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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #45 on: October 12, 2011, 12:15:27 PM »
Quote from: oldnavydude on October 12, 2011, 10:56:36 AM
WELCOME to the family.   you are so fortunate. enjoy every moment. RUBY will always be in your heart. :bigcry:


Ruby will take every ride with me no matter what mc I am on.  I miss her so much   :wings:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #46 on: October 13, 2011, 08:13:35 PM »
Welcome to the Forum from Indy!
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #47 on: October 20, 2011, 04:51:53 PM »
Welcome to the site from South Louisiana...Laisse-Les-Bon-Temps-Roulee...

Thats Cajun French for "Let The Good Times Roll"...   :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #48 on: October 21, 2011, 04:46:17 PM »
Welcome from Georgia! Best of luck on the healing and the new ride!
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #49 on: October 22, 2011, 07:53:06 PM »
Judy - glad to see your healing ok and doing better.  Thanks for sharing your story.  Enjoy that new ride and hope your back riding soon  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #50 on: October 22, 2011, 08:16:53 PM »
Quote from: SEURG on October 22, 2011, 07:53:06 PM
Judy - glad to see your healing ok and doing better.  Thanks for sharing your story.  Enjoy that new ride and hope your back riding soon  :2vrolijk_21:
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Thank you so much for your kind words.  God didn't pull the trigger on me yet, so I guess that means I live to ride another day.  I was able last week to ride for the first time.  I put about 250 miles on my new scooter.  I have a love hate relationship with the hydraulic clutch.  The plus is the engage point is much more sensitive than my old mc, but holding the clutch in when you are in stopped traffic is challenging.  Over all I find the clutch stiffer than my 2009 mc.  I could pull my old clutch with two fingers, not so with the new one.  I also noticed that there is a lot more engine heat with the bigger engine.  This was a big negative that I will have to adjust to.  But, I loved the power!  Loved the sound of the pipes!  And did I say anything about the "get up and go" ?  Wow!  Does she have attitude and I love it.   :orange:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #51 on: October 23, 2011, 12:12:22 PM »
Welcome from Denver, Colorado!  I'm a Columbus native and OSU alum, go Bucks!!!  On that hydraulic clutch, what helped me was re-adjusting the clutch lever upwards making it easier to get all 4 fingers working.  Feel your pain in traffic though...  

Enjoy :pumpkin:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2011, 12:29:52 PM »
Judy,

Hello and welcome from Northwest NJ!  :bananarock:
 
Congrat's on the new ride and I hope you are healing well and soon you will be back riding!   ::)


Welcome.
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2011, 09:33:02 PM »
Welcome to the site  :2vrolijk_21:

                  Jo Mo NYC  :coolblue:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #54 on: October 28, 2011, 10:08:06 AM »
Quote from: LovemyCVOgirl on October 22, 2011, 08:16:53 PM

Thank you so much for your kind words.  God didn't pull the trigger on me yet, so I guess that means I live to ride another day.  I was able last week to ride for the first time.  I put about 250 miles on my new scooter.  I have a love hate relationship with the hydraulic clutch.  The plus is the engage point is much more sensitive than my old mc, but holding the clutch in when you are in stopped traffic is challenging.  Over all I find the clutch stiffer than my 2009 mc.  I could pull my old clutch with two fingers, not so with the new one. 

I also noticed that there is a lot more engine heat with the bigger engine.  This was a big negative that I will have to adjust to.  But, I loved the power!  Loved the sound of the pipes!  And did I say anything about the "get up and go" ?  Wow!  Does she have attitude and I love it.   :orange:

If you find the clutch too stiff... get a VP70T Variable Pressure Clutch from Tak's Performance Parts. Bolts right onto the clutch, and reduces lever pull effort by half... no kidding. I have one on my bike, and I can literally pull in the clutch lever with my little finger. It is amazing. Every Harley should have one of these magical devices. It has spring-loaded weights on it that lean out as the clutch spins faster, and locks up the clutch solidly as the RPMs rise - but reduces the clutch pull dramatically below 2500 RPM. It makes shifting, and sitting at red lights, a breeze!
The VPC will turn your love-hate relationship into PURE LOVE for your hydraulic clutch!  :smitten:

Takes only about 20 minutes to install. They cost about $200 or so, and you can sometimes find them on eBay, etc. Be sure to get the VP70T and not the VP84T, VP84S, nor VP92T. The other models are for bigger engines and have stronger springs, and will not reduce the clutch level pull effort nearly as much as the VP70T will.   

The US distributor for the VPC is AIM Corp... www.aim-tamachi.com

Regarding engine heat - getting rid of the catalytic converter in the head pipe is the first order of business to solve that. I run a Fullsac X-Pipe "B" (no cat) and their 2" baffles in the stock cans. It will get you better performance, and get rid of all the cat heat. Fullsac's "Stage 1" kit comes with the X-Pipe, baffles, and a TTS MasterTune unit, and Fullsac will send you a map that you can download into your ECM using the TTS unit and a laptop (you can download the software from the TTS site), and it will get you a pretty darn good tune just like that. I run their "Stage 2" kit, which includes Andrews 54H cams for even more performance...   :orange:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #55 on: October 28, 2011, 04:44:14 PM »
Quote from: NorthGeorgiaHawg on October 28, 2011, 10:08:06 AM
If you find the clutch too stiff... get a VP70T Variable Pressure Clutch from Tak's Performance Parts. Bolts right onto the clutch, and reduces lever pull effort by half... no kidding. I have one on my bike, and I can literally pull in the clutch lever with my little finger. It is amazing. Every Harley should have one of these magical devices. It has spring-loaded weights on it that lean out as the clutch spins faster, and locks up the clutch solidly as the RPMs rise - but reduces the clutch pull dramatically below 2500 RPM. It makes shifting, and sitting at red lights, a breeze!
The VPC will turn your love-hate relationship into PURE LOVE for your hydraulic clutch!  :smitten:

Takes only about 20 minutes to install. They cost about $200 or so, and you can sometimes find them on eBay, etc. Be sure to get the VP70T and not the VP84T, VP84S, nor VP92T. The other models are for bigger engines and have stronger springs, and will not reduce the clutch level pull effort nearly as much as the VP70T will.   

The US distributor for the VPC is AIM Corp... www.aim-tamachi.com

Regarding engine heat - getting rid of the catalytic converter in the head pipe is the first order of business to solve that. I run a Fullsac X-Pipe "B" (no cat) and their 2" baffles in the stock cans. It will get you better performance, and get rid of all the cat heat. Fullsac's "Stage 1" kit comes with the X-Pipe, baffles, and a TTS MasterTune unit, and Fullsac will send you a map that you can download into your ECM using the TTS unit and a laptop (you can download the software from the TTS site), and it will get you a pretty darn good tune just like that. I run their "Stage 2" kit, which includes Andrews 54H cams for even more performance...   :orange:
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Thank you so much for your GREAT advice.  I will look into your solution for my clutch  :2vrolijk_21:  I already had my catalytic converter removed when I did the "Stage 1" kit and added the V&H X-Pipe and added the 4" Rinehart Slip-on pipes.  I am excited about your solution for my clutch  :pepper:  I was so afraid I was going to have to live with that problem and I was really disappointed with the hard pull.  I don't know if I can thank you enough for taking the time to respond to my mc problems.  I really appreciate your kindness  :dankk2:  And you have a beautiful mc.  I love that picture of you riding it, your expression and smile requires no explanation  :huepfenjump3:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #56 on: October 28, 2011, 04:48:28 PM »
Quote from: G-52 on October 23, 2011, 12:12:22 PM
Welcome from Denver, Colorado!  I'm a Columbus native and OSU alum, go Bucks!!!  On that hydraulic clutch, what helped me was re-adjusting the clutch lever upwards making it easier to get all 4 fingers working.  Feel your pain in traffic though...  

Enjoy :pumpkin:

NorthGeorgiaHog told me to put a VP70T Variable Pressure Clutch part on it.  He said that he can pull his with 2 fingers now.  Part is made by Tak's Performance Parts @ www.aim-tamachi.com
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #57 on: October 30, 2011, 03:33:59 PM »
Welcome from Lausanne, Switzerland!!
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #58 on: November 03, 2011, 07:00:19 PM »
Best of luck in your healing process.  Welcome from NE Indiana! :apple:
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Re: Hello from Ohio
« Reply #59 on: November 05, 2011, 09:22:55 PM »
Judy- I actually remember hearing about the accident on the news - I hate I-75 plain and simple even in my Jeep. Heck I was heading up to Napolean and Bryan 4 weeks ago, and at 6:00 am the traffice just north of 275 was running mid 70's...on wet pavement...glad your gonna be able to saddle back up, and your 2012 is awesome...take care...
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