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    I have probably put over 100,000 miles on my 83 with strobe lights mounted in the headlight bucket. In fact, I have two sets, one not as bright I run at night and the brighter ones during the day. These are like the ones installed in the NASCAR pacecar lights. I have the strobe frequency set slower so it does not look like an emergency vehicle. So far, I have only had one cop take issue with the headlight setup and he stopped me just to tell me they are technically illegal. Come to fine out, he has two crotch rockets. I did get pulled over by a Tennessee State trooper at about 1am coming back from the Honda Hoot because at that time I had strobes mounted inside my brake light lens and he told me that I could not have them behind a colored lens. I now have them in the lights in my upper trunk lightbar. The lens have faded clear, but the LED bulbs I also have in them are red. RandyA
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    Good point, but consider how ofter cagers will pull into a truck and you know we have very little chance unless we let them know we are there. I have absolutely no doubt that my air horns have saved my life, or at least some very serious injury. Thanks for the post and I hope it will get other's attention to install very loud airhorns also. RandyA
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    Thank you Lil Beaver for the very good explanation and to think that up to this point you were mostly thought of you as a "ladies man". Now we do know that you have enough sense to try to stay away fom them. RandyA
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    Yep, but a 1st gen has a tape player and a centerstand. RandyA
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    Actually, I thought of you and your wife as I passed the Farmer's Daughter Restaurant going down 107. RandyA
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    I took off work yesterday at 3pm and stopped by the house and picked up my lady Linda, who had come over for a visit, and we took off down thru the country on one of those rides you dream about during the winter. I started off in a light jacket and ended up putting shorts on. The scenery, with all the budding trees and flowers was absolutely beautiful, especially with the clear air and the mountains all around us. At one point we saw 82º on the bike thermometer. It was one of those light traffic, bike running real good days along country back roads that are just made for easy riding and talking and sharing thoughts about the upcoming summer and camping and traveling on the bike. We snaked along roads that ran beside rivers that went from glistening pools to fast running white water. We saw fields of grass that are just beginning to get that bright green that is only in the early spring. I really feel fortunate to live in this part of the country where the weather is more moderate and people are so friendly. It is rare that when stopped that someone doesn't have something friendly to say, especially when you are on a motorcycle. I noticed that when I pulled the bike back into the garage that we had put 125 miles on it just to run out and get something to eat. RandyA
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    About the only other site I belong to is Maxima.org and even though there are some that are helpful, most are a bunch of butt-holes. As you noted, always looking to attack someone. RandyA
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    Well, when I got home from work, I put new batteries in the Chatterbox unit and the static stopped. This little unit that mounts on the side of the passenger helmet originally came with two small batteries that lasted about 8 hours. I bought a AAA two battery holder from radio shack and wired it in and attached it with Velcro right above the Chatterbox unit. With the AAA's, it lasts for a long time, even if I leave the unit on. So, I think it is ok. Thanks guys, RandyA
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    I have a wierd problem that just started yesterday evening. I have the older Chatterbox headsets that have a cable between the driver and passenger and on yesterday's ride with Linda, I started having the static that goes up and down with the rpm. It is only in my headset and the really wierd part is if I touch something metal, like the clutch or brake lever or the risers, the sound goes away. I have had these units for probably 13 years and have never had this problem before. This particular box is a couple of years old. The only change I have made electrically to the bike is to mount the TCI in the left fairing on the wall behind the radio. I would think this might be the problem, but we rode a couple of days ago and did not have this problem. This Chatterbox system is not connected to the bike in any way. Any suggestions? RandyA
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    Well, it's supposed to be about 73º here in east Tennessee today and about 76º tomorrow. I feel for you, but I am glad it is you and not me. In fact, I rode my bike for the first time to work this morning this year. But, I have gone home at lunch a couple of times this year and rode back to work. RandyA
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    I wish I had seen this yesterday, but I am too late now. RandyA
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    On the headlight, I suspect that the CMS, the monitoring system in the middle of your dash needs the solder connections redone. That is a very common problem on a 1st gens and I have fixed several. There are several posts on how to do it. On your fuel, I would put the bike on the centerstand and take the fuel line off the fuel pump and pump the fuel out. You will also need to get changing the fuel filter on the top of your priority list also. RandyA
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    Ok, did I hear somewhere that a gel or AGM battery is not supposed to be charged with a battery tender? RandyA
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    Glad to hear the good news Steve and hope that everything gets back on track. I will be talking to you later. RandyA
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    This is another one of those stupid idiot threads. I was having a great weekend in the Chattanooga area with Lady Linda and on the way back north on I-75 near Sweetwater, TN, while running with traffic at about 75mph, a pickup truck with a full size baby bed lost his load. I was the first car behind him and fortunately not too close. Then, all of a sudden, this baby bed just raises up and the wind just flipped it every way. I hit my brakes without trying to slow too quickly, as I had an 18 wheel truck behind me. With moving over to the shoulder about a half lane, I was able to miss it. With the truck behind us, I was not able to see very much on what went on behind him. The guy in the pickup did slow and pull to the shoulder and when I went by him, I blew my horn at him. I don't know if he did back up or what. The interesting thing is with the temperature being about 70 degrees, I was really wishing we were on the bike. But, after that event, I was kinda glad we were in the car. It never ceases to amaze me at how many people will throw something in the bed of a pickup and take off down the highway without any kind of tie downs in place. I just hope that this idiot did not cause a crash behind us because there was a lot of traffic. RandyA
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    I would love to weigh and be in the shape I was in when I came home from Thailand in 72. Given that I was on an Air Force base, we had pretty good food and I still lost 30 to 40 pounds. RandyA
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    My PPT button is hooked up to my garage door opener. RandyA
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    I was afraid of that, but I do not understand the comment about the bib being on the #4 side. Thanks, RandyA
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    Is there a way I can tell if it is a California model from the serial number? RandyA
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    No, I believe that was the main problem it wasn't running as when I stuck my 83 TCI on it, it started. RandyA
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    Just a few pictures to show what the TCI looked like that came off the 85 bike. I believe it has had some moisture go thru it. RandyA
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    The #2 carb on the 85 engine has a hose hookup that appears to be about the same location as the 83 port for the boost sensor that runs to an emission system. Since the good spare TCI I have is for an 83, I wonder if that hook up would work correctly. I also wonder if all these emission hoses can be removed and blocked. Randy
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    Not sure who won this one. I took the list of numbers to O Riley's and they gave me a Murray Ultra #7513 and it seemed to fit fine. So, now we have one more number to deal with. Thanks for the help everyone. RandyA
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    At the moment I am not sure about Asheville other than I would love to have another long weekend/mini rally. One date suggested was the June 9/12 weekend and so far that sounds good for me. I know I am wanting to take some vacation time about that time any way. If you want to see how much interest we get for then, we will see. I do hope to go to Vogal again and will just have to wait so see how that works out. RandyA
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