Can't Remove License Plate
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: Bear64
Cutting torch, just a little heat and it will pop right off..had to do that to my brothers bike, when it was all said and done we replaced the rear fender, struts, rear tire, left saddle bag,and his rear top box. but by golly we got it off. and he saved all the money that the shop would have charged him.
Cutting torch, just a little heat and it will pop right off..had to do that to my brothers bike, when it was all said and done we replaced the rear fender, struts, rear tire, left saddle bag,and his rear top box. but by golly we got it off. and he saved all the money that the shop would have charged him.
If I may ask, why do you want a lic. plate that says Vanity??
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
Problem solved. First, a little backround. We live in a condo and park 3 floors underground in a narrow parking stall. The lighting is better than a coal mine but not much better, IMHO. Maintenance is verboten anywhere on the property (including the driveway), as is using any "common element" electrical outlets. (Using a flashlight wasn't going to work. It's too much of a hassle.) Also, the condo board president hates motorcycles.
I can't legally ride the bike on the street without changing the plate. I decided to sneak the bike to a nearby public parking lot. I figured if a cop stopped me, I'd plead insanity. I parked it at just the right angle to let as much light in there as I could get. Turns out there is a spring that is attached behind the right side of the license plate bracket, blocking access from the right side. This same spring has a sheath running half its length. In the garage lighting, it looked like an electrical cable. The spring runs to the passenger's headset receptacle at the left front of the Tour Pak. (Mickey Mouse thing, if you ask me.)
Anyway, once I got the left bolt off, I could slide the flat wrench (not the HD toolkit one) in from the left side.
I can't wait until we move out of a condo and into a real house, with a real garage, real lighting and we make the rules.
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: tmoreau
Problem solved. First, a little backround. We live in a condo and park 3 floors underground in a narrow parking stall. The lighting is better than a coal mine but not much better, IMHO. Maintenance is verboten anywhere on the property (including the driveway), as is using any "common element" electrical outlets. (Using a flashlight wasn't going to work. It's too much of a hassle.) Also, the condo board president hates motorcycles.
Problem solved. First, a little backround. We live in a condo and park 3 floors underground in a narrow parking stall. The lighting is better than a coal mine but not much better, IMHO. Maintenance is verboten anywhere on the property (including the driveway), as is using any "common element" electrical outlets. (Using a flashlight wasn't going to work. It's too much of a hassle.) Also, the condo board president hates motorcycles.
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: UltraKla$$ic
[sm=WTFsgign.gif]I'd have my **** packed and live in a box before I'd live in these conditions! No wonder you guys have never fought in a war.[sm=icon_rofl.gif][sm=joke.gif]
[sm=WTFsgign.gif]I'd have my **** packed and live in a box before I'd live in these conditions! No wonder you guys have never fought in a war.[sm=icon_rofl.gif][sm=joke.gif]
Boer War - http://www.carleton.ca/Capital_News/26031999/n5.htm
WW I - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1914first_ww_e.html
WW II - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1931crisis_e.html
Korea - http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04/km&CFID=13301557&CFTOKEN=93035738
Bosnia - http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1440
Gulf War I - http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1570
Afghanistan - http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=2435
Then, there are all those "peacekeeping" missions, where the troops get to wear blue berets, get shot at and don't get the privilege of shooting back.
Friendly fire incidents have taken their toll, too:
http://www.thestar.com/article/231806
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070716/national/friendly_fire_pilot_2&printer=1
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/07/14/graham-friendlyfire-report.html
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: tmoreau
Actually, we have:
Boer War - http://www.carleton.ca/Capital_News/26031999/n5.htm
WW I - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1914first_ww_e.html
WW II - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1931crisis_e.html
Korea - http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04/km&CFID=13301557&CFTOKEN=93035738
Bosnia - http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1440
Gulf War I - http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1570
Afghanistan - http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=2435
Then, there are all those "peacekeeping" missions, where the troops get to wear blue berets, get shot at and don't get the privilege of shooting back.
Friendly fire incidents have taken their toll, too:
http://www.thestar.com/article/231806
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070716/national/friendly_fire_pilot_2&printer=1
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/07/14/graham-friendlyfire-report.html
ORIGINAL: UltraKla$$ic
[sm=WTFsgign.gif]I'd have my **** packed and live in a box before I'd live in these conditions! No wonder you guys have never fought in a war.[sm=icon_rofl.gif][sm=joke.gif]
[sm=WTFsgign.gif]I'd have my **** packed and live in a box before I'd live in these conditions! No wonder you guys have never fought in a war.[sm=icon_rofl.gif][sm=joke.gif]
Boer War - http://www.carleton.ca/Capital_News/26031999/n5.htm
WW I - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1914first_ww_e.html
WW II - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1931crisis_e.html
Korea - http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04/km&CFID=13301557&CFTOKEN=93035738
Bosnia - http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1440
Gulf War I - http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1570
Afghanistan - http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=2435
Then, there are all those "peacekeeping" missions, where the troops get to wear blue berets, get shot at and don't get the privilege of shooting back.
Friendly fire incidents have taken their toll, too:
http://www.thestar.com/article/231806
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070716/national/friendly_fire_pilot_2&printer=1
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/07/14/graham-friendlyfire-report.html
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
Actually, our original plan was to move (this year)and then buy the Ultra. My wife - many times smarter than myself - figured that we could keep the Harley in our hangar (50 mi from here). That got us thinking. Then she said that we could keep the hawg here and leave the Gold Wing in the hangar. That really got us thinking, so we bought the hawg. Just as well, the Gold Wing needed a lot of work and we would have missed a major chunk of the riding season season had we not bought the hawg. Our plans to move this fall are on hold until next year.
We really wanna move. Really.
Really, really.
We really wanna move. Really.
Really, really.
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
Grad school grads should not touch a wrench, they should make enough money not to live in a condo and pay someone to do their complicated mech work for them. And to my fellow Americans, the Canuks can fight, they get equipped like crap from their stningy government but they do well with that crappy kit, very well ( Longest sniper kill reported is a Canadian with a .50 cal Barret, 2200 meters, in Afganistan). I played hockey in my younger days, they are pretty good at that also. tmoreau, get a house man, I would not be able to sleep with my bike parked in a public parking spot especially when you have a biker hating condo president.
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
I hear ya, masterblaster. When I got started in biking, over 30 yr ago, I lived with my folks and had a garage. Did my own mech work; enjoyed it, too. My grad school studies involved a lot of lab work. What can I say - I like to tinker. After I got married, we bought the condo because of its location and the fact we didn't have much time to keep a house going. Didn't do much riding for a while, either. Now, I'm close to retiring, or at least semi-retiring to the point where I don't have to live in the city any more. We'll have the time to dedicate to a house, and to more riding.
Thanx for the plug re our snipers. Keeping up with the Canadian tradition that no good deed goes unpunished, check out this: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012847
Thanx for the plug re our snipers. Keeping up with the Canadian tradition that no good deed goes unpunished, check out this: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012847