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That is Ironic because about three months ago I said pretty much the same thing to a bunch of kids in a grocery store with the same results from two of them. Guess the other three were still advertising.
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Welcome to Ontario Just in Time for Summer Vacation THE RULES OF RURAL ONTARIO ARE AS FOLLOWS Listen up City Slickers! 1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot. 2. Turn your cap straight, your head isn't crooked. 3. Let's get this straight; it's called a 'dirt road.' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way. 4. They are cattle. They're live steaks. That's why they smell funny to you. But they smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? Hwy 7 & 401 goes east and west, Hwy 15 & 416 goes north and south. Pick one. 5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $150,000 combines and hay balers that are driven only 3 weeks a year. 6. So every person in rural Ontario waves. It's called 'being friendly. Try to understand the concept. 7. If that cell phone rings while an 8-point buck and 3 does are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time. 8. Yeah, we eat meat and potatoes. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop. 9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer hunting season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November. 10. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age. 11. There's little for 'vegetarians' on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey. 12. When we set a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup. 13. You bring 'coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. 14. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair. 15. Ontario Hockey League and Minor Hockey is as important here as the Maple Leafs and Montreal Habs, and more fun to watch. 16. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards -- it spooks the fish. 17. Colleges? We have them all over. We have Universities and Community Colleges. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come for the holidays. 18. We have a whole ton of folks in the Armed Forces. So don't mess with us. If you do, you will get whipped by the best. 19. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers. (Refer back to #1). 20. TWO inches of snow & ice isn't a blizzard - it's a vacation. Drive like you got some sense in it, and DON'T take all our bread, milk, and bleach from the grocery stores. This ain't Alaska, worst case you may have to live a whole day without croissants. The pickups with snow blades and tractors with snow blowers will have you out the next day. A true Ontarian will send this on!!!
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I download the avg free version have used it for 5 years and never had a problem. I also set my machine up with user rights and never use administrator other than when actually working on the machine itself. Wether coinisdance or not I am not sure but I have had no problems since. I also was not happy with norton when i tried it.
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Its been my experience you loose more air with a srew on type because from the time it starts to open the valve core to the time when you get it screwwd on far enough to seal and then again taking it off you can loose a lot of air unless you have super fast fingers.
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Took my wheels into Zednos Friday. Al at Zednos with no hesitation at all replaced them at no charge Even gave me the option to choose from different brands, at which point I opted to go back to the Dunlop 491 elite II which was what I originaly had and was very pleased with. This is not the first time I have dealt with Zednos and I have always received excellent treatment from them. P/S apparantly Dunlop got a lot of complaints from the goldwing people when they stopped producing the 491 elite II and so are again producing them. Today I went on a 7 hour ride and to be quite honest I am glad to be back on the dunlop 491 elite II the bike feels more stable at highway speeds than they did with the venoms and they feel a lot less greasy in the turns. All in all I just feel more confident on the elite II -
The same companey also makes these kits which do not require tire removal, I have the larger kit at the shop but carry the smaller kit with me. Although I prefer the kit Monty posted the kits I have are extremely reliable I have plugged hundreds of tires with them over the years and never had one fail. the sales rep I get my stock from had 250 in the side wall of his front tires just for demo purposes. And everyone knows you realy should not plug a side wall but he actually wore out those tires without a failure. BEWARE !! not all plug kits are equal but, Tech makes an extremely reliable product.
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Go to the health food store get a bottle of pure oregeno oil place 5 drops under the tongue 3 times a day and before going to bed. works great for me.
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judging from the fact that most of your tire wear is down the middle i would have to say your tire preasure is too high.
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You need to remember that when you shift gears transmission the speeds between gears differ the ideal perfect shift is when you match the transmission input speed with its out put speed by proper use of clutch and throttle. Mismatch these speeds and you get a clunk match the speeds and you get a smooth shift.its all by feel and getting to know your bike . the faster you go before shifting the more throttle you need to give it to match transmission internal gear speeds
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Sorry about the bike but happy your ok. Your are right every once in awhile we need a reminder to be constantly alert. Regardless of riding experience and skill it is all to easy to suddenly not pay attention or get side tracked and it only takes a second or less for something to go wrong.
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max tire preasure is what the max preasure and wieght a tire is rated at. The weight of the vehicle actually determines how much air you should put in. As a rule if preasure is too high for the weight imposed on the tire you will get excesive wear in the middle of the tread if it is too low you will get excesive shoulder wear on the tire and excesive side wall flexing . if the tire wear's evenly across the tread then your preasure is right for the weight imposed on the tire.
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Took my wheels into Zednos today. I had avon venoms put on by Zednos last fall and with less than 200 km on them the sidewalls were cracking. Al at Zednos with no hesitation at all replaced them at no charge Even gave me the option to choose from different brands, at which point I opted to go back to the Dunlop 491 elite II which was what I had originaly had and was very pleased with. This is not the first time I have dealt with Zednos and I have always received excellent treatment from them. P/S apparantly Dunlop got a lot of complaints from the goldwing people when they stopped producing the 491 elite II and so are again producing them.
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don't confuse the dunlop 404 with the dunlop 491 elite II. The 404 is a cheaper tire than the 491 Elite II. my 491's gave great millage and really good grip in steep bank turns at high speeds and even riding in heavy winds I found them to be very stable and a lot less snakey than the avons
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I just found out today that dunlop due to popular demand has put the elite II back in production and that is what is going back on my bike . I was really satisfied with my first set.
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Probe it if it isnt down to the cord ride it. but seeing how that is an avon check your sidewalls for cracks its been happing a lot latly mine only had 2oo miles on them and they started cracking.
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Hey Rieny I would be glad to Hook up along the way with you some were. !st thing I got to do is see what to do about my tires. they are avons wich I bought at Zedno's last fall and with less than 200 km on them the sidewalls are starting to crack . I am going up there this morning to see what he will do for me. Based on that I will decide wether or not I can or should ride to buffalo.
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Since I lost all summer last year rebuilding my bike and the cracking seems to be just starting, I really don't want to loose anymore riding time while I deal with this problem. does anyone know just how far I can get away with this (probably a real dumb question I know but I am feeling really desparate and disappointed all at the same time right now) and I really want to make it to some of the up and coming M&E's. How about it Squidly your one of the biggest fan's of these tires on the site what is your opinion.
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Good luck and stay safe Muffinman:thumbsup:
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The thing that sort of bothers me is I bought them from Zedno's in Kitchener And they dont' give you a detailed bill just a cash register slip.
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WOW!!! I just put new venoms on my bike in november there wouldn't even be 500 km (300 miles) on them I have only had the bike out four times since I put them on. I went out to look at the date stamp on my tires after reading this post just now and darn if there isn't cracks on the tire side walls. To say the least I am definitly not pleased. I also noticed the date stamp is 4505
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My friends Mother called today and told me My friend has beenn taken off life support and the trachea tube has been removed, and even though he is wearing an oxygen mask because of his punctured lungs he is breathing on his own. He is still drifting in and out of consciousness but responds when he is told to do something. So far he is apparrently showing marked improvement.
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Spoke to my friends Mom today. He apparently has broken ribs, heart impact trauma, sevaral other broken bones, some brain hemoraging and She forgot what they called it but it is were the brain collides with the inside of the skull. Unfortunatly he never liked a regular helmit prefering to wear one of those little skull caps. They say he was dead on the scene but because of the efforts of both the Dr and Nurse that just happened to be there they more or less revived him and he was taken to the trauma centre at Hamilton General Hospital were they put him in an induced coma and on life support. So for the main good news is is that if he lives there is a good chance he will not be paralized.
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Thanks for all the support everyone. Coming from this group its pretty hard to expect anything less. As soon as i am able to find out more I will post it.
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Anybody Need A... Part III
saddlebum replied to bongobobny's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I will definitly be at Carls and I am seriously hoping to make it to the may 2 M&E:thumbsup: -
Congratulations to both you Gary and you Mary. Looking forward to meeting you both either at Carls M & E or Dons MD:ice_congrats-vi6886