem with status quo of this effort. Napster was big....and we're very small.....
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    Not much different than what's happening now with the 'loaner' list. It defeats potential sales, and that could be interpreted as copy right infringment. I bet if you look deep enought into the fine print of the copy right law you'll find something that addresses that issue.
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    Noticed that I'm #5 on the list and I haven't seen them. So it's gotta be one of the 4 above me.... If I ever do get the tape what I can do is convert it to a digital file and post it on A-Drive. Then it can be downloaded and played on a computer.....
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    I gotta hand it to you guys, ya did some nice work. I didn't have the patients to mess around with a mount so went with a RAM arm and c550 attachment connected to a machined bar mount I picked up off Ebay. It wasn't cheap..which is odd for me... but it does look good. Here a pick of the mount, and it should work on the 1stGen too with it's limited mounting space on the round portion. Here's a pic....
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    OoooWeeee!!!
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    Curious... Why would someone put a tire designed for the rear on the front except in a pinch where no fronts were available??
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    Very nice.... On the original post you can take a piece of plastic to your local auto paint supplier and have them match it using a spectrograph. Over time the original color will have faded a bit and using the OEM replacement cplor will not match. Now if you plan on doing the entire bike, then the above looks great.
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    And it happened all at once so you didn't notice the funny ride you were getting???
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    OK, what caused it to get that hot? Been lava riding in Hawaii lately?? I've never seen a tire with that kind of catastrophic failure, with that much seperation, ever. Could he have picked up a nail causing a semi slow leak and ran it that way for a few hundred miles?? What psi did the tire have before it was busted off the rim??? I surely didn't happen all at once....
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    And run with low psi....
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    Carl, it sounds like you are building pressure in the line to the slave but not enough to cause the brake to slip. When this happens the clutch will disengage very quickly and grab toward full extension on the lever. Another thought is the slave is not allowing the piston to fully retract and keeping the rods extended a bit.
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    Take a look at your kill switch. It may have a short??
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    On my '99 the PO had the shock changed under warantee in 2004, and I thought the problem was taken care of. After reading a lot about it on this board my confidence started to be shaken. So I picked up a like new shock from a '09 trike conversion on Ebay for $40 bucks. That should take care of the problem for as long as I'll be riding the bike....
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    Whew!! Long thread with lots of opinions. Why not one more... I'm with Goose on this one, and I also agree that over inflation will cause center wear. It really doesn't matter how the wear occurs, but what does matter is that the tires wore out prematurely. Over inflation will cause the wear pattern, however the tires are scrubbing, and are not aligned. They're not hopping, bouncing, or dragging, all of which will give an uneven tire wear pattern. From the pics the wear is very even. So the axel is out of alignment, or the axel is bent. I'd make sure the axel is square to the coupler, and if it still wears take it back to HF, raise a big stink and get another trailer.... Also on the low tire pressures... low pressures will cause sidewall flex and outer edge cupping, and when loaded to max could cause over heating and premature tire failure. IMHO
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    So what I hear is that if an '85 trunk gets busted up any MKII trunk will fit, and the release hardware will mount to the bottom?? If so, that's good to know.
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    Just a thought, but could you have put the thermostat in the wrong way?? I'm not sure if it can even be done, but it worth a check. Try turning the drain valve to 'on' and see if it cools down. 'On' by-passes the trermo....
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    That was a H.S. moment.....
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