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Probably a die hard Harley fan!! To them EVERYTHING else is junk... I'm thinking ya done good even if you have to put as much as $1000 more into it to make it nice!

Ehhhh, around $2000, give or take should be an average price...

As far as the head bearing torque, yes to do it properly you should use the special spanner tool, and use it correctly!! The spanner should point out the side of the torque wrench, not forward! If it is pointing forward it acts as a torque multiplier!! In other words it adds torque, you are actually applying more torque than what the wrench is reading! When it points 90 degrees from the wrench you are using it properly...

Gee Don, at the Hampton, Holiday Inn, and quite a few others, there is always fresh hot coffee free in the lobby... Yah! Your story supports what I've been saying for years, "Stupider by the minute!!!"

Just wait until next year after we get a new President!! Doesn't matter which one of the scoundrels get elected, none of them are worth a &*#%@* thing and I expect the US economy to take a nose dive!!

Ya know Don, I've been thinking about this for the last few days! Haven't hit a no tipping place yet, but with the new minimum wage laws being passed, if my waiter/waitress is now making minimum wage instead of the "below minimum" wage they were making, then why should I tip 20% any more?? After all, wasn't the reason for the 20% because they were paid such a small wage and tipping was considered part of their hourly wage?? Now I remember waaaaay back when the minimum wage was $1.25 and waitresses were getting $1.10 plus tips so a 10% tip was considered a very good tip, the average was less than that. A decade or so later the Federal Government stepped in and considered 15% to be the average tip so they could tax accordingly. It really hasn't been THAT many years that restaurant owners, in order to save money, got the minimum wages for servers even lower and justified the "suggested" 20% tip! I am starting to develop the European attitude towards tipping, why tip at all unless the service is exceptional? After all they are getting a fair wage to do what they do!! Now, in Canada their servers do get a much better wage than their US counterparts. As a matter of fact, Canadians visiting in the states get a bad reputation as being terrible tippers because they are not used to our US standards for tipping! Don't get me wrong, I'm still tipping at 20% but am beginning to wonder why! You know what also burns me?? The "suggested" tip on the register receipt when it includes the TAX as part of the amount to tip on!!! I have noticed some restaurants do, some don't...

Well, I suppose that could be a remote possibility, but do the battery cable upgrade first, it may amaze you!!

Yah Wayne, it all has to come apart! You may as well put some new progressive springs in it while you have the front forks off...

Hmmmm, been around since 2005 (I think) so 11 years. Married to 3rd wife for 26 1/2 years. Quit my job several years ago...

I KNEW you would be on those like flys on watermelon...

Oh??? Is Yamaha, Honda, and Suzuki merging again??

Looks like sticks of dynamite or road flares...

No, dang missed it, we were out shopping...

Hmmmm, better take some Viagra...

Yup!! Seafoam, not just for boats!!!

Yah!! Loof lirpa!!!!

It would be great if you can make it Jimmy99!! It's always great to meet new faces!

Hey Puc!! How come when I looked at your pictures I heard banjo music??

Hmmmmm, coming back from Don's place to the hotel last MD, the trike looked a little bit like that in your picture!! I was hydroplaning and the wake was coming up over the handlebars!! Killed the radio controller for a couple of days, you could see the moisture drops in the display window! That was on just the plain highway, no creek going over the top. Raingear or not, I was like a drowned rat...

The Ontario crew has been leaving Friday morning, and I meet up with them around noon in Erie...

Mine is on the fairing below the speaker...

Hmmmm is all I can say. Not 100% sure, but I THINK the MK2 rear rotors were slotted the same as the front but I may be wrong! My "wrong" allotment for the month is not filled yet...

Ya know, I might have some Barnett clutch springs laying around, I will have to check. My price is VERY reasonable if I do, just ask any of the members...

Yah!! I go along with what Raggy says but I may be a little cheaper, 5 bucks or so PER person. Now as far as restaurants go I do 20% BEFORE taxes unless the service is less than what I expect, i.e. forgot part of my order, took too long to bring me back my charge card, etc. Been known to give greater than 20% on occasion for exceptional service...

Well Don, you should know by now that this family IS a bunch of procrastinators! We run into the same thing with the WNY Rally. Very few people sign up at first, then at the last minute they finally sign up, or just show up without signing up! Very frustrating when you are trying to get an accurate headcount so to plan accordingly for meals, reservations, etc... I personally enjoy coming to MD, but understand fully what is involved with setting up an event and would accept it if you scaled back.