DerekClouser
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Might be interested. How quickly does the shield change in different conditions?
I've seen the shield - It only takes a few seconds to go from full smoke to clear --- pretty cool IMHO
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Www.customled.com You get what you pay for. Sorry to hear about xdcycle though, I was tempted to buy some of their stuff.
CustomLED.com doesn't sell tail lights for 98 Honda's unfortunately.
On a side note: The instructions the guy mailed to me said 'For Hondas, unplug the old flasher relay, plug new one in.'
There were some complicated instructions for certain type of bikes, but Hondas seemed fairly simple.
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Sounds like a guy I've dealt with recently. Ebay seller id?
xdcycle.com i bought it off their website xtreme discount cycle --- If I didn't want to have to uninstall the tail light, I'd have sent the items back and demanded a refund solely on his poor customer service. I would have gone through Nathan at ridersdiscount but he didn't have an integrated tail light for my old ass bike.
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http://www.luckybike.com/led-relay-flash-controller-honda-kawasaki-yamaha
Don't know if you've seen this, but sounds like something in the switch could be part of it. Go to lucky bike.com it shows a pic of a replacement relay which looks similar to the one on your bike. Funny thing is the relay seems kind of universal but doesn't list Suzuki, I think that guy sent you the wrong part... How could you have put it on wrong? I don't think new directions would help the part work, but that's just my opinion, as I'm just a girl and no nothing of these mechanical workings...
I said to him that it didn't seem like you could install it wrong, it was unplug old one, plug in new one and he assured me I installed it incorrectly. Was completely rude and lacked any sort of customer service.
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So I recently purchased a new integrated tail light as my previous one didn't have 2 color scheme and was fairly dim. I bought a new 2 color red -brake amber - turn signals -
I also needed to replace the flasher relay. I bought a new one from the same place I bought the integrated tail light. It seemed fairly simple to install by removing the old one and plug-n-play the new one. When I installed the new one, the blinkers stopped blinking and would just stay lit. I assumed maybe they sent me the wrong flasher relay.
When I called the guy, he told me I installed it wrong and would ship me the instructions.He asked me to send him an email so he could send them and I had mentioned that I already did earlier this morning. Then he got rude and said that I would have to wait for him to get into the office and send them.
I'm at work and unfortunately I don't have the part number, but I purchased it from xdcycle.com ( I wouldn't recommend using them ever ).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bike: 98 CBR900rr
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For the record, I am a woman driver, and as a few on here pointed out, it was me being aware and driving defensively that keep this accident from being worse that what it was. Had I not been aware and stopped as soon as I seen what the other driver was about to do, she would of t-boned me and most likely seriously injured me and herself.
FWIW - a man probably could have avoided the accident all together.
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to compound the problem, most of the people doing these things are shitty drivers even when they are paying attention.
Are you inferring that women are bad drivers? If so, well done.
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it's not just phones, I've seen people reading the newspaper while driving, reading books...craziness.
Putting on makeup is one I see frequently.
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I remember the conversation
"Sir, I have an ohio concealed weapons license, a weapon on my right hip and I would like to know why I was pulled over"
He grumbled you're speeding, at that point I told him I was going to assert my 5th amendment right and not speak for the rest of the stop. All cops are dicks, end of story, with or without camera. I was breaking the law, I got a ticket. But cops will still be dicks even when on camera. They have no attitude conduct rules to follow. Just remember we were all lied to at a hong age, cops are NOT our friends.
Do you not see why you got ticketed? You could have easily just played nice in the sandbox and spoke with the guy and I'm sure he'd have let you off without a ticket. I understand your rights, but I also believe that you could have easily had a friendly conversation without attempting to prove you being a dick by invoking your 5th amendment right before he even began to question you about it. When you give a cop an attitude, he's going to ticket you out of spite for thinking you know the law better than him, which is how he took the situation when you said "I'm invoking my 5th amendment rights".
I've been pulled over several times and been completely polite the entire time, showed a conscious effort that their safety was important to me (by putting both my hands on the steering wheel, not making any quick movements, etc.), calling them sir or ma'am and I've never had any issues with the police. They've been more than courteous to me back and usually let me off with a warning (one time I was doing 55 in a 25), followed by a hand shake thanking them for their service.
Maybe you should try it sometime and you wouldn't think cops are all assholes.
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What difference does it make? If you're breaking the law by 1 or 100 mph you are still breaking the law.
I got hit with a 180 dollar citation earlier this year for 73 in a 70 in my wife's sedan.
The fact that a lot of people don't want to be portrayed being an asshole even when they are. People have the tendency to be much more professional if they know they are being recorded. Sure it doesn't change the fact that you were breaking the law, but let's be honest, if a Cop pulls you over and writes you a ticket for 3 over, 1 of 2 things happened: either you gave the cop a hard time so they wrote you a ticket out of spite, or they were being a complete asshole and odds are you'll get it dismissed in court. I've talked to numerous cops who say that they won't write tickets for anything under 10 mph over the posted limits (provided the weather doesn't dictate otherwise).
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Only reason I don't like rescue tools attached to the key chain is in a panic situation, sometimes it's hard to focus on getting the car in park so you can get your key out of the ignition. Nevertheless, it's still far better than not having one at all.
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Definitely a response to the SUV/biker incident.
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Not that I condone this cop's behavior, but that's what he gets for being a Michigan fan
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This is why you need a helmet camera!!!
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I rode the Brecksville reservation last weekend and it was a little messy from the trees. Be careful if you ride it.
Rode it yesterday, all the tree debris has cleared up.
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I'm sure it would be easier on Casper if we came up with a list of achievements for him to look into implementing.
Obviously there would be the newbie achievements (First Post, First Thread Created, First Image uploaded, adding a friend, accepting a friend request, etc)
There would need to be the veteran achievements (ie milestones such as 1k posts, maybe profile views or something)
There should be awesome achievements like attending the Epic Rides, like a badge for each major event attended. Supporter achievement, Sponsor Achievement
I'd like to see even some cool badges that could be issued by a Sponsor that would indicate that the user utilized a sponsor for a purchase. Like for example, Alan could issue a badge to a member if they ordered stickers from his website. That would be a cool feature for the Sponsors to have. Not sure how hard this would be to implement but would be nice nonetheless.
I'd maybe say keep the ideas coming and maybe alan can put the achievements into the OP.
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Who wants to gang up and ride down to those great roads of Southern Ohio -
As always time & route is up to whomever wants to lead, can meet in Millersburg or Bolivar (seem to be the common meetup places)
Probably close to one of the last opportunities to get out and ride. Supposed to be beautiful about 75+ and sunny on Saturday.-
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This is why I bought a helmet cam and always have it running while I ride in case one of many things happen:
1) I get in an accident, I can review the footage to see who is at fault or what I did wrong that I can fix for the next time. (assuming the footage makes it through the accident)
2) I get pulled over, I am not witness-less if the cop wants to infringe upon my rights.
3) If something crazy happens like the time the dude hit a dog in front of me and ran from the accident. Used the footage to obtain his License plate.
Also pretty nice to have to review through the winter time of all the rides you did throughout the riding season. Helps you get through it
Glad to hear you are relatively okay, sounds like they've accepted responsibility. Hope they give you a fair price for the bike, but in the event they don't, make sure you take them to the cleaners for your medical problems to make up for it.
Best of luck man and not that it really helps, but at least this happened at the end of the riding season so you won't have to wake up on too more warm days wishing you could be out riding.
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The guy who shot the viral video has spoken out.
He claims that the bikers were slowing down cars that got intermingled in the ride so that all the other bikes could pass safely. Also alleges that the SUV either threw a water bottle out his sun roof or sprayed water out of a water bottle at them. Appears to be what started the whole confrontation.
Edit: He also claims that the battery on his camera died at the moment the video ends and that he didn't edit any of the video. He was merely a witness and does not expect to be charged for anything.
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Good read. Nice change of pace to see positive experience articles instead of all the drama in today's society.
Probably broke into the Park
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All down for charging this guy, but gang assault? I might be overly cautious, but I'm a bit worried about that charge.
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It doesn't appear that they really care about their pilots or to make sure their equipment is safe for travel so it probably is a huge blessing in disguise. Good job on the emergency landing... Glad to hear you are okay.
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Weird I posted from my phone this morning but it didn't show up. Wanted say we weren't making it, was raining here early this morning and more rain the forecast. Don't mind riding in rain if it happens but didn't want to leave in it.
Only the Cleveland Browns...
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