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  1. LilBeaver
    Sorry to hear about your friend. I hope that all is okay. If you do end up down here in Lubbock and want to meet up, you've got my number.
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    Yeah, I should have mentioned something a long time ago (sorry about that); although I don't know for sure when I knew you were going to pay to get yours done... Not to mention, I didn't know (until last week) when I would [actually] have some time around home long enough to plan it out and actually git-r-done. Actually having an extra set of hands available to pseudo-photo-document the process (provided you can take pictures and hold your beer at the same time - which *ahem* I have reason to believe that you can) may be helpful as well. At least I think I would like some pictures for my own 'records' regarding the process as it goes. As for boogieing on out afterwords, that sounds good too. Let's stay tuned and see if anyone else is interested then we can firm up the location as well.
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    Sounds good. RockHound, were you up for checking yours at the same time or were you more interested in seeing how mine goes first? At any rate, I say we start discussing what date(s) work and then firm up a time to git-r-done. My preference is to get this done within the next couple of weeks. I would like to make it happen before 11/July. I realize that is pretty soon and with the July 4th shenanigans stuck in the middle there, but my schedule is pretty flexible at this point (for once). How about you two - anything that definitely works or does not work? I will not be available from 12-25/July as I will be out of town. I was hoping to try to get this done before 11/July as to be able to try to catch the tail end of the International shindig up in Cody which will then be followed by a very scenic route home. By the way Forrest, nothing says you can't still come. Nevermind that whole being a few states away thing...
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    Thoughtful, eh?
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    My further responses are in Red
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    Well shucks, this is disappointing to hear. It is my understanding that one way a stator can fail is one of the coils shorts to ground (sorry I didn't think of that before ) When you checked the resistance of the stator did you also check the resistance with respect to ground? If not, I'd give that a go and see what you end up with. I don't know what the AC reading between each wire on the stator should be and I cannot seem to find it in the service manual either but having that one being much lower than the other two as well as the AC reading across the battery terminals does suggest to me that you may have a short to ground within the stator wiring somewhere. Sorry
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    Nice! http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01924/charles_1924163c.jpg There you go - until that page gets moved anyways. I was in England for about 2 weeks last month and was surprised at the number of ventures I spotted. Several 1st gens and 2 or 3 2nd gens. I was in the Chilton/Didcot area for about 12 days then spent 2 days in London.
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    Update: Looks like I have a few sources for the tools (Thanks guys!!!), one willing to make a long trip up and another potential working venue if more folks are interested. So I'll call this a bump and if there is no additional interest in the next couple of days, I'll go ahead and assume there is insufficient interest for this to be a multiple bike effort and make further arrangements to git-r-done. That being said, I do know that there are not very many members in this area, but figured I'd give it a shot anyways. Thanks to all of you who have responded.
  9. LilBeaver
    Do note that some have needed to put a slight shim inside the clamp to get them to stay put under high pressure.
  10. LilBeaver
    :happy65:
  11. LilBeaver
    I will say that I have been impressed with their customer service and willingness (and quickness) to respond to customer inquiries. I too got the same attachment telling me to not part it in direct sunlight, by motors or pygmies. I had a similar conversation with my second set where they insisted that it was something in my garage that was doing it. I had two other bikes at the time, one had dunlops and the other had michelins neither of which showed any hints what-so-ever. The michilins have actually been on the bike they are on for over 10 years (I know that is a big no-no, but I actually haven't done more than ride that one around the block in quite some time). When I brought that up then they finally admitted that it is likely something with the tire or how it was stored in the warehouse before I got it (Both of those I thought were reasonable) and then agreed that it was likely not my fault. Anyways, who knows - maybe the goof-ball that was making them for a while slacked off when mixing the compounds and now he has been replaced with someone else... Best of luck! By the way on my last replacement my local dealer/tire rep replaced my more than half worn Avons with E3s and claimed it under Avon's warranty. I fully expected to have to pay some out of pocket since the Avons were rather well worn - I was there more out of principle to show them that there is a real problem with the tires as well after my first set of replacements the tire rep gave me his card and told me to call him directly if it happened again. So I did.
  12. LilBeaver
    Actually there has been plenty of extensive research in the field of behavioral Psychology that discusses this reinforcement technique as pioneered by Skinner in the late 1930s. Well, I suppose to be fair it was more or less his career or at least he is considered one of the main folks in the field of behavioral psychology. The contribution of the idea of reinforcement occurred from the late 30s to the early 60s. Slot machines use a principle known as a variable interval (or schedule) of [positive] reinforcement as a means to separate the operator from their money. Whether the designers of the slot machine have chosen to use that method to optimize their machines or whether the idea of the slot machine just happens be addictive as a result of the behavioral conditioning that is a result of their use is a different question. (I could go on and on about this but I'll keep a lid on it unless someone is interested...)
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    Hmmm. I guess I should go look before I open my big mouth but I seem to remember some slight adjustment on the pedal. I don't think it was nearly 2 inches worth, but hmmm... I know there is one on the shift linkage. Then there is the adjustment for when the tail-light is activated... by the way if you really want an e-mail response you can 'subscribe' to the thread and have the system e-mail you...
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    I don't recall what others think Avons vs. E3s in wet riding, but My E3s have been fine in really nasty [wet] weather. With that said, I am super cautious when it is wet out...
  15. LilBeaver
    What did I do? I'm guessing he already knew that. I also suspect he might know that they are the fastest too... Although, I might be a bit biased : http://venturerider.org/forum/picture.php?albumid=786&pictureid=4962 Okay, back to the regularly scheduled programming.
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    You do have the best color...
  17. LilBeaver
    Best of luck to you! They [Avon corporate] "Gaurnteed" me that the sidewall cracking issue was resolved after my first 2 failed. Well, the replacement set they sent cracked even worse than the first (on the sidewall) and one of them started cracking/separating IN the tread itself. My local place (and the local tire rep) were profusely apologetic and replaced them with a set of E3s. I really do hope that the issue is TRULY resolved for you. I wouldn't mind giving them another go but I'll let some others be the Guinna pigs first. They do ride nice...
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    Darn, I guess I should have posted this a few weeks ago when I had made my decision to not pay a dealer... Oh well. Thanks for the offer and you'd better watch out as I might take you up on it! I'll give this a few more days (I need to wait for my gaskets to show up anyway) and see if there is any additional interest. Depending on how it goes, I may end up taking you up on your offer and take a ride down to you. Thanks. I hope all is going well with what you had to deal with out in Az.
  19. LilBeaver
    Actually both of these posts make valid points. And I am actually rather consistently amazed with how fast things can get worked out on here and when a serious question gets asked, while there might be some 'jabbing' or whatever, the issue(s) or questions do seem to be addressed in a reasonably quick fashion. Although, I could definitely see if a new member were to pop in on one of the more 'involved' threads, they might get the wrong idea. Having met a handful of you lunatics, I know that I... ahem... fit right in.
  20. LilBeaver
    EXACTLY!! :banana: Oh wait a minute...
  21. LilBeaver
    Actually this ought to be pretty easy to put together. It would just entail forcing all of Rick's posts into this 'special' thread... Right? :stickpoke:
  22. LilBeaver
    We'll see what kind of turn-out we end up with and I'll be in touch. Thanks a lot!!
  23. LilBeaver
    Jerry: I'll definitely keep you in mind. You do have a nice set of garages... We'll stay tuned for the next few days to gauge how much interest there is and where the most interest lies then go from there. Thanks!!
  24. LilBeaver
    Thanks a lot Dave! I'll keep this in mind.
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    LilBeaver replied to Bubber's topic in Watering Hole

    Bubber: I know this is NOT a direct answer to your question but something you could do to get a slight boost out of the OEM speakers is to install a set of baffles. That is, 'shield' the rear of each speaker with a cone to direct ALL of the sound towards the rider(s). Just a thought.
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