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  1. saddlebum
    The easist way I know of getting a feel for the friction zone and (and I use this when teaching people to drive standard caras as well ) is with the vehicle parked, in gear and brakes applied slowily let the clutch out until you feel the engine rpm drop or the engine about to stall then pull the clutch back in ( with a car push it back down) Do this over and over again and each time try to do it a little quicker. After awhile your mind and hand just seem to instinctivly know were to expect this transition to take place, and you dont even have to think about it.
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    A little rich on the fuel but not too bad for a bike, check the condition of your air cleaner. Also that insulator is very white indicating that the plug itself may be just a little too hot try going down one heat range on the plug. the perfect colour of the insulator should be a light to medium tan. Use extreme caution on the water trick. Yes it does clean the carbon, but on a badly carboned engine it some times frees it up in chunks which in extreme cases can do valve damage. Sometime its safer to use one of the commercial cleaners because they soften the carbon up, rather than just kind of blast it of in pieces.
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    How is the TOP of your HELMET I am sure Marca must have been doing a drum roll with her fists right about then:rotfl::rotfl:
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    Glad your Ok must be the weather . I had a car in the third lane but behind me want the ramp on the right . I nstead of lowing down and cutting across behind me to get over for which he had lots of room he had to speed up pass me and cut across right in front of me squeezing between me and the car in front of me as well as force me over to give him room. Wish I had the truck instead of the bike at that moment.
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    Yes good luck Bob may the force be with you
  6. saddlebum
    For now I just have the tom tom one 3rd edition which i use in the car. But I intend to buy the tom tom rider for the motorcycle it comes very well equiped with mounts blue tooth and head set here is their site they have regular updates and map shareing http://www.tomtom.com/products/features.php?ID=354&Category=1&Lid=4&ShowAllFeatures=1 I think right now walmart has a good deal on them through their online store
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    I like Tom Tom better anyway. I almost switched to garmin but after comparing my Tom Tom with my friends garmin many times over on various trips I will stick with my Tom Tom
  8. saddlebum
    I Didn't get mine yet guess it takes awhile to get to the S's. Wait a minute didn't someone say they got TWO ,thats gotta be mine --I want it--- I want IT:95::95:
  9. saddlebum
    I have heard of bees swarming hope it wasn't a strain of those african bees
  10. saddlebum
    watch sienfeld P/S I am for sure gonna be at the next MD its a gonna be good uh huh
  11. saddlebum
    No toaster leavins is usually a good sign:thumbsup2:
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    He should feed us anyway. After all he did use us did he not I like my steak blue rare if you don't mindhttp://www.google.ca/images?q=tbn:soc-orMG_RTDNM::www.popsgrassfedbeef.com/bigstockphoto_Rare_Steak_1471404.jpg
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    There is nothing the matter with you, You are a MOTHER and what your feeling is right and natural. Prayers and best wishes sent your way, and as Boomer say's just be ready for that big smile when he steps back onto the ground and give him the biggest hug a mother ever gave a son.
  14. saddlebum
    Good luck Carl and make sure you take your list of signatures with you. Small operators like yourself need to be heard.
  15. saddlebum
    Great pics Peggy and it was great to finally meet you and Ron in person. I can now put a Face to that mysterious person who loves to crack whips on the chat line. I certianly Hope we get to meet again soon.
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    You could buy a HARLEY and then you could have a real oily MD everyday:big-grin-emoticon: off course you would have to rename it to OVERHAUL DAY:rotfl::rotfl:
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    Tried to think up some smart remark but all I could come up with was NICE FISH:thumbsup: by the way were you been hidden
  18. saddlebum
    What was the last item his sling shot
  19. saddlebum
    Get a tom tom rider:thumbsup:
  20. saddlebum
    Truth be told he just kept us all from getting speeding tickets by keeping the speed down. Thanks Rieny you kept me out of trouble the last thing my wife said to me was NO SPEEDING TICKETS, much appreciated:thumbsup:
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    I did Carls I think he felt he was not getting enough hugs :rotfl:
  22. saddlebum
    This was my 1st MD as well and I had an absolutely great time. I rode down and back with a great bunch of people, and met a great bunch of people once I got there, Many of whom I had often chatted with on chat such as yama moma ( who for some reason I thought was blonde (no pun intended)and wasn't but was definitly a warm and friendly person.Minimuffin ( who I some how thought would be taller ) An obviously fun loving person full of mischief. Lonna whos infamous cheese cakes I finally got to sample (hope I didn't cut into your action to severly Big Tom:innocent-emoticon: ) Squidly Who I found out actually only has 2 tennn ahh I mean arms' who should hire himself out as a professional MC Great job Squidly,Of course Bongobobny was there handing out spare parts a man with not just a golden bike but a heart of gold as well ,And A real big hand :dancefool:to all the guy's working on others bikes ((a special thanks to Carl (aka Marcarl) who helped me out with some of my issues)) they were all just an awsome bunch of guys. Last but not least an Extra Special thanks to Don and Eileen for all thier hospitality and efforts. It was agreat honour to finally after all these years meet you both (And Don somehow I thought you would be shorter but you are actually one tall drink of water, OOPS did I say WATER:rotfl:) ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR EVERYTHING DON AND EILEEN:thumbsup2:
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    Man that really sucks Bob I am real sorry to hear about this. More importantly however is that you are OK and Here to tell the story. That as always is our #1 concern. Ps on our way home we saw a big black dog trying to drag a dead deer away from the road wonder if that was your deer:think: Take care Bob hope to see you and Becky again soon
  24. saddlebum
    This was my 1st MD as well and I had an absolutely great time. I rode down and back with a great bunch of people, and met a great bunch of people once I got there, Many of whom I had often chatted with on chat such as yama moma ( who for some reason I thought was blonde (no pun intended)and wasn't but was definitly a warm and friendly person.Minimuffin ( who I some how thought would be taller ) An obviously fun loving person full of mischief. Lonna whos infamous cheese cakes I finally got to sample (hope I didn't cut into your action to severly Big Tom:innocent-emoticon: ) Squidly Who I found out actually only has 2 tennn ahh I mean arms' who should hire himself out as a professional MC Great job Squidly,Of course Bongobobny was there handing out spare parts a man with not just a golden bike but a heart of gold as well ,And A real big hand :dancefool:to all the guy's working on others bikes ((a special thanks to Carl (aka Marcarl) who helped me out with some of my issues)) they were all just an awsome bunch of guys. Last but not least an Extra Special thanks to Don and Eileen for all thier hospitality and efforts. It was agreat honour to finally after all these years meet you both (And Don somehow I thought you would be shorter but you are actually one tall drink of water, OOPS did I say WATER:rotfl:) ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR EVERYTHING DON AND EILEEN:thumbsup2:
  25. saddlebum
    a prayer even though i was at MD sent a prayer for Ken's speedy recovery
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