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I'm still riding with my Bell helmet and the liner isn't removable so, given I sweat at a stoplight, the old brain bucket is getting bit pungent. Tried some carpet deodorant and some baking soda, neither helped much. Anybody found a product that works for this?

I've cleaned the outside of the location where the drive shaft housing and the final drive are bolted together several times. It gets a good dirty/greasy film on the outside. No drips and no apparent seapage from there at all so am wondering where that might be coming from? Any suggestions?

I find that my full face Bell works fine in the winter but get's awfully hot in the summer time. Anyone have either of these HJC helmets. Bike Bandit has the FS-3 on clearance sale, I really like the idea of running either a visor or a shield. That being said, I'm wanting to install a J&M headset in whatever I get with little to no cutting on anything on the inside. Also, how is the noise? Also might look at a Nolan N42/N43. Same kinds of questions.

Ditto Silver's prayer. Let us know how she is doing.

You'll recover fairly quickly. In the meantime, it might feel pretty crappy. I had my left knee scoped for meniscus and some cartliage on a Thursday morning in June of this year. Went for a walk on it Thursday afternoon. Got up Friday morning, felt great, got cleaned up and dressed to go to work. In the span of about 10 minutes it starting feeling like I'd shot it with a shotgun, wondered if I had done something to it. Was in pain the rest of Friday. Called the doc and he said that he shot it with local anisthetic at the end of the surgery which usually lasted 12-18 hours and that apparently it had worn off suddenly. Was in some pain still most of the day saturday but by saturday night it started feeling better. By Sunday I was getting around pretty good with a single crutch. Went to work on Monday with a pretty good limp but not much pain. Overall the pain kind of lasted about 5 weeks. Now, better but know that a replacement is in the future sometime. Trying to lose some weight to delay it as long as possible.

I would agree with Earl's comments. I've managed several design and build several sites and "microsites" for large Fortune 100 companies. In general, too much text, not enough color and graphics. People will go to specific pages that contain more text if they know and want to read longer descriptions. Just trying to help. Mitch

Folks, I'm in New Orleans downtown this evening. Looking for a family friendly local-flavor jazz restaurant that is reasonably priced. Any New Orleans folks on here who could guide us to a good local spot? We have a car so can drive somewhere here too. Thanks

We, as a society, are quickly losing the sense of right and wrong, of putting others first, ourselves last. We have adopted the morals and sense of animals in far too many ways. This event today is a worst case example. I see other examples every day, people walking down the middle of the street lanes in the parking lot without even caring they are holding others up. Nobody holds the door open for others anymore. When you do hold a door for others, no thank you, just a look of entitlement from them. We have gone from "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country (and other members of that society)" into just the opposite. "It is all about me, not about you". It sincerely makes me sad, and occasionally (as in the situation today), angry. Here is a poem written about the direction of the devolving nature of our post-modern culture... Creed by Steve Turner We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin We believe everything is OK as long as you don't hurt anyone to the best of your definition of hurt, and to the best of your knowledge. We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage. We believe in the therapy of sin. We believe that adultery is fun. We believe that sodomy’s OK. We believe that taboos are taboo. We believe that everything's getting better despite evidence to the contrary. The evidence must be investigated And you can prove anything with evidence. We believe there's something in horoscopes UFO's and bent spoons. Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammed, and ourselves. He was a good moral teacher though we think His good morals were bad. We believe that all religions are basically the same- at least the one that we read about was. They all believe in love and goodness. They only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation. We believe that after death comes the Nothing Because when you ask the dead what happens they say nothing. If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its compulsory heaven for all excepting perhaps Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn We believe in Masters and Johnson What's selected is average. What's average is normal. What's normal is good. We believe in total disarmament. We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed. Americans should beat their guns into tractors . And the Enemies would be sure to follow. We believe that man is essentially good. It's only his behavior that lets him down. This is the fault of society. Society is the fault of conditions. Conditions are the fault of society. We believe that each man must find the truth that is right for him. Reality will adapt accordingly. The universe will readjust. History will alter. We believe that there is no absolute truth excepting the truth that there is no absolute truth. We believe in the rejection of creeds, And the flowering of individual thought. If Chance be the Father of all flesh, disaster is his rainbow in the sky and when you hear State of Emergency! Sniper Kills Ten! Troops on Rampage! Youths go Looting! Bomb Blasts School! It is but the sound of man worshipping his maker.

Thanks guys. I've got some hi-performance Champion chain "wax" left over from my first ride that I'll try first. Then the lithium since I've got some of it too. Finally, I'll try the synt because it will require a purchase. Thanks for the feedback.

It's great that you were as prepared...saved you from a lot more pain for certain. You always imagine in your head that in an accident, you will do this or that, but reality comes much more quickly than you have time to think. I had a wreck on my bicycle earlier this summer while not wearing any protective gear and had injuries very similar to yours. Take that and add the speed of the motorcycle and these things happen so quickly the only thing you have time and presence of mind to do is to utter your favorite swear word as you are going down and to wonder how badly it is going to hurt and hope the gear is padded in the right spots. Our neighbor and good friend is a nurse and (I'm sure you've all heard this before) she says the medical profession calls them "donorcycles". She also said that national organ donation month is in April specifically because of motorcyclists getting out on the roads in the spring, not prepared, and the roads having a lot of winter sand/salt still on them and the resulting fatal accidents. Best piece of advice I received when I started riding again, many years removed from riding as a teenager out on the farm, jumping terraces and having fun, was when you ride out on the street, to remember 3 things: 1) You are invisible 2) You are made of glass when you are on the bike (this is where the gear helps!) 3) Everyone is trying to kill you. Best wishes and heal quickly!

yep...I guess that's kind of a "duh" on my part. I can calculate the correlation coefficient between multiple indenpendent and dependent variables in order to maximize revenue and/or profit but subtracting 03 from 08 just didn't yield 5 years in my little pea brain Man, when you are over the hill, time picks up speed doesn't it? 03 was just a couple of years ago, wasn't it?

Hey guys...the Gen 2 I just bought is a 03 with about 57K on it. Is it covered under a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty? If so, I'm stopping by the local dealership on the way home tonight.

I've noticed that my front brake lever kind of "catches" as you pull on it, not a smooth pull. Seems to be due to it rubbing on the actuator/plunger in the master cylinder and not having lubrication there. It appears that there is a slight depression or cupping in the actuator where the lever makes contact. I sprayed some dry lube on it and it smoothed out for a couple of days but is back to catching in increments again. Is this normal and what do you guys use to lubricate that contact point?

Up until this year, 45 was pretty much the limit on my pain threshold but got some nice insulated roadgear riding pants and a Nitro insulated riding coat this summer. Just sold my Honda ST1100 and bought an RSV and rode it to work wearing the new gear last week, 34 F at my house when I left. Got to work and I was sweating in that gear. I'm guessing I could ride down to 10-15 comfortably now. I'm going to at least try it this winter assuming the roads are clear and free.

Not much color here in eastern Kansas this year. Funny too cause it seemed to be a perfect summer (from what I've heard in the past) for trees to develop the sugars needed, cool summer, plenty of rain. Just rode to the little town of Baldwin, Ks. today for the "Maple Leaf Festival". The town and surrounding area filled with sugar maples, normally brilliant, this year just starting to turn brown. Oh well, beautiful day for a ride with my wife anyway, clear sunny sky, about 55 on the way out, 65 on the way back.