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  1. Condor
    If you buy a 1stGen and it comes with a mint-ish tool kit, it's a mericle. If it has a tool kit, and the bag is sorta chewed up, consider yourself blessed. If the tools are laying in a pile at the bottom of a saddle bag or trunk.... but are all there.... you're fortunate. If you didn't get a tool kit you're just like most of us. And if anyone gives you a choice of either going on a dipstick or snipe hunt....pick the snipe....
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    I just ordered a set and the shipping time was a little longer than usual, but not a big deal.
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    A couple of us have had that problem in the past. I don't think it's a warehouse storage problem, but more of a bad compound problem. I can't locate the old thread, but when I experienced the cracking on the front tire it happened with the first 1000 miles, and by the DOT date it was only 4 months old when installed. Avon took care of mine...twice.. As the replacement tire started doing the same thing... although not nearly as bad.., and was built within two weeks of the first one. The second was also waranteed. This third tire has about 7,000 miles on it and doesn't have a problem, but it was from a different date batch about 6 months later. Another thing that could be a cause is tire pressure. I was told by Avon to run them at max sidewall PSI. In my case 50psi on the '83. I think the 2ndGens are lower at somewhere around 40psi. Here's a pic of tire one. Not pretty. And the scary part about it while riding with Hdhtr up in Nevada we were up in the triple digits...
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    Being in the boating business I should have thought of that Evan. MOF I probably have a couple of those things floating around here somewhere. Good thinkin'
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    OK guys, I did some calling around this AM to the local distributor of the Deka battery. The street price quoted over the phone was $84.95 + Tax. Which would still be a few bucks cheaper...for me anyway... than buying one from Virginia and having it shipped cross country for $19 bucks. I also talked to them about dealer pricing and they said the price would be less. IF anyone is truly interested in one of these things it might pay to check the Deka website dealer locater to see if one is close by and possibily save on shipping. I still haven't had a chance to install the Deka I picked up....sick... but will soon.
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    Geeze, I thought you were going to tell us about the new Cannabis plant you discovered out in the front yard....
  7. Condor
    Just for the heck of it set all of the idle jets to 2.5 turns out from closed.
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    If your's needed to be activated with acid you bought a wet cell battery. I don't know what to tell you except your's is not an AGM, which are ready to go out of the box.. The Deka box has the 'Made in the USA' information on it. I highly doubt that it refers to just the box. BTW, the paperwork included with the Deka battery says 'printed in the U.S.A.'
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    My latest PC680 Odyssey has a made by EnerSys, Warrenburg MO. on it. 'Bout 800 miles from LS. Maybe that's the corporate office and they're built in PA?? Anyway, I wonder what makes a 'blem', and what they get for an ETX18L??? If it's just cosmetics, I really don't care...no one sees the battery.. And BTW these batteries can be shipped via USPS Priority Flat Rate for less than $10 bucks, and it takes only 3 days coast2coast. It took a week to get the Deka from Big Crank, and it ran $19 bucks UPS. Things are getting interesting....
  10. Condor
    Yep, need to lay a few bets on Louisville.....
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    Wonder if they have any type of direct Group buy program??? I found their website. http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/default.aspx?pageid=218 I also found a local distributor a couple of miles from me. I'll call in the AM and check pricing... This might hold true for the rest of the US, and save a bunch on shipping.
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    The Battery arrived this afternoon from BIG CRANK. First surprise... it's made in the U.S.A. Manufactured by East Penn Manufacturing, Lyon Station, Pa., and is labled 'Deka' brand. It looks very good... not cheap..., and is the same size as the OEM 18 series battery in the 1stGens. It much larger than the Odyssey, and is rated at 330cca. Even though the packing from Big Crank left a lot to be desired, it made it without incident all the way to Calif. The anodes are kinda neat in that you can attach cables on the side using the supplied brass spacers, or on the top as usual. I'll post a couple of pics a little later on. So far I like it....
  13. Condor
    Looks like AGM's are coming out of the woodwork lately. 4 posts is kinda neat, and the specs are good. If you end up picking one up post your opinions....
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    Vacume leak somewhere in the lines???
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    YUP!!!
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    First off, it's AGM not Gel. Secondly, there's absolutely nothing wrong with wet batteries, as long as you use them daily, or keep them on a battery tender when not in use. All batteries have a charge/discharge cycle rating, and it depends on the thickness of the plates and other varibles as to just how many times a battery will last. Generally one cycle is equal to a 50% discharge and recharge to full. Discharge a battery beyond the 50% discharge mark and the total cycles are reduced considerably. Some batteries are rated at 100 cycles (cheap), and others are built to last 3 to 4 times that amount (expensive). When a battery is only discharged 10%, before being recharged, a 100 cycle battery should last thru 500/10% discharge/charge cycles. Never discharge a wet cell and it will... theoretically... last forever. However, if a wet cell sits for any length of time without using it daily, or keeping a battery maintainer on it, it will discharge. If it sits for a very long time (months) you can kill it. The nice thing about AGM Batteries used in motorcycles is they can sit for long periods of time and loose very little of their charge, due to their design can deliver more amps, and can be discharged to 80% without any reduction in performance. If you get 5 years out of your wetcells, number one, they're never off a maintainer, or you use/recharge them dailey...or you are very lucky and need to spend more time at a Casino...
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    Dang, That's a nice setup!!!
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    An E1 is kind of a shotgun error code on what the problem is. Could be nothing more than a low battery. It could also be a bad discharge valve. Or it could also be poor connections. And as already pointed out the controller needs to be resoldered. That said just about every error code responds to a PC board resolder.
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    They're the same from 83-93... You're good to go.
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    I've never had one go, but I think if tapping got it going again I'd replace it just for peace of mind.... I'd hate to be on a long trip somewhere and have it croak....
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    Air Filter

    Condor replied to MikeW's topic in Watering Hole

    When needed I go with K&N's. More going in but serviceable for a long long long time....
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    cooled gear

    Condor replied to pegscraper's topic in Riding Gear

    I think I remember someone putting out a helmet with A/C in it. Had a goofy little fan that ran a thermo-coupler. The top of the head is wear you loose most of your body heat. Stands to reason that it might be the place to keep things cool too. I can see getting real uncomfortable when it's hot and humid, but out here in the west it's mostly hot and dry and when you're moving it's not all that bad...just drink lots of water. I think I'd rather see all that plumbing running through the seat...
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    When I see them coming I'll give 'm room to split. I even had a Harley rider yell 'Thanks' as he rode by.. I think he belonged on a Venture... Even thou it's legal here in California I don't... No guts.....
  24. Condor
    Seems there are those that will disagree with you. http://www.vonwentzel.net/Battery/01.Type/index.html http://www.batterystuff.com/tutorial_battery_gel_agm.html And there's a bunch more. Do a Google search on 'agm vs. gel battery' There isn't any gel in an AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) battery. They are not the same.
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    Hi Mark, My experience with Gel Batteries is that they are very fragile, and if they start to boil the bubbles will become suspended in the gel and they will lose the ability to transfer ions from the plates to the anodes. AGM is the way to go. The Odyssey is the king of the batts so far, but there's a new kid on the block that I, and a coulple of other members are going to give a try. http://www.bigcrank.com/ A couple of things that they claim are the CCI's being better than the Odyssey and the footprint being the same as the OEM series 18 battery. I ordered one and it's in transit. Hang loose and more will be posted.
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