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    Thank you for coming on and updating us, we will continue to keep y'all in mind. The outlook seems promising as he's getting better, we will keep looking for good news from you. Take care of yourselves and just take it 1 day at a time. Dont overwhelm yourself and just breathe, it sounds to me like Justin wants to continue being here...all the best:thumbsup2:
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    All the best to your son, his youth will be greatest strength. We will be talking with the man upstairs.
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    Thats what Yamaha claims happened to Zipcodes bike, and it threw the rod right out the side of the block. I would tend to agree with Carl, it more than likely will have some rod damage because that force is going somewhere.
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    Your quickly becoming a go to technical guy here, hope you had a great Birthday Buddy
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    David's bike, as far as I remember did not have either. It was the stock links, his bike wasn't lowered to the best of my knowledge and he was a bit short to have leveling links on it. Just looking at those pics it is Ponch's bike, I can tell by the trunk and the badges on it. Funny that it has taken a year and a half to see it being parted out :-(
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    I worked on a MKII probaly 5 or 6 years ago when I lived in Michigan that had a similar deal. It turned out that the output shaft, where the fwd u joint connected on to was broken. The spring in the driveshaft kept it pushed fwd and it would still engage, but would make a hell of a racket and buck when rolling the power on. It's located inside the rubber boot at the fwd part of the shaft on the swingarm where the driveshaft goes through. Might want to check that, I haven't heard of many MKII transmissions jumping out of gear, just the MKi's with the 2nd gear issue...
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    All the best to you Annie, get it squared away and then bring your butt over here and ride yourself into therapy
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    I rarely get sick, in the past 10 years I can count them on 1 hand. This year I have been sick 3 times, for almost 2 months strait through November and December. It has been a very bad year for all sorts of nasty stuff. Pharyngitis, Strep Throat, and upper respiratory have been the 3 thing that got me this season so far Hope you feel better soon my friend
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    The sidewall is what really doing the majority of the work when your running full pressures. Underinflation will do the damage on the inside of the tire, where nobody see's it. I know where your going with the max pressure and that of the truck. Many people don't know how much weight they are carrying. I tell folks this to keep a margin of error, besides people that understand how tires work, who religiously checks their tire pressures? A truck is a perfect example, guys think "it's a truck, it's meant to haul weight" thats true, but just about every 1/2 ton truck has P (passenger) rated tires and not LT (light truck) dump a load of stone or a bunch of lumber in the back and that tire is in trouble if it's not at max air pressure. If you understand how tires work, you can figure out your perfect pressure, but I know I dont (read not going to) have the time to play with that. I rotate the tires at about 6K and keep them right up at max. I get reasonable wear and I'm not concerned with a tire being underinflated should I load the truck up with gear or folks or both and pull a trailer. It's just easier for me to do it like this and forget it. It's all about how you take care of your vehicle, some folks are good at checking their pressures....many aren't
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    Happy Birthday Cliff!!! Many more to you my friend
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    I dont necessarily disagree with you Jeff, a healthy dose of common sense goes in with all this. Many folks aren't like us here with bikes and such. I can't tell you how many thousands of people I had to educate on tire pressures. It's somewhat easier to err on the side of caution and keep the tires damn near fully inflated than guess or not know squat about them and risk blowing out a tire....
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    I ran a tire store back in the late '90's when the Ford/Firestone debacle was going on. I'll NEVER run a tire by what the vehicle mfgr says in the door jam. I have always ran the tires at what the max sidewall pressure states. The tires are designed to run at that pressure and the sidewalls are engineered to keep the tread in the optimum shape. Something a lot of folks dont think about is an underinflated tire, will heat up and delaminate a lot faster in hotter climates. This is what happened with the Explorers with the Firestones on them. It happened in the deep south, Texas, Arizona and such. The tires blew out due to being under inflated and the vehicles crashed. Pay attention to the sidewalls, my wifes SUV had a P rated tire on it and the pressure is 44lbs. If I ran them at 35lbs, which many tires are, I would be seriously underinflated. 1 more thing to keep in mind, the max load rating of the tire is calculated with the tires being at their max pressure. Lower the tire pressure, more diminished the load capacity...
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    Great news Lewis, many congrats to you and your daughter, I know you and Charlene are very proud...as well you should be.
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    Mind you what I'm about to say is only based on 1st gens, but the engines are almost identical. I have run my 1st gens over 8K on the rpms and the valves were not floating, it still pulled well. The 7500K is probably not going to hurt your motor. The reason it has a rev limiter is due to Yamaha offering the 5 year unlimited mile warranty. I know a vast majority of the G2 guys have the limiter set at 7250K and are pretty happy with it. Try it out and see what you feel is right for you.
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    Mike, I know several members here that have done the swap on the G2, Freebird being one of them and Leadwolf56 being another. I have talked with both of them on it and they love it, great for pulling a trailer, or just a little more seat in the pants, like 05 silver mentioned "Just do it"
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    Good vibes coming your's and Mikes way there Patricia, hang in there, he always helps those that help themselves
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    Never ride faster than your angel can fly Glad you didn't get caught up in all that.
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    Id have one if I could swing the payments right now
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    Really it's like being married for a long while, in knowing when to pick your battles, some aren't worth fighting about
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    I just love it when the Canadians show love for one another It is somewhat surprising seeing Carl with his mouth closed though
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    We do miss the times spent with y'all too, you and Kelly will have to get down here to Texas at some point. That place on the river in Algonac is McRae's, hell just call them and set 1 up there
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    Thanks again fellas, I'm under the thinking like most of you, I have to create a thermal break on the steel walls. I'm going to check on the spray foam insulation, I'm not sure if you can rent a unit and apply it yourself or if it has to be applied by a contractor? Keep them coming, information is a good thing
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    That looks like an oldschool Michigan M&E! great pics and it's great to see all the folks that were able to show up. Nice showing from the Canadians as well, it put a smile on my face remembering all the ones we attended when we were living there...Nice job Larry
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    Thanks for the info thus far fellas, keep it coming
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    I know we have a lot of different craftsmen and professions here on the site. I have a question for the builders here. I have a 30X40 metal building that I use for a garage, it has a 20X30 upper loft type area. The weather down here in the Houston area has been crazy, 75 one day 45 the next. The humidity is crazy as well. What is happening is it's literally like it has rained inside the garage. The floor is soaking wet and has small moisture puddles on the floor, everything is sweating. It has a metal corrugated roof and there is obviously no venting of it. What do I need to do, to stop the sweating inside the garage. I am thinking of spray foaming the inside ceiling, I know the heating and cooling is creating condensation and I need to get some sort of vapor barrier. Any words of wisdom from y'all in the know would be greatly appreciated. Here's a few pics of the garage also.
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