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[QUOTE="Nestrick, post: 905268, member: 45162"] Hey Guys ... thanks for the advice ... [bbarrel] As you mentioned, I had run quite a distance on ice and snow ... very slow most of that time ... guess this condition caught up with the motor just as I stopped to rest? Anyway ... the system ran fine for the first 15 and final 20 miles or so of trail where riding speeds were 'normal' for me ... so for the time being, I will keep my fingers crossed that these new guards will be OK under my usual riding regimen. If not, thanks for the suggestion ... I had begun thinking about trimming several rows of the spacer bars from the center of the unit, drilling out the inside mounting hole on the brace of the Flatland guard which should then allow me to reinstall the original louver guard behind the 'basically' open Flatland guard ... this thing is so over built, that even stripped of the center rows of air holes it should retain a majority of its physical strength characteristics thereby keeping me from further crushing my radiators when I [regularly] tip over. [Woodsy] As for Don & I exhibiting different 'motivators' regarding the instigation of that proverbial "moving experience" phenomenon ... keep in mind that an extremely distant Russian relative of mine, Ivan Pavlov, made the astounding discovery that living organisms [dogs in his case, dirt bikers in ours] can learn "conditional reflexes" ... these are different than "innate reflexes" such as withdrawing a sensitive body part from an open flame when roasting squirrel. Continuing this deconvolution of serious science, it is therefore understandable that exposure to certain external stimuli yield similar results for Don & I whenever we become attuned to that delicate "call of nature" which ultimately produces a gratifying "moving experience" typically followed by some very serious paper work. For Don who is considerably younger than I, it is the smell of the trail ... for me, perhaps it is the sight of a "trail head" ??? Regardless ... notice that in both cases we are responding to a "trail" characteristic? As for that comment about my chain ... hmmm ... I too recognize that my chain appears to be "tighter" than other models with the possible exception of the newer Hondas. However, I have always kept mine at the Honda specification ... with the bike on a stand and the rear wheel at full droop, the slack in the center of the upper span should be 30 mm ... that's where this one was set at the start of the ride, and yesterday after I cleaned the bike and lubed the chain, it still measured 30 mm. This is a Sidewinder Ti-Moly O-ring Monster chain which has visibly larger side rails and pins on the links [compared to my previous Regina ORN] ... perhaps this characteristic changes the visual perspective for droop? I put this chain on last season, set its tension to the Honda spec and have ridden it almost 600 miles so far and have only needed to tighten it once ... that adjustment came after the first ride, since then its length has remained stable. Are you saying that the chain should be set looser than the Honda spec ... or are you just "pulling my chain" to get a rise out of me? Hope to see all you guys on the trail this year ... terry nestrick :aj: [/QUOTE]
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