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  1. Condor
    I watched the last half of the game, and don't get me wrong, I'm happy for the Saint franchise. But.... IMO the win was handed to them by a couple of bush calls by the refs in last few seconds of the reg game, and a couple more in OT. Pass interference on an uncatchable throw, and a ruled reception on a pass that the receiver never had control of. I wonder who's payroll they were on??
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    Looks a lot like a Stratoliner to me.... http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/victory-2-0709.jpg http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2010models/2010-Yamaha-StratolinerDeluxeb-small.jpg
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    Thought we were discussing baking soda???????
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    Actually I'm a hundred and twenty five.....
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    I still like the original DIY design. I suspect 9oz. isn't going to give a whole lot of 'blast time' when cleaning anything larger than a small part, and for just a few bucks more this one may be better suited if you're lazy... like me... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=37025
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    Now that I think about it, maybe both the standard and royale came in gold. Reds were royales only. Anybody have a standard red '84??
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    Yep, I was really blown away by the increase. I think he was saying he didn't want to make them any more, but......
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    It wasn't actually an option. A few of the very late '83's were actually '84 models with '83 VIN#'s. I own one and have run into several others.... Youse guys have forgotten about color. In '84 the VR's were red and the standards were gold. The oposite of '83. I believe the Midnight Special might have came both ways. The big difference between the standard and royale all the way through to '88 was the CLASS system. The standard could have the radio/intercom added as an option. From '88 on they dropped the standard.
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    WOW!! What a great idea. Gotta make me one of those..... Thanks
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    Maybe some of you are old enough to remember way back when in the days of Model A Fords, Oasis Desert Bags that hung in front of radiators, and evoporative swamp coolers that hung in the side window. Mom and Dad used to cook meals on the exhaust manifold of the motor. Ate a lot of hot meals while traveling cross country from NY to CA in the '40's that way. Pot roasts, beef stews, hot dogs, baked potatoes. Now that was roughing it. Just wondering if anyone has ever tried doing this on a Venture??? Maybe those that tow a tent trailer??? Found this site on Google. Manifold Cooking Plus a bunch of others.....
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    The reason most, if not all, of those tabs break off is the metal sleeve that fits inside the hole of the grommet has been lost at one time. The tab and grommet are not designed to take compression. The sleeve allows the screw to be torqued down on the washer without putting stress on the tab and eventually causing it to break. On lowering the bike. Try removing some of the seat padding, and leaving the fork and rear shock pressure at zero....
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    My fantasy bid is to attend the auction.... with a fist full of cash.
  13. Condor
    1stGens are so fast they create their own weather...... Wanna see my '83 do the quarter mile??..... Wanna see it again?????? http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/images/tnj_whack.jpg
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    I re read your first post. I don't know what that canister is, but I take a guess and say it's the canister for the California smog. My '83 has it in front over the heat shield. I'd disconect it. Sorry about my being not reading right. Your boost is propably OK. I'd just cap off all the vacume ports on the manafolds and run a vacume hose from the #2 carb bib to the boost sensor. The boost sensor is located in front of the TCI....
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    The last time on his website they'd gone up to $800. Whew!!! Really neat but not for 8 C's....
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    Bet they posted the wrong pic....
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    OK first off the '83... if it's OEM... has the vacume hose coming off a bib on the side of the #2 carb above the butterfly. The only year to do so. The hose goes to the boost sensor... yours has a hole in it. From there to the TCI it's electrical. The previous owner may have replaced the TCI with a later year and changed the vacume pick up to the #2 manafold. or.... he didn't know what he was doing. The running like cr@p could be a couple of things. The hole in the boost sensor.. main reason, .. the #2 carb bib may not be capped off, and these motors don't run worth a damn with the cover off the air cleaner box. Hope this helps a little.... Also the TCI is located underneath the plate in front of the batery box and behind the boost sensor. A ***** to get to. Most folks relocate it to the top of the air cleaner box when replacing. On the grime. Get a couple of cans of carb cleaner and spray the 'H' out of the carbs. Afterwords take some 'Deep Creap'... made by Sea Foam... and lube all the linkage and choke pistons, and anything else that moves. Carbs will get dirty over time and yours may never have been cleaned since they were installed at the factory??
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    but it's something to talk about instead of shoveling snow..... http://www.wimp.com/ecomobiletests/
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    Probably a better idea...not as much agitation.... DOH!!
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    No Comment.....
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    Yeah... that too....
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    I refuse to post a comment to this thread....
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    Haven't riden in quite a while, but the Nolan on the shelf was looking pretty ugly with bug juice remains and dust all over it. So not having anything fun to do for the time being I got out the can of Pledge and gave it the once over. Cleaned up well. Then I looked at the liner. Whew!!!!! Not a pretty sight. Lots of DNA laying everywhere. I'd never done it before but Nolan says the liner is removable for washing... so I did eventually get it out of the shell. Tossed it in the washer on gentle with a couple of towels. Came back a couple of hours later and dug the liner out. I wasn't going to toss it in the dryer... I ain't that dumb.... so shaped it close to what it originally looked like and set it aside to air dry. Some of the thin foam parts were chewed up on the edges, but not bad, so next time it's going to be a hand wash job. The labels were no longer black and unreadable, and it cleaned up pretty well. The hardest part was getting the liner back into the shell, but eventually I got it figured out. Next time I'll take a pic... Put the helmet back on the shelf, and lookin' good!!
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    I have one self induced hair cut a year. Generally about the time the temp hits 85 deg.
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    I've used it. Picked it up at the IMS show in San Mateo Ca in '06. Works pretty good. Makes ugly chrome shine and the sealer seams to do a good job maintaining. I've also used it on some plastics with equal success.
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