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has anyone tried this air filter set-up?
Freebird replied to reddevilmedic's topic in General Tech Talk
Different filters but similar idea to what was on the '89 that I had with the VMAX conversion. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showpost.php?p=337024&postcount=40 -
If you are talking about the tech libraries, they are read only. This, tech talk, is where you would ask your questions.
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Well, I will be completely honest. I DID download Karaoke Anywhere for the Iphone JUST in the interest of research to help our friend. It seems to be a pretty good app although I've never done Karaoke. From their website, it appears that it will be available for the Android very soon.
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Is Soundhound an actual Karaoke app? I haven't tried I thought it was more for searching for songs. What I mean by a true Karaoke app is that you don't sing along with the artist, it just plays the track with no voice added. If you do a Google search for Android Karaoke there will be a few come up. Unfortunately, most of them have pretty poor reviews. There is one for the Iphone called Karaoke Anywhere and it gets good reviews for the Iphone. It is not yet available for the Android but their website says "coming soon". http://www.karaokeanywhere.net/android/
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New guy on the block
Freebird replied to DarkLeftArm's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
All of the suggestions are good but personally, I think I would trailer it home. YOu are correct in that the gas in the carbs has likely evaporated. Todays gas can leave some ugly stuff in the carbs though. I don't know where the bike is located but there is chance that the last gas had ethanol in it. The suggestions about Seafoam and other gas additives are good and may work but not if the jets are completely plugged. For the additives to work, there typically has to be some kind of flow through the jets. If there is flow, then they do a good job in cleaning up any varnish and etc. but if there is no flow, you will likely have to completely remove the carbs and tear them down. You may get lucky but I think you are taking a real risk. -
Now that is amazing to me. I had no idea that it had been that long. I've had a cell phone for probably 20 years but I just started texting, reluctantly, a couple of years ago.
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I replied to your duplicate post in the other thread. I'll leave it there. We don't need another thread debating how great Steve Jobs was or wasn't.
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and once again you try to give Steve Jobs credit for yet one more thing that he wasn't the first to implement. The first App store was actually created by a company named SalesForce about year before Apple first did it. A kill was put on this thread because people got tired of seeing it at the top. This will be my last reply to it also. The entire thread is just full of information that is incorrect and easily refuted but to be honest, I don't think that anybody on this forum really cares.
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I agree that the maps work pretty well. The maps on the Blackberry are actually pretty good also. It's just that I have a bit of difficulty seeing them. My laptop is always mounted right beside me on a RAM mount in the company car. It's much easier for me to see the maps on the 17.3" laptop screen. My eyesight isn't what it once was. Especially since losing sight in my right eye. Some of the addresses don't even come up on Google, my GPS or my Streets program. I can often find something close though and then find crossroads and etc. to help me find what I'm looking for.
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Dennis, I don't know if you still have or ever had an Android but if so or for anybody else looking, you can use PDAnet. Yes, I heard that AT&T was warning and penalizing users but the new version supposedly hides the fact that you are tethering. I use it on my Blackberry and it works very well. I don't use much data because I basically just use it when I'm traveling and find myself in some remote area a and need to look up something like an address that my GPS or Microsoft Streets is hlaving difficulty finding. I can often enter the address and use Googe Maps to find them or find their website for more information. Sometimes I will check my email. Most of the time, I can find WiFi access somewhere. McDonald's, Starbucks, some Burger Kings...many places have free WiFi and all the hotels where I stay have WiFi or hard wired internet in the rooms. So tethering is not something I need a LOT...but when I need it...I really need it. For now, I'll just keep the Blackberry on my personal account for such times. I just have to think about what I will upgrade to at some point. http://junefabrics.com/android/index.php
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I know that this is going to really surprise you....but you and I are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one single issue. You may be correct...maybe Apple and the carriers huddled up and made that decision but the carriers didn't huddle up with LG, Motorola, Samsung or any of the other manufactures. The only issue is that Apple demands that you use ONLY software from their app store. They want complete control and from the reviews that I've read, some of those apps have caused some major problems so I really don't think that Apple does such a fantastic job vetting those programs. The many reviews that I've read are full of reports about some of those programs causing some major problems and crashes. Yes, they check them well for content but not necessarily for proper coding. Yes, it is the carriers who are greedy. I have data plans on the Iphone and on my Blackberry. I have an unlimited data plan on the Blackberry because it is grand fathered in. I'm not sure what plan the company bought for the Iphone. The fact that the carrier wants to charge you $20.00 or more per month for you to tether a phone to your computer should be illegal and I think that it eventually will be. As long as you don't exceed the data that you have contracted for, they should have no say as to whether you are doing it directly from the phone or tethered to a computer. You are already paying for the data. Apple is the ONLY one that doesn't allow you to install a program that allows you to get around that. I do agree with you that it's all about the money. The carriers want to rip us off by demanding more money to use something that we are already paying for. Apple is greedy as heck because they want a cut of any apps that a user buys and installs. Can you even start to imagine all the lawsuits if Microsoft demanded that only software downloaded from Microsoft.com could be run on a computer with Windows? Yes, I have heard of Cydia. My son used it to jailbreak his previous IPhone. They don't yet have a jailbreak for the Iphone 4s though. Hopefully it is coming soon. I'm going to replace the Blackberry in the near future but it likely will not be with another Iphone. If Cydia comes up with something, I may reconsider but at this point, it will likely be a Droid. There are some things that I like about the Iphone. Right now it is docked to my Bose Soundock, connected to my Wifi and streaming some good music from Pandora. I can also do that with my Blackberry. I can't dock it but I can connect it through the back of the Soundock to the auxiliary port. I'm sorry but so far, this Iphone has just driven me further away from being a fan of Apple. They control what software I can use, no micro SD card slot to expand the memory and some other things that I miss also. I'm sure that I will get used to it and may even come to really like it but so far..........it's just another phone.
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Well, I didn't power it up and activate it. It came to me pre-activated from my company. I understand what you are saying about it being the carriers that require the data plan, but it is APPLE who controls what programs are available through their app store. It is THEIR fault that I am unable to download and install PDANet on the Iphone. I'm sorry but I just don't get it. Apple, they used to be the "anti-establishment"...etc. They are the only one though that try to completely control what you can and can't download and install on their phone. Amazing. The phone is fine, I just really didn't need a big brother with it.
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Yes, but I can do that with pretty much any phone. I know that Apple has more apps but I really don't use a lot of apps and have always been able to find what I want for my other phones. One thing that I don't like about the Iphone is that they force you to go through their app store to get what you want. There is one app that I use a lot on the Blackberry that Apple will not allow in their app store so the only way to get it is to jailbreak the phone and then install it. That program is PDANet. It allows me to tether my Blackberry or an Android to my laptop to have an internet connection. Without it, you have to pay your carrier for that right. Verizon charges something like $20.00 extra per month if you want to tether a phone or turn on the "hotspot" feature of a phone. To me, that is a total ripoff. You are already paying for a data plan. Basically it is the same as if you were required by your ISP to pay extra money to use a docking station for your laptop at home. When I tether my Blackberry to my laptop, it's basically the same thing as if I were plugging my laptop into a larger monitor and external keyboard. I'm using the same amount of data as I would be otherwise, just utilizing a bigger screen and keyboard. Same thing with my phone. If I tether it, I'm using the same amount of data but just with a bigger screen and keyboard....but the cellular companies want too charge you extra for that feature. For that reason alone, there is a very good chance that I will not replace the Blackberry with an Iphone for my other line. If I do, I will have to jailbreak it so that I can use it the way I need to. All because Apple controls what I apps I can and can't download.
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We have an old Rebel 35MM but Eileen and Dylan both have Nikon Digital SLRs. I think that Eileen's is a 3500 and Dylans is a 7000. Dylan's was a good bit above the $500.00 mark but I think that Eileen's make have been in that area. They both really like the Nikons.
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Oh yea....very typical scam. Sorry it didn't work out but good that you recognized it for what it is.
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Well, when I got home yesterday the fancy new Iphone was here waiting. I didn't mess with it yesterday but this morning got my contacts all transferred, got the email set up and all that mess. So....this is what all the fuss is about huh? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........ I will probably get used to it but you know what....it's just another phone. My son was showing me all the cool features...pinch, expand, drag and blah blah blah blah.......... It's just another phone. At least when I open the dial pad, the buttons are a lot bigger than those tiny button on the Blackberry. That's a good thing. On the other hand...the Blackberry DID come with a nice leather case...I had to go buy one for the Iphone. I also still have one of my email addresses going to both phones just to see how they compare. I'm seeing that I get the emails on the Blackberry almost instantly but it takes usually 5 to 10 minutes before I get it on the Iphone. That's not a problem for me...just an observance.
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See post 14. I will try to figure out if there is a solution.
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Dano needs our prayers
Freebird replied to Freebird's topic in Inspirational, Motivational, Prayer Requests, Etc.
According to Dano, not only are the front forks bent but also the frame. -
I don't know of a dynamic solution for IE. IE spell is integrated into the forum software but it requires you to click on the little abc icon in the upper right of the editor. I'm not sure that it works correctly in IE 9 though. Even though I just installed it, it seems to work fromt the tools menu but not by clicking on the icon. It does work with a right click though.
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OK folks...I know it's winter and some of us are already going into parked motorcycle syndrome but some of the jokes over the last few weeks have started shifting slightly over the PG line. Please keep it clean.
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Probably "report post" would be the best way. That way it will go to all the moderators and whoever gets it first can handle it.
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I don't know if it is because of the shopping season or what but I am getting slammed with spammers trying to join the forum. I typically block about 4 or 5 a week but right now, I'm intercepting about 20 per day. They try to create bogus accounts, mostly using Gmail and a few Yahoo. I have a system in place that looks at several variables and automatically places suspect requests to join into a moderation hold. I then have to check them and determine if they are legit or spammers. It's not a bit deal but there are just a LOT lately. I hope that none slip through the cracks but if so, I will delete them as soon as I see them posting any trash. Please know that even if one slips through, they have no access to your email addresses or other personal information unless you have actually posted it. The members list and etc. are restricted to supporting members.
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I guess that this is just not going away. I had hoped that it would just fade away and everybody would just let it go. The link to the video that Charlie posted was blatantly political. The entire occupy wallstreet protests are political. How can you possibly separate it from politics? If any of you read the comments at the bottom of the video, they were nothing but vile attacks between the left and the right of the political spectrum. It wasn't just the video but the contents of the page where it was posted. I'm going to leave it at that. I'm sorry that not everybody always agrees with all the decisions that have to be made here and I won't say that we ALWAYS get it right but we do the best we can.
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Thanks. I'll likely do it the same as I do my Blackberry. I use the USB cord to my computer to charge it about 95% of the time. I have my computer beside me pretty much all the time. It is mounted on a RAM mount in my company Caravan so I can keep the phone plugged in as much as I need to.
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I really don't know what to say....I just felt that I needed a moment of silence after watching that.....and a Kleenex.