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  1. LilBeaver
    Thoughts and prayers sent for You, Annie, family and friends. Hope it all works out as quickly and painlessly as possible. Gdspeed.
  2. LilBeaver
    +1 for PinWall. Only downside I have found with them is their shipping is quite pricey - BUT, parts arrive as described and one cannot beat the price on much of their stock. Have you done a voltage test with the bike on? Have you checked/cleaned/tightened all of the grounds (radio housing under fairing, bolt to/in motor by horn near right leg)? Have you checked/cleaned the connections for the display? Have you checked/cleaned the connections to/within/around the fuse box? If I recall correctly some of our members have had some trouble with corrosion in the fuse box. Just a few thoughts. I don't really know what you have tried and what you haven't tried but I thoght I would throw these out there just in case you hadn't.
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    Okie-dokie. I'll throw my hat in the ring here... The first picture from left to right is: Me, my friend, Mom, and Dad
  4. LilBeaver
    Sounds like a great way to bring-er- in (the new year that is)
  5. LilBeaver
    I guess I don't have to worry about missing out on any good riding weather while I am up here in Michigan
  6. LilBeaver
    My thoughts exactly.
  7. LilBeaver
    Beer30 and I exchanged a few e-mails and had a phone conversation or two back in May of 09. He posted a month or two ago saying that his business had been swamped and had not forgotten about us, but he was just too busy to work on all of the liner orders that had been placed. (His main business is making nylon duty gear and equipment type stuff for our troops). To answer your question, I have not received the liners from Beer30 yet. I prefaced this the way I did to be fair to Beer30 though, as he clearly works very hard and I have heard nothing but positive support for his product being extremely high quality in terms of durability and the fit within the saddlebags and trunk itself.
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    Just be warned that Beer30 is very busy... So it may be a while before he gets around to making these. (He makes these on the side for us) I picked up the star bags I have last May and plan on selling the star bags when I get my set from Beer30...
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    I got a great deal on the Yamaha star brand saddle bag liners, and they are pretty well made. They have been well worth it. I've taken a few long trips on the bike, and one of them was a ~15 dayish adventure, on the bike every day. They were very nice as I was able to just open up the saddlebags, pull 'em out and go wherever I stopped. I looked around qutie a bit before I found the deal on the star ones and I'm pretty sure that the ~$40 you are looking at now is about the best you can do. Next is to find th place with the cheapest shipping - ebay has a number of ones with free shipping in the same price range etc. You may be interested in contacting this member: http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php/product/2410/cat/7
  10. LilBeaver
    Um... Not very hard at all. Go to any pharmacy and look for mustache wax. I use "Clubman" mustache wax that I have found at CVS.
  11. LilBeaver
    Just wondering if it was anyone in here. I spotted a Blue RSTD with one of those small black tour packs near Mile 200 (when I passed you about 2 o'clock... I think) on Eastbound I-44 between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Anyhoot, great day for a ride down there
  12. LilBeaver
    +10 to using the relay. Also, if you care - you may want to specify whether you want them on with low beams or high beams as the dealer may assume the one that you don't want... There are many many different lamps to go with, different beam patterns etc so depending on how you want them to be used or how you plan on using them would dictate what kinds of bulbs to put in as well as which way you would want them wired up. Personally, I have mine wired up with the high beams because when I have my high beams on I want to be able to see as much as possible and not blind the oncoming drivers. I have a beam that shoots quite far ahead and I have them aimed slightly to each respective side of the road so they light up the half of the road they are pointed at, well in front of me, as well as a good bit on each respective shoulder. I am not going to get into anything here with anyone, each state has their own laws and I am well aware of that. I am simply offering my perspective and
  13. LilBeaver
    Thanks again Brian (for the delivery) and Forrest (of course for sharing)... By the way (no big deal, but) I don't know if the date on the bottom is production date or the 'use by' date (I presume it is the latter) but, that might be some indicator why these folks are selling them on e-bay ) Anyhoot, I'm looking forward to smoother running machines
  14. LilBeaver
    Glad you [and the bike] are both okay!
  15. LilBeaver
    I only put on ~200 miles today... Highs were only in the 60s
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    I'll be about 10 minutes from there, during that time. I might just have to stop by Thanks for posting that
  17. LilBeaver
    15" LED light bar on the back, mounted between the helmet locks. ~20 bucks or so, and about 5 minutes to install increased rear visibility enormously! Also: Stebel air horn + wiring, ~40-50 bucks
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    I put mine on the lock or in the trunk when I don't want to carry it because I don't trust that it will sit on the seat without falling off. I usually keep my trunk and bags locked because of the tool assortment, spare glasses, gloves, etc that I keep in them. My bike spends a lot of time (during the work week anyway) near an academic building on a college campus. And while many college kids are descent, there are a handful that are curious or may be ticked off about a grade or whatever, so I play it safe...
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    This probably doesn't count because she's my grandmother and it was one, 20 mile ride... She's 82 . Grandpa gets rides too... Up until 8 years ago [he had some health complications], he would drive and she would ride his Goldwing all over the place.
  20. LilBeaver
    For what it is worth; On my bike I find that my low fuel light comes on and I have about 5-10 miles to go before I switch it to reserve. If I fill up right around when I switch to reserve, I do put in ~ 4.5 gals or so...
  21. LilBeaver
    Probably a good thing you moved to Texas... Now you are more than a couple hours from Don so it will be more difficult for him to come to you and open a can
  22. LilBeaver
    I'll answer a few of these. See IN TEXT annotations Just in case you didn't see it before, on the tool bar up top of the page, 3rd item from the right hand side of yoru screen (near the top) is 'search'. When you are under the 'forum' option you have the word search for the forum (minimum of 4 letters per word) OR you can use the 'google search' tool within the VR site. Both of those can be extreemly helpful. Lots of times trying different phrasing, spellings, or words for the items you are looking for can be helpful as well. Hope that helps. I'm sure others will jump in too
  23. LilBeaver
    Anything that is WATER based would be a very bad idea (which rules out food coloring). Water/moisture contamination causes the brake fluid to brake down and most importantly, the boiling point of the fluid drops as the amount of water in the fluid increases. Since the system gets put under pressure while in use, one would NOT want the fluid to start to 'boil' as that would introduce more gas in the lines and we don't want that now do we? (The answer is NO. Gas or vapor bubbles in a line are compressible, were as the liquid state of a fluid is relatively incompressible. Therefore, if you have air pockets - while you may fully apply a brake lever it cannot perform to its peak ability do to the 'compressible pockets' that may form within the line itself. HENCE why it is important to 'bleed' any hydrolic system after fluid replacement or if one suspects that air was introduced to the system.) Now, if there is another glycol based dye that one could use - I don't know... I'll stick with the clear crap and fight to see it... That way, I can tell immediately if it gets contaminated with something along the way, or if it is time to change it before my 'normal' changing interval.
  24. LilBeaver
    Yup yup - that is why I like to leave a little bit of airspace at the top - so I can shake it a little and see if it moves (verify that I can see the fluid/air bubbles/something). The fluid WILL change over time, and become easier to see as it gets used more and more (or if it gets contaminated).
  25. LilBeaver
    What I do, and this by no means is the 'correct' way to do it or whatever; just my . Adjust the bars (and lean angle as appropriate) to get the reservoir to be as level as possible (to minimize the possibility of spillage). The manual says to check the fluid with the bike upright and the bars straight and you want the fluid to be visible in the window, and no where near the bottom of the sight glass. I put enough in so that when I have the bike upright and bars straight, I can see the very top of the fluid level in the very top of the sight glass (for the brakes this assumes that the calipers are fully retracted). I do this so that I can see, definitively, where the fluid level is and because I don't want to over-fill it either. **Make sure you re-install the diaphragms appropriately as well as the plastic caps when you put your covers back on. Hope this helps give you an idea at least.
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