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  1. RedRocket
    That's what I did. My lower was "almost dry", so I repacked it, and reused it. The top bearing was was beaten, seemingly by the heat. The remnants of grease were hard, and almost black.
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    I believe it. Mine aren't 'like new' again, but about 90% better. That was fine for me at the time.
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    Yes they should have little rubber rings
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    I have the $ 1 solution. Plain, old-style white toothpaste. Rub it in with your fingertips. Watch it turn yellow. Wipe it off, then do it one more time. Finito.
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    I'm a klutz, and these things have saved my butt too, like on my clutch slave cylinder
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    Lucky you. Sounds like you should just fix it yourself.
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    The box lists: 50 watts RMS/100 watts max 4 ohm impedance ( could that be an issue?) freq response 66 - 20k Hz
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    Pyle plx32
  9. RedRocket
    I just put new speakers in my 88 Royale, and now I have to turn the volume WAAAY up in order to hear it now.
  10. RedRocket
    And he made it himself. What price do you put on the sense of accomplishment?
  11. RedRocket
    You need some phat battery cables from LonestarMedic. They make a huge difference. It's worth changing them just so you can laugh at the stock parts. My bike had a switch wired into it by the PO. I wish it didn't, cause sometimes I don't notice the temp climbing up in the traffic, and it doesn't take too long to happen.
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    Looks nice. Someone else here made one with some bottles and hoses, but yours looks smaller, and neater. I think I'll try yours sometime this summer.
  13. RedRocket
    After refreshing my front end with some Progressive springs, new steering head bearings, and removal of the rubber washer the front end is better than it was, but it seems like I can still feel the weight of that giant wheel and tire wiggling away down on the end of the forks. I'm waiting impatiently to see if the fork brace will make the front end feel acceptable to me.
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    And reduces your chances of damaging your rotors during re-installation.
  15. RedRocket
    Another alternative is to buy a cheap portable pocket sized FM radio with earbuds. You can tune it to 88.7 or where ever, and pick up your XM signal wirelessly, and amplified. I bought one from Target for about $ 15.
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    Dang that was frustrating! Along with replacing brake pads, battery cables, and more I upgraded my clutch spring too. When I went to take a test flight, my lever was locked up too. I came in, and hunted around here on VR.ORG, finding this thread. I found the dot on the face, and tried lining it up, 180 degrees, etc, etc, and nothing was working. Upon further investigation I started looking at how it operates, and it seemed as though the plunger was somehow stuck in the out position. Once I freed it up, I again tried placing the dot by the marked spot on the plates, and PRESTO! it worked. Thanks for the knowledge guys. Thanks Freebird for all your efforts.
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    I think you were on the money. I found a nipple on the underside of the airbox that lined up with that hose perfectly. It was hidden from view by a large bunch of wires. I never would have seen it without you telling me to look up there. Thanks.
  18. RedRocket
    Sometimes there is merit to reading the included instructions.
  19. RedRocket
    I was surprised that I didn't have much difficulty with my spacers. I jacked the bike up from under the engine, so the forks were on full extenstion.
  20. RedRocket
    Nuthin? I went grocery shopping, and even ate some grub. Not even one response. Boo
  21. RedRocket
    I have this hose end sticking out of the left hand side of my 88 VR ( California edition. It comes from within the engine's V, and is on off-shoot of a vertical rubber hose. It one of 2 or 3 hoses that come off of it. http://greenagain.smugmug.com/photos/544914635_X9TH3-M.jpg That is my finger pointing back towards where the hose comes from. http://greenagain.smugmug.com/photos/544914681_nnjfC-M.jpg http://greenagain.smugmug.com/photos/544914639_DkuYx-M.jpg
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    How many orders are we waiting for?
  23. RedRocket
    I dropped mine a few weeks ago. I almost got it picked all the way up, and I lost it again, this time with one foot caught under it. Thank my lucky stars a guy nearby spotted me, and came over to help.
  24. RedRocket
    A Prius with similiar equipment to the Insight will probably sell for about the same price. You can buy a Prius in the low 20's easily. It's in your best interest to test drive one before you decide.
  25. RedRocket
    I recently put some in my 88. There was only one part # available on the Progressive website.
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