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  1. RandyR
    the poster has a 1st Gen. The Carbon1 adapter is just for 2nd Gens.
  2. RandyR
    I ordered online using the code I posted. Its over an hour-1/2 drive to HF so I'm happy to pay postage unless I'm otherwise going that direction. I went ahead and ordered one of their digital micrometers.
  3. RandyR
    the coupon code on the barcode 26531756 seems to work to save 25% on a single item. Thanks
  4. RandyR
    May all of you enjoy a day of rest and and good company and plenty this Thanksgiving.
  5. RandyR
    I miay just have found my Christmas present to me. Waiting to see whether anyone has tried this on a RSV?
  6. RandyR
    No need to thank us. Thats what friends are for..
  7. RandyR
    Looking forward to seeing the bike at MD in Ohio next Spring.
  8. RandyR
    I hope so. These are great bikes, and seldom have the level of frustration associated with them that you have put up with.
  9. RandyR
    microwave a danish or a donut while waiting on the coffee..
  10. RandyR
    I ordered a $10 metric dial micrometer from a chinese ebay seller. Its incremented in .01mm which is exactly what I need. I'll test it on a couple pieces of feeler gauge to confirm the accuracy. I was thinking I'd like a LCD readout which would be easier on my not-as-good-as-they-used-to-be eyes. But they are more expensive, in the $50 range. One thing I found peculiar, is that for many of the lower end micrometers, they had a readout with more digits than the accuracy. I would expect that the accuracy would exceed the readout, such that you could 'trust' the readout (within the accuracy). btw, my local Home Depot did not have micrometers, just calipers which are not accurate enough, I already have one of those.
  11. RandyR
    there are holes for screws to hold in tips for the pipes.
  12. RandyR
    I'd like to get a digital micrometer, metric, accurate to .001mm, for measuring valve shims. Can anyone recommend one in the under $50 price range, or warn me about cheap ones to stay away from. Or have one to sell?
  13. RandyR
    MiCarl will sell you a shim tool and shims. The same tool works on Vmaxes, 1st Gens, and 2nd Gens. the 25mm shims are used on a large number of MC engines and were used by Toyota 4cyl engines for many years, although the Toyota shims tend to the thicker sizes used on our bikes. fyi. Yamaha made the heads for Toyota. or I have a kit put together with the shim tool, an assortment of shims, a few shim picks, and a set of feeler gauges. Its being used now but I expect it to be available in a week or two. You'll need to put any shims you remove into the kit, and if there are less than 4 of any size left left in the kit, buy some replacement shims from MiCarl for the kit. Cover my postage by buying some more shims for the kit. See the posts Dingy has made on shim work and get his spreadsheet and shim calculator. PM me with your address. btw. if anyone has spare shims leftover or from a parts engine that they want to donate, they'll go into the kit. The shims in sizes from 2.60mm to 2.70mm seem to be the ones most needed. I'd prefer not to go outside the USA with the kit so as to avoid the extra shipping charges and customs problems.
  14. RandyR
    http://randyrick.us/img/BirthdayCake.gif
  15. RandyR
    Sounds like 1 possibiliy could be the kickstand interlock. I believe there's a post here about how to jumper around that to verify if that might be your issue. Welcome to VR.prg
  16. RandyR
    A ferrite choke is a small coil on an iron (or powdered iron) core. Any electronics repair shop, or hobby shop, or radio TV repair shop would have one. Probably your automotive parts stores carry them under the title of 'audio filter'.
  17. RandyR

    Buying Gold

    RandyR replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    If you own or control the basic necessities of life, then you can sell or rent them to others at whatever the future inflated rate becomes, assuming that you can find those working and needing the necessities. There are also a few luxury items, like alcohol that always seem to be in demand no matter how hard times become. A complete meltdown of society is a different scenario than just runaway inflation. The thing working in our favor against the runaway inflation (which should have happened already based on historical precedents) is that international investors (Chinese and Saudis) have so much of our money that they are able to keep us more stable than we would have been on our own. ie: they don't want to lose their held dollar's value and are able to exert pressure on the US Gov't to avoid inflation and currency wars. Trying to avoid turning this political. For some insights into how the 2008 economic meltdown occurred everyone owes it to themselves to see the documentary movie "Inside Job" by director Ferguson. Its non-political (or throws equal mud on all politicians) http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/
  18. RandyR
    I'll admit that I hadn't looked at the greenboat thread. I thought it would be about someone who mounted one of the green/red light poles on the back of his motorcycle with a martini flag underneath...
  19. RandyR
    Thanks. These lights may be in my future then.
  20. RandyR
    http://randyrick.us/guitars/MS/BirthdayCake.gif
  21. RandyR
    http://randyrick.us/guitars/MS/BirthdayCake.gif and have some cake too !
  22. RandyR
    clearly deranged. Caused by watching television for too many years.
  23. RandyR

    The McCuff

    RandyR replied to rumboogy's topic in Watering Hole

    I remember driving thru an area where all the gas pumps had goofy vacuum attachments on the nozzles. I stopped at a couple stations and couldn't get any of them to work (they wouldn't deliver any fuel) holding the nozzle carefully at the top of the filler neck or in any manner that would work with my RSTD gas tank. Luckily I had enough gas to get to the next county and have never had that problem again. I wonder if this device is designed for those type nozzles?
  24. RandyR

    Buying Gold

    RandyR replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    Not true
  25. RandyR
    It matches up with the light output of a 35W PAR36 incandescent, but in a much tighter beam pattern (25° vs the factory lamp's 80°) What about the smaller spread on the beam? Those of us that ride the country roads need to illuminate the critters lurking by the side of the road.
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