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Do yourself a favor and check the tires date code, if they are old change them out, it's far cheaper than getting stuck on the side of the road or having to describe a blowout because you were saving a few green backs. Tons of threads here on tires and and maintenance how to's The manuals are online and the service schedule is in the owners manual. Make a few friends and attend a maintenance day and it will serve you well.

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Nothing unbearable, highway pegs are a huge plus and on the highway runs you will appreciate a stretch or opportunity to change up positions. . .

I love it! as a soldiers it was my duty to protect this great country as a police officer I swore to protect citizens from predators as a husband it is my duty to protect my wife as a father, brother, uncle, cousin it is my duty to protect my family I am willing to lay down my life to protect these people I love from harm and anyone who is willing to harm them must accept their fate.

locks only keep honest folks honest. I lock it up and always to park where security cameras are watching, still people steal cars with hi tech security systems. Some bicycle owners have been putting tracking gps locators on them http://www.retrievatracking.com/on_the_road.aspx.

sad to say I gotta do the work thang and we couldn't attend, have fun, b safe and limit that ice cream intake

Do run a credit report and make sure someone hasn't grabbed your identity and livin high on you. Identity theft is something you want to catch early. . .

reply with stop in subject line then put in the spam folder. http://www.resourcesforlife.com/docs/item5142

Happy BD treat yourself to some whipped cream and a cherry

Thoughts and prayers, heal well and may you have a speedy recovery

I used Krylon for plastic on a mailbox and it has held up well outside

The relay is the switch for the power running from the battery to the light. The light switch , when thrown, opens or closes the relay. The stock light uses a small switch that you install by the cigarette lighter, I used this switch to operate the relay.

I was wrong chains are not a federal mandate on home made trailers, thats the short answer. I did call a friend from NHTSA to find out if safety chains were a mandate, when he got back to me he gave a yes and no answer that would require a room of lawyers but basically here was his answer. Trailer manufacturers are required by NHTSA to meet or exceed SAE J684. That determines what rating that the hitch components and safety chains are required, so the manufacturers are required to install them based on the trailer rating. Several groups of trailer manufacturers and most exceed the base requirements. He spoke to Arizona in regards to not spelling out the use of chains but the law in Arizona requires the use of and forbids removing or safety equipment on all manufactured vehicles and this includes trailers. I asked about home made trailers and kit trailers. He basically said kit trailers are assembled at home but manufactured off site and must comply. In regards to home built trailers it is the states responsibility to set guidelines and the only federal mandate on home built trailers are requirements of lighting. Some states inspect, others do not. You do know that all these laws were written by lawyers to divide and confuse us common folk. . .

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sweet looking, whats does it weigh??

ALL 50 STATES, Every state accepting federal funds must follow the federal guidelines, included in those are safety chains ( except agricultural implements, 5th wheels and semi tractors ). To get your Federal Motor Fuel Tax Funds your state comply's with this. and all 50 do!! A motorcycle IS a motor vehicle and falls under this statute " or another motor vehicle" used to discribe anything not a car truck semi . . . . and no exception is granted for motorcycles. I was surprised but Texas is actually one state where It requires them to be crossed and gives a lot of details In Texas that is: Title 37 Part 1 Chapter 21 Rule 21.5 (a) A person may not operate a passenger car or light truck while towing a trailer, semitrailer, house trailer, or another motor vehicle on a public highway unless safety chains of a type approved by the department are attached in a manner approved by the department from the trailer, semitrailer, house trailer, or drawn motor vehicle to the towing vehicle. (b) Exceptions. (1) Does not apply to trailers, or semitrailers, used for agricultural purposes. (2) Does not apply to trailers, semitrailers, house trailers, or drawn motor vehicles operated in compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. (3) Does not apply to trailers, semitrailers, house trailers, or drawn motor vehicles which are equipped with safety chains installed by the original manufacture before the effective date of this section, August 18, 1994. (4) Does not apply to fifth wheel or gooseneck semitrailers. © Definition of Terms. (1) House trailer--A trailer or semitrailer: (A) which is designed, constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways; or (B) whose chassis and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as defined in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, but which is used instead permanently or temporarily for the services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property for hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier. (2) Light truck--Any truck with a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity not to exceed 2,000 pounds and is intended to include those trucks commonly known as pickup trucks, panel delivery trucks and carryall trucks. (3) Motor vehicle--A self-propelled or towed vehicle used to transport passengers or property upon a public highway. (4) Passenger car--A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, golf cart, light truck, or bus, designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons. (5) Safety chains--A series of metal links or rings connected to or fitted into one another, and are inclusive of the hooks, coupling devices, and other connections, necessary in the coupling together of a towing or towed vehicle. (6) Semitrailer--Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. (7) Trailer--Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so connected that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. (8) Truck--Every motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for transportation of property. (d) Specifications for safety chains. (1) Two separate and individual safety chains shall be used simultaneously in all situations where safety chains are required. (2) The two safety chains will be of equal length, long enough to permit free turning of the vehicles without placing stress on the chains, and attached to the towing vehicle equidistant right and left of the point at which the vehicles are connected. The safety chains must be connected to the towed and towing vehicles and to the tow-bar in a manner which prevents the tow-bar from dropping to the ground in the event it fails or becomes disconnected. In no event will the safety chains be allowed to contact the road surface during movement of the vehicles. (3) Safety chains shall be of sufficient strength to prevent the vehicles from separating in the event the towed vehicle disengages from the towing vehicle under ordinary towing conditions. (4) Safety chains must be attached to either side of the tongue or connecting apparatus of the towed vehicle, equidistant forward and aft of the hitch or connector. They shall not be directly welded to the towed vehicle, but rather shall be connected by means of bolts, pins, or other secure connecting methods, that meet necessary strength requirements. (e) Enforcement Policy. When the use of safety chains are required in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, enforcement actions should be initiated against all persons apprehended who are operating a towing and towed vehicle in combination: (1) without both safety chains securely attached; (2) when safety chains are improperly attached to the degree that one or both are in contact with surface of the road; (3) when the failure of either or both safety chains or the manner in which they are attached allow the vehicles to become disconnected or allow the tongue or connecting apparatus of the towed vehicle to come into contact with the road surface during ordinary towing operations; or (4) when the failure of either or both safety chains or the manner in which they are attached results in an accident.

like giving a guard a gun with no bullets, and that beaner doesn't look like it's rated to hold if it were chain. I'll agree to disagree. I investigated an crash where a farmer was pulling a trailer loaded with watermelons to market and the trailer came loose from his pintle and wend down hill through a living room. People were hurt and he's lucky no one died because they were close and he was going to be charged with negligent homicide. He had some chain on his trailer that looked about the size of the chain I have on my tag along. His pintle was defective because he didn't do the basic maintenance and his chain was what he had laying around. Knowingly violating the law open you up to more serious legal charges and could render you penniless and un-insurable. The last I knew of the case, and we were in court many times, and he had exceeded his million dollar blanket policy and was loosing the farm that had been in his family for generations. He did save a couple bucks in oil and some time from maintenance and about $20.00 in chains. His worst that could happen in his head went from a $95.00 ticket to a life changing event for him and his family and the people he never knew or thought about. You are making a decision to pull a trailer and you own the consequences of your actions. The law isn't there just to protect you from others, it's also there to protect others from you. I have seen an old trailer ball snap before and I was surprised it isn't one big casting , things do brake, the chains are our backup or the bullets for our guns. Here is your Florida law on the chains ( every state will have these and they are similar they are based on federal requirements) (2) When a vehicle is towing a trailer or semitrailer on a public road or highway by means of a trailer hitch to the rear of the vehicle, there shall be attached in addition thereto safety chains, cables, or other safety devices that comply with 49 C.F.R. subpart F, ss. 393.71(g)(2)(1) and 393.71(h)(10) from the trailer or semitrailer to the vehicle. These safety chains, cables, or other safety devices shall be of sufficient strength to maintain connection of the trailer or semitrailer to the pulling vehicle under all conditions while the trailer or semitrailer is being towed by the vehicle. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers using a hitch known as a fifth wheel nor to farm equipment traveling less than 20 miles per hour.

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They are our Brothers and Sisters, Proud Americans and ALWAYS in our Hearts!!

Pied Piper, I can sea it now

Yamalube, new filter and the $2.00 crush washer every 3000 , use a torque wrench to tighten up the bolt to specs. After my 5 years I will probably switch to the rotella, thats what I used on the 89

I wish they would come off the stratoliner line with a new venture line

Very nice, what color for pinstriping??

The CB is useful if in a group or if you have a problem in an area where no cell reception is possible. The am is useful if you are riding in bad weather, it will tell you , with static, that lightening is in your future.

Agree with squidley, I pulled the tank and ran the wires through with the rest of them, do yourself a favor and wrap it with wire loom. Also use some of that loom to put over the wires where they enter the bracket and go up to the lights to prevent any chaffing and future work. Fuse as close to the battery as possible protects the wire. If you did not do it considering ordering a bracket to hold the lights out farther so you don't have to unbolt them to pull the fairing. Get some big fluffy blankets and cover the bike in your work area to prevent scratches to forks and fender.