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I've never ridden one. I sat on one and was amazed at how well balanced they are. You can pretty much raise it from the side stand with your fingertips. I would like to ride one someday and suspect that they handle great but the looks just do nothing for me. That's just my preference though. I just love the cruiser styling of the RSV.
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Submitted by Saddlebum. Proper use of steering head wrench with torque wrench By the way everyone for some of you who may not be aware of this, There is a small issue you need to keep in mind when using this tool with a torque wrench. If you mount the tool on on a torque wrench at a 90 degree angle to the torque wrench . You may set the torque wrench to the exact torque spec. If you mount it at a 45 DEG. angle or straiaght in line. You have to do a small calculation to compansate for the additional length. In otherwords you set your torque wrench at a lower setting to compensate for the added length. Here are two links that will do the calculation for you as well as explain it. The second link actually gives you a pic of the torgue wrench setup. you simply fill in the boxes and it will tell you what set your torque wrench at in order to reach the desired torque. https://belknaptools.com/extensions-calculator/
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Something about you having my back must makes me VERY nervous.
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Finally something that you and I can agree on. Yes, you are FUNNY. Don't let it go to your head though...remember...looks aren't everything.
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Your wall outlets are 120 volts...or 115 or thereabouts. I think you probably had a transformer that plugged into your wall outlet to convert the voltage to 12V DC. It should tell on the transformer what the input and output voltage is. There is a very good chance that the output voltage of the transformer is 12V and that is the voltage being supplied to the LEDs. If so, you won't use the transformer on the bike. Just cut it off and then wire the lights to the 12V of the bike's battery...through a fuse of course. If you get the polarity wrong, they just won't work. Reverse the wires and it should be fine.
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If they are 12 Volt, just plug them in and you should be good to go. They will draw the current that they need. Just be sure that they are 12 Volt. Most are but not all. Polarity is important though.
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You will be in our thoughts and prayers Jay. I hope that you are soon pain free and enjoying life again.
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Here is an article about it. Maybe we can still talk about Ethanol without turning it into a political debate. We'll see. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F11%2F29%2FED8F1GIVH6.DTL
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No only did he admit that it makes no sense, he went so far as to say that it NEVER made sense. He said that he only pushed it because he needed the farmers votes. Now I'll probably end up having to delete my own post and others when this turns political.... dang....I hate it when I have to censor me.....
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You have an unusual dealer. Most reports are between 125.00 and 150.00
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We are glad that you are. Too many people having hard times right now. We're keeping you in our prayers.
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The posts that were turning this into yet another gun debate have been deleted. Please don't start them again.
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Just send Rick a PM or an email. I'm sure that he still has them but probably didn't remember to renew the ad.
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Folks, I just sent out an urgent email to all our members. It is a request that I seldom make any longer because I felt that we were asking too often. This is a real need though for a wonderful person who has also been one to help others. Now she needs us and I hope that we can be there for her. If you do not get the email and want to know more, please let me know. The posts of this thread have now been deleted and the thread closed. This was done for privacy reasons. You folks stepped up to the plate and I don't even have the words to express my gratitude for all that you do. If anybody was planning to help and just hadn't done so yet and need info as to how, please send me a private message.
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That's not ALWAYS true Condor. Some websites have direct linking disabled because it does use their bandwidth. It will sometimes work but not always and really isn't a good practice because when that other website eventually removes the picture, it goes away here also. I had that problem with a couple of tech articles. The folks who submitted them had saved the photos in their photobucket accounts. They eventually deleted them from photobucket and suddenly the tech articles became useless here.
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Yes, that was my first concern and I am keeping an eye on her. I would never give any dog turkey or chicken bones.
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I also agree with the hub bearings. I recently placed both sides on my son's Taurus and they were making the same noise that you describe. The ones on his car came as complete hub assemblies. Kind of a pain to do but no special tools were needed. hmmm.....well....come to think of it, I did have to buy a large socket for the nut. I think that was about $17.00 and the hub assemblies at Autozone were around $50.00 each.
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You can't just copy and paste the entire article and expect the pictures to show up. You have to either save the picture to your computer and then upload it as an attachment or use the "Insert Image" icon in the menu bar (yellow square with what looks like a mountain in it) if you are posting an image "inline" that is linked from somewhere else. In my opinion, the best way is to save it to your computer and upload it as an attachment. Inserting the link to the image works find and allows you to insert the image directly into your post but you have no control over that image. If it is removed from that site at a later time, the image will turn into the red "x" again. In addition to that, some sites really HATE it when you link to their images. It means that anytime somebody views the thread hear, we are using bandwidth from their site that they are paying for.
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I didn't remember but did a search and found this posted by Ruffy. If you go to a larger auto parts store, there is an aisle that contains carded auto parts called HELP! Its usually packed in a carded red sealed package. The HELP! section carries small and hard to find OEM parts. Look for 5/8" water pump and/or heater hose caps. Those caps are used to block off those particular orfices. The outside diameter is 3/4 and fits perfectly inside the AIS hose. I had to "lube" the cap with liquid soap to get it to fit inside the hose.
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Does ANYBODY here REALLY think that Ms. Janet would be using Gmail for her email service?
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Jason Mod question - help please
Freebird replied to shikano53's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
You can just let them hang...it won't hurt anything. Most here agree though that the Jason Mod is pretty much a waste of time. -
Yea, I'm sure that if she could talk...it would be a story very similar to that. The thing is, she refused to even look guilty. She seemed quite content and pleased with herself.
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Sorry, I don't know anything about those specific mufflers. At one time I had Samson's on my '99 with the turnout tips. They were VERY loud. They used a permanent baffle that was really nothing more than a steel screen. No packing of any kind and the baffle was not removable to be packed. The ones you are looking at may be different though. Just looked them up online and they appear to be similar to what I had just with different ends. The Fishtails may have a different sound but I'm thinking they are still going to be loud. One-piece, 3 in. diameter mufflers feature free flowing, low restriction, non-removable baffles, high quality chrome plating and heavy-duty slotted channel brackets. The non-removable baffles tells me that they are indeed going to the the permanent steel baffles and will be loud.
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For Thanksgiving day, we usually cook a Amish raised turkey of about 20 pounds. When Eileen went to get the turkey this year, they were sold out of the larger birds so she bought two 12 pounders. We decided to cook one in the oven and that I would deep fry the other. They both looked very good but we didn't have that many people for Thanksgiving dinner so put the one that I fried on the table and that ended up being enough. It was completely gone but we never cut the second one. Yesterday was going to be a day of relaxation and then leftovers which I actually enjoy more than the actual Thanksgiving day dinner. Eileen got the second turkey out and set it on the counter. About thirty minutes later, I came down from the bedroom where I had been watching a movie with the intentions of carving the turkey and preparing a big plate of turkey, dressing, all the trimmings. NOTHING BUT FOIL on the counter. The turkey was GONE. The only thing left was a piece of foil on the counter, a piece of foil on the floor and a very content looking 80 lb. dog laying in on the rug and wagging her tail. She is usually very well behave and had NEVER gotten anything off the counter before but I guess a large roasted turkey was just more than she could resist. We have a doggy door and I'm sure that she took it outside to eat because there was no mess at all on the floor. No grease, no juice, nothing. She cleaned up after herself very well. So if one of you could send me just a single turkey sandwich...I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a turkey burger today.
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I agree. There are some people who really feel that they work but these things have been tested many times and the results have always been the same, they do NOTHING to protect you.
