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    Trailer Rims

    BuddyRich replied to NCReb's topic in Trailer Talk

    Maybe these will work http://mrcarts.com/pd_ss_wheel_cover_chrome_8_inch.cfm
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    If I

    BuddyRich replied to mraf's topic in Watering Hole

    Changing the past would alter your present. You are in your current present because of what you did in the past. AND you thought you were doing the right things then. You still think your doing the right things today. I can't assume that changing what I did would be beneficial or detrimental to my present because there's no way to know.
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    I bought a snowbear trailer years ago from HD. About the same price. The whole thing tilts so I just ride the bike up in it. Had to reinforce the tailgate. You may have to do the same for what ever you get cause you and the bike will be over 1k on two wheels. http://www.snowbear.com/page/Utility_and_Landscape_Style_Trailers
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    Oh, Its just Don. By the title I thought Bruce Springsteen was gonna be there.
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    I've seen 2 bikes that were rejetted and the mileage on them dropped to less than 30 mpg. Don't know about the costs.
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    I have the voice set to "American English" and get the road names called out. Not "American English Jill" (tts)
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    That fixed it. Amazing what the right amount of air will do for the way a bike runs. After all this I can tell you the the D-ring mod would be totally useless. The back of the airfilter housing is the same diameter as the inlet on the front so making the inlet bigger would be a waste of time.
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    I'd hurt myself with one of those, still got "I feel the need for speed" addiction...
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    I found it. Its my own fault. So the plugs say its a somewhat rich condition. I had left this on the upperside of the breather one day. Forgot about it. This was in the left side. When I pulled the airfilter I just happened to pull the right side cause its always the easy side to work on when on the kickstand. but the carbs are nice and clean now. I was putting the carbs back on and looked down and saw it. So if you start missing/bogging at full throttle look for airflow blockage first.
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    Sparkplugs.com says about 40 to 60 k
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    I was going by this. I think they have changed it since I first started using the Iridium plugs 4 years ago. I had checked them before installing them 20k ago and they were right on. Should I gap my Iridium Plugs? The manufacturers say NO. This is because most people do not know how to properly gap a spark plug, and the center electrodes on the ultra-fine iridium can easily snap if mishandled. There is no warranty for snapped center electrodes. The manufacturers say an iridium spark plug will run so much better than a traditional plug, even if it is not gapped for that motor, that they would prefer you just leave it rather than risk snapping the center electrode. Personally, we at sparkplugs.com, gap our iridium plugs for our own vehicles (we�re rebels). If you insist on gapping your iridium plug, please refer to Proper Gapping for instructions http://www.ngk.com/glossary.asp?kw=Should+I+gap+my+Iridium+Plugs?&manID=1&pt=
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    I put fisheyes on everything. Started doin it after I drove a cement truck for a living. Can't do a shoulder check in one of those. Just as safe if you take your time and learn how to use them. Maybe even a little safer cause you not totally taking you eyes off of what's goin on in front of you like you do when you look over your shoulder.
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    Welcome to the best site on the web. Wind that engine out, these bikes scream.
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    The plugs come from the factory gapped. Any attempt to regap them may break off the tip from what I understand
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    By myself riding long distance is not a problem. But the wife won't/can't. So anything over a couple of hundred miles one way and the bike goes on a trailer. Just a fact of life and aging. If I had known I was gonna live this long I would not have abused or let others abuse this body so much when it was younger...
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    I work at home this week, Guess I could go ride around the block...
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    Got lots of comments and that was what I hoped for. OK the bike idles fine. Runs good all the way up to red line at less than full throttle. In any gear giving it full throttle the bike begins to miss and bog down above 5k rpm . Removed one of the air filters and housing totally. Can get full throttle in 1st and sometimes second. But when in third can't give it any gas without bogging and missing. I pulled the carbs last night and I'm going to try to reset the floats today following Goose's writeup. Its just weird when it miss/bogs/takes off for a second then bogs again. Oh yea, Iridum plugs so theres no gapping them and all 4 look the same
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    Bike is running strange, What do you think of the plugs?
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    I found it, I found it http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/data/articlestandard/dealernews/402007/463414/FC-Dii.jpg I could resist that. We have been talkin about this for the last 4 years.... Don't think they'll be any changes because they haven't done any hype for new models yet this year like they did a couple of years ago
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    pics ? We must have pics as proof
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    I just kept a bottle of water in the front and dumped some on my shirt. Hillbilly AC but it worked.
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    I'll stick with bike tires on bikes. For a few extra bucks its worth it to me to know the tire was designed for what its being used for.
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    Yamaha makes a set of lower vents for the shins getting hot. I would replace the windshield with a Clearview shield with the vent in it. Lets a lot of air hit you face and chest but you not gettin blown off the bike
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    50 mph you should just be getting ready to shift to third. Got a tach on it? Wind that thing out. Carb sync and at 4k the engine is just getting into its powerband and smooth as silk
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    Definitely the water Jack...... Then again maybe it was you, :rotf:
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