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  8. Posted

    Thanks for the well wishes, the intended payload is the 7k cap toy hauler and tools/supplies for jobs. This is an experimental motor in the truck market out here but has been very successful in the European market. It has crept into the California in spite of resistance from the Eco-lectric push groups. I'm hoping work slows down just enough to get back on the bike in a recreational capacity, all I had time for was a couple of Saturday morning jaunts with my brother in law. Hopefully I'll get a chance at a big bike noob ride the next time one comes around as I'm getting acquainted with the "Blue Lady" still. An 800 de-tuned is a bit of a change from a 250 to say the least.

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    Well, I know I'm not on two as much as I'm on four, and work is killing me but I just had to pile on some more. A couple of weeks ago on my way home from the shop job I had one of those days. Good drive home from work, stop at the post office to get the mail, and when I go to start up the vehicle to leave... click! Nothing. So I try a few more times, grab some tools and do some investigating, crank it and it comes to life with a noise that shouldn't be there. Turns out that I had the number five piston on my engine disintegrate on start up. four thousand miles and 2 months out of warranty. A repair requiring a new engine to the tune of $3000.00 and on average 20 to 26 hours of labor or a retail of about $6,000.00 and I'm still making payments! So, I crunched numbers over Labor Day weekend and the best alternative to repairing was a new truck. Instead of going with anything tried and true I decided to take a gamble. I'm used to the Guinea Pig position in life so I went for the diesel Ram 1500, yes I said diesel. I'd been following two lighter duty diesel trucks with diesel. The Ram 1500 and the Colorado. As the Colorado hasn't materialized in the marketplace I was steered to the Ram. The "Different" moniker is still sticking with these trucks, but I'm not concerned. So far I'm at 22MPG and this is just the first tank full, not bad for a 3 liter. I haven't got the chance to tow yet so we'll see about that. I still find myself reaching for the traditional shifter only to realize that I'm not in my old vehicle. I just haven't got used to the rotary electronic shifter on the dash yet. Has anybody had any experience with these yet. I know they're not a common vehicle to the area yet as when I was looking there were only 4 between here and Norco in Southern California when I was looking. We'll see if it's durable for sure. Now if I can just get some new dirt oriented shoes on the bike I'll be set for the cooler weather if it ever gets here.

  10. Posted

    I've got mixed feelings on the dealers auctions. Green light vehicles are good, anything that is a repo is not. The low mileage lease returns have been pretty solid on trucks. Most are pavement princess type for exec's. Don't go dealership CPO, just had a motor blow to the tune of 7K - 11K after 40K miles of pampering. Public auctions can have some real gems but primarily are dumping grounds for hole in the wall dealers and tow lots. For dealer auctions with a connection the top 3 are Manheim, Odessa, and Cade. Just my $.02

  11. Posted

    What Downs is referring to is Sena helmet Bluetooth, any will do now, paired to the Sena SR10 Bluetooth 2-way radio adapter with the Kenwood radio plug connected to a Baofeng UV-5R. No wires to the helmet and the SR10 has a mountable wired PTT so you don't have to use the one on the helmet, module or radio. With the latest firmware update on the lower priced headsets they all mesh together nicely. A slight delay but worth the wireless factor. I've been looking at that setup for a while now. With the Kenwood factor if you feel inclined you can upgrade radios later or even get the Sena adapter for a different radio all together. Good stuff.

  14. Posted

    Not a problem, converted the dimensions to decimal for the layout, already made it, just have to trim the radii on the corners to fit without a hang point. It was fun, a good warm up for half a day of welding and layout for a customers project/improvement to his car hauler.

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    I totally understand the tax bill holding pattern. I already paid out. I don't get down to EC that often but the wiper system sounds like a fun one depending on the control system or platform. If it's a Workhorse it could all be related to the chassis bulkhead pass-through. The possibilities are numerous. With my backlog from my accident it might be a good idea to stop by County RV. I'm playing catch up with my regulars now that I'm back to work.

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    I bought through them on one of the FBC deals and had a good experience though the internet response for sales was a little delayed, but the staff and F&I personnel were very friendly. I got out of there for less than the asking price at another dealer and that was with the extended warranty. It was only about 7 months later that I was contacted in regards to a class action suit against them for some financing misappropriations that I have disregarded. Got to love lawyer cash grabs at quality companies. I otherwise had no problems, a good experience.

  19. Posted

    I figured I'd put this out there for all of the riders that have RV's and trailers of all shapes and sizes. I have been in the repair side of the RV industry for close to 14 years now with mobile repair on weekends for 7 years and 7 years of trailer manufacturing from the ground up before those 14 years of repair. Seeing the costs of those parts and supplies continually rise over those 21 years and being the financial softy that I am I am constantly undercutting places of which I'm not allowed to name because I don't want to lose my accounts with them and feel it necessary to pass these savings on to the group. PM me with questions if you just need info from a manufacturer as a do it yourselfer, OEM specific parts are locatable as well and resources for parts are do-able through my wholesale accounts. I am RVIA Master Certified which means that the powers that be think that I know what I'm doing well enough to give me that title, boy do I have them fooled. Unfortunately I'm good at harness electrical issues so I get stuck with everyones stumper jobs at the shop. I'm also good with metal as well as composites. So, if anybody needs a hand with their rig, shoot me a line. I'm always busy so responses may take a little time.

  20. Posted

    The place in Escondido is North County Motorcycle Salvage Center on Auto Park Way. I used them for obscure parts 25 years ago and they often had complete motors sitting in the back (Was more like Ecology Auto Wrecking back then, rummage through the milk crates to pick your parts.) and occasionally made calls to a place called North County Motorcycle Recycler but they never had what I was looking for and I'm not sure the latter is even still in business. Either might have a whole motor available. Spin the wheel and try your luck.

  22. Posted

    Saw somebody on a dual sport with the aluminum panniers and trunk pulling a U-turn to go in to the Kearny Villa Road Filippi's Pizza Grotto at about 10:52A.M. as I was coming out of the back side of the parking lot after finishing (and passing)the ham technician exam. If it was anybody on here and you were that one person that didn't show up, don't worry. They have test day once a month, just check the ARRL site.

  23. Posted

    An excellent, photographically annotated how-to/setup guide for the rider's guide to 2 meter ham. Hopefully I'll be passing the test on Saturday and can legally begin using my setup to get familiar with it. Another plus on the uv-5ra is you can listen to FM while also monitoring the other bands, it just breaks through when there is a transmission on what you're set to monitor. With the cable and chirp software you can import local repeater frequency setups straight from the repeater directory or clone the setup from another rider with the same type radio. It's recommended to get a different antenna than the factory but for a throw away its good. If you watch Amazon for all of the uv-5r variants I've seen new as cheap as $28 and I picked mine up for $30.01 because I didn't jump fast enough on the $28 sale. All accessories (Programming cable, recommended aftermarket antenna, and radio package) together with a different antenna was $42.22 with free shipping over $35, which is excellent for just the radio side of it. The chirp software is free and very well documented although rough on finish. The mike and speaker plug is compatible with the Kenwood business radios I use at work with the lapel mike so that opens you up to a possibility of upgrading to a Kenwood unit at a later date with no big loss on the original radio headgear investment. Just thought I'd elaborate on the benefits/upward compatibility for those that are on a ramen radio budget.

  24. Posted

    Just to give my slab observations (Others observations may vary), even on the gusty days, on a 250 I found that when in the congestion of the 5 lanes and you're skipping from pocket to pocket in turbulence it's the turbulence hitting the body tugging the arms that pushes the bike around. When I'm on the expressway and feel a little of the turbulence off a passing vehicle (Ambulances and work trucks) that if I grip with the knees and relax the arms a good portion of it goes away. Then again that could be because I almost outweigh the bike, but adding the relax slack into the steering absorbs the motion for the most part for me.

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