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  1. Freebird
    I haven't. I guess it could probably be done but it would require cutting a hole through the seat.
  2. Freebird
    I've got plenty of leaves but no corn cobs. Do you think you could just spray them off and bring them with you?
  3. Freebird
    That thread should be all that you need.
  4. Freebird
    Please study and practice before arriving. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnsgrXC2fAU]YouTube- How to make one square of toilet paper work[/ame]
  5. Freebird
    It is not VBulletin that is going away. They are coming out with new updates all the time. In fact, they recently released a brand new version that I have not even upgraded to yet due to problems that some folks are having with it. I am waiting for the bugs to be worked out before installing it here. It is VBPortal that has been discontinued. That is the software that I use for the home page. It integrates closely with the VBulletin software but they have not upgraded it in a while and it appears to be going away. Even after updating VBulletin 3.8 last week with a minor security/bug fix version, it caused some compatibility issues with the home page that I had to figure out. There is no way that it would work the the latest VBulletin 4. Therefore, to maintain current with future VBulletin releases, I will have to find a new solution for the home page. I certainly plan to stay with VBulletin for our forum.
  6. Freebird
    Yea, the timing may not be the best but we sometimes don't choose such things.
  7. Freebird
    I have always run the VBulletin software here. Well...almost always...when I first started the site, I started with something else but that only lasted for about a day and then I started over completely. Since starting the site, I there have been many upgrades to the software due to various security issues and also new features. It is a constantly evolving package and that will not likely ever change.
  8. Freebird
    All of you SHOULD get an email when your memberships are expiring. Since this is the first time for this, I am just HOPING that it works as it should. You can look in your UserCP though under Paid Subscriptions and it will show you the date that they expire. You can renew anytime you wish and a year will be added to the current expiration date. Don
  9. Freebird
    Thank you and to everybody here. Money is fine. The dues more than cover the hosting and this upgrade. Thanks for asking though. Depending upon which route I take, it will cost between nothing and about $275.00. Either way, like I said, it is covered already with the yearly dues.
  10. Freebird
    I just walked out and looked at my bike to see how much space is available. NO WAY would I mount anything there. There is not much room between that and the gas tank/ignition shroud. If something was mounted on that ball joint and due to vibration or any other reason, dropped down a bit...it would certainly hit the tank and prevent you from being able to steer. It looks fine on the bike in the picture at the link but there is NO WAY I would use it on our bikes.
  11. Freebird
    Sometime in the near future, I will be making some major changes to the VentureRider site. This is not something that I want to do but am pretty much being forced to do. This site is a conglomeration of several different software packages that are somewhat integrated together so that a single login works from the home page, the forum, classifieds, etc. It is a common occurrence that I have to upgrade the software from time to time. Sometimes it is to add new features but it is often because new security vulnerabilities are discovered. Once they are discovered, it is not long before the hackers and spammer find out about them and then we are open to such attacks. The problem is though that often if an upgrade is required in one area, for example the forum, then it causes problems with other areas such as the home page. So it's a chain effect, an upgrade here ends up requiring an upgrade to other parts of the site. Often it is after an upgrade is already done before you find the problems that it caused in other areas. An example is this last upgrade where an upgrade to the forum software caused such things as the "Mark Forums Read" and etc. to stop working on the home page and also the side menu here. That is because the side menu here on the forum is actually part of the home page software. It all gets so confusing. While it can be irritating and cause a lot of work and debugging each time, the problem is that the people who wrote the software that I am using on the home page appear to have pretty much given up that business. They are no longer offering upgrades or support for the software. This last little change and the problems that it caused created some real headaches and several hours to figure out what code needed to be changed so that it all worked together again. As more changes are made to the forum, the problem will get much worse. The bottom line is that I am going to have to completely redo the VentureRider home page from scratch. Remove the current software and integration and come up with a new solution. Over the next week or two I will be looking at various options and making a decision on what will the be best route forward. There may be some changes that some of you like and there may be some things that go away that some of you will really miss. It can't be helped and I promise that I will try my best to retain all the current features that I can. The good news is that the actual discussion forum will remain pretty much the same. The decision that I make for the home page will determine if there are any changes at all to the forum. If there are changes, it will still be the same basic software and no changes in the way that it actually works on your end. Also, we should not lose any posts. The only thing that we might lose, at least temporarily, are some of the custom features that I have added over the years. If so, I will add them back as soon as possible. Well that's the story. It is not going to happen today or this weekend but will be happening soon. This is such a big change that when I do it, I will very likely have to shut down the site for at least a couple of hours. I will give advance notice before doing that.
  12. Freebird
    OK folks...the bells have arrived. I will be getting them in the mail tomorrow to all of you who have already ordered. There are still some left if anybody else needs one or more at this time.
  13. Freebird
    I don't like it. I think it's a good idea and would be great on some bikes but first of all, I'm not sure that it would allow the GPS to clear the fairing on our bikes but even if it does, it puts the GPS way too low. I would rather have it mounted higher so that I don't have to look down all the time to see it.
  14. Freebird
    No, only I or a moderator can change a thread title. Will be happy to do so though. Just tell me what you want it changed to. Well...I just looked and it appears it has already been done.
  15. Freebird
    You just hit the multi quote button for every post that you want to respond to. Then you git the reply button. That copies the text of the selected posts to your reply and you just insert your responses after the /quote tag of each one.
  16. Freebird
    I was immediately suspicious but getting ready to do a search. You just never know now days. Thank you for reminding me that it is April Fool's Day though. Now I will be more careful the rest of the day.
  17. Freebird
    Good...you found it before I even had to look.
  18. Freebird
    This is what I use: http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Other_Products/Mobil_1_Fully_Synthetic_Gear_Lube_75W-90LS.aspx
  19. Freebird
    June 19th. Oberlin, OH at my house. Hope you can make it.
  20. Freebird
    First of all, I would doubt that it is a heavy enough grease but the main thing is that I think all the grease is going to end up on the outside casing of the U-Joint and not between the shaft and inner splines of the joint where it needs to be.
  21. Freebird
    It was brought to my attention that there was a problem with the classifieds. When an item was listed with a separate shipping cost and the buy now was used. PayPal was not adding the shipping cost to the price of the item. There have been no recent changes so it has apparently been this way from the beginning. I thank Dingy for bringing the issue to my attention and it has been corrected now.
  22. Freebird
    Heck....that doesn't mean you have to leave us. It's not just about the bikes. It's about the friendships, the rides, the food. I do hope you enjoy the new FJR though, they are great bikes.
  23. Freebird
    Now WHY do you ALWAYS try to send out members elsewhere? Geeze...we have a number of RS riders here that MIGHT be able to help if given the opportunity.
  24. Freebird
    Yep....it will be no problem getting to it on Maintenance Day. If you do get down my way one weekend before then, just give me a shout and we'll do it then. It only takes about 10 or 15 minutes.
  25. Freebird
    Glad you got it working again. What you found is the most common problem. Here is the other info you are searching for. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3905
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