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  1. SilvrT
    There's tax on that????
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    how DARE YOU put me (a Canadian) in the same group as them!!!
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    I asked about "take-offs" at one of our Harley dealers... they told me they keep them and sell them as if they were new whenever a bike is in an accident and is being repaired. Definately they wouldn't sell them cheap.
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    This was mentioned some time ago in a related post by another member... thought I'd reiterate it. Don't rely totally on your tire gauge... try 1 or 2 others .... you may well find that the one you been using is off a little or a lot.
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    ummmmmmmm.... I'm biting my tongue here... REAL HARD .... :sign20:
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    That's exactly how I look at it in my shop!
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    I use the clutch starting, stopping, downshifting, and from 1st to 2nd 100% of the time. I shift without it from 2nd to 3rd to 4th to 5th appx 75% of the time. I've been doing it this way for years and over 5 different scoots. I find shifting without the clutch very easy whether you're cranking it on or just easilly going up thru the gears. It also makes a HUGE difference when having a "drag race" with some other biker especially when they don't shift without the clutch. Never had tranny problems and my clutches last forever ...
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    hmmmmmm... so, are you saying your virus programs weren't up-to-date or are you saying that even if you have up-to-date virus programs and firewalls, you can still become infected??? (just ribbin ya) I also am a network admin and although I don't manage as many systems as you do, I can say that my shop has not had an infection in the 2 years I've been here (touch on wood). We use Symantec Corporate and we subscribe to Anti-virus & Spyware service thru our firewall supplier.
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    If I sent everything to "all my friends" that I got telling me to do that, I'd soon not be sending anything coz "all my friends" would be ZERO. Ya might want to check this out.... http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mail-server-report-hoax.shtml
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    Never lived or been to the east coast; however, I've lived in every province from Ontario to BC at one point or another during my life. BC is my home and all I can say is .... it's the most spectacular with the widest variety of scenery there is IMHO. Happy CANADA DAY! yeeaaahhhhhhhhh it's sunny and warm and I'm gonna go burn up some blacktop! (as soon as Nina gets herself in motion that is LOL)
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    Before I replaced my Avon Venom X rear tire last summer I had a bad whine on right hand turns...the more I leaned, the louder the whine (and it wasn't Nina LOL) ... put a new tire on (same kind) **poof** whine gone... -BUT- now that I've put a few miles on the new one... whine is back. I know it ain't the bearings or axle or anything else coz I checked all that last year before replacing the tire.
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    glad to help... as the old saying goes... 4 eyes are better than 2 (or was that 2 heads are better than 1...??) LOL
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    have you seen this one? http://cgi.ebay.ca/83-93-Yamaha-Venture-XVZ1200-XVZ1300-Chrome-Trunk-Rack_W0QQitemZ170232367169QQihZ007QQcategoryZ35589QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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    I have never tried the ABS glue method simply because I wouldn't trust it's strength and here's why.... when bonding ABS piping, you're applying the glue to a fairly large, flat area in comparison to a very small area such as in welding a tab back on or welding 2 cracked pieces together...both of which are "butt-joined". Secondly, it takes quite a while for that glue to cure whereas melting it together with a hot iron and applying a 5 minute ABS epoxy takes no time at all. (just my thinking but I'm not suggesting what I haven't tried won't work) 'course, if you're laying a flat piece over top another flat surface, then using ABS glue is the way to go ....
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    I use a soldering gun with a flat tip. I melt (weld) the pieces together where they are cracked or broken, leaving a bit of a channel or groove which I then fill with ABS 2-part epoxy (the 5 minute kind). Works like a charm! Sometimes I will take a discarded piece of ABS plastic (from wherever) and melt that into the crack or use it as filler if necessary. My trunk and bags were badly cracked when I got my scoot and I fixed them using this method as well as some of the mounting tabs for the fairing, etc.
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    all I can say is.... K.I.S.S.
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    Saw one making a left at an intersection about 3 weeks ago... 2 weekends ago I was at a bike shop that sells them...there were 2 outside that folks owned and one on display inside... now that I've had my "close-up" .... nope!... not for me brother!
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    There probably will be no 2009 model so that they can purge any remaining 2008's from production well in advance, thus making a new, 2010 model more attractive and sellable at a higher price tag... (just a wild guess here)
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    I saw the pics of those MONSTERS! .... looks like good candidates for paint-ball gun practise! :rotf:
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    Found the following at a couple local shops...gonna check them out on the weekend if they haven't been sold. Anyone from around here check them out already? I know the prices might be a bit higher than comparable in the USA but.... http://www.buysell.com/root/detail/BC/Motorcycles_1001_1500cc/4810/68465903/2002_YAMAHA_VENTURE_60600kms_1300.aspx http://www.buysell.com/root/detail/BC/Motorcycles_1001_1500cc/4810/68578103/1999_YAMAHA_ROYAL_STAR_VENTURE_64260kms.aspx
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    Tip: use a new drill bit .... tape both sides of the plastic .... drill at medium speed and no more pressure than the weight of the drill ... then, heat up the opposite end of the drill bit and slide it into the hole in a twisting motion (use the drill) and out again quickly (this will "sear" the plastic inside the hole and around it's edges and prevent any stress cracks or edge chipping) Another method is to get a rubber grommet with a centre hole the right size for the machine screws you'll use for attaching the bag. Drill holes in the w/s large enuf for a tight fit for the grommet using above Tip. Insert the grommet and attach the bag. Use slightly smaller washers than the size of the grommet and use self-locking nuts. Don't over tighten. -OR- find some of those metal washer/spacers similar to what you'd find holding the various plastic pieces onto the bike and insert those into the grommet. (I've not tried the grommet method ... just thought it might be a workable solution coz it seems to make sense to me)
  22. SilvrT
    so, if 3 rights make a left, does 2 wrongs make a right? :think:
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    hmmmmmm... she seems like a pretty normal woman to me in that regard. (and they call us bulheaded???) I too love my wife but...... (you know...the bullheaded thing...) get well soon and learn to enjoy a bit of lazin around...it's good for ya now and then!
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    Yepp... DITTO for me too... never realized it until I saw that DVD .... amazing difference and yes, each time I make tight turns, I consciously still have to think about it and not succumb to habit.
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    yes, you're right.... for some this is a touchy subject. Ok... I'll shaddap.
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