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  1. Ridefree

    Fly lead fuel pump wire

    Hi all, I was replacing my fuel pump and discovered I had a broken pin on the end of the fly lead that plugs into the plate. The other end that plugs into the pump looks fine. So I am looking for a new Fly lead. I thought of trying to find new pins and soldering one onto the end what’s the...
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    Air intake mod

    A few years back I believe The word on the street was that the Ramair was the best intake system over the three filters because it had a place for the air intake temperature sensor to go. My question is has anything better been found I am ready to put one on my bike and just curious of what the...
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    Glad to be back, Ridefree rides again.

    Hello everyone, It’s been quite some time since I’ve been here. Had career issues family issues and other things that kept me away from the motorcycle lifestyle for sometime. But I’m back now and jumping back in. Glad to see some of the old names I remember still around. Glad to be back, Ridefree
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    Sump plate gasket

    Hi All, I have been away from the motorcycle lifestyle for sometime now due to health and career situations and other situation. I am now getting back to Riding and getting my 2013 R3T back in shape for the road as it has been sitting in the corner neglected for sometime. I need to replace the...
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    Fuel filter fuel line

    Hi all, I am replacing my fuel filter today and will be replacing the sections of in tank fuel associated with it. My question is, can I use standard fuel injection fuel line our sites it have to be a fuel rated for constant submersion? I would have never thought about this if I hadn't read...
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    Electrical gurus...help please

    So after I wash my bike tonight I have it idling to warm it up to dry it off. While it's idling the passing lamps came on by them selves. They would flicker on and off intermittently. I thought may I did something to the switch as I just installed the chrome switch housing a couple days ago. A...
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    Compression check

    So I have always been one to just lay the plug wires to the side when cranking the engine during a compression check. but I've read once or twice the you ground the plug wire so that the spark has somewhere to go or you could damage the coil or ECU. I will be doing a compression check tomorrow...
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    Tsukayu or Hoppe's fairings

    Hey guys, so I'm about ready to pull the trigger on a fairing for my wife's commander. I'm looking at the GPS fairing with the 6x9 speakers. it had a teac flat screen unit with gps and radio. similar to Harley. has anyone tried this unit?
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    Fairings

    Just Bought my wife a leftover 2015 Thunderbird Commander and she loves it. she bought it with the intention of building it into a bagger like the street glide. So now we are looking for a fairing and hard bags. she wants to switch the dual headlight to a single and I think this will give...
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    Harley Out and Triumph in

    Well My wife has joined the fold. we were at the dealership last weekend getting a tire on my Rocket and my wife looks over and says "that sure is a pretty Thunderbird over there. So she took it for a test ride and that was it, Harley is gone. she had a 2012 Softail slim but now has a...
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    New front avon cobra and a shimmy

    So I've never had a front end shimmy on my R3T Before and last week I had a new avon cobra installed to replace my metz and now it has a shimmy. If I let go of the handle bars at 25 to 30 mph the handle bars starts shaking. If I keep my hands on the bars the shimmy is not so bad but still there...
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    Has anyone heard from flip Meister

    Has anyone heard from Flipmeister lately. I'm ready to buy brake pads now and emailed him early yesterday morning but no response yet. I remember someone else having a similar problem a little while back and wonder how that went. Hopefully he is ok
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    Lost two more dealerships

    Well it looks like we lost two more dealerships, Daytona beach and Orlando, FL. They are both owned by the same people. Went by the one in Daytona today and the triumph sign is gone and couldn't see any triumphs on the floor when looking through the Windows. They were closed but someone was...
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    Iridium plugs

    So , what is the verdict on the iridium plugs from those who have tried them. in my younger years I tried the fancy plugs of that time in my hot rods could honestly not tell a difference. The guy that ran the local speed shop that was an x funny car racer always recommend just using a standard...
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    ok, i know i'm not the only one to do this

    So today i was trying to crimp the low tension coil leads to make them a little tighter, as preventative maintenance, and broke the female connector while trying to push it back on. those things sure are flimsy. I was working on the coil up in the neck. wires are so short and space is so hard...
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    site access

    Is anybody else having trouble accessing this site from their smart phone? I keep getting network error message. Tried it on my wife's phone and got the same result. I can access through my PC just fine.
  17. Ridefree

    ok, here I go. tune ecu first time

    Hi all, i have the cable from lonlec for a while now but haven't tried it. The bikes been hesitating off of idle lately so i think it's time to get to know Tune ecu and use my new cable. Eventually I want to download tripps derestricting tune into my R3T but for now I step in slowly as I learn...
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    speed bump damage

    Has anyone had an issue with hitting the bottom of their engine such as speed bumps or anything else. I recently had this happen and now I have a leaking sump plate at the rear pipe plug.I've had this happen a couple other times on different obstaclesbut never this kind of damage. The steel...
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    OEM or EBC BRAKE PADS

    Well it's time for front brake pads on my R3T AND want to know if those of you who have tried the EBC think they are better than the OEM. I'm told the OEM pads are made by Nissin. Thanks, Ridefree
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    mobil 1 75/90. LS synthetic gear lube

    Hey Guys, I see in this forum that a lot of you state that you use the mobil 1 synthetic gear lube in your final drive. Would this be the one marked LS on the bottle that you find at auto parts stores. Just want to be sure the LS additive isn't bad for our final drive as they are very expensive...
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