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    RIDE...you can do maintenance when you are dead!

    The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot -
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    I rode today. It was WONDERFUL.

    Tomorrow maybe I will try to get motivated. But tonight I am motivated for STEAK.

    Built up quite an appetite today while astride my mighty steel steed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post
    I rode today. It was WONDERFUL.

    Tomorrow maybe I will try to get motivated. But tonight I am motivated for STEAK.

    Built up quite an appetite today while astride my mighty steel steed.
    Awesome, glad to hear. Maintenance can always wait. They are designed to be ridden, especially this machine, with limited maintenance being part of the ownership deal. It certainly attracted me. As my car and boat mechanic says, "Miles don't hurt 'em!"

    Mine is covered in bug splatter right now and I probably should check the air pressure in the tires. I believe there's 5500 miles on the oil change from last fall.

    I bet it still goes 100k trouble free miles...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Airborne06 View Post
    I recorded The Vietnam War series and decided to watch one episode. Big mistake. I ended up watching 6 hours, and I am not even halfway through! Better get some riding in!
    Episode 1 done...it was incredible...I learned so much about the context of what preceded the war that I never knew. Episode 2 just started with the Mrs...
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    Dinner tonight...



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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post

    Planning on pulling off the lower cowl just to get to everything under there a lot easier... and that lower cowl can be a bitch to reinstall. So want to do the aforementioned all at once.
    If yours has any, or any combination of the following:
    - aftermarket center cowl
    - aftermarket chrome timing cover
    - aftermarket fog lamps

    I find it easiest to remove the 2 lower screws in the front center cowl #5, and then remove the right inner cowl #15. Doing those 2 steps first only takes about 2 minutes and can save a bunch of time. If the 2 centers in the upper rivets in the inner cowl do not come out easy, spray them with BrakeClean (red).

    http://www.partzilla.com/parts/searc...OWL/parts.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by VStarRider View Post
    Episode 1 done...it was incredible...I learned so much about the context of what preceded the war that I never knew. Episode 2 just started with the Mrs...
    I agree! The series put so many things in context, particularly the internal political machinations in Vietnam and the USA. The series is good, and touches on many aspects of the war, both good and bad, at home and in the AOR. I had to take a mental health break about 3/4 way through though....

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    taking off the front lower cowl isn't the hard part

    Its putting the GD thing back on! I installed the fog lights and a Garmin 590 on Sunday. I discovered 3 things:
    1. Fishing wire around this bike is not fun, but neither is removing and reinstalling plastic.
    2. The front cowl is a fairly easy to remove, but a PITA to reinstall.
    3. Honda QC is not perfect. The lower (-) terminal accessory screw on the fuse holder would not budge. I'd tried to connect the Garmin to the accessary terminals on the fuse holder on the left side. I ended up connecting the GPS directly to the battery. Is there another / better place,. I don't like having the GPS stay on when I turn off the bike.

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    AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD

    Winter is God's way of providing time to polish and repair.
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    Got -r- done.

    Coolant drained, refilled and burbed, engine oil and oil filter changed, and bled the clutch with new fluid - no drama there either.

    Remarking about my original clutch fluid, it was dark yellow and hazy looking. Only have 15K on my bike and it’s two years old. Brake fluid sure can get old quick... now have some nice, clear Preston DOT 4 in the clutch’s circuit... and it feels a lot better.

    In a couple of weeks, I shall flush and bleed the brake lines and do the spark plugs.


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