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Angel & Lori, you both are in my thoughts and prayers. Hope my donation helps some as well. God Bless you both. Larry

Once you have the outer fairing off wiggle the separate connectors to possibly find the one causing your problem. Still it wouldn't hurt to spray all the connectors. Larry

On second thought I'm going to agree that cutting slots forward will be best. Take out rear bolt and slide back to remove. Can't fall out in front that way if those bolts should loosen. Nothing like getting real experience feedback. Thanks, Larry

Nice write up Mike. Buddy told me the kick stand spring hit so I was going to check out just where & how much o alter that area. As to a quick release system you can cut the top portion off the mounting tabs forming a "U" shape. Then you won't need to take the bolts out all the way, jut loosen them. I think I'll do that on future productions. And cut a relief for the side stand spring too. Good ideas Mike. Larry

If repairs fail you can buy factory painted fairings from mother Yamaha. Just look up the year and color you have to get the proper matching paint or let a dealer look up the part numbers. Larry

Just call it Sweet Pea. My nickname for it but Don says Green Hornet. Shall we take a vote on its name folks? Larry

Jay the storms should pass over you for the rest of the way but still chances of isolated rain too. Not to mention much cooler temps. Take care getting here. Larry

I know the answer to that but will let Patti post when she gets home from work. Lary

[quote= An earlier post suggested mounting the horn to direct the noise forward. Can't say I think that necessary. Pretty sure no-one has trouble hearing my Stebel from the side-mount. Another consideration is water and derbies getting inside the horn if facing forward. Larry

Congrats on the trike Brenda. Wishing you as many happy miles on it as Don had. Hope we cross paths sometime just to ride together again with the B2 trike. Larry

Good Luck Angel & Lori. You both will be in my thoughts and prayers May today ends with a bright and sunny future for you. Larry

Sorry Midnight but I didn't want to unlike Patti. . But since she detailed our dinner all I can say is WOW what a menu and great serving of some fabulous food. Stuffed we were after pushing away from the table. No wonder folks go back again and again if in the area. I know I would. Larry

On my 05 when I had it I put an electric horn in place of the one under the left lower cowling AND one inside the fairing next to the radio box AND a Stebel air horn in place of the stock horn on the right side of the bike. I do make a nice Stainless Steel bracket for placing either a Stebel or Wolo air horn on the right side in place of the stock unit. As for a relay you really should use one to get the full volume out of any horn used. Again I make a nice plug and play harness that'll take all of 15 minutes to install both a horn of your choice and the wiring harness. Check my ads for further info --- http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showcat.php?cat=500&ppuser=161 Other folks have also mounted their horns off the passenger floor boards and bag guard rails. Larry

Had a late lunch / early dinner at the Loveless Cafe this afternoon.

Don don't forget to check with Allstate Insurance as well. I used to have Progressive but switched to Allstate a couple years ago, saving several hundred bucks in the process. Larry

Puc I hope you get dried out and don't create a new swimming hole in your basement. Weather is sure wet here too, till Thursday then from there into next week it is looking great. Oh Patti was probably typing her post while I took a short snooze. Larry

Anyone else wanting a hitch, I'll donate 25% of the normal costs between today & Saturday for St Jude. Larry

Nice job on the restoration.

Congratulations Stache on winning the hitch. You can pay for it at PayPal using lskeels@wowway.com or pm me for a address if sending a check. Thanks for your generous support of St Jude. Larry

Times winding down guys. Looking for a steal of a deal on a hitch or skid plate you better get to bidding soon. Larry

I eliminated the hinge entirely. Replaced it with a length of steel cable. Looped the cable thru the pivot holes, then crimped the loop with matching aluminum crimps. Adjust the other end so that the lid opens about 85-90*. Works great. Larry

Another third wheel convert. Welcome Carl and love that color choice too. Wouldn't mind owning one of the new 2014 touring models either . Nice machines. Larry

No real summer here yet. Been mostly cool and wet or with cloud cover. Oh yea lots of wind at times too. As Eddy says it'll be 78 tomorrow. Good news there as I'm hitting the highway in the morning for the south. Destination is Dresden Tn. with an overnighter somewhere around Indianapolis, In. Larry

My 83 Standard has #3200 for the last four numbers. Pics of my current bikes. Larry

Like any motorized vehicle you can over drive your abilities and get into trouble. With trikes they have their own quirks just as 2 wheeled bike or even sidecar rigs. Just the nature of the rides. I do know that with the Hannigan trike I have now it handles much much better than the Tri-Wing trike I had before. The Tri-Wing sat higher and was narrower than the Hannigan is. I never could come even close to keeping up with Don on his Hannigan when I had the 05 Tri-Wing/RSV. Even now that I have the Hannigan conversion I'll still tip my hat to Don when he still had his trike. I've followed him thru turns that would severally test ones riding skills no matter what they rode, be it 2 or 3 wheeled. I've been behind him and seen him go thru double "S" turns with one or the other rear wheel lifting a few inches. Me not so much as I slowed down catching up later. He had full control doing that too it seemed. It truly was eye opening watching him run his trike thru those turns and curves. Yep Annie is another good rider who knows he ride and what can be done on it. Like I said at the start of this post if you over ride/drive your abilities a machine will bite ya. My 05 rolled 3 maybe 4 times after getting "T" boned by a cage. Car hit the right rear wheel at an angle from the front. No way would a 2 wheeled bike faired any better in a situation like that. Whether 2 wheels in front are better than in back I can't say for sure But I believe either one would be more stable then a sidecar rig would be. Maybe someone who's owned both can give their insight on this. Jeff/ Cougar comes to mind who have had a sidecar in the past. Larry