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  1. Squidley
    Ah yes...the 1st ride of the year, right at the point where your ready to chew someones head off for nothing, I do love that 1st ride of the season
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    Congrats on making it, I tried my own business once, I'm a much better welder/fabricator than I am a businessman
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    Looks real good there Dennis
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    Hard to say Lutz, our economy has been beat to hell so bad that several other unknown factors could be the demise of this place. I agree with your thinking in that he should have atleast some trickle business, but unfortunately we dont have all the facts. He could just be relocating his business out of MB to make a statement to the citizens and the City Council in hopes that others get mad and demand some better thinking
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    Good to see you back on here Kiddo, and a ride on the bike really clears the head out too Looking forward to seeing you again, hopefully at PIP4
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    I have bought the 1st gen ones at Autozone, about $5
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    Holy Hell Kid where have you been!!
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    I agree with Lutz 100% I had the same thing happen and the inside of the master cylinder was clogged. I have also seen the freeplay in the petal too cause this, those are the most likely culprits.
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    Jeff, When you remove the tire to install the new one, clean the hell out of the beading surface of the rim. The aluminum has a clearcoat that over time will deteriorate, especially with you being as close to salt water as you are. I have seen this many times on auto rims and all that I had to do was clean the bead with some scotch brite and put some bead sealer on the rim after the tire was installed but not seated on. That should take care of any bead leaks that you encounter and if you want you can still put the Ride-on in for peace of mind.
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    Thanks for the info Steve, I have a feeling that many of those items are gone already. BTW your going to LOVE Larry's lift adapter
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    Mark, I'm somewhat ignorant on all the techy stuff as far as audio and all the Doo-dads (I got to say it too ) that are available these days. I dont know if you have already looked, but Crutchfield is a very reputable company that sells high quality electronics. You might want to check them out and see what they have to offer. http://www.crutchfield.com/S-4PCcaROg5Bz/
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    I have to disagree Lutz, there are many businesses that revolve around specific events, some being rallys. I know of many here in Michigan that 1 or 2 events form the base of their yearly exsistance. When tourism is bad these folks starve and I could absolutely see that shop folding due to nobody showing up at Myrtle Beach for the bike week that used to be there. Problem is this is just 1 small business that has been brought to our attention. There are Hundreds of thousands of small businesses in the United States that are failing or going to because of VERY bad governing from the federal all the way down to the local community level
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    Dan, Have you just thought about buying the ring and pinion gear and installing them in your pig? That or the Sportmax that does the swap, sometimes it's easier to pay the money and have a finished product that you can just bolt in
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    Well this one now since July 5th of last year, bought it with 1 mile on it and have 9400 now
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    yup yup

    Squidley replied to PITBULL's topic in Watering Hole

    You know I was thinking of you and Mom just a few days ago Bull. Good to hear that your doing well and the move to Florida is on. It's always good to see you on here and I do have the viking on my bookmarks. You folks be safe and we look forward to catching up with you 2 again soon
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    As long as your both happy thats all that counts
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    You could, but I usually dont hear of folks doing that. Anything that is in tap water wont do any damage to the inside metals as thats what the corrosion inhibitors are for in antifreeze
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    Sounds good to me
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    I helped Dray install one of his Vstar, he loves it. Also Carbon One has used them before and installed them on Suzuki Volusia's with no problems....I'd say go for it
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    Excellent advise with this post, always back a clicker off. I have a 3/8" snapon clicker that goes up to 100 ft lbs and that does pretty much everything on the bikes. I would absolutely suggest you get at least 1 and if you can afford to get a 3/8" and a 1/2" then do it, they are a great investment
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    No problem Mike, glad to help I have heard it's somewhat compatable, but I haven't researched it for all the facts. For all the driving in all kinds of weather conditions, the Valvoline I have been using is top notch.
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    She's not the only one that calls you that And I have seen you look like that on several morning afters
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    Your not the 1st one to do this and jlh3rd is correct on the torque, it isn't much. Go to the dealer and order new bolts for it, as mentioned they stretch and even though I have used the old ones in the past, as long as you have to get one, get them all. They are less than a grade 5 bolt and just FWIW all standard bolts have a maximum torque value that they can withstand according to their diameter size. Sometimes we tend to want to torque the hell out of a bolt when it isn't necessary If you have doubt's about your torque wrench then absolutely get a new one or take yours in to be recalibrated (if it's a click type) No worries you didn't hurt anything besides the bolt and I would imagine that a shop should have some bolts on hand.
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    Fred Vogt here on the site has run a C/T on the front of his trikes for many years. Shoot him a PM and I know he'll have lots of good advise to give you, he's in Nevada.
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    Mike, Use a good quality anti freeze Prestone, Peak ect.... and use ONLY brake fluid that is either DOT 3 or 4, NO DOT 5! here is a pic of what I use in my bikes that I have to change fluid on.
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