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    You're pretty well getting about what you're going to get.
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    ...you start trying to countersteer the cage.
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    There you go. Use a piece of soft copper. Then all these guys wouldn't have to worry about leaks at all. The only drawback on that one is the cost of copper today. Would aluminum tubing be feasible? There is already plenty of aluminum in the coolant system anyway. I just went out to look. The metal fitting for the small coolant line coming out of the breather cover on the right side is what, 1/4" outside, so maybe 3/16" or 1/8" inside. I was thinking it was a bit bigger than that. Would that be big enough to get any real heat out of for a seat? Maybe the coolant lines would have to be tapped somewhere else. Or maybe that size would be just fine. What do you think? We eventually want to put hot water tubing in the floors in our house for heat. It's not going to be anytime real soon, but we want it. I will have to keep you in mind. Is pex the kind of plastic tubing being used for this purpose? I've heard of it and seen it, but never used any.
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    All four carbs should choke or enrich by the same amount. If they don't, then there's a problem and the linkage needs adjusting.
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    Read above where I asked how often you've ever had to replace a coolant hose on this bike, or heard of anyone here who had one blowout. Replace it every so often then. It can't be that much of a problem. Yeah, Freezy, I think you and I both know how well that building and selling stuff goes. I'll stick to just doing my own. It may or may not be this year though. I have enough else to do. But the idea occurred to me and I thought I'd mention it. How about this? Instead of running the tubing across the top of the seat or in the middle, run it across the bottom just on top of the seat pan. Easier to install, and no concern about the foam texture on the top of the seat or how the upholstery will fit. There should be plenty of heat there to make it through the foam. I know there's a small coolant hose coming out of the breather cover and Teeing into another coolant line. I wonder if that line could be extended several feet and run through the seat.
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    The valve in the line, shut it only part way off. Not hard to control the heat. When is the last time you had to replace a coolant line anywhere else on this bike? How frequently do we have to replace the heater cores in our cars? And they only go bad because the brass corrodes around the joints. Just a simple rubber tube here. It could happen, but pretty unlikely.
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    Last fall, someone here mentioned connecting some tubing into the coolant circuit of the engine and running it through your jacket for heat. It was said as a joke, but the idea was that it was free heat and didn't load down our low output stator. The nuisance would be to connect and disconnect yourself from a water line all the time. But what about running a water line through the seats? Laugh if you want, but this is halfway feasible, isn't it? The seats are removed only seldom. Maybe the lines could even be long enough that the seat could be removed and set down next to the bike without disconnecting lines, or maybe not. Maybe use some quick disconnect fittings, like those used in high pressure air lines. Put a valve in the line to shut the heat off during the summer. I suppose grooves would have to be cut in the seat foam to make room for the lines. Then maybe put a thin piece of foam over top of it all. Go ahead and laugh, but why wouldn't this work? Who's going to be the first to try one? Hey, someone has to think of something first and get laughed at. People laughed at Alexander Graham Bell right over the telephone. So said Barney Fife, anyway.
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    I hope you used delivery confirmation too, especially on something like this where someone else at another address is picking it up for him. You know, just in case.
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    You never had any problems with the carbs in the RSV. They require only some stabilizer in the winter so they don't gum up. Throttle bodies would also, to keep the injectors from clogging. So what reason is there to wish for FI? Why does the fuel delivery system need the added complexity of having to be operated by electronics, when it can operate just fine all by itself? Electronic parts could last forever and cause no problems, or they can fail at any time. You never know. New electronic parts can be bad right out of the box and cause an immense amount of frustration. I've seen it happen, more than once. Having a throttle plate right in each intake runner with no other intakes attached to it, is ideal. One carb per cylinder is an excellent arrangement, and FI does not outperform it. What other reasons are there to want FI? So you don't have to operate a choke? Why don't you put an automatic transmission in too, then you don't have to trouble yourself to shift either. I'll stay away from FI as long as I can, and I'll be dragged into using it kicking and screaming. I've had all the arguments about FI being "better" thrown at me many many times for many many years, and I have yet to hear any real believable evidence, so the rest of you might as well just save your breath here. All FI means to me is that someone else is dictating how my bike is going to run. I'll run carbs until there are no parts left to rebuild them anymore.
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    Check out the Riding the Darkside forum. They have a section there for every make. You'll find everything you need to know. They're fitting CTs on Roadstars, too.
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    Best I can tell I did around 7000 miles this year. That's about half of what I did the previous two years.
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    Here's a better picture of one. Nope, no rebuilding carbs with this in the room.
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    It's called a Jacob's Ladder. This one has been slowed down quite a bit. You see the things going in the background of Frankenstein or other mad scientist movies. I have in mind to build one this winter when I can't ride. I'd like to have one of these things operating in the background when I'm working in the shop.
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    I like my handle. I think I'll keep it.
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    The book has nothing in northern IN. What a surprise. There are things to do up here, but one has to be a little more creative. Lincoln Highway in IL also runs through IN and OH. Finding sites where the old Wabash Erie canal can still be seen is fun. It went from Toledo, OH all the way down to the Ohio River. There are numerous little towns and spots through the countryside where it can be seen.
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    I believe the ones on my bike are Show Chrome pieces. They were on the bike when I got it. They look real nice. JCRipme's chrome may rust, but if the parts are aluminum underneath like these levers, maybe they'd be okay.
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    Just don't change your avatar picture for while now, or we'll really lose track of you.
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    In the neighborhood of about 15* - 20*. I sure was wishing I had heated gear that day too, as I had to be on the road for over a couple hours. But it was sunny and roads were clear, and riding the bike was cheaper than driving the car.
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    Twelve hour nights. Ugh! Been there. Hope I don't ever have to do it again.
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    If he doesn't think that Y's torque spec for the rear axle is correct, what is he torquing them up to? How is he modifying a stock clutch to get rid of the whine?
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    The 1157 has two filaments in it. Two completely different circuits feed these filaments. From your checking, the bulb apparently isn't bad. It must be in the turn signal circuit somewhere. If the RH turn signal works, then maybe it's a broken wire out to the left bulb.
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    Could you get one from a wrecking yard? I couldn't see them wanting that much for one. Check ebay.
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    Understandable, being a little gun shy after that. Hey, hang around. You gotta have something to do while you're getting better.
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    Been there, had to do that before myself. Hardest thing I think I've ever had to do. The pet lies there barely able to move, looking at you, trusting you knowing you'll take care of it. And you gotta put 'em down. Very tough. Our latest was we had to bury our cat that had been with me for thirteen years. My wife has been with me for ten in comparison. She had never known me without the cat. It was not a pleasant evening. The house is a little quieter without our cat around. Nobody tries to jump up here and get on my keyboard anymore as I type.
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    And y'all like to poke at second gens for being slow (which is another whole debate and myth itself). You want to really be slow, get something with a V twin in it. Our V4s are just starting to wake up right about the time a V twin is signing off. A V twin has to have 400 more cubes to make eight less horse. I call that a weak engine design, and outdated too. I don't ever want to own anything with a V twin in it. I'd rather have an inline four. But hey, to each his own. "It's not about the speed, it's about the style." That's what some say, those who don't have any horsepower. "A V twin is the most efficient machine ever made for turning gasoline into noise, without the side effect of producing any horsepower." That's what I say.
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