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The thing is, I really don't have a specific area for service vendors. If enough members here feel that we need such an area, I could add one perhaps in the classifieds. We have a couple of members who offer service as well as various accessories and parts and they are in the classifieds but mostly parts listings there. All of the things mentioned are actually things that we regularly help each other with at various Maintenance Days and just member to member get togethers. Just not sure if there is a demand for such paid services here.
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Well, things actually look a little better this morning. We scrubbed the dogs with about 3 different kinds of soap and shampoo last night and there is very little skunk odor this morning. The truck took it better than I thought. I pulled the front fender liner this morning so that I could get to the back side of the fender and lower bumper cover. The bumper cover actually just popped out of the fender. I was able to loosen the bolts and pull it back into place. It looks fine. There is a about a 3" crack in the plastic at the bottom of the lower bumper/air dam but you can't hardly see it unless you are down on your hands and knees. I'll do a plastic repair on the back side of it to keep it from cracking any further and it will be fine. I've looked on Ebay and I can get a new grill and chevy emblem for about $200.00 total so I think that's about all this is going to cost me. The fish will bite another day and my son got the Ipod working again. Life is good. Now I've just got to get caught up on a few things before going out of town again tomorrow morning.
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I am GLAD that this day is over. I got up at 4:00 a.m. this morning to take the boat out on Lake Erie for a few relaxing hours of yellow perch fishing. They really were NOT biting. Temps got up to about 96 F and me and my buddy John cooked in the sun for about 6 hours and only caught about 15 fish. Got home and cleaned up because Eileen and I were going to a friends house for a little get together. She asked us to bring our Ipod because it has some good music on it. Got there and the Ipod locked up right off. Wouldn't power off or do anything. So....it was down for the night. Headed home and around midnight, hit a good sized deer in my new to me Chevy Avalanche. Took out the grill and messed up the right front fender a bit. Will look at it closer tomorrow but I guess it could have been worse. At least we weren't on the bike. Got home around 12:30. Eileen had taken her little YAP YAP Sheltie with us. Got home and she took off across the yard barking and our larger dog running along right behind her to see what all the fuss was about. That ended up with BOTH of them getting sprayed by a skunk. So...we have been outside until 1:00 in the morning washing two mutts. I'm going to bet now. I hope the bed doesn't fall down.
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Gnats on "Billet Saddlebag Hinge Accents" Thread
Freebird replied to awsmsrv's topic in Watering Hole
Folks, I'm not seeing them at all. Give me a link to a post with them and I'll see what I can do. -
I use Firefox but regularly test it with IE also and I've not seen that error or any slowness with either browser.
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I doubt that we have enough interest for me to order custom ones again. I think that the minimum order was 50 or 75 sets.
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2007 Venture Rear Diff Oil
Freebird replied to Midnight's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
That's OK. You did a MUCH better job. Thanks. -
2007 Venture Rear Diff Oil
Freebird replied to Midnight's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
It's one of the easiest things you can do. It is easier to get to things if you remove the left saddlebag. Remove the drain plug and let it drain. Remove the fill cap. After it has drained, reinstall the drain plug and then with the bike in the upright position, add oil until it is full. -
I think you are probably talking about Nanci at Ace High Leathers. Beautiful work. http://www.acehighleathers.com/
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Beautiful home. I'm really happy for you all. I know you have gone through a lot this year so hopefully now you can relax a bit and enjoy it.
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I agree with what was said about the Bushtec. Yes, they are expensive but they pull like a dream. My speeds are dictated by road conditions, traffic, speed limits, etc. The fact that I'm pulling the Bushtec has absolutely no bearing on how fast I go.
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I too would be very suspicious of that price. If they are going to really do it for that, you are getting the deal of the year. I think it is also very unlikely that the valve adjustment is the problem. If they have never been done and it has over 30,000 miles on it then they need to be checked anyway though.
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I'm not seeing any. I even went and looked at the thread that you mentioned from Marcarl and no quick links there either. Sounds like something has installed an add-on to your browser.
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WOW...it had to pick the Mercedes didn't it. At least he wasn't inside it. Could have been much worse.
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They will work. No problem at all.
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Very nice. I like it. I've never ridden one but I sat on one and the center of gravity was amazing.
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Anybody heard from Yammer? I haven't seen anything from him since before the storms and it's not like him to not check in every day. Hope everything is OK. The same for Skid and Frog Man. They are all down in that same general area.
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No problem. Just let me know and I'll get it on the way.
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Jakbag, I happen to have a spare radio controller if you get to the point where you want to rule that out. The thing is, I don't want to sell it but would loan it to you if you want to see if that is the problem. Don
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I agree that it's the gearing along with the rev limiter that makes the biggest difference. I've added the VMAX rear end to my '99 and also the Dyna ignition which allowed me to raise the rev limiter. I think that with those two changes, it would bring the results very close. I would love to have the same rider run those tests doing the comparison with those changes. Now just for the record, my first post regarding top speed was before making those changes. With the stock rear end, I was able to achieve a higher top speed in 4th gear than I was in 5th gear. Don't know if that is still the case with the VMAX rear or not. I'm a little older now and really don't care.
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Just a note to let all of our members in the areas affected by the storms are safe and sound. I know that many were hit very hard, especially those in West Virgina and surrounding areas. Please check in when you can to let us know that you are OK.
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I don't have a great answer to your problem but the most popular method around here for plastic repair seems to be a product called Plastex. Your idea with the screen may be a good solution but you will still need something to bind it. I know what you mean about softening the plastic and mashing the screen into it but I think that rebuilding the plastic with the Plastex could be a better solution. I understand what you are saying about being careful of not getting the Locktite on the plastic and using it only on the threads but I think even the fumes from the Locktite is enough to damage plastic. In the future, just be sure to keep it well away from the plastic. There are other products better suited to that purpose.
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Audio Controller Intermittent Problem
Freebird replied to rumboogy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
When you removed the cassette, did you unhook any of the big cables other than the one that goes to it? I've never seen the problem that you describe but the fact that you can change channels by pushing the passenger push to talk button makes me wonder if you got the large cables mixed up and not plugged into the correct ones. I don't even know if that is possible and if the pin layouts are the same. -
I'm sorry to hear this. It's no help now but I wish you had asked or done a search on this before using the blue Locktite. It has been stated many times here that Locktite cannot be used anywhere near the plastic. This includes Locktite of any color. I don't have to tell you what will happen if you do. I'm not posting this to rub it in but to hopefully warn others who may still not know this.
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Well, I can tell you with 100% certainty that they are wrong about the top speed on the '99. I have gone far beyond that and I have a Speedohealer on my speedometer and also GPS checked.