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so I guess it is safe to assume that the LAST poster of that thread will not be winning Don's latest contest?
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Simple Charging/jump start system
Trader replied to DanC's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Sounds like a great idea! Well done. I have heard of folks installing permanent leads for a battery tender and wondered how it might be done. I have a first Gen... I thought of running the leads into the gas filler compartment but somehow the idea of possible sparking right there didn't appeal to me. Anybody have any other suggestions? -
The superTenere looks like it was meant for a sporty "enduro" style ride. Meant to take it anywhere. The riding position is not much different from a first gen....but can't imagine putting a back rest and hiway pegs on it any more than on a crotch rocket!! As to style? The bags looke like equipment cases someone stuck on as an afterthought!
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I have never seen anyone playing one of those things... and here there is a whole posse of folks strumming and plucking! See what you can learn on this site? The list is endless.! But I somehow don't think that Dan will get the last word in their thread!
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More than once I've ended up using my feet like outriggers when I've be surprised by ice and even snow. One time I rode my bike to work one clear morning and it snowed during the day! I had to ride about 15 miles in 2" of snow. You have to physically hold the bike up as it squirms under you. It was a 900 Seca with a full faring and bags...but still lighter than the 83 VR Not sure I could do it anymore! (or would want to!) Like someone suggested...if you get surprised by ice, pull in the clutch put your feet down and coast thru it if you can. If you don't pull the clutch...it probably will just spin the back wheel out from under you . Less resistance = spinning tire. Never touch the brakes either!
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not to rain on your parade but could it be 177,000 km? This things only have 5 digits right?
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This supposedly took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. But even if it's not true, it's a great story! A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires' ... The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued and WON! ( Stay with me. ) Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable 'fire' and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars that perished in the 'fires'. NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the cheque, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine. This true story won First Place in last year's Criminal Lawyers Award contest.. ONLY IN AMERICA .... NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS THEY'RE NUTS!
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looks like you folks had a light dusting of snow eh?
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Which raises the standard question for the detectives investigating the death....was it suicide or Murder?
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First time I was asked if I wanted the seniors discount I was actually surprised. I was only 56 at the time and looked younger (or so I'm told) but, asuming she had made a mistake (after all you are not a senior till 65 right? So I told her my age and she said it started at 55. OK....so After I reinflated my beaten ego.....I figured I'll take the insult...along with the 10% discount.
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A co-worker told me he just "stared" at the guys crotch and asked him if he wanted to keep them. mind you....the dad was a body builder and his nose was all over his face from previous "encounters" He said he never had any problems with his daughter's boyfriends!
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Gee...do you want to adopt me? Question is not what you feel it is worth...but how much you actually get paid! LOL
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Now if you could just get Yamaha Inc to visit here and listen to their customers!
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The Bible tells us that the man is the head of the household....but what it doesn't say is that the wife is the neck.....and we all know the neck controls the head!
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This is fun...check it out. http://dalesdesigns.net/rock-on.htm
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http://dalesdesigns.net/rock-on.htm
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I just forwarded what was sent to me via email....the person who did this did a great job...but it wasn't me!
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Billy Joel - Restart The Fire This song & its title was answer to a recent Final Jeopardy -- only one person got it right -- question was (paraphrased) "What 1980's song do history teachers praise for its educational value." Never could understand all the references on Billy Joel's song -- fortunately, with this VIDEO, given the picture(s), now can "see" what our "ears" couldn't. Anyway, checked to see purpose behind the song. Apparently, it's Joel's homage to the 40-years of historical headlines since his birth (1949). Wish we could have appreciated the depths of this song when it was released. Twenty years later, it's amazing what Joel was able to put into music and lyrics lasting only a few minutes. Here it is, set to pictures. It's a neat flashback through the past half century. Turn up volume, sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in less than 3 minutes! Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from the University of Chicago with a lot of spare time and Google. Top left gives you full screen....top right lets you pause. Bottom left shows the year. The older you are, the more pictures you will recognize. Anyone over age 65 should remember over 90% of what they see. But it's great at any age. I had to watch it 3 times to even get most of the pictures. Click Here: We Didn't Start The Fire
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Hole 17 killed me....4 OVER par...ended up with 3 under. Unlike the real thing....I once got the "most honest golfer" award AKA the horses's ass award for a score of 135 on 18 holes.
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The Importance of Walking Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month. ___________________________________ My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's 97 years old and we don't know where he is. __________________________________ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ______________________________ The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. ____________________________________ I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.. ________________________________________ I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to actually go there. ______________________________________ Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate. ____________________________________ The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, 'Well, he looks good doesn't he.' ____________________________________ If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country. __________________________________ I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years,...... just getting over the hill. __________________________________ We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ___________________________________ AND Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, I just find a Happy Hour and by the time I leave, I look just fine. You could run this over to your friends But just e-mail it to them.
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Neither does he....that's the point!!!
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I tried Ice fishing once....but by the time I chopped a hole in the ice big enough for the boat I was so tired I just turned around and went home. :rotf:
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Just be thankful your name isn't Alexander or Theodore or STEPHEN!
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coolant drain question
Trader replied to ccterry's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Must be time for new glasses....I couldn't see the difference until I expanded the pic. The thumbnail looked the same! Now I get it! Thanks! -
coolant drain question
Trader replied to ccterry's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
It looks like 2 identical pictures...and 2 identical descriptions (2 o'clock) for both ON and OFF....which is it????