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    Maybe it's just that I have lived in this city too long and have trouble seeing the good in a lot of people these days. But tonight I was watching the news and maybe I need to give it another chance. This afternoon it did warm up to the 50's. A long way up from where it has been. Some bikes where out and enjoying the weather. A motorcyclist was riding out at 132nd and Pacific when some motorists noticed money was falling out of his pocket and blowing all over the street. Busy area, 4 lanes and lots of traffic. Some drivers stopped and started grabbing up the money and a couple others took off and chased the guy down and stopped him. When he returned to the area the people that had picked up the cash were waiting for him. YES! I said they were waiting. He had lost $2,500 in $100 bills out of his pocket. He got it all back except a single $100 bill. I think the LEO's that finally arrived were more shocked than he was. There are still some honest people out there. I just wish there were more of them.
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    Here's the link to my other thread on the seat covers. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31380 Good luck Mike
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    Try these folks. B&H Specialities. I've been talking to them on a cover only for my '84. http://www.motorcycleseatcovers.com/order-item.asp?ColorID=1&Item=2799&Make=YAMAHA&HP= They hand make covers to replace the orgianal ones. They listed a price of $100.95 + shipping on their site. When I contacted them a couple of weeks ago they were having computer problems and weren't able to send a photo but were quick to respond to my questions. I haven't done business with them yet but they may be the way I go for mine. I had a thread going here a while ago on the same subject and there were several suggestions on that also. I'll see if I can find it and post it up again. Mike
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    I have been divorced for about 16 years now. To keep this short I'll say I ended up with custody of our daughter, only 8 months old at the time. That in itself was a huge blessing. It saved her from all the stress a child deals with during a divorce. It wasn't until she was about 2 years old that she started wondering what was different. The ex was a rare sight and unreliable for visitations. I made an effort to keep my opinions and comments to myself and not speak badly of her mom in front of her. When asked questions about why we were not together I tried to explain that her mom had made some choices that were her own to make and I felt that it would be best for me to raise her alone. Her mom has only showed her face on our door step maybe 6 times in all these years and my daughter wouldn't speak to her when she showed up. Then about 2 weeks ago she was out with friends and crossed paths with her mom. They talked for a while and it did not end well for my daughter. When she came home she sat down and talked to me about it. She said her mom was so filled with hate and anger after all these years that all she did was trash talk me and then then condemed her for living with me. The hug I got that day was the best I'd ever had. What she said to me was what got to me the most. "Thanks for not sticking it out for my sake Dad." She has seen the damage that divorce has done to her friends and their relationships with their parents. Kids being played as pawns in an adult game of anger and regret. She realizes now that she missed the most painful part and knows it was for the best. She is almost 17 now and our time together is running short. She'll be off on her own soon and I know she will always have a place for me in her heart. So all I can say is keep an open line to your son. Let him know you are there for him if he needs you and show him respect. Let him express his thoughts and feelings and try to be open minded to what he says and why he said it. He will reach out to you when he is ready to deal with it. And he will.
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    Ugly? Who would dare to call that sweety ugly? Nice ride Squeeze! Keep us posted on your saga of a "Man and his Motor". I'm dieing to learn everything I can about the new Vmax. Ride safe but what to hear about your first WOT experience. Mike
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    I got mine done, e-filed and waiting for the bucks to come rolling in soon. With two companies I work for changing hands and two part time jobs I had six W-2's this year and they all came a couple of weeks earlier than I had hoped for. YEA!!!!
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    A few years ago I was headed out of state to see friends for a few days. I had the car serviced and had new tire mounted and balanced before I left. After the trip down, about 400 miles, the steering started to shimmey. On the trip back home it rapidly got worse until about 50 miles from home it got so bad I pulled into a service area and jacked up the front end to see if I was losing a tie rod or something. Everything looked ok but on a whim I went ahead and put my spare on the front right. No difference. It was scaring my daughter so bad I swapped the spare to the left and put the right side tire back on. The last 50 miles were smooth as silk. When I took the tire back to the dealer that next morning he laughed and said he'd never seen one go bad "that" fast. After a short conversation over the discussion of the word "that" I drove home on a new full set of tires of a different brand. No charge. Yeppers, seperation within the first 700 miles at highway speeds. So much for quality control.
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    Not a wire but a cracked solder joint on the pin that the cable plugs into. Remove and open up the CLASS control module. Spilt the halves and remove the internal patch cable. Look closely at the connections were the pins mount in the ciruit board. You will find that a few or most are cracked. A quick and I mean a lite touch with some fresh solder will freshen them right up. Did mine about 7,000 miles ago and it's working like new.
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    I can hope that your damage is minor. I tore my left calf up a year ago last March. I took a flying back flip off my wooden deck on the ice and ended up looking at my boot laces from a whole new angle. Not damaged as bad as it could have been (no surgery) but enough to keep me wrapped up and in a support boot for 8 weeks. Not a enjoyable experience by any means. The cold weather brings a reminder every time my leg gets cold. Heal well and quickly. And go easy on that leg when you start riding again. Stopping was always fun trying to remember to lean on the good leg. Forgot a few times. Hard to ride when your eyes are watering that bad. LOL!
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    Doh! Muffinman is right. Breather box has got to go to get to it. Now.......getting it out is a bit of a challenge.
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    Remove the battery and look to the front of the bike. It'd mounted under the bracket. You will see wires coming from 2 modules. The bigger one on the right is the TCI.
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    Hey RSV Angel. I have the same type of loss. It started as a "sudden hearing loss" about 6 years ago. I had normal hearing until the morning I woke up and could barely hear my daughters voice. It was severe and at the time there were no hearing aides that were strong enough to make up for the loss completely. I spent weeks working with ENT clinics, audiologists and the Boys Town Insitute here in Omaha. The audiologost I chose is fanastic to work with. He had me on 90 day trials with a number of different types of aides that gave me something to work with. He kept changing aides and was stalling hoping a company would come up with a stronger model that would help. And they did, eventually. The problen with the "slope" type loss is being able to match the aide to the loss level. The multi channel digitals are the only thing capable of that. Analogs only ampify everything and they make the problem worse as far as I'm concerned. Look at a digital set with as many channels as you can afford and with extra power for future adjustments. The units I use now are only 4 channels but had enough power so I didn't have to have them "maxed out" all the time. In the last 1 1/2 years I have lost more and I'm at the point where I'm looking at having the implants done on both sides. I'm at a 75 percent loss with that steep slope from low to high. So currently I am decideing on rather or not to spend the bucks, about $4,900, on another set or stick it out until I can get the surgery done. It's a tough call. So with that said my advise is this. Find an audioloigist that will do a full evaulation and work with you on trying several different models until you find one that works best for you. I went through 5 differnent sets over a year until we got something that worked. He never charged me a dime until I made my choice and has provided me great service over the last few years. Buy the best warrenty you can as these things are expensive to repair. A simple crack in a housing can run $250.00 or better to repair. I sent mine in before the end of my warrenty for a check over and they ended up replacing one completly and doing major repairs to the other side. Saved me a couple grand. The noise cancelling feature is great at some things and sucks at others. Wind noise is not going to go away. Beleive me. I ride without the aides most the time. The ear molds are a critical issue when it comes to comfort and hearing clearly also. A bad fit on the molds and you will deal with all kinds of whining and whistles. When the time comes to buy make sure you purchase a heated "drying box" and a couple of sets of "sweat bands" that cover the hearing aide bodies. Moisture will kill these things in no time. So I will say with this type of loss there is no cheap way to fix it. Costco, WalMart, or mail order is not going to provide what you need. I have friends with handfuls of "inexpensive" options that didn't cut it. I got a couple myself. Best of luck. Feel free to ask any questions if you want. Mike
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    What? What he say? LOL! No offense taken Bob. It's a PITA sometimes but you adapt to it. You want a challenge? Try doing sign language over your shoulder at 75 mph in heavy traffic on the bike and then read the response from the person on the back in the rear view mirror. Thanks for cruise control! They say loud pipes save lives but mine just let me know my bike is running.
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    Howdy Bikerjohn51. I'm of the same frame of thought as you are on the brakes. I like old school back is back and front is front. I was going to modify my '84 to that system but decided to experiment a little first. The proportioning valve on the rear master is set for 30/70. 30% to the rear and 70% to the front. This is fixed. No adjustment. BUT..... the way the valve is built to operate as you start to apply pressure it begins to activtes the rear brake first. As pressure increase the plunger inside the valve starts to change positions and begins to open the line up to the front left caliper. As you added pressure to the brake pedal the valve opens up and the 30/70 split takes place. After I rebuilt all the calipers and changed out brake pads I got use to the feel of it. The change you want to make is possible and several have done it. It works. But with these beasts weighing in at 850 or better, the linked brakes are a plus to have. Mike
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    I live with it everyday. With a severe hearing loss telephones are almost useless. So when my phone vibrates, I start looking for my glasses instead of my hearing aides. LOL! Now I also have a 16 year old daughter. She types text messages with her thumbs faster that she touch types on the keyboard . And she makes fun of me for my hunt and peck method. I get 30 or 40 texts from her a day but I know something is really, really wrong when I get a regular voice phone call from her. I know what that means. She's at the mall and there is this really aborable blouse for sale and a SHE'S OUT OF MONEY! I don't answer those. heh heh heh This is the same young lady I took shopping for a new helmet last year. We spent hours at different bike shops (not all bad for Daddy) looking for the best helmet for her. After trying on maybe 50 different buckets, modeling in front of the mirrors, changing her mind on a color, trying different style and sizes she FINALLY found one she REALLY liked. I checked it for fit and I was reaching for my billfold when she asked the saleman if it came in with Bluetooth. Now I'm trying to find a gunsmith that can get my teeth marks out of the barrel of my .357.
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    That is one of the most insane stories I have ever read. The legal system is running wild on this one. I hope some common sense gets applied soon and makes this right for Mr. Kellogg. I sat and read every comment following that article. Some of the most bizzare reasoning was being discussed there.
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    So........I'll have steak and lobster please. Leave the bottle. Let me know when you get your card. I"m kinda hungry. HEY! ANY OF YOU GUYS HUNGRY? DRAGONS BUYING!!!!!!:cool10:
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    Hi friesman1, I have tried with no luck at all to get Fibrenew to even take a look at my seat. They have a location about 50 miles from me in Lincoln, NE and I sent two e-mails to them explaining my problem and my interest in their service. Never got a response by e-mail so I called them. They were almost to the point of being rude. I explained the problem I had and I got transfered back and forth for a while. When I finally got somebody to talk to me I offered to drive the seat down to their location and leave it if needed. I was told that they had no interest in doing motorcycle seats at all. Before I could thank them for their time they hung up on me. So I figured that if that is the way they respond to customer inquires, what must customer service be like? That was a disappointment as their service seemed to be what I was looking for. And they say Midwest folks are friendly. LOL!
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    This sounds kind of nuts but I've been doing it for years. Works really well for smaller stuff anyway. Take a can of compressed air, like Dust Off for cleaning computer, and hold it upside down and spray the nut until it's completly frosted over. Maybe repeat a couple of times until it's really cold to the touch. Then apply a little heat from a propane torch or a heat gun. I use a small butane torch to have better control of the heated area. The rapid change from cold to hot really breaks it loose quick. I saw somewhere a whle back they were marketing a new product that you use for freezing nuts. About the same thing I imagine but you get to hold the can upright at about twice the cost of a can of compressed air.
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    Hey again. Thanks for the link. Looks like he might be an option. Mike
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    I'm in and passing it along. It's a good thing. I have owned a couple of horses in the past and I have seen too many abused and poorly cared for horses in my area lately. Good luck.
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    Hey Sapper. Yeppers, I already bought a spare seat from one of our members here, and it is in excellent condtion, but it is black and my seat was the dark brown that came on the gold and cream models. I'd like to keep the color scheme original by recovering the brown seat. The seat I bought will let me take my time finding a decent option on reworking the old one. I'll let you know if I'll need info on your guy after this thread runs for a while. Thanks
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    Ok, I give up. This is making me nuts. The seat on my '84 started showing the stickyness that shows up on some older bikes. Some of the shops I have been to only say I put something on it and others claim it is a given on a lot of old bikes and very common on the GW's. They say it due to the glue used to attach the cover to the foam leaching thru the material. Ok. Good answer. So here is my question. What the hell is a reasonable price to pay for recovering one of these old saddles? I'm getting bids for anywhere from $150.00 to $475.00 for covering with similar material and $800.00 and up, and I mean UP for leather. Had one offer to do it in elephant for $2,500.00. To be honest, I really didn't think I needed the whole elephant, just part of a leg maybe. The low bidder showed me some good work but very simple. No pattern to it just a simple cover. Anything with stiching to match the current pattern ran it up quick. Mine is an everyday rider so I'm not all the gung ho on leather because it will see all kinds of weather. Be nice, but not practical for me. I'm willing to to pay for good and durable work but I'm a little baffled by the range I'm seeing. Anybody had theirs redone? How many clams had to die?
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    Howdy ic23b. There are a couple of schools on this one. I'm sure more guys will chime in here shortly. You can use a section of wooden dowel (I like hardwood) long enough to go in through the top of the fork tube and apply pressure to the inner wroking to hold it in place. I get it into place then jam the dowel against something solid to hold it tight. Then you can remove the lower bolts without much trouble. Then again you can pop it out with an impact gun without doing this also. The catch is you are NOT going to want to use an impact to reinstall it. Way too much to fast for reinstalling the bolts. Now once you have it apart it's pretty easy to see how everything goes and a lot of guys make their own tool out of metal stock to hold the inside workings when reassmbly time comes along. It's a great thing to have handy the next time around. If you are lucky you can reassemble the forks using the wooden dowel. Having an extra pair of hands is great so you and focus on starting the bolts and setting them to specs. You can do a lot of damage by over tightening these bolts. If using the wood be sure to rinse out the tubes when you are done to remove any wood chips or shaving before mounting them back on the bike.
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    That looks like a nasty one for sure. Sent the link to our IT guy and he hadn't heard of it. Anyone intersted in an IT position stay tuned......may have one open soon. LOL!
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