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Rode up there twice last year. ENSURE to get WHITEFISH, Fried, Baked, Broiled, Boiled, even Smoked or Pickled if you can YUMMY. Yes T-Falls is a MUST SEE and yep Brewery at Upper Falls too. West about 30 miles is Grand Meria (spelling?) on the South Shoreline of Lake Superior has nice Campground, Brewery, Bar & Reasturant and get some MORE WHITEFISH
If your really serious about good roads like the tunnel of Trees and Leggs Inn send me a PM with your cell # I can really hook you up from Indiana Boarder to Paradise my home turf.ENJOY
Tunnel of trees is a nice ride, I think it's M-22. Try to ride it during the week, it gets crowded on weekends, same with Leggs Inn. Pictured Rocks National shoreline is nice, you need to take the boat ride to see it. Mackinac Island is another good day trip. Take the ferry over and enjoy a day with no vehicles. There are bikes, buggies and horses, but, NO gas powered transportation.
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I have been using dyna beads for the last 5 years, in 3 different tires and they have always held a good balance for me. Never had any interior tire damage from them. Seat of the pants test tells me they are working. No cupping or unusual wear.
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It would be cheaper and easier for you to purchase online and have it shipped to you etc.. (seriously).. Its only about $20 or so for the kit..
Cheers M8
You are right. I didn't think about cross border shipping. Thanks anyhow. Guess I'll order it up after the 1st of the year.
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I have the kit and was ready to install it but after installing the progressive front forks, the bike is fine with 0 air pressure in the forks, so now they are indeed balanced.
The kit is simple enough to install.. and if at worse case scenario you were to suffer a leak, the leak would be equalized across both forks..
What a HUGE improvement in handling when you have your folks balanced.
If you're not going to use the balancing kit, would you like to sell it ? I've been wanting to add that kit to my bike, just been to lazy to order it up.
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Be aware that you need alot of room to use the Kinect.
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Just sitting here watching the thermometer drop and wondering.......
HOW and WHY!!!
It's gotta be GLOBAL WARMING
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I hope you get 1,000,000 trouble free Km. enjoy the new ride.
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Saltydog, Murphy's oil soap works great as a tire lube and you can get it most everywhere. Many truck tire places buy it by the drum. Lubes tires and cleans your hands.
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Every pair of expensive sunglasses I ever owned either ended up in the bottom of the lake or run over by Hi-Lo's at work
Now I buy tinted safety glasses from the local auto supply for $4.50 a pair, wouldn't ya know... they never get dropped in the lake or run over. -
Sorry, not a scoot but...
We've come to the realization that our '96 Dakota just WILL NOT take us to the end of the road (that being into our "twilite" years ... appx 15 yrs from now) so we have a decision to make ... we need to replace it with a new(er) truck. Yes, it has to be a truck. We're thinking a 2008 or 2009 model year. Has to be an extended cab, has to have V8 power, automatic trans.
We're looking for some guidance on what ya'll feel would be the most reliable truck out there at the most affordable price. Don't want a 4x4 and don't need anything bigger than a heavy half (1500).
To give some of my preferences ... firstly I like Dodge product, then GMC. Never been a Found On Road Dead person but hey, what do I know about these newer ones?? Don't like Nissan but Toyota ain't bad .... Mazda maybe? (but that's just a Ford in disguise isn't it?) ... Really don't care for the looks of the Chev Colorado.
Any advice or opinions would be appreciated?
Maybe this will help you.
I am a Chrysler corp. retiree who worked in the Dodge City complex making Dodge/Ram trucks for 32 years. If you decide on a new Ram truck I can get you an employee discount. If you are interested PM me and we can talk about it.
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Okay...most of day one was running around getting supplies...Didn't get a whole lot done. Here's what I did do:
Removed lights (need replaced)
Removed tie downs around sides of trailer (will be covered with wood)
Painted frame and sides (sides will be covered with wood, only painted incase there are gaps it won't show silver, just look like a shadow)
Removed, cleaned and repacked bearings
Caulked holes and corners from outside (will do this again from inside too)
Did have one incident...I had the trailer upside down while I worked on it. I was lifting it from the tongue to flip it back over and the tongue hit the bike ramps that hang from the ceiling. The ramps started to come down so I let go of the trailer to catch the ramps...Unfortunately they weren't lying in school when they taught me about gravity, so down comes the tongue of the trailer...But don't worry, the trailer is okay, I caught it with my face while catching the ramps with my hands...got a nice little gash between the eyes, nose bleed and a heck of a headache but I think the trailer is fine! After a few choice words and a look in the mirror to ensure my nose was still there, I went back out, finished flipping the trailer, pushed it to the side and cleaned up the garage...I'm done for today!
Looks to me like you have a good law suit against the trailer and ramp manufacturer, none of this could have been avoided. After all there was no warning sticker on the trailer or ramps.
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Too wet here to use the snowblower, so I did the whole driveway twice by hand, and it was heavy!!
Sounds like you got more than we did, and we are suposedly in ski country...
I would say you bought the WRONGsnowblower. Mine loves the wet heavy stuff, throws it 50-60 feet
Put that blower away and get the snowmobile out and play in the
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I'd do it. Those guy's make some great money when they go that high.
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I have used both My garage is so bad for condensation that in the spring water just drips off of my big drill press. During the winters when my garage is too full to get into I use the outdoor method. I even leave my battery tender in there and leave it plugged into the outdoor oulet. Come spring or even a nice day I just uncover and go. P/S and I always put seafoam in the tank ride to the gas statation and fill it up before I cover it up.
Looks like I'll be doing as you suggest. Thanks.
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Is there perhaps a breeze blowing on the bike from a crack in the garage door, allowing it to get colder than the mower? It could be possible that the warming of the day would cause the condensation to form. If I were you, I would switch the position off the bike with the mower....
Tried that, no difference.
Concrete floors in a garage sweat or breath moisture. This is worse with garages on a floating slab floor, and garages with no drainage. This moisture contacts the cold metal and you get condensation. Best thing to do is seal the floor. Next choice is park the bike on an oversized piece of plastic. Next put a bike cover on. then loosely pull the plastic up the outside of the cover about a foot. You can also use this method when storing a bike outside in the winter. only difference is you pull the plastic up under the bike cover and leave a small drain hole in the bottom to allow any accumulated moisture to drain outHave you used this method success ?
What is that, unknown concept to me, please explain.Gregg:confused07:
:witch_brew: Damn you southerners -
Sorry sir but you sound like a scam artist Darn... you caught me.
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I was always under the assumption that light bulbs only absorbed darkness, I wasn't aware that they do the same for condensation
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No cover on it. I don't get it, my tractor sits right next to it but never gets condensation. It must be that condensation is attracted to chrome or something.
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Do you take pay pal?
No Sir. Two dollar bills, in a plain manilla envelope only.
send to:
Jihad training center
Raghead Hill Rd.
Dearborn, Mi. 48126
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With all the swings in temperature lately I have been getting condensation covering the bike. It is stored in an unheated garage on a concrete floor. What can I do to prevent this from happening?
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To everybody that has received that letter of claim:
I can investigate the validity of the claim request, for you, I don't want to see anyone get cheated out of their hard earned money. Just send me $175 Dollars USD to cover my time and expense and I'll get right on it. If in fact you are the rightful claimant there is an additional 46% recovery fee on all recovered funds.
Thank you bary bary mush.
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Triple that... 1"
So they are 3" in diameter ?
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The RSV water pump has no rubber vanes or vanes of any sort. Use whatever anti-freeze you like. I do.
That's good to know. Been using what I use for so long, don't see myself changin now. Both types cost about the same, unless, you use a MC specific coolant then you need to bend over as you take it off the shelf .
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The way I understand it is, that a lot of motorcycle water pumps have pump vanes made of rubber that contact the pump walls, similar to an outboard motor WP. When you use a silicate based anti-freeze it grinds the silicates between the vane and housing causing wear and eventual pump failure.
Now if on the other hand, the RSV pump is of the non contact design, silicates should have no negative effects IMHO.
I have always used silicate free in all my bikes, never had a pump failure yet.
If your really serious about good roads like the tunnel of Trees and Leggs Inn send me a PM with your cell # I can really hook you up from Indiana Boarder to Paradise my home turf.
Now I buy tinted safety glasses from the local auto supply for $4.50 a pair, wouldn't ya know... they never get dropped in the lake or run over.
:witch_brew:
Damn you southerners 
Darn... you caught me. 
beads in tire balancers
in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
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To each their own. Dyna Beads are like oil discussions , each, either likes or Dis-likes the product under discussion for various reasons. I don't see any concensus one way or the other with respect to using dyna beads and I certainly don't attack others for the choices they make, They work for me so I use them.