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Well...I couldn't stop myself. I went and looked anyway. Sheeeeesh.......I want to undo my look.

I agree that the advances are amazing and yet there is still so much that they can't do much of anything for. There are new things coming all the time though so there is always hope. I just don't think I can click on your link right now. I saw more than I wanted to in person yesterday. I will look at it later though.

I don't know that I'm a bigger man. I handled it all pretty well I thought. I didn't jump..didn't scream out like I wanted to...etc. They got done and I walked out to where Eileen was waiting for me in the waiting room. Went through the check out procedure and then walked a good distance to the car. I told Eileen that she was going to have to drive because I couldn't see anything at that point. Got in the car and we left. About a quarter mile down the road, I put my seat back, broke into a cold sweat and told Eileen to not worry about me but I thought I was going to pass out. I came to some time later and told her that I thought I had indeed blacked out and she said "yes you did...please don't do that again". So I didn't. I don't know if it was from the pain, a psychological reaction or what. We got home and I got into the house. Eileen had to go to the drug store to get some prescriptions filled for me. My instructions were to go straight to bed. BUT...since she had to go to the drug store, it gave me time to make the couple of changes that I needed to make to the website here and then be in bed by the time she returned. HA.....I fooled her AGAIN.

It's been a long time since I've posted an update on my health situation here. Not that I've been trying to hide anything but there just hasn't been much to report since the surgery and radiation a year ago. I've been back to Boston twice for follow-up visits and have been told each time that the tumor is shrinking and things look like they are supposed to at this point. That all changed last Friday. I had been in Evansville, IN all week and was having no problems. When I woke up on Friday morning, my eye was a little red and it felt like I had an eyelash or something in it. I also had a slight headache at that time. I really thought that I had somehow gotten something in my eye during the night and it would be better in a day or two. Went through the weekend thinking at times that it was getting better but at other times, feeling that it was getting worse. Headaches had gotten very bad and I was taking Tylenol to address it. Woke up on Monday morning and got ready to head out to Michigan for the week. Stopped by the post office on my way out and by the time I was finished there, my head was throbbing, eye was very red and hurting like heck and I knew that I was NOT going to make it to Michigan. Went back home and called my local eye doctor. She got me in around noon and did not like what she saw. She says that the pressure was slightly high and was causing my headaches but also a lot of blood vessels growing in the eye where there should not be any. She immediately got me an appointment at the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. The appointment was for Wednesday but she was so worried about the pressure that she had me come back to her on Tuesday so that she could make sure it hadn't gotten too much higher. So, went to the Cole Eye Institute yesterday for what turned out to be a four hour ordeal. A LOT of tests to determine that I have now developed Neovascular Glaucoma in the eye that I had the radiation treatment done on. Turns out that about 16% of the people who have this radiation treatment will develop Neovascular Glaucoma. I'm one of those lucky few. The visit went downhill from that point. I have never been too crazy about shots but I had a total of 4 needles put in my eye yesterday. The worse was the very first one...the "numbing" shot. That one was followed by an injection of some chemical that is supposed to neutralize the natural chemical in the eye that is causing the blood vessels to grow. That injection resulted in my eye pressure going from about 20 to about 74 and another massive headache. Simple to remedy that. All they had to do was insert another needle into my eye and draw off some of the fluid. Once couldn't be enough though so they had to do it a second time. The worse part is that they tell you that you absolutely must be still and NOT jump. I dare any of you to try and NOT jump when they stick a needle in your eye. They told me that it really wouldn't hurt much...I call BS on that. So, these were all temporary procedures to address the immediate pressure, inflammation and pain. Next week I go back to see a Glaucoma specialist to find out what the next steps are but it will almost certainly involve more surgery. The goal now is to address the Glaucoma while hopefully saving the eye but I was told that removing the eye may be the only option either now or in the future. Finally made it home yesterday evening and I tell you, my eyes were so dilated that I couldn't even stand to look at the screen of this laptop. I needed to add Snarley's rally to the countdown page and add the Ladyrider's shirts to the merchandise section and it was all I could do to get those two little things done. Never thought I would need sunglasses to work on the website. Anyway, that's been my week and the reason that I haven't been posting very much. Things WILL get better. It's just another little bump in the road.

OK..they are in the VentureRider Merchandise section. Great job Tom.

I'll take a look at it. The problem is, the list is already too wide when converted to an excel file or .pdf file. I have a very difficult time already getting each entry on one line so that the printout isn't too many pages.

Email is: support@colorrite.com Website is: http://www.colorrite.com/

I've heard several people say this. I don't understand it at all. I upgraded the 550 that I sold to Ponch with the 2010 maps and did NOT have to use my card at all. All you have to do is delete all the junk that you don't need, such as a LOT of languages and etc. I just kept 3 or 4 of the English voices and only the English language. Deleted all the other voices and language files and the 2010 maps loaded fine.

The 550 comes with everything to need to mount in in your car and on your bike. Two separate mounts. The bike mount that it comes with uses a U-Bolt setup with a Ram mount. The bike mount does not use a plug to plug into the accessory port but has a harness that wires directly to your battery or a hot wire that you choose. I suppose you could use the car mount temporarily until you get the bike mount wired. Not only is the 660 out but also the 665. The biggest difference is that the 665 comes with the XM radio receiver. Probably some other minor differences also but that is the main one. The 550 does not come with the XM receiver but it is available as an add-on. I don't know if they will be discontinuing the 550 or not.

No problem. Thanks for letting me know. I don't use it so don't know of any issues unless it's reported here.

OK...I just downloaded and installed the latest version. Let me know if it's working and if you still get that message.

Yes, if you select "yes" to VRAssistance then the info is taking from whatever you provide there.

Yes, that could be done. I'll do it the next time I update the list which probably should be pretty soon.

The current list was updated in February of 2010. It is up to the members though to update their information. I usually post NUMEROUS times over a period of a few weeks before publishing the new list but that is still no guarantee that it is 100% accurate.

I don't have a Droid so don't know what apps are available for it. I would think though that there would be an app that would display either .pdf or Excel documents. The Excel document could be converted to a .csv file also. Surely that have something that would work with one of those formats.

I am moving your question to the second gen tech talk area. You will get more responses there. Looks like you are riding an '09 RSV. Is that correct?

Sorry about that. Please try again. It should work now.

In the upper menu bar is a link named "Links". It's a page that just seldom gets used. Any member can post a link in that section. It is the perfect place to list such salvage yards and I just created a special category right at the top of it for Salvage Yards and Used Part sources.

I don't think I have EVER found the best price at Bikebandit. They have a good site and it's easy to look up parts but they just don't have the greatest prices.

is not.....it's like air, doesn't seem that important unless you aren't getting any.

Same here...did it for 12 years. Lignite plant, two 500 MW units and a 750 MW unit. Really don't miss it much.

They are a bit hard to come by. Every once in a while, you will find one on Ebay. Also, Pinwall sometimes has a couple but I just looked and they don't have any listed right now. The good news is that the right side is usually easier to find than the left for some reason.

I only got 24 out of 35 on the taillights. Missed most of the exotics.

Well I did find the info on the Yamaha Canada site under last years models. Here is the link: http://www.yamaha-motor.ca/products/products.php?model=2997&section=ft&group=M#contentTop and it says: 1,294cc, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 4-valve, V-4 engine is tuned to produce class-leading power - 98hp @ 6,000 rpm and maximum torque of 89 ft-lb @ 4,750 rpm - for incomparable touring performance.

I think they are full of it. According to the USA website and the Canada website, the Venture is rated almost exactly the same. The only difference is that they list 97 HP on the USA site and 98 HP on the Canada site. Probably a US to Metric conversion difference. The USA site lists the RSTD exactly the same as the Venture. The Canadian site doesn't list the RSTD at all but you can bet that it's the same also. Torque on all three is listed exactly the same at the same RPMs.