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I too would suspect a head gasket problem. It really surprises me because it's the first I've heard of this on any of these bikes. There was an issue with the head bolts but I think that was on the '07 models, not the '08. The good news is that you should still be under warranty and it should be covered.
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Wizard must be copying them in a lower quality setting or something. I have about 3600 songs on my 16GB and it is full. So that would be about 900 on a 4GB.
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Yes, you can pick one up at Best Buy, Walmart, etc. If it is like the 665, you are not limited to 4GB though. I have a 16GB in mine.
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Yes, I would like to have it. I'll PM you my address. Thanks much.
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Sorry to hear of your loss. I'm glad to read though that amends were made and love expressed before it was too late. So many times, it is too late before people realize that though things may not have always been perfect, the love was always there.
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The trial membership is a one time thing and is for 60 days. Are you saying that you want to be notified 60 days ahead of time that your subscription is going to expire? I think that many would forget about it if it is that far ahead.
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You can download the .pdf versions here: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3384
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It wasn't the same. It was toned down a great deal.
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Who the heck do you think you are....insinuating that I'm that organized.
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I absolutely accept your apology and offer my own for any offense caused by my own words. Many of us are pretty stubborn and such disagreements will happen from time to time. That just happens where there are so many people with such varied backgrounds. -
I can easily change the time that the notification goes out. It is just at the default value now. Like I said, the only issue will be me remembering to do it each time when I upgrade the software, I may forget. So, what do most of you want? Two weeks, 30 days ?
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I will take a look at this. The problem is, the subscription code is programmed in by default. I'm sure that I can modify the code to add more time to the email notification but I'm trying to keep hard code changes to a minimum. Every time I have to upgrade the software here, all those changes are set back to default and I have to go through all the code and re-program all the changes that I had made. It takes a lot of time and I usually end up forgetting about some of them until it is mentioned again.
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Well, I have to say that this group has been very good about pitching in. Since I started putting the donation can out at lunch a couple of years ago, I think I have ever been out more than a couple hundred bucks and that's just pretty darn good. The fun of seeing old friends and making new ones is worth far more than that.
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I will just add this. The problem with connectors is not always due to dirt, oil, grease, etc. You may get them perfectly clean and they can still fail. These connectors have to be tight. A connector can simply get loose after all these years. It can be caused by being plugged and unplugged a lot of times, not usually the case with this particular one, but also due to the subtle vibrations over that amount of time, the thermal expansion and contraction of being heated and cooled probably thousands of time over the years, etc. In most cases, it is difficult to impossible to get down into them to squeeze the contacts or whatever to make them tight again. Even if you can, they have also lost the spring tension that they had when they were new and won't stay tight. While they may be just fine, there are many reasons why they may not be and all the cleaning in the world won't necessarily correct the problem if it does exist. If they DO get loose, you have a point of poor connection which again results in point of high resistance and that will cause it to heat up and fail.
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HEY....I don't mind doing it at all. I am offering to back out for EXACTLY the reason you stated. I don't want it to seem like I'm just out for the free labor. It IS nice though.
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It IS a big job, maybe TOO big to tackle for the day. It is something that I can do myself if I ever get off my lazy tale and get to it. I'm willing to do it but am certainly open to other and easier projects.
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I would never doubt the competence of your son-in-law, I don't know him at all. I will say that some of the "shade tree mechanics" here probably have far more experience on these bikes that he does. Some of these guys have been wrenching on these bikes since 1983 and have done some amazing things with the. I will also say that some of your "facts" are absolutely incorrect. I don't profess to be a an expert on motorcycle repair but I've studied and practiced electrical theory for about 35 years. I'm talking about complex industrial AC and DC circuits from low voltage to 13,000 volts. Some of your statements are just absolutely incorrect. First of all, it is typically NOT that a dirty connector will cause high amperage and cause it to burn up, it is the fact that the dirty or corroded contacts cause a point of high resistance which creates the heat. Secondly, connecting a larger gauge wire to a small gauge wire will NOT cause the amperage to go up. The system will draw the amount of current that is required and the amperage will be the same along any length of that wire. If you have, for example, a 10 gauge wire splice to a 14 gauge wire and the circuit is drawing 10 amps, those 10 amps will be present at ANY section of that circuit. It will NOT be higher as it travels through the 10 gauge wire and suddenly get bottle necked and be lower in the 14 gauge section. If you are pushing more amps than a wire can handle, then that section of the circuit would heat up and possibly burn but as long as you are not exceeding the maximum amperage of the smallest wire of the circuit, there will be no problems at all. There are literally millions of applications in the world where a larger cable is used as a main feed and them smaller wires feed off of it to supply various smaller loads. I'm glad that you deleted your original post because it was very insulting to one or more people who were just sincerely trying to help you. The fact is, there are a LOT of good folks here with a LOT of great knowledge but none of us are right all the time. If you post a question, you will likely get a number of different opinions and then you have to weigh the information and make the best decision based upon your own experience and expertise on the subject at hand. If you are going to get upset and angry anytime somebody suggests something that you might not agree with, you are NOT going to be very happy here.
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I don't think he has a website any longer but his contact information is in our links page here: http://www.venturerider.org/viewarticle.php?articleid=59 Here is a small picture but the only one I found. They used to run about $350.00 but I think somebody recently reported that they had gone up a bit.
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Well...I DO need to repack my steering head bearings. That is really a job though.
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I too had refrained from posting because I'm not 100% sure...but now that you have PUSHED it I'm going to say NO, it will not have a negative effect. I think it is Mark's Pipes that makes the SS collector and I don't think it has any ports like that.
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I know that Rick Butler has done the VMAX upgrade on a first gen and I think Dingy is doing one now. I had an '89 with the VMAX heads, Vboost, etc. I don't think that it will fit in the second gen frame though. I say this based completely on what I have been told, I don't know anybody who has actually tried it.
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So sorry to hear it. The news of a young person taking their own life probably breaks my heart about as much as anything. It is happening way too often. You will all be in our prayers.
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Here you go, I did find some price information. Some are a little less that I thought but still hefty enough. http://www.motorcycle.com/specs/indian.html
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Oh...they ARE more than HD. At least the standard HDs. I think the price I saw on the new Indian was somewhere around $35,000.00. I expect somebody to revive Henderson again one of these days.
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clutch flushing
Freebird replied to jteller1's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
No, he would not have had to. I don't remember what the manual says and don't have it in front of me. I'm thinking two years. A lot of folks consider it regular spring maintenance though. (not me, I don't do mine that often).
