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find Flounder's thread on extracting the broken bolts, and try warming up the engine before taking the bolts off next time, I've found that helps sometimes, but I had the same thing happen to me on my 400EX engine rebuild, mine broke off so deep I had to take it to a machine shop to have them get the broken bolts out.

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Was I in the Tacoma? Probably did, lol, I love that Tacoma!

thanks guys... here are the new PCB board layouts with the new protection circuit and current adjust... no jumpers, I got all the capacitors, transistors, and diodes aligned same direction for simple assembly.

If its anything like my work, they probably cut the funding for the training, and just threw a bunch of guys in a sub and told them to figure it out.

once seen a guy begging for money by the side of the road, then later that evening he walked around to the back of a gas station nearbuy and got in his really nice caddilac!

Actually I have a wife and 2 kids, so for me it comes out to about 50 cents a day per person in my house. which does nothing for me, and I will gladly pay someone that money to punch every senator and the president directly in the face as hard as they can. That money is joke money, it was only but int he bill so he could call it "a stimulous package" when actually it was a "goverment blow money spending bill". That money will not compensate for my increase in property tax, the insaine money in gas I have paid while they extorting us for gas money, and the other taxes they will be raising on me this year.

all you need to change on the title is OR to MC, thats "OFF ROAD" to "MOTORCYCLE" when you fill out the form.

digikey or mcm electronics in dayton have the best prices on parts and stuff. Im using ExpressPCB software, its a free program, simple to use and has all the features I need. I like it better than the paid programs I was using.

Revised schematic, added current adjusting capability, and better short circuit protection, as well as better battery reversal protection.... F2 can use an auto resetting board mount fuse, or standard glass fuse.

Sweeeeet!!

Final product...

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no problem, steps 4 and 5 are key process steps. once you got those down you'll make a perfect board every time. if you burn the paper during step 4, you have the iron set to hot, slightly trim the temp back, hottest you an get without burning it is the perfect temp. when applying pressure, just use moderate pressure with the iron, about equal to the weight of 2 bricks. Step 5 is very important, its best to position the folded damp rag UNDER a brick, then quickly squish it down on the board, and put AS MUCH PRESSURE AS POSSIBLE on the brick with your body. your basically trying to soak the paper on the board with lots of pressure, to keep the paper from curling up (because curling will rip the traces off) after about 60 seconds. once the paper is soaked under pressure, it will not curl off, and its safe to drop the board in some water to finish the paper dissolving.

Here is the board process I developed through experimenting, it works really well... 1) Prep PCB with fine steel wool, oil from your fingers will cause toner to not stick. 2) Print on laser printer, Cut out design. (Use HP Glossy doublesided Brocure Paper) (HP 4L Laser Printers work the best, because the toner sticks better) 3) Position printed design over PCB, run through laminater 5 times. the laminater will lightly fuse the toner to the board. 4) Using a Iron set to linen, place the PCB on top a brick or metal pan, paper side up, place iron on top of the PCB, put pressure on it for 3 minutes. (this is what fuses the toner to the copper) 5) Place damp warm folded rag over the PCB, and quickly put pressure on it with a brick or something flat and heavy for 60 seconds. (this is an important step that presoaks the paper without letting the edges curl) 6) Now place PCB in room temperature water for at least 1 hour (the longer the better). (if the paper curls and rips a trace off, you didn't do step 4 and 5 correctly) 7) Carefully peel the dissolved paper from the PCB board. If any traces broke, then you didn't apply enough heat or pressure during step 4. start over at beginning. 8) Etch board. 9) Clean toner off with steel wool.

thanks, here is an update of my battery charger build process... ..... before etch... after toner transfered... after etch, final PCB before drilling the holes and mounting components... I revised the schematic a little bit (changed how the LED's work) the PCB layout design... the PCB design with silk screen, no jumpers, parts neatly lined up, single sided board... disregard the text that says LM371, its already been fixed to LM317, lol

+1 good recommendation. ...get you a multimeter out and start probing.

SWEET!! flip a switch, and enable a fast idle map, pretty cool.

the original definition is a poser. someone trying to ride beyond their capabilities. when I hear the word I connect it with that. If Nicky Hayden decided to take a few quick laps around the track with no gear, he would not be a squid, because that is well within his range of capabilites, but if joe blow with no experience did, trying to show off his skills, (which don't exist) he would be a squid.

your riding style and still level depends on what is the best bike for you. If you feel like a 600 just isnt fast enough, or just does not have enough torque for you, move up to a 1000. If you feel a 600 is almost good enough, move to a 750.

I've been pulled over for no reason plenty of times. then they let me go. I don't even ask why anymore, cause I'm sick of hearing the lies.

none of the above. Someone who tries to act like hot stuff on a bike, but actually is clueless, is a squid. Or someone who generally is clueless on a bike is a squid.

I never showed you that, lol, here it is... at full brightness the whole setup only draws about 120mA, and that's directly from the 120VAC line, there is no transformer in this setup. The silver thing is the touch sensor

that motorcycles and programming are where its at, lol, I'll take pics of the staircase design tonight and post them up with the schematic, its pretty neat.