Down and Out in Casino Parking Lot

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  • Redman
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    • Mar 2004
    • 13719
    • Michigan, west Michigan

    #16
    Originally posted by Eli69
    .............

    I think the wire that broke was to or from the ignition. I may have routed it wrong during an earlier repair. Then it was rubbing and wore down to bare.


    Originally posted by Eli69
    I probably found it simply by wiggling wires in frustration.

    But you took action and persevered.
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    • Eli69
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      • Aug 2005
      • 4854
      • Wyoming County, New York

      #17
      Originally posted by Redman
      But you took action and persevered.
      Had to. My wife was standing there with that look...
      2002 bmw r1150gs 1978 gs1000E skunk les pew 1982 GS1100
      1980 gs1000G the ugly RLAM

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      • RichDesmond
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        • Jul 2011
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        • NoVa

        #18
        Originally posted by Eli69
        Had to. My wife was standing there with that look...
        Oh god, "THE LOOK". One hell of a motivator, in my experience.
        '20 Ducati Multistrada 1260S, '93 Ducati 750SS, '01 SV650S, '07 DL650, '01 DR-Z400S, '80 GS1000S, '85 RZ350

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        • Eli69
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          • Aug 2005
          • 4854
          • Wyoming County, New York

          #19
          Originally posted by RichDesmond
          Oh god, "THE LOOK". One hell of a motivator, in my experience.
          She'll still ride with me but I had better not do anything as stupid as running out of gas!

          Or this, "I checked the radar and we're going to get there before the rain. No problem."
          2002 bmw r1150gs 1978 gs1000E skunk les pew 1982 GS1100
          1980 gs1000G the ugly RLAM

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          • allojohn
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            • Jan 2011
            • 3515
            • NoMo, MN

            #20
            This is good reading and made me laugh, so thanks to Eli and Sam Dorn ... bot or not!
            -Mal

            "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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            78 GS750E

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            • dorkburger
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              • Jan 2013
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              • Stupid Freehold Boro NJ

              #21
              Originally posted by Eli69
              Yeah. I haven't had the 850 for at least 3years now. But I haven't forgotten that break down..
              Good breakdown stories last a lifetime.
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