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    My thoughts too.... Especially since the shifter doesn't stop when up-shifting...
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    Only supporting members are allowed to be smartasses.....
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    Nah... Yamaha bought the rights to the Walkman.... Brace yourself...
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    I leave mine on reserve. 35mpg. I start looking for a station at 150 miles. That's a couple of hours in the saddle, and about time to stretch the legs a bit.
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    This whole project has been a real learning process. Here's a couple of sources for packing plus a nice write up on the how to's and why's.... After reading the how to I may root around to find better materials. I don't want to go thru this again for a long while..... http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/2/9/187/4059/ITEM/FMF-Four-Stroke-Premier-Multi-Layer-Silencer-Packing.aspx http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/2/9/187/4165/ITEM/Moose-Racing-Fiberglass-Muffler-Packing.aspx http://www.motorcycle.in.th/article.php/About-Exhaust-Muffler-Packing-Materials
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    Ponch is building the bracket if you supply the 1stGen CT....
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    Thanks for the video Andrew... Was that packing you used fiberglass?? I wonder what they use for auto glass paks??? I'm going to give the stuff from Cruiser Customizing a shot... However I'm not getting rid of the OEMs...
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    The tips are off, and I found packing at Cruiser Customizing that looks like it'll work. The distence between the flanges is 17" and this stuff is 16" Close enough for government work. The tips are off. I'll let everyone know how it goes with Bub on Monday. I wonder what causes the chrome to flake off?? Expansion..contraction???
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    That helped a bunch Brad... Imagine a member actually making a video....of Bubs!! I just got the tips to release their grip on the baffle. Lots of penetrating oil and a dead fall hammer. Bub is located just up the hill from me in Grass Valley. I called them, and apparently chrome pealing off the tips has been a problem. They are now going to a polished aluminum tip. Maybe I can shame them into doing something about these. They want $100 bucks a set, twice what other manufacturers charge. According to Mick these came off a 2006 Venture, so they're not that old. That flat black tip in the video looked OK, and with the black fins might look even better on my '99.
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    Anyone ever repacked their aftermarket exhausts? Specifically Bub's..., but I imagine they're all similar.. I picked up a set of Bub's from another member in the classy's. They were cheap and as described. The bodies are very nice, but the chrome tips are flaking chrome big time. They're now torn apart and sitting in the office. (see pics) [Gonna try to make a silk purse out of a sows ear here... ] The packing was gone other than a few tufts, and I'm not sure if the tufts are original material or?? I did find some universal fiberglass packing material at Cruiser Customizing that will probably work. The chromed tips look like they have corroded to the point that they will not come off the baffle flange. The tips are aluminum so I think it's probably galvanic corrosion. Any ideas on how to seperate them, or should I leave well enough alone and see if I can scrape the rest of the chrome off and polish or maybe paint??
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    Whats it called?

    Condor replied to ken's topic in Watering Hole

    I'd just crop out the part and post it. Wouldn't worry about what to call it. I don't know if there's a big market for it because that's where everyone usually mounts their Steble. Maybe that why it's discontinued???
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    What you need to do is go out and test ride a few. You've already been reading some of the pros and cons, and everyone on this board is going to have a different idea... of what's good for them... That's a decision you're going to have to make yourself. No one's going to help make up your mind.
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    You're gonna have a blast on the NCL Cruise. WE did the eastern Carribian out of Galveston on NCL a few years ago, and the ride was as entertaining as the shore leaves. Freestyle is the only way to go. Don't go if you're on a diet....
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    Check it again.... The o-ring might not have been the correct type. And... then again you may have a leak in one of the hoses?? Low coolant will keep the sensor from reading the correct temp and may have been the cause of the low guage readings??? Just guessing here...
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    It's got the 1stGen leak. The o-ring on the drain valve leaks when it's get's cold. I have the same problem.....
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    I'm thinkin' that it might be a bad thermostat. If it's stuck wide open it'll never get warm on a cold day. What about the carb heaters??
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    Whats it called?

    Condor replied to ken's topic in Watering Hole

    We need a pic!!
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    I think the police Venture was sold on Ebay 3-4 years ago... And if I remember correctly it came from a retired small town police chief somewhere here in Northern California. When he retired he took the bike with him. He only used it in parades etc., so not many miles on it.... Wish I had copied the pics....
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    Ya gotta stop adding water to the fluid.... Dark DOT indicates moisture.
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    And chalk one up for JT......
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    One more thing that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet. Is the side car wheel alligned properly. It could be toed out or in, and scrubbing, causing more drag and poorer mpg that expected???
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    Ya forgot the Harley Don.... http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/Nova/144217_NOVA.300x196.jpg
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    Nice pic of a '99....
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    I think I must be immune to poisin ivy/summac. I've walked right through patches of the stuff and have never gotten a rash. MOF the wife and kids followed me through some of the stuff once... not on purpose... and they all came down with it. Not me. But... I ain't gonna go out and roll in the stuff..... just because.... Years ago I shot trap and a gun club over on the coast and their trap houses were set right on the lip of a ravine. For over 50 years, at the time, lead shot had been accumulating down on the bottom along with 100% poison summac coverage. In some spots the shot was 2"-3" thick and it couldn't be mined. I heard... I don't know how true this is... that they couldn't burn the summac because the smoke carried the oil and could affect the whole town. So, as far as I know, there's another 40 years of shot accumlation on the bottom....
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