Steel Horse Cowboy

Thanks for your post Fuzzy and your info. Jactana. C.R.

Fuzzy, thanks for making the trip down, it was nice to meet you and enjoyed our time and ride together . Look forward to getting together again some time. Maybe we'll be coming that direction next time. Terri will probably offer you some peanutbutter snack crackers when she sees you next time . C.R.

The only reason I see you would need a swivel is if you are going to be dropping your scooter , then the swivel would allow the scooter to fall over without putting any stress on the tongue of the trailer. I pull a Harbor Freight trailer with a cartop carrier attached to it (looks just like yours, except its a different color) and have no issuses with not being able to lean the scooter as far as I need to in any curve. C.R.

I hope everything goes as planned. Thank her for her service to this great country and the freedom (which isn't free) that we still enjoy. Semper Fi til I die, C.R.

Yep, thats kinda warm. C.R.

They will probably total the vehicle out. If not, they will replace front fender, both doors and anything else that is removeable that is damaged. The only place I see that would be repaired would be right around the gas lid area. I can't really tell from the pictures if the rocker panel below the doors is damaged or not. If it is this would be another place they would likely repair. They will repaint and blend the whole left side of vehicle and repinstripe. C.R.

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www.crutchfield.com Item# 237XT42, $6.99 per pair, slim design 2 5/8". C.R.

As already stated, Plastex is the answer. It does a superperb job. I had wrecked our RSV back in Sept. 2010, it had cracks in the saddlebags and lids, trunk and lid, rear speaker covers and arm rests, my front fairing and dash were beyond repair, so I bought a front fairing and dash from a member here that had cracks in them. Just about every piece of plastic on the bike had some damage that had to be repaired. All these pieces were repaired with Plastex and I too say these repairs are stronger than the original pieces. I know some on this forum think its expensive, but for about $40.00 worth of Plastex, I probably saved over $1500.00-2000.00 or more instead of buying new parts. I highly recommend Plastex for any ABS plastic repair. They have different priced kits from $19.00-120.00 give or take a few $$$. Just pricing from memory which isn't what it used to be. C.R.

The main purpose for chains is to keep the trailer from going anywhere and everywhere, especially into on coming traffic. Yes, when you apply the brakes the trailer is going to do just as you explained. So, the best thing to do is not panic and slam the brakes on, coast to a stop if possible. Not panicing is a hard thing to do though. C.R.

Subject: The way it was when I was a teen/I'm older than dirt LOL 'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained ! 'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the kitchen table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.' By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it : Some parents NEVER owned their own house, never wore Levis , never set foot on a golf course, never traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears & Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died. My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow) We didn't have a television in our house until I was 13. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came back on the air at about 6 a..m. Andthere was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people. I was 16 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.' When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.. I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line. Pizzas were not delivered to our home, but milk was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to get up at 6AM every morning On Saturday , he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him to keep the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day. Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren Just don't blame me if they burst out laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it? MEMORIES from a friend : My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it.. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea.. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old. How many do you remember? Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Real ice boxes. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. Older Than Dirt Quiz : Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom. 1. Blackjack chewing gum 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3. Candy cigarettes 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles 5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7. Party lines on the telephone 8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P.F. Flyers 10. Butch wax 11. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels[if you were fortunate]) 12. Peashooters 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM records 15. S & H greenstamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flashbulbs 20. Packards 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork popguns 23. Drive-ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt! I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life!

I don't know how to post a link to e-bay , but here are some quick release bolts. Item # 230601382295 Reasonable shipping price too. C.R.

This is what they needed. http://k99.com/my-ride-to-westboro-baptist-church-a-huge-success/ C.R.

I never ride without one, no matter how warm or hot it is. C.R.

I was on a PGR mission in Columbia, Ky. yesterday Sat. (5/28/11). Spotted 2 RSV's riding together out of town on hwy. North 55 about 11:20 local time. About 1 hr later they rode back through town past the funeral home we were standing post at. Was it you, were you just passing through or are you local and I haven't met you yet? C.R.

I have a "99" RSV and a "03" 1100 V-star both with full coverage through Dairyland for about $250.00 C.R.

I don't know of a separate channel that is used by MC riders. C.R.

Kevin, do you have the tools and metal to make a set if you had an outline to go by? If so, I can fax you an outline that I have. I'm not computer savy enough to send it to you through the computer. Most use steel flat stock, but I make mine out of 3/16 aluminum. C.R.

Dray, it may have 7 windows, but they were classified as a 5 window. C.R.

Very nice and a 5 window too. C.R.

I am interested in the front turn signal mount and the mirror. Let me know if they are available and an address with suggested donation amount. Thanks C.R.

Voted, Good luck. C.R.

Anything after 1997 or 1998 has a catylitic converter in them. Thats why one looks different. I don't think you'll be satisfied with them. (JMO) The best ones to get will have 96A stamped on them. C.R.

I think two weeks would be sufficient, 30 days and you'll tend to put it off and forget it. JMO C.R.

Dana, Welcome to the group. I'm sure there is someone near you that can offer you some assistance once they read your post, if not I'm sure there is a write up about how to change it in the tech section. Thank you for your service to this great country and the freedom (which isn't free) we still enjoy. C.R.