Kandaje

Greetings... Very Cool, Very Clever! Beats the heck out of my single tube, 1 board and gear oil contraption for looks and usability - Mine looks the same as the above!! but then, I can only turn 1 screw at a time...

Greetings... I found some black pleather "luggage" at the chinese Dollar store a while back that fit the 1st Gen saddle bags perfectly. Fills the entire box up to the cover when full. $3.50 - $4.00 each - Bonus Shoulder straps!! Also, my sister gave me one of those collapable shopping baskets with the aluminum handles a few Tamuz day's back...- It fit's perfectly on the rear luggage rack with a couple of bungies to hold it down. It also fits perfectly in the side bag when empty and will carry as many groceries as you can get in a hand carried basket at the supermarket...

Greetings... Or a couple of drops of Elmer's Moo Glue (the plain old white stuff that we all ate as kids...) around the swivel - would hold it tight and would be easily removeable if/when needed... I'd hit it first with some carb/brake cleaner to degrease it and remove any oils that might be providing unwanted lubrication...

Greetings... No doubt something like that, or she' not yet traded down. I have a homeless guy that's been working for me for almost a year now, he knows all the drunks and crazies. I'll ask him in the morning if he knows her...

Greetings... I'm a fan of pay-pal too.... If you do end up parting it out, I too would be interested in a number of parts: In particular order... Battery charge sensor thingy - the thingy that you stick into the top of the battery. Lower air scoop + mounting hardware. VR Emblem for top cover. Venture Emblems for side covers. Big Venture emblem on the front under the windshield, either the emblem or the entire piece of silvered plastic, if it fits on an 89. Passenger arm rests. The radio controls on the left deck panel. The entire CB, panel controls and all - I think mine is entirely fried. Or the entire audio system - as a complete unit if the price is right... The antenna and mount. Passenger audio control box. Though I too hate to see a working example parted out - we, 1st gen'ers unfortunately, have the need to resort to cannilbalism whenever possible... But yeah, as others have said, It's definately a buyers market. In the last two weeks, I watched sadly - as a complete set of both passenger armrests and backrest in excellent condition - sold for $25 - Sadly, I couldn't even scrape up that before the auction ended! Last year at this time - they would have went easily for over $300... People just don't have the money anymore...

Greetings... Went to Wally World yesterday. Was parking under the overhang between the Garden center and the part of the store where they park the shopping carts, where most of the cycle riders park. Backing in, there was a somewhat drunk middle aged woman with a scooter talking on her cell phone, wandering around. As I backed under the overhang to get in the shade, I caught a whiff of nasty sewage, looking down was an uncovered hole in the concrete right under where I'd parked. I commented about it to her, and procceeded to move over a bit so I wasn't directly over it. For some reason, this prompted her to move her little scooter too - she slowly backed it out (she had put it in - nose first) standing on the RIGHT side. I was still in the process of backing, preparing to shut down, when her center stand clipped the edge of a bench, put her off-balance, and down she went - slowly, dropping her scooter (to the left of course)- then slowly falling on top of it, as only a practiced drunk can, deftfully rolling over it backwards, heels over head. As she rolled over it, she muttered something like " sorry, I have a broken elbow" The little scooter exploded into a pile of plastic and metal parts!! It litterally disintegrated!! Completely out of proportion to the slow drop - The seat came off - apparently the main stowage - and cloths, drink bottles, basicly everything a woman would normall carry in her purse - all spilled out. Front wheel came off, instument panel seperated, mirrors, muffler, the chrome ring around the headlight, the headlight itself - everything!! I was stunned at the almost total destruction! I walked around trying to help her collect the carnage, and trying to help her piece it all back together - she wouldn't let me! Each time I'd hand her a piece, she'd grab it and growl like I was trying to steal it, then put it in the pile - and all the while she's trying to apologize and reassure me that she's "Not a weirdo" What can you say to that? - I thought it was downright scary! Like something you would see on some old BBC comedy program, only in real life!! The Benny Hill jingle started playing in my head!! When I got into the store, I had to pause and look back out - and all I could say was Whoa! The whole encounter was just so bizarre, weird and well into sureal territory. I was only in the store for about 10 minutes, and when I came out - she and her scooter, and all the parts were gone. I shudder to think that this is probably at least a daily occurance for her. That thing's going to kill her!

Greetings... My 89 has on occasion, popped out of 2nd gear under very heavy accel - The delaminating kind of accel... Maybe 3-4 times over the course of the last year. But I've always chocked it up to a bad/weak shift on my part. I bent my shifter lever last summer, and it's a little higher than it should be. It's always happened really quickly, never after getting a good long pull in 2nd... Maybe it's something that simple for you too?

Greetings... ....And then change your sparkplugs. If your fuel system is dirty, your plugs will definately get fouled as the Seafoam works it's magic. People often forget that step, and wonder why the Seafoam made it all worse...

Greetings... Happens all the time 'cept when I put too much in after a change... So far as I can tell, the only things that keeps it from happening is Not going to warp speed from a dead stop, or scraping the pegs in a turn. That's, of course, when you only fill the site glass to half... Solution: keep a quart handy and add a tad when the light comes on, until it stops coming on. That way you don't OVERfill and start blowing oil into your air filter - But of course, if you use an oily air filter (KM) anyway - then that's not such a really bad thing anyway, just means you'll have to change the plugs more often... All in all - It's Normal behavior, probably no worries...

Greetings... Definately ugly - But also definately practical. I'm a function over form kind of Guy.... Half full vs Half empty - If it really concerns you - you ain't drinking fast enough...

Greetings... Ebay Item 260419391088: I like it! It's not something I'd drive on the highway, any faster than 55, but for working it's a rather clever idea... Kind of a Grapes of Wrath kind of Trike - Should put a "Californi or Bust" sign on the back, big wooden chair with granny sitting on the back trailer, etc...

Greetings... In a moment of "Those who don't learn from history" department... Anyone remember the infamous Chinese - "Gang of Four" from the middle 70's? One can only hope that the kept-on upper Managment of Hummer will be treated with such dignity...

Greetings... Looks like some chinese farm equipment company - FishcalledWanda or something like that - wants the Hummer division of Guvment Motors...

Greetings... Then they'll get you coming and going - the filing fee for the 501-C3 alone would eat it up... I don't know that I'd want any Gov'ment motors car - don't the Gov'ment do everything by lowest bidder? Brakes by Gov'ment Motors - Obama-Brakes! WooHoo!! I wonder if they'll offer any cars in black? I've heard it said that black cars lead to Global warming... So I guess not only were my economics and history teachers incorrect - it seems so too, apparently, were my physics teachers...

Greetings... Ah yes, the new improved Kyoto Cafe protocols... I ran over a pencil today - I'm pretty sure it had at least enough carbon footprint to satisfy a family of 9...