JoWhee

+6 hp

You mean these? Honda tail light connectors I wish I had found them before I did the soldering job from hell, post undertail removal.

I'm interested in the rack, is it possible to still open the beetle bags with it installed? Picture?

The new post bypass diet is going to be mostly about protein, and special multivitamins to sum up about 50 pages in a sentence. Like you siad, grains/carbs bad. I have been tracking my food intake with myfitnesspal.com it's unnerving when you look at the numbers. By the time I get all recovered I'll be able to eat between 1/2 and 3/4 of a cup of food.

My brother in law did the shakes for 16 weeks, he lost a bunch of weight and put it all back on and then some, half the people in my pre-surgery group tried the shakes first. I decided to not waste the ~$1600. The first 72 hours was hell, no headaches that tylenol couldn't handle, and the cravings subsided pretty quick. I watched my wife eat a steak and didn't feel the urge to attack, these shakes give you about 90 grammes of protein a day, so you don't feel hungry, the worst smell for me is onions. I think you'd have to do it for at least two weeks to "clean you out" and it WILL clean you out, it also shrinks your liver. Yup I've been a foodie.. OK a glutton, almost all my life, and went from burning about 4000 calories a day down to around 1200 while still eating like I was in training. I'm seeing how prevalent food is in our society, not just advertising on TV but even in shows, it seems since you can't smoke on TV now all they do is eat.

My surgery is booked for Monday the 27th of August, since I started Optifast about 17 days ago I've lost 20 pounds (or almost gained 3hp), man this stuff is nasty but 4 shakes a day gives you 90 grammes of protein, it also cleans you out better then a wire brush.

Those stebels are great, I never thought about putting one on the bird, because for some reason I'm too stupid to look for a tutorial. :icon_wall: I had one on a '81 wing, it's a great punisher for those cyclists that like to ride 2 or 3 abreast. I had received one for Christmas and decided to try it inside off the bike battery, the cat hasn't been seen since.

How to bleed brakes. I'm hoping this works when I have to do mine.

A 12mm hex nut through the top nut won't work? You just have to tighten the ram mount to it, (4000km and holding on mine). Of course you may not want to hide that beautiful piece of art. The only issue I have is a little bit of surface rust, I'm trying to figure out what product I can put on there to stop the vibrations and rust.

Optifast day 3: I've lost 7 pounds, damn that's fast. And my blood sugars dropped a whole point (1.0 not 0.1). I'm drinking about 3.5 liters of water, including the water in the optifast, I'm worse than my GF having to pee all the time.

I'd like to say this is the easy way, but after a few diets, regimens, and blown out knees, this is a last resort. If this doesn't work I might as well cash in my pension as I won't be around long enough to spend it.

I got the call today. ~3 weeks of Optifast then surgery on the 27th. 900 calorie shake diet isn't going to be easy, especially since the stuff tastes like Betty Crocker cake mix.

Florida Can we narrow that down? Florida isn't a small state like Vermont. Dunno, he mentioned being from FL on .com but it narrows it down from "somewhere"

Florida

After years of various diets and exercise, I decided last year to bite the bullet. I'm going in for gastric bypass surgery, specifically roux-en-y. I'm 6'3" and 335 lb my already bad knees are really giving me problems. I've got the usual problems with being obese: sleep apnea, borderline diabetes, high blood pressure, etc... The procedure is a little more complex than a stomach stapling, they actually bypass the first 3' if small intestine and reduce my stomach to the size of an egg. This involves several life changes, which is one of the reasons for the long process. I've had to give up alcohol, smoking (non smoker anyways), caffeine, soft drinks, and NSAIDS for ever. The nsaids were the toughest to let go. There is also lots of behaviour testing and followup to make sure I don't transfer my food addiction to something else like gambling, drugs, or sex (girlfriend is hoping for a sex addiction). After the ~30 days recovery and back on solid food I will need to be on multivitamins forever too as my ability to absorb nutrients will be impaired. The results vary, but most people lose 80% of their excess weight, I'll never be a bean pole, but at least I'll be healthy. I don't believe in karma or any of that BS, but every now and then I'll meet someone in their 40's who has had the procedure and they say they have the energy of a 20 something person that's a pretty good endorsement in my book. The surgery is about as risky cardiac surgery. If I'm a good candidate for surgery (so far so good), I'll have to be on optifast for 3 weeks pre-op to clean out my gut and shrink my fatty liver. It's been a year that I've been in the program, and I meet with the surgeon tomorrow, fingers crossed.

I had a corbin recovered on a goldwing, I had it done at an automotive upolstery shop, there are places that do bikes too, you could probably find them on cruiser forums. I had one done (not a corbin) for my 'strom, both places did great work. He's probably a little far from you but he did mine http://www.gotitcovered.ca/ He's recovered Corbins.

I have the same first-gear mesh jacket I love it. It's a great warm weather jacket.

I was lucky to get 200km/ 120 miles from fillup to reserve light on my '00 A power commander with the stock map gives me another 60km ~40 miles from full to res light. Just looking at the PC map I noticed that the one from dynojet pulls out quite a bit of fuel in the mid range, compared to stock. I had done pretty much everything else first to track down the poor mileage (compared to my '97). Air filter, vac lines, temp sensor FPR, I had even swapped out the ECU. About the only thing I didn't try was the Baro sensor at the back of the bike, it's placement looks less than ideal to me. I was getting the rich smell and the sooty exhaust also. Between here and the .com forum, it seems the nature of the 99-00 bikes to run rich.

PM sent I'm interested.

There's a local guy looking for a set http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-...QAdIdZ373051958

Let me know thanks!

Hey John/ Al I need the pigtails for my '00 I'll cover Al's shipping to you friends and your friends to me if I can have his old pigtails (with enough wire to get a decent soldering).

ICS still sounds sexier than iOS5 which sounds like some kind of venerial disease, and about as original as.. windows 7. I'd rather have an Ice Cream Sandwich and an iOS, but it it a pain to type out, so I'll just enjoy it on my iconia, for much less money than an ipad.

I've got an extra one from my '00. It seems to make the bike run rich, especially when I'm hard on the gas, only non stock item is a k&n air filter. PM me your info and I'll send it to you.

I'm looking for the tangs for the tail light on my '00 anyone have some tangs with a couple of inches of wire still on them hanging around? (see pisture)