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Venturous Randy

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    I have been diagnoised for a couple of years as being anemic, which seems hard to comprehend to be fat and animic at the same time. Mine was also diagnoised as iron anemia and the VA has put me three iron pills a day. I will be having some updated blood work done near the end of the month so we will see if it is still an issue. RandyA
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    Keemez, who made the statement has a 93, MKII. RandyA
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    I believe on the MKII's like your's, all you have to do is take the bag lid off and you can access the bolts. On the MKI's, you need to remove the bags, which are like removable luggage, to get to the bolts. Either way, I think Yamaha done a good job in the design. RandyA
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    If you can not get the key to work in the side bags lock in the front of the bags, open the bag and remove the three screws holding the lock in place. The bag will then slide backwards and lift off. Behind the bag you will see a bolt on each side that holds the seat in place. Once you have the bolts out, the seat will slide back a little and lift off. Many times, if the bags have not been off in a long time, they may be stuck and difficult to slide back. Be careful not to bang on the bags too hard as you can crack them. I always put a silicon spray lubricant on the bars to help the bags slide. The silicon drys and does not collect dust and dirt like grease does. Welcome aboard and thanks for joining. This will be the best $12 you will ever spend on your bike. When you get a chance, post some pictures and tell us some about your bike and about youself. This is a great bunch of folks, but they do enjoy ragging each other if they get a chance. RandyA
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    Still will not open for me. RandyA
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    Hey, we hung an elephant here. RandyA http://blueridgecountry.com/archive/mary-the-elephant.html
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    If there is any consolation, I also have a lot of creaks and groans when I get out in that cold weather. RandyA
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    One of the things I always wanted in my life was to learn to fly. I had an uncle that had a plane for a while and spent four years in the Air Force. I also worked for a company for 15 years as the Corporate Quality Manager, where I spent a lot of time in the company Piper Cheyenne with most of the time in the co-pilot seat. I have flown both my uncle's plane and the company plane from the co-pilot seat for long distances once airborne and before landing, but I just never had the fun money available to pursue my license. I always loved being around airplanes. I would have loved to have something like this. RandyA
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    The RSV went for $3,850 and with some cosmetics and a few chrome pieces, someone will have a nice bike. RandyA
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    How much of a discount do you have to get to let your insurance know how you drive everyday? To me, that is just too "big brother" to me. RandyA
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    I suspect you are due a new stator. But, make sure you check the other things already noted first. RandyA
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    This is a really good demonstration of what happened to me several years ago. I was on a four lane divided highway in the right lane with a car passing me going just slightly faster than me. There was a girl waiting to pull out from my right and just as the car in the left lane was about even with me, the car coming out of the road to my right started pulling into my lane. There is no doubt she was committed and what she was waiting on was to make sure the guy that was to my left was not going to change lanes and hit her. As obvious as I was, she got fixated on the car and did not see me because, just like the yellow dots, I disappeared. What did make her see me was my loud air horns blasting. I was lucky on this one because the thing I remember most was "This is gonna hurt" RandyA
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    On the 83 bikes, would you come off of the same vacuum port as 84 up with this setup? RandyA
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    Grand kids are the reward of not killing your own kids. I still got you beat though as I have two great grand kids. I was a grand father at 38 and a great grand father at 58. Congradulations. RandyA
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    Isn't google a neat thing? RandyA http://www.strava.com/segments/pub-road-13-climb-795567
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    Hey Tom, great to see that you are being able to start on the bike. That really is a nice bike and only had 41,000 miles on it and looking at several of the wear points, I believe that is correct. Someone has also put a lot of bling on this bike. I hope you get many fun and SAFE miles on the bike and am very pleased that I was able to find it for you and help you get it. RandyA
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    That was a really neat video. There is no doubt that these guys know to handle their vehicles. I also noticed that from the git-go, you knew it was a closed course and not something done out on the street. That in itself made it better for me. Thanks for sharing. RandyA
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    I have tube of KY lubricant in the garage. Now, I have never tried the "warming" kind though. RandyA
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    My only tree adventure was getting hit in the windshield at about 40 mph with a walnut. It was still covered and wet and was heavy. It scared the crap out of me and I was glad to have a windshield. RandyA
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    Last week going to Gatlinburg, there was a guy in pickup truck with some boxes in the back and one came out at about 65 mph. The box was full of single toilet paper rolls and there must have been about six dozen and they were all over the right lane. We were able to go into the left lane and miss them, but in thinking about hitting them on the bike it could have been real bad. I believe it was last year that Linda and I had a baby bed come out of a truck right in front of us. Earlier in the week I saw a guy in a pickup heading for the interstate with a box spring and mattress in the back without any type of straps. Some people are too stupid to be driving. RandyA
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    It won't help me unless it will keep my riding lawnmower from distroying it. RandyA
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    I knew better than to enlarge the picture and I did it anyway. RandyA
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    With my last name being Atkins, I would sure like to be kin to uncle Chet. But then again, I did not do too good on the Atkins' diet either. RandyA
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    Unfortunately Bob, it looks like you are going to be on the wrong side of the mountain ridge for me. I wish you were coming through Johnson City, TN on I26 and you would have a place to spend the night if you wanted. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Unfortunately, I afraid you will soon be glad to pay what this gas hike price is at this time. RandyA
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