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Condor
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Buddyrich is the one to talk to on this one. I don't think he has a tungston bulb left on his scoot.... MOF I think he's posted before about using inline resisters??
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OK Scott, you're right on and I'm just plain dumb... I just got off the phone with AVON and the tire is not a Radial. I could have sworn that when I discussed the tire for warantee they had said it was. Anyway getting back to the danger part, they were non-comittal. They just stated that it was against the law to run radials with biased plys. So I'd like to apologize to all, and want to say...listen to Scott, forget about what I said.
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Maybe not for you younger 2ndGens, but the Venom X I'm running on the front of my 1stGen is a radial. Venum X, AM41, 120/90-18 71H A.T9R. :cool10:
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Yep, tag you're it.... The Venom on the front is a radial, and the load bearing Venom on the rear is biased ply. Right now I'm running a venom on the front and a Dunlop Cruisemax on the rear. No problems with handling....MOF the handling is great. I wonder what it will be like when I get the back Venom on??.....
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Interesting light. I was going to redo my tail lights with a couple of amber and a red, but The $49.95 retail price each jolted me back to reality....
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Before you go replacing the whole clutch you need to check a few things first. #1, what type of oil are you using. #2 when's the last time you bled the clutch, and did you get all the air out of the lines?? #3 does the clutch slip right away, or after the engine starts to warm up? There are quite a few things that can cause the clutch to slip, and replacing the disc's might not be the answer.
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Thanks for the tour recommendations Geo. I gotta get up to your neck of the woods in the future. I had planned on doing Alaska by Ferry on the scoot in a couple of years. These would make some nice side trips...
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If you want to insure that galvnic corrosion will not be a problem between SS and Aluninum, coat the screw with anything that has silicon in it. What this does is create a barrier..silicon contamination.. between the metals and ions will not transfer. For galvcanic corrosion to occur, all you need is for the two bare metals to be touching. Don't confuse Galvanic corrosion with Electrolysis which basically is the flow of electrons between anode conductors.
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Yep...seen that happen. The rear end seems to be OK... not black or discolored or even making noises.. , but changing the lube is on the 2do list.
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I think Steve and I found a soggy receipt in the trunk that refered to the rear caliper being replaced, but can't be absolutely sure.... How memory fails when you're over 20.... The one on there now is fine, and after bleeding the heck out of it, it works great.
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Here's a pic of the right saddle bag off '83#2. Great conversation piece. Never knew so much damage could be caused by a caliper overheating.. This is the only thing it could have been because the caliper is sitting right next to this area of the bag. Talk about smokin'.... The cover of the bag was in great shape so I replace the back with an extra I had with a funky cover. Looks great....now... :)
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Might be worth a try on the '93. The two false buttons in the riders seat are gone. Otherwise the seat's in decent condition.
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I haven't heard back yet Rick, and I don't really have much hope of it happening, but if I do I'll let you know. Mine didn't have any marking on them either. One thing I can do is let everyone on this board know the sellers Ebay ID. And I just searched back thru the sellers feedback and it seems this pad size problem has happened before. All 3 of the pads I have did the same thing, so it's not just an isolated thing. Also from what I gather he never answers his email..... The Extreme Shop. He's out of Fl., and this is how he describes his pads. High Quality KEVLAR Brake Pads (NOT CHEAP CHINESE PADS with LESS FRICTION MATERIAL) , Best Quality-Price Store.
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Yep, got the same deal Rick. I did the same thing as you did, but felt I'd rather be safe than sorry. If I'd had the disc sander up and running I might have done a little nicer job on the edges, but with the grinder it turned out a little less than square. Maybe I'll dress them up and use them on one of the other VR's the next time around. The composition of the pad looked pretty good. I just felt if they were supposed to be made to fit a certain model, then they should fit without having to screw around with them. I still haven't heard back for the seller.....
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Thanks for the info Mike. I think I'll check and see what it would cost to R&R the motor on '83/2. If I wait until I get to it, it'll never get done....
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I've bought... and sold... a ton of things off Ebay in the last 8 years, and have gotten great prices on things I need. You have no idea... I haven't won the lotto lately and quite frankly can't afford plunking down big bucks for a new scoot, or have a dealer maintain it. Thank God for 1stGens. If it weren't for them and Ebay, I'd be walkin'.... This auction just happened to be one of those very few times that things didn't work out. I'm sure that if I had discovered the problem shortly after purchasing I probably would have gotten some sort of satisfaction from the seller, but I didn't, and don't expect to. I don't know what more one could do to 'research' an item??? Ebay's been great to me, and I'll continue to enjoy the savings. For those who are so rich that they don't need to save money, more power to them.
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Just wanted everyone to know what happened with the tire. Avon stepped up and replaced it...again, and picked up the labor charge as well. The one they replaced it with was built 4-5 months later toward the end of '05. Didn't cost me a cent, just my time to R&R the front tire. We'll see how this one holds up......
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About a year ago I picked up 3 pairs of brake pads for future use off Ebay. Hey..the price was right. Anyway, lately I'd been getting a little chattering noise out of the right front caliper, and since I had the the front tire off and down to the store for warantee work, I thought I'd go ahead and toss in another set of pads. Well..... I took out a set of pads and they wouldn't fit. Close, but no cigar.... The width was a few thousands over tolerance, and the thru holes were a few thousands undersized. I did a little shade tree adjusting on them and finally got them to slide in, but they still didn't feel right. I held one up to the the EBC pads I had just removed, and the radius at the bottom was right on on one end and off on the other. 'Bout then I went on down to my local shop and picked up another set of EBC's. They slipped right in. They might have cost more, but I have a lot more confidence in their working. I actually still had a record of the Ebay sale and fired off a email to the seller...he's still actively selling... warning him about possible liability issue. We'll see how he handles it. Just thought other members would like to know about my experience with non-major brand pads on Ebay.
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I've picked up a couple of sets off Ebay for about $25-30 per set.
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If i remember correctly the stuff is called Prep-Sol.??
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The wife and I were there in '89. Walked one way....couldn't go back...
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It would be interesting, as in Rick's case, to know the dates of those tires that did show sidewall cracking. Rick, do you still have any info laying around?? Mine were both around June'05. I asked Avon about the inspection results of first tire, but the warantee dept never gets that info, and the tire was shipped to another location.
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Time Travel...... Should have been 05. It's been corrected..... :)
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Sorry for the misread Rick. In my case Avon is sending the tire and a pickup for the old one. All the dealer is getting is the fee for changing it out. He only charged $25 bucks on the first replacement, but maybe Avon will allow more for his trouble. The dealer is an local independant. No manufacture affiliation. Me thinks you should have checked around for a friendlier dealer and then waited until Avon sent the replacement instead of buying it yourself and then trying to get Avon to pick up the tab for a padded retail. Did I get it right this time.... :)
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Hey Rick. Just got off the phone with Avon and they are replacing the tire.... and picking up the cost of the R&R. I paid for the first one, but this one's on them. The last replacement date was very close to the original date from SouthWest Moto. The one they're sending me this time has a date of 5005 (dec/05). The last two were 22 and 2305 ('bout June/05), pretty close... And the replacement was a dealer buy back, and no telling where the H it had been stored. Your big problem was you were at the mercy of a Sturgis dealer, and they stuck it to you on the price. I called Avon this morning and they just called back and said the replacement tire will be at the dealers by Wednesday. Pretty fast service. I don't know how warantee works for Canada, but i know that shipping anything up there takes forever......
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