Jump to content

saddlebum

Supporting Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    6,845

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    167

 Content Type 

Everything posted by saddlebum

  1. saddlebum
    There may well be a difference in the way ABS effects motorcycles compared to larger vehicles, but I can tell you the abs on my trucks and cars have scared me so bad sometimes with close calls that I have disabled it on all my vehicles prefering to rely on my own driving skills. I have also repaired front end damage on many trucks were the truck driver swore up and down that if it were not for ABS he would have stopped in time to avoid the collision. Even a skidding tire on dry pavement has sufficiant friction to stop faster than a wheel that is constantly being released and reapplied By an ABS system. When ABS 1st came out I had to go on several training were they emphasized that although braking distances were somewhat increased the improvement in overall handling of the vehical during hard braking on slippery surfaces was well worth the trade off. In the training video they showed a two transport trucks stopping in a straight line , the truck without ABS stopped in a shorter distance than a truck with ABS, even on wet pavement the truck withoutstopped in a shorter distance. However when it came to hard braking while in a turn the rig with ABS was better able to avoid jacknifing. Again when steering (weaving) through a row off pillons while braking hard the truck with ABS was better able to maintain steering control. In the mid seventy's ABS was implamented on big rigs under FVMS 121 it was such a disaster tht it was canned a couple years later. Don,t forget many times things are implamented not because it is a better idea but because someone stands to make money from it, and has the right political connections to make it happen. In the case of a motorcycle I could see an advantage due to the fact when a motorcycle tire breakes traction, it not only skids but it can slide sideways out from under you.
  2. saddlebum
    And here we have it folks------the mud slinging begin's :doh:
  3. saddlebum
    I say don't get either. Ride the bike the fresh air will do you more good.
  4. saddlebum
    this is one I made myself and if your good at scrounging should cost next to nothing. It only use's one guage to avoid discrepency. you simply open the valve linked to the cylinder your working on and take a reading. dampening is accomplished by adjusting the needle valve. [ame=http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36518]home made carb tune tool - VentureRider.Org[/ame]
  5. saddlebum
    I believe he mentioned something about not being able to afford PRINCE JOHNS INSURANCE RATE GRAB.
  6. saddlebum
    Not so easy as you think. I have heard many parents talk and use language around there six year olds that even make me shudder, and I work with truckers, mechanics and contractors all day long.
  7. saddlebum
    you make that sound like a bad thing
  8. saddlebum
    On the contrary ABS actually increases stopping distance. The purpose of ABS is so that the driver can maintain steering control during hard braking. Once the tires break traction with the road surface regardless of the vehicle, the driver no longer has steering control of his vehicle. A good driver knows this and controls his brakes accordingly. However we have a high population of drivers who are inept at emergancy driving skills, so we implement technology to compansate for them. Unfortunatly to gain this electronic steering control, Stopping distance's have been a trade off and increased, hence an increase in rear end collisions have resulted. Personally I prefer a vehicle without ABS over one with. Where the tires come into play here, usually the harder the tire compound the easier it is for the tire to brake traction. the softer the compound the better it grips. There is a trade off here as well better traction faster tire wear. better tire wear less traction. Then there are tread patterns different design's have different grip characteristic's, each designed for different road surfaces.
  9. saddlebum
    pedastal ? ...is that what it was?.......I thought it was the sacrificial table :doh::rotfl:
  10. saddlebum
    Three little pig's huh.......mmmm.......interesting :think:
  11. saddlebum
    I rode my body's wing a couple of times and I found the same thing a) not enough leg room and b) I did not like the way it handled. I found the steering felt heavy and awkward. not at all like the venture were you seem to just think turn and it does.
  12. saddlebum
    Its worse than unforgiving . Antifreeze in the oil will literaly cut up your bearings, it is worse than if you had plain water in there. Getting an oil sample tested is also a good idea, and pretty much any heavy truck dealer will carry them and get it tested for you. last of all there is one other way for oil to get in the cooling system, I have seen this happen many times in my line of work, and that is by using an oil contaminated container when topping up the cooling system.
  13. saddlebum
    Yeh along with all the other stuff we have to keep in mind. At least no one got killed and from the sound of it, it could have happened very easly
  14. saddlebum
    Thats about the same for me
  15. saddlebum
    :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
  16. saddlebum
    In my job I run into this quite often and one simple trick that works 9out 0f 10 times is to take a torx bit slightly larger than the allen hole in the bolt. touch up the end of it with a grinder to create sharpe edges then tap it into the end of the bolt. it will cut new groves as it goes down and then just turn the bolt out. I also use this trick for broke bolts drill a hole in the center and drive in a torx bit . better than any easy out I have ever owned. Works best if you can file or grind the bottom flat but if not it still works well without grinding it.
  17. saddlebum
    Yup those were the ones, thanks for the help Bryan. Don't know why they vanished they were there when I first posted it.
  18. saddlebum
    As mentioned earlier one wire going to your horn is a constant 12 volt supply. the other goes back to your horn button and gets grounded when you press your horn button. You should have 0 volts on these wires when you are not pressing the button and with both horns disconnected, and 12vlts when you do. If you are getting any voltage through these wires without pushing the buttonn and while they are disconnected from both horns then your horn button has a slight short in it possibly from pitted or arc welded contacts, or one of your ground wire's from the horn has shorted to ground somewhere. Also make sure the horns you installed have 2 independent terminals and are not internaly grounded. You can easily check this by using an ohmmeter and measure from each terminal to the horn body, you should show an open cicuit on both. If you get any kind of resistance reading at all then the horn has an internal ground and you should not use this horn without a properly wired relay. And yes for horns that draw a lot of currant a relay is a very good idea as well. Here is a diagram of a relay circuit you can use if your horns are internaly or self grounded ( the diagram shows lights but you just substitue the horns for the lights )
  19. saddlebum
    Well you may not have upset her before but now you have gone and publicly underestimated her wonderful sense of humour. just keep on diggin away Bob, yup keep on diggin.
  20. saddlebum
    STREET LEGAL BUMPER CARS It's easy for a gear-head to be discouraged about the state of the world, especially in times of Carpocalypse and Cash for Clunkers. But occasionally, a bright light of awesome renews the spirit. Road-legal bumper cars do just that. Yes, you read that right; these little beasties are street legal. EitherKawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines for power, and retired vintage bumper car bodies - transformed into the most awesome form of mini-car we've ever seen. There's seven of these little monsters floating aroundCalifornia, and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a gyro-gear loose builder on the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap. They were originally powered by Harley engines but rattled like heck and Tom replace them with Honda or Kawasaki 750's... and a couple have been 'measured' [not run at] theoretically as capable of 160 MPH which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase. Doesn't mean we would totally rock one should the opportunity present itself. In fact, we now have only one burning desire, to see these things running a go kart track with a clown in the drivers seat.
  21. saddlebum
    no way no how no pics no believe
  22. saddlebum
    lets see its been and will continue sunny all week. rain on the weekend and sunny again all next week. Looks like a lousy weekend for riding. just not fair. Oops I'm sorry Margaret you were saying. On a serious note hope things start improving soon and does not get worse for you down there.
  23. saddlebum
    what no icecream
  24. saddlebum
    I admit it I posted one in the joke section which may have crossed the line. I pondered sending it to a moderator 1st to see if it was or wasn't, but after long deliberation I decided to:confused24: gamble and post it. If it get's pulled I will not be offended, I will simply have a better understanding as to were the line is.
  25. saddlebum
    That Yammer Dan can pass a 2nd gen whilst pushing it with 2 bad legs really does not give a 2nd gen something to brag about.:rotfl::rotfl:put your foot in your mouth that time didn't ya :bang head: PS Just got told today by a young mechanic I work with I do dam good for 52 yr old, after jumping a 3 ft rail. shocked him when i told him I was 56
×
×
  • Create New...