Hummingbird
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Ok - now I'm confused. Are you saying that modulators blind oncoming or not ?? or is it just the HID lamp that blinds oncoming traffic ?? You rhetoric seems to touch on something but all I've managed to glean so far is that you don't like modulators and somehow oncoming traffic is or could be blinded. perhaps it's the 3 additional lamps in the aftermarket gauges that is doing it.
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Angel - I don't mind at all. When I'm being pick at, that just means that someone else is being spared but if it starts bothering me I'll just blame it on my favorite mechanic that will remain un-named Monty - oooops
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That's a horrible way to go and it just verifies that fact that as a biker, we are subject to so many variables that it would be impossible to forsee and evade all of them. All my best to his family
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bullet wound in the BACK of his head - this looks like a case of mis-information. I just heard the story on the radio ( I live 2 hours from Pittsburgh) and they failed to elaborate.
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go ahead and pack, watch a video of Yellowstone, next week unpack and find another video. Start the process over and over again until it's time to get the bike over to Sydney. Before you know it, you'll be cruising the states -
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actually, the "5 minute job" took about an hour because as usual I read the instruction last. I hooked the horn up, bolted the ground and was all set. EXCEPT - I hadn't taken the seat off yet, I DIDN"T fish the harness down thru the frame yet so I got to take it all apart and start over. No big deal tho - it was only 95 or so in the garage and I was already too far into it to get a fan for a little draft. That's when I decided to make a splitter for the power, had it not been for that, it most likely would have been a 10 minute job. But it did come out OK and it's loud !!
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OUCH - OUCh - OUCH
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If today was national ice cream day, I missed it - however I did celebrate yesterday with a large Pecan Special at my favorite local, Taggarts in Magnolia Ohio. Cherry/vanilla ice cream with caramel topping with whipped cream and of course a cherry on top.
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Well then every bike prior must have had their headlight adjusted a lot higher for some reason because yours didn't bother me at all. That was my objection to modulators running behind me, the few that did were really a pain. Obviously, yours is adjusted for correct night riding or you would have changed it -
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What does your temp gauge read?
Hummingbird replied to SilvrT's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Yesterday I took my wife out to lunch to the Atwood Marina West LightHouse restaurant. The road was a county road, took about an hour to reach destination and the air temperature was 88 and the gauge ran between 190 and about 215. I could tell when the fan came on because I felt the heat on my legs and the gauge went down from 215 to 190ish. Didn't have the opportunity to get into stop and go traffic ( Thank You ) -
I have been TOTALLY against modulating headlights almost forever. Now let me explain why - more than several years ago I was leading a group on a ride and one of the bikes behind me had a modulator on his headlight. When I lead I spend nearly as much time counting headlights behind me as I do watching the road ahead. Probably a bad decision but that's how I do it. Unfortunately that bike had his brights on during the entire ride - what a pain in the a$$ Now - this past week I was on a ride while at the IR in Indiana. On one of the rides there was a bike behind me with a modulator - don't want to say who it was Monty, but the light was on low beam and it didn't affect my vision as it would had it been on high beam. Previously, I wouldn't have a modulator if my favorite mechanic, again don't want to name him Monty, installed it for me. However that one ride in Indiana has changed my mind about them. Not sure if I would install one but I have changed my attitude towards them.
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yeah - kinda looks like it but I just don't like a bunch of eyelets on the battery terminal. all that wire tucked away after the pic and now I have a spare with only 2 eyelets on the battery.
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Ok - I had all I needed to do it. found my 1/4" metric set and got the soldering gun out. Seems I always make a simple job difficult but I got nothing else to do. When I took the seat off I noticed I already had 2 drops hooked to the battery and the horn would have made 3 - I didn't like the thought of all that so I made a splitter, still have only 2 taps on the battery but I have 3 power draws and 1 spare for the next addition. picture attached - I used bullet connecters for the taps and the spare is ready - hope it makes sense btw - the horn is LOUD !!
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Old Venture 8 - great to meet your family, especially enjoyed Lance - quite a character. We had a lot of fun at his expense and he was most gracious about everything. You done good with him
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OK - now you gone and done it I'm going out right now and change it. I called rent center and I can get a 3/4" drive ratchet set this afternoon. that should be all I need to get it done. They also said they would let use their torque wrench free. btw - what is the touque setting for the horn bolts, there's 3 of them right ??
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OUCH !
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Here's my 2007 Midnight Venture. I took everything off the bike except the rear fender and took it to my local body shop. They mixed and touched up the black where there was a few chips and called me. I went over and we laid out the lines with tape, then mixed the Dupont Spectra Master YM 316. When it was shot we called Jaybird (pinstriper) and he did his thing then it was clear coated. The next day I picked everything up and took it home and installed. Had just a tad over a week down time.
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That is a GOOD LOOKING bike !! I've never owned a Harley and it's been almost 30 years since I rode one so I can't comment on anything except that I like my Venture over any of the 7 GoldWings I've owned. Modern technology doesn't excite me except in medicine and as long as my Venture keeps my wife happy with the ride, I'm not goin anywhere. Again, that's a real nice ride - Congrats !!
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It's too stupid an incident to elicit any reasonable response from me Prayers for the bikers family
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If I could stop I might be able to think straight and respond
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there ya go - gettin Darrin started agin - :rotfl: AARRRRRRGGH !!
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Well, I still don't have it mounted but I did pick it up and look at it AGAIN. I just hate to try to act like a mechanic on the weekend, maybe tomorrow ?
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If we could swap out - I'd be happy to give you a couple weeks of my retirement, (w/o pay of course) - you know what ?? I'll just give you a month, you can have February 2011, there ought to be enough snow on thew ground that I surely won't want to go anywhere - how's that ?? betcha feel better now huh ? btw - I got my puter glitch fixed - it was within, just had to find it
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Too bad you couldn't make it John - Lotta fun was had by all, specially anybody that got talked into drinking either mrs. hummingbird's wine or Debbie and Sue's brew --
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