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  1. Condor
    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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    Just a thought, but have you run a can of Sea Foam thru it lately?? You might have gotten a bad tank of gas and the idle jets may be clogged??? Also fuel filter?? Plugs??
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    Oooop's I opened the chat room.....
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    Put your mail box on a seperate post and maintain it. Let the PO discontinue service to the other 3 for not maintaining theirs.....
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    Not absolutely sure, but isn't the bottom configuration different between the '87 and the '85 trunk...??
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    Sounds like you might have tightened down on the pivot bolt a little too much when putting the heel/toe back on. If the heel gets short stroked and return fully it will not allow you to shift up to the next gear. I had that problem, only it was because of my big feet. I'd have to consciously raise my foot for the heel to work again. I cured the problem by going to a toe/toe shift lever.....
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    Condor replied to Art708's topic in Watering Hole

    Sounds like the basket. My '99, although I didn't buy it new, used dino oil all it's life.. 47,000 mi..... and it doesn't whine. It does have a slight singing sound like my '83 1stGen, but nothing obnoxious. I'm wondering if perhaps using a 20-50 dino like GTX might quite things down. I also found that Valvoline MC wet clutch 20-50 really quited things down when I first bought the '83. MOF I couldn't believe new oil could make that much difference. So if you're using a synthetic you might try going to dino. It can't hurt...
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    For some reason that I can't explain I have been asked to delete the pic originally posted, and remove it from my family file. Sorry. Still proud of him...
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    Probably should have done that, but the member was outnumbered and didn't think of it. Maybe next time....
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