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A loud radio might cause the other occupants of the house to leave as well ....

At least it got up and walked away. We have some kind of critter (prob squirrel) nesting in the chimney of our fireplace. It's right down on the metal damper plate (which is closed).

Here's a few I came across... http://winnerscyclegraphics.com/index.html http://www.streetglo.net/ http://www.purpleiron.com/

We were at a nightclub Sat night (coz ya don't go in the day!) .... I came out of the stall and there were two young ladies standing there fiddling with their makeup .... I thought I had entered the women's ... and then I found out the bathrooms are unisex

make sure you check out Big Beaver before Climax ...

Now that's a considerate crook!! LOL Around 1968 I had a '58 Impala convertible. Came out one morning to find someone had cut a 6" slit in the top so they could get into the car and steal my tape deck ... meanwhile, sitting in an open box on the pass side was my brand new carter 4 barrel carb that I was planning on installing that day .... they never took it ... Obviously kids.

Scooped these from another forum ... thought they were worth posting here for ya'll. 1. Assume you're invisible Because to a lot of drivers, you are. Never make a move based on the assumption that another driver sees you, even if you've just made eye contact. Bikes don't always register in the four-wheel mind. 2. Be considerate The consequences of strafing the jerk du jour or cutting him off start out bad and get worse. Pretend it was your grandma and think again. 3. Dress for the crash, not the pool or the prom Sure, Joaquin's Fish Tacos is a 5-minute trip, but nobody plans to eat pavement. Modern mesh gear means 100-degree heat is no excuse for a T-shirt and board shorts. 4. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst Assume that car across the intersection will turn across your bow when the light goes green, with or without a turn signal. 5. Leave your ego at home The only people who really care if you were faster on the freeway will be the officer and the judge. 6. Pay attention Yes, there is a half-naked girl on the billboard. That shock does feels squishy. Meanwhile, you could be drifting toward Big Trouble. Focus. 7. Mirrors only show you part of the picture Never change direction without turning your head to make sure the coast really is clear. Mirrors only show you part of the picture. Mirrors only show you part of the picture. 8. Be patient Always take another second or three before you pull out to pass, ride away from a curb or into freeway traffic from an on-ramp. It's what you don't see that gets you. That extra look could save your butt. 9. Watch your closing speed Passing cars at twice their speed or changing lanes to shoot past a row of stopped cars is just asking for trouble. 10. Beware the verge and the merge A lot of nasty surprises end up on the sides of the road: empty McDonald's bags, nails, TV antennas, ladders, you name it. Watch for potentially troublesome debris on both sides of the road. 11. Left-turning cars remain a leading killer of motorcyclists Don't assume someone will wait for you to dart through the intersection. They're trying to beat the light, too. 12. Beware of cars running traffic lights The first few seconds after a signal light changes are the most perilous. Look both ways before barging into an intersection. 13. Check your mirrors Do it every time you change lanes, slow down or stop. Be ready to move if another vehicle is about to occupy the space you'd planned to use. Scan 12 seconds ahead for potential trouble. Scan 12 seconds ahead for potential trouble. 14. Mind the gap Remember Driver's Ed? One second's worth of distance per 10 mph is the old rule of thumb. Better still, scan the next 12 seconds ahead for potential trouble. 15. Beware of tuner cars They're quick and their drivers tend to be aggressive. Don't assume you've beaten one away from a light or outpaced it in traffic and change lanes without looking. You could end up as a Nissan hood ornament. 16. Excessive entrance speed hurts It's the leading cause of single-bike accidents on twisty roads and racetracks. In Slow, Out Fast is the old adage, and it still works. Dialing up corner speed is safer than scrubbing it off. 17. Don't trust that deer whistle Ungulates and other feral beasts prowl at dawn and dusk, so heed those big yellow signs. If you're riding in a target-rich environment, slow down and watch the shoulders. 18. Learn to use both brakes The front does most of your stopping, but a little rear brake on corner entry can calm a nervous chassis. 19. Keep the front brake covered--always Save a single second of reaction time at 60 mph and you can stop 88 feet shorter. Think about that. 20. Look where you want to go Use the miracle of target fixation to your advantage. The motorcycle goes where you look, so focus on the solution instead of the problem. Check your mirrors every time you change lanes. Check your mirrors every time you change lanes. 21. Keep your eyes moving Traffic is always shifting, so keep scanning for potential trouble. Don't lock your eyes on any one thing for too long unless you're actually dealing with trouble. 22. Think before you act Careful whipping around that Camry going 7 mph in a 25-mph zone or you could end up with your head in the driver's side door when he turns into the driveway right in front of you. 23. Raise your gaze It's too late to do anything about the 20 feet immediately in front of your fender, so scan the road far enough ahead to see trouble and change trajectory. 24. Get your mind right in the driveway Most accidents happen during the first 15 minutes of a ride, below 40 mph, near an intersection or driveway. Yes, that could be your driveway. 25. Come to a full stop at that next stop sign Put a foot down. Look again. Anything less forces a snap decision with no time to spot potential trouble. 26. Never dive into a gap in stalled traffic Cars may have stopped for a reason, and you may not be able to see why until it's too late to do anything about it. 27. Don't saddle up more than you can handle If you weigh 95 pounds, avoid that 795-pound cruiser. If you're 5-foot-5, forget those towering adventure-tourers. Stay in your comfort zone riding with a group. Stay in your comfort zone riding with a group. 28. Watch for car doors opening in traffic And smacking a car that's swerving around some goofball's open door is just as painful. 29. Don't get in an intersection rut Watch for a two-way stop after a string of four-way intersections. If you expect cross-traffic to stop, there could be a painful surprisewhen it doesn't. 30. Stay in your comfort zone when you're with a group Riding over your head is a good way to end up in the ditch. Any bunch worth riding with will have a rendezvous point where you'll be able to link up again. 31. Give your eyes some time to adjust A minute or two of low light heading from a well-lighted garage onto dark streets is a good thing. Otherwise, you're essentially flying blind for the first mile or so. 32. Master the slow U-turn Practice. Park your butt on the outside edge of the seat and lean the bike into the turn, using your body as a counterweight as you pivot around the rear wheel. 33. Who put a stop sign at the top of this hill? Don't panic. Use the rear brake to keep from rolling back down. Use Mr. Throttle and Mr. Clutch normally--and smoothly--to pull away. 34. If it looks slippery, assume it is A patch of suspicious pavement could be just about anything. Butter Flavor Crisco? Gravel? Mobil 1? Or maybe it's nothing. Better to slow down for nothing than go on your head. 35. Bang! A blowout! Now what? No sudden moves. The motorcycle isn't happy, so be prepared to apply a little calming muscle to maintain course. Ease back the throttle, brake gingerly with the good wheel and pull over very smoothly to the shoulder. Big sigh. Hedge your bets at intersections. Hedge your bets at intersections. 36. Drops on the faceshield? It's raining. Lightly misted pavement can be slipperier than when it's been rinsed by a downpour, and you never know how much grip there is. Apply maximum-level concentration, caution and smoothness. 37. Emotions in check? To paraphrase Mr. Ice Cube, chickity-check yoself before you wreck yoself. Emotions are as powerful as any drug, so take inventory every time you saddle up. If you're mad, sad, exhausted or anxious, stay put. 38. Wear good gear Wear stuff that fits you and the weather. If you're too hot or too cold or fighting with a jacket that binds across the shoulders, you're dangerous. It's that simple. 39. Leave the iPod at home You won't hear that cement truck in time with Spinal Tap cranked to 11, but they might like your headphones in intensive care. 40. Learn to swerve Be able to do two tight turns in quick succession. Flick left around the bag of briquettes, then right back to your original trajectory. The bike will follow your eyes, so look at the way around, not the briquettes. Now practice till it's a reflex. 41. Be smooth at low speeds Take some angst out, especially of slow-speed maneuvers, with a bit of rear brake. It adds a welcome bit of stability by minimizing unwelcome weight transfer and potentially bothersome driveline lash. 42. Flashing is good for you Turn signals get your attention by flashing, right? So a few easy taps on the pedal or lever before stopping makes your brake light more eye-catching to trailing traffic. 43. Intersections are scary, so hedge your bets Put another vehicle between your bike and the possibility of someone running the stop sign/red light on your right and you cut your chances of getting nailed in half. 44. Tune your peripheral vision Pick a point near the center of that wall over there. Now scan as far as you can by moving your attention, not your gaze. The more you can see without turning your head, the sooner you can react to trouble. Everything is harder to see after dark. Everything is harder to see after dark. 45. All alone at a light that won't turn green? Put as much motorcycle as possible directly above the sensor wire--usually buried in the pavement beneath you and located by a round or square pattern behind the limit line. If the light still won't change, try putting your kickstand down, right on the wire. You should be on your way in seconds. 46. Every-thing is harder to see after dark Adjust your headlights, Carry a clear faceshield and have your game all the way on after dark, especially during commuter hours. 47. Don't troll next to--or right behind--Mr. Peterbilt If one of those 18 retreads blows up--which they do with some regularity--it de-treads, and that can be ugly. Unless you like dodging huge chunks of flying rubber, keep your distance. 48. Take the panic out of panic stops Develop an intimate relationship with your front brake. Seek out some safe, open pavement. Starting slowly, find that fine line between maximum braking and a locked wheel, and then do it again, and again. 49. Make your tires right None of this stuff matters unless your skins are right. Don't take 'em for granted. Make sure pressure is spot-on every time you ride. Check for cuts, nails and other junk they might have picked up, as well as general wear. 50. Take a deep breath Count to 10. Visualize whirled peas. Forgetting some clown's 80-mph indiscretion beats running the risk of ruining your life, or ending it.

Well, if you like that one, here's another.... Out for Mothers Day ride yesterday ... stopped at a popular Starbuck's along the way (where a lot of the bikers stop) ... had coffee, jawed with a few and then went to leave. Bike wouldn't start Side stand switch? ... nope! Stop switch? ... nope! OK, now why isn't neutral one up? ... must be in second ... one down ... nope!! WTF ???? Finally found neutral and got 'er started and off we went. Enroute back, stopped at a lookout. Went to leave and same thing ... started panicing ... WTF?? Found neutral and got 'er started .... Come to realize you can start it in 1st (with clutch in which is what I usually do), neutral ... but above that ya can't ... or at least it wouldn't for me. Problem was, I didn't realize in both situations that I hadn't shifted down from 3rd. :doh:

I always use a channel-loc ... at least now and here's why .... When I bought my '06 RSMV back in '08, it was the first scoot I had with a spin-on filter. I couldn't get it off so I drilled a large hole thru it and stuck a pry bar thru and loosened it. Later, when I emptied the oil drain pan, I found all these "metal filings" in the bottom and immediately freaked. Thought I'd bought a POS with internal problems LOL .... I panicked about that for a few minutes or so and then a light bulb came on .... and I started laffing at myself ... of course, it was the shavings from drilling the hole!!! Since then I've used the channel-loc pliers.

failing that, ram a hole thru it with a long screwdriver and then use the screwdriver to twist it loose.

use a channel-lok pliers

Forgot to mention ... the temps were around 26 celcius and I think a few records were broken this past weekend. Absolutely perfect riding weather. Hard to believe just last week and for the past several weeks our weather has been cloudy, rainy, and barely breaking double-digit highs. Man I hope this nice weather lasts.... at least until after the long weekend. It should coz our daughter and her b/f brought it here from Florida and they are heading back there on the 22nd.

A few pics we shot today on our ride to Whistler/return ... Nina's "Mother's day therapy" [ATTACH]67187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67189[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67191[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67192[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67193[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67194[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]67195[/ATTACH]

There's one paragraph in that article that starts off with "That’s the thrust of the matter, isn’t it?" ... I don't know if he intended that pun or not.

Now if you'd add some Harley parts you'd have a YAMAHARLEWING

I haven't seen that one ... and it's listed for a 2012. The Bushtec uses a vertical receiver. Not sure if you're thinking of buying a hitch or not but from all I've heard, the Rivco and Bushtec seem to be the most popular and most recommended. I just got a used Rivco c/w wiring harness and everything off a guy for $200.

my thoughts initially are confused over what you're saying. The clutch basket gears mesh with the primary drive gear off the crank. If you're holding the clutch IN, there's no forces on those gears but when you let the clutch OUT, there are because you are now turning the tranny gears. Not a lot of force mind you but probably enough. Was I confused?

yep... when ya can't come up with anything substantial ... change the rules! ya'll would make good politicians!

Personally speaking, and from all I've read about this, it is my opinion that those bikes that don't whine just "happen to have" a gear set that matches good. From what I understand, these gears (the primary gear and the clutch basket gear) are not machined as a matching set and are not necessarilly machined by the same company so, you get 2 different machinists working from specifications and tolerances to produce a product that is not "matched" to the other product. Now I'm no machinist so I don't know the technical words but to me, "matched" means they have been checked for proper "lashing" together by a quality control process. Since they most likely haven't gone through that process, then it becomes a "hit or miss" situation, thus explaining why some whine and others don't and also explaining why changing out the basket cures some and not others. I've heard of folks who have changed out the basket several times and still not cured the whine whereas some others were successful on the first changeout.

He lives where a lot of folks want to live... in paradise!

yep... but none of the Osprey and Eagle [ATTACH]66995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]66996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]66997[/ATTACH]

heh ... I sold my RSMV (that whined) and bought a Wing (that whines). Difference is tho ... the whine is most noticeable when it's idling and even more so when it's cold. As the engine heats up the whine diminishes and as you get rolling, it diminishes more to the point you can't hear it so .... I'm OK with that

Definately! ... and for the price you can usually get them .... you can barely lose!

Congrats ... I do love those Ultra's ... wish I could afford one.

Wife and I stopped at Safeway on the way home last night. There in the parking lot were 2 cop cars ... the cops were standing beside a bush near the street where oncoming drivers couldn't see them ... nailing drivers who were using cell phones while driving as well as other infractions such as not wearing seat belts. In a matter of 10 minutes that I stood and watched them, they pulled over 5 drivers and handed out tickets. This is "motorcycle awareness" month and all over the province there is a campaign to crack down on such infractions. I went over and gave a "thumbs up" thank you to one of the officers. This past Sunday the wife and I were riding to the city centre. Came up beside a young lady to the left who was texting ... she had her windows down so I yelled at her to stop and pay attention to her driving .... unfortunately, I forgot about the intercom and my poor wife got the brunt of my yelling in her ears! http://gl1800riders.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif