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Open Forum / Re: New car time- shocking
« Last post by Boomer on May 16, 2025, 03:34:09 AM »
Nothing wrong with Electric cars if you never do long runs, and even those are do-able if you plan well.

Personally, I find the "driver assist" devices in all new cars are what puts me off, that and the lack of interior space.
(When are they ever going to figure out that there are customers out here who are 6'4" and just don't fit in their vehicles?)
I don't want lane assist or brake assist or speed limiters or any such crap.
If I am driving the car it should do what I tell it, not what it thinks it should do.
Over here all those can be disabled, but when you turn the ignition off and on again, it re-enables all of them which I hate.
Until the car can 100% drive itself, I am the driver and I decide what happens. Yes, I am a control freak!  8)

I'm gonna stick with my 2004 145k mile Lexus LS430 for the foreseeable future.
In fact I am about to spend $6000 on new suspension, getting the air-con fixed, and a few other jobs that need doing on it.
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Open Forum / Re: New car time- shocking
« Last post by DC Concours on May 15, 2025, 10:20:23 PM »
Good for you. Why not a Tesla? Supposedly they are giving those away.
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Open Forum / New car time- shocking
« Last post by maxtog on May 15, 2025, 08:48:59 PM »
I must be crazy.   In a "shocking" turn of events, I traded in my very nice Infiniti G37S Journey sedan I have been driving for 16 years.  I bought a 2025 Ariya Platinum+ in gunmetal grey with blue-grey interior.  I took it home tonight, and it is sitting in the garage :)  It's electric!
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The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 / Re: Fork leak?
« Last post by maxtog on May 14, 2025, 11:42:11 PM »
Well, my lazy-ass has been using the Seal Doctor every now and then, when the small leaks re-occur.  Over the last few years, the frequency has increased.  So I can't play games anymore.  I am ready to surrender my bike to a local shop I trust to do the seal replacement correctly.  As always, they are weeks backlogged. 

And they never got less busy.  So I kept riding and mopping up the leaks.
And the temps got cool and the leaking stopped again for months.
And the temps got warmer, and leaking started again, and my fuel starvation issue started, and they got less busy, so I finally took it in.

So at 65,758mi I finally have new fork seals/boots installed.  I will be more mindful of keeping that area clean.  Hopefully this will last a very long time.
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The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 / Re: Fuel starvation mystery when tank low
« Last post by maxtog on May 14, 2025, 11:36:04 PM »
They called and said their diagnosis after testing is that the fuel pump would not produce the correct pressure and has to be replaced (no mention of the "filter" pad being the issue).  I authorized it, but the part will take "7 to 10 working days", so now I have to sit and wait weeks :(

My problem with this, is that even if the pump were defective, as we discussed before, it should not matter the level of fuel in the tank.  And yet that greatly affects when the problem occurs.  So this diagnosis/solution doesn't explain that behavior.   But, I give up- they are the experts.  I guess we shall see.  Eventually....

And I finally got the bike back today (5/14) after work (65,758mi).  $1445 for the diagnostics, fuel pump assembly replacement, and fork seals replaced.

I talked to the lead mechanic.  He was absolutely baffled, just like all of us, as to the behavior of the bike and why the fuel level would matter at all.  But it did- they confirmed it several times.  Anyway, he assured me it is fixed.  The trip home was a short one, but the fuel level was low, and I rolled on the throttle several times (where I could) with no problems.  So hopefully that is the end of this saga.  They gave me the old fuel pump assembly to take home.
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The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 / Re: FOB issue
« Last post by maxtog on May 14, 2025, 11:23:24 PM »
All of a sudden, my Fob isn't working on my 2010.  Replaced the battery with a brand spanky new store bought one.  Holding it against the ignition switch DOES work,

So you are saying passive mode works but active mode does not.

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but I can't get it to talk to the fob.

You just said it worked passively

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Any suggestions on where to start

There isn't much to do except to look at the electrical contacts inside the fob and ensure they are clean, sprung well, and making correct contact with the battery and board.

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or should I just give this thing away and start fresh?

I don't know what you mean by that
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The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 / FOB issue
« Last post by wb57 on May 14, 2025, 02:03:21 PM »
This has likely been answered, and if so, I can't find it, but....

All of a sudden, my Fob isn't working on my 2010.  Replaced the battery with a brand spanky new store bought one.  Holding it against the ignition switch DOES work, but I can't get it to talk to the fob.

Any suggestions on where to start or should I just give this thing away and start fresh?

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Open Forum / Re: Random nonsense
« Last post by lather on May 03, 2025, 12:06:51 PM »
Jimi Hendrix cover of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower is certainly one. One of my favorites Is Cake's cover of Gloria Gaynor's I will Survive.
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Open Forum / Re: Random nonsense
« Last post by Strawboss on May 03, 2025, 11:47:44 AM »
Many artists wrote songs that others recorded or rerecorded and were more successful.

Willie Nelson wrote and recorded "Crazy" but Patsy Cline's version was much more successful.

Bruce Springsteen version of his "Blinded By The Light" was not as popular as Manfred Mann's version.

Phil Collins did a version of the Supremes "Can't Hurry Love" it was popular but I'd like to think the earlier version had more of an impact and was more successful.

David Lee Roth sang a remake of an old Louie Prima song which in turn was an even older song from the 30's, maybe you've heard it? "Just A Gigolo".

I got too many to list, this was off the top of my addled head.
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The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 / Re: Fuel starvation mystery when tank low
« Last post by Freddy on May 03, 2025, 06:11:34 AM »
The same pump is used in many Suzuki models.  Most of the parts are available individually.

http://www.dnrmotorcycles.com.au/partFinder/fiche/suzuki/2016/gsx1300ra/fig-172a-fuel-pump#partid-5018401
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