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  1. saddlebum
    Who asked you :think: :witch_brew: I believe we are talking some very important life saving saftey chrome and devices here:thumbsup2: Did I say ask my wife and see what her opinion is are you crazy
  2. saddlebum
    It depends on were I am and how trusting I feel at the time. generally I leave my helmet on the dash behind the windshield if it is my half helmet. and use the helmet lock if it is my full face.
  3. saddlebum
    And you said I was a fast rider:rotfl: Glad you made it home safe Charlie
  4. saddlebum
    go to your place and see if youse gots one
  5. saddlebum
    Speaking of pygmies are you missing a few. as of late my bike seems to be mysteriously plagued with problems
  6. saddlebum
    based on your discription I would be thinking too much gear lash between the pinion and crown gears in the rear drive unit. this is usaully caused by worn out bearings. Drain the oil from your diff into a clean container and see if looks silvery. Another possibillity is lack of lubrication on the rear wheel drive splines. On my bike I had the threaded end snap of the pinion gear shaft, the bike would still drive but I had that vibration.
  7. saddlebum
    Get a sprey bottle full of water run it at night or in a dark garage. and while spraying the wires and ignition look for christmas lights (sparks)
  8. saddlebum
    I have used Techs perma seal tire plugs for years on both trucks and cars without ever having one fail. They are an external plug through repair. The mobile supplier I use, had 250 of them in the side wall of his front tire for demo purposes by the time he wore out the tire. Not that I would recomend using these on a MC tire for other than a temporary repair. But I am just pointing out that armed with the knowledge that these plugs are that reliable, I would have no problem using the next one up which is thier pull through plug and patch. The main thing is that the repair area be absolutly clean for proper bonding. Also putting an inner tube in a tubless tire is bad practice as this generally causes increased tire running tempratures, for which the tubless tire is not designed, risking possible casing sepparation.
  9. saddlebum
    So you already know were to stick it. actually as mentioned it would depend on what temp you want to read 1. ambient, any were that shades it from the open sun and placed behind anything that gaurds from direct airstream flow while riding 2. windshield or windstream, out of the sun but directly in the airstream while riding. 3. cockpit. that one is somewhat obvious Truckers use one called ice alert it gives both inside and outside temp. There is a sensor in the main body which gives the temp of the air around the unit itself, and then there is a second sensor on a wire lead that you mount anywhere out of direct sunlight and direct airflow to measure ambient temp. It is availble at any truck stop.
  10. saddlebum
    Also make sure of the material. You mentioned thin cloth type fabric, which would leave me to believe it is probably egyption cotton, it is somewhat similiar to canvas and is waterproofed in the same way. 3m type silicone sprays are for nylon and othe synthetic materials. Canvas egyption cotton and similiar materials are treated with a parafin based product designed for canvas, after which you rub the seams with wax. If you can not find any. you can make your own, which is the way we used to do it. You disolve parafin wax with naptha gas or camp fuel until it is just thin enough to brush on, or spray on with a garden sprayer if you prefer. BEWARE IN THIS STATE IT IS HIGHLY FLAMABLE -- DO NOT SMOKE OR USE NEAR OPEN FLAME. Once sprayed on (the amount is not important as long as put on enough) leave open for several days for the fuel to fully evaporate, this leaves behind a water proof waxey coating and that good old fashioned canvas scent.
  11. saddlebum
    Thats Ontario riders for you ......To go were they are most needed to make M&E's happen.
  12. saddlebum
    Our little guy Charlie who sat out and watched the fireworks with me is a Bichon also. He sure shamed my Airedale. He even put it in three piles 1-stuff to keep 2- stuff to keep and 3- stuff to keep, now if that had been my wife ther would be no organized piles at all.........come to think of it, there just wouldn't be anything at all.
  13. saddlebum
    I am not familliar with the kit so my thoughts here could be out in left feild. However I am assuming that drive power is still provided by the center wheel, and I am wondering if when one of the outside wheels., climbs a high spot would this not cause the centre wheel to lift off the ground therefore loosing traction and as a result become a safty issue, speacialy if going up hill and this may be why the legality of it is an issue? Just wondering.
  14. saddlebum
    See you saturday :dancefool:
  15. saddlebum
    look again are you blind:Cool_cool36:
  16. saddlebum
    Apparrently does not think too highly of fireworks. When my wifes little white dog and I came in from watching the fireworks. Here is what we found.
  17. saddlebum
    Don't you really mean, its because we already made those same stupid mistakes.. . . . . I believe when I was that age the phrase I used most was. . . . . .I better not try that one again. . . . and I never did. . . I was too busy finding new stupid stunts to apply that phrase to.:bang head:
  18. saddlebum
    This is very sad news. Prayers and Condolences sent to the family
  19. saddlebum
    removeing the diapharam covers and slides is not that big of a job, you can do it on the bike. Then get a good qualty choke and carb cleaner with a straw attachment. Once the you have the parts out of the way you can flush most of the passages inc all the vacume hose fittings. I would atleast give that a try before removing the entire carb.
  20. saddlebum
    A possibility, and if so, you need to find out why the voltage is dropping. It has been my experience however that the ignition on these bikes are quite capable of firing at very low batterry voltage. but just to be sure, try the following. Dissable the ignition, so the bike will not fire. Connect a reliable voltmeter, to the battery and crank the engine. Battery voltage, should not drop below 9.5 vlts. If it does then you have either (A) a weak battery, so get it load tested, or (B) a starter that is drawing too much currant. If the battery stays above 9.5 vlts while cranking then check to make sure all your wire connections, speacialy your grounds, are clean and secure. On the other hand going by the discription, assuming I am reading it right, I would be leaning towards the carbs. you could have A dirty or plugged low speed idle passage in the carb. this would make it very hard to get gas at cranking RPM but once the engine fires it begins to develop enough are air flow through the carbs to draw gas from the high speeed passages. try taking the air cleaner off and pouring seafoam down the carbs, while the engine is running at a slightly elevated rpm then let it idle down, snuff out. and let it sit for 1/2 hr, then fire it up again. Beware of nieghbours this produces a real thick cloud of white smoke The next thing too try is spray carb cleanner through as maney accessible passages as you can Check all your hoses and connections, for a vacume leak. A simple way to do this is connect a propane can to a small hose, open the propane do not light it and only open a reasonable amount. With the engine running pass the open end of the hose around all your carb mounting and hose connections, listening for any changes in RPM.
  21. saddlebum
    And to think someone tried to tell me that there were no straight stretches that go down hill in that part of the country.......and I almost believed them.
  22. saddlebum
    I know you are :whistling:that is why you should stay away from ice cream. . . . . I wouldn't want you to get frost bite:cold:
  23. saddlebum
    You can never be too experienced. . . . . . But then again maybe you could, , , , but that may not be a good thing.
  24. saddlebum
    This guy seems to spell it out pretty good [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpal0Gfvj8]YouTube - Shoei RF-1100 Review - The Helmet Harbor[/ame]
  25. saddlebum
    The friction zone method as has been metioned is a good thing to practice. One thing that has not been metioned however is that while using this method some bikes require that you keep the revs up while slip riding the clutch. Another method I like to practice is to bring the bike to a dead stop with the rear brakes while maintaining balance with your feet on the pegs. just when you feel you are about to loose balance ease off the brake a bit bring up the RPM and slip the clutch to just get a bit of forward movement. and once you do using the rear brake bring the bike to another stop, continuing to try holding your balance.You will be amazed at how quickly you will regain your balance . After a while you will find yourself able to make a series of short little stops and starts that amount to nothing more than a very slow crawl. But practice in a parking lot first as much as possible. When I first learned to ride back in the early seventies I was told by an old guy that anyone can ride fast but it takes skill to ride very slow.
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