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  1. Venturous Randy
    Did it have the same catch point before you changed it? You can take the plunger rod out and shorten it a little. But first, I would compare it with the old plunger rod. RandyA
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    Tell him you have a brother that is a police officer there that wants to look at it for you and see what response you get. Yeah, this came thru a couple of month's ago. RandyA
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    I got all the oil out of mine. I drained everything I could to do the 2nd gear repair, then I removed the engine to disassemble it and while it was upside down, oil ran out everywhere. As anal as I am, some of you guys have me beat by a longshot. RandyA
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    I have E-3's on my 1st gen and I am very pleased with them. They are not as nimble as the Avons, but seem much more stable from 70mph on. RandyA
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    I use the same basic principle on getting the rotor off my bike as I do on getting a tie rod off in a car. On a car, I will loosen the nut and strike the end of the loop the tie rod fits down into. That will usually deform the area just enough for a fraction of a second for it to pop loose. I do not beat on the tie rod bolt. On the rotor, I will put a puller on and tighten it down and then take a long punch and put it in the outside of the tube part that goes on the shaft. I will strike the punch and that side hit will cause the mating surfaces to give and it will pop off. And yes, you do need to have some way to catch it. I have removed several of these and never had a problem getting one off. RandyA
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    This is also the perfect symptoms for needing to resolder the CMU. It may just be coincidental that this occurred at this time. There are several writeups about doing this. RandyA
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    To add to this, you may want to turn it to the open position and see what it does. This will by-pass the thermostat and should warm up much slower. I would not leave it in that position, but you could see what it does and it won't hurt anything. Down side is turning it may get it to develop an occasional leak and you will need to change the o'ring. You may have to loosen the screw in the side to get it to move. RandyA
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    How do you know that you need a speedometer? Have you determined that the cable is working and the speedometer is not? It is not uncommon for these speedometers to be damaged due to not being lubricated correctly, but the same problem can damage the cable. RandyA
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    Last summer in the middle of the day I was pulling up a hill to a stop sign and everything went dead. I found that I had blown the main fuse. Fortunately, I had tools and an ohm/voltmeter with me. Since I did not detect a solid ground on the fuse wire, I carefully bypassed the fuse. I started the bike and carefully rode it home. I got some more fuse strips at the auto place and replaced the strip and have probably put 5,000 miles on the bike and it has not blown again. One thing that I did a while back was put a set of running lights that are fused, on a switch and run straight to the battery. This way, if I ever blow a main fuse again, at least I have some lights and I run the driving lights all the time at night. RandyA
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    I have been there several times and he has several 1st gens. My only problem is he wants mucho $ for anything I was interested in. I believe all together he has over 6,000 bikes. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    About 12 years ago I bought the small Chatterbox unit that used the small batteries that lasted about 8 hours. I then bought the cord that plugged to the bike battery. After breaking the cord, I went to Radio Shack and bought a small battery holder that holds two AAA batteries. Since then I have replaced parts of the system, even replacing the box and the system works very well. But, I have had to do mods to make it as good as it is. This is not the bike to bike units, but teathered from driver to passenger. The AAA batteries will last for a long time unless I leave the unit on for a week or so. And, the AAA batteries are easy to find. The last time I messed with it, I stopped by an independant shop and bought a box and two sets of helmet speakers/mikes for about $20, so I can't complain about the service I have had. RandyA
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    Ditto, I was thinking exactly the same thing. RandyA
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    I wonder what the reserve is. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Much of the glare is caused by small scratches. When I got my bike 14 years ago, I could barely ride it at night. I ended up sanding the windshield down, starting with 2000 grit sandpaper and then used steps of polishing compound until it is about as good as new. Then I started using Plexus and it also has a fine polishing agent. Even now, if I wash my bike and the windshield, if I don't put Plexus on it, at night I will notice more glare. Have you ever used Plexus on your windshield? One other note on Plexus, it matters what type cloth you use as a soft cotton cloth works best. Cloths with rayon/nylon fibers don't work good, and NEVER use a paper towel on your windshield. RandyA
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    As I am getting more mature in my thinking, I am trying to be more careful with doing the elevated speed jaunts, but, I must say, when it comes to the Harleys, it seems all good sense goes out the window. I just think it is amazing that they want to look at you and give you that stupid arrogant grin, until you leave them way far behind, real quick. Then, when you let them catch back up, they won't even look your way. I guess they don't want to look at my stupid arrogant grin. RandyA
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    It was on short notice and we did not know for sure which direction we were going. I did go thru Petros as I stopped at a store before I got to the park at the begining of 116 and some guy there was telling me about The Devil's Triangle. I ended up going that way and staying on it to Lake City rather than going back to Oliver Springs. We had been down at Oak Ridge to the museum. I would be glad to give you a tour of The Snake, which is also known as Shady Valley and I believe you can google it for more information. Where is Rome at? RandyA Here are some videos of this area. [ame=http://www.vimeo.com/450836]The Snake - Shady Valley to Mountain City on Vimeo[/ame]
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    I was down your way today and rode the Devil's Triangle, Highway 116. For tight twisties and 45mph, this is a better ride than Deal's Gap. There is no way you could run anywhere near 45mph on most of this road. I went clockwise from Oliver Springs and then on up to Lake City. This was a great ride. RandyA
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    I have a long Frog Togg jacket that comes almost to my knees. I washed it a few months ago and dried it in the dryer and it seems fine. But, I have lost over 50 pounds since last year. Mine got peed on by racoons while hanging on the carport. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    Thank you Brandy and I would love to see you and Wayne. We will just have to see how it goes at that time. RandyA
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    The weekend is supposed to be nice, but we are supposed to have morning temps on Sun and Mon in the mid 40's. Guess I will just have to stay snuggled up for awhile in the mornings. RandyA
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    Me too, I think it would be real special. To me, that is a nice time to go to that area if you are not having another visitor like Earl. A while back I posted a link to a video that had been done in that area that was beautiful, but I can not find it now. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    I have thought about this thread several times lately and really thought about it last night. I was 1st in line in the right lane and there was a tuner type Honda in the left lane on a divided fourlane going away from town. When the light changed, he accellerated quickly and I paced him for about half way thru 1st gear. I then cranked it on and left him and moved over into his lane due to slower traffic in the right lane. Even though there was traffic in the left lane going about 10 over, I kind of got trapped and this idiot was right against me. I was finally able to move over and let him by, but he could not go anywhere either. When some traffic cleared a little, he was still tailgateing a guy in the left lane and I stayed beside him to just pace him so he could not move over. I never could see him look over at me and then he did a quick left turn. When it was over with, I was mad at myself for messing with him and then letting myself get trapped in front of him. But, I was glad he did the quick turn as I was just about to fall in behind him and follow him. But, he was just some punk and the best thing to do is just stay from him. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    I appreciate the update and yes prayers do work. I would still love to come down that way around the 25th and celebrate this special birthday that is coming up. It has been a long time since I have been in that area, actually, it was 1996. I spent about four days in Washington, NC and just rode in different directions everyday. I would love to do that again. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Paying attention can make a big difference, but above all, I simply believe luck has a lot to do with it. I had another encounted about two weeks ago on a Sunday morning when a deer walked into the road out of a field. I was simply not paying as close attention as I should have, but was still able to slow down and not have to do anything drastic to avoid it. If I had been a couple of seconds ahead, it may have been too close. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Hoping you were going to be able to give us an update on your dealings with Earl. So far, it looks like most of the damage was on the Outter Banks. RandyA
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