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  1. MiCarl
    I'm pretty cautious in curves too. You get hard into one, pegs dragging, and something unanticipated comes up you're going to be in trouble. You have little braking ability, you're already turning as tight as you can and if you straighten up you go off the outside of the curve or into oncoming traffic. Unanticipated can mean gravel, sand, animal (dead or alive), wet spot, oncoming traffic across the center line, etc. No amount of practice will prevent these things from occasionally happening. Of course the likelihood of a surprise is much higher in a blind curve, which it seems most of the fun ones are. In the rare case I can see well through a curve I almost always ride it hard. Sounds to me like what you're describing is prudence.
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    That's an idea: Perhaps health insurance should be provided by the ones we owe money to......
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    That's why I keep nursing my old Yukon along. I don't need anything that big but I average North of 16MPG in it. A brand new Ranger (which I'd like) is a lot of $$ to lay out to get to 18MPG or so.
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    You can buy happiness. Mine cost me $257/week for quite a few years, but now it's all paid off. Back to the original post. My current wife and I have always lived within our means and saved for the future. Last year we earned about $250/month on dividends and interest. Beats the heck out of being on the other side of that equation. What stinks about it though is by the time we retire Social Security will probably be means tested. Since we've saved we won't "need" as much and we'll end up subsidizing our neighbors who could have done the same as us but instead regularly had new cars, vacations and other luxuries.
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    Well, you made me look. About $405/month last year. Looks like it'll be more this year.
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    I've never done a 2nd gen, but I have a friend that did one. The race removing tool I lent him is like a piece of pipe that flares into 4 leaves on one end. It wouldn't get enough purchase to knock the bottom race out. He had the same problem with his drifts which he'd sharpened just for the job. He ended up using a Dremel to cut a slot across the race allowing it to come out easily. Another trick is to lay a bead of weld inside the race. Not only does it give you something to put the drift against, it tends to shrink the race just a bit when it cools.
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    Has always been an area of interest for me. My Dad sold NASA the Mercury space suits. http://www.ohio.com/news/top-stories/local-history-akron-spacesuit-is-right-stuff-for-astronaut-john-glenn-in-1962-1.265804 The engineer who developed them, Russ Colley, was a very talented man with a long list of patents. The original design had no provision for the astronauts to relieve themselves. I believe it was Shepard who had an extended launch delay and needed to wet his suit. After that there was a rush program to provide for a more comfortable solution. The answer was a nested pair of condoms, one with a slit in the tip and the other with an X cut in the tip attached to a piece of hose. Colley received a patent for the "Trojan Check Valve". You think NASA could accomplish that today for less than $5 million? My dad got to purchase and expense the condoms. He got a call from accounting along the lines of: "Galloway, we know you guys are just @#$%ing around up there, but shouldn't you be buying your own rubbers?". The airtight seals behind the Mercury space suit zippers can now be purchased at the grocery store. They're called Ziploc bags. Much of the testing of the Mercury suits was done at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. After dad passed we donated the remainder of his memorabilia to the Air Force Museum which is located there. One of the items was a demonstration doll: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16037. We also donated a glove that had lights in the finger tips per Glenn's request.
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    Bad idea. You should notice that the cover bolts have a shoulder on them that snugs against the head. The rubber donuts on top put the proper tension on the cover. Overload it and the cover could break. Better to replace the 16 rubber donuts. And cover gaskets. Might as well check valve clearance while you're in there.
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    No. Standard tire is 120/90H18, which is a bias ply tire. The 130/90 R18 is oversize and radial construction. As the chart shared by GaryZ shows 120/90H18 is the metric designation for the alpha MR90H18.
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    It'll take at least 4X as long and is a dirty nasty job where you can get into trouble if you don't know what you're doing.
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    The upgrades that have been thrown at you won't give you CB or intercom. While the sensitivity of the receiver isn't great it's passable. Sound quality is just fine to my ears. Cassette is mostly obsolete, but it ain't rocket science to replace it with a hook up for your Ipod. I'd suggest you get together with your wing buddy and have him try his headset on your bike to make sure the audio and CB work ok. If so, you can get a headset and replace your cassette with an Ipod hook up for not much more than $100.
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    Like he said. Assuming your trailer isn't quite wide those front tie downs won't touch anything. On your 90 the front of the bag guards are beefy enough to tie off the rear. Use the lower outside corners. I like to load the suspension up a bit, you don't want the thing bouncing to slack your lines.
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    When you buy OEM you know it will work. There is a steep premium for that guarantee. I sell K&L fork seals. When I'm sourcing a seal I always use K&L if they have one available for the application, I've never had a problem with one. They're a fraction of the price of OEM. Occasionally someone will bring me All Balls seals to install. They are a nightmare to seat, and I don't think cheap either. I had a guy brought me a set last year that included the dust seals. I had to install the dust seals with a press to get them in, then they'd crawl out in about a half hour. We ended up chucking them and going OEM. Of course any fork seal will fail if the tubes are bad or you damage it on install.
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    It's the same 5 pin headset used by the current Ventures, Goldwing and many (all?) Harley. The problem isn't finding one, but choosing from the multitude available. You can find headsets at wingstuff and sierra electronics. Of course dealers should be able to get headsets too, but at a higher price point I think. I personally use a low end J&M and am very pleased with it. If you're an audiophile you may want something different. I'm sure others will weigh in.
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    GUNS

    MiCarl replied to kenw's topic in Watering Hole

    I'm not an expert on this but I believe the answer is not many. The reason is that a handgun and rifle serve different purposes. To be most effective the ammo needs to be matched to its use.
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    You need to make sure the bushing is driven home before you install the seal. You aren't using the all balls seals are you? They are very difficult to drive.
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    I assume you mean the retaining clip above the seal. If it doesn't drop right in the seal isn't all the way down.
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    I see you pulled the anti dives off. Since they're off it's not a bad idea to make sure they actually work. Hook them up to the harness and pull the brake lever with the key turned on. You should see the plunger move in the ports. Since you've broken the seal it'd be wise to replace those o-rings.
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    It just slips off the top. The o-rings don't want to let it slide very easily. Lots of twisting of the fork tube to work it off. On each fork, above the air connector, is a foam rubber donut. Watch for them, they like to fall BEHIND the radiator. Below the connector is a circlip that needs to be removed before you can pull the tube through the lower tree.
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    Mine had pretty erratic behavior. I blew in the aperture several times with no effect. When I took it into good light and looked very carefully I found it had picked up a hair. Worked much better after the hair was extracted.
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    When I watched the video I thought, "Wow, sounds just like my Wolos". Looking at his products, he is offering: 1) Control module with wiring harness. 2) Control module with wiring harness and what sure looks like a black Stebel/Wolo Nautilus. 3) Control module with wiring harness and what sure looks like a chrome Stebel/Wolo Nautilus. So, his value add is the control module. The control module does 3 things: 1) Delays air horn for 1/2 second so you can Beep-Beep the stock horn. 2) Activates the high bean headlamp with the air horn. 3) Cycles the air horn and lights on and off. I really wouldn't want the 1/2 second delay. When you need to wake someone up 1/2 second can be fatal. As far as cycling on and off - what is the benefit? We're not looking for a siren. I do like the lights idea. I've considered adding relays to my horn circuit to light up both the fog and passing lamps if I hit the button.
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    26H-23173-00-00 SPINDLE, taper Not Available This is the piece the service manual calls the "oil lock". Not sure what your dealer was trying to sell, but Yamaha doesn't offer them anymore. Better hope DINGY can help you out. The only damaged one I've ever seen (not from a Venture, but similar) was all bent up on the lip at the wide end. The narrower tapered ends are somewhat crudely machined. Could be yours isn't damaged. Pictures? You can find the springs cheaper online, but shipping will push you above the stealer price.
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    The problem with sleeping isn't conscience, it's a growling stomach. By the time you pay for the building, equipment, all the state departments that issue and demand paperwork, utilities, taxes etc., there just isn't much left.
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    Yamaha calls it Diaphragm assembly. North of $100/ea. from Yamaha. I sell them after market for a bit less than that. You can get a set of 4 replacement rubbers from Sirius Consolidated for about $100.
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    When I'm doing forks in the shop I try to start Friday afternoon. Leaving the fork in the tree I open the bottom and get the caps off. Let them drain all weekend. Find a little less "extra oil" that way.
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