Freebird

As I was cleaning the garage this past weekend trying to find a screw that I dropped, I came across the Firestik antennas that I bought last summer for my '05. I had the on the '99 and really liked them. The AM/FM model has been discontinued but there are still some available if you do a search. So I have the CB version and the matching AM/FM version. I just hadn't taken the time to pick up the new mounting studs and fold overs so that I could install them. Yesterday I was passing a truck stop so stopped there and found the mounts and fold overs that I wanted. So I am all set now to finally get them installed this weekend. It is an easy job will take maybe 30 minutes total. I never use the AM/FM so it is really just to maintain the dual antenna look that I like. The Firestik is a better antenna than the stock one but really not that big of a deal CBs are short range communication devices anyway and the stock antennas do fine. I just like the black Firestiks and think that they will look especially nice on my Midnight.

OH...I am NOT paying that figure of over 2,000.00. Fortunately I have insurance through my employer. I pay some but nowhere near that. I'm not even sure the exact amount but I think that I pay about $500.00 per month for me and my family. I was just saying that if I were to quit my job right now and have to purchase my own insurance, that number over 2,000.00 was what I was quoted. There were some options that were cheaper, as low as about 1300.00 per month but with deductibles of 10,000 and more before they paid anything at all.

SlowRollWV said 1217 per month for his wife and him. I recently checked on insurance for my wife and I. We are not high income and the fact is, unless your income is low enough that you qualify for some type of subsidy, your income really isn't a factor. The quote that I got for my wife and I, $5,000 deductible, came to just over $2,000.00 per month. That is a primary reason that I'm still working. I am 62 now and will have to wait until I'm 65 before I am eligible for Medicare. Along with that I will need some type of Medicare Supplement insurance to cover what needs to be covered but it will be much less than $2000.00 per month but still more than you pay.

If you open it up, you should be able to tell if you used the Barnett or the SkyDoc conversion. Not sure you can see the half or full disk before removing it.

I know that most of you have worked on your bike and lost a screw, bolt, or nut. On our last ride last fall, the intercom on the '05 was not working. Yesterday I decided to trace down the problem and get it ready to go for the summer. I have a Mic-Mute on it and figured that it had something to do with that. I removed the seat and started checking wiring and voltage. I have the power tied into the auxiliary connector under the seat/side panel so that the Mic-Mute is only powered when the key is on. I also have a DC outlet installed in the know out there below the left side of the seat. Sure enough, I discovered that I had no power. Power for that circuit is in the small fuse box inside the right lower. So I pulled the lower off and checked it and sure enough, the fuse was blown. Now that is only a 5 amp fuse. I'm sure that I plugged something into that 12v receptacle at some point and blew the fuse. Maybe even the lighter inserted into it blew the fuse, 5 amp is really not even enough for that. So as I had done on a couple of these bikes in the past, I increased it to a 10 amp fuse and all seems well. I started putting is all back together and couldn't find the allen head screw that secures the lower from the inside. I looked everywhere for that thing and now luck. There were some leaves in the garage that had blown in over the winter so I backed the bike out and started sweeping. I thought that maybe I had kicked the screw when I was getting up and down so I had no idea where it might have gone. So I ended up sweeping the entire garage out. Moved everything, swept and then used the leaf blower and carefully blew everything out. No luck. So maybe I sat it on one of the work benches which again, over the winter, had become a mess. So I started cleaning work benches, throwing away junk that had accumulated, just a general cleaning of the entire garage. So now I have a pretty clean garage but still no screw. I finally gave up and found a screw that would work but didn't have the right head on it. It would have to do though. I couldn't get that stupid screw off my mind though so later yesterday afternoon, I decided to search one more time. I was now convinced that it had to be laying somewhere on the bike. I reached up under the floorboard to the black channel bracket and guess what, there is was. So now the screw is replaced and the garage is moderately clean. Not something I had planned to do yesterday but that's one thing that I always do before Maintenance Day so can mark it off my list. IF I can just keep it clean until then.

Sorry to see you go but I understand that things change over the years. I hope you reconsider but if not, you take care of yourself and know that you are always welcome here.

I posted this in the official thread a couple days ago. A little more expensive but the Country Inn looks pretty good. https://www.hotels.com/search.do?resolved-location=CITY%3A1458916%3AUNKNOWN%3AUNKNOWN&destination-id=1458916&q-destination=Oberlin,%20Ohio,%20United%20States%20of%20America&q-check-in=2017-05-01&q-check-out=2017-05-09&q-rooms=1&q-room-0-adults=2&q-room-0-children=0

Don't know. It takes me to the Ebay page.

Moved thread. Also, check your clutch and brake switches. A good start would be to push out on the clutch lever and the brake lever and see if you can set it while pushing out.

I've been reading all the responses and though I agree that towing the bike is not a good idea, I disagree that pulling the driveshaft is the solution. I understand the context of the suggestion but, for me at least, it is simply not a viable solution. While it would work, to me it's just not practical. That means that before you leave, you have to put the bike on a lift, remove the saddlebags, pull the mufflers, pull the rear wheel, all to remove the driveshaft. Then you have to put it all back together or at the very least, put the back wheel back on and then make sure you have room in your tow vehicle for the mufflers, saddlebags, etc. You will also need to haul your lift with you or be able to find one at your destination to borrow so that you can pull the wheel, replace the driveshaft, re-assemble everything. WOW....that's just much more than I would want to do. Maybe some of you younger and more energetic types are OK with that. In my opinion, a trailer is the only viable solution. Well, there are others like those pickup bad automatic loaders and etc. but you get the point. Of course I do realize that Rob says that he is going to be there for a good bit of the summer so maybe it's worth all the above. Still, I think that a trailer is the best way to go.

NOOOO...not to Freebird's account. Send it to Lewis at the email he listed in his post above.

We don't care what you ride or what your friends ride.

Yep, and carb syncs are FREE at Maintenance Day. Have you RSVP on the calendar yet? Come on, what are you waiting on. We have several members coming from Michigan.

I personally wouldn't even consider a jet kit. Absolutely not necessary unless there have been some pretty major changes made to exhaust and air intake. Several things could be causing the poor mileage. As stated already, carbs gummed up, a bad coil, etc.

It does come out to the right. I've seen them a little stuck before. You can put an allen wrench in the end of the axle on the right side, don't remember exactly what size but it lets you rotate it back and forth to loosen it up a bit and then while turning it with the allen wrench, tap on the threaded end with a rubber mallet. If you don't have a rubber mallet, try a regular hammer and a block of wood.

You just never know but we usually don't get any snow in NE Ohio until around Thanksgiving. So middle to end of November.

Probably no riding this weekend either.

That is a great video and nice that it showcases Mike's diamond cuts. I find that video very strange though. Why does a company create a video and show it on their home page and feature nothing but bikes that they no longer make? Seems like very poor marketing to me.

It has some nice accessories on it. If you parted it out, you would probably come out pretty well if you buy it right.

If you'll post a link to the thread with the missing pictures. I can probably restore them.

A little bit of stop and go but not much. It's pretty good road.

I've seen it before. Never happened to me but thank's for the reminder. I have a brace at home that I haven't installed that fits behind it. I guess I need to install it.

I would like a couple also. Thank you for doing this.

Yes, brand new bridge just waiting on you.

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