Author Topic: SAINT LOUIS MEET-UP - JULY 30TH VENICE CAFE... (Read 10810 times)

cbjunkie · « **Reply #25 on:** July 11, 2006, 01:44:47 PM »

hey - at least you're brave enough to tell us!

that's too bad about not making it - but it's only the first of a series - I was really only trying to get the guys up around here - not to be exclusive or anything, but to be proactive about hanging out when possible...My point is, this hopefully is not a once-a-year type thing but something altogether more informal for the sock-lovers...You'll be welcome anytime.

anybody else have ride ideas? - if not, I say we use the 30th to map out a ride up jsaab's way - down 94 for some scenery...

junkie out...

jsaab2748 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 11, 2006, 06:28:47 PM »

prsman I got a stock 550 seat i'd let you use till yours gets here if you're ridin a 500/550

Einyodeler · « **Reply #27 on:** July 11, 2006, 07:11:49 PM »

Count me in......even if I have to wear a mitten on my right hand

Soulard, huh? Just make sure it`s not one of those places where everyone`s wearing leather and not a bike to be seen

cbjunkie · « **Reply #28 on:** July 11, 2006, 07:16:19 PM »

hmmm... i don't know what you're talking about...have you encountered this often?

Einyodeler · « **Reply #29 on:** July 11, 2006, 08:11:08 PM »

Just once, many moons ago. A buddy & I walked into a corner bar to grab a cold one and everybody was wearing leather, but there wasn't a motorcycle in sight and lots of falsetto voices.

That's scarier than the bad ass Hardley guys.

cbjunkie · « **Reply #30 on:** July 11, 2006, 08:19:50 PM »

well, VeniceCafe is a funky place - they have good live music pretty often and an interior and beer garden you aren't likely to forget soon...it's no jock bar but i can vouch for the beer selection and the music (sometimes) and if it's a nice night you can't beat the garden with a phychedelic stick...

i was thinking of Soulard mostly because it tends to be bike friendly and there are lots of trees, so it stays cool there. the Loop is nothing but cages. Central West End is...well, refer to your former post, - except for Dressel's Pub which is pretty awesome...

West County

If nobody body checks, let's shoot for Venice.

Saturday 29th or Sunday 30th? Anyone?
McFly???

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&hs=589&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=venice+cafe&near=Saint+Louis,+MO&sa=X&oi=local&ct=title

jsaab2748 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 11, 2006, 08:33:15 PM »

lookin forward to seeing what everyone rides. Will watch to see what date is best for all, and go with
the flow, 29th or 30th.

cbjunkie · « **Reply #32 on:** July 11, 2006, 08:36:31 PM »

#$%* - i just thought of something - does anyone know if there is a ballgame on either of those days?

my vote is for Saturday.

modified:

it's an away game - Chi-town - we have Saint Louis to ourselves...

Einyodeler · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2006, 08:39:26 PM »

They play in the Windy City on the 29th and 30th so it should be a good weekend to get together

Saturday`s fine with me.

pmpski_1 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 11, 2006, 10:16:28 PM »

Quote from: cbjunkie on July 11, 2006, 08:19:50 PM

well, VeniceCafe is a funky place - they have good live music pretty often and an interior and beer garden you aren't likely to forget soon...it's no jock bar but i can vouch for the beer selection and the music (sometimes) and if it's a nice night you can't beat the garden with a phychedelic stick...

Wish I was gonna be in town. The Venice Cafe patio is one of the best places in the 'Lou to spend a summer night. Hands down one of my favorite places in the whole city.

cbjunkie · « **Reply #35 on:** July 11, 2006, 10:28:09 PM »

what - are you a native of the Lou?

prsman23@hotmail.c · « **Reply #36 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:12:09 PM »

saturdays are horrible for me man. It's the only day of the week i work!

update!!!
got my seat today. It's #$%*en. Now i have to upholster it. The only thing I am reaaaalllly stuck on are the bars.

You think that would be easy, but for some reason two days of tuggin and lubeing, and i've only managed to move them a half an inch or so ... not cool. I get so po'ed i give up after about 1/2 an hour. Any thoughts???

cbjunkie · « **Reply #37 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:16:15 PM »

sher - but, i'm not sure i know what you are talking about - what are you doing with the bars...?

what kind of work do you do??? one day a week??? am i supposed to feel sorry for you?

Einyodeler · « **Reply #38 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:20:09 PM »

Did you disconnect all of the wires from the control switches that run through the bar and into the headlight bucket ?

cbjunkie · « **Reply #39 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:23:34 PM »

oh wiring...something sounds really wrong - shouldn't be that hard - feed a pull wire through - lube the #$%* outta it - i think i wrappe all of them around the tug wire and then wrapped it all in tape really tight and smooth - then lube that...then pull...

prsman23@hotmail.c · « **Reply #40 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:26:03 PM »

hm. I guess im retarted. So is the easiest way to disconnect the wires in the bucket, or from the control switches. I disassembled the switches.

prsman23@hotmail.c · « **Reply #41 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:28:10 PM »

oh yeah I bartend at a 4 star resturant. Just graduated from college and don't feel like getting a real job just yet.

cbjunkie · « **Reply #42 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:35:10 PM »

neither did i - i did the rest. thing for a while...

well those goddam switches are a #$%* - i always drop a little piece somewhere - the ends that go into the bucket just have the bullet connections on them...

maybe i'm not understanding you right - how did you get the wires loose from the switch components? they should be soldered on to the handles...

prsman23@hotmail.c · « **Reply #43 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:41:07 PM »

didn't actually get them off. wrapped things like the starter button with electrical tape. I think the confussion came into play when i said disassembled the switches, what i should have said was that I took apart the control housings by just unscrewing the connectors in them. No actual unsoldering of the connectors took place. So should I just pull the headlight bucket end or am I on the right path?

Einyodeler · « **Reply #44 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:50:15 PM »

You`ll need to take your headlight out of the shell and inside there you will need to disconnect the wires.After that you can get the bar off and pull the wires out the top

cbjunkie · « **Reply #45 on:** July 11, 2006, 11:55:51 PM »

what he said...

and now - you will figure out how to read your wiring diagram...if you don't have a manual - go and get one before you unhook everything in the bucket - i think in the FAQs you can download one???

the only way to do it is to find every wire in the diagram and plug them in one at a time and mark them off as you do it - use a colored ink so you can see which ones you've marked.

if you just start matching colors up you will do what i did which is hook up some of the extra wires that are always in there and then stuff will short out, or worse, the bike won't run at all and then you have to take EVERYTHING apart again...

prsman23@hotmail.c · « **Reply #46 on:** July 12, 2006, 12:01:42 AM »

ok so here's a new problem. I'm Colorblind!!!!! damn it! Man o man. Wiring diagrams are scary

cbjunkie · « **Reply #47 on:** July 12, 2006, 12:08:54 AM »

SHEEIT. YOU AN UNLUCKIEST MUTHA #$%*A I EVA SEEN...

there's somebody else around here that's colorblind that was #$%*ing the other day about wiring diagrams... that sucks man - you'll have to trailer it over and we'll work on it at my place...

cost ya, though...

prsman23@hotmail.c · « **Reply #48 on:** July 12, 2006, 12:13:41 AM »

I think i solved the problem. Radioshack has these cable markers for 2 bucks for 24. Ill just get a couple packs and organize the wires that way. I figure I can mark each side of the wire with numbers so i can tell where they go. Screw you wiring diagram!

cbjunkie · « **Reply #49 on:** July 12, 2006, 12:18:15 AM »

YEAH!

- that's pretty funny...sounds like it will work, though - as long as you have somebody looking over your shoulder...i hope they arent very big, there ain't a lot of room in that bucket...

so, what kind of seat did you buy?

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