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  1. Freebird
    We have a dedicated forum for the purpose of members sharing their favorite restaurants around the country. It is a bit confusing because it uses forms to keep them all formatted the same and many people have asked how to submit a review. There are two ways to do so. 1. There are two menu bars at the top of the forum. In the lower menu bar on the far right side just beside the link to Log Out is a link called "Quick Links". If you click on Quick Links, the last item in the menu that opens up is "Submit Restaurant". Just click on that and you will be taken to a page with the forms for each area. 2. On the home page of the forum there are blue bars that designate each forum. Watering Hole, Tech Talk areas, etc. The one for the restaurant section says "Member Restaurant Reviews" and just under that, still in the blue bar, is text that says "Click here to submit your favorite restaurants". That is the text you want to click on and it will take you to the same forms at the link under "Quick Links".
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    Clicking on Motorcycle Superstore may pay per click..I don't remember. I know that if you click on it to make your purchases from them it pays a bit. New Enough works differently. If a member buys from them and then chooses VentureRiders as their preferred club when they check out, they put a buck in our club account. We can then hold contests for a gift certificate or a price for our rally. We have given away 3 gift certificates here I think in various contests over the years. Members get a discount from Diamond R Accessories plus they have been a generous donor to our rallies.
  3. Freebird
    Another that you might want to check out is coveralls. They make one that is very easy to pack. They donated a couple of them that we gave away at our rally this year. http://www.coveralls.biz/
  4. Freebird
    Click on VRAwards in the menu bar at the top of the forum and request the awards that apply to you.
  5. Freebird
    That post was TOO long and too many caps. You owe another $12.00.
  6. Freebird
    yea...but you are from TEXAS.... I can relate.
  7. Freebird
    I agree that they do serve a purpose and I like them. I also agree that the rubber bumpers need to touch the forks and that is why I have never put the light bar spacer on my bike. That being said, and me being very careful to ensure that mine were always touching, I did finally lose one a couple of years ago coming home from Georgia. I replaced them with the SS brackets and deflectors from http://www.diamondraccessories and have never had another problem.
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    Actually, there are a LOT of forums where you have to pay and I think the $12.00 is about the cheapest I have seen. I just looked at the VTXOA site and can see why it is free. Most of the home page is ads. There are ads between posts in the forum. There is nothing wrong with that if it's what the members want so please don't take this as a slam against that site. The fact is, SOMEBODY pays to host and run a website. In that case, the advertisers are paying and the members apparently prefer to see a lot of ads that to pay out of their pockets to support it. I have no problem if that is what how they wish to run it. This was discussed here long ago and the vast majority of folks did NOT want the site cluttered with ads. Heck..I even had a couple of complaints with the one little ad box at the upper right. As for people posting away, I agree.....I have never tried to discourage anybody from posting away. Well....maybe one or two people long ago but that was even BEFORE the dues were implemented.
  9. Freebird
    OK....the list of those who have "thanked" somebody are now collapsed. It shows how many times but you have to click the arrow on the right side to see the list of names. Hope that helps.
  10. Freebird
    For our Canadian members who are also vets, I now have the awards set up for you also so please let me know if you served.
  11. Freebird
    There are quite a few out there with well over 100,000 miles with no major repairs. I've seen a couple with 200,000 and one in Canada several years ago with 400,000.
  12. Freebird
    Yes, they will flex. It has never caused a problem for me but here is a great solution and one that I plan to do this winter. [ame=http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8054]Crash bar supports - VentureRider.Org[/ame]
  13. Freebird
    I think you are about dead on with the RPM change. The VMAX rear raised my RPMs about 500 so I would think that the opposite would be true in your case. I really like the change on the RSV.
  14. Freebird
    Yea, they just don't work very well with gloves. I don't have an answer for you. When I used my IPOD, I just put it on random play or one of my play lists and let it go. I now use my Zumo 550 for MP3 and it works a bit better with gloves. Even still, once I turn it on..I pretty much just let it go.
  15. Freebird
    There is no chip or anything special. The dealer's are just nuts on the prices. They were probably cut just slightly incorrect or else the blanks were not exactly right. Maybe they are going in too deep? Try them again but pull the out just a bit and see if you can find a position where they will work. Otherwise, as said, they are usually available on Ebay. I know that you can get them from http://www.starparts.org/ Several of us have his stealth keys.
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    No, I don't know of any way to turn it off. If used correctly though, there shouldn't be a LOT of them except on the first post of threads that are really helpful. May be for a few days because it's new and everybody will want to try it. If it gets to be a real problem though, I'll see what I can come up with.
  17. Freebird
    I agree. That being said, I hate those 2 stroke weedeaters, blowers, etc. Over the past few years I've managed to replace everything except my chainsaw with 4 stroke models. I like them MUCH better.
  18. Freebird
    Thank you. I will get these set up under the awards. May be tomorrow night before I get it done but will try to get to it today.
  19. Freebird
    OK...I HOPE that I understood what you were asking for. I've added a button at the bottom of the post...right beside the reply, edit, quote buttons that says "Thanks". That button is for those folks who don't post a lot or really have nothing to add but want to let you know that your post helped them or was otherwise appreciated in some way. If you click the "Thanks" button, it will add your name to a new box under the post that indicates your appreciation. There will also be a line in the upper left of the post...just below the "flags" that shows how many thanks a post has received. I THINK this was something like you wanted. OH...and before somebody reports that they cannot see the button..it will NOT be present in a post that YOU made. You can't thank yourself.
  20. Freebird
    So...how about it our Canadian friends. Will these work?
  21. Freebird
    It works just like Ebay. For example...I bid $55.00 on the gauge set. I was the first bidder and the actual bid that showed up was .25 cents. So...the next bidder bid ... let's say...$30.00 so it upped my bid to $30.25 or whatever the automatic increment was. So you would have to keep bidding until you exceeded the maximum that I had entered as mine would automatically increase until it reached the max that I had put in.
  22. Freebird
    Sylvester, No disrespect taken at all. It is good that he gets different opinions. I just never felt the performance increases that you do. I also saw a Dyno test long ago by a member that took the time to have it done before and after the change and it just didn't show any performance increase. The only advantage it showed was being able to hit the higher RPMs before the rev limiter kicked in. Now that IS an advantage because these engines are capable of running very strong past the factory rev limiter. All I am saying is that unless you enjoy running those time of RPMS frequently, I see no advantage through the normal RPM range. I think mine is set on 7250 and if I'm no mistaken, Dyna recommends 7,000 max unless you change the valve springs to the heavier VMAX springs. They are probably just stating that to cover their butts though.
  23. Freebird
    I hate to say it but I sure do agree. I would get it in writing. It would be very rare for your agent to come out and do an appraisal on a wrecked bike. They are going to send a trained adjuster and he or she may very well have a different opinion than the agent that you spoke with.
  24. Freebird
    Could I use this one for all our Canadian Vets?
  25. Freebird
    Here you go.
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