No knee on the center line with a 850 pound bike. The Roadmaster is the choice for long distance touring (two up).
Its night and day from my 53 Chief. Believe it or not I am more at home with the foot clutch and gear shift on the tank now! The Roadmaster is for sure a long hall cruiser.
Remember it’s all brand new and the inside of the exhaust does not have a nice layer of carbon in it yet. Give it a couple of weeks and the raspy will go away and maybe even the slight buzz.
Replaced both cowl pieces and the strip at the bottom of the windshield. All the rubber weatherstripping had either worn off or was pulled off from the intersection of the cowl and the windshield,and both the battery lid and the brake fluid lid were broken and held on with tape. Hardest part was getting the strip seated - really hard and akward to push into place.
I used it to kill a smoke alarm. 2AM: The time when smoke alarms are programed to malfunction. "Chirp" (very loud, BTW) "Chirp" "Chirp" First F-bomb dropped. Go to the garage, get a step-ladder (my ceilings are all at least ten feet). Replace back-up battery (my smoke alarms are hard wired). Go back to bed... "Chirp" "Chirp" "Chirp" Barrage of F-bombs. Take the battery out, deciding to deal with the problem during the day. "Chirp" "Chirp" "Chirp" Seriously??? F-bomb Armageddon! But, you can now say that you know what a smoke alarm looks like when run over multiple times by a MINI Cooper. It has chirped it's last "Chirp." CD
You know it chrips because the battery is low right? If you replace the battery the wrong way it will still chirp. If you put in a low charge battery it will still chirp. If you remove the battery and still leave it hard wired it’s still going to chirp. If you disconnect it completely , remove the battery and set it down until morning it would not have chirped anymore. .... have fun buying a new one.
I put a little rocker switch on my smoke detectors, so I can turn them off as needed. The one outside my kitchen goes off whenever I fry anything, I just turn it off before cooking.
Ummmm that would absolutely fail an electrical/ fire code inspection, but I completely understand why you do it.
A building inspector looked right at my smoke detector and didn't even notice the off switch, it looks like it belongs there.
Give me a little credit, Dave. My smoke alarms must have a static charge chip or capacitor in them, because they will chirp even with no battery, and no hard-wired power. I've been down this road before. The battery I installed was brand new. I've been down that road before, too. Basically, my smoke alarms are/were builder's grade crap. This is the last one I'll have to replace. They now have all gone out on me -- and always when I am sound asleep. CD
Code here requires a smoke alarm inside every bedroom, and one outside every bedroom door. They don't put them in or near kitchens, for the reasons you mentioned already. CD
Update on today and my MINI... I bought new wiper blades. The old ones worked, but were incredibly loud. That happens here, a lot, as they get hard from all the summer heat. I went to O'Riley's and jokingly asked the guy at the counter if they had sold out of wiper blades. He seriously answered, "It depends on what size you need." Seattle and London have nothing on Dallas, right now. The rain just won't stop. CD
I used to have three of them hardwired in my little one bedroom cabin. Still have them, but they're sitting on a shelf in my storage building. They all went out just like yours. Seems they're recommended to be replaced every five years or something like that. I have a couple of wireless units that work with my home security/automation system now. The main panel will send a notice to my phone if the batteries run low. My Mini hasn't moved since the storm. I need to take it out tomorrow if only to scrub the rust off the rotors.
I replace mine every 7 years, or when they start to beep despite a fresh tested battery. Have 3 (one dual, one photoelectric, and one ionization type), and 3 CO monitors for a two story house plus basement and attic. One of each on each Level except nothing in the attic. Got new winter tires and got them mounted replacing the all seasons originally on the MINI and put the winter tires on my wife’s car too. Now have to finish cleaning off the 8 summer tires and stack them up in the basement for the winter.
I started the car this morning, and I heard a squeaking sound. Once warmed up, the sound goes away. I looked inside and think it is coming out of the idler pulley on the belt tensioner. The belt looks good. With the cooler and damper overnight weather here, I suspect moisture has gotten into the bearing. Time for a new tensioner? This is my second one. They seem to be lasting around 7 or 8 years.
Had a chat with Chad at Detroit Tuned about these blanks for fog and back-up lights after seeing them on a MINI they ran on their new dyno. I never knew such things existed! He's a super nice guy, very helpful and he managed to find a used set they had laying around the shop.