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  1. It might not be the stator either -- this may sound dumb, but check the wires from the stator to the R/R... I remember frying one of the three yellow legs out of the stator and it leaving me stranded in Norwalk. I was able to make it to the track, run the race, and make it 1/3 of the way home before the battery just couldn't do it anymore.

    The bike doesn't really charge very well on 2/3s the power it's expecting. :)

  2. I guess I don't understand this whole compassion deal, because a lot of the same people who bust chops on 'bleeding heart' people, are against health care for all, decry welfare and other social safety net programs, and are pro-SB5 (anti union, anti public service sector workers), but yet are pro-lifers and think it's appalling people just stood idly by and let this guy take his own life.

    "Every life is precious, if they can afford it" seems to be a fitting mantra. I'm surprised more people aren't glad that's one more person potentially off the gov't tab along with all the money saved by not having a taxpayer funded recuse and hospitalization cost only for the goober to potentially try it again later.

    Call it callous, but I don't understand the "selective compassion" for people.

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJhjUWpFoTU&feature=player_embedded

    Figured I'd share just in case someone was interested in furthering Harley stereotypes this morning. Yes, this happened last night.

    This is why you don't drink and ride. I watched this guy fall over on his bike in the staging lanes, unfortunately a kid on a gsxr broke his fall and busted his front fairings up, then the guy tries to make a pass down the drag strip. I was about three passes before this so didnt get to see it live. Being on a Harley, I guess the racetrack was just a stop in between barhopping.

  4. I'm a quarter mile from where Punk lives, so if you know where he's at... I'll PM you my cell and you can text or PM me your address and we can schedule a rollout from your place.

    I just know that since you're a new member on here, you're going to have restrictions on how many PMs you're allowed to send until you get up over 50 posts/30 days... so I didn't want to try to have a back-n-forth over PMs since you're under restriction.

  5. How come UP hasn't chimed in on this thread? He puts his infant on the back of his bike inside a backpack, with no more than swimming pool goggles for eye protection taking excessive risks regarding speed and route.

    And he's probably the coolest guy out there.

  6. I did the snapshot thing from Progressive... dropped my rates 30%. I don't drive my cage in a manner I'd be worried if I was being observed -- I'm still against it on premise, but I really have nothing to hide and cheaper insurance means more money in my pocket.

    Besides, they say they aren't collecting speed data or location -- just mileage, engine "ON" time, and deceleration rate (e.g. 'hard brakes'). [Or so you're told, I'm not as naive to think they didn't collect more than that, but I wasn't worried about it]. Now, that still never stopped people from cutting ME off and me getting the thing beeping at me for a hard brake event, nor would it be able to differentiate whether I was onroad or offroad -- I shouldn't be penalized for a hard brake if I'm in my driveway or in a farmfield somewhere.

    Either way, I saved a bunch of cash on my car insurance.

    Regarding the 'black boxes' -- automakers have been putting EDR's on cars since the OBDII standard came online (approx 1996), and some maybe before that in order to study crash data to make cars safer, and to CYA themselves against litigious Americans. So, you are being "observed" whether you like it or not -- the data is there, it's whether they want access to it.

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