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About themickeyd

  • Birthday 04/21/1965

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    Ron McDonald

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    Lakewood, United States

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    Lakewood

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  • Bike Year and Model
    99 RSV with hack
  1. themickeyd
    :clap2:Another big thanks for this idea, I had the bike in the back in less than 2 minutes. And it was a lot cheaper & quicker than buying a ramp that was strong enough for the bike. I'm pulling the bike out the truck this morning and pulling off the sidecar (all the wiring has to be replaced). Then time to figure out the radiator fan & right turn signal problem.
  2. themickeyd
    I thought of this but the flat bed would end up being around the same price. (at least using the price of having my truck brought home a year ago.)
  3. themickeyd
    That's a great idea that I would have never thought of. Thanks!
  4. themickeyd
    Thanks for the offers, what I have currently figured out is that I was able to get the brake lights and the LEFT turn signals to work. The right turn light on the bike stays on full time with do difference if the left one is working or not. My sidecar has a electric trim system to help correct for load. When it burned it was pretty much in the up postion which may make it on the unfun side to ride. I have pretty much figured its going home in the back of a rental or perhaps shipped back (though I think that may be difficult since they only give general picks such as between 1 & 10 days). Rental truck is looking good but need to figure out how to get that sucker in there. Ron
  5. themickeyd
    Kinda strange to find maybe he one person that can help is from where I live
  6. themickeyd
    I hate posting this but I just had a pretty major electrical fire in my sidecar. While going to breakfast my son put a dime in the electrical outlet on the dash of my escort. By the time I was able to pull over there was smoke coming from under the dash and then the electrical connector to the bike started smoking and melting, followed by smoke comining out from under the seat. Luckly everybody was able to get out with much more than a red spot on a finger. I unplugged the sidecar but it doesn't appear that the sidecar was wired very well when it was put together for me as they didn't use the right sized fuses and it appears to have fried my dash panel on my Royal Star Venture. I cannot get the brake lights or turn signals to work but all the running lights are working. The connector is fried, wires melted enough to break and the wires under the seat are melted pretty bad. I tied calling SideStrider to see if they could help but I havent gotten a call back yet. I'm not sure about getting home or what to do. Any help in the Universal City area of Los Angeles would be greatly appreciated. Ron McDonald Normaly from Lakewood Washington but currently stranded in Los Angeles
  7. themickeyd
    I'll second the milepost . I would even think about getting one now so you can plan better. I have driven/ridden the road 17 times and never went without it. The time I rode it was on my Suzuki Katana.
  8. themickeyd
    You can take a look at http://www.wirelessriders.com/ They have the BlueAnt unit that was refered to above and a couple other devices that might work. PS: I have my 3 year old (4 next week) that rides with me and loves talking about what he's seeing and doing while he's riding in the sidecar. Having a good intercom system just adds to our rides together
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