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    Grrrrrrr......one of those days.
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    Oops....corrupted address. Try this one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300294771244&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem= If that don't work it's 300294771244http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/globalAssets/rtCurve.gif Edit: the address keeps getting corrupted. Try the item #
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    I ran across this on eBay. At least somebody can see humor in the situation and of course........make a buck on it. LOL! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300294771244&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem= Freebird.....if this falls into the debated political issues feel free to kill it.
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    That should save some time. Me likey!
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    Thanks George Looking for a tighter beam than I have now. The burners are fine but the light is pretty scattered. Now if they only had visors.......
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    Like everybody says......Ride Like a Pro will help you learn to control the weight of these big puppies. And the practice. Low speeds in a parking lot will teach you about everything that will keep you in the saddle. If you are worried about dropping the bike while practicing take some heater hose and split in open on one side. Slip it over your crash bars where they would hit and zip tie them in place. Looks a little weird but takes the worry out of scraping them up. And I'll say this. I'm 6'2" and 285 lbs. The one thing that about got me every time when I first got the bike was using the front brake at low speed turns. You will learn how fast that changes the balance of the bike and usually not in your favor. LOL! Practice the "trail braking", using only the rear brake during low speed turns and keeping that hand off the brake until you are stopped. Ride Safe Mike
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    Hey George.... How tight is the beam on those Hellas? Pretty focused or wide and low? Mike
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    Big Snake

    Snaggletooth replied to Joopster55's topic in Videos

    I think my daughter made a puddle.
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    Wait a minute......your leaking gas out of the holes where the drain screws are or out of the rubber drain lines?
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    A standard screwdriver with a slim blade just wide enough to fit in the hole will get a good bite. Too narrow and it will slip out.
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    Hi ya Jack It's got to be one of the blondes. My '84 is the exact same way. Did it before the carb rebuild and still doing it. Ya gotta be Wyatt Earp on the choke lever to catch it a keep her running. I'll be watching this one for a while. I'd like to find a cure for it. Mike
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    Very cool indeed! I'm thinking wall paper here........hummm.
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    Now this is getting interesting..
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    Hey Dave. That is where I got the pics I posted in my opening post. Went a little rich for me just to rob the brackets for mine. LOL! Got me to dig mine out and take another look at getting them mounted.
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    I'd go in for 1 set if the price is good. This is just the diaphragm itself right? No slider?
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    Well, I finally got to the box they were stored in. This is what my brackets look like. Are these like the GW ones? I've taken the seat off and can see no way these would mount under there. I see most mount on the rear crash bars but there would have to be more parts to the brackets for that to work. Any more suggestions? Mike
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    Very slick! Nice clean line to it.
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    I hope I never run into a train with passing lights!
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    Hey Bubba Mounting driving lights (DRL) lower and to each side of the bike, like on the crash bars, to form a triangle with the head light as the upper point.
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    Just a thought here but could his oil loss on the left side cover be the crush washer on that one lower bolt?
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    Ok, the can of worms is open so I'll bite. I spent 13 years in traffic safety for transportation doing training for drivers. Part of my job was investigating motor vehicle accidents. In all of the couple of hundred accidents that I researched I never heard any claim that someone was blinded by lights during daylight hours. At night time, severe weather or heavy rain.....sure. Some of my standard questions were "Did you see the vehicle?" Most the time the answer was yes and because they had their head lights on. "What made you aware of the other vehicle?" Again, the majority answer was because the had their lights on not because the vehicle was doing something out of the ordinary. I'd ask did anything happen to distract them. Head lights or driving lights were never the issue contibuting to a day time accident. And there is solid information out there stating that a trianglulted(?) light pattern does make an observer more aware of a smaller vehicle. However, that deals primarly with depth perseption of that vehicles position. The issue is it was seen. Period. But the problem I have with your statements posted here is you contradict yourself from one post to the next. In your 1st post you state: "Besides, if you think running highs all the time is safer, think about when you half blind some 80 year old guy in a Buick Roadmaster, what do you suppose he will target fixate on, your brights." In your 2nd post you make the comment: "The closer you get, the less they want to, or are able to, look at you." That alone helps removes the fixation issue I believe. I'm not here to slam you Al, not at all. But almost every rider I know is concerned about their visibility to other vehicles as they well should be. But you made some pretty strong statements such as: "Driving in traffic during the day with a bunch of lights on is obnoxious and inconsiderate and it does have a negative impact on other drivers by blinding them." Bit over the top don't you think? So that said I'll leave ya'll to hash this out. Could be worse...we could be talking about loud pipes again. LOL! Mike
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    I run my headlight on high all the time in the daylight along with a set of 25 watt driving lights mounted on Squidleys brackets that are relayed off the high beam. It's been more than once that someone has started to pull over into my lane or pull out in front me at an intersection and then stopped. I firmly believe the brights are what made the difference and they would not have noticed me if I wasn't burning them. I'll go with what works. Mike
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    Hey Old V8 Nope, no backrest, much to my sorrow. But on that thought the passenger hand rails were not on the bike when I bought it. I picked up a set later to add on. May be a piece to the puzzle. Mike
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    Thanks for the thought on that Sarge. I'll take another look at that. I'll post a pic of the brackets on mine when I can. Right now they are boxed up in the garage and that means I'd have to shovel my way out and dig to the garage door again. Maybe when it quits snowing, or if. God I love the Midwest!
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    Ok. I have had a set of these since I bought the bike a couple of years ago. The PO's son had them in a box of extra stuff and said his dad had had them on the bike but he had taken them off years ago. They are in nice shape but for the life of me I could not see any possible way that they would bolt on to the bike. So they stayed in the box. My daughter has asked me several times to put them on for her. Now I ran across an eBay auction that had a set just like mine, except they had a whole different bracket assembly below the pivot. I hoped they would go cheap so I could part them out for what I needed but you know how that goes. Yeah right. These are pics from the arm rests from the auction. I'm going to ask if ANYBODY has a set of old brackets something like these laying around, gathering dust and just generally in the way that they would like to make a deal on. Just checking. Nosing around. I know some of you guys are still suffering from PMS and dieing for something to do........like dig in your old parts stash. I just need the brackets below the pivot. Let me know. Mike
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