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Reply #3465 on: October 03, 2013, 02:30:24 pm
Thanks Wildbill, I shall take your advice. Bad luck about the puncture! Trusty Hi-Ace saves the day(with help from your wife). I used to have a diesel one - second best set of wheels I ever had. Thanks for the response, cheers D.
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Reply #3466 on: October 03, 2013, 05:55:15 pm
Mine has been in the shop for a week now.  :'(
They are trying to perform warranty repairs.
They are not able to do much as they are not able to get the parts needed from India.
 :'(

I sympathize... It took almost a year to get my C5 rebuilt, and that was just cosmetic repairs from a Close Encounter of the Deer Kind, you may recall.
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Reply #3467 on: October 03, 2013, 09:32:57 pm
...Trusty Hi-Ace saves the day

So they do have a use besides hauling soccer teams.  I won't make fun of those things ever again.
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Reply #3468 on: October 04, 2013, 12:11:36 am
I just finished installing my "butterfly" engine guard/crash bar on my 2013 RE Military C5.  I am pleased that the OD green matte finish is an exact match to the bike's color and finish.  My goal is to maintain a genuine military appearance and resist the temptation to add chrome bling like I'm accustomed to doing.
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Reply #3469 on: October 10, 2013, 05:36:50 pm
Absolutely nothing. My wife got a phone call that my 18 year old son ended up in hospital in the early morning hours - motorcycle crash. I bought him two months ago a 150cc Motomia, only available in South Africa and basically a 1970's Honda 125 cc made in China; unchanged for the last 40 years.
this was his second crash in the two months he had on the bike. The first one was minor - but this one made me decide to take the bike back from him. He had been drinking and cannot remember a thing. I took us 5 hours to trace the whereabouts of the bike which was eventually located at the fire brigade. Two cars were involved and towed away but nothing was reported to the police?


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Reply #3470 on: October 10, 2013, 05:41:22 pm
I just finished installing my "butterfly" engine guard/crash bar on my 2013 RE Military C5.  I am pleased that the OD green matte finish is an exact match to the bike's color and finish.  My goal is to maintain a genuine military appearance and resist the temptation to add chrome bling like I'm accustomed to doing.

Glad it matches.  That's something that often doesn't happen.
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Reply #3471 on: October 10, 2013, 11:47:43 pm
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My wife got a phone call that my 18 year old son ended up in hospital in the early morning hours - motorcycle crash.
Sorry to hear that Roeland. Drinks and bikes do not go together.  All the best for a healthy recovery for your son.
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Reply #3472 on: October 10, 2013, 11:54:17 pm
Sorry to hear that Roeland. Drinks and bikes do not go together.  All the best for a healthy recovery for your son.

+1.  Hope he's ok.

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Reply #3473 on: October 11, 2013, 12:16:41 am
Ditto - do what you need to do for your son!


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Reply #3474 on: October 11, 2013, 12:32:58 am
 I hope he's alright Roeland. I must to similar shenanigans in my youth so I can't be judgemental . Experience is a great teacher. All the best to you and your wife. David.
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Reply #3475 on: October 11, 2013, 12:58:43 am
fooled around with the preload on the rear


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Reply #3476 on: October 11, 2013, 09:37:53 am
Thank you all – my son is ok – very bruised but fine.  He can’t remember a thing but from eyewitness reports he apparently went straight over a traffic circle.


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Reply #3477 on: October 11, 2013, 09:55:23 am
Glad to hear it man!
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Reply #3478 on: October 11, 2013, 11:54:15 am
installed new brake shoes.
wheel alignment
refilled muffler with sound proof rockwool.
chain lube
chain adjustment


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Reply #3479 on: October 11, 2013, 10:02:04 pm
Got a thumbs up! (This was Tuesday, not today.) On the way home from work, tooling along at 70 indicated in the right lane, a Triumph Rocket pulls up in the second lane, gives me a thumbs up and yells "nice bike!" Then he proceeds to prove that a Rocket is faster than a Bullet. (In fact, I've never seen a large motorcycle take off that quickly... looked like crotch rocket speed.)

Since the top case is gone (luggage rack was cracked on both sides) I've really been getting noticed by other motorcyclists. Slowing down to look; actually yelling "nice bike" (happened twice) or giving a thumbs up.
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