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  1. mother
    Congradulations Taters, for putting up with Tom all these years, loose screws and all. wishing you all the best and many more to come. Scott and Sherry:bighug:
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    in regards to the front forks, i would drain out the old fork oil, refill, ride and see if the seals are leaking. you said the forks seem bouncy, so i would try this first. there is a little phillips screw at the bottom of the fork leg on the front or on the back side, i forget at the moment. do one at a time and see how much fork oil comes out of each leg. when i bought mine, i got 50 cc out of one and 180 out of the other. they are both supposed to have 200 cc in each. to refill, at the top of the fork, remove the rubber cap, remove the aluminum cap which has an o-ring on it. measure the new fork oil and refill each tube and carefully install the aluminum cap so not to cross thread it when reinstalling. then get on and ride it and see if the upper seals are leaking. if you can afford, as previously mentioned the progressive springs for the front forks are a great improvement in front end smoothness. as far as the carbs, new diaphrams and run Seafoam treatment mixture with a tank of gas. do that a couple of times and the carbs should clear up. i had engine flat spots at different rpms and Seafoam treatments made it run like new without tearing the carbs apart. then find someone in your area to adjust the carbs, lots of members with manometers. as previously mentioned, check your brakes, make sure the pistons are moving freely on all calipers. a great upgrade is to the R1 calipers, which have slightly bigger pistons and they are a must do upgrade at some point. they are awesome. they bolt right in place. keep your questions coming, we have answers. cheers, Scott
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    nice job, it looks good. needs some chrome on the sides of the box, lol. i made a similar type of hitch and have a low profile cooler mounted. now i definetly have wine in the back end, now she wants me to figure out how to pump it up for refills. the extra space will come in handy for your trip, new shoes, purses, tops etc. cheers, Scott:beer:
  4. mother
    prayers sent from north of the border. keep an eye on him, no sneeking out to the garage. tell him we are thinking of him. heal well. Scott and Sherry
  5. mother
    thanks again Bob and all who came to enjoy. lots of laughs, great company, and excellent food. cheers, Scott and Sherry
  6. mother
    prayers sent, see you soon. Scott and Sherry
  7. mother
    congradulations to both you kids. many more to come. cheers, Scott and Sherry
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    sweeeeeet
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    once you have done the upgrade, you will be kicking yourself for not doing it sooner. this upgrade has been the biggest bang for the buck. i cant believe a few years ago i wasted money on buying caliper rebuild kits for the stock calipers and still had so-so braking. the rebuild kits cost me twice the amount that buying 3 r1 calipers and now i have real brakes. i am still using the stock master cylinders and linked brakes. cheers, Scott
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    i have an 86 venture and had my metzeler rear sidewall let go out on the highway. what a scary event and i was very lucky that the bike did not go down with my wife on the back. the tire only had only 3,000 miles on it. i must admit that i did like the way the bike handled with the metzelers on it. i fought with metzeler for 6 months, got nowhere and i gave up. i now only run Avon or Dunlop. i am on my 2nd set of Dunlops and still have had great experience with them. i also have a buddy who rides a Harley that had a metzeler let go just after he came off the highway going to Dons maintenance day. the sidewall was bulging out the left side, it looked like a half a football sticking out and his bike was wobbling back and forth severely. he has gone back to Dunlop on his Harley. i would never ride a bike with metzelers on it again. just my 2 cents worth.
  11. mother
    prayers coming your way, hoping for the best for you. Scott and Sherry:canada:
  12. mother
    i have saved this one and will try out a route or two this summer. cheers, Scott
  13. mother
    dont tell Sherry or she will shoot me. enjoy my friend.
  14. mother
    prayers go out to you and your family for quick recovery. heal well Scott and Sherry
  15. mother
    put "Mother " down for one also.
  16. mother
    i can't wait to see it. see you soon.
  17. mother
    i have two of these units and they are awesome. my first one i bought in 2006, and still running strong. i have another freind who runs one also and his is working fine i picked one up for my brother in law a couple of years ago and his still works perfect. i picked another c550 up for my buddy Gord, cause someone broke into his truck and stole his other one. hope this helps cheers, Scott p,s, make a raincover for it.
  18. mother
    ve3 is ontario, ve2 is quebec, ve1 is altlantic provinces, and v01 is marine. like skid said, it would be cool to pick a time and meet up. hey Ken, 6146 tubes, what heathkit did you have, i still have a hw101. Ve3SCO (SCO for Scott)
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    miniatures

    mother replied to kenw's topic in Watering Hole

    thank you for posting this, there is some awesome woek done here.
  20. mother
    i like this part of the plan!
  21. mother
    Zorro. it is black with a red "Z" swoosh stripe front to back.
  22. mother
    i hope mashed taters is feeling better soon. i was going to suggest that we take her over to Bob;s and see what we could do, he has a big vice and a drill and some screws. oh well you have her all fixed up. time to mend.
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    how do you get the sidestand switch top bolt out. got the bottom bolt out and have a new switch to go in, but having trouble with the top bolt removal. i can not even see it.
  25. mother
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- okay, Rhonda went to meet up with a good lookin guy, who came from Milwalkee:usa: to visit his Canadian friends.
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