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Re: NWC: National Ask A Stupid Question Day
"So, if you've been holding back from asking that dumb question for
fear of ridicule, shyness, lowering your stature in the group..." Does that include dumb posts too? If so, I posted mine a day early. :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In W650riders@..., "Dennis J. Guggemos" <djguggms@...> wrote: fear of ridicule, shyness, lowering your stature in the group or whatever, cut loose. This is the 1 day you can take that chance and be assured that there are likely many more stupid queries flying around than you can come up with. |
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The best day off.
Murray
Yesterday (Friday) I had to have the morning off to look after three
of the kids (School holidays), while Jen took the little one to the optomitrist. Had a good morning, went and got the boat trailer road legal ready for Monday, opening day for the trout fishing season. Just before lunchtime I was reading the paper and having a coffee when my boss phoned to say she had dealt with the urgent jobs I was going to do in the afternoon. She asked, seeing as it was a lovely day, if I'd like to have the afternoon off as well and make a 4 day weekend. No second thoughts needed there. So within about 2 minutes I had the bike out and the gear ready. Jen came home about 5 minutes later and was quite happy for me to disappear for the afternoon. I decided to go to the Bealey Hotel which is on the Eastern side of Arthurs Pass from here. This is an Alpine pass through the Southern Alps. The ride was brillent. I live on the coast so we are going from sea level to the mountains. The roads are all good with everyting from open farmland to bush right down to the edge of the road, tight twisty stuff and enjoyable sweeping bends as well. The ride there took just over an hour and was about 100km's. I had a relax at the pub and enjoyed the scenery for an hour and headed home. I turned off at Jacksons to come home around Lake Brunner to have some different scenery. All up it was a 230Km trip. A great day. I learnt that my bike will do 200km's before hitting reserve. I struck a patch of rain grooves on a bend in the mountains and know what you mean when you say the front tyre will follow the grooves! A guy in the car park came over for a chat and was very impressed with the W650. I should have taken my camera, I took some photo's with my phone but they are pretty small when put on the computer, next time. Cheers Murray |
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NWC: Massive Crash! Rider posts his wreck on MCN
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThis "Massive Crash!" on MCN was posted by a member of the
Ninja 650R group. What makes it so special is the photos marked up by the rider
explaining the crash. I hope I have that much good humor if/when I get nailed
(again).
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Dennis |
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turn signal wiring problem
I replaced all my signals and the tail light with after market ones.
I am having some problems. The tail light works great with the stock signals, but once I hooked up the new signals the tail light pops a fuse each time I turn the bike on. However, the signals all work properly without the tail light on. My turn signals all have triple wires. How do I wire the back signals since there is just two wires going to them? Also, should the rear signals be off when the bike is on? Trial and error is not working, 5 fuses blown with no luck. |
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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
john gary simpson
The Florida coast around Appalatcheecola has man-eating flies. The
Florida Keys has bugs called no-see-ums that can go right through window screens. And central Florida has swarms of love bugs that congregate in roadways during mating season and can blind you by totally covering your windshield or glasses with bug guts in a metter of seconds. Like mosquitos, they are attracted to CO2. I need to wear a mask when I'm driving my tractor to keep from inhaling them.-- - In W650riders@..., "Gene Fitch" <cafeboy@...> wrote: border. theWe chatted briefly the evening prior then had breakfast together thefollowing morning. In his early forties, I think. Originally from states. Wesecond time (apparently on average a 4 to 6 month proposition,In 1979(?), my girlfriend and I decided to travel around the visited her family in Lowell, Massachusetts for a while. <<Strangefactoid: I met a priest at a church fair in Lowell who was a friend of JackKerouac and had done the service at his funeral.>>started off at Mount Moosilaukie and spent a couple of days going uphill, thendownhill. It was beautiful and we were drinking water right out of a rushingcreek full of snowmelt. We got caught in big thunderstorms and camped insnow. But when we hit the bottom, the mosquitoes hatched out and ate usalive. That was also my first experience with those tiny black flies.shut, our hands were swelled up and we could hardly flex our fingers. I'llnever forget the high-pitched sound of millions of mosquitoes in theforest. We lasted a week.north to avoid snow and most bugs. |
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Re: And then there were two
petetibble
Best thing will be if you fly me and my bike over to New England
from Old England, then you can give it a good tryout on roads you know. Can't say fairer than that! I have to say that my initial feelings are that the Versys would be highly unsuited to dirt roads due to it's rather revvy nature. I think what you need is a W650 engine in a Versys frame. That's a little job for the weekend.... Pete --- In W650riders@..., "Charles Graves" <bxf7check@...> wrote: was riding through Maine. The reason for the stop was to check if theyseen.) 1000 model instead). The sales fella I was speaking with volunteered toinitial impression of the Versys is that it's not a pretty bike. However,I had a similar experience the first time I saw a V-Strom on a showat prettier bikes instead.) Later discovered all the great thingsabout the Strom and after many subsequent views, guess what ¨C it doesn'twould be Pete Cordell from the W650riders forum) to buy a Versys. Thatway I would be able to get a 3-way W/Strom/Versys comparison froma Versys!! :-)is hoping to take a cross continent bike tour sometime during thenext few years. Will include a lot of unpaved roads (trans Labrador inquite a bit of luggage. One of the things I like about the 650 bike sizeprobe further on this topic after you've had more time to get to knowthe Versys.blustery test ride. Its very comfortable and though the little screendoesn't really keep much weather off it does an excellent job of keepingthe wind blast at bay. None of the usual neck ache after a long highshould rack up some miles as I've managed to get it in time for a trip upto put some time in titivating her, but then I'm afraid she'll haveto go in the springtime. Sob. Unless I come into some money in the |
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NWC: National Ask A Stupid Question Day
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýSo, if you've been holding back from asking that dumb question
for fear of ridicule, shyness, lowering your stature in the group or whatever,
cut loose. This is the 1 day you can take that chance and be assured that there
are likely many more stupid queries flying around than you can come up
with.
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Examples;
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Asked at:
-- Niagara Falls State Park (New York): "Where can I buy a ticket for the barrel ride?"
-- Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona): "Exactly why did you guys put it here?" "What year did they build this?" "Is the mule train air-conditioned?" "Are there dining cars on the mule train?" "I bought tickets for the elevator to the bottom -- where is it?"
-- Denali National Park & Preserve (Alaska): "Can you show me where the yeti lives?" "How much does Mount McKinley weigh?"
-- Watson Lake (Yukon Territory, Canada): "What time do the bears show up?" "What time do y'all turn on the Northern Lights?"
-- Everglades National Park (Florida): "What time does the 2 o'clock bus leave?" "Where are all the rides?"
-- Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado): "Do you know of any undiscovered ruins?" "Why did they build the ruins so close to the road?"
-- Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming): "How do you turn it (Old Faithful) on?" "We had no trouble finding the park entrances, but where are the exits?" "Can we eat this?" (holding a handful of moose droppings that look like Milk Duds)
-- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico): "How many pingpong balls would it take to fill this up?" "How much of the cave is underground?"
-- Yosemite National Park: "What time of year do you turn on Yosemite Falls?" "Where are the cages for the animals?" |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
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NWC:was My First Multi now: bugs
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----- Original Message -----NO THANKS! Those are the most horrible little pests I've ever run across. I'd even say they are worse than the mosquitos in South-east Asia. My brother, who lives in Georgia, came out here to Oregon a couple of years ago and we went camping. Sometime in the evening, while we were sitting out looking at the stars (and drinking beer), he suddenly exclaimed, "Hey! There's no bugs!" ;-> gene in OR |
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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
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So I take it you don't have black flies on the west coast? Maybe we should send some over. Ray F. On 28-Sep-07, at 2:00 AM, Gene Fitch wrote:
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Jon
¿ªÔÆÌåÓý> No need for red faces, Jack...When mine got so bad it was miss-firing I> half ripped the machine apart before I found the loose terminal.... > > My red face was your problem solver. > > If your terminal was only a tiny bit loose but you were still getting an > intermittent circuit, you should be putting Vaseline on the terminals > because it sounds like surface corrosion was preventing contact. > > Jon > > Battery is only a few months old, bike is running good. Any >> thoughts? Thanks, Jack Kuespert >> > Thanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny > bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack > > > --- In W650riders@..., "gautierjack"
wrote: > > Hey, Y'all. On my 2000 W (18k mi), my speedo & tach have started acting > up. The needles go up & down in unison & the digital display flashes > back to all zeros then resumes normal operation. I've got a Kaw shop > manual but there doesn't seem to be anything in the troubleshooting > section. Battery is only a few months old, bike is running good. Any > thoughts? Thanks, Jack Kuespert > Thanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Jon
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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
From: "Charles Graves"
Re your comment about the Appalachian Trail, I met an interestingIn 1979(?), my girlfriend and I decided to travel around the states. We visited her family in Lowell, Massachusetts for a while. <<Strange factoid: I met a priest at a church fair in Lowell who was a friend of Jack Kerouac and had done the service at his funeral.>> We were really into backpacking so decided to "do" the Trail. We started off at Mount Moosilaukie and spent a couple of days going uphill, then downhill. It was beautiful and we were drinking water right out of a rushing creek full of snowmelt. We got caught in big thunderstorms and camped in snow. But when we hit the bottom, the mosquitoes hatched out and ate us alive. That was also my first experience with those tiny black flies. When we called her sister to come rescue us, our eyes were swollen shut, our hands were swelled up and we could hardly flex our fingers. I'll never forget the high-pitched sound of millions of mosquitoes in the forest. We lasted a week. Later, we found out you should start at the southern end and walk north to avoid snow and most bugs. gene in OR |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Ruari McLennan
Yeah, mine flashes like a red strobe what with all the "Dohs" I have made.
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Ruari ----- Original Message -----
From: "Captain Jake" <jake@...> To: <W650riders@...> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off Hey Jack, your face shouldn't be so red. Most of the advice that I |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Hey Jack, your face shouldn't be so red. Most of the advice that I
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give, and I think that of many others is simply the information we gained from making the same mistake before. Jake ----- Original Message -----
From: "gautierjack" <gautierjack@...> Thanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack --- In W650riders@..., "gautierjack" <gautierjack@...> wrote: acting up. The needles go up & down in unison & the digital display flashes |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
--- In W650riders@..., "gautierjack" <gautierjack@...>
wrote: acting up. The needles go up & down in unison & the digital display flashesThanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack |
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