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  1. RandyR
    The Sudco list is about 10 years outof date. btw. one can buy Triumph 25mm shims in 0.025mm thickness increments which may allow you to fine tune your clearance better than the Sudco 0.05mm increment shims.
  2. RandyR
    After installing a replacement shim rotate the engine at least 3 times before re-measuring. I expect that shims are more stable than the old set screw method.
  3. RandyR
    I think about failing eyesight.
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    sorry about that. I thought I remembered you writing that one should check shims with a micrometer. Maybe it was someone else? I have measured about 100 shims with a dial micrometer. At least 10 percent were off by .01mm and a few by .02mm. This is probably nitpicking on my part.
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    No. You're not allowed to shoot the mailman if he's delivering your monthly check.
  6. RandyR
    yuck
  7. RandyR
    Carl, glad it went well. May she recover from the operation quickly.
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    I have plenty of shims except those under 2.70mm where I have just enough to proceed with a shim job (statistically speaking). So if you borrow my kit you'd need to replace any in that size range that got used up. Otherwise swapping around 1 for 1 is ok. You should be able get the shims for about $7 new or $3-4 used. Member MiCarl has them forsale and offers a VR member discount. Watch ebay for people selling sets from parts bikes. Thats how I built up an kit. These are 25mm shims (almost exactly 1 inch) and used on a LOT of older bikes, and still a few new ones. Also used on a Toyota auto engine of the 1970-1990 vintage which was the biggest selling engine of all times. However the Toyota shims tend to the thick range. btw the heads on the Toyota were designed by Yamaha. One should mic all old and new shims if possible. I think one needs to use a good dial micrometer that is accurate to .005mm or better. I would not use a slide caliper for this. The reason I state this is that I've found some shims are off by .01 or .02mm one way or the other from the size marked on them. So if the old shim was off .02 one way, and the new shim is off .02 the other way, you could be .04mm off in your expected clearance when done. Also, be carefull when using your feeler gauges that you don't have 2 of them stick together. A couple of times I've gotten strange results that needed correction when I rechecked clearances. I don't know what else to attribute this to other than a measuring problem with the feeler gauges. always check clearances a 2nd time before finishing with the job. Buy your gaskets from skydoc and he'll loan you a kit.
  9. RandyR
    Just tell her it works better than Viagra....
  10. RandyR
    It appears to be open season on motorcycles everywhere.
  11. RandyR
    It will. see the thread by Dingy about the customizations he's done to his 1st gen.
  12. RandyR
    If you haven't already, send a letter to your US Senators and Congressman with this information. Ask for a reply. They should all have an aid assigned to veterans issues. And thank your daughter from me for her service to the people of the USA.
  13. RandyR
    hmm. I wouldn't be sticking my fingers anywhere near a Northern's teeth like that.
  14. RandyR
    http://randyrick.us/img/BirthdayCake.gif
  15. RandyR
    yep. I always change the filter. With full synthetic I think you're ok exceding 4,000 miles between oil changes as long as you are putting on more miles than that in a riding season. I also think the rear gear oil change interval is too long. particularly when the bike is new I'd change the rear gear oil every oil change.
  16. RandyR
    The Walmart ST7317 seems to rate high enough in technical comparisons that I use it.
  17. RandyR
    brush fire smoke mixed with fog. 10 dead so far. http://us.cnn.com/2012/01/29/us/florida-fatal-crashes/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 US 441 also affected
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    I question whether or not international piracy laws work in all cases. New Zealand yes, but the old Soviet block, Africa, and much of Asia, they don't work very well, if at all. Per what Rick Carnes said, SOPA could not be used against this web forum for including a random/unusual link to piratebay, only against pirate bay AFTER getting a court order showing that it specifically was the SOURCE of pirated material outside the USA (where other legal means exist already). Google is a great one to talk about what's right and not right. They were just fined $500 million dollars for knowingly advertising illegal products. Lots of money in the free internet business it would appear. Also concerning Google's sense of presenting unbiased information. If one wanted to read what the SOPA said, as opposed to what someone on Facebook or some other socialmedia web page had to say about SOPA, you had to wade thru hundreds of web links to find the actual law itself. This thread was probably rated higher on Google's search engine than the actual law itself. How's that for making sure people using the internet find facts rather than bs? I'll take a look at your web link from Tech Link. Here's a link to the SOPA proposed law (that appears dead for now). http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.3261:
  19. RandyR
    Welcome to the forum Charlie. The RSTD is a great motorcycle. sorry I can't answer your question about the 3m paint protectant. I know there are lots of opinions on what kind of wax, or protectants to use. I use Plexus windshield cleaner on everything.
  20. RandyR
    SteveW is just south of Cleveland, GA.
  21. RandyR
    here's a detailed discussion of SOPA by Rick Carnes last Sunday on the Nashville Radio WLAC Music Row Show. Rick Carnes is the president of the Song Writers Guild of America and a Nashville song writer. Rick contradicts a lot of the negative statements made here and on the internet about SOPA ie: not what is written into the law and in fact specifically prohibited by the law. http://www.themusicrowshow.com/TheMusicRowShow.com/TMRS-Podcasts/Entries/2012/1/22_Rick_Carnes.html
  22. RandyR
    You can get an mp3 player for $30. It can hold the equivalent of 50 cassette tapes. plug it into the aux jack.
  23. RandyR
    just posting to bring this thread back to the top. I'll put it on the VR calendar
  24. RandyR
    there is a Georgia MD planned at Steve Wagner's for March 31st Something like a shim job is beyond what is done a normal MD because of the length of time it takes. also. We should do a group buy on gaskets. should be able to get a better price and save on shipping costs that way.
  25. RandyR
    I would be hesitant to get more than one of these going at once. It can be a several hour job.
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