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    Wiring relay question

    I didn't say to run it without a fuse. And it depends on your particular bike but an easy example is to hook up (since we're talking about these), heated grips to something like the gauge illumination circuit. If there is a fault with the heaters then that fuse will pop and you will only lose...
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    Wiring relay question

    The ground for the relay really isn't that big of a deal. It's just activating a tiny electromagnetic coil to pull the contacts. Put it some place convenient. Putting too many connectors at your battery makes servicing the battery needlessly difficult. It can also interfere with the battery...
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    History of the Ducati Monster

    Hawk GTs in good shape sell for more than they did new. The CBR that was just a few dollars more didn't age as well. When I stopped riding 2-strokes and was looking for something new, I almost put money down on the then new Monster at a (now gone Ducati dealer -- maybe Rev Cycles?). Then I...
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    Ballistic BMS Charger

    If the battery is below a certain voltage chances are it's pooched. The BMS won't even touch it if it is below the threshold, but you can turn the charger to lead-acid mode and charge it past the minimum V, then switch back to Li-Fe. The BMS is a good charger, BUT it's actually an IMAX B6...
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    Got rear ended on the 401 yesterday....

    Can you? Once they declare it a total loss, I don't think you CAN get it back.
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    Carbs settings Virago 750

    Check out what's called an "idle drop" procedure.
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    FF versus 3/4 Helmets

    Something you might not realize, until you witness it yourself is: if you fall and slide on your back feet first, your helmet, (without a chin bar,) may roll forward and pop off your head. Where the chin bar of a fullface helmet will stop its rotation when it hits your chest. You can finish...
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    1983 GS750ES Carb Help

    Try http://jbmindustries.com/ for new rubbers, if you're really stuck.
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    Const. James Forcillo shot Sammy Yatim - the trial

    More triggers, different triggers, more or less powerful triggers. More devices with triggers doesn't fit into my idea of de-escaltation. Trigger culture: When the only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. What about when the only tools have triggers and cross-hairs? I...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    Kinda off topic, but this has been everywhere. All I've heard from the friends I have who look like that cop (mid thirties, white males, similar beards) is that if they stopped to help a kid build a snowman for the very same reasons (liking kids, liking play, liking snow) Cops would have been...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    Unfortunately, it's always the case that when you see an 'us and them' situation, it's too late. :sad1: Humanity is supposed to be one team. I don't think police see it that way -- and when you question them about it, all you get are explanations, rationalizations and assertions that 'we'...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    Ask this question in a poll: are YOU scared to be confronted by police...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    Training.
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    If no dislosure is recieved can I be reimbursed costs to attend a trial?

    Oh it can. They (JP and prostitutor) will use your lack of knowledge (or confidence in that knowledge) of the system against you. In trial, they will ask you about your disclosure requests and phrase them in double-negatives in such a way to get you to utter the word "yes." They will then use...
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    Valve cover bolt leaking

    If you use a clicker type torque wrench, don't get fooled by the torque setting. A wrench that has a maximum setting of 100 or 120 ft.lbs is NOT going to be anywhere near accurate at 10 ft.lbs. Whenever you use a device like this, it's going to be the most accurate in the upper 2/3 of its...
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    How to remove matte finish

    If it's really lacquer, you could remove it with lacquer thinner, and spray it with a UV blocking non-lacquer clearcoat. BUT... you could also polish and buff it to a brilliant shine by 'hand rubbing.' If you sand too deeply into the carbon, the fibres will fray, and they will stick out...
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    Jevco/Intact Clients -- What's your before and after premium?

    I'm not about to but my own personal details one the net... as there is NO TRUST for sleazy insurance folks (no offense ;) ) but it suffices to say that my situation is give or take, exactly like the above. And didn't Intact take a big hit on the flooding?.. can't wait to pay for that mess, too.
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    Stripped axle and castle nut

    - The tire goes crooked, jams into the swingarm, locks up and you crash OR - The tire goes crooked, the chain jumps, jams, locks up the wheel and you crash I'm sure there are other possibilities... most of which end in "you crash."
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    Find Headlight Low Beam Wire - 2012 Honda Shadow Phantom

    All the Hondas I've worked on have had a green ground, a white lowbeam and a blue highbeam. There is also a light blue and a light blue with a white stripe that are for the right side turn signal and marker light respectively. This is not comprehensive info, and I don't ever work on...
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    Battery - not charging or not keeping charge?

    Don't go changing things if you don't KNOW that they need to be changed. Especially when you're going to end up knocking magnets off the flywheel (or something like that,) and ending up in deeper. The stator makes anywhere from 0 to 75 VAC; the regulator/rectifier turns it into 13.5 V-14.5 V...
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