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    Arnold Hicks

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    HARTNEY, Canada

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    Canada

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  • Interests
    RC Airplanes, camping,
  • Bike Year and Model
    2002 Royal Star Venture
  1. abhix
    :bighug:Well, I did it. Couldn't put it off any longer. Even though it is still below freezing here (-3c) in the "north country", the rodes were clear, the bike started just fine after the battery charge, and well, the sun was shining. Only made it 32 km's but it sure was great to get that great feeling again. Now, if it would just warm way up and stay warm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only month I haven't ridden the bike in is January, and it was my own fault for not doing that. I had the bike all apart when we had a couple great days and I didn't have the parts to get it back together in time. Maybe next winter.
  2. abhix
    Thanks for the comments folks. Appreciate it. I guess coolbulbs doesn't have these lights right now as their website says the supplier dried up, but they should have another in a couple months or so. Guess I will take their advise and see if I can find some at another location. Thanks again.
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    :confused24:Hi. Have read the headlight change in the tech deptarment, but when I tried to go to the coolbulb.com site, I get nothing. Has the site name changed?? Or am I just having a bad day? Appreciate your help as I have a broken headlight and WILL NOT pay the ridiculous price of having to change out the whole mechanism as Yamaha wants us to. Thanks in advance. Arnold
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    My speedometer is also off --doing 100 km's per hour by the gps when it registers 107/8. But my odometer, after riding 483.6 km's on the gps, read 481. Don't figure that the odometer is an issue. I simply set my cruise by the gps and totally ignore the speedo. A gps is no more expensive than the healer fix for the speedo, and a heck of a lot more versatile and useful.
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    No worries anyone. It is just "life" as we see it. My wife has had M.S. since 1981. Mobility has gotten to the point that if we stop to visit, say a museum, waterfall, she misses out as she can't walk very far. Even when she walks, she uses two canes!! By the way, they are also mounted on the bike, but are the retracting type and very hard to notice??? Anyway, it just makes things a lot easier for her, and she is determined to ride. She told me, as long as I can lift her onto the bike (which I don't have to do yet), she will be riding with me. God bless her.
  6. abhix
    Hi: This is not an actual wheelchair, but a "transport chair" purchased from SEARS. Folds up better and smaller than a wheelchair, and is very light. Four 8" wheels. I made brackets with square tube and attached on each side under the antenna mounts. Drilled the holes one size larger and put in longer bolts with lock nuts. I then shaped "arms" to hold the chair on, from a chrome chair, the ones you see in community halls that are stackable. The diamenter was just right. These arms simply slide into the square tube and fast with a bolt held in with a cotter pin. Bungee cords hold the foot rests, which are detachable. Seemed the easiest solution. All in all it works well. I can take the whole unit, arms and chair, off in about 1 minute without having to take chair off the arms. Also attached a set of LEDs on the bottom of the chair and set them up to be running lights and brake lights, same as the light under the trunk. Just a little extra safety. Any questions, shoot me a private e-mail: Attached Thumbnails:
  7. abhix
    Hi: :whistling:Sorry to take so long to get the pix posted. This is not an actual wheelchair, but a "transport chair" purchased from SEARS. Folds up better and smaller than a wheelchair, and is very light. Four 8' wheels. I made brackets with square tube and attached on each side under the antenna mounts. Drilled the holes one size larger and put in longer bolts with lock nuts. I then shaped "arms" to hold the chair on, from a chrome chair, the ones you see in community halls that are stackable. The diamenter was just right. These arms simply slide into the square tube and fasten them with a bolt held in with a cotter pin. Bungee cords hold the foot rests, which are detachable. Seemed the easiest solution. All in all it works well. I can take the whole unit, arms and chair, off in about 1 minute without having to take chair off the arms. Also attached a set of LEDs on the bottom of the chair and set them up to be running lights and brake lights, same as the light under the trunk. Just a little extra safety. Any questions, shoot me a private e-mail:
  8. abhix
    K7MDL: Thanks so much for the info. I will get to work right away to get this done. Sure do appreciate the help from all you folks. Rick, thanks for the offer, but the Brandon stores do not have any as I checked them out previously. However, K7MDL has shown that I can use what I have here. Thanks again folks.
  9. abhix
    Nope, we have no Radio Shack's. They sold to "The Source", but they don't even list them. I tried a radio shop, and maybe it was as you said, person didn't know what I was actually wanting. Quess I could try again. Thing is, I'm more than 60 miles away from closest store, and with working until 8 or 9pm, doesn't give me a lot of opportunity. That's why I was looking to see if what I have would work. Thanks for the reply.
  10. abhix
    :confused24:I found some LED light strips which I want to mount on the rear of the wheel chair I have mounted on the back of the bike for my wife. Although all present lights are visible, I wanted to add these "just to help". I will simply put a plug under the truck to attach the lights into whenever we take the wheelchair along. Here is my question. I have a diagram of how to install the wiring so the strips work as running lights and brake lights, just as the Pilot LED strip under the trunk works. In the wiring diagram it calls for 2 #4003 diodes. I have been to every place I can think of and cannot find #4003's. I have #4002's and #4004's. Not knowing enough about the diodes, would either of these diodes work in place of the #4003??? If one would work, I can get at it, otherwise I am going to have to order 4003's and of course I want to get them installed BEFORE the weekend!!! Any of you folks who could help me with this, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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    I have a 2001. Replaced the 1st shock with less than 1500 km's. Bike was so new to me, I believe it was actually leaking when I got it home!!! Put second shock on at around 21000 km's, and 3rd one at 41,500. Only got to ride approx 6500 km's this year, so, haven't changed it yet. It urks the hell out of me that Yamaha, with all there experience, can't get it right. But, my dealer and I agree on this one: as long as I own this bike, Yamaha can pay for the shock and install unless they finally come up with a fix. I fully expect to replace the shock again next season. Calling for flurries here for the next couple days.
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