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FlyingMonkeys
@miles-ladue
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Joined: December 28, 2022 2:57 pm
Last seen: November 4, 2025 2:27 am
Topics: 49 / Replies: 1552
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RE: BMW R1100 GS Based Rig Project

Maybe if you used a few squirts of... Marvel Mystery Oil....it would realign the German armature movement of the trip odo, and the mileage odo, so tha...

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

Scott @sheath, I have to ask.... what is a "Fling Monkeys" ??? I mean....Y......Y man ! ? ! ? {blue}:excitement:

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

As the 2024 Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills Rally draws to a close, with only a Bisquits & Gravy breakfast, and Sunday morning se...

1 year ago
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RE: Honda to take the fun out of sidecars

Ironically, I had read that same news article several hours ago, much earlier than the BMW roundel tattooed racer from Pennsylvania thought to dispara...

1 year ago
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RE: New Sidecar guy, old rider, looking at an older rig.

Neil, that was the one thing that a few of us talked about at the Sidecar Rally in the Flint Hills today, was the wiring mess you would find on your n...

1 year ago
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RE: Smackdab Summer Solstice Run 10th anniversary

I'm betting Thane will be driving his new-to-him '06 Goldwing w/ Champion Daytona 2+2 sidecar rig.

1 year ago
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RE: New Sidecar guy, old rider, looking at an older rig.

Neil, pour a full (small) can of Seafoam into the fuel tank, and burn that through the fuel system. It really helps, but best to use Seafoam when on...

1 year ago
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RE: Torque for pinch bolts on Triple clamps GL1500 6 degree + rake

The pinch bolts are either 6mm or most likely 8mm, and @marsman has forced me...forced me I say....to acquiesce to his mindset, and agree....torque...

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

We 3...the Tres Amigos....are now in Scott City, Kansas. That's Dana @DirtyDr, and John @spat, and myself. We will be arriving at the Joyce Canf...

1 year ago
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RE: Torque for pinch bolts on Triple clamps GL1500 6 degree + rake

@marsman, I am from the same genus as Bruce @brstr.....in fact I gave away my 3 Snap On metric torque wrenches to a fellow sidecarist, because I ...

1 year ago
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RE: New Sidecar guy, old rider, looking at an older rig.

Neil.......oh, Neil....... Those wheels are EML wheels, and NOT Stoker wheels, or Stroker wheels. On the current tires, despite the 13 year...

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

Scott, in case you can make it, I have an extra queen bed available in my room at the Best Western Inn, in Scott City, Kansas, for tomorro...

1 year ago
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RE: Membership

There should be no doubt that the Membership person will allow you to renew, rather than start all over again. They can find your membership number. O...

1 year ago
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RE: New Sidecar guy, old rider, looking at an older rig.

Neil, those air pressures you posted above are WRONG. The Sidecar tire should be a minimum of 25 psi, or all the way up to 35 psi, depending on what...

1 year ago
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