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  1. The board does allow embedded video. There is even a forum named "videos" dedicated to them. I'm not sure what all you are doing but all you have to do is go to the video, copy the URL from your browser and paste it into your post. I have software installed here that does the rest.
  2. I give up....the first liar doesn't stand a chance around here.
  3. Yep, I believe it. Having been born and raised in Texas, I've seen summers there when it was so dry that the catfish had ticks.
  4. If it was repaired properly, it may be OK. I agree that it really does hurt the price but it sounds like he has it priced a good bit lower than KBB already. I just checked and a 2008 Ranger with no additions, just the regular cab, 4 cylinder and 5 speed..NO options added, comes out to $9,065.00 in good condition. So if it is a fairly basic truck, he is getting close to 1/3 off that price already. I think that is still a little high for a truck with a salvage title but I don't know how it is equipped either. If I was 100% confident that it was repaired properly. Frame is straight and not TOO much mud was used to repair it, I would want to buy it at no more than 2/3 of the KBB price and to be honest, I would rather get it closer to 50%. I had a friend in Texas who was in the rebuild business. I've owned 3 or 4 vehicles that he rebuilt and they had salvage titles. I always bought them cheap enough that I got my money out of them after driving them for a year and even made money on them a couple of times. It is a risk though and even though he was good at what he did, they weren't always as good as they looked.
  5. BUT...that won't keep people from printing them. To be honest, I don't think there is a sure fire way to keep people from printing anything on the screen. You can disable right click and etc. but there are just too many ways to do a screen capture that would defeat anything you try to do.
  6. I've never used it. I installed it at the request of some of our members. The way I understand it is that it reformats the site to make it fit better and be easier to read on smaller screens such as used on phones.
  7. OK....I THINK I just made a change so that Tapatalk will still work but you shouldn't get the annoying popups letting you know that it's available. You may have to clear your cookies for the change to take effect.
  8. All the same suggestions that I was about to make. Remember, the volume is separate for the CB and the Audio system. I would start by turning OFF the CB or adjusting the squelch all the way up to 20. You can turn the CB completely off by simply holding the CB button in for a few seconds.
  9. Please understand that it's NOT that I am in love with Microsoft, it's just that for me, computers running Windows software do everything that I need them to do at MUCH less money than anything from Apple. Most of that article is about tablets and phones and I honestly have no passion for either of those things. If Microsoft was to go out of business tomorrow and I HAD to buy an Apple, it wouldn't be a big deal to me. I just don't have the need to do so at this time.
  10. The 1986-1993 Venture is sometimes referred to as the MKII.
  11. I don't see where any posts have been deleted. I'm close to deleting the entire thread though. It has gotten petty and silly.
  12. I agree. On a 2010, I would make the dealer take care of it. To answer your question though, you have to unbolt the speaker pods from inside the trunk. Then you remove that screw that you can see and you also have to peel off the black rubber pads and there is a screw under them also. When I replace my speakers, I was able to put them back on using the same double sided tape that were already on them.
  13. A LOT of styles here, including the military bells. http://www.guardianbell.com/bells.php
  14. There is a very good chance that is the problem. I know of several that this has happened to. There is a place, I think on the left side, that is almost like a pair of scissors. A small area that the wires can fall into and then get pinched or cut.
  15. It may just be a coincidence that they haven't blown again with the lights off. Did you check the wires from the passing lamps where they cross the upper triple tree of the forks? I've seen SEVERAL cases where the wires get pinched when they are too far to the side and get smashed when the forks are turned.
  16. OK...I just did a search and it appears that there are some electric solutions now but they are expensive. LG makes one that is designed to replace a 40 gallon electric tank heater but it is almost $600.00.
  17. Everybody note that he said it is an electric heater. There may be some now because I haven't looked in a few years but the last time I was looking, there weren't any tankless electric water heaters available.
  18. Great pictures. Looks like a beautiful place.
  19. Please join me in welcoming Talisman Motorcycle Luggage as our newest supporting vendor. I have posted all the relevant information in the "vendors who offer us discounts" forum. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=62106 You will sometimes see his banner at the top of our page.
  20. You can upload images up to 640 x 480 so long as they are under 300,000 bytes.
  21. Freebird

    Keys

    I think your dealer is wrong. I bought a '99 shortly after they came out. I bought it brand new in April of 1999. One key operated everything.
  22. Freebird

    Keys

    On my '99 and my previous '99 ONE key worked everything. That's the way it should be. I think that anybody who has a bike that requires more than one key, has a bike that something has been changed on.
  23. Freebird

    Keys

    If I just had to, I could deal with the ignition being keyed different than the trunk and bags. In that case, you can still get by with one key. The keys are double sided. All you need to do is get a new blank and have one side cut for the ignition and the other side cut for the luggage and gas cap. Then just mark it so that you know which side is for the ignition. He is saying that he needs THREE keys though. That is absolutely unacceptable. Either the bike was damaged or there were a combination of parts taken off it and then replaced. Either way, it's just not right and I wouldn't accept it on a new bike.
  24. Freebird

    Keys

    I would absolutely not accept that on a new bike. There are two possibilities. The bike was damaged and repaired. If that is the case, they are required by law to disclose the damage. The other possibility is that they stole parts off it to repair another bike and then put new parts on the one that you bought. Either way, you did NOT get a NEW bike as it came from the factory and I would be furious and doing whatever legally possible to get the issue resolved.
  25. Yea, it may have been fine but I figured I would be better off just ordering the right motor for it. I'm sure I bought it cheaper anyway.
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