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Squidley

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  1. Hey Folks, It has been brought to my attention about some of our conversations lately in the site. Let me 1st off say that it is our goal to keep this site PG rated, and the majority of the membership does a very good job at watching what we say on the forums. I'll be the 1st to admit that I am guilty of a few colorful metafors (sp?) so I am not without blame. There have been a few threads that push the boundries lately. We have many new members and perhaps it has slipped through the cracks that we are user friendly here. I know we try to keep it where kids can walk up behind us and we dont have to worry about what they are reading or seeing. I'm not saying to keep it like Teletubbies, we are all grown and we are bikers, many of us use colorful language at work. I'd like to state again for all of us to watch what we say on the forums. This is not directed at any one person, from time to time we let our hair down and sometimes we speak our minds. Thank you to all the members here, you do a great job of self policing yourselves and help keep us on the strait and narrow.
  2. Took the words right out of my mouth, I love that scene from the movie....wish there was a poster of it to hang in my garage. It reminds me of the David Mann artwork of the pony express rider alongside the biker in the southwest
  3. COOL BEANS!!!!!
  4. it looks like a redneck trike
  5. Let me personally see the body and then I might believe. In this day and age anything can be faked by video or pictures....I was born at night, but it wasn't last night
  6. Wayne, You should also put it up in our classified section here on the site
  7. To the right of the quote button in the posting is a "+" sign, click that 1st and then go to the 2nd post you want to add and click the quote button. If you want to do more quotes keep hitting the + button until you get to the last quote you want to add and then press the quote button....clear as mudd
  8. Yep...there going to help pick the next leader of the free world.....I wont even start
  9. You can put both on, but if you get them at the same time I would put on the spoiler 1st and then the rack. Keep the spoiler towards the back part of the trunk so your not cramping the area for the trunk rack
  10. You dont want to look at an oil gauge on the Ventures as Redneck said, it only runs a couple of lbs of oil pressure at an idle when warm. That will scare the hell out of you when you first see it
  11. As I recall I thought that I could make it out of some tubing and remove one of the sides. Let me check into it a little bit more and see if I can get a local 1st gen test bike and we'll see what we can come up with
  12. Charlie, DanO has the link to MAW, I have used them before for Progressive springs and have had good luck with them. The fronts are relatively inexpensive at about $60 for the set, they are pretty strait forward to change as I have done half a dozen or so. The rear progressive shock is much more expensive, but it doesn't have an air valve, you adjust it for how you ride and your weight. Now the scrader valves will be the hold up, I have used the ones off the 1200 cc Venture standards as they didn't have all the extras like CB and Radio and the CLASS system. My '86 just recently went to Louisiana as Kbran just bought it. If you get a hold of him he might be able to take some pics of where I mounted the schrader valves. The rear one I drilled a hole in the plate that holds the dampener knob and installed it right below it. The front one I installed in the plastic top cover just to the right of the handlebars. Wish I was a bit closer as it's not a real big deal if you have the right stuff. Let us know how you come along and you never know who might have some of the parts that your looking for. Check ebay and our classifieds
  13. Keith, Not at all my friend, I just cringe when I hear of folks putting the 880's on. Lonna and I survived a crash that technically should have killed us. The rear tire let loose at 75 mph and there is virtually no recovering from that, I did try though It wasn't a Metzler, but if a rear tire lets go similarly, it's very bad news. It's all about money, like everything else in the world. Metzler thinks that we are a bunch of morons by telling us of tire underinflated. Bottom like they are covering their behinds, I tell every rider I know about Metzlers. Not that my mouth is going to hurt their sales, but I would like to think that if the 1 right person hears about it that has a bit of power or leverage....something might be done.
  14. Mother made a bracket for his and when I had the '86 I was going to do the same. Perhaps I can see how hard it would be to make these and get them to members that would want to do it
  15. Have a safe trip and a great time
  16. You bought them from an ebayer named Hilliss right? He's a member here and I have seen him selling the complete sets
  17. Charlie, I feel your pain as I had problems with my 1st gens and that Class system. I know that many have said to resolder the joints, but sometimes thats a crap shoot. What I have found is if you open the flip door up and push the plug into the back of the controller it sometimes works. Many will tell you to keep trying to fix it, I'll tell you to bypass it and go with manual scrader valves and be done with it. Also too if you swap out to progressive springs front and rear, you wont have to worry about airing them ever again.
  18. Let us know when your in Detroit and hopefully we can hook up. Depending upon how many there are of your entorage, perhaps we can help with lodging too
  19. I have had them on my last 2 RSV's and just bought a set off bay and will be putting them on my '08. Wait to drill them until you have them on and have listened 1st. want louder drill the rear baffle plates, still louder then the front baffle plates. Even with both the baffle plates out it is not obnoxious, I have the mounting brackets on sale right now if you decide to go that route.
  20. All the best Russell...be safe.
  21. Modify a set of R/K mufflers on it like Mother and Dragon rider did
  22. Sorry Dan.....but you'll always be like the Clampetts, too late to undo that
  23. Only time will tell bud
  24. It'll work now Bob, I updated the listing to get it up in the pack.
  25. Just sent your PM back, we'll get it rolling and get you a set
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