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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Thu Aug 13th, 2009 09:56 pm |
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76 at nite, 78 daytime- avg elec bill $145.
Gas bill avg- $34. summertime, $ 120 in the Winter avg. I'd like to have total Electric.
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marc
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Posted: Thu Aug 13th, 2009 04:17 pm |
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| Damn...I keep mine at 75 and average about $225.00 per month.
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empty
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| Joined: | Tue Jun 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
| Posts: | 1673 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 13th, 2009 04:02 pm |
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Vero Steve wrote: I would love to see an electric bill for $200.00. With a house full of kids, mine runs around $500 amonth in the summer and it drops to $300 during thye winter.
Jeff I've used the power steering stop leak from Lucas a few times to stop fork seals from leaking when the guy didn't have the money to fix them. But I did find that the bike rides a little stiffer with the stop leak in the forks...................
When I had a house full of kids, it was a lot higher. About 6 years ago I went from a 2 1/2 ton to 5 1/2 ton A/C unit, put all new windows in, and 8 inches more insulation in the attic. I know people that would be happy to have an electric bill as low as $500.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Thu Aug 13th, 2009 12:27 am |
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Vero Steve wrote: I would love to see an electric bill for $200.00. With a house full of kids, mine runs around $500 amonth in the summer and it drops to $300 during thye winter.
Jeff I've used the power steering stop leak from Lucas a few times to stop fork seals from leaking when the guy didn't have the money to fix them. But I did find that the bike rides a little stiffer with the stop leak in the forks................... Hmm, this White Shepherd stop leak was about as thin as water, weird but it stopped the leak.. lol!
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Thu Aug 13th, 2009 12:00 am |
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I would love to see an electric bill for $200.00. With a house full of kids, mine runs around $500 amonth in the summer and it drops to $300 during thye winter.
Jeff I've used the power steering stop leak from Lucas a few times to stop fork seals from leaking when the guy didn't have the money to fix them. But I did find that the bike rides a little stiffer with the stop leak in the forks...................
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sat Aug 8th, 2009 04:09 pm |
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empty wrote: I have heard other people say it too, but I have always noticed the bike runs best right after an oil change.
I spent all afternoon in the garage doing a full service to the bike (engine oil, trans oil, primary oil and adjust, and fork oil). Temperatures; outside -102, inside -80, in the garage -74 ...gotta love that garage A/C unit.
One more thing in ref to fork oil - I wanta share that amazed me recently.. My boys Honda 600 Shadow had a left side fork oil seal leaking pretty badly. 18,000 mile on the trip meter. So I stopped at the Honda dealer just a block up the road from me, and priced new fork seals for both sides... they were about $52. total with tax. They were going to have to order them. So I said, I'll get back with ya on em....
SO I was in Advance auto parts store the same day and saw this White Shepherd brand oil stop leak. Being very doubtful in the ability of any stuff like this to actually work, I read the label, it stated money back guarantee if it doesn't work. Was in a little blue and white plastic bottle, $21. I hesitated but decided to give it a try.
Drained out the ole fork oil, added half and half new fork oil and this stop leak from White Shepherd. It still leaked... so I called the company, the lady that answered was real nice, said give it about a week of riding time, cause it works 98% of the time. The boy rode it for another week, and the leak stopped. Amazed me! I was going to ask for my money back, but she was right... Hasn't leaked anymore so far.
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empty
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| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Sat Aug 8th, 2009 02:50 pm |
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Dave wrote: I did a complete service like that on an old 1980 Suzuki GS1100 I used to ride. Even adjusted the valves, changed the plugs, etc. It ran & rode so much better afterwards. I couldn't believe it was the same bike! Within a couple of days (like a dumb-ass) I over-rev'd it and blew the engine...LOL...
Hey Empty, be careful with that Garage AC...
Got my electric bill a couple of weeks ago after runnin' the AC in the house a bit more than we normally do. Mainly because I'm home during the day now & the temps had been in or close to triple digits for a couple of weeks.
Since the AC was installed, our "summer" electric bills are "normally" around $100.00 +/- $10.00. But, we don't run it 24/7 either.
Electric bill was $1625.00!
Called the electric company and the gal on the phone saw the problem immediately. She told me that she once got a water bill for $45k, then walked me through readin' the meter over the phone and sent me out a new bill for $96.00...Whew! A/C is not a choice here, it is just the price ya gotta pay or die of heat stroke. My typical electric bill in the hot months is around $200.
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Dave
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Posted: Sat Aug 8th, 2009 11:48 am |
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I did a complete service like that on an old 1980 Suzuki GS1100 I used to ride. Even adjusted the valves, changed the plugs, etc. It ran & rode so much better afterwards. I couldn't believe it was the same bike! Within a couple of days (like a dumb-ass) I over-rev'd it and blew the engine...LOL...
Hey Empty, be careful with that Garage AC...
Got my electric bill a couple of weeks ago after runnin' the AC in the house a bit more than we normally do. Mainly because I'm home during the day now & the temps had been in or close to triple digits for a couple of weeks.
Since the AC was installed, our "summer" electric bills are "normally" around $100.00 +/- $10.00. But, we don't run it 24/7 either.
Electric bill was $1625.00!
Called the electric company and the gal on the phone saw the problem immediately. She told me that she once got a water bill for $45k, then walked me through readin' the meter over the phone and sent me out a new bill for $96.00...Whew!
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sat Aug 8th, 2009 01:08 am |
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| Fork oil is a fluid that often never gets changed you mentioned you did. I drained my fork oil back last Fall- that stuff was black as coal.... Think I put back 15w fork oil in mine. Should do every 10,000 mile or so...
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empty
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| Joined: | Tue Jun 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Fri Aug 7th, 2009 11:17 pm |
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I have heard other people say it too, but I have always noticed the bike runs best right after an oil change.
I spent all afternoon in the garage doing a full service to the bike (engine oil, trans oil, primary oil and adjust, and fork oil). Temperatures; outside -102, inside -80, in the garage -74 ...gotta love that garage A/C unit.
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