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    IIRC, turning the outer ring on the volume control completely counter-clockwise effectively disables the auto-volume feature.
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    Don, That kit that you won was missing the pliers, wasn't it? But, the tire gauge was a plus. My question: What specific size sockets and wrenches were included. I think I have a complete tool kit for my 1990 (except I don't have the air pressure gauge), but I would like to hear what was in your kit to compare.
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    Gunny? Do you still have the Mark's collector? If so, do you want to sell it?
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    Bad slave cylinder. Leaked out the fluid and is probably blowing by the seals every time you try to disengage the clutch.
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    If you think white aluminum would work, go to your neighborhood Big Box home center or lumber yard and ask for either aluminum flashing or "trim coil stock". Both come in rolls from 6" wide to 24" wide. Flashing is usually mill finish (ie. silver, natural) aluminum, whereas coil stock is most often painted; usually at least one side is white and brown, gray, clay on other side. Personally, I didn't like aluminum when I converted a bookbag/backpack into a tank bag, to stiffen the sides. It was too difficult to make it conform to the "tank" cover's curvature and it was TOO rigid (and sharp edged) for my tastes. I used 3/8" white "poly" foam. I salvaged it when it was used as padding/packing for stone caps on pallets. Big sheets (4'x8'x3/8") and easy to cut with utility knife. It is not rigid as in styrofoam, but firmer than cushion/upholstery foam and nearly as flexible. I don't know what the material was, but it turned out to be perfect. I also don't where you can buy it, perhaps Hobby Lobby? Another thought, (though I did not try it) depending on the size of your tank bag: cut a ring from a 5 gal dry wall compound bucket. The ring could be heated to make it the shape of your bag's perimeter and trimmed to height you desire.
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    Gary, You can still buy Pink Pearl erasers new, but I haven't found any Pink Pearl electric eraser refills. Though I haven't tried it for pinstripe adhesive removal on my Venture, the newer white vinyl eraser core (Staedtler and others) MAY remove the adhesive when used with an electric eraser. These white vinyl erasers will remove technical pen ink (alcohol based and India) from vellum and film, maybe it will work for you. Perhaps you have some eraser refills from the old days that were intended to erase ink from acetate? Try that instead of Pink Pearl.
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    Yep, like Dave says. I'll bet it is the fuse holder.
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    Bob, I can help you and him out. I hold "dual citizenship". What's his handle?
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    Gary, When I removed the pinstripes from my '83 Standard, like you I initially used a heat gun (hair dryer) and again like you, I discovered the residual adhesive was nearly impossible to remove. I used all the chemicals in my shop...everything. Nothing did a great job of removing all the adhesive. Subsequent efforts at removing the pinstripes were successful if I heated the pinstripe enough to get it started coming off and instead of continuing to apply heat to speed removal, I just kept slowly pulling on the pinstripe and it came off much more cleanly, with little residual adhesive. Finally, to clean off the adhesive I used a Pink Pearl eraser. As an engineer, did you do manual drafting? Got an electric eraser? Works well, especially on the residue that I didn't heat. Good luck. PS. I even tried acetone, but it hurt the paint and didn't remove all the adhesive. PSS. When I tried to get the pinstripe off the right side of the fairing, I discovered it was under a very thick layer of clearcoat. That complicated pinstripe removal and a deep channel was left...with adhesive in the bottom of the channel.
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    Yeah, like Brian says, Don. I can access all there with no trouble.
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    Sometimes a constant long term drain on a battery will warp some of the closely packed plates. The warped plates touch each other and are now shorted out and these particular plates will not produce juice. Lead acid batteries will sulfate if discharged for awhile. This means that sulfur compounds coat the plates, insulating the lead from the sulfuric acid. If the acid cannot contact the lead there is no electricity.
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    I've looked for brisket around here and if it ain't corned, no one knows what the heck I'm talking about. There are no butcher shops around here. Everything comes into the supermarket in a box. Guess I'm gonna have to raise my own calf (and pig).
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    I got a Weber Smoky Mountain for Christmas. Cut down an old apple tree last summer. Sounds like a perfect combo, no? Well, I have yet to use it. Can't afford the hunks of meat that I should be smokin'. Your "fattie" sounds good.
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    Happy Birfday, Don. You still look like this?
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    So far there are three of us going. Hope the weather is nice. Missed the heaviest rain last year.
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    Perhaps it is a matter of semantics. There is an advertising banner at the top of the page for Jake Wilson. I assumed that they were a "VR vendor".
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    Perhaps the same idea but instead of clamping to the tube, rig up something to slip under the upper triple tree?
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    Best? Can't say. But they are a supporter here and I've had no problem with their service or their price. http://www.jakewilson.com/
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    A guy here: http://goldwingtech.info/exavid/forktool.html made a simple tool to help install the cap.
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    Oh! I've chased many a squirrel round and round a tree. But chase one up a tree? Carrying a gun? LMAO! I'll leave that task to you "Snaggletooth" .
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    Maybe you should see the urologist 'bout that.
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    Why would he want to climb a tree to hunt SMALL game?
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    What? You don't think this looks good!?
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    Steve, perhaps I'll get the last word in...before Freebird lands on this thread. I see that our arguments are not that diverse in the broad scope. I simply believe that the ODDS of a person getting a safe® product are better with an American, or Japanese, or German, or UK made product than a Wal-Mart marketed (and probably contracted by) product which is invariably made in China for the cheapest possible price, along with all that may bring (lack of expensive quality control, safety, etc.) Peace.
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    Steve, I understand where you are coming from when you speak CE approved armor and even helmet standards (I believe Snell to be an even more stringent standard than the Euro guidelines and yet Snell Foundation approved helmets are not approved for use in Europe.) and that argument is not lost on me, HOWEVER, how many "armored" jackets are sold by Wal-Mart and the ilk without the CE rating? And, an uninformed consumer/motorcyclist would feel quite comfortable buying the cheap stuff, oblivious to the inferiority of the jacket. Where is the corporate responsibility there?
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