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Message started by justin_o_guy2 on 09/22/12 at 13:48:21

Title: A tale of another forum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/22/12 at 13:48:21

I just gotta tell you folks, this is a way nice bunch of people..& not every forum dedicated to motorsports is populated with nice people.

So, gas in the oil on the 4 wheeler, intermittent dead battery, I go to Yamaha forum, Nope, No sub forum for that 250 Bruin I have, Ill just hafta stick my Cry for Help in another one. So, I typed it all out, & was chatty & kinda funny ( I think, anyway) & over the course of 2 days, almost 40 people looked at it. Not One said "Hi, welcome to the forum", Not One said " This bunch probably wont be able to help you, but, if you went Here, or Here, they mite",
NOt One bothered to even take a stab at telling me how to get the cables off the carb. Not one reply,, ZEEE ROWWW, nothin, nada, zilch,,

I did find confirmation of what I Thot was "How to do it" on some random website, so, I went & took the carb off, cleaned it up & inspected it & busted a little $2.00 hose in the process,,

Rubber tip on the needle ,, still soft & pliable, used the edge of a feeler gauge, held up to the lite, sides still strait, no cupping,some lite collection O crud, theres a tiny screen on the inlet to the needle & seat, it was clean but fuel flow had slapped & stuck tiny bits of crud to the wall of the 90 where the fuel inlet met the cavity the needle & seat slip into.

Handy Shop Tip

At the local Beauty Supply Store, get some cuticle sticks. A cotton ball will yield some strands & wind them tightly around one if done right, & you can clean down in the crooks & nannies pretty dang good. &, you can spin it around & use the other end O the stick to push on stuff..

I went ahead & very gently set the tab a hair down on the needle. Its not like I run that thing hard, I doubt that bowl will need to be kept Brimming with gas. I did see a tiny depression where the tab contacts the spring loaded end of the needle, so, the float was "set" that fraction high.

Im just gonna put a switch in the line that I think is causing the battery to drain down. Hopefully the charge circuit will keep on charging.

I gotta get a manual,, hafta do the E-book, online stuff,, cant afford a hard copy.

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by Paraquat on 09/22/12 at 14:16:28

That's one of the reasons I keep coming back here.

--Steve

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by Greg on 09/22/12 at 15:25:39

Oh yeah, this forum rox. I have frequented HD forums for info on some parts. I would say 99.9% of those people are a$$hats.

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/22/12 at 15:38:19

I told them to scrub my account, that there was no reason for me to be a member there. I wanted to tell them what a bunch of jerks they are, but whats the point? Not gonna change them,, & jerks dont care what you think,,

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by ToesNose on 09/23/12 at 05:01:02

756A6C6B7671407040786A662D1F0 wrote:

& jerks dont care what you think,,

I'm a jerk and I care what you think JOG ;D

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/23/12 at 05:29:03

Well,, you are clearly one in a million,,

Thats one of the most difficult to reply to things Ive seen, Good Shot!

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by John_D FSO on 09/24/12 at 22:46:26

5B5E5952555F3C0 wrote:

Oh yeah, this forum rox. I have frequented HD forums for info on some parts. I would say 99.9% of those people are a$$hats.

I'm kinda in the market for a decent HD forum. Does such a thing exist? :-?

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by Oldfeller on 09/25/12 at 12:38:41

I have owned other brands of bikes and posted fixes and such on their forums. They were DEAD forums though, nobody contributed much and nobody said much beyond getting what data and sources they were searching for. Of course, our bike has been in constant production for 30 something years, which means we have a lot of bikes out there still kickin' along and some of my other bikes were only imported for like 2 years ....

Got to the point I'd work stuff up here (any bike can contribute something to our forum, such as how to adapt a 6 wire regulator rectifier to our 5 wire system or how to put on some gignormous bags). Then, once it was done here I'd link it to over there but the post would live here where it was safe.

This is simply a good little forum for a lot of reasons. A Cafe were you can chat and post about yer guns and yer puppy dogs and yer operating system problems and yer lawnmower problems. An active fix it Rubber Side Down section and a right thoroughly indexed (thanks, Verslagen !!) Tech Section. Heck, we even got us an outhouse for when you jest gotta take a dump on a political issue.

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by ZAR on 09/25/12 at 16:36:06

0320282A292020293E4C0 wrote:

The only other scooter forum I've been on that is as good(and friendly) as ours is the Kawasaki KZ400/440 forum. A real decent bunch of folks that will give you the digital shirt off their back!

As we used to say back in the dark ages.......this place is "kool beans"!

Rock and Roll !!!

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by ColoS40Girl on 09/25/12 at 18:38:47

3E3B3C37303A590 wrote:

Oh yeah, this forum rox. I have frequented HD forums for info on some parts. I would say 99.9% of those people are a$$hats.

Hey! >:( I'm not an a$$hats! I always try and help if I can. And, I have always found the guys on the HDforum very helpful. Both of these forums rock!

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by Paraquat on 09/25/12 at 19:21:51

3E3B3C37303A590 wrote:

And, I have always found the guys on the HDforum very helpful. Both of these forums rock!

I'm sure guys everywhere are very helpful to you.
Because you're a chick!
;)

--Steve

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by Serowbot on 09/25/12 at 22:43:08

Careful guys,... one of us is likely to pull a muscle,.. patting ourselves on the back...
Okay,.. me... and.. Ouch!... ;D....

Pssst!... could me and ColoS40girl be related?....
Me...http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/rerun/oh-1.jpg
Cologirl...http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/avatars/smiley.gif

...just looks familiar... Maybe it's just the hair?... :-?...

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/25/12 at 22:51:19

http://www.ancestry.com/

Find out! I agree the likelihood is great that you Are related,,

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by ToesNose on 09/26/12 at 04:31:36

Maybe it's a big single thing, but the guys on the Royal Enfield forums are pretty cool too. Not as much fun to BS with though ;)

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by Bubba on 09/26/12 at 10:16:41

I'm a member on mopedarmy...good info (and quite a few good guys/gals) there but i gotta tell ya...there are a bunch...yes...lots of folks there that just are filled with hate...stay away from the general forum...
overall has helped me with my new mopeding fix but ya gotta wade through some real immature stuff sometimes...seems to be getting better tho'

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by arteacher on 09/26/12 at 15:09:34

I guess I have been blessed twice. I belong to another forum,
http://www.audioasylum.com/index.htm
and these guys are as good natured as this forum. Someone once sent me some very rare parts for a tone arm that he had extras of, for free. They used to have a section where religion and politics were "discussed", but they shut it down because of the petty bickering. I think it was called "outside".
If you ever have any questions about audio that is the place to ask .

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/26/12 at 17:23:40

They used to have a section where religion and politics were "discussed", but they shut it down because of the petty bickering. I think it was called "outside".

Geeeze,, what did they expect? What a sad state of affairs, Ohh Noo, people are bickering! Quick, close the section where people go To Argue,,, because they are arguing!

America has become so wussified..

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by arteacher on 09/27/12 at 04:33:33

JOG- there is a difference between arguing and name calling. I guess I was being too polite with the word "bickering". Personal insults are not allowed on that site, and the moderators got tired of dealing with them, since they did not further the goals of the website, and shut it down.

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/27/12 at 19:31:11

Ohhhh,, THat kinda bickering,., yea,, well,, that can happen,, it can get difficult continuing a civil discourse when one believes evidence has been presented & the point made & others simply will not agree that their position has been logically & factually dissolved.

Title: Re: A tale of another forum
Post by ColoS40Girl on 09/27/12 at 19:53:33

2B3D2A372F3A372C580 wrote:

LOL! :-*