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Good luck friend! I cannot imagine going in for eye surgery. For anything else, one can just close your eyes and the docs do their thing... But I just have this mental image of the tools coming down on my eyes and having to try not to move them, etc etc. Sheesh. Hope there are no unwanted surprises in this endeavor!
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Haha, yea I hear you. There is never enough time to cover everything... But, that is just how it goes. Now that I am doing research, I get to decide what I want to cover and what I don't (give or take a little for what I can convince a funding agency to give me funding for) - but if you have the basics, and by now you certainly do, all it takes is some time invested in to a few good Physical Review Letters, or if you are working on something that is pretty common - maybe you can find a text book; either way a little time and you're on the way
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Brake Resevoir Dumb, Dumb, BRAND NEW DUMB!!
LilBeaver replied to rumboogy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Yup. Dot 4 brake fluid is the way to go. And you are very lucky that none of that spilled on any painted surface. It does not take long at all for the brake fluid to cause the paint to bubble up on a plastic surface, and on the metal surface, while it would take a little longer - it still is not good on the paint. I'm sure you aren't the only one that has spilled a little fluid once or twice Lets just say, I learned the hard way, to not mess around and keep any painted within the 'splash zone' covered. -
Gotcha. What I need are the bulk magnetization curves for a couple of samples. I am doing analysis on the formation of magnetic polarons and the internal local magnetic fields of magnetic semiconducting and dilute magnetic semiconducting materials. One of the key characteristics of magnetic semiconductors (including the dilute ones, and magnetically frustrated systems) is that the energy of the conduction electron or the equivalent hole (which is what we believe localizes to form the magnetic polaron) is strongly dependent on the magnetization of the crystal itself. SO, by getting very good and reliable magnetization information we can predict/confirm the behavior that we are seeing using the appropriate observation techniques for the magnetic polarons themselves. So yea, what I want the SQUID for is to get a really good [intrinsic] magnetization curve for some of my materials. (for anyone playing along, magnetization is an intrinsic property of a material as a 'measure' of magnetic moments per unit volume. The magnitization gives insight as to the number of alligned spins or more simply put, how magnetic a particular material is under certain conditions). The 4 point probe that I use is for a different project, but still related. We use it for resistivity measurements as well but to determine carrier concentration as well as a few other properties. The operation of the probe is the easy part, the difficult part is determining the correction factors, etc. which is part of what I am currently having an issue with. The probe I have is intermittant for me but seems to work fine for my college (so I'm pretty sure it is operator error - and he has no idea what I am 'doing wrong').
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Hey hey - So in your school work, did you happen to come across a SQUID (Superconducting quantum interference device) suceptometer (or magnetometer)? I need to get some quality magnetization information on some samples I am working on and am having a hard time getting time on a machine and was just wondering if your university had one. Also, since you have 4-point probe experience, if you don't mind I might have a few questions for you about those too
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Congrats!!!
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Wow, ~50 + shipping... What a steal! Looks like the last bidder up-bid with 8 seconds to go.
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You will need 4 bolts sized: M6 X 10 1.00 Unless you already have them in the forks where they ought to mount.
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NO KIDDING!! -- I hope they do shipping insurance. :080402gudl_prv:
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Got a notice from the post office yesterday, and today I picked 'em up. I wish I didn't have so much work to do, as I would go ahead and put them on and all... Turns out I need 2 more bolts, and a bit of time to clean the rest of the chrome up. They look GREAT though!!! :bowdown: Thanks a lot Jeff & Dan :thumbsup2: You folks waiting will NOT be disappointed
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If the gearing on the two bikes are identical (which from the owners manual, it appears that way ), then that would be a logical conclusion. The only other differences would be how the bike is driven, and of course assuming that the carbs, intake, and exhaust are all setup the same.
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Welcome! Come on in, stay a while. Grab one of those white jackets in the corner to match the rest of us I am currently waiting for the postman to drop my new deflectors off; BUT I have seen a set done on JerryW's bike - and I must say you two do GREAT work and I cannot wait to get mine. Although thanks to you I have to spend some time shining the rest of the chrome on my bike now... I can handle that though. Welcome! and thanks for all your hard work!!
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The fluid dynamics of a 'typical' object moving through air at STP specifies that the resistance is proportional to the square above ~88 feet per second (~55 mi/hr). It is relatively linear up to that point though. This is the typical approximation made for a 'standard' automobile. For a bike like the RSV (or even the 1st gen) - where the windshield and fairing make a relatively smooth surface for the air to pass over and around, this approximation still holds as good. Goose, qualitatively you ARE correct. Nuff said. --- I do not know that the aerodynamic comparison between the Ultra Classic and the RSV is the main culpret though. I suspect it is certainly a mixture of the aerodynamics as well as the gearing, etc. Anways, I'll quit yammering now...
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Thanks!! I'm looking to do something that is not mount a bunch of the analog gauges with the expensive housings to my handlebars... I'm working on something now involving the ignition bezel too, but that isn't so promising... Anyways, thanks again - sounds like another good alternative
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He is still around And I have proudly had him on the back of his original 82 GW (that I had my first ride on) as well as my 2nd Gen. He greatly enjoyed both (Yet he will not get on the back of a bike driven by anyone else - so I suppose that says something...) And he told me he wants to hang around long enough so I can take him for another spin. The only reason his 'new' bike will look like a VR is because THEY look so much like the old wings
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CONGRATS!! :mo money:
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I know not all of us agree about the 'to plug or not to plug' - in the tread question. BUT, sidewall blowouts are no fun - especially at highway speed. Don't ask me how I know
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Bummer: Definitely keep us posted. I too am having a similar issue - I had just figured that I did not push the plug in all the way, but I was messing with it last night and found that even with it fully in there seems to be some sort of problem. So, what I'm interested in is if they replace it come up with a fix, etc. Thanks a lot! Good luck with yours
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yea yea yea... I was going based off of what he had under his name - ie the 2004 RSV... Hey it was late, or I'm getting old?
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Check your PM Annie
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You've got a Yamaha tach?!?!
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I think this topic has been discussed to death on here Rick. Just go back to your dealer and ask them to swap out your basket. I hear there are no guarantees, but some folks have had some good luck with it :stickpoke: :crackup:
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More numbers? No. I thought that's what the little red area on the right side of that one gauges was for
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Not bike related: 10 minute oil change shops..
LilBeaver replied to 1BigDog's topic in Watering Hole
At least that is all they left off. A good friend of mine's mother drove out of one of those places, to get about 5 miles down the road and have the motor on her almost brand-new Pontiac. She had just rolled over about 5,000 miles on it. The JiffyLube overtigthend the oil-filter (cracking it) and failed to install the oil filler cap under the hood. So, between the oil spraying out of the oil filter and the hole under the hood - it didn't take long for the oil pressure light to come on and it to stop on her... She pulled over as the car quit on her... I know these were the problems, becasue I am the one that picked her up, towed her car back to the JiffyLube... And I'll stop here. Just consider yourself lucky. Needless to say, I cringe everytime I see someone pull out of one of those places. -
Thanks Don.