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    Have you or will you be in an accident?

    Does lane splitting a motorhome count?
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    WARNING! Thread resurrection in progress! WARNING! Actually, yes. There is news to report. I've sold the XS, and all the associated parts that went with it. The gentleman that bought it was an older man (late 60's) that adored XS11's, and since I wasn't giving it the riding time it deserved, I...
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    Score!

    Or I could just paint the poster :assassin: Makin it. Haven't been riding much the last year or so. Trying to rectify that this year tho.
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    Score!

    Yea, I know, threads are useless without pics. Had to email myself to upload the pic <_<
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    Score!

    I just scored a 2006 vinyl Yamaha promotional poster for a 2006 FJR. It was just hanging out in the back 40 of a friends dealership. I spoted it and mentioned it, and he asked if I wanted it for my 'man cave', so I HAD to snap it up :yahoo: I'm going to have to rearange some to display it a...
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    My GPS died

    It still doesn't do xm radio so its not an option for me.
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    My GPS died

    I tried that yesterday. I even swapped the touch screens from my other 26?? unit. Didn't help, but gave me a chance to clean everything up. It's definatly "new unit" time for me.
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    My GPS died

    The hard reset only works if the touch screen will actually accept commands. Mine doesn't accept any touch commands anymore, and with the map update screen popping up, it will never default to the map page either.
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    My GPS died

    My touch screen on my Garmin died today, and I have no idea what people are using for GPS anymore. All I really ask is that it has a USB port, and audio out so I can use my XM puck. Any sugestions that won't break the bank? $650 seems a bit stiff for the Zumo 550.
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    Battery Tender Pro

    Not riding daily, but I do try and get out on the weekends. I've been to busy with work and family matters to spend a lot of time on the bikes. I commute home with a co-worker, so the Jeep is the vehicle of choice for commuting. On the bright side, the XS is firing up right nice with the new...
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    Battery Tender Pro

    I wound up buying a new battery. The Battery Tender Pro charged the house battery without a hitch, so I suspect that the XS battery was about ready to give out on it's own. The XS fires up smartly in the mornings again.
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    Battery Tender Pro

    I've got a friend over at Yamaha giving it a charge on his shops $600 charger. I'll know Tuesday whether I'm replacing the battery, or the charger. At least I was able to make the Sierra/Calavaras/Mines/Hamilton loop today on the FJR.
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    Battery Tender Pro

    I'm more than a little miffed at the moment. Last night i connected my battery tender pro to the XS1100 to top off the battery. This morning when I went to start the bike, nothing. Not even power lights. The battery was 100% flat. Tonight I hooked up a different charger and nothing. Jump started...
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    Thanks for the good words B) and good luck with your project bike, and be sure to post up a thread for us! Hard to beat the old steel for character, even tho they aren't as fast, and don't handle as well as the newer bikes. The best thing I did for the front brakes was to change the reservoir...
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    Ohh it's an experience all right :rolleyes: Wouldn't have it any other way tho B) I did get rid of the leaking vacuum shut off valve (Octy) when I switched over to a standard tank. I also took the opportunity to rebuild both of the standard petcocks that were on the tank at the time. Good...
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    Funny thing about motorcycle engines. As it turns out they do not like it when there's over a gallon of fuel mixed in with the oil, from sitting with the petcock on prime for a couple days, or for other mysterious reasons. Now the old 2 strokes liked having oil in the fuel. that's how they were...
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    I wouldn't call my good friend Hans that :blink: You might tho :rolleyes: Thanks, I'm not the best photographer, but I try. I didn't take to many pictures of the 'before' variety. This is the pic Mike sent to me over a year ago, probably a 6 year old pic, or older, Mike could tell you for...
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    It is similar to the final drive I had on my '84 Venture Royal, in fact I had the same dip stick to check the oil with. I don't think the gearing is the same tho, the Venture use to haul, and it weighed quite a bit more than the XS. I have considered changing it out to one from an XS650 to...
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    An XS Odyssey and props to MadMike!

    You got it wrong, that's why you're not getting any credit! It wasn't a flutzlehouser, it was a flatulence housing.
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