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    I think MSST is a great tool for ride planning. You can discover points of interest along your route. Importantly, you can tell it your fuel range, and it will locate gas stations around that distance. It can split days based on travel times. And, it will pick scenic versus fastest versus shortest routes. Those features are very useful for trip planning. However, as you say, it wasn't great at downloading stuff to my Garmin. The version I have won't even try (2004?). I am considering getting the newest version, but if I do, I will still transfer the route over to MapSource to interact with my GPSr. My $0.02. Dave
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    Hmmm. From here (Houston) to Maine and back is only 4500 miles? That's only 10 days. He can do what he wants in 3600 miles. That's but 250 miles a day? Dave
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    I am also planning a trip to Maine. I've decided that if I want to go to the Four Corners Monument in Madawaska, ME (about as north as you can get in the continental USA), then via Canada is better. For "southern Maine", I'm going through VT and NH. You may not capture VT if you go through Canada. You can't do much better than visit Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT. There are many old sailing ships to explore. I went in December, and although cold, it was fascinating. Dave
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    These are the sorts of gauges I am interested in. When do you adjust the flutter? When they are used on a running engine, or when they are attached to a manifold? Doesn't adjusting the flutter change the calibration? Aren't those the white valves mid-hose? Dave
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    It's bigger and better than ever! So much fun! I have about a week before the low time estimate (3 weeks) for repair. I am 4 days away from having her in the shop for 2 months. :-( Dave
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    I ran into Squidley and Monkey Boy at the rodeo last night. We went to see KISS rock in front of 70,000+ fans. Did you know KISS donates a buck out of each ticket sold to wounded veterans? $500,000 so far. Impressive. Anyways, I ran into these guys at the Ag Adventure. I didn't realize Brad was so young. Dave
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    Ranking the NCAA tournament's mascots. Which mascot takes the #1 seed? Let's face it: some of these mascots are lame. The winner, though, is richly deserved. Dave
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    Interesting observation!
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    That radiator cover in the 5th photo is cool. Dave
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    This sorta looks like it. This is from pktexas' bike. He has my same hitch (from Ponch). It is the 1.25" size. But I don't know that it matters, since it is held on by the ball. (right?) Dave http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4916266338_fce00a7045.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4916265766_11baa4f07c.jpg
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    Reserve? What's that? When I ran my bike on RUN, I would go almost exactly 14 miles on F before I had to switch to reserve. Now I run all the time on RESERVE and don't worry about it until I am 35 miles into F, normally. But really, I know my bike will usually go 150 miles on a tank. When I am at 100 miles, I am thinking ahead. I want to be filling up at 125-135. I don't use the F counter except as a verification that my fuel economy is as expected. 114 miles is about average, but I have had it come on as low as 80 and as high as 135 miles. I adjust accordingly. Dave
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    I ride an RSTD, so I don't have to worry about a radio either. Although, I've hear that some of the LED aux lights make noise beyond the cowling. Dave
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    Mine lasted a couple weeks, and then died. I gave up when he suggested installing a bigger fuse, but the regular one hadn't popped. I guess I don't understand electrical theory enough to use HIDs. Dave
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    I was on Adventure Rider (ADVRider) and came across this post, where a fellah sells LED spot/flood lights. (Vendor Link) They seem very bright and he has run them on his off road bike, so they would seem durable. I'm mulling over installing them off the front brake mount, to be on only when I have high beams on. Or maybe the 10w on all the time, and the 24w with the high beam. The photos through page 2 on ADVRider are pretty impressive. The other place I've wanted to mount aux lights are on the mirrors, but I am not sure how to do that. Maybe some PIAA HIDs would go there... or these. Just another option for y'all. Dave
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    That's quite a job! I hope you didn't have this experience. Perhaps my favorite video, ever. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmnq5dBF7Y]YouTube - The Infamous Exploding Whale[/ame]
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    This is true. Roadway pavements are designed using an "Equivalent Single Axle Load", or ESAL. An ESAL is the damage equivalent to an 18,000 pound axle load (18KIP). The calculation varies by pavement type (concrete or flexible, for example), but several thousands of auto trips are required to do the damage of one truck trip. Then, it takes 40+ motorcycle trips to equal one auto trip. In pavement design, motorcycle damage is considered negligible. Any pavement designed to accommodate a car wouldn't even notice a bicycle, even if they ran the Tour de France over it, every day. However, there is an alternate way to look at facilities and pricing. In short: what is it worth to you? What is it worth to you to be able to ride on the street? If the state said that you couldn't ride unless you paid $5/year, would that be worth it to you? In some places, riding on sidewalks is illegal, so your choice is to ride trails, or the street. So then, how much would you pay? The streets have value, they provide benefit, they are not free to build or maintain... why shouldn't you pay? If you don't like it... walk. Like I said, this is a different way to look at it. Dave
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    I've been conflicted on posting, because "it's complicated." When all the dust has settled and Yamaha has, in fact, paid the dealer, then I'll say why it is complicated. For now, the dealer has authorization for warranty repair. That is true. I was told it would take 3-4 weeks to marshal the parts and get it back in one piece. "The crankcases, crankshaft, rods, pistons, etc on the bottom end will be new. The cylinder heads will be reused as will a few other parts." Dave
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    Just to reiterate what was found: the wheel hubs were out of alignment by a very wide margin. Squidley gave me an axle that was aligned; there was no wear on later trips HF sent me replacement "axles" -- actually parts rather than an usable axle. I passed them along to Squidley who can make use of them. Dave
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    The owner manual for the trailer says, "WARNING! TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR DEATH, DO NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PAYLOAD CAPACITY OF 600 LB. OR 55 MPH MAXIMUM SPEED." Later, it says, 5. Use for intended purpose only; not for aircraft purposes. You know, in case you were gonna build a plane out of it or something? Dave
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    I agree that it is crap behaviour on their part. Can you suspend delivery, as if on a trip, and then stop maintaining the area? Pick up your mail at the station and let theirs get returned. They may get the idea. Dave
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    I don't understand. You have to clear the snow to get your mail delivered. Are these mailboxes separated so that it is extra work to get their's cleared? Or is it the same amount of effort, and you are tired of them not chipping in? Dave
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    Sounds like another where $12 annual membership was worthwhile. Dave
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    How interesting! Roxie is also a 2006 RSTD with about a month left on the warranty. She started groaning on the first hop-on at about 20,000 miles. I haven't done anything, and she isn't leaking, and she is at about 56,000. I'd be interested in the lubrication procedure. Sounds like a good maintenance day activity! Dave
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    The thing I dislike about the LED passing lamps I have seen in the wild is that they are a spread pattern, rather than aimed like standard passing lamps. If your goal is daytime visibility, they are excellent. If your goal is to not annoy oncoming vehicles at night: fail.
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    To my eyes, that headlamp looks like the one I pictured above. It has the same honeycomb structure, I think.
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