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RAID was rebuilt on the server and the site is now on the SSD drives. Speed seems to be back to normal from here anyway.

I can't help with that one. The problem is that he linked them from Photobucket and now Photobucket has disabled linking photos from their site unless you want to pay them big money. The only option would be if somebody can find them on his Photobucket site and save them to your computer and then maybe email them to me.

Just wanted to let you all know that I am aware that the site is very slow right now. I have been working with our hosting service today and they are trying to figure out what is wrong. In the meantime, I made the decision to upgrade our server to the newer SSD (solid state drive) setup. It costs a little more but should be better in regards to speed and reliability. I'm not sure when that swap will be made but when it is, there will be a very short time when the site will be down. Shouldn't be more than a few minutes. I'll give you all advanced notice if I have any.

Yea, and I don't think I ever got even for that pie thing.

In my opinion, that was one of our best rallies.

I don't claim to have a lot of experience with this but I can relate what little I know. I recently set one up and plugged it into the optical output of the TV. I didn't plug anything into the cable box. I don't think that plugging it into the cable box would work with a lot of systems. For example, the one that I did didn't have it's own box. The cable box was in another room on a different TV. It is a multi-room box and with only one box to run a couple or more different rooms. I did have to go into the TV's menu though and find it's audio output. It was set to "internal speakers" and I had to switch it to the optical output.

As somebody mentioned above, I took a similar route. I had owned Harley's in the past and then got into the Ventures. Had several Ventures, and bought a new '99 when they came out. Loved them. In 2013, I got the itch to buy another Harley and bought a 2013 Road Glide Ultra. I will be completely honest and tell you that there were a lot of things I loved about it. It was about the only bike I ever owned that was just about as comfortable for me as the RSV. The way I like to ride lends itself well to the low RPM torque of the Harley. It was smooth and comfortable and actually got better gas mileage than the RSV. I kept it two years but only put about 20,000 miles on it. I never had to take it back to the dealer for any reason. There was a bit more maintenance due to the three different oils to change instead of just one on the Venture and having to adjust the clutch pack once or twice as per the maintenance schedule but it wasn't a big deal. The big negative for me was the heat. It would roast your thighs on a hot day. I did everything suggested to reduce the heat. Free flowing exhaust, tuner, remove the catalytic converter, etc. All of that may have helped a little but the fact remained, it was just HOT. It was at least as bad and probably worse for my wife as her feet just burned up on it. Even at that, I may have kept it had it not been for the money. Things got busy in our life and I just wasn't finding the time to ride it as often as I wanted to. It was a lot of money tied up to just sit in the garage and there were other things that we wanted to do with some of that money. So, I sold it, bought a another low mileage RSV for a fraction of the money and that is what I still have. Regrets? Maybe just a tad. I do miss some things about the Harley but no more than we get to ride lately, I don't see every spending the money for another one. I figure our RSV will see us through the rest of our riding days and it is a beautiful and comfortable bike that has no problem eating up many miles of highway and without burning you up.

In the early hours of January 1st, 2018, My brother in law, my wife's brother, Terrence Sharick lost his year-long battle with Pancreatic Cancer. It was the week after Thanksgiving of 2016 that we learned of his diagnosis. Though the doctors didn't wish to make a prediction, the general thought was that he had between 4 and 6 months to live. What they could not have known though was that Terry was a fighter and had such a strong will to live. Though there were some bad days over the past year, there were also so very many great days. In spite of his deteriorating health, he was able to take Eileen's Spyder for a couple of rides and we were even able to take the Waverunner's out for a few hours at the end of the summer. Over the past few weeks, his pain sometimes got out of control but he never lost his great sense of humor and we had many laughs and good times. We feel that Terry had determined that he would make it through the Holidays and due to that determination, we were able to have very nice Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Terry was not afraid to die. He had come to terms with that. What hurt him the most was knowing that he was going leave behind, at least for a while, the people that he loved so dearly and that he knew loved him in return. We know that he fought to live and defied the odds, as much for us as he did for himself. Terry, you will be missed. It was time for your pain to end though. You fought the good fight and complained very little. We know that you are in a better place now and we know that someday, we will all be together again. Yes, it hurts and will for some time but we are happy that your battles are over. We take comfort in knowing that your earthly trials have concluded and it would be selfish of us to wish for them to have continued. We know that you are OK now and you must know that we will be as well. God Speed our Brother, we will laugh again and rejoice in our reunion.

I've got a 750 Nighthawk out in the shed. My son bought it a couple of years ago and rode it about 3 times. It is supposed to be sold but it's still sitting here. This one has been modified just a bit though.

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It's hard to determine. In my opinion, these bikes should bring more on the used market than they are bringing. From most of the ads that I've seen, you may be just a little high but I would at least start there. Wherever you start, somebody is going to try and get it cheaper. Mine is an '05 and I can assure you that I would be above market on it but I've got a ton of extras on it. People don't want to pay for extras but they are getting hard to find for these bikes and if they want it, they will have to step up.

You didn't mention how many miles are on it. We all know that mileage isn't much of a factor on these bikes but to the buying public, it can still be an issue.

For anybody else, just do a Google search for wire hose clamp and you'll find a lot of them.

Not here. Been snowing all day. @Flyinfool is officially on double secret probation now.

The question always comes back to "WHO in the area wants to get it set up".

What position is the key in? I think it only works in the accessory position.

Flyinfool ADJUST YOUR NOZZLE....REPEAT...ADJUST YOUR NOZZLE. You are raining the white stuff on friendly compadres. I REPEAT....YOU ARE HITTING A FRIENDLY TARGET. We are at coordinates 41°14′38″N 82°12′52″W . YOU HAVE US IN YOUR LINE OF FIRE. WHITE STUFF IS FALLING AND ACCUMULATING FAST!!! REPEAT....ADJUST YOUR COORDINATES. MAYDAY....MAYDAY...MAYDAY

If you sort of squint. OK...squint a LOT...it sort of looks like my front yard.

I have been pleasantly surprised this year during my very limited Christmas shopping. It may be different in other parts of the country but around here, I'm hearing MERRY CHRISTMAS when I check out. It actually set me back and surprised me when it first happened at Walmart. Then yesterday when I stopped by Best Buy, after checking out, the cashier said "Thank you and I hope you have a blessed and Merry Christmas". I find it incredibly satisfying. Have any of you experienced it in your area?

You should be OK then. One word of warning. Unless they have changed it, they used to not send enough PVC tubing that you add to the top of the springs. The springs are shorter than stock and you use the PVC pipe for spacers. For some reason, they didn't send enough when I did mine and Rick Butler ran into the same issue. We contacted them to let them know but I can't say if they ever changed it or not. It's no big deal, I had plenty of it laying around. Don't remember what size it was but it it was 3/4" or 1" I think.....regular schedule 40 PVC pipe.

Very nice. One of my all time favorite RSV colors.

You really should try to contact their customer service. The thing that sold me on Sonic is exactly what you are saying. Progressive sells the same spring for the Venture and the Royal Star. The Venture, due to the fairing and etc., needs a slightly heavier spring and Sonic has one that specifically works for the RSV. I tried to find my order information but it seems to be gone.

I recommend the Sonic Springs. They do have an application specifically for our bikes. I put them in the '99 that I had and think that they are much better than Progressives.

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