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Well...I know that many of you have been through this already but today I take my 16 year old son to get his driver's license. I have been online getting insurance quotes to add him to my policy. Needless to say, my insurance is going UP UP UP. From what I can see so far, it will triple now with him on the policy. I'm talking about the car of course, not the bike.
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Sorry folks. When you don't pay the bill, they turn out the lights. I pay it every 3 months and they NEVER send me an invoice letting me know when it is due again. I try to remember but sometimes lose track of time. It is paid and back up now. I had to clear my cache to get rid of the expiration screen so if it still shows to be expired, that is what you will need to do. Don
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Well folks, Eileen got home last Friday and things are starting to calm down a bit now. I tell you though, we REALLY need a couple of days for ourselves now and we are going to try to take it this weekend. I will be away from the computer for a few days so as difficult as it may be, please TRY to be good. If any of you send me an email or a PM, it will probably be Sunday night before you get a response. I apologize for that but we really need this time away now. Thanks for your understanding.
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Of course...just last night...I slept soundly from 3:30 am to 6:00 am.
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I deleted the political post. I know that many of us are concerned about our savings but we need to discuss it without bringing politics in it.
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I don't remember removing any feature to mark a thread. The only way that know of, other than bookmarking it in your browser favorites, is to go to the first post in the the thread and click on "Thread Tools" and then "Subscribe". Then it will be saved in your UserCP under Subscribed Threads.
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Larry, They are a great company and I appreciate what they do for us but just so there is no confusion. They do not send me money. Our account there builds up as members buy and designate VentureRider as their club. When the account get's to about $100.00 or so, I hold a contest of some type here and award the member a $100.00 gift certificate from them. I have done that two times..maybe three...now. I do not personally make anything from them but I love their program. Don
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Rear end gearbox
Freebird replied to timgray's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I don't know. We are talking about rear drives here, not motor oil. I use Mobil 1 for MOTORCYCLES in the engine. -
Thank you....your post actually inspired somebody to donate.
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Rear end gearbox
Freebird replied to timgray's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I use Mobil 1 synthetic for cars and have for many years. I've never had a problem with it. -
Folks, I've been doing a bit of house cleaning and will be doing it off and on over the next few days. If you get a PM telling you that a thread you started has been deleted, it's not because you have done anything wrong. Most of what I'm deleting are threads about upcoming meets and eats, rallies, etc. that are long past. There may be others also that are simply no longer relevant so don't worry if a thread that you started gets deleted.
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I think it's a good looking bike but I've pretty much decided that it's not for me. The belt drive is a non-issue or me. I've had belt drives on Harley's and never had to replace one. I'm not really 100% crazy about the looks of the fairing though and I don't like that it is a shorter bike than the Venture. I am tall and need a LOT of leg room. I will wait and see if Yamaha comes out with a 2010 model that retains the cruiser styling but adds some variation of the new VMAX motor. I would love to see a new RSV that pretty much retains the current styling but adds the new motor along with a few other improvements such as ABS, better sound system, etc. Otherwise, I'll likely keep riding my '99 for quiet some time.
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That would be my guess also. Speaker placement is very critical and they also should be brought out as close to your ears as possible while not squeezing against your ears. I found exactly the opposite when I installed mine. I now set my volume LOWER than I did previously.
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Dunlop Claims MT rim diameter different than CT, who can verify?
Freebird replied to OutKast's topic in The Darksiders
My feathers are not ruffled at all but your FACTS are just wrong. The RSV comes stock with either the Bridgestone or Dunlop tires. What is the Dulop...404 or 440, don't remember for sure but I do know for sure that they NEVER came with the E3 from the factory. So, you saying that the OEM tire was a rear E3 is just not correct. SOMEBODY had to have changed that tire at some point. I've never seen a Venture come from the factory with a rear tire mounted on the front and I've not personally seen a front tire that even looks like a rear tire. Typically they have a bit different tread and slightly different profile. If your tires had "rear only" stamped on them, then somebody put the wrong tires on it. -
There are a lot of electric bikes out there now. From scooters to crotch rockets. Whether any of us like it or not, that is going to be the future. Once they get the range of them increased then we will see them everywhere.e Power and torque has never been a problem. From zero to full blast is not very difficult with an electric motor.
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3 1/4". I got mine at Home Depot.
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Years ago when I was working at Texas Utilities, some contractors got over spray on a lot of our cars in the parking lot. The company brought in an auto detailing company who specialized in some things to clean them all up. They washed the cars well, used a razor blade to carefully remove most of the overspray and then a clay bar to get the rest. They then waxed the cars. They turned out beautiful.
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Motorcycle jack adapter
Freebird replied to raceman62race's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Here you go. One of our members makes them and you simply can't buy a better product from a great guy. One of the smartest investments I've made concerning the bike. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php/product/69/cat/7 -
OK....that file IS the correct one and I just double checked the server and it IS the Virginia flag so the image that you are seeing is not coming from here. I agree with Squeeze also, you have picked it up somewhere else and it is in the cache of your machine. You can try clearing all your temporary Internet files, cache, etc. You could also try just hold down the Ctl key why clicking "refresh" on your browser. Don
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Thanks. It would be very easy to set up classifieds within the forums as they have. The problem is that it means a lot of manual work to keep them cleaned up. There is no way to have the automatically expire and delete after a certain number of days as there is with the current setup. Lot's of manual pruning and etc. With the exception of the profile pages, I'm fairly happy with what we have now. I'll try to work on the profile issue when I get a bit of time.
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Unfortunately, the classifieds software is not perfectly integrated into the forum software. The profile there is different and unless a user fills out their profile in the classifieds, there will be nothing there.
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That is very strange. I even logged in as you and it still shows the correct flag. Is anybody else having this problem? Do me a favor, right click on the image that you are seeing and let me know what the file name is.
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Your flag is showing up fine from here. I really have no idea what you are talking about.
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*** FREE*** N.G. Scenic Highways & Byways book
Freebird replied to Carbon_One's topic in Watering Hole
Advertisement? I have added no advertisements and don't see any. -
Well, it will offer you some protection from running your battery down but don't be under the impression that it will give you more wattage to run your gear. The stator will only put out what it is designed to put out. If you draw more from the battery than the stator can replace then you are going to run the battery down. All this thing does is monitors your usage and will shut down your gear if it detects that you are pulling down the battery too much. It will not increase the output.