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I've been under the weather for a while and unable to ride.  Last week my grand son was over and washed the bike.  So today I decided to take just a short ride against the docs orders.  Maybe it heard the doc because it would not start.  It's on a battery tender showing green.  Lights come on, gauges light up but nothing when I hit the starter.  The switch is on, the stand up, I even held the brake on, but nary a sound, completely dead.  It's just too much trouble to get it to a mech. or I would.  So what do I do first?

Richard L.

Hi guys, I'm looking for the best way to mount my Garmin Nuvi 250W on my Yager.  I did a search which led me in diff. directions.  I saw the mount that attached at the base of the mirror, and right know that is my current choice.  I have the suction base with a ball on but it won't stick on the bike.  If I knew what was under the plastic covering the handlebar, I could drill a hole or two and mount it there.  I know some of you have installed the nuvi on your scoot.  Now I'd like to get into your brains for some advise on what works best for you.

Richard L.

I have The Acerbis Flash Hand Guards.  They really look neat on the scoot and are hi-vis for night or day riding.  They are internal battery powered.  I want to wire them so that they are powered on with the ignition.  I don't know if it is possible to run those little lights off of the scoot power.  If anybody can come up with a way to do it, I'd like to give it a try, but I have no idea how to change the 12V to the lesser power.

Thanks,
Richard L.

Police said a 25 year old man on a motorcycle tried to avoid a 2009 Toyota that pulled out of a Wawa on front of him.  The motorcyclist slid, hit the back of the car and a light pole.  He was pronounced dead a short time later.  This happened at 11:23 pm in the Port Richmond section of Phila.  If it is not a left turner, it's a car pulling out without seeing you.  I don't do too much big city driving where you are going along a row of parked cars, but if I see a driver in a car, I use the horn.  This car was coming out of a parking lot but I bet he was looking in front of his car, not into the traffic line he was entering.

I was coming home after a short ride.  I was at a stop sign with a pickup going in the opposite direction.  He did not have a signal on and did not look like he was ready to turn.  He was sitting there talking to his passenger.  I started to move forward but hit the brakes hard when he started his left turn.  He was looking into his turn the way we would.  He only saw me when the passenger pointed to me.  It would have been about a 10 mph collision.  I'm sure he read my lips through the full face helmet, but could not hear me.  I guess that's why the left turners don't see us.  They are looking into the turn and not in front of them.   

Richard L.

With my arthritic fingers, I want more than gloves for the cold.  I bought the Acerbis Flash Hand Guards, which look really neat with the lights.  The guards are attached to the handlebar ends with expansion bolts that are approx. 3 inches long.  The plastic end piece must be removed in order to insert the expansion bolt.  The end is screwed into a plastic piece inside the handlebar, which is about half an inch deep into handlebar.  In order to install the expansion bolt I must remove the insert that holds the end screw.  Therein lies the problem.  Is there anyone out there who has removed this piece or who knows how to do it, or anyone who has successfully installed the Acerbis Flash Hand Guards?   

Thanks,
Richard L.

Has anyone used GPS to check the Yager speedometer?  I'd like to know how fast I really was going when it read 70 mph.

I have a slow air leak in my Yager 200 rear tire.  I have not verified it yet but I suspect the valve.  I have a spare valve center, I don't know the name.  I want to know if anyone thinks that a replacement valve center might correct the problem.  It seems like an easy fix, just unscrew the old and screw in the new.

Thanks in advance,
Richard L.