SilvrT
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that freaked me so much I couldn't even watch all of it!
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Yeah... I saw that but there were other, more recent posts as well and I expected at pic or something in the first post coz of some of the responses. So, sorry, but I don't see any clue here LOL
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First ad-Venture will be, 1000+ miles: advice?
SilvrT replied to FutureVentures's topic in Watering Hole
Just curious as to what you (and others) consider a "day"? Is that 12 hours...24 hours... or however long the 1000 mile trip takes within a 24 hr time frame. I'd think 1000 miles would be impossible to do in 12 hours .... maybe 18-20?. -
First ad-Venture will be, 1000+ miles: advice?
SilvrT replied to FutureVentures's topic in Watering Hole
hmmmm... well, I already have a "shower mate" but if I'd known they could be gotten at a dollar store when I was single....... :rotf: -
For me, even just seeing the bike would be a visible reminder. I certainly wouldn't want anything of the sort.
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Gary, thank you for giving me this "wakeup call". I've never gotten more than "basic" coverage on any vehicle. Your story has made me see the light and I will definately be paying more attention to my coverages, etc when I re-insure next Month. Many of us are getting "older" (myself turning 61 next month) and many of us "old farts" have been riding many, many years accident-free. Another member and his wife who just came through an accident commented he'd been riding for 40 years and knew that the odds were against him (so to speak). Similarly for myself... 40 yrs... been so very lucky so far.... how much longer will I remain "lucky" ... I'm not young anymore ... I don't think as quick as I used to ... my sight isn't as sharp as it once was ... my reactions are slower ... ... for me, I need to be more careful driving my scoot and I need to make sure that I have more than adequate insurance in case that "unlucky" day comes along.
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Got all the parts clearcoated now...just waiting for it to cure...then she can all go back together...just in time for riding season!
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a number of possibilities here which I'm sure others will bring up but first thing comes to mind is SeaFoam ... run a can of that through it and see what happens. Could be all that's needed.
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a little late to mention this since you already have things apart but you can shift these bikes without the clutch once rolling so if you were able to test it that way, that would prove it's not shift linkage / shift fork / tranny issues but rather, clutch related and as others have mentioned, most likely the hydraulics. ( I guess )
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there must be something missing here... I'm still trying to find the one referenced in the original post. ???????
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jercoup ... lives in Los Osos ... great folks (Jack & Bev) ... Nina & I met them up here last summer.... sorry to hear about their misfortune but very happy to hear they're "ok".
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try this... http://www.monstermax.com/Vmax%20news.html or this... http://www.monstermax.com/
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well ain't it just like a LEO .... never around when ya need 'em but when yer not lookin, they're EVERYWHERE!
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wow! I had no idea there were so many LEO's on this site! I'll surely be watching my "P's & Q's" from now on.....
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It's too bad we can't add a surcharge to our pay rate for things like gas increase... Airline co's do it...taxiis do it...trucking co's do it... everyone else does it.... why shouldn't we be able to??? doesn't make any sense to me at all.
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For sake of space I only quoted the opening but man do I hear ya! Everything keeps going up and up at rates we don't even realize and at the same time, our spendable cash diminishes accordingly and before we even realize it, we're broke! Can't even afford to ride our scoot half as much as we used to anymore. We at my work all got a 2.1% cost of living pay increase. For me, that works out to be roughly $48 more cash in my wallet per month... that barely covers my house rent increase which was $45/mo so do "they" really expect the $3 will cover all the other increases? I don't believe in stupid percentages when it comes to pay increases. 2.1% for a guy making 100k a year is a big difference than a guy making 50k a year. You can't tell me that it costs that guy that makes 100k a year more for gas and other such things than the guy making 50k. When wages go up according to the REAL COST increase in living is when things will turn around and the little guy will have more spending power and the credit card debt ratio will diminish. We're living in a world of "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" and those in the middle aren't getting richer but rather, moving towards being a part of the poor. And the government.... they keep taking more and more and spending it frivolously (sp?). When they need more money for some stupid expense, they just tack on more tax somewhere or, they take it away at tax time by giving less tax credits yet they try and sell us on some scheme to make it sound like they ain't taking anything....yeah sure right....we're not all stupid! ... but they're the power and it seems there's not much we can do about it when they set their minds to it. Sooner or later there will be a revolution I'm sure. I could go on about frivolous govn't spending coz I see some of it first hand (working in a business that contracts to them) but I need to go cool off coz this is really getting me angry....gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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ok, c'mon ... dumb canuck here... what the h&^k is a "LEO" ? NEVER MIND... I just figgured it out.... (gawd... I'm losin my mind... I should delete this post so ya'll won't be laffin at me) hehehehe
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yes, I should, shouldn't I? .... well, since I will be winning the lottery this weekend.....
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not me.. I'm a gemini
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Thanks guys for your feedback. I was just wondering about this coz if a guy came upon a trashed 2nd gen that had those covers it would be nice to swap them onto a 1st gen (if the guy so happened to have one) As for the "fake fins", that was a long shot and yes, the side covers of the bike would cover them up even if one could install them.
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hmmmmmm... nobody knows I guess ... no responses.
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Would either of you care to elaborate on what these products or methods are? Thanks
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That happened to me as well with my '85. I was parked at a bike shop checkking out new scoots...getting some goodies, etc.... went to get on the scoot...swung my leg over and plunked myself down on the seat... **SNAP** ... over I went. Musta been 10 guys milling around watching me LOL ... well at least a couple of them came over and helped get my scoot back up. the trick after that was when I got home...had to dismount while keeping the scoot balanced and then get it onto the centre stand.
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Watching the news last night about the weather around Calgary and Edmonton...major snow & blizzard conditions... they interviewed a guy and he said the weekend before it was above 20 celcius and he went out and bought a new M/C ... now he was wishin he'd bought a snowmobile!! LOL
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I was hoping nobody revivved this post but since somebody did, I guess I hafta "fess up" now... I made it smoke free for 2 months....and then xmas holidays came around...the wife started puffing again...then the company started showing up and some of them are smokers... I tried to avoid the urges but I caved.... damn!!! been back on the butts since then... but I fully intend to take another go at quitting...possibly this week I will start again. An acquaintance of mine did the laser therapy thing 5 weeks ago... I just caught up with her today and she says it's great. She tried the pills but they made her sick. I may take that route...not sure.