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Congratulations Dan. All the best to both you and the warden.

Were do you get them?

That was interesting.

Any of the 250 street legal enduro's would be perfect. probably should choose one with a 4 stroke engine rather than a 2 stroke. Just remember to use either enduro or street tires on it rather than full knobbys. And I agree with the learning off road bit. just don't forget to practice slow riding over obstacles as well as barreling around at high speed. Slow speed riding over obstacles is good for developing balance and control.

You should start by checking the swr of your antenna system. Next make sure your ground connection's are good and clean. Make sure your coax is in good shape. Not kinked or rubbed through.

While riding a friends bike last year it did the same thing. I pulled into Wallmart to check it out and found the offending carb. Pulled of the fuel supply line to that carb and blocked it off. Ran the bike on the three remaining carbs until I got it to Marcarl's who redid the carbs for my buddy. You will also find that the leaking is worse at idle than while running under full throttle because at high RPM the bike uses the gas faster than it can overflow.

If your needle is off the same physical distance regardless of speed (for example 1/4") then it most likely the location of the needle on the spindle. But if the variance is a percentage and the variance increases/decreases with speed than the gear ratio of the drive in the front wheel is wrong or the tire is the wrong size.

London has some of the best hand and limb surgeons in the world. She should be in excellent hands.

Congratulations to both of you. Like riding, manouvering the bumps and curves together are challenging but rewarding. Too many today expect marriage to be a smooth straight road. It may be easy but gets boring fast and you usually get off.

I will third that. And as far as the noise goes if you leave the shield open about 1/4" at the bottom cuts down on the noise alot and also stps any fogging.

Happy Easter to you as well and all the rest of the family, here and at home. May the day be a blessing to all.

Yeh stick around ----We havent had a lot of experience Heckling Victory riders yet and the Harley thing is sort of getting old. We need a fresh target and some fresh material.

I am sorry to hear of her ordeal. A fall is never nice specially at her age. Hopefully all will go well with the surgery and she will come out of it none the worse for wear.

I was kinda looking at one myself last week. But the budget and my sweet wife said NO Not so bad though. I don't think I could part with my faithful old 89VR that easily. I still love that bike a lot.

Gauge is almost always marked on the wiring EG: awg12. And the relay will usually have its amp rating marked on it. FYI metric wiring is often marked in Millimeters which can be converted to Gauge thickness VIA a chart easily found on the internet

Ooops The thread #20 just before mine did answer the situation quite well. I must have overlooked it some how.

A lot of usefull info posted but the simple question (is it safe to go to a 30 amp fuse?) has not been answered. The straight answer on this is most likely not. The reason is simple. The fuse should not be able to carry a higher amp load than the wiring it is supposed to protect. If the wiring is of a heavy enough gauge to handle 30 or more amps than it is not a problem. But if the wiring is too light then instead of the fuse blowing the wiring will overheat and possibly cause an electrical fire. The compressor may be drawing to much because it is defective or it simply may be a heavy duty compressor which requires 30 or more amps to operate. If it is the later simply Run a heavier gauge wire directly from the battery through a 35 amp fuse (if that is what is needed) to a relay. Then from the relay to the compressor. Use the bikes existing horn wiring to activate the relay.

Throw foam pillow on it. Call it a lowrider and go.

Depending on the type of plug you should be fine. However as an added measure of security I would put a patch on the inside as soon as it is convenient.

There is an interesting thought. I imagine using an amp meter and a variable load such heavy duty rheostat light load knob which is available on some of the older AVR machines (assuming of course the normal carbon pile for load testing battery's is a bit too heavy) should tell an interesting story. Unless of course that spec is readily available some where.

Good point. However try logging out and then accessing the list, while not logged in. You will find that instead of getting the list you get a notification that you must be logged in as a valid member in order to see the list. On the other hand, call me a pessimist if you like, but I don,t believe anything is sacred anymore. If you have a cell phone, a computer, use the cloud on line banking or e-file your taxes. You are out there in the open and touchable. welcome to technology. , Do You Love It.

With regards to a GPS, and whether or not you carry a cheap spare. Most of us today carry cell phones, which have GPS on them. You can also load a fully functional GPS app on both i-phones and android phones from Tom Tom. The app runs about $65.00 and has free life time maps. It also does not use up Data. I Imagine Garmin must have something similar. Now whether you feel the need to carry a spare GPS or not I still recommend carrying an old fashioned compass and paper maps in a water tight case. Electronics require Battery's which run out and a compass does not. As far as mattresses go, an air mattress will pack up smaller than the thermo-rest types and today their are some supper light weight ones that pack up very tiny. Supper small one or two man tents are great and pack up small but if you have to sit out a couple days of bad weather you may want to consider something a bit larger that you can sit upright and comfortable in. If you feel the need to have some sort of chair along for sitting in look at the more compact backpacking styles like the Helinox folding chair. this one packs up int a little bag about the size of a thermos bottle and is quite comfortable to sit in. http://www.mec.ca/product/5031-086/helinox-chair-one/. Even the small pocket folding stool from stores like wall-mart for about $7.00 can add a touch of comfort without packing bulk. http://www.walmart.com/ip/As-Seen-on-TV-Amazing-Pocket-Chair-Stool-2-Pack/16609875

And that would be a very silly question at that ....as anyone could see I was simply star gazing :starz: Hey there goes a shooting star. 1st star I see tonight I wish I may I wish I might explain to Hugger's Wife tonight so I don't have to live in fright That Carl lied and I really did want to come for a visit:backinmyday: That Saturday He Himself chose to change direction. He is the one who should be afraid - Very afraid

For you new comers, I would like to point out that the list has come in handy on more than one occasion, for more than the occasional member over the years. Plus your getting help from people who know their way around the venture. For those reasons I myself am glad we have the list and would like to see it kept up.

Tried watching but fell asleep as soon as it started ------How does it end?-----which team won? Never mind ....tell me later:draming: