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There you gp, Ron, fixed it for ya! Hey, guys, I put Ron up to this..... he was perplexed by some of your responses to his post, and having met only Doug and I, he thought the rest of the board was full of uptight anal homos, based on many of our topics. I assured him that was not true, very few of us are uptight. ANYWAY, this was an attempt for him to loosen up & have a little fun his own self. Like I said before, Ron is one of the easiest going guys I have ever met, you all will love the fat fucker in person!

Dayum, I will SO cut & glue a mirror on before I spend that kind of cash just to get a smaller, reverse perception of reality as it closes in or moves away from me while I am on a vector that almost certainly differs from the one I am viewing the reflection of.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-Honda-CB...1QQcmdZViewItem I cracked the glass in my spill, I am prepared to replace glass only, but this is cheap enough to replace the whole schmear. Anybody know off the top of their head if it is a fit?? Thanks!

Have you ever seen a bird with ME on it????

If you do not have hypertension, swing by your doctor and get an RX for Meridia. (shouldn't be a problem if you are 20% or more over ideal body weight) Costs about $80 a month, and you ahave to get weighed by MD each month for refills & most insurance plans do not cover it. BUT it puts a big grin on your face during the day and makes it hurt to eat. Doesn't usually affect your poo schedule, except it kind of makes enemas more fun. Also affects your boners for the better. It's MAIN side effect for me, anyway, is that it makes beer taste like shit. It's always been good for a quick 20 pound slim for me.

I have HID on my LOW beam, with a toggle actuator. What everyone says about both bulbs HID is probably true, brighter than holy fuck. BUT I have a modulator on my high beam during the day, and I would be willing to bet I am more noticed than someone burning blue at noon.

Damn you Mack! I am in the process of tying everything up after being down for a month doing electrical mods and then you show up with that box shit. DAMN YOU!! That's gonna look great! I am going to have to wait till next year to do that. Maybe by then you will have any bugs worked out & will share them with me I went with the 12 fuse block, though. (Thanks Ruhi!) So far, everything I have fits under there, but it is not pretty. What a shame. My bike is such a paragon of beauty and fastidiousness, shame to blow that when you take the seat off.

Along with everything else I have done this month, I shimmed the shock tonight. Thanks for the thread! The only problem I had was I could not torque the top mounting bolt. (Unless of course, I removed the entire airbos and possibly the injector rail.) Now maybe I can keep up with Oldgeezer in the twisties!

If I remember correctly, 97-98 is different from 99-03. If anyone needs one or two, I have a set of used ones I recently bought from Ryan. Turns out I didn't really need them. I will be happy to keep them, but if anyone is SOL give me a yell. I think Warchild has a set in outstanding condition also, FWIW.

Pretty succintly stated, Ron..... good to see ya back, brother!

I would like to try this before I put on my new (used) rotors I got from Heath the other day.

I've had red wings before

Well, duh.....I guess I should have looked in the wheel section for information on FUCKING BRAKES!! FWIW, the red may be permanent, but the screws came right out. I will install tomorrow. Thanks so much guys.

I am about to replace rotors, but can't find the torque values in the service manual. Any help? Also, there was RED loc tite on the old one. Think BLUE (medium) will do OK? Thanks for your help! By the way, I checked the thickness by using my dad's micrometer I inherited. Never used it before, and I assure you, it was a very very special time for me. ' Miss you, Dad!

Philip, they air the tires up to max (42psi), never get the engine RPM over about 5K, and do a lot of coasting to a stop. Fuck that! I guess their brakes last longer too, huh?

I got Metzler M3's last June, the rear showed cord at 5K, and the front is starting to get thin on the edges. I have not been abke to do much more than 5K on any set I have ever gotten. I think I am going with the Z6 combo this week. How the HELL do some of you guys get 9,000 miles out of a set?

I installed mine last winter and never got it to fire up. All the diagnostics point toward the control switches, but I cannot find how to diagnose it. If any of you guys have one installed, and are using the speedo sensor, please let me know what your DIP switches are set to. Also, if anyone will loan me a control, I would like to swap it out for a few days. Otherwise, I am greedily eyeing all that real estate the servo is setting in under the cowl. I could put a kegerator or something in that hole. Thanks for the input!!

I assume you mean the ground loop hum you hear from your mp3 player, radar detector, or gps being plugged in to the bikes 12v power? Yes. It has been noticeable from the get go, I got a filter from autocom and it didn't seem to help much. I TRIED to keep wires from sources of interference, but maybe I did not do a great job. I may try a filter going into my new fuse block, but am unsure what kind of filter to get. I have radar detector, satellite radio, MP3 player and phone all hooked into the autocom. When they are all unplugged, the noise is still there, so am I correct in assuming it is in the autocom itself?

Do I start at the very beginning of the stuff, or do I have to filter each component separately? The buzz from any and all of my electronics is annoying. Any electronic help will be appreciated!

Yeah, if you are gonna do bike to bike, you need a set of communicators. The company seems to have a relationship w/ Kenwood, I think they are more integrated than others. (I think) I do not have BTB capabilities on mine, since no one will talk to me, what's the point? BUT if other bike has Autocom and a compatible cell phone, you could conceivably use them as BTB's....my phone works pretty well for incoming calls, even over mp3 or satellite radio. I have to use some hand to make outgoing, so it is a little cumbersome at this point.

http://www.ventura-bike.com/ http://www.oxprod.com/index.php?pg=67&...19f0ff4ee7b90b4 I've got some of each. Doug (Oldgeezer) has New Enough I think. He likes his. Pros...they are pretty cheap, hold shitloads of stuff and don't rattle Cons.....very uncool to the shiny paint job crowd, hard to lock or secure to bike. Kind of a pain in the ass to mount & dismount. And I am sure there are more for each column.

I had mine where you want to put it.....it does OK, but you have to velcro it, and the constant removal for security purposes starts to weaken the integrity of the case itself.

I am currently running: HID low beam (stays OFF except after dark) Stock high beam with modulator (stays ON except after dark) Audiovox electronic cruise control Sirius satellite radio AutoCom intercom system Beltronics detector (with digital voltage meter) Stock front, rear LED turn signals with modulator Pro-oiler Ipod 30 gig MP3 Widder heated gloves Widder heated vest Widder arm chaps At anything above a dead idle, I consistently get 13.5+ volts on the system. At speed it is always over 14V At idle it dips to about 11.8V I trickle charge my battery every few weeks just to be safe, and I am on the same battery that came with the bike at 2500 miles (so I think it is the stock one) 7 years and 22K on one isn't too shabby? If you are installing Hellas to be noticed, save your time. A cheap (80bucks or so) modulator hooked to high beam will beat that hands down. The HID is I believe the single most important mod anyone can make to their bike if they ride at night (given it is aimed correctly)

I got gloves last year. They are really neat and help a bunch. I just got a vest for Christmas and arm chaps. Then the next week, leg chaps for birthday. My problem is the controller. It seems the coil is on the wrong side of the box. Where are you guys putting the controller itself? It doesn't seem to fit well wherever I put it. Any hints overall about the units?

I just broke the zipper on one of my Sidi Strada's the other day. Warrantied for life, but local shoe shop (Logan's Magic on Western Avenue for Vern & Demon....he rides daily btw) is repairing for $13.00, about the price of shipping.