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    I have Markland hitch for mine still hanging in my shop. Like you .. no wagon to pull yet either. My neighbor asked me about it one day and I told him it was a HD towing package. Being a HUGE American Iron Guy he was all grins a giggles thinking that I was going to install a HD part my bike until I explained it was NOT a HD part, it was for towing them. He don't talk to me much any more. He can call me if he needs me. I have a strap.
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    What? You never chased a squirrel?
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    Dang! You even have the chrome chin on there. Cool. Lookin' good.
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    You got mad skills there my friend. Very nice. Mike
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    I hear ya. My last dishwasher and I parted company years ago. Had to go out and buy one of those electric ones myself. I get along with this one MUCH better. And people wonder why I'm still single.
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    Hi Steve, Is most the modification done the body fiberglass or ABS? Just curisous? Mike
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    Dishwasher? You must be single eh? Opps.... better run for cover now.
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    Sadly no it's not. I think it belongs to a member here though. Very well done and a lot of effort went into the project. It is slick no doubt about it. Beyond my talents. Mike
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    I'm just gonna throw this in here as I have had a couple situations in the past that caused me to change the way I use my half cover. If you're on a 2nd gen I wouldn't worry about it. But on my 1st gen, I use a half cover almost daily while I'm parked at work. Keep the moisture and sun off it. I have always parked the bike there on the center stand. I've had a couple of times when the wind came up from the wrong direction and the cover puffed up like a parachute and got the bike to rocking pretty good. Now to look out a window and see that heavy old girl rocking like that is disturbing. If I park it on the side stand it don't do it at all. I'll stick with the three point landing from now on. Never seen an issue where I worried about the wind screen but I've had it pull hard enough to bend my mirrors around a bit. Mike
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    Jeff, seriously...... have you considered a trailer with a generator?
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    Been playing with making a form to build a rack cover that would look something like the one on this bike by heat shaping a single sheet of ABS for the body of it. Once I get the seams figured out and a clean way to mount it it might look alright. Scraped a few trial pieces so far. Only been playing with the idea for couple years. But I got stacks of ABS sheets so I can keep melting stuff for a while. Don't hold your breath. Mike
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    Next to the Microwave right? Hey! Wait a minute......... Didn't all this start with a stator upgrade? Ya gonna need more power buddy!
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    Fine ..... ya made me look again. Right under the riser. You going to feel comfortable now with all this available data? Mike
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    Gary, You looking for something flat that would only cover the mounting rack or something curved that would extend up and follow the line of the seat? Mike
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    This write up is on the BikeMeter site where I got my Datel meter from. Might be helpful. http://www.bikemeters.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=ent-datel&uid=lmnkbdjn132995195014&command=link--mirrorinstallation.htm Mike
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    If I ever get tired of mine the way it is it may very well end up looking something like these B&W shots. Some others have done some nice tricks to cleaning up the lines to. I like the blue one a lot, and I got nuttin' to say about the orange thing. Just throwing pics out there for ya. Mike
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    I always fall back to this one for questions on "nekked" Ventures. It is one of our guys if I remember right. Zag or Zagger? He put a lot into this designing the leading edge front end and even tuned exhaust. Got to admire the creativity. Mike
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    Looks like ya got it licked Jeff. Right next to the voltmeter! Just razzinn' ya. Nuttin' like an early warning system. Mike
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    That's good to hear. Don't forget to check the ground cable that runs to the right side of the engine case. A lot of folks space that connection off and it can cause problems to. Mike
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    This is the instructions that come with the Progressives. It explains the oil levels. I started mine at 5.5 from the top with 5wt oil and ended up going to 6 from the top with 10 wt. Seems to feel good at that level. Just make sure both sides are equal and be sure to pump the forks while draining and again while filling them back up.
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    You're doin' good. Took me over a year to get where you are already. You changing out the 194 wedge bulbs in the light bar for LED's? Nice improvement. I was always replacing those danged bulbs. Got 3 years on the LED's now and haven't touched them.
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    This all seems so oddly familier somehow........
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    Yep, Linked brakes can be a bit tricky to bleed. What works best for me is rear first, then the metering valve at the rear of the tripe tree and then the front left brake last. With the metering valve at the highest point in the system air does tend to accumulate there. If there is any air in that line you will always feel a bit squishy. Remember to keep the rear master filled during the process but make sure it is not overfilled when done. The fluid can heat up and expand and cause the rear brake to drag or even lock up. Make sure to take 8mm wrench with you on the first test ride to bleed off a a little bit of fluid if needed. When the day comes to do a big change to the bike swapping all the brake and clutch lines to SS is the way to go. Mike
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    I'm all the way for the DEKA AGM's but just noticing where I lives he might have a bit of a challenge getting an American made battey over to him in an affordable manner. But with that said, looking at what Ice had said, the battery would be a prime concern for a starting point. These bike loves their juice and a weak battery can raise all kinds of other issues. My interest would be in the starter motor itself. Use a battery jumper cable set and hook the ground to the frame or body of the starter and then TAP the positive cable to the cable mounting stud on the starter itself. If it spins freely then the starter may be ok. If the starter does not respond well then my suggestion would be to search out a 4 brush starter as a replacement. That will cure many of the 1st gen starting issues all by itself such as starter drag and the "Hot Start" problems so common on these older bikes. Mike
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    Man .... throw in a lil Bro-mance and let the rumors start rolling. Where's our lil Cupcake? Waiting for him to chime in. Probably don't want to go there KIC. More that likely it would be very large, fast and have big teeth. Mikey
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