I finally converted and caved into the social phenomenon that is Facebook.com. Therefore this blog is a bit superfluous and will only be used if I have large amounts of dumping I need to do onto the internet.
There are big things coming up: trip to home on the Buell (1500 mile roundtrip), which will require several modifications to the bike (waiting on a few parts to finish); wife and I are cleared medically to go to Japan, so we’ve had several people come thru the house looking to buy it; pet adoptions (we’ve had the Danes adopted by a wonderful woman who is with the Great Dane Adoption Association), which means they’ll be living together and seem to be doing well; and my Trek 3400 is back from the shop with a great job done by Norfolk Bicycle Works (formerly Conte’s of Norfolk).
If you are one of the few that do actually read this blog, I encourage you to find me on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/LifesHarlequin.
Oh, if you’re a Buell fan, and you have an 07 or earlier XB, HUGE shout-out to Southside Harley Davidson in VA Beach, Virginia, for their help in getting the the one schematic I needed from the 08 and later line. Had been trolling the net for a solid year looking for the setup Buell used to make the factory bikes have an accessory power plug for the heated handgrips and GPS system, and wasn’t till I started looking at the parts department at Southside that someone even suggested to check with the service deptartment for the right info. H-D dealerships are apparently not like most auto dealerships, where the service manual is a pre-Renaissance bible… only the chosen shall view its magnificence. After about an hour of parsing thru the parts and service manuals, I got all the bits I needed on order to duplicate the factory setup on my 07 XB9SX. Once the parts arrive, you can expect the bike to be ready for heated grips the following weekend.
I’ve also received a brilliant little piece of electrical work from Burnsmoto.com, which allows me to connect straight from my battery tender cable to a USB port for charging up my smart phone. I’ve about 12 hours of riding for Thanksgiving, each way, and with Pandora/Music running along side my GPS, my phone wouldn’t last half that journey, so big thanks to BurnsMoto.com for an excellent product.
And check out my facebook Wall for info on Yak’s and my most recent trail ride, which couldn’t have gone better for a couple fledgling beginners!
