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Went to the shop to have my BA worked on and to have the rear fender replaced. However, some bonehead at Triumph put the wrong color fender in the correctly labeled box. Apparently, it will have to be shipped from overseas because there isn't one in the states.  While having the sprockets and chain replaced, it was discovered that the cush drive needed to be replaced. Cush drive will be in tuesday. No riding for me at this weekend's rally. 
Didn't buy into the hype, you can keep the change.
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just dang !!!!!
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Check Pants
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Go with a Thunderbird Sport rubber cush replacement they fit tighter
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The shop owner recommended the t-bird cush but his supplier was out and said it would be a month until they come in. Did manage to get 50k out of the original cush.
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Getting parts for these bikes has proven to be a pain to me also. I left for work yesterday, thought I would stop at one of the only motorcycle dealers on the way, one of which was a Harley dealer. I rolled over to the garage, and asked "Hey, anyone got a squirrel condom"? They all looked at me like I had three eyes. The service manager said he did'nt have time, so he sent a female tech (no offense intended) over to see what I wanted. Of coarse she said I would have to go to the parts counter, to wit I said, "that's what I thought" and promptly left. Went over to Metro cycles a few doors down, and they were like.."A WHAT?!" I said a "squirrel condom". The parts guy says, "I gotta see this" and I took him out and showed him.."Oh, you mean a vacuum port cap",,,"yeah, a squirrel condom" (ya knit wit).....No, the Jap bikes use screws, he says, and I was like EASY big fella, this AIN'T a Jap bike. He suggested Autozone or Advance....
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Yup, I went to Advance when I did my AI removal for the bolts and such. Got a whole box of squirrel condoms for something like $1.99 - even comes in assorted sizes from Pee Wee to John Squirrel Holmes - I keep the box in the saddle bag for just in case. Good thing too, cause I've had about 5 of them randomly pop off when I'm riding.
I do think it's a little annoying that 99% of the cool gadgets and gizmos in all the bike shops and biker shops don't fit our bikes. Everything is either That Brand or Yamasukida "universal". I bet parts-searching sucks when you own a Victory too.
And you know this whole post was really just an excuse to say "John Squirrel Holmes", right? LMAO
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know some of us have wraped the original with rubber from an innertube and tightened up the slak that way. thats all you are wanting to do anyway, just tighten it up a bit and a tube is cheap 
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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Eddie,
Whenever I can’t find a part at my local Triumph dealership, I’ve usually been able to get the part I needed through Team Triumph in Wisconsin, or Ma’s Cycle up in N.D. If they do have it, they will ship the part priority mail and you should have it within a couple of days….
Gene
"It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
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"John Squirrel Holmes!!" LMAO 
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
08 SpeedMASTER, Black and Red!
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HEY GUYS!!! Boy this will make me feel like an old timer here, LOLOL but 6 yrs ago someone suggested this and I have been using it ever since. Get rid of the squirrel Condoms. Buy a length of vacume hose or rubber fuel line with the ID about the size of the ports. Run it from one to the other.(you will run it through the hole in the frame) ZIP TIE to each. It will never fall off and it equalizes the vacume pressure for each cylinder. 6 yrs and never had to replace it and it has never come off. 
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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Quote:
HEY GUYS!!!
Boy this will make me feel like an old timer here, LOLOL but 6 yrs ago someone suggested this and I have been using it ever since.
Get rid of the squirrel Condoms. Buy a length of vacume hose or rubber fuel line with the ID about the size of the ports. Run it from one to the other.(you will run it through the hole in the frame) ZIP TIE to each. It will never fall off and it equalizes the vacume pressure for each cylinder. 6 yrs and never had to replace it and it has never come off.
Z suggested this idea to me earlier this year. But he suggested I use the AI vacuum hose and just cut a length to fit. It works fine, no need for a zip tie and the bike seems to run just fine.
Blue/White 2007 TBA, Thruxton needles, Unifilter, AI removed, Polaris Bellmouth, Bubs, Nology Coils/wires, Lightbar, Ricor Intiminators, Hagon Nitros, Tall Sissy Bar w/luggage rack, Dart flyscreen & Lowers. 130 Mains, TrueGel Battery MG12-BS.
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Quote:
HEY GUYS!!!
Boy this will make me feel like an old timer here, LOLOL but 6 yrs ago someone suggested this and I have been using it ever since.
Get rid of the squirrel Condoms. Buy a length of vacume hose or rubber fuel line with the ID about the size of the ports. Run it from one to the other.(you will run it through the hole in the frame) ZIP TIE to each. It will never fall off and it equalizes the vacume pressure for each cylinder. 6 yrs and never had to replace it and it has never come off.
Interestingly, On my 76 Bonnie there are no squirrel condoms on the Amals, there is a length of hose connecting the two intake manifolds. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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