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  1. Marcarl
    Really nice looking scooter. Hope it does well for you! ! ! ! !
  2. Marcarl
    So are you suggesting then, that he take all the paintable items off the bike, wax what is left, then remount the paintable items so that he can now paint them without having any stick to the chrome?? Hummmm now that sounds real good, saves on possible scratching while remounting and you can ride as soon as the paint is dry.
  3. Marcarl
    We are all anticpating!!!!!!!!!Are we there yet??????????:happy65:
  4. Marcarl
    That's awesome, and yes, of course we are interested,,, and also how you are doing. Thanks be to our Creator.
  5. Marcarl
    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  6. Marcarl
    So is it going to be Pink? Black? Red???? or what????
  7. Marcarl
    Lookin real good, she's a little shorter than you, but then I suppose that's ok.
  8. Marcarl
    Wow what a thread, guy posts a problem, needs some edumacation and gets it all free for the asking. You are a great bunch, what a discussion. One more point to add at this stage. Right now you just want to get rid of the color, and with that I would agree, but as stated before, once you have the new color on it will only be good for the first few days and then you're going to be saying to yourself,,,,,,,hummm self,,,, there are some runs here, and some rough spots there and man that orange peel doesn't look so good on the trunk. Sooooo, runs are caused by too much paint tooo fast, orange peel is caused by improper coat application (waiting too long to reapply) or too short a time frame, and usually the rough is caused by dust that you didn't think you had. I would second the thought to remove alllll the paintable parts, and stay out of the wood shop (maybe better use the kitchen LOL, mamma wants a new look anyways doesn't she?) unless it can be made dust free. You will also appreciate air circulation without raising any dust so pay attention to that issue. Spraying a small part in an inclosed area is nothing to what you are undertaking here. I have used a direct air compressor (no tank at all) for painting when I was young and in my prime, it worked, but I would rather have a tank and lots of air when I think I need it. As with any good paint job you should wait at least 1 year..one day before putting the parts back on and then be very careful, scratches will happen easily in the first week or two. After a day, if you can get some sun onto the parts that will really help. Once you get her back together, it's time to ride. Just don't pull any masking too soon, and that will vary depending on the drying \ curing process, which depends on temp and moisture in the air.
  9. Marcarl
    Well we went the other way so the wind would be warmer for you guys, and the rain mostly soaked up, I'm glad it worked. Yes the cross winds were something else, along with being somewhat cool, couple of times I had to retrieve my 'elmet from the ditch lol. Did Elora twice today, didn't like it too much the first time but it was much better the second go-round. Took a full 3 hrs to run this ride, will have to shorten it somewhere.
  10. Marcarl
    My first question would be, did you alter the coax at all, and the second thought goes to: Is the frame of you bike grounded properly. Find the ground strap that goes from the frame to the engine and clean the ends, if you can't find one, then make one. I put one between the grounding screw, right front side of the engine to the bolt that holds the cross member in place in front of the rad. That improved frame grounding noticeably.
  11. Marcarl
    If it don't run smooth it will not corner smooth, that's why some make can only go one way, they can't turn on a dime.
  12. Marcarl

    LED bulbs

    Marcarl replied to Cutty's topic in General Tech Talk

    Check out: http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html
  13. Marcarl
    If he can't do it, some else can, but it is always a hit and miss to some extent. The most important is that you figure out exactly how much to take off. Then you tape it, mark it, and cut with a Dremel, scroll saw or some such tool. Finish with a file and sandpaper. The tape used should be painters tape so to have less risk of removing the clearcoat on the windsheld, but that's always a risk as well.
  14. Marcarl
    When we drive as when we ride we have a lot of things going on that we need to watch for, besides the fact that we add to that with all the things we shouldn't. Most of these things, stop signs\lights, other signs, pedestrians etc.etc. go by us almost unthought of, we see them in a glance, decifer them, compute them, add them to the list if necessary and drive on or pull out or make our move based, not necessarily on reality, but what we percieve to be the truth. Something new, such as a modulated head light can be taken either as a warning (as intended) or as a signal light, or as a signal to go ahead, in which case it's an accident waiting to happen. The other thought that comes to mind is that for the rider with a mod. headlight, some people will pay attention and react well to the new item on their list and so notice the scoot. That being said, as a rider we may led into thinking that we are being seen and so take less caution when we should be more cautious in a given situation. My take on this is: use your high beam at all times, use only your low beam when meeting someone at night, and make constant use of driving lights. Using these two tools will probably do more for safety than anything else. Take some time for yourself the next time you are out on the road,,,, check out the bikes coming toward you,,,,,do you notice a low beam???? or does it blend nicely with the rest of the colors you see,,,,,now meet a scoot with high beam and driving lights going,,,,,AHHHHH there is something there,,,looks big,,, better maybe pay attention. And oh yah, stay out of the right hand track, we have no use,need,right,, for the right hand track except for when we actually need to turn right, and then it's best and safer to do so from the left hand track anyways. JMT Carl
  15. Marcarl
    Hook in the cables, follow the direction, the one marked (on the meter) to the transmitter, to the radio, the one marked to the attenna to the attenna. Move to an outside location, so not in your garage, although that will work, it isn't the best, juice up the CB, set the meter to FWD and squeeze the PTT switch, Now set the meter to 'set' with the adjustment wheel. Release the PTT, switch the meter to REF and again squeeze the PTT. The meter should read less than 1.5. If so, you're done, you have a good match. If it's more than 1.5 you can try adjusting the attenna to get it lower, the lower the better. Often we have to be happy with what we have because of the bikes we ride, very little ground plane makes for a hard to match system.
  16. Marcarl
    Go with what you got. If it's too bright turn down the level with the control knob, and that might be your problem with it being too dim. If your going to make a change to save watts then go to LEDs from SuperBright.
  17. Marcarl
    http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAON0081 Not a whole lot better, but not all that bad.
  18. Marcarl

    New Server

    Marcarl replied to Freebird's topic in Watering Hole

    Nobody had replied to this post, so I'll just do it now, Yep you did the job,,,,so far. Thanks Bro
  19. Marcarl
    You gone done and went and got old didn't ya. Wait till someone starts wheelin' ya wherever you go, then you can think of them good olde days of 2008. How time flies!!!!!!!!
  20. Marcarl
    I'm tied up for the morning picking up my trailer from Braeside where my daughter has it for the weekend and then the afternoon is planned to do a dry run with Wayne for the Saturday ride, So no, not at this time.
  21. Marcarl
    Hopefully before next weekend, so that I can verify that they fit alll first gens.
  22. Marcarl
    Hey don't worry about, I checked mine and the meter worked just fine, so we know the meter is good to go.
  23. Marcarl
    If your brake fluid is old it will not react the same as fresh brake fluid. I change mine very winter, just to be as sure as possible.
  24. Marcarl
    Hope there's no cloud in the sky, or you'll loose your way and end up back in KW.
  25. Marcarl
    Best just take a fat boy and ride around that dang thing a few times, either the fat boy will get faster or the pond smaller. Get your wife to watch so that she can tell which is happening. If the pond dosen't get smaller, try riding the other way around. On second thought you'd best wait a week or two and then there will be more witnesses to this act of bravery.
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