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    Hmmm, you are about 80 miles north of where we will be. We will be going thru on Saturday. To replace the bulbs you have to disassemble the light bulb ring which if I remember is just a phillips screwdriver...
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    I have a pair of used bulbs you can have for free if you are anywhere along The route from Flying Fools to Minneapolis! I replaced mine with some aftermarket bulbs and I can throw them in the car when we leave Wednesday...
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    No Problem Orlin, maybe at the International next summer or the PIP next year!!
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    Looks perfectly good to me! I'd rather be seen and not heard myself...
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    Shame you didn't know about the great setup Mother made up for the entire job. I used them on mine and they worked fantastic!!!
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    Yah! And for the most part it is going to miss us, nice sunny day today but may rain by evening...
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    help?

    bongobobny replied to spike13's topic in Watering Hole

    Yup! Labor day weekend so a lot of members are out and about but I'm sure you will have several offers soon!! Welcome aboard!!!!!
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    Man, this website is da Bomb!!! I am overwhelmed with offers in this thread as well as offers via PM's!!! You guys are the greatest!!! As far as riding in the badlands on the trike we are now planning that for this time next year after going to the PIP. We will have already seen the tourist stuff so we can concentrate on the riding then! When life gives you lemons, make lemonade...
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    Yes, there is a slight learning curve, but once you get used to them, you are spoiled, especially if it is a great conversion like the Hannigan, and others provide!! Sooo, when are you triking yours???
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    ...a mystery to us all, but it sounded like a great idea at the time and made a lot of money for Japanese industrialists! Planned obsoletion is Capitalism at it's finest and is especially useful when...
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    You can always try to tap a larger size but same pitch tap thru the holes. A couple of fat spacers between the light bracket and frame help with fairing removal. With the spacers you just have to loosen the bolts halfway and the bracket leans forward just enough to allow the fairing to come off with a slight bending. Sucks when last minute things screw up vacation plans, doesn't it?!!? See my Mt Rushmore thread...
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    Hey Mark! Thanks for the offer but Becky is afraid to ride with me on 2 wheels, and although I can still do 2 wheels I would rather not risk dropping someone else's bike. Still plan on at least meeting up with you as planned! We can always return to the area next year at this time combining it with the PIP. Would love to do Needles Hwy on the trike. We will do it in the car this year unless a miracle happens...
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    Glad to see another Hannigan there! Sorry we couldn't make it this year but we may very well come by next year! Miss you guys!!
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    He didn't go gray, he's just a very pale blonde! Hey, there WAS a great deal on a 1st gen trike you missed out on!! Ontario is a lot closer to Ohio than Georgia...
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    You guys are waaaay too kind!! I'm going to check with Pioneer this AM if they will replace it under warranty. New the part is most likely well over $100. The equivalent 1st gen part for half of the module is around $90 and there is a second relay in the box. The relay had gotten disdlodged from it's mount and was laying on the ehgine explaining why it was thermal acting, but they may claim neglegence on my part for that... The way we feel about it is there must be a reason why this happened. Either it happened where it did to prevent us from being stranded, or God has another reason why He does not want us taking the trike this time...
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    Thanks Phil, but unfortunately it is a 2nd gen part, combination fuel pump and start circuit relays built into one unit
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    Nope! The car gets about 4 - 5 MPG better!! We usually get around 22 expressway 70+ MPH 2 up hauling the trailer, the Malibu gets 26 - 27 MPG. If Pioneer is open tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get a new one under warranty but it may have been neglegance on my part that caused the module to become unmounted and lay against the engine...
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    99 44/100% sure we are going to cage it. I checked and yup, the part I need is in the pack of 4 I bought off of Fleabay that won't get here until Thursday or Friday. No sense spending a ton of money on a new one...
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    OK here's the problem, just as I suspected, a bad ignition cut off relay assembly... Anybody got a spare?? Doubt I can get one by Wednesday morning...
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    I agree except for the idiot lights being on! No, there is a ground appearing across that diode to the relay contact that comes from the start switch. It is making ground appear on the B/R, B/W, L, and L/W wires I believe. If the start switch was sticking the headlight would also be killed, but it stasys on. I'm thinking that is what originally killed my charging system at the International as the starter moror is continually running as long as that condition exists. The audio system anomoly is a really cool one, squeeze the clutch and the sound comes on!!! Haven't quite figured that one either but it is all related, and very repeatable. The same symptom happens as long as the bike runs for a couple of minutes, and the problem goes away after it cools off. Last night I bought a set of used relays for a 2nd gen off fleabay if nothing else to have as spares but they won't get here until Thursday or Friday.
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    So you liked pothead, eh??? I don't know if you noticed but the one shot you labeled Portman's Phalix symbol actually looks like the building is really a smokestack with smoke billowing uot of the top...
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    Time to trike...
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    Tough choice!!!
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    I'm devistated!!! The bike has developed a disabling electrical issue!!! Looks like we are caging it instead!! I tool the bike over to get it inspected and on the way both the oil and coolant lights came on!! I could understand the coolant light as I lost a little fixing the damage to the wires from the stator when the charging system went haywire at the international. Also a secondary problem that showed up a few weeks ago with the turn signals appeared. The turn signals will blink really fast!! (Must be the synthetic blinker fluid) The first time it happened it magically fixed itself, only to reappear again during inspection. Anyway, we topped off the coolant and I noticed the oil just about 1/4 up the site glass so we added some to it. Well, upon leaving turned the key on and the bike started without hitting the start switch!! Both red lights back on too!! Th make a long story even longer, got home and started troubleshooting. After splitting the fairing (noticed the audio system doing strange things too) the problem went away and the turn signals are normal again. So did a few extra things, and put the bike back together and went to get gas. Got halfway to the gas station and the same problem reappeared!!. Came home, removed the side cover where the turn signal relay is and the problem went away. Took another ride and within 1 minute the problem reappeared! Let the bike set and it goes away!! I think the problem is a shorted diode (thermally shorting) in the starter cut off relay box. Going to troubleshoot it further today but doubt I can get parts in time to leave Wednesday morning. So it looks like we are caging it! Bottom line, we are still following the same plans but in the car instead! We still want to meet up with all the people we were planning on meeting up with. Those that were going to ride along with us for a while, we can still do that too but we will not be on the trike!
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    Now THOSE are the kind of air horns I want on my scoot...
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