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  1. straycatt
    I've been taking various female friends on day long rides for years and no one has ever had a problem with it. My friends, the wife's friends, my daughters friends. Married, unmarried, if I'm riding and someone has the time and they want to go, all they have to do is be here when the bike leaves and I'll take them along. My wife and their husbands have never said a bad word about it. (I know this because I'm friends with some of them as well) The girls get to see the world from the back of a bike, and I get some company on my rides. You know what they say. If you can't ride with the one you love, ride with the one you're with.
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    My next scoot will be an dual sport of the Honda XR650L persuasion, to replace the dual sport I sold to buy my RSV. I like power slides and jumps and wheel stands. When my Venture wears out, and if I can still hold one up, I'll be looking for another Venture.
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    The Novi Michigan show for this year was a carbon copy of the same show last year. BMW, Ducati, etc were all UA. However, there is no way I'd call it a "small" show. There did seem to be more people wandering around this year than last. For me, I go just to get out of the house and go to Hooters with the guys after......
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    First and only try, 43. I hate golf. Putt putt, not so much.
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    Keep in mind that we are riding, probably the slowest selling bike in the Royal Star/Yamaha line up. Add to that the economic depression that the country is in, and it becomes apparent that it makes little business sense to supply a large number of accessories for motorcycles that very few riders are buying. From a corporate standpoint, if you already have the scoot you likely already have the extra's. If you don't have the bike, you're not buying the farkle. When a local dealer closed their doors and went out of business here not too long ago, on their last days I was there and of the few chrome farkle pieces they still had on the shelf, a couple were for the RSV. (chrome neck covers or something like that)
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    We had a great time. Even though there was a small snow storm, 22 (I think) people showed up. Thanks to all, it was a pleasure seeing some of you again and meeting others for the first time. Well done Karl.
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    As long as it runs well, I wouldn't worry about it immediately. My 1986 Suzuki 230 Quadsport (that I use for plowing snow) has been smoking on start up for ten years. It likely does need rings and/or a valve job but is has and will run for a very long time that way.
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    Sorry to hear that, Karl. I know how hard it is to see your kid sick. I hope it works out better for her.
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    I'll be there on Saturday, noonish. We'll spend a few hours at the show and then head on over to the Hooters off of Twelve mile for some wings and Hooters girls.
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    Just got done watching Wild Hogs. Now I'm going to go have a shower and go to bed......I am a party animal. Or not
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    Progressive, Sonic, Race Tech, take your pick. You can completely freshen up and improve the front end of an RSV for less than $200. (assuming, of course, that you already have the tools/jack/adapter/know how to do it yourself)
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    New fork springs/seals/slider bushings/oil/etc to freshen up the front end.
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    Oh man, Genesee people......there goes the neighborhood. OH, wait. He lives only a mile from me. Uhm, never mind. :wel_ani3Tay:
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    Hmmmm, could also be a defective gas valve on the unit itself. Do not blow compressed air thru the gas valve itself. (you probably know that, but it must be said) The springs and diaphragm inside the valve don't respond well to high pressures. Anything more than about 1/2 pound will damage it. Do what you will with the pilot tube and orifice. The more that I think about it, it's got to be an defective or iced gas valve. You've got LP to the gas valve but not thru the gas valve. Gotta be the gas valve.
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    Ding, ding, ding. This is the likely culprit, but it can also be dependent on several other factors......What type of elevation is the unit heater mounted at versus the tank? Do you know what the regulator setting is? What size gas line did you run, A. from the tank to the regulator and B. from the reg to the appliance?? Also is the gas line sized properly for the BTU load and how far is the run? As a professional Plumbing/Mechanical Inspector I look at it from an overall installation standpoint. If it did freeze, why? If it is a pressure problem, what? So I ask a lot of questions.
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    I figured that I'd better go see if they had anything left, and the answer is not much. I picked up brake pads for all the way around (they still have some of those). A few liquids and that was it. No good tools for RSV's or any other consumables (filters, hoses. etc). The counter guy said that they wouldn't know how much longer they will be open, until the end of the day when the boss checks to see what they have left. There was barely enough stuff for a small garage sale so today may be the end.
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    I've got around 7K miles on my E3's and I'm still lovin' them.
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    Paypal sent. Thanks for your effort, Gary.
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    I'd be in this time.
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    When I cut mine down, I used an upright bandsaw and it worked great. I used some packing tape to protect the plastic that I thought wouldn't pull the coating off. Wrong. Gotta try the lint roller thing to get the rest of it off. I think the shield will need to be clean for that to work though. I tried duct tape, but the Pledge that I used to clean the shield when I finished the cut/file/sanding wouldn't let the tape stick.
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    A l w a y s .
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    This thread reminds me of the popular myth about car fires. The very first thing someone will yell at the scene of an automobile fire is "Look out, run, it's going to blow." Now I've been to only a dozen or so car fires and one backhoe fire, but not one has ever blown up. So, I asked some firefighter friends for the real story and this is what they said... Cars rarely, if ever, blow up when on fire. Total Hollywood hype. If they have a plastic fuel tank, the fire will increase at an extreme rate when it melts thru, but it will not explode. The real danger in car fires is the bumper shocks on some cars. As the fire heats these shocks, the pressure inside can build quickly and dramatically to the point where that pressure will blow the bumper assembly right off the car. This is why firefighters don't approach vehicle fires directly from the front or back. Many firefighters have been injured in this way.
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    An inch of gas in the bottom of a cup, yes it will ignite because the vapors collect on the empty part of the cup and you have to pass the match thru that collection of vapor. A, full to the top cup gives the vapor nowhere to accumulate. No concentration of vapor, no flame. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. Burns hurt like hell, and if you live, the scars last forever. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. As part of my job I've been to training on flammable gasses and liquids. The concentrations that are required for combustion of various materials are rather specific and fairly narrow. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/explosive-concentration-limits-d_423.html In no way am I suggesting not being cautious. Just be cautious of the things that need caution. Education is the key, if you are going to play with things that can kill or injure you. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.
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    While I appreciate the spirit with which this email is circulated, it is for the most part, hogwash. I know that a lot of people are skeptical of "snopes.com" but they are usually spot on, and they have a lengthy report on this email (same exact wording) from 2002. Shell denies ever writing this warning. http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp Is gasoline vapor flammable? Of course, but you can actually put a match out in a cup of gas. (I'm not suggesting YOU do it, but I have). Common sense says, you have to question the vapor concentration that would be involved for a spark in someone's pocket to set it off. Just yesterday I was filling up my scoot while talking on my cell to IC23B. No one tried to stop me and no conflagration ensued. However. As with any flammable, a measure of care is advisable. If you've ever had a crotch full of gasoline, you know how much it burns without even catching fire. For that reason alone I won't fill up any motorcycle sitting on it. But A little common sense goes a long way further than blind fear and paranoia.
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    It was found that some Ventures have a hole in the neck tube left over from fabrication. That hole needs to be welded or closed in some manner, to allow enough grease gun pressure to push grease into and thru the bearings. Otherwise the grease just goes out thru the hole in the tube. I think that even with the hole, my air driven grease gun most likely pushes "some" grease into the bearings, but I'm not 100% confident, as no grease comes out of the bearings. Further, even with the grease trick on the drill bit and tap, when installing the zerk, there is a fairly high risk of metal shavings dropping down into the lower bearing. I think that the grease zerk is a good idea, but it should be done during dis-assembly of the stem.
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