Re: [BMWMc] Strange Characters [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008 RE: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008 Re: [BMWMc] Re: Passports and canada Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008 Re: [BMWMc] Re: Passports and canada Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008 [BMWMc] Re: Passports and Canada Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008 Re: [BMWMc] Strange Characters [BMWMc] For Paul Glaves - hydraulic Clutch Info RE: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008 Re: [BMWMc] For Paul Glaves - hydraulic Clutch Info
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:07:23 -0600
From: Paul or Voni Glaves <p_vglaves@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] Strange Characters
Robert Atkinson wrote:
> let 'em eat Kringle!
> ;-))
>
The perfect solution!
Voni
LOL
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:15:22 -0800 (PST)
From: HANKINSON MICHAEL D <miker100gs@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
Just wanted to welcome all to Michigan for the 2008 RA Rally in Houghton MI
"In da UP" June 19th to the 22nd. Just picked that off the RA Website. I made
a nice trip up there last year and will be back again this summer.
Michigan has a lot to offer in our Upper Peninsula. Great Lighthouses to visit
Waterfalls big and small. Lots of interesting history, a little of everything for
all to enjoy.
Don't be afraid to cross that 50 year old bridge and join a great bunch of riders
at the 2008 RA Rally.
Mike Hankinson Hudsonville MI
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:51:47 -0500
From: "Julia Shirley" <julia@deadhorse.com>
Subject: RE: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
I remember many years ago the MOA had a National in Esconaba. We lived in
NJ at the time and we took the trip via Niagara Falls, into Canada and
around to the UP. Can't wait for the RA rally this year!
Julia Shirley
Horse Shoe, NC
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> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:15 PM
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> Subject: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
Just wanted to welcome all to Michigan for the 2008 RA Rally in Houghton MI
"In da UP" June 19th to the 22nd. Just picked that off the RA Website. I
made
a nice trip up there last year and will be back again this summer.
Michigan has a lot to offer in our Upper Peninsula. Great Lighthouses to
visit
Waterfalls big and small. Lots of interesting history, a little of
everything for
all to enjoy.
Don't be afraid to cross that 50 year old bridge and join a great bunch of
riders
at the 2008 RA Rally.
Mike Hankinson Hudsonville MI
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:10:04 -0500
From: Jim Shaw <jimdshaw@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] Re: Passports and canada
twade5@comcast.net wrote:
> Personally, I reccommend that no one go to Mexico unless there is a good compelling business reason to do so.
Have you been there much?
Mexico seems to be the stuff of more urban legends than reality
suggests. I have traveled in quite a few places around the world in the
last 36 years. Mexico is one of my favorites, especially the smaller
villages and towns. I have generally found that, if I treat the locals -
including the police - with respect, I receive respect in return. Every
single time I hear a Norte relating a personal tale of trouble and
strife, I have little trouble envisioning how he or she got in trouble -
if indeed the story has much truth to it. And, I've heard a bunch of
hearsay that I'm particularly sure never occurred as told. For whatever
reasons, Mexico excites the imagination of urban legend pronouncers,
especially among the repeaters of hearsay. You know some: they hate
Paris, too. They changed planes there once, and just hated it.
If you are frightened of what might be in the closet or just outside the
window, you should stay home in the good ol' you ess of aye, with your
handgun under your pillow. But if you have the reasonable courage and
sense of adventure of a traveler, Mexico is a beautiful, colorful,
polite, artistic, musical and interesting place. It is a very different
place than the border towns, and the food is interesting and good. As
with any place you go outside the US and Canada, I suggest you only
drink bottled water. And don't get caught boffing the police chief's
girlfriend, if you know what's good for you. Same as here, pretty much,
and the jails aren't so nice. If you think other countries' police are
worrisome, just try popping off at one of the (otherwise unemployable)
'homeland security' bozos we have in the US airports, and see what you
get for your effort.
Don't fall off,
Jim Shaw
Hinckley, Ohio USA
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:29:53 +0000
From: twade5@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
Not to mention several nice iron mines one can tour, if so inclined.
And do they have "pasties" in the UP. One should try to eat one pastie while there.
Tom Wade
Hope, Indiana
-------------- Original message --------------
> From: HANKINSON MICHAEL D <miker100gs@sbcglobal.net>
> Just wanted to welcome all to Michigan for the 2008 RA Rally in Houghton MI
> "In da UP" June 19th to the 22nd. Just picked that off the RA Website. I made
> a nice trip up there last year and will be back again this summer.
>
> Michigan has a lot to offer in our Upper Peninsula. Great Lighthouses to visit
> Waterfalls big and small. Lots of interesting history, a little of everything
> for
> all to enjoy.
>
> Don't be afraid to cross that 50 year old bridge and join a great bunch of
> riders
> at the 2008 RA Rally.
>
> Mike Hankinson Hudsonville MI
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:54:28 +0000
From: twade5@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] Re: Passports and canada
Yes, I've been there a lot. Maybe not all the stories are true, but enough of them are true that I still make my same reccommendation.
Tom Wade
Hope, Indiana
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> From: Jim Shaw <jimdshaw@comcast.net>
> twade5@comcast.net wrote:
> > Personally, I reccommend that no one go to Mexico unless there is a good
> compelling business reason to do so.
>
> Have you been there much?
>
> Mexico seems to be the stuff of more urban legends than reality
> suggests. I have traveled in quite a few places around the world in the
> last 36 years. Mexico is one of my favorites, especially the smaller
> villages and towns. I have generally found that, if I treat the locals -
> including the police - with respect, I receive respect in return. Every
> single time I hear a Norte relating a personal tale of trouble and
> Jim Shaw
> Hinckley, Ohio USA
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:01:05 +0000
From: twade5@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
Maybe I should clarify. Iron miners spend a lot of time in a cold, usually damp, mine environment, and need a hot meal midway through their shift.
A "pastie" is one of the tradional meals. Basically just like a large pot pie, typically filled with meat and potatoes, etc. Many of them are put into a canteen cup, much like a military canteen cup, then cooked. One canteen cup full of pot pie would make a pretty hefty meal. In some mining areas, pasties are available from many local cafes.
Try one, if you get the chance.
Tom Wade
Hope, Indiana
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:25:07 -0600
From: "John Simmons" <jsimmons@wildblue.net>
Subject: [BMWMc] Re: Passports and Canada
> > From: twade5@comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [BMWMc] Re: Passports and canada
> Personally, I reccommend that no one go to Mexico unless there is a good
> compelling business reason to do so.
>
> Tom Wade
Tom, Bad things can happen anywhere. We have a guy here in jail right now
that got caught last week for 10 murders around here. They caught a guy in
the woods a half mile behind my house that was hiding out after killing
three people. There was another murderer that escaped from jail and tried
to kill two more people in Cape Girardeau just down the highway 10 miles
away. They got him right at the end of my driveway. They found a body
several years back 2 miles down the road of an elderly woman from town that
was murdered and dumped out here. The church I go to was broken into last
month and the offering stolen and the bar down the road too,twice. Guy is
in jail now though.
And yet still half the trucks around here sit out by the barns with the keys
in them.
I have been spending all the time I can in Mexico for 25 years now and
working winters there for the last ten years guiding tours for
Motodiscovery. I still also take trips of my own there so I can get out of
the cold here. We took our 12 year old grand daughter down for two weeks
last year in the car. I guess I have been about everywhere down there.
Treat them with respect and they will pay you back ten times over.
All the "experts" who had this friend who went to Cancun
once...................
The Mexicans have helped me so many times when one of my customers needed
help or I did I can not count them. The police have done things like send
out a motorcycle cop and a police truck to stop traffic and guide us out of
a city. All I did was ask the motorcycle cop the night before if he knew
some side streets that would make it easier to get 15 bikes all out of town
in rush hour.
They do hold people until settlement is made or at least agreed on. No
insurance and you stay until see how you are going to pay. Have an accident
that is your fault and they will hold your vehicle until you pay the fines
and the "cost to society" Yes it is different. But drive through Cairo IL
at 2mph over and get a $100 speeding ticket. Every time. Then the insurance
company sticks it to you. Right now there is a cop sitting on the side of
the road waiting on the people to leave the bar and then arrest them. That
is NOT legal. But they do it every weekend from about now until closing
time and it is your word against theirs. Not condoning drinking and
driving, but there are laws on both sides. Just an example that there are
crooked cops everywhere. My Scoutmaster when I was a kid was the town's
drug cop. Got busted for.........You guessed it selling drugs.
You know that the Mexicans are scared to come up here because of our gangs
and crime? They see it on TV. Their biggest serious crime problem is drug
gangs. Because the drugs are coming HERE. We cause it.
There is only one stereotype that I find true. Don't drive at night. Well
and I don't drink tap water much either.
Off the soapbox and to the bed. The roosters will be crowing before long.
That is if someone does not steal them during the night.
John
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:54:40 -0500
From: Steve Anderson <steve@mortonsbmw.com>
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
Julia Shirley wrote:
> I remember many years ago the MOA had a National in Esconaba. We
> lived in
> NJ at the time and we took the trip via Niagara Falls, into Canada and
> around to the UP. Can't wait for the RA rally this year!
That was 1987, my first MOA national rally. I rode up through
Ontario, took the ferry from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island, and made
my way across Canada. Other than the 100+F heat on the way back
through the U.S. midwest, it was a great trip!
http://www.mortonsbmw.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:56:49 -0500
From: "Jim Post" <bonespost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] Strange Characters
On Dec 29, 2007 9:07 PM, Paul or Voni Glaves wrote:
> Robert Atkinson wrote:
>
> > let 'em eat Kringle!
> > ;-))
>
> The perfect solution!
>
> Voni
> LOL
Hopefully, with the change of date that Rob has Bribed every one else
except ME !, I will finally get to try a "Kringle" as they were always
GONE by the time I found out where they were !
Never had a cake for my B/D either.
Jim Post / Bones
PS: At this time I am looking at 11 ea "Whats in the Bags" !
"Life without adventure is Nothing"
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:32:24 EST
From: HDBESQ@aol.com
Subject: [BMWMc] For Paul Glaves - hydraulic Clutch Info
Hey Mr Glaves,
I wasn't sure how to get in touch with you, and I know you monitor this list.
Great article in the latest Owner's News! Having had a slave cylinder
failure, I learned a few things that may be of interest to your readers.
1. You said that it is impossible to tell if you have a leaky slave
cylinder. There are actually a few indications to look for. As mine slowly failed
(over a month or so) it began to suck air into the system. The engagement point
of my clutch got closer and closer to the bar. That can be one indication.
I decided to bleed the clutch line. The old fluid came out very dark, almost
black. I think it was sucking in grease from the throwout bearing. Dark
fluid could be another indication of a slave cylinder going bad.
2. I read about a neat trick after I replaced my slave cylinder. In your
article you mentioned that the slave cylinder is sealed with a gasket. I read
that someone cut a slot in the bottom of the gasket so that fluid could leak
out if the cylinder failed again. That would give you an indication of an
impending failure and may save your clutch. I thought it was a pretty good trick.
I wish I'd read about it before I replaced my slave cylinder.
Keep up the good work,
Jim Moore
Jax, FL
'02 R1150GS
'99 R1100S
(http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:59:27 -0500
From: "Julia Shirley" <julia@deadhorse.com>
Subject: RE: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
We took the same ferry! And I remember the heat...we got on the road at
about 4am and stopped by 10 am at a campground coming home. We stopped at
my sister's place in Ohio for several days because it really was just too
hot. Gene had his 1964 R90 conversion with Urals sidecar at the time. I
rode in the sidecar. And it stays light out later at nite up there in the
UP and as long as it is light I eat so I put about 10 lbs on on that trip.
My first National was Lake Placid (81 or 82?), first rally was early 80's,
Dutch Country Riders in the old Police grounds.
Julia Shirley
Horse Shoe, NC
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[mailto:bmwmc-bounces@lists.ibmwr.org]On Behalf Of Steve Anderson
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:55 PM
> To: IBMWR List
> Subject: Re: [BMWMc] BMW RA Rally 2008
Julia Shirley wrote:
> I remember many years ago the MOA had a National in Esconaba. We
> lived in
> NJ at the time and we took the trip via Niagara Falls, into Canada and
> around to the UP. Can't wait for the RA rally this year!
That was 1987, my first MOA national rally. I rode up through
Ontario, took the ferry from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island, and made
my way across Canada. Other than the 100+F heat on the way back
through the U.S. midwest, it was a great trip!
http://www.mortonsbmw.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:12:52 -0500
From: "Brian Curry" <bmwbrian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BMWMc] For Paul Glaves - hydraulic Clutch Info
On 12/30/07, HDBESQ@aol.com <HDBESQ@aol.com> wrote:
> of my clutch got closer and closer to the bar. That can be one indication.
> I decided to bleed the clutch line. The old fluid came out very dark, almost
> black. I think it was sucking in grease from the throwout bearing. Dark
> fluid could be another indication of a slave cylinder going bad.
>From the one I saw, the piston was rotating. If so, you are seeing
metal particles. Same result. It is dead.
> 2. I read about a neat trick after I replaced my slave cylinder. In your
> article you mentioned that the slave cylinder is sealed with a gasket. I read
> that someone cut a slot in the bottom of the gasket so that fluid could leak
> out if the cylinder failed again. That would give you an indication of an
> impending failure and may save your clutch. I thought it was a pretty good trick.
> I wish I'd read about it before I replaced my slave cylinder.
Yes. I suspect the designers were trying to keep the outside from the
inside with a full seal. The small port likely would still do it.
Assuming that the space is not so small that it kinda "holds it" via
capillary action.
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