SilvrT
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Many people, from my observance, are "followers". The "monkey see - monkey dooers" ... not a lot ya can do to change that mentality....that's just who they are but it sure can be frustrating sometimes to those who aren't ... and maybe vice versa.
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That one is "close" http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11050 but not the one I'm thinking of... maybe it's not even on this site... I'll go to that "other" site and check it out... EDIT: nope ... can't find anything in there.
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nope... the one I'm looking for had pics showing how to remove an internal section of the seat and put something different in it... like different foam or a gel pad... and then put the cover back on.
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Here, when the cross street light turns red, there is appx a 30 second pause before the green light comes on... supposedly I guess to compensate for the same situation. Even with that though, it's common practise, at least for me, to look both ways before proceeding on the green because it's not uncommon for vehicles, especially those who are turning left, to go against a red. They might be sitting behind a couple other vehicles that are out into the intersection waiting to turn, while they at the time are still at or behind the crosswalk....light changes, cars in the intersection go and the guy that's 3rd, even though he's not into the intersection goes anyway....they seem to think that since they are there, they have the right to proceed....as if they are hooked to the back bumper of the vehicle ahead of them or something. jerks!
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Somewhere there is a thread explaining / showing how to modify the stock RSV seat to reduce pressure on the tailbone. Seems I recall a gel pak involved. anyone have a link for this thread? I forgot who did it and can't seem to find it.
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heh ... I guess it could be misinterpreted for that .... but it got you here. LOL
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no "confrontation" taken my friend. You "may" be right but I don't believe so and here's why. Many people also use their PC's for gaming... how many games do you find on the shelves of stores for a Linux box or for that matter, even a MAC? Many people use specific software due to being compatible with their friends and/or work which IS NOT necessarilly compatible with Linux OS. Sure, there are workarounds to a lot of that but... it's much simpler to stick with the "norm" ... what other's are using so, having made that statement, maybe "have to" was literally incorrect. Personally, I would probably use Linux (you may recall other similar discussions that I'm no stranger to it); however, certain software I run at home cannot be run in a Linux environment for example, my Income Tax package, my Remote Connection to work, MS Access, and my games. I have ran dual-boot systems (Linux and Windows) but it's a pain in the butt to re-boot just to run certain apps so, it's much simpler just to stick with Windows. BTW, I apologize for what might seem to be hijacking this thread as this discussion isn't addressing the issue brought forward.
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So there we were (Nina & I), stopped at a red light on a 4-lane street, with left turn lanes, us in the inside lane waiting for the green to go straight thru. I'm watching the light for it to turn yellow for the cross traffic. We're first out. Light changes yellow...then red and..... BANG! Two cars travelling opposing direction on the cross street collide right in front of us. One was making a left turn, the other going straight thru. The one going straight thru (a red car) hit the one turning left (a blue car) near the right rear door and caused it to slide a bit. The red car stopped, the blue car regained control, made the turn and stopped at the curb. They both RAN THE RED LIGHT !!! So I get out to offer assistance to the driver of the red car...still stopped in the middle of the intersection. She asked for my info (which I would have given her) but I said "you should know that both of you ran the red light". She immediately argued that and didn't want my info so I thought "too bad" and I left. (nobody was injured). I reported it to the police and gave my statement to ICBC (govern't insurance co). My thinking is, if I can do anything to stop idiots who are in too much of a hurry that they run a red light, I will. Danged if I'm going to let either one of those drivers get away with that! ps... we weere in the truck, not the scoot, on our way to work.
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Unfortunately, some of us... well, in fact MOST of us... HAVE TO and that's just the way it is. Those, like yourself (I believe you're on a Linux or MAC machine?), who are fortunate enuf to be able to do all they "need" to do on a MAC or Linux box are.... well, fortunate. That being said, such situations as this are not exempt just because a given person is using a Linux or MAC machine.
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One thing that some folks do is send out forwarded emails. They address them TO: everyone in their contact list. This email now has embedded in it all those addy's PLUS all the addy's of whoever forawrded it to them, and so on.... Spyware/viruses somewhere on somebody's computer can pick up those addy's and start distributing spam emails using any one of those addy's as the SENDER. Never put peoples email addy's in the TO box when you send to multiple recipients... use the BCC box for that and NEVER forward such emails... create a new one and copy/paste the body part of the message, leaving out all the other "crap" such as all those embedded email addy's that it was forwarded to.
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Download / install Spybot S&D ... follow the setup and do a complete scan and then clean all things found. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
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Here's a little "trick" that used to work ... not sure if it still does. Create a new entry in your address book with name of 000000000 (that's zeros) and email addy of ooooooooo@nowhere.com (false addy) This becomes the first entry in the address book When the "bot" sends to this addy, it will get a fail and once a fail has been detected, the bot stops. That's how it used to be but that was years ago so like I said, dunno if that still works.
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Contrary to some other replies, I am in agreement with you. I think I would have gotten a little "irate" myself..especially after having such a discussion with the shop manager and going over the bike to inspect it prior to them taking it in. I also agree that they should have set the hard bags down on clean shop towels. This is much the same as putting fender mats over the fenders of a car/truck when working inside the engine compartment. Granted, we will get scratches, etc but doing all that can be done to reduce that occurrence is something some of us are very particular about. Maybe your actions will help to improve their customer satisfaction as no doubt such things (or worse) have happened to other's scoots while in that shop.
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If it wasn't clear coated then the edge would be "sharp" ... you would be able to catch the edge with a razor knife or for that matter, any knife. On my '85 and my '87, the pinstrips are clear coated over... same thing on my '83 wing and I'm guessing they are on the 2nd gens that have striping as well so I would suspect these "flames" would be also. Someone go down to a dealer that has one of these and when nobody is looking, see if you can lift the edge of the flame with a knife....
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Do we know if they've been clear-coated over???? I've not seen a "live" version yet.
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I found the "Schlipnschleider" brand is really good... :rotf:
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hmmmmmmmm... fork seals for VIAGRA??? that should be interesting... and you want ROCKET's assistance with that?? :rotf: :rotf:
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heh ... but who would want a Neon 20 or 30 years from now? Heck, who would want one now?? Now that Duster .... that's a kewl car!
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Great idea... I didn't think of that one!
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you know... I also thought of that too... just haven't "explored" it .... glad to hear someone has done it and it worked out. The trailer had 3 nice aluminum strips that were glued on the top which are still in good shape so I'll be re-using those ... just need a "rack". Another idea I had was using aluminum tubing and rail hardware as what is found on various boats. I was in a hardware store the other day that caters to the marine folks and came across some of the components which gave me that idea. I'm still in the "research" process but it would be nice to find the kind of stuff originally used on these trailers. The one that was on mine got a little mangled when it was dumped.
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thanks Don... I thought of the RV places... just haven't gotten a "round toit". I did go to a shop that deals specifically with cargo racks and cargo carriers but dang... the cheapest is near $400.
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The chrome / aluminum "rack" found on many of the cargo trailers (such as the one in the att'd pic). Canada vendors preferred. [ATTACH]44234[/ATTACH]
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That's basically the same as the Progressive one which is about $50 I think.
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NICE!!! ... so how many is that now?
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When I go for lunch today, I'll check to see if I won the lottery on Friday....